title: Apoplastic mesophyll signals induce rapid stomatal responses to CO2 in Commelina communis.
abstract: Previous studies have suggested that the mesophyll contributes to stomatal CO(2) responses. The effects of changes in CO(2) concentration (100 or 700 ppm) on stomatal responses in red or white light were examined microscopically in a leaf segment, an epidermal strip and an epidermal strip placed on a mesophyll segment of Commelina communis, all mounted on a buffer-containing gel. In both red and white light, stomata of the leaf segment opened/closed rapidly at low/high CO(2). In red light, epidermal strip stomata barely responded to CO(2). In white light, they opened at low CO(2), but hardly closed at high CO(2). Stomata of the epidermal strip placed on the mesophyll responded in the same manner as those on the leaf segment. Insertion of a doughnut-shaped cellophane spacer (but not polyethylene spacer) between the epidermal strip and the mesophyll hardly altered these responses. Stomata in leaf segments treated with 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU), a photosynthesis inhibitor, did not open in red light, but opened/closed at low/high CO(2) in white light. These results indicate that the apoplast transfer of 'mesophyll signals' and the stomatal opening at low CO(2) are dependent on photosynthesis, whereas the stomatal closure at high CO(2) is independent of photosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Plant Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 1130033, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.affiliation: Plant Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 1130033, Japan.
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.affiliation: Plant Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 1130033, Japan.
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Terashima
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D034822:Commelina / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004237:Diuron / Q000494:pharmacology; D005453:Fluorescence; D008027:Light; D058503:Mesophyll Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D054046:Plant Stomata / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D002734:Chlorophyll; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004237:Diuron
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