NDLI: l-Ascorbic Acid Is Accumulated in Source Leaf Phloem and Transported to Sink Tissues in Plants1

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Author	Franceschi, Vincent R. Tarlyn, Nathan M.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	l-Ascorbic acid (AsA) was found to be loaded into phloem of source leaves and transported to sink tissues. When l-[14C]AsA was applied to leaves of intact plants of three different species, autoradiographs and HPLC analysis demonstrated that AsA was accumulated into phloem and transported to root tips, shoots, and floral organs, but not to mature leaves. AsA was also directly detected in Arabidopsis sieve tube sap collected from an English green aphid (Sitobion avenae) stylet. Feeding a single leaf of intact Arabidopsis or Medicago sativa with 10 or 20 mm l-galactono-1,4-lactone (GAL-l), the immediate precursor of AsA, lead to a 7- to 8-fold increase in AsA in the treated leaf and a 2- to 3-fold increase of AsA in untreated sink tissues of the same plant. The amount of AsA produced in treated leaves and accumulated in sink tissues was proportional to the amount of GAL-l applied. Studies of the ability of organs to produce AsA from GAL-l showed mature leaves have a 3- to 10-fold higher biosynthetic capacity and much lower AsA turnover rate than sink tissues. The results indicate AsA transporters reside in the phloem, and that AsA translocation is likely required to meet AsA demands of rapidly growing non-photosynthetic tissues. This study also demonstrates that source leaf AsA biosynthesis is limited by substrate availability rather than biosynthetic capacity, and sink AsA levels may be limited to some extent by source production. Phloem translocation of AsA may be one factor regulating sink development because AsA is critical to cell division/growth.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.007062
Ending Page	656
Page Count	8
Starting Page	649
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00320889
e-ISSN	15322548
Journal	Plant Physiology
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	130
Language	English
Publisher	American Society of Plant Physiologists
Publisher Date	2002-10-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society of Plant Physiologists
Subject Keyword	Plant Science Genetics Physiology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Physiology Plant Science

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