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Evidence for multiple receptors mediating RALF‐triggered Ca 2+ signaling and proton pump inhibition
Author(s) -
Gjetting Sisse K.,
Mahmood Khalid,
Shabala Lana,
Kristensen Astrid,
Shabala Sergey,
Palmgren Michael,
Fuglsang Anja T.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the plant journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.058
H-Index - 269
eISSN - 1365-313X
pISSN - 0960-7412
DOI - 10.1111/tpj.14935
Subject(s) - apoplast , receptor , extracellular , intracellular , cytosol , microbiology and biotechnology , mutant , chemistry , signal transduction , phosphorylation , biochemistry , biology , cell wall , gene , enzyme
SUMMARY Acidification of the apoplastic space facilitates cell wall loosening and is therefore a key step in cell expansion. PSY1 is a growth‐promoting secreted tyrosine‐sulfated glycopeptide whose receptor directly phosphorylates and activates the plasma membrane H + ‐ATPase, which results in acidification and initiates cellular expansion. Although the mechanism is not clear, the Rapid Alkalinization Factor (RALF) family of small, secreted peptides inhibits the plasma membrane H + ‐ATPase, leading to alkalinization of the apoplastic space and reduced growth. Here we show that treating Arabidopsis thaliana roots with PSY1 induced the transcription of genes encoding the RALF peptides RALF33 and RALFL36. A rapid burst of intracellular Ca 2+ preceded apoplastic alkalinization in roots triggered by RALFs, with peptide‐specific signatures. Ca 2+ channel blockers abolished RALF‐induced alkalinization, indicating that the Ca 2+ signal is an obligatory part of the response and that it precedes alkalinization. As expected, fer mutants deficient in the RALF receptor FERONIA did not respond to RALF33. However, we detected both Ca 2+ and H + signatures in fer mutants upon treatment with RALFL36. Our results suggest that different RALF peptides induce extracellular alkalinization by distinct mechanisms that may involve different receptors.

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