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Salicylic acid induces extracellular superoxide generation followed by an increase in cytosolic calcium ion in tobacco [Nicotiana tabacum] suspension culture: The earliest events in salicylic acid signal transduction

Addition of salicylic acid (SA) to tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) suspension culture immediately induced a rapid and transient generation of superoxide anion (O2(-)), followed by a transient increase in cytosolic free calcium ion concentration ([Ca(2+)]c). The level of SA-induced O2(-) was lowered by t...

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Published in:Plant and cell physiology 1998-07, Vol.39 (7), p.721-730
Main Authors: Kawano, T. (Nagoya Univ. (Japan)), Sahashi, N, Takahashi, K, Uozumi, N, Muto, S
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Summary:Addition of salicylic acid (SA) to tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) suspension culture immediately induced a rapid and transient generation of superoxide anion (O2(-)), followed by a transient increase in cytosolic free calcium ion concentration ([Ca(2+)]c). The level of SA-induced O2(-) was lowered by treatment with several scavengers of active oxygen species and a peroxidase inhibitor, but not with an NADPH oxidase inhibitor. The Sa-induced [Ca(2+)]c, elevation was also lowered by inhibitors which effectively lowered the O2(-) level. Inhibition of [Ca(2+)]c elevation by Ca(2+) channel blockers and a Ca(2+) chelator indicated that extracellular Ca(2+) was responsible for the increased [Ca(2+)]c. Among the several SA analogs, only compounds that actively induced the O2(-) generation also elevated [Ca(2+)]c. In addition, the inhibitory effects of SA analogs on catalase activity correlated well with their effects on the O2(-) generation and the [Ca(2+)]c elevation. SA-dependent O2(-) generation was shown to occur extracellularly, requiring both H2O2 and at least on e proteinaceous factor excreted from the cells. This factor was determined to be a salicylhydroxamic acid-sensitive extracellular guaiacol-utilizing peroxidase
ISSN:0032-0781
1471-9053
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029426