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  • Title: Respiration of thermogenic inflorescences of skunk cabbage Symplocarpus renifolius in heliox.
    Author: Seymour RS, Ito K, Umekawa Y.
    Journal: Plant Cell Environ; 2018 Feb; 41(2):367-373. PubMed ID: 29121698.
    Abstract:
    The respiration rate of the thermogenic inflorescences of Japanese skunk cabbage Symplocarpus renifolius can reach 300 nmol s-1 g-1 , which is sufficient to raise spadix temperature (Ts ) up to 15 °C above ambient air temperature (Ta ). Respiration rate is inversely related to Ta , such that the Ts achieves a degree of independence from Ta , an effect known as temperature regulation. Here, we measure oxygen consumption rate (Ṁo2 ) in air (21% O2 in mainly N2 ) and in heliox (21% O2 in He) to investigate the diffusive conductance of the network of gas-filled spaces and the thermoregulatory response. When Ts was clamped at 15 °C, the temperature that produces maximal Ṁo2 in this species, exposure to high diffusivity heliox increased mean Ṁo2 significantly from 137 ± 17 to 202 ± 43 nmol s-1 g-1 FW, indicating that respiration in air is normally limited by diffusion in the gas phase and some mitochondria are unsaturated. When Ta was clamped at 15 °C and Ts was allowed to vary, exposure to heliox reduced Ts 1 °C and increased Ṁo2 significantly from 116 ± 10 to 137 ± 19 nmol s-1 g-1 , indicating that enhanced heat loss by conduction and convection can elicit the thermoregulatory response.
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