title: Identification and characterization of interactions between abscisic acid and mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocators.
abstract: ABA (abscisic acid) is a plant hormone involved in important processes including development and stress responses. Recent reports have identified a number of plant ABA receptors and transporters, highlighting novel mechanisms of ABA action. In the present paper we describe application of a chemical proteomics approach leading to the identification of mitochondrial ANTs (adenine nucleotide translocators) as ABA-interacting proteins. Initial in vitro studies confirmed inhibition of ANT-dependent ATP translocation by ABA. Further analysis demonstrated ANT-dependent uptake of ABA into both recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana ANT2-containing proteoliposomes and native isolated spinach mitochondria; the latter with a Km of 3.5 μM and a Vmax of 2.5 nmol/min per g of protein. ATP was found to inhibit ANT-dependent ABA translocation. Specificity profiles highlight the possibility of mechanistic differences in translocation of ABA and ATP. Finally, ABA was shown to stimulate ATPase activity in spinach mitochondrial extracts. ABA concentrations in plant cells are estimated to reach the low micromolar range during stress responses, supporting potential physiological relevance of these in vitro findings. Overall, the present in vitro work suggests the possibility of as yet uncharacterized mechanisms of ABA action in planta related to inhibition of mitochondrial ATP translocation and functional localization of ABA in the mitochondrial matrix.
authors.affiliation: Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 0W9.
authors.forename: Olesya A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Kharenko
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Ken M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Suzanne R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.forename: Michele C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Loewen
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D033742:Adenine Nucleotide Translocator 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D033742:Adenine Nucleotide Translocator 2; D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D011510:Proteolipids; C020485:proteoliposomes; D000040:Abscisic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases