title: Stomatal responses to flooding of the intercellular air spaces suggest a vapor-phase signal between the mesophyll and the guard cells.
abstract: Flooding the intercellular air spaces of leaves with water was shown to cause rapid closure of stomata in Tradescantia pallida, Lactuca serriola, Helianthus annuus, and Oenothera caespitosa. The response occurred when water was injected into the intercellular spaces, vacuum infiltrated into the intercellular spaces, or forced into the intercellular spaces by pressurizing the xylem. Injecting 50 mm KCl or silicone oil into the intercellular spaces also caused stomata to close, but the response was slower than with distilled water. Epidermis-mesophyll grafts for T. pallida were created by placing the epidermis of one leaf onto the exposed mesophyll of another leaf. Stomata in these grafts opened under light but closed rapidly when water was allowed to wick between epidermis and the mesophyll. When epidermis-mesophyll grafts were constructed with a thin hydrophobic filter between the mesophyll and epidermis stomata responded normally to light and CO(2). These data, when taken together, suggest that the effect of water on stomata is caused partly by dilution of K(+) in the guard cell and partly by the existence of a vapor-phase signal that originates in the mesophyll and causes stomata to open in the light.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5305, USA.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sibbernsen
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mott
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006368:Helianthus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D031664:Oenothera / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D059828:Plant Cells; D054046:Plant Stomata / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011312:Pressure; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D012827:Silicone Oils / Q000494:pharmacology; D012996:Solutions; D034823:Tradescantia / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D014835:Volatilization / Q000187:drug effects; D014867:Water / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012827:Silicone Oils; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D011189:Potassium Chloride
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