Metal ions induce the synthesis of callose in Allium cepa epidermal cells. Callose is deposited as single knoblike local accumulations, aggregates of knobs, or furrowed clusters tightly attached to the cell wall. The most effective metal is copper, it induces callose formation at micromolar concentrations. Agents acting on inositolphosphate metabolism, phospholipase inhibitors, calcium channel inhibitors, modulators of cytoplasmic calcium, or receptor antagonists influence callose synthesis. It is concluded that metal ions, especially Cu2+, initiate a signal transduction chain by activation of phospholipases and generation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, and that callose synthesis is a cellular defence reaction caused by the disturbance of intracellular calcium homeostasis.
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R. Kartusch
Received October 10, 2001; accepted September 16, 2002; published online March 11, 2003
About this article Cite this articleKartusch, R. On the mechanism of callose synthesis induction by metal ions in onion epidermal cells. Protoplasma 220, 219–225 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-002-0047-2
Issue Date: March 2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-002-0047-2
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