Effect of Divalent Cations on Na+ Permeability of Chara corallina and Freshwater Grown Chara buckellii |
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Authors: | HOFFMANN, ROSANNE TUFARIELLO, JOANN BISSON, MARY A. |
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Abstract: | The effect of elevated Na+ concentration on Na+ permeability(PNa) and Na+ influx in the presence of two levels of externaldivalent cations was determined in Chara corallina and freshwater-culturedChara buckellii. When Na+ in the medium was increased from 1.0to 70 mol m3, Na+ influx increased in both species ifCa2+ was low (0.1 mol m3). If Ca2+ was increased to 7.0mol m3 when Na+ was increased, Na+ influx remained atthe low control level in C. corallina, and showed only a temporaryincrease in C. buckellii. Mg2+ was a better substitute for Ca2+in C. buckellii than in C. corallina. Na+ permeability data suggest that when the external Ca2+ concentrationis low, PNa does not increase in the presence of elevated NaCl;the increase in Na+ influx appears to be due to the increasein external Na+ concentration alone. Ca2 + supplementation appearsto decrease PNa whereas supplemental Mg2+ has no effect. Na+ effluxes were computed from previously determined net fluxesand the influxes. It was found that for both species, fluxesin both directions were stimulated in response to all experimentaltreatments, but Na+ influx always exceeded efflux. This resultedin net Na+ accumulation in the vacuoles of both species. The results are discussed with reference to net flux and electrophysiologicaldata obtained previously under identical conditions, as wellas the comparative salinity tolerance of both species and theNa+/divalent cation ratio. Key words: Na+ influx, Na+ tolerance, membrane potential, permeability, Chara |
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