pH gradients and cell polarity inPelvetia embryos
Tóm tắt
Endogenous pH profiles were measured around single fertilized eggs of the brown algaPelvetia during the earliest stages of development. Profiles were constructed by measuring the pH near the cell surface at several positions using a pH sensitive microelectrode. Transcellular pH differences in the medium surrounding zygotes were detected soon after fertilization, as the developmental axis was being formed. The future rhizoid end of the cell was relatively alkaline and the presumptive thallus was acidic. At germination and throughout the first 5 d of embryogenesis, the apex of the elongating rhizoid was alkaline with respect to more distal regions. However, conditions that dissipated or reversed this extracellular pH gradient had little or no effect on polarization or growth, indicating that the gradient was not essential for early development. Inhibition of respiratory electron transport by cyanide and antimycin A eliminated the pH gradient, while uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation [2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) and carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP)] stimulated acidification of the thallus regions. Proton ATPase inhibitors had no effect. Acidification, therefore, is not generated by ATP-dependent proton pumps in the plasma membrane, and instead probably reflects secretion of metabolic acids. Localized metabolism may establish an internal pH gradient that controls regional differentiation, and we are presently investigating this possibility.
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