Direct measurement of 59Fe-labeled Fe2+ influx in roots of pea using a chelator buffer system to control free Fe2+ in solution

Tama C. Fox*, Jon E. Shaff, Michael A. Grusak, Wendell A. Norvell, Yona Chen, Rufus L. Chaney, Leon V. Kochian

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Abstract

Fe2+ transport in plants has been difficult to quantify because of the inability to control Fe2+ activity in aerated solutions and nonspecific binding of Fe to cell walls. In this study, a Fe(II)-3-(2-pyridyl)-5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazine-4′4″-disulfonic acid buffer system was used to control free Fe2+ in uptake solutions. Additionally, desorption methodologies were developed to adequately remove nonspecifically bound Fe from the root apoplasm. This enabled us to quantify unidirectional Fe2+ influx via radiotracer (59Fe) uptake in roots of pea (Pisum sativum cv Sparkle) and its single gene mutant brz, an Fe hyperaccumulator. Fe influx into roots was dramatically inhibited by low temperature, indicating that the measured Fe accumulation in these roots was due to true influx across the plasma membrane rather than nonspecific binding to the root apoplasm. Both Fe2+ influx and Fe translocation to the shoots were stimulated by Fe deficiency in Sparkle. Additionally, brz, a mutant that constitutively exhibits high ferric reductase activity, exhibited higher Fe2+ influx rates than +Fe-grown Sparkle. These results suggest that either Fe deficiency triggers the induction of the Fe2+ transporter or that the enhanced ferric reductase activity somehow stimulates the activity of the existing Fe2+ transport protein.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-100
Number of pages8
JournalPlant Physiology
Volume111
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1996

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