Exchangers man the pumps

Figures & data

Figure 1 Tonoplast H⁺-ATPase (V-ATPase) activity and plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase (P-ATPase) activity in wild type Arabidopsis (ecotype Col-0) and Arabidopsis lines with manipulated tonoplast Ca²⁺/H⁺ exchange activity. 35S::CAX1 and 35S::CAX2 denote lines that overexpress a constitutively active N-terminally truncated CAX1 or CAX2 construct driven by the CaMV 35S promoter in the cax1-1 or cax2-1 mutant background, respectively. V-ATPase H⁺-transport activity was measured by the ATP-dependent quenching of quinacrine fluorescence, and rates of bafilomycin-sensitive, vanadate-resistant hydrolytic activity of the V-ATPase were determined in isolated tonoplast membranes, as described in refs. 11 and 13. Rates of vanadate-sensitive, bafilomycin- and azide-resistant hydrolytic activity of the P-ATPase were determined in isolated plasma membranes, as described in ref. 14. Results are shown as % of wild type (Col-0) ATPase activity and are means ± SE of 3–4 independent experiments. Data taken and modified from refs. 11–14.

Figure 2 Model of tonoplast Ca²⁺/H⁺ exchanger interaction with H⁺ pumps in response to salt stress. (A) In response to NaCl treatment, an elevation in cytosolic Ca²⁺ will occur, possibly due to vacuolar Ca²⁺ release.3 Increased CAX3-mediated Ca²⁺/H⁺ exchange activity14 will sequester excess Ca²⁺ into the vacuole. CAX3 may be involved in the generation of a specific Ca²⁺ signature that is recognised by the cell to mediate downstream stress responses. In addition, salt stress will lead to upregulation of H⁺ pumps at both the plasma membrane and the tonoplast (P-ATPase and V-ATPase)25 which will in turn energize Na⁺/H⁺ exchange activity encoded by SOS1 and NHX1, promoting Na⁺ efflux from the cell. Increased V-ATPase activity may also upregulate Ca²⁺/H⁺ exchange. Activity of SOS1 requires activation by the kinase SOS224 which may also regulate tonoplast Na⁺/H⁺ exchange and V-ATPase activity.23,24 (B) In a cax3 knockout mutant experiencing salt stress, the cytosolic Ca²⁺ elevation may be sustained due to reduced vacuolar Ca²⁺ sequestration and normal salinity-induced Ca²⁺ signalling pathways may be perturbed. Lack of CAX3 downregulates both P-ATPase and V-ATPase activity14 thereby reducing energization of the plasma membrane and tonoplast Na⁺/H⁺ exchangers and reducing Na⁺ efflux from the cell. Some energization of H⁺-coupled processes at the vacuole may be maintained by residual H⁺-pyrophosphatase (V-PPase) activity.

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