Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 52, No. 365, pp. 2291-2300,
December 1, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
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Cellular compartmentation of nickel in the hyperaccumulators Alyssum lesbiacum, Alyssum bertolonii and Thlaspi goesingense
1 Universität Konstanz, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Sektion, Fachbereich Biologie, Fach M665, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
2 IACR-Rothamsted, Agriculture and Environment Division, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK
Nickel uptake and cellular compartmentation were investigated in three Ni hyperaccumulators: Alyssum bertolonii (Desv), Alyssum lesbiacum (Candargy) and Thlaspi goesingense (Hálácsy). The three species showed similar hyperaccumulation of Ni, but T. goesingense was less tolerant to Ni than the two Alyssum species. An addition of 500 mg Ni kg-1 to a nutrient-rich growth medium significantly increased shoot biomass of all three species, suggesting that the Ni hyperaccumulators have a higher requirement for Ni than normal plants. Energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDXA) was performed on frozen-hydrated tissues of leaves (all species) and stems (Alyssum only). In all species analysed, Ni was distributed preferentially in the epidermal cells, most likely in the vacuoles, of the leaves and stems. In stems, there was a second peak of Ni in the boundary cells between the cortical parenchyma and the vascular cylinder. The non-glandular trichomes on the leaf surfaces of the two Alyssum species were highly enriched with Ca, but contained little Ni except in the base. In the leaves of T. goesingense, the large elongated epidermal cells contained more Ni than the cells of the stomatal complexes. The role of cellular compartmentation in Ni hyperaccumulation is discussed.
Key words: Nickel, hyperaccumulator, cellular compartmentation, Brassicaceae.
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