三十烷醇在原生质体冰冻和化冻中对质膜的保护作用

在合适浓度范围的三十烷醇存在下,经冰冻处理的烟草叶肉原生质体化冻后质膜完整率均高于对照。以0.1,0.5和1.0p,p.m三十烷醇对原生质体质膜的保护效果较佳。三十烷醇对甘蔗叶肉原生质体的抗冰冻力有类似效果,使用浓度亦相近。作者认为三十烷醇可能与质膜结合,在维护质膜正常物相和和生理活性的完整性与稳定性中起一定作用。     

茶树叶肉原生质体的分离与纯化

以茶树幼苗叶片为材料,分析了甘露醇浓度、不同酶液组合、酶解时间等因素对叶肉原生质体分离及2种高密度分离液对原生质体纯化的影响。结果表明,叶片在含0.6 mol/L的甘露醇、1.5%的纤维素酶和2.5%的离析酶的酶解液中黑暗酶解16~18 h,叶肉原生质体的分离效果最好。此外,研究发现原生质体在10%的甘露醇与25%的碘克沙醇界面处聚集形成了一条带。     

马铃薯晚疫病菌原生质体制备及再生体系的研究

为明确致病疫霉的致病机理需要建立高效的病原菌原生质体制备和再生体系。通过对马铃薯晚疫病菌制备和再生过程的研究,采用两种裂解酶Driselase和Cellulase R-10,以不同菌龄、裂解酶、裂解酶的浓度和裂解酶的反应时间为研究条件,得到原生质体制备的最佳条件为:以培养18 d的菌丝体为材料,用10 mg/m L Driselase处理菌丝60 min后,原生质体产量达9.5×104个/g;以0.1 mol/L氯化钙和0.4 mol/L甘露醇作为渗透压稳定剂,以黑麦V8固体再生培养基得到的原生质体再生率最高达3.1%。     

苦荞叶肉细胞原生质体的分离纯化及瞬时转化

高效分离原生质体是遗传转化、细胞融合和再生培养的基础性工作。该实验以苦荞(Fagopyrum tartaricum)品种‘榆6-21’的叶肉细胞为材料,研究了酶类组合、甘露醇浓度、酶解时间以及离心速度对苦荞叶肉细胞原生质体分离纯化的影响。结果表明:酶解液组成为1.5%纤维素酶R-10+0.5%离析酶R-10+0.5mol/L甘露醇+20mmol/L MES+20mmol/L KCl+10mmol/L CaCl2+0.1%牛血清白蛋白,以第5~7片真叶为材料,用胶带纸撕去叶片下表皮后,25℃黑暗酶解4h,以900r/min离心收集,可以获得高质量的原生质体,原生质体产量可达6×106个/g,活力达到90%以上;用双荧光素酶报告基因载体检测原生质体的转化效率,以分离纯化的苦荞叶肉细胞原生质体为受体,将双荧光素酶报告基因载体与其混合后,在终浓度为20%PEG4000介导下,黑暗转化20min,可以检测到较高活性的萤火虫荧光素酶和海肾荧光素酶,证明双荧光素酶报告载体可成功转化到原生质体中。研究结果为苦荞原生质体瞬时转化及遗传操作提供了技术基础。     

普通小麦幼苗叶肉细胞原生质体分离方法的优化

以7日龄小麦幼苗的叶肉细胞为材料,采用正交试验分析了纤维素酶浓度、离析酶浓度、酶解时间、甘露醇浓度对原生质体分离时的产量和活力的影响;采用瞬时表达技术通过PEG-Ca~(2+)介导法转化小麦的原生质体,分析了PEG浓度对转化效率的影响。结果表明,小麦叶片原生质体分离的最佳条件为纤维素酶1.5%,离析酶0.75%,甘露醇0.4 mol/L,酶解时间3 h,得到的原生质体的产量可达到7.2×10~6个/g·FW,活力超过95%;瞬时表达实验结果表明,在25%PEG浓度下,小麦原生质体的转化效率最高。     

赤芝原生质体分离与再生研究

以赤芝(Ganoderma lucidum)为供试菌种,研究了不同酶解温度、酶解时间、渗透压稳定剂浓度及菌龄、再生培养基等对赤芝菌丝的原生质体制备与再生的影响。结果表明:菌龄为4 d的菌丝,以0.4 mol/m L的甘露醇作渗透压稳定剂配制成浓度为0.02 g/m L的溶壁酶,于p H 5.0、25℃条件下酶解2.0 h,其原生质体数最高可达3.87×107/m L,MYG再生培养基上再生率达到0.016%。     

三倍体‘银中杨’叶肉原生质体制备的优化

以三倍体杨树品种‘银中杨’（Populus alba×P.berolinensis Yinzhong）无菌苗叶片为材料,对其原生质体分离及纯化条件进行研究,为进一步通过细胞融合、基因工程等进行品种改良探索新的途径。结果表明：酶的种类及浓度、渗透压、酶解时间对‘银中杨’叶肉原生质体分离效果有显著影响,适宜的分离条件为CPW+3% Cellulase RS+0.5% Macerozyme R-10+0.3% Pectinse Y-23+0.6 mol/L甘露醇+0.6 g/L MES+1 g/L BAS,酶解时间为8 h,原生质体产量和活力分别为2.13×10⁷个/g和80.18%;‘银中杨’叶肉原生质体纯化最佳方法为上浮法蔗糖等密度离心,且蔗糖浓度为40%时原生质体产量最高（1.06×10⁷个/g）,可满足进一步的原生质体培养等技术的要求。     

狗头枣叶片原生质体分离研究

以培养25d的狗头枣试管苗叶片为材料,研究了不同酶液浓度,不同甘露醇浓度对狗头枣组培苗叶片原生质体分离的影响.结果表明适合狗头枣组培苗叶片原生质体分离的适宜酶液配比为1.0 g/L纤维素酶、0.4 g/L果胶酶,0.6 mol/L甘露醇,黑暗条件下,酶解8h,可获得大量有活力的原生质体.其叶片原生质体的产量为2.12×106个/g,活原生质体获得率为80.88％.     

植物原生质体质膜表面电荷性质的研究——Ⅰ.pH及某些酶制剂对元麦叶肉原生质体电泳率的影响

用细胞电泳方法研究了pH 及胰蛋白酶,脂—蛋白脂酶、碱性磷酸酶等酶制剂对元麦叶肉原生质体电泳率的影响。结果表明,新鲜制备的元麦叶肉原生质体表面具负电性,但在低pH(<2.8)条件下其表面具正电荷;当pH>2.8时,其表面电性才由具正电性转变为具负电性。上述三种酶制剂处理原生质体后,均能改变原生质体的电泳率,随酶浓度增高均使原生质体的电泳速度减慢。文章并对所获得的结果在阐明质膜表面电荷的化学特性上的意义进行了讨论。     

二倍体马铃薯叶肉细胞原生质体培养的研究

以马铃薯抗青枯病二倍体材料ED13和CE171、炸片颜色好的二倍体材料HS66以及优良性状双单体材料DH401和DH405为供体材料,对马铃薯叶肉原生质体培养进行研究。叶片悬浮黑暗预处理和试管苗黑暗预处理两种预处理方式对原生质体活力无显著影响。以0.5 mol/L甘露醇为渗透调节剂,25℃酶解12 h条件下,适宜CE171和DH401纤维酶浓度略高于ED13、HS66和DH405,分别为0.3%和0.4%。ED13和DH401原生质体在VKM液体培养基中培养3～4周,经愈伤组织生长培养基培养2周,转至芽诱导培养基培养,2～3个月后形成具根茎叶的完整植株。HS66和CE171原生质体培养6～8周也能形3～4 mm愈伤组织,但没有分化出芽;DH405的原生质体不分裂。     

High yield isolation of mesophyll protoplasts from wheat, barley and rye

Efficient procedures are described for high-yield isolation of mesophyll protoplasts from spring wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. cv. Glenlea), winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. cv. Frederick), barley ( Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Bruce) and rye ( Secale cereale L. cv. Puma). Factors such as plant age, composition of the incubation medium during isolation, purification procedures and culture medium affect protoplast yield, viability and metabolic competence, as measured by light-dependent CO₂ fixation. Optimal osmolarity of the isolation medium was equivalent to 1.8 times that measured in the leaves of all plant material used. The presence of 2 m M ascorbic acid in the preincubation and isolation medium increased the yield by 50% and conserved viability and metabolic competence. The protoplasts were stable for up to 48 h without loss of either viability or of original activity of CO₂ fixation, which was in the order of 100 μmol CO₂ (mg chl)⁻¹h⁻¹.
In our MC-56 liquid medium these protoplasts regenerated cell walls within 72 h and a few divided.     

Effects of apoplastic sucrose on carbohydrate pools and sucrose efflux of mesophyll protoplasts of pea (Pisum sativum)

The effects of the apoplastic, i.e. external, concentration of sucrose (0–30 m M ) on O₂ evolution, O₂ consumption, starch, sucrose, glucose and fructose content, and uptake and efflux of sucrose in mesophyll protoplasts of Pisum sativum L. cv. Fenomen were studied. Neither photosynthesis, dark respiration, sucrose nor starch content change with increased apoplastic sucrose concentration. The contents of glucose and fructose in the protoplasts increase with increased apoplastic sucrose concentration. The sucrose efflux increases with increased external sucrose concentrations between 1 and 5 m M , but above this range the efflux decreases with increased external sucrose concentrations. These findings indicate that although external sucrose does not enter the protoplasts, there is a relationship between the external sucrose pool and the internal pools of sugars in the mesophyll protoplasts. The results suggest an active sucrose efflux from the protoplasts at physiological concentrations of apoplastic sucrose (max 5 m M ) and a simple diffusion mechanism at higher concentrations.     

Subcellular compartmentation of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate in oat mesophyll cells

Evacuolated mesophyll protoplasts from oat (Avena sativa L.) were fractionated by a membrane-filtration technique. This method of rapid quenching of metabolic reactions permitted estimation of the in-vivo pools of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (Fru2,6bisP) in the cytosol, chloroplasts and mitochondria. Vacuolar Fru2,6bisP was calculated as the difference between control protoplasts and evacuolated ones. The results indicate that Fru2,6bisP is exclusively cytosol-located in oat mesophyll protoplasts. Assuming a cytosolic volume of about 2 pl per evacuolated protoplast, the cytosolic concentration there was 11 M if protoplasts were in darkness. Illumination of either control or evacuolated protoplasts resulted in a significant decrease in the Fru2,6bisP content within 5 min.Abbreviations EPs evacuolated protoplasts - Fru2,6bisP fructose 2,6-bisphosphate - PFP fructose 6-phosphate kinase (pyrophosphate-dependent), EC 2.7.1.90 - PEPCase phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, EC 4.1.1.31     

Multiple forms of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in mesophyll, epidermal and guard cells of Vicia faba

The distribution of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase, EC 4.1.1.31) in different leaf‐cell‐types and tissues of Vicia faba L. cv. 3‐fach Weiße was studied. The highest specific PEPCase activity was found in guard cell protoplasts (16.3 µmol mg⁻¹ protein h⁻¹) whereas for epidermal and mesophyll protoplasts remarkably lower specific activities were found (1.6 and 1.0 µmol mg⁻¹ protein h⁻¹, respectively). On chlorophyll and protoplast basis, a similar distribution of enzyme activity was observed. Compared with epidermal extracts, the specific PEPCase activity of mesophyll tissue was 17‐fold lower. Immunological studies with polyclonal antibodies to PEPCase indicated 3 immunoreactive proteins in epidermal tissue and guard cell protoplasts with molecular masses of 107 000, 110 000, and 112 000. Only the M_r 107 000 protein was found in extracts of mesophyll and epidermis protoplasts. Western immunoblots after native electrophoresis of epidermal and mesophyll proteins showed a significant difference in PEPCase mobility. It is assumed, that the immunostained proteins of M_r 110 000 and 112 000 represent isoforms or subunits of the PEPCase and that they are involved in stomatal movements.     

Characterization of the epidermis from barley primary leaves

A method is described for isolating epidermal protoplasts from the primary leaves of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Epidermal protoplasts are lighter than mesophyll protoplasts because of their smaller ratio of cytoplasm to vacuole, and can be separated from the latter by density-gradient centrifugation after complete digestion of the leaves. We have started a basic characterization of the epidermal protoplast fraction in comparison with mesophyll protoplasts. Epidermal protoplasts had a mean diameter of 63.5 m, whereas that of mesophyll protoplasts was 35.7 m. Their respiratory oxygen consumption was not influenced by light. They contained acid hydrolases and cytoplasmic enzymes in relative activities different from those of mesophyll protoplasts. Their polypeptide pattern as judged from two-dimensional separations was, in principle, similar to that of mesophyll cells after elimination of the plastids from the latter by the preparation of vacuoplasts. However, in addition, a considerable number of epidermis-specific polypeptides were observed. Isolated epidermal protoplasts were viable and efficiently incorporated [³⁵S]methionine into newly synthesized proteins. The results show that epidermal protoplasts are suitable for the investigation of the physiological and molecular properties of epidermal cells in leaves.Abbreviation SDS-PAGE sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis We are grateful to Professor U. Heber (Lehrstuhl Botanik 1, Würzburg) for his continuous support. This work was supported by the DFG and the University of Würzburg within the Sonderforschungsbereich 176.     

The effect of a calcium-channel antagonist, nifedipine and agonist, Bay K-8644, on the phytochrome-controlled swelling of etiolated wheat protoplasts

The effect of external Ca²⁺ and Ca²⁺-channel modulators on the phytochrome-controlled swelling of etiolated wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. cv. Arminda) mesophyll protoplasts has been studied. The red light (R)-stimulated swelling of the protoplasts requires Ca²⁺ in the surrounding medium and maximum response was observed in a medium containing I m M CaCI₂. Far-red light (FR) irradiation of protoplasts in the presence or absence of Ca²⁺ does not influence the protoplast volume. The Ca²⁺-channel antagonist nifedipine prevents R-induced protoplast swelling at very low concentrations (0.1 μ M ). The Ca²⁺ -channel agonist Bay K-8644 stimulates the swelling of protoplasts incubated in darkness or irradiated with FR. Action of nifedipine depends on whether it is applied before or after the R pulse. The results are compatible with the hypothesis that phytochrome controls the activity of dihydropyridine-sensitive L-type Ca²⁺ channels.     

Plant Regeneration from Protoplasts of Talinum paniculatum

The protoplasts of Talinum paniculaturn (Jaeq.) Gaertn. were isolated from leaves and calli. The mesophyll protoplasts did not undergo normal division and lived one week at the longest in culture. However, the callus protoplasts, cultured in P4 medium (K8p+2, 4-D 0.2 mg/L, NAA 1.0 mg/L, ZT 0.5 mg/L, coconut milk 50 mL/L, glucose 0.5 mol/L), underwent first division after 3 d of culture. The division frequency was 36.7 % after 7 d of culture. The regeneration frequencies of callus were 0.31% in liquid culture and 0.34% in double-layer culture. Shoots differentiated on regeneration media and rooted on R3 and R7 media. Mature plants were obtained 2～3 months after transplanting the protoplast-derived plantlets into flower pot or successive subculturing in test tubes. The results also indicated that: (1) Too long a period of callus culture in liquid medium or in solid proliferation medium was unfavorable to differentiation. (2) Low concentration of 6-BA in medium was suitable for callus differentiation. (3) GA3 promoted development of young adventitious bud. (4) Multi-effect triazole significantly strengthened sprout and root development in test tube cultures.     

Mixing of maize and wheat genomic DNA by somatic hybridization in regenerated sterile maize plants

Intergeneric somatic hybridization was performed between albino maize (Zea mays L.) protoplasts and mesophyll protoplasts of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by polyethylene glycol (PEG) treatments. None of the parental protoplasts were able to produce green plants without fusion. The maize cells regenerated only rudimentary albino plantlets of limited viability, and the wheat mesophyll protoplasts were unable to divide. PEG-mediated fusion treatments resulted in hybrid cells with mixed cytoplasm. Six months after fusion green embryogenic calli were selected as putative hybrids. The first-regenerates were discovered as aborted embryos. Regeneration of intact, green, maize-like plants needed 6 months of further subcultures on hormone-free medium. These plants were sterile, although had both male and female flowers. The cytological analysis of cells from callus tissues and root tips revealed 56 chromosomes, but intact wheat chromosomes were not observed. Using total DNA from hybrid plants, three RAPD primer combinations produced bands resembling the wheat profile. Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) using total wheat DNA as a probe revealed the presence of wheat DNA islands in the maize chromosomal background. The increased viability and the restored green color were the most-significant new traits as compared to the original maize parent. Other intermediate morphological traits of plants with hybrid origin were not found.