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Using acridine orange staining and flow cytometry the DNA and RNA levels (arbitrary units) of individual cells may be established. Here, this method has been applied to nuclei isolated from plant protoplasts during culture. The specificity of the technique has been validated for such plant material; ribonuclease markedly reduced nuclear staining without modifying the DNA histogram; ribonuclease inhibitor prevented the action of released cell nucleases; and protoplasts cultivated with actinomycin D did not synthesize RNA. First RNA synthesis was evident 18 h after Petunia hybrida protoplasts had been put into culture. An increase of RNA above a critical level was required for cells to be able to initiate DNA replication from G1, termed G1B. G2 nuclei had an RNA:DNA ratio similar to that of G1 nuclei.  相似文献   

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Analysis of Nuclear DNA content in plant cells by Flow cytometry   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
Flow cytometry was used to analyse the DNA content of nuclei isolated from intact plant tissues and from callus and cell suspension cultures invitro. Cell nuclei were isolated either mechanically (chopping, syringing) or by a hypotonic lysis of isolated protoplasts. Although both methods gave similar results, a slight shift to lower ploidy levels was observed after protoplast isolation from intact tissues and calli. No differences were observed if the two methods were compared using cell suspension cultures. The results showed that flow cytometry is a rapid method of nuclear DNA content analysis in intact plant tissues and variousin vitro cultures.  相似文献   

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The influence of exogenously-added glycosaminoglycans and glycoproteins on DNA synthesis in isolated nuclei, from normal and malignant tissues, was investigated. Heparin stimulated DNA synthesis in normal cell nuclei at concentrations (heparin/DNA (w/w) <0.9) which inhibited DNA synthesis in tumor cell nuclei. At higher concentrations (heparin/DNA (w/w) > 0.9) heparin inhibited DNA synthesis in both normal and tumor cell nuclei. The chondroitin-4 and 6-sulfates, heparan sulfate, cartilage proteoglycan, N-desulfated heparin, and glycophorin caused inhibition of DNA synthesis at all concentrations tested and in all nuclei examined. Hyaluronic acid, dermatan sulfate, keratan sulfate, α1-acid glycoprotein and fetuin had no significant influence on DNA synthesis in isolated nuclei.  相似文献   

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DNA replication in maize leaf protoplasts   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
Maize leaf protoplasts were investigated for their metabolic competence and capacity to synthesize DNA. When protoplasts were incubated at elevated temperatures, they exhibited a heat shock response with specific proteins being preferentially synthesized. This indicated that the protoplasts were fully metabolically functional and capable of responding to environmental stimuli. Significant DNA synthesis was observed in these protoplasts after incorporation of 3H-thymidine into chromatin by trichloroacetic acid precipitation and by incorporation of 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU), an analog of thymidine, detected by immunofluorescence. The immunocytochemical method revealed that about 50% of nuclei in the maize leaf protoplasts were labelled after 3 days of culture and that most of these nuclei were labelled as intensely as normal mitotic cells. Aphidicolin, an inhibitor of DNA polymerase-, decreased the percentage of labelled nuclei, demonstrating that the labelling was substantially due to replicative DNA synthesis. However, chromosome condensation was not observed. It is proposed that these protoplasts are capable of DNA synthesis, but incapable of nuclear division. Effects of media additives on the number of nuclei entering S phase in these protoplasts were also assessed by the immunocytochemical method. Inclusion of 80mM Ca2+ in the enzyme solution increased protoplast yield and also appeared beneficial to DNA synthesis. The antioxidant, n-propyl gallate, which was used to stabilize the protoplasts, delayed the onset of DNA synthesis. Arginine and spermidine produced a slight increase in DNA synthesis.Abbreviations BrdU 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine - DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide - n-PG n-propyl gallate - PBS phosphate-buffered saline Dedicated to Dr. Friedrich Constabel on the occasion of his 60th birthday  相似文献   

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During development of the first leaf of breadwheat (Triticum aestivum L.) the number of chloroplasts per mesophyll cell increases between three- and four-fold. To establish if chloroplast replication is accompanied by endoreduplication, the nuclear DNA content of the cells was determined by chemical assay of isolated nuclei from mesophyll protoplasts and by microdensitometry of nuclei in mesophyll tissue. The DNA content of the nuclei was constant (27 to 32 pg) at each phase of chloroplast replication. Approximately 93% of the cells had a nuclear DNA content close to the 2C value of 32 pg. It is concluded that chloroplast replication is not dependent on nuclear endoreduplication in seedling leaves of wheat.  相似文献   

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Protoplasts released from young hyphae of Trichoderma harzianum contained 0 to 10 nuclei per protoplast, and most (about 80%) contained from 4 to 6 nuclei. Most protoplasts were larger than 3 μm in diameter. Nuclei were isolated from protoplasts of an auxotrophic mutant of T. harzianum and transferred into protoplasts obtained from another auxotroph of the same strain. This intrastrain nuclear transfer gave rise to numerous progeny which were stable, prototrophic, and heterokaryotic. Interstrain transfers in which nuclei from a wild-type prototroph of one strain were transferred into protoplasts from a lysine-deficient auxotroph of a second strain were also done. Heterokaryotic progeny were recovered from these interstrain transfers when the regenerating protoplasts were provided with a low concentration of lysine 48 h after the initial plating. Heterokaryotic progeny contained 11 to 17% of donor-type nuclei. Progeny homokaryotic for donor-type nuclei were obtained as single-spore isolates. These homokaryotic isolates expressed the isozyme pattern and colony morphology phenotype of the nuclear donor. When regenerating protoplasts were provided with lysine 10 days after the initial plating, only a single progeny was obtained. However, single-spore subprogeny of this nuclear transfer were prototrophic and exhibited a wide range of unstable morphological phenotypes.  相似文献   

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Roman R 《Plant physiology》1980,66(4):726-730
DNA replication was studied in nuclei isolated from soybean cells grown in suspension culture. The isolation procedure involved the preparation of protoplasts, their lysis with a nonionic detergent and purification of nuclei. These nuclei synthesized low molecular weight DNA and joined these fragments into DNA of intermediate molecular weight. The characteristics of replication in isolated nuclei correlated well with those of the cells from which they were isolated, as shown by fluorodeoxyuridine synchronization and ultraviolet irradiation experiments.  相似文献   

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The integrated DNA in stable transformants formed by direct gene transfer often shows complex restriction patterns. One cause of these complex restriction patterns could be the ligation of plasmid fragments prior to their integration. This paper provides evidence for the ligation of plasmid fragments by plant cells. Carrot protoplasts were electroporated in the presence of pCaMVCATM and assayed for chloramphenicol actyltransferase (CAT) activity 24h later. Linear and supercoiled forms of pCaMVCATM supported similar levels of CAT expression. Surprisingly, digestion of the plasmid at a site between the CaMV 35S promoter and the CAT coding region reduced expression by only 40–50%. Electroporation carried out in the presence of isolated plasmid fragments suggested that this result was due to ligation of the linearized plasmid by the protoplasts. CAT expression was obtained with a mixture of isolated CaMV 35S promoter and the CAT coding region; neither fragment alone supported expression. Further evidence of ligation was provided by electroporation of protoplasts in the presence of a mixture of linearized pGEM and the 1.5-kbHind III fragment of pCaMVCATM. DNA isolated from nuclei of the protoplasts was used to transform competent cells ofEscherichia coli, and colonies were recovered that carried pGEM withHind III-CaMVCAT inserts. Electroporation of protoplasts in the presence of linear and supercoiled pGEM and use of DNA isolated from nuclei to transformE. coli yielded an estimate of the frequency of plasmid ligation. A maximum of only 4% of the input linear DNA was recovered as circular molecules. This result suggests the frequency of ligation is low, but examination of the plasmid DNA in the plant nuclei by electrophoresis indicates extensive degradation of the plasmid and preferential loss of the circular forms. Thus, the ligated plasmids may be converted to the linear form and hence rendered unrecoverable by cloning intoE. coli.  相似文献   

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Summary A simple filtration device was developed to obtain pure protoplasts. Pure protoplasts, free of mycelial fragments, are required for biological manipulation of protoplasts. The filtration device can also be used to separate fungal conidia, isolated nuclei, or DNA from mycelial fragments for further purification and manipulation.  相似文献   

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An improved method for the preparation in high yield of anucleated Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been developed. This method is based on a two-stage centrifugation of the original protoplast mixture in linear density gradients (1–10%, w/v) of Ficoll 400. The yield of anucleated protoplasts was 5–9%, its value depended on the frequency of the nucleus-free protoplasts in the original mixture.The anucleated protoplasts were characterized by RNA, DNA and protein content, and by light and electron microscopy. The protoplasts lacking nuclei had about one third the diameter of the nucleated ones, and reduced of DNA, RNA and protein in comparison to normal protoplasts. Electron microscopy showed a typical yeast ultrastructure in anucleated protoplasts except that they lacked nuclei and exhibited a higher frequency of lipid granules and exocytotic electron-dense vesicles located close to the plasmalemma.  相似文献   

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Acridine orange simultaneously stains DNA and RNA. Using flow cytometry, synthesis of these nucleic acids can be related throughout a culture time-course. This technique has been used with nuclei isolated from Petunia hybrida protoplasts during 48 h of culture. Nuclear RNA content has been evaluated with respect to DNA levels, namely the cell-cycle phase. Nuclear RNA synthesis was not dependent upon exogeneous hormones during the first 18 h of culture, but either auxin (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4-D) or cytokinin (N6-benzyladenine) were necessary for entry into the S phase. Cytokinin alone could stimulate maximal RNA synthesis within each cell-cycle phase up to 24 h. In complete medium, DNA synthesis only began from a phase “G1B” having substantial RNA, although a subnormal amount of RNA (in protoplasts cultivated only with 2,4-D) did not prevent protoplast entry into the S phase. However, both hormones were necessary for highest RNA levels and G2 frequencies after 48 h. As in mammalian cells, the mean RNA level in plant 4C nuclei is double that of 2C nuclei. G2 nuclei are larger than G1 nuclei, but upon activation G1 nuclei in fact diminsh in size. This study aimed to identify restriction points in the cell cycle as affected by growth regulators and the specific synthesis of nucleic acids. For example, the RNA levels induced by N6-benzyladenine, although similar to those in complete medium, were not sufficient to induce mitosis. Conversely, 2,4-D action was probably limited by low nucleotide synthesis in the absence of cytokinin.  相似文献   

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The DNA relative content in nuclei from several Solanum species, which were used as partners for somatic hybridization, were determined using a flow cytometry method. The nuclei were isolated mechanically or via protoplasts from leaves of in vitro grown plants. In the case of S. nigrum as well as S. tuberosum cv. Bzura and dihaploid clone H8105, the nuclei were also obtained from suspension cultured cells by lysis of protoplasts. The source and the method of nuclei isolation affected the pattern of nuclear DNA in the genotypes studied. The mesophyll nuclei showed two distinct peaks on the DNA histograms, whereas the DNA peaks produced by cell suspension nuclei were broad and less distinct. The DNA content in the nuclei, calculated from the DNA histograms of the samples and a DNA standard historgam (Trout Red Blood Cells, having DNA content of 5.05 pg per nucleus), were much lower in mesophyll nuclei than in those obtained from the cell suspension for the same genotypes. The results are discussed in respect of the genetic instability of Solanum genotypes. The usefulness of a flow cytometry approach in somatic hybridization research is also discussed.  相似文献   

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Nuclei isolated from Yoshida sarcoma cells had activity for conversion of dGTP to dGMP dependent on DNA synthesis. The ratio of nucleotide generation/generation + incorporation was 0.4 ± 0.1, indicating that approx. 40% of the incorporated dGMP was excised. Two lines of evidence indicated the dependence of this activity on DNA synthesis. (1) The activity was observed only in the presence of ATP, which is essential for nuclear DNA synthesis. (2) Inhibitors of DNA synthesis, such as N-ethylmaleimide, aphidicolin, spermine and KCl, also inhibited ATP- or DNA synthesis-dependent dGMP generation. Although nuclei contain nucleoside triphosphatase (N-nucleotidase), this enzyme was not involved appreciably in DNA synthesis-dependent dGMP generation. The reason for this was explained by the following findings. (a) Inhibitors did not decrease dGMP production in the complete absence of DNA synthesis. (b) Inhibitors did not inactivate N-nucleotidase to the same degree as they inhibited DNA synthesis-dependent dGMP generation. (c) Addition of ATP reduced dGTP hydrolysis catalyzed by N-nucleotidase. (d) GDP had no appreciable effect on DNA synthesis-dependent dGMP generation, but had a diluting effect on dGMP production catalyzed by N-nucleotidase. These results show that the pathway of dGMP generation in isolated nuclei was switched on addition of ATP from a N-nucleotidase-catalyzed one to a DNA polymerase-exonuclease-catalyzed one.  相似文献   

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For the whole cell cycle the methylation of DNA was studied in synchronized HeLa cells and in nuclei isolated from them. In the intact cells the methylation of DNA cytosine runs parallel to DNA synthesis. The pattern of DNA cytosine methylation by the isolated nuclei is almost identical to that obtained with the whole cells. Since the isolated nuclei do not synthesize DNA, it is shown that DNA methylation continues for at least 30 min after DNA synthesis is over. No DNA minor thymine is found in the isolated nuclei.  相似文献   

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Intact nuclei were isolated from the protoplasts of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. The large amounts of protoplasts required for such nuclear preparations were produced from young mycelia grown in liquid culture. For final purification of the crude nuclear fraction, a Nycodenz density-gradient centrifugation was applied. The resulting nuclei were of good purity and morphological state, as demonstrated by fluorescence microscopy and electronmicroscopy. The weight ratio of DNA:RNA:protein was 1:3.0:10.8 in the nuclear fraction.  相似文献   

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This paper describes the aggregation of nuclei in heterokaryons of tomato and unirradiated or irradiated potato protoplasts and the effects of gamma irradiation of potato and tomato protoplasts on single- and double-stranded DNA fragmentation, DNA repair and DNA synthesis as revealed by alkaline and pulsed field gel electrophoresis and an immunocytochemical technique. The prospects for obtaining highly asymmetric somatic hybrids of tomato and gamma-irradiated potato are discussed.  相似文献   

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Summary The nuclei and cytoplasm ofN. gossei andN. tabacum are compatible to the extent that reciprocal, interspecific F1 hybrids can be produced by conventional breeding techniques. Conditions were established in which manyN. gossei isolated chloroplasts could be seen by phase and fluorescence microscopy to adhere to 40% of the population of protoplasts obtained from white tissue of variegatedN. tabacum plants and to remain attached after washing the protoplasts. Chloroplasts also could be seen to enter the interior of the protoplasts. After treating albino protoplasts withN. gossei chloroplasts, the protoplasts were subjected to further conditions whereby 65 calluses containing shoots developed. TwentyN. tabacum protoplasts not treated with foreign chloroplasts also produced calluses with shoots to serve as a control. All calluses developed chlorophyll irrespective of whether or not the albino protoplasts had been treated with isolatedN. gossei chloroplasts. The Fraction 1 protein ofN. tabacum has a different electrophoretic mobility from the protein ofN. gossei or anN. gossei xN. tabacum F1 hybrid. The Fraction 1 protein large subunit is coded by chloroplast DNA, whereas the small subunit is coded by nuclear DNA. Fraction 1 protein was isolated from the variegated shoots of the 65 calluses obtained after treating albino protoplasts with foreign chloroplasts. Immunoelectrophoresis demonstrated the protein from each callus to have a mobility identical toN. tabacum protein. Therefore, under circumstances highly favorable for the direct transfer ofN. gossei isolated chloroplasts (and possibly nuclei also) intoN. tabacum protoplasts, no evidence was obtained to suggest that genetic information contained in the isolated foreign organelles was being translated into the polypeptides of either the large or small subunits of Fraction 1 protein contained in newly differentiated leaves derived from the protoplasts. Supported by Research Grant PCM-75-07368 from the National Science Foundation.  相似文献   

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DNA polymerase III is the enzyme responsible for deoxynucleotide addition to nascent DNA fragments in Bacillus subtilis protoplasts. Nascent single-stranded fragments separated from bulk DNA by hydroxyapatite chromatography cannot self-anneal. Partial inhibition of DNA polymerase III by 6-(hydroxyphenylazo)-uracil, a specific inhibitor, slows the rate of nascent fragment synthesis but has no effect on final size. Neither DNA polymerase I nor II can elongate nascent fragments in protoplasts when DNA polymerase III is completely inhibited.  相似文献   

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Nuclei isolated from tobacco protoplasts were induced to be taken up by soybean protoplasts using a protocol involving polyethylene glycol (PEG), osmotic shock and pH shift. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that PEG treatment condensed the chromatin of the isolated nuclei. Close adhesion of isolated nuclei to the plasma membrane of protoplasts following PEG treatment, was observed by both scanning and transmission electron microscopic methods. Ultrastructural observations were also made on the formation of micronuclei in tobacco cells following the treatment with amiprophosmethyl (APM). Nuclei and micronuclei isolated from APM-treated cells were induced to be taken up by soybean protoplasts. A single case of uptake of an isolated micronucleus was observed by transmission electron microscopy. The observations on the effects of PEG on the isolated nuclei, micronuclei and protoplasts are discussed in relation to the possible mechanism of uptake of nuclei by protoplasts using PEG.  相似文献   

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This paper describes the aggregation of nuclei in heterokaryons of tomato and unirradiated or irradiated potato protoplasts and the effects of gamma irradiation of potato and tomato protoplasts on single- and double-stranded DNA fragmentation, DNA repair and DNA synthesis as revealed by alkaline and pulsed field gel electrophoresis and an immunocytochemical technique. The prospects for obtaining highly asymmetric somatic hybrids of tomato and gamma-irradiated potato are discussed.  相似文献   

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