Cellular transduction of mechanical oscillations in plants by the plasma-membrane mechanosensitive channel MSL10
Daniel Tran, Tiffanie Girault, Marjorie Guichard, Sébastien Thomine, Nathalie Leblanc-Fournier, Bruno Moulia, Emmanuel de Langre, Jean‐Marc Allain, Jean‐Marie Frachisse
Abstract
responds to pulsed membrane stretching with rapid activation and relaxation kinetics in the range of 1 s. Under sinusoidal membrane stretching MSL10 presents a greater activity than under static stimulation. We observed this amplification mostly in the range of 0.3-3 Hz. Above these frequencies the channel activity is very close to that under static conditions. With a localization in aerial organs naturally submitted to wind-driven oscillations, our results suggest that the MS channel MSL10, and by extension MS channels sharing similar properties, represents a molecular component allowing the perception of oscillatory mechanical stimulations by plants.