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@ARTICLE{vanDongen:35010,
author = {van Dongen, J. T. and Roeb, G. W. and Dautzenberg, M. and
Fröhlich, A. and Vigeolas, H. and Minchin, P. R. and
Geigenberger, P.},
title = {{P}hloem import and storage metabolism are highly
coordinated by the low oxygen concentrations within
developing wheat seeds},
journal = {Plant physiology},
volume = {135},
issn = {0032-0889},
address = {Rockville, Md.: Soc.},
publisher = {JSTOR},
reportid = {PreJuSER-35010},
pages = {1809 - 1821},
year = {2004},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {We studied the influence of the internal oxygen
concentration in seeds of wheat (Triticum aestivum) on
storage metabolism and its relation to phloem import of
nutrients. Wheat seeds that were developing at ambient
oxygen $(21\%)$ were found to be hypoxic $(2.1\%).$ Altering
the oxygen supply by decreasing or increasing the external
oxygen concentration induced parallel changes in the
internal oxygen tension. However, the decrease in internal
concentration was proportionally less than the reduction in
external oxygen. This indicates that decreasing the oxygen
supply induces short-term adaptive responses to reduce
oxygen consumption of the seeds. When external oxygen was
decreased to $8\%,$ internal oxygen decreased to
approximately $0.5\%$ leading to a decrease in energy
production via respiration. Conversely, increasing the
external oxygen concentration above ambient levels increased
the oxygen content as well as the energy status of the
seeds, indicating that under normal conditions the oxygen
supply is strongly limiting for energy metabolism in
developing wheat seeds. The intermediate metabolites of seed
storage metabolism were not substantially affected when
oxygen was either increased or decreased. However, at
subambient external oxygen concentrations $(8\%)$ the
metabolic flux of carbon into starch and protein, measured
by injecting (14)C-Suc into the seeds, was reduced by $17\%$
and $32\%,$ respectively, whereas no significant effect was
observed at superambient $(40\%)$ oxygen. The observed
decrease in biosynthetic fluxes to storage compounds is
suggested to be part of an adaptive response to reduce
energy consumption preventing excessive oxygen consumption
when oxygen supply is limited. Phloem transport toward ears
exposed to low $(8\%)$ oxygen was significantly reduced
within 1 h, whereas exposing ears to elevated oxygen
$(40\%)$ had no significant effect. This contrasts with the
situation where the distribution of assimilates has been
modified by removing the lower source leaves from the plant,
resulting in less assimilates transported to the ear in
favor of transport to the lower parts of the plant. Under
these conditions, with two strongly competing sinks,
elevated oxygen $(40\%)$ did lead to a strong increase in
phloem transport to the ear. The results show that sink
metabolism is affected by the prevailing low oxygen
concentrations in developing wheat seeds, determining the
import rate of assimilates via the phloem.},
keywords = {Cell Hypoxia: drug effects / Energy Metabolism / Kinetics /
Nucleotides: metabolism / Oxygen: metabolism / Oxygen:
pharmacology / Plant Structures: drug effects / Plant
Structures: metabolism / Seeds: metabolism / Triticum: drug
effects / Triticum: metabolism / Nucleotides (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:15247408},
pmc = {pmc:PMC519092},
UT = {WOS:000222692700058},
doi = {10.1104/pp.104.040980},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/35010},
}