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@ARTICLE{vanDongen:28893,
author = {van Dongen, J. T. and Schurr, U. and Pfister, M. and
Geigenberger, P.},
title = {{P}hloem metabolism and function have to cope with low
internal oxygen},
journal = {Plant physiology},
volume = {131},
issn = {0032-0889},
address = {Rockville, Md.: Soc.},
publisher = {JSTOR},
reportid = {PreJuSER-28893},
pages = {1529 - 1543},
year = {2003},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {We have investigated the consequences of endogenous
limitations in oxygen delivery for phloem transport in
Ricinus communis. In situ oxygen profiles were measured
directly across stems of plants growing in air $(21\%$ [v/v]
oxygen), using a microsensor with a tip diameter of
approximately 30 microm. Oxygen levels decreased from $21\%$
(v/v) at the surface to $7\%$ (v/v) in the vascular region
and increased again to $15\%$ (v/v) toward the hollow center
of the stem. Phloem sap exuding from small incisions in the
bark of the stem was hypoxic, and the ATP to ADP ratio (4.1)
and energy charge (0.78) were also low. When 5-cm stem
segments of intact plants were exposed to zero external
oxygen for 90 min, oxygen levels within the phloem decreased
to approximately $2\%$ (v/v), and ATP to ADP ratio and
adenylate energy charge dropped further to 1.92 and 0.68,
respectively. This was accompanied by a marked decrease in
the phloem sucrose (Suc) concentration and Suc transport
rate, which is likely to be explained by the inhibition of
retrieval processes in the phloem. Germinating seedlings
were used to analyze the effect of a stepwise decrease in
oxygen tension on phloem transport and energy metabolism in
more detail. Within the endosperm embedding the
cotyledons-next to the phloem loading sites-oxygen decreased
from approximately $14\%$ (v/v) in 6-d-old seedlings down to
approximately $6\%$ (v/v) in 10-d-old seedlings. This was
paralleled by a similar decrease of oxygen inside the
hypocotyl. When the endosperm was removed and cotyledons
incubated in a 100 mM Suc solution with $21\%,$ $6\%,$
$3\%,$ or $0.5\%$ (v/v) oxygen for 3 h before phloem sap was
analyzed, decreasing oxygen tensions led to a progressive
decrease in phloem energy state, indicating a partial
inhibition of respiration. The estimated ratio of NADH to
NAD(+) in the phloem exudate remained low (approximately
0.0014) when oxygen was decreased to $6\%$ and $3\%$ (v/v)
but increased markedly (to approximately 0.008) at $0.5\%$
(v/v) oxygen, paralleled by an increase in lactate and
ethanol. Suc concentration and translocation decreased when
oxygen was decreased to $3\%$ and $0.5\%$ (v/v). Falling
oxygen led to a progressive increase in amino acids,
especially of alanine, gamma-aminobutyrat, methionine, and
isoleucine, a progressive decrease in the C to N ratio, and
an increase in the succinate to malate ratio in the phloem.
These results show that oxygen concentration is low inside
the transport phloem in planta and that this results in
adaptive changes in phloem metabolism and function.},
keywords = {Adaptation, Physiological / Adenosine Triphosphate:
metabolism / Amino Acids: metabolism / Biological Transport,
Active: physiology / Energy Metabolism / Fermentation /
Glycolysis / Malates: metabolism / NAD: metabolism / Oxygen:
metabolism / Phosphorus: metabolism / Plant Structures:
cytology / Plant Structures: metabolism / Ricinus: growth
$\&$ development / Ricinus: metabolism / Seedling: growth
$\&$ development / Seedling: metabolism / Succinic Acid:
metabolism / Sucrose: metabolism / Amino Acids (NLM
Chemicals) / Malates (NLM Chemicals) / Succinic Acid (NLM
Chemicals) / NAD (NLM Chemicals) / Adenosine Triphosphate
(NLM Chemicals) / Sucrose (NLM Chemicals) / malic acid (NLM
Chemicals) / Phosphorus (NLM Chemicals) / Oxygen (NLM
Chemicals) / J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-III},
ddc = {580},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB49},
pnm = {Chemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK257},
shelfmark = {Plant Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:12692313},
pmc = {pmc:PMC166912},
UT = {WOS:000185076400004},
doi = {10.1104/pp.102.017202},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/28893},
}