Involvement of plasma membrane redox activity and calcium homeostasis in the UV-B and UV-A/blue light induction of gene expression in Arabidopsis.

AUTOR(ES)

Long, J C

RESUMO

UV and blue light are important regulators of plant gene expression and development. We investigated the signal transduction processes involved in the induction of chalcone synthase (CHS) and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) gene expression by UV-B and UV-A/blue light in an Arabidopsis cell suspension culture. Experiments with electron transport inhibitors indicated that plasma membrane redox activity is involved in both signal transduction pathways. Calcium ionophore treatment stimulated expression of the TOUCH3 gene, and this induction was strongly antagonized by UV-A/blue and UV-B light, suggesting that both light qualities may promote calcium efflux from the cytosol. Consistent with this hypothesis, experiments with specific inhibitors indicated that UV-B and UV-A/blue light regulate calcium levels in a cytosolic pool in part via the action of specific Ca2+-ATPases. On the basis of these and previous findings, we propose that plasma membrane redox activity, initiated by photoreception, is coupled to the regulation of calcium release from an intracellular store, generating a calcium signal that is required to induce CHS expression.

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