B. Bisbis et al., A comparison of respiratory pathways in fully habituated and normal non-organogenic sugarbeet callus, J PLANT PHY, 156(3), 2000, pp. 312-318
The respiration of cells and isolated mitochondria of a habituated non-orga
nogenic (HNO) cell line (auxin- and cytokinin-independent) and of a normal
(N) cell line (auxin- and cytokinin-requiring) from sugarbeet (Beta vulgari
s L.) was investigated. Oxygen uptake by both cells and mitochondria of the
HNO fine was higher than that of the N line. Respiration in the presence o
f cyanide (i.e. capacity of the alternative pathway) was also higher in the
HNO callus as compared with the N one. The measurements of O-2 uptake from
isolated HNO and N mitochondria showed that addition of a mixture of subst
rates (NADH, succinate, malate and NAD) resulted in a higher respiration vi
a the CN-resistant pathway in mitochondria From HNO cells. The activity of
cytochrome c oxidase was twice as high as in the N cells as compared with t
he HNO cells. Immunoblots also showed that a higher alternative oxidase pro
tein was present in HNO cells than in the N cells.
A model showing the relationships between the different metabolic pathways
previously studied in the HNO cells and the higher respiration via the CN-r
esistant pathway in the HNO cells is proposed.