Cold-Induced Alterations in Plasma Membrane Proteins That are Specifically Related to the Development of Freezing Tolerance in Cold-Hardy Winter Wheat |
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Authors: | Zhou Ben-Lin; Arakawa Keita; Fujikawa Seizo; Yoshida Shizuo |
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Institution: | Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University Sapporo, 060 Japan |
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Abstract: | The objective of this study was to identify plasma membraneproteins that are specifically induced by cold acclimation inwheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Two cultivars with a marked differencein the genetic ability to cold-acclimate, namely, spring wheat(cv. Chinese Spring) and winter wheat (cv. Norstar), were usedas the experimental material. After four weeks of growth ina cold chamber, the freezing tolerance in the shoots of winterwheat increased to 18°C, whereas it increased onlyto 8°C in the shoots of spring wheat. In the caseof roots from both cultivars, freezing tolerance increased onlyslightly after the growth in the cold environment. Cold acclimationinduced remarkable changes in the electrophoretic patterns ofplasma membrane proteins which depended on both the cultivarand the tissue examined. Levels of polypeptides with molecularmasses from 22 to 31 kDa decreased in both the root and shootplasma membranes from both cultivars. Among these polypeptides,levels of those of 28 and 26 kDa decreased abruptly after oneweek of cold acclimation. By contrast, levels of polypeptidesof 89, 83, 52, 23, 18 and 17 kDa increased specifically in theshoots of winter wheat. The increases in the levels of the 23-,18- and 17-kDa polypeptides were proportional to the developmentof freezing tolerance. Freeze-fracture electron microscopy ofplasma membranes from shoot cells revealed that the number ofintramembrane particles on the fracture faces decreased markedlyin winter wheat after cold acclimation, but to a lesser extentin spring wheat. These results suggest that the plasma membranesmight undergo molecular reorganization during cold acclimation.
1Contribution no. 3709 from the Institute of Low TemperatureScience, Hokkaido University. |
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