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  • Title: The 45Ca2+ uptake by Trichoderma viride mycelium. Correlation with growth and conidiation.
    Author: Krystofová S, Varecka L, Betina V.
    Journal: Gen Physiol Biophys; 1995 Aug; 14(4):323-7. PubMed ID: 8720696.
    Abstract:
    The properties of Ca2+ uptake by Trichoderma viride were studied using radionuclide 45Ca2+ in conjunction with the study of effects of agents influencing the Ca2+ homeostasis on the 45Ca2+ uptake, vegetative growth and conidiation. Mycelium of T. viride was found to take up 45Ca2+ in time- and temperature-dependent manner. The 45Ca2+ uptake could be distinguished from the 45Ca2+ binding by the insensitivity to washing with EGTA (ethylene glycol-bis(2-amino ethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid)-containing solution. The 45Ca2+ uptake was only slightly suppressed by the treatment used to de-energize cells. Agents known to influence Ca2+ homeostasis in animal and plant cells were also active in perturbing the Ca2+ homeostasis in T. viride. In this respect, the agents tested had dual (stimulatory or inhibitory) effects on the 45Ca2+ uptake. No clear correlation among the perturbation of the 45Ca2+ uptake and the inhibition of growth and conidiation was found for the group of compounds tested. Sr2+ and Mg2+ inhibited 45Ca2+ uptake but did not inhibit growth and conidiation. Co2+, Cd2+ inhibited both 45Ca2+ uptake and growth. Other agents tested (Cu2+, Ni2+, La3+, dihydropyridines), which inhibited growth of T. viride, induced massive 45Ca2+ uptake by its mycelium. Ba2+ and Mn2+ showed a biphasic effect on 45Ca2+ uptake-inhibition at lower, and stimulation at higher concentrations, but they had only a slight inhibitory effect on the growth or conidiation at higher concentrations. The 45Ca2+ uptake was influenced by addition of monovalent cations to a small extent only. Na+ (up to 75 mmol.l-1), less than K+, slightly suppressed the 45Ca2+ uptake leaving both growth and conidiation unaffected. Upon depriving the fungus of Ca2+ by chelation of extracellular Ca2+ (not Mg2+ or divalent trace metals) by EGTA, which interfered with Ca2+ homeostasis, vegetative growth rate, and starvation-induced conidiation were restricted. These results suggest that the sustained Ca2+ influx occurs across the T. viride plasma membrane which may be a target site for the antifungal action of heavy metal ions, and its perturbation may lead to disturbances in physiological processes including growth and conidiation. The properties of the Ca2+ influx in T. viride observed substantially differ from those observed in animal cells.
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