A cytochemical approach to the wound repair mechanism inUdotea petiolata (Siphonales) |
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Authors: | Paola Mariani-Colombo G L Vannini Donatella Mares |
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Institution: | (1) Istituto di Botanica e Fisiologia Vegetale, Università di Padova, Via Orto Botanico 15, I-35100 Padova, Italy;(2) Istituto di Botanica, Università di Ferrara, Italy |
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Abstract: | Summary When injured, the thalli of the coenocytic algaUdotea petiolata undergo a rapid sealing process mainly due to the extrusion of two successive plugs. In the first, external and transitory plug, sulphated polysaccharides are the predominant components. In the second, permanent and internal plug, roundish bodies having a complex polysaccharidic composition are embedded in a fibrillar matrix of still unknown nature. The sulphated sugars were identified and located by means of Alcian Blue staining and X-ray microanalysis. A periodic acid-thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate technique proved useful especially in the study of the roundish bodies and in the compositional and structural comparison of the siphon wall with the wound wall. Phosphotungstic acid at low pH was used to evidentiate an extensive plasma membrane activity in the repairing cytoplasm.Supported by a grant of C.N.R. |
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Keywords: | Sulphated polysaccharides Udotea Wound repair X-ray microanalysis |
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