Xylem Transport of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid, an Ethylene Precursor, in Waterlogged Tomato Plants 1
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Bradford, Kent J.
RESUMO
Waterlogging is known to cause an increase in ethylene synthesis in the shoot which results in petiole epinasty. Evidence has suggested that a signal is synthesized in the anaerobic roots and transported to the shoot where it stimulates ethylene synthesis. Experimental data are presented showing that 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), the immediate precursor of ethylene, serves as the signal. Xylem sap was collected from detopped tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. VFN8). ACC in the sap was quantitated by a sensitive and specific assay, and its tentative chemical identity verified by paper chromatography. ACC levels in both roots and xylem sap increased markedly in response to waterlogging or root anaerobiosis. The appearance of ACC in the xylem sap of flooded plants preceded both the increase in ethylene production and epinastic growth, which were closely correlated. Plants flooded and then drained showed a rapid, simultaneous drop in ACC flux and ethylene synthesis rate. ACC supplied through the cut stem of tomato shoots at concentrations comparable to those found in xylem sap caused epinasty and increased ethylene production. These data indicate that ACC is synthesized in the anaerobic root and transported to the shoot where it is readily converted to ethylene.
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