title: The leaf tonoplast V-H(+)-Atpase activity of a C3 halophyte Suaeda salsa is enhanced by salt stress in a Ca-dependent mode.
abstract: Suaeda salsa seedlings grown in Hoagland nutrient solution were treated with different concentrations of NaCl combined with two levels of Ca2+ (0 and 20 mmol/L) to study the effect of Ca2+ nutrition on the growth and activity of leaf tonoplast V-H(+)-ATPase. Increase of Ca2+ concentration in the solution markedly increased the relative growth quantity of S. salsa seedlings and Ca2+ and K+ concentration in the leaf cell sap under NaCl stress. The leaf V-H(+)-ATPase activity was significantly increased with increasing NaCl concentration under high Ca2+ application (20 mmol/L), but little changed under Ca2+ starvation (0 mmol/L). Western blot analysis showed that the leaf V-H(+)-ATPase of S. salsa was at least composed of A, B, D and c subunits, and their protein amounts were not affected by NaCl treatments under Ca2+ starvation (0 mmol/ L) with an exception of 100 mmol/L NaCl, but increased under high Ca2+ application (20 mmol/L). There was a positive correlation between activity of V-H(+)-ATPase and the protein amounts of the subunits. The results suggest that Ca2+ nutrition played an important role in the salt tolerance of S. salsa, and that enhancement of V-H(+)-ATPase activity under salt stress was Ca2(+)-dependent.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Shandong Province, Jinan 250014, PR China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Cong-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Bao-Shan
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019663:Chenopodiaceae / Q000201:enzymology*; D018525:Germination; D007700:Kinetics; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000201:enzymology*; D012639:Seeds; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases; D002118:Calcium