Regulation of the H+ pump activity in the plasma membrane of internally perfused Chara corallina [Charophyceae]
2001
Tsutsui, I. (National Inst. for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi (Japan)) | Ohkawa, T.
The role of cytoplasm for the maintenance of the H+ pump activity in Chara corallina internodal cells was examined by the intracellular perfusion technique. Cytoplasm-rich and -poor states were obtained by changing the perfusion time, short-term (less than 2 min) and long-term (more than 5 min), respectively. A large portion of cytoplasm was left by short-term perfusion but most of the cytoplasm was removed by long-term perfusion. The activities of the H+ pump of these two different conditions were examined by measuring current-voltage relation (I - V curve) and conductance-voltage relation (G - V curve) under voltage clamp conditions. The H+ pump conductance decreased to 37%, 9% and zero by short-term, long-term and hexokinase perfusion, respectively, whereas the passive channel conductance decreased to 71%, 39% and 73% by short-term, long-term and hexokinase perfusion, respectively. On the other hand, the electromotive-force of the H+ pump (- -260 mV) and the passive channel (- -130 mV) were not affected by either short- or long-term perfusion. It is indicated that the cytoplasm plays an essential role to regulate the activity of both the H+ pump and the passive channel together with ATP.
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