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Evidence that disruption of cytosolic calcium is critically important in oxidative plant stress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

J. Lock  and
A. H. Price
J. Lock
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, UCNW, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK
A. H. Price
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, UCNW, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK
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It is no longer doubted that calcium functions as a second messenger in animals and plants. This is only possible because cells maintain cytosolic calcium concentrations many orders of magnitude below that of extracellular or organelle calcium. Environmental stimuli are perceived by receptor proteins which trigger transient elevation of cytosolic calcium using internal or external sources. The spatial and temporal distribution and the magnitude of calcium elevation determines the specific cellular response at the molecular level (Cheek 1991). The fine balance of cytosolic calcium homeostasis in animal cells is highly sensitive to oxidising conditions (Duncan 1991). Elevated cytosolic calcium resulting from oxidative perturbation of calcium homeostasis is believed to be responsible for the subsequent cellular injury and death (Nicotera et al. 1991). Transient stimulation of cytosolic calcium in sublethal oxidative stress may be a mechanism by which oxidative attack is perceived by the animal cell (Nicotera et al. 1991). Our understanding of oxidative stress and plant responses to it would be greatly advanced if it can be shown that similar processes occur in plant cells. This paper briefly presents the mechanism of oxidative disruption of calcium homeostasis in animal cells and summarises the evidence that the same scenario applies to plants.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 102: Oxygen and Environmental Stress in Plants , 1994 , pp. 261 - 264
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1994

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