Plantlet formation from isolated protoplasts ofSolanum melongena L.

Summary Mesophyll protoplasts were isolated from axenic shoot cultures ofSolanum melongena by the one-step enzymatic method. Of the different media employed for the culture of protoplasts, a medium modified fromKao andMichayluk (1975) supported sustained mitotic cycles most effectively. Organogenesis from protoplast-derived callus was achieved on transfer toMurashige andSkoog'S (1962) medium supplemented with an appropriate auxin and a cytokinin.     

Transformation of Solanum nigrum L. protoplasts by Agrobacterium rhizogenes

Summary Solanum nigrum protoplasts were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium rhizogenes harboring agropine-type Ri plasmid (pRi15834). A large number of transformed calli were obtained on Murashige and Shoog's (MS) medium lacking plant growth regulators. Frequency of transformation was about 3.5×10^–3. In most of the calli, hairy roots appeared on MS medium without plant growth regulator. When the hairy roots were cut into segments and subcultured on MS medium lacking plant growth regulators, calli were readily formed. Plantlets were regenerated by transferring those calli to MS medium supplemented with 1 mg/l zeatin and 0.2 mg/l naphthaleneacetic acid. Frequency of plant regeneration was about 70%.     

The isolation of leaf protoplasts from the submerged aquatic angiosperm Potamogeton lucens L.

Abstract. A method for isolating protoplasts from leaves of the submerged aquatic angiosperm Potamogeton lucens L. is described. The protoplasts are produced enzymatically from leaf strips using 1.5% (w/v) Cellulysin, 0.3% (w/v) Macerozyme R10, and 2.5% (v/v) β-glucuronidase at 27°C in the dark. Subsequently the protoplasts are purified on a discontinuous Ficoll gradient. The yield obtained is approximately 20% of the starting material on a chlorophyll basis. The viability is high, namely more than 90% as estimated with Evans Blue. Cells of the intact leaves of P. lucens can use HCO₃⁻ for photosynthesis. ¹⁴CO₂ fixation experiments at pH 6.0 and 8.5 suggest that these isolated protoplasts can also use bicarbonate as a carbon source.     

The isolation of genomic DNA from blackcurrant (ribes nigrum L.)

A method is described for isolating DNA of high molecular mass (M_r) from blackcurrant and other soft-fruit species. Following a hexacethylytimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB)-based extraction procedure, samples are treated with a glycosidic hydrolase mixture and RNase, and then purified. The suitability of this DNA for Southern analysis and genomic-library construction is demonstrated.     

Isolation of protoplasts from the placental cells of Lycopersicum pimpinellifolium Mill

Living protoplasts were isolated from the interplacental regions of Lycopersicum pimpinellifolium berries by the removal of the walls from cells in tissue slices treated for 1–2 h with 10 % pectinase in 0.5 M sucrose solution. Protoplasts thus isolated, then washed and transferred to microculture chambers for observation were invariably spherical. Each protoplast contains a nucleus, a number of chloroplasts of variable shape and a vacuole with smaller vacuoles contained therein. Phase contrast optics reveal cytoplasmic granules, the size of mitochondria, which serve to indicate such dynamic processes as cyclosis. Treatment with ox bile salt and sodium lauryl sulphate cause rapid disruption of the protoplasts producing subprotoplasts and isolated tonoplasts and serves to confirm the absence of rigid cell walls.     

Electrofusion of protoplasts from Solanum tuberosum, S. nigrum and S. bulbocastanum

Leaf protoplasts of two wild species, Solanum nigrum var. gigantea (S. ngr gig) and S. bulbocastanum Dun. (S. blb), were electrofused with leaf protoplasts of two diploid potato clones, H-8105 and ZEL-1136, respectively, in order to confer the late blight-resistance from the wild species to the cultivated potato. The S. ngr gig mesophyll (+) H-8105 mesophyll combination resulted in regenerants of mostly normal ngr phenotype. Two regenerants from this combination were proved to be true hybrids by RAPD analysis but they rooted poorely in vitro and did not survive the transfer to soil. The S. ngr gig (+) H-8105 fusion combination was also performed with H-8105 cell suspension derived protoplasts enabling an easy identification of interspecific fusants on basis of their intermediate morphology. From the S. ngr gig mesophyll (+) H-8105 cultured cell combination, many abnormal shoots were regenerated. The two lines which survived had normal ngr phenotype but the presence of tuberosum (tbr) genome in those regenerants was not confirmed by RAPD analysis. No plants with tbr phenotype were obtained from both of S. ngr gig (+) H-8105 combinations. On the contrary, when S. blb mesophyll protoplasts were electrofused with ZEL-1136 mesophyll protoplasts, all regenerated plants had tbr phenotype, indicating much lower morphogenetic potential of S. bulbocastanum in comparison with that of S. nigrum var. gigantea. However, the hybridity of those regenerants has not been confirmed by RAPD analysis with two different primers. The efficiency of the applied fusion procedure and analysis of the regenerants is discussed.     

Plant regeneration from the protoplasts of Solanum tuberosum, S. nigrum and S. bulbocastanum

The mesophyll protoplasts were isolated from the Solanum tuberosum (S. tbr) clones of different ploidy level (4x Bzura cv., 2x H-8105, and 2x ZEL-1136) as well as from the wild species: S. bulbocastanum (S. blb, 2x) and two accessions of S. nigrum (S. ngr, 6x). Additionally, the protoplasts were isolated from the cell suspensions of Bzura cv. and H-8105 clone. The conditions of protoplast isolation as well as the media for their culturing and regeneration, were selected and optimized for the studied genotypes. For mesophyll protoplasts, the shooting calli were produced by all the cultured protoclones except that of S. bulbocastanum. The shoots excised from the protoplast-derived calli developed into whole plants in all the studied potato clones but only in one accession of S. nigrum, i.e. S. ngr var. gigantea. As for suspension-cell-derived protoplasts, only H-8105 clone produced the regenerative type of calli, though normal shoots could not be obtained. The regenerative capacity of the protoplasts isolated from leaves and cell suspensions is compared and discussed. We regret to report the death of M. Sc. Maria Borkowska after the completion of this work.     

The isolation of barley-aleurone protoplasts

Summary A procedure is described for the isolation of large numbers of viable aleurone protoplasts. After treatment with Onozuka cellulase protoplasts were obtained which were surrounded by a thin, Onozuka-resistant wall. These cells were termed spheroplasts. Treatment of spheroplasts with Glusulase digested away the residual wall, yielding naked protoplasts. Measurements of respiration using a Clarke-type oxygen electrode indicated that aleurone cells isolated by this procedure were viable.Work supported by National Science Foundation grant GB-27468.     

The isolation of coated vesicles from protoplasts of soybean

Fractions enriched in coated vesicles were obtained from protoplasts derived from suspension cultured Glycine max (L.) Merr. cells. Initial enrichment was achieved by isopycnic centrifugation of a protoplast homogenate through a linear sucrose gradient in a vertical rotor. The coated-vesicle fractions from this gradient were pooled and centrifuged through a second linear sucrose gradient in a rate zonal fashion to remove the larger contaminating membrane vesicles. The most prominent polypeptide in the coated-vesicle fractions, plant clathrin, had a relative molecular mass of approx. 190 kdalton as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Other enriched polypeptides included bands at 105, 100, 96, 64, 50, 38 and 32 kdalton. This method was compared with a procedure utilizing sucrose step gradients for preparing coated vesicles from soybean protoplasts. The effectiveness of the isopycnic-rate zonal centrifugation procedure was also tested for the preparation of bovine-brain coated vesicles.NRCC No. 23142     

The isolation and characterization of sphingomyelinase from human placental tissue.

Human placental sphingomyelinase activity was eluted as a single symmetrical peak from Sephadex G-200 with a molecular weight of 290000; however, the enzyme behaved heterogeneously on ion exchange chromatography. A specific species of sphingomyelinase was purified approx. 10 000-fold to a constant specific activity of 274 000 nanomol of sphingomyelin hydrolyzed per mg protein per h. When the purified enzyme was examined on sodium dodecyl sulfate disc gel electrophoresis, two distinct protein bands in approximately equal proportions with molecular weights of 36 800 and 28 300 were found. The specificity of the enzyme is directed towards both the hydrophilic phosphocholine and the hydrophobic ceramide moieties of sphingomyelin. Possible interrelationships between the heterogenous forms of placental sphingomyelinases are discussed.     

Evaluation of parameters in the isolation of viable protoplasts from cultured tobacco cells

A systematic evaluation disclosed the following conditions to be optimum for the isolation of viable protoplasts from cultured cells of Nicotiana tabacum L. `Bright Yellow' grown in liquid suspensions: (a) the cell culture in the early phase of cell number increase, (b) an enzyme mixture of 1% cellulase “Onozuka” and 0.2% Macerozyme, (c) an enzyme solution pH of 4.7 or 5.7, (d) a 2- to 3-hr incubation period, (e) 5 ml of enzyme solution per 500 mg cells and contained in a 50-ml Delong flask, (f) agitation on a gyrotory shaker at 50 rpm, and (g) 0.3 to 0.8 m mannitol as osmoticum in the cell enzyme mixture. The incubation temperature may be varied from 22 to 37 C. The procedure enabled 30% of the tobacco cells to form protoplasts, 80% of which regenerated cell walls in 4 days and 40% resumed cell division activity when returned to cell culture medium.     

Rapid method for isolation and purification of protoplasts from epidermal tissue ofVicia faba L. leaves

Summary A method has been developed for isolating and purifying epidermal and guard cell protoplasts (ECPs and GCPs) from leaves ofVicia faba L. This method has three essential characteristics: 1) requires only small quantities of initial plant tissue; 2) is rapid, being based on a two-step enzymatic digestion and purification by discontinuous density gradient centrifugation using Percoll, and 3) gives a high viability of purified protoplasts. The procedure yielded about 6% ECPs and 10% GCPs on the basis of their occurrence on epidermal foliar tissue, the final suspension of protoplasts being 100% pure. Cell viability was assessed by the ability of each protoplast type to accumulate neutral red in their vacuoles. Values of 90% and 95% were obtained for ECPs and GCPs respectively. The complete lack of cell wall after enzymatic treatment was checked at the light microscope level by the absence of Calcofluor fluorescent staining of cellulosic material. Representative counts for purified ECPs and GCPs obtained at the interfaces of 20/30% and 40/80% Percoll gradients were 1.32×10⁵ and 3.7×10⁵ elements/ml, which represents a yield of 930 and 2,200 protoplasts/cm² of epidermal tissue respectively. The integrity of the plasma membrane and organelles after the isolation procedures was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and by the ability of protoplasts to exclude Evans blue.

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Resumen Se ha desarrollado un método para el aislamiento y purifición de protoplastos de células epidérmicas y células guardianas (PCEs PCGs) de hojas deVicia faba L. Este método posee tres características esenciales: 1) solamente requiere pequeñas cantidades de tejido vegetal inicial; 2) rapidez, en base a una digestión enzimática de sólo dos etapas y centrifugación en gradiente discontinuo de Percoll, y 3) la elevada viabilidad de los protoplastos purificados. Este método permitió obtener ca. 6% de PCEs y 10% de PCGs sobre la base de su ocurrencia en el tejido epidérmico foliar, con una pureza del 100% para las suspensiones finales de protoplastos. Se determinó la viabilidad de cada tipo celular por su habilidad de acumular rojo neutro en sus vacuolas, obteniéndose valores de 90% y 95% para PCEs y PCGs respectivamente. Se determinó la ausencia total de pared celular después del tratamiento enzimático mediante microscopía de fluorescencia con Calcofluor, específico para sustancias celulósicas. El recuento de PCEs y PCGs purificados — obtenidos en las interfases 20/30% y 40/80% del gradiente de Percoll — fue de 1,32×10⁵ y 3,7×10⁵ elementos/ml, lo cual representó un rendimiento de 930 y 2200 protoplastosi cm² de tejido epidérmico respectivamente. La integridad de la membrana plasmática y de las organelas fue confirmada por microscopía electrónica de transmisión y por la habilidad de los protoplastos de excluir azul de Evans.

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Résumé Une méthode a été développée pour l'isolement et la purification de proto-plastes épidermiques (ECPs) et de cellules de garde (GCPs) de feuilles deVicia faba L. Cette méthode présente trois caractéristiques essentielles: 1) Elle ne requiert que de petites quantités du tissu végétal originel; 2) elle est rapide, car elle se base sur une digestion enzymatique en deux étapes et une purification dans un gradient discontinu de densité utilisant le Percoll, et 3) elle fournit une forte proportion de protoplastes prufiés bien vivants. La procédure fournit environ 6% d'ECPs et 10% de GCPs sur la base de leur présence dans le tissue foliaire épidermique et d'une suspension pure à 100% de protoplastes. La viabilité des cellules a été testée par la capacité de chaque type de protoplaste d'accumuler de rouge neutre dans ses vacuoles. On a obtenu des valeurs de 90% et de 95% respectivement pour les ECPs et les GCPs. L'absence totale de paroi cellulaire après le traitement enzymatique a été vérifiée au microscope optique par l'absence de fluorescence après coloration du matériel cellulosique par le calcofluor. Des comptages typiques pour les ECPs et les GCPs purifiés obtenus aux interfaces 20/30% et 40/80% des gradients de Percoll ont donné 1.32×10⁵ et 3.7×10⁵ éléments/ml, ce qui représente des rendements respectifs de 930 et de 2200 protoplastes par cm² de tissue épidermique. L'intégrité de la membrane plasmique et des organites après les procédures d'isolement a été confirmée par microscopie électronique à transmission et par la papacité de protoplastes d'exclure le bleu d'Evans.

     

The isolation of mitotic and meiotic chromosomes from plant protoplasts

A method has been developed for the isolation of whole chromosomes from plant protoplasts of both mitotic and meiotic cells. Mitotic chromosomes were isolated from protoplasts taken from synchronized liquid suspension cultures of both Nicotiana tabacum and Lycopersicon esculentum, with final yields under optimum conditions of 7% and 12%, respectively, of the total chromosomes available. Meiotic chromosomes were isolated from the naturally synchronous meiocytes of Lilium Black Beauty and Hemerocallis Crestwood Ann with final yields of over 50% of the total chromosomes available. The technique used involves a gentle lysis of the protoplasts with a low osmotic strength and low detergent concentration. Evidence that the structures isolated were in fact chromosomes consists of : (i) Feulgen positive staining with correct morphology; (ii) isolation of histone proteins from tomato chromosomes; (iii) radioautography based on tritiated thymidine labeled isolated chromosomes from tobacco cells.     

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Plant regeneration from protoplasts isolated from embryogenic suspension cultured cells of Cinnamomum camphora L.

An efficient and reproducible protocol is described for the regeneration of Cinnamomum camphora protoplasts isolated from cultured embryogenic suspension cells. Maximum protoplast yield (13.1±2.1×10⁶/g FW) and viability (91.8±3.8%) were achieved using a mixture of 3% (w/v) cellulase Onozuka R10 and 3% (w/v) macerozyme Onozuka R10 in 12.7% (w/v) mannitol solution containing 0.12% (w/v) MES, 0.36% (w/v) CaCl₂·2H₂O, and 0.011% (w/v) NaH₂PO₄·2H₂O. First divisions occurred 7–10 days following culture initiation. The highest division frequency (24.6±2.9%) and plating efficiency (6.88±0.8%) were obtained in liquid medium (MS) supplemented with 30 g l^–1 sucrose, 0.7M glucose, 0.1 mg l^–1 NAA, 1.0 mg l^–1 BA, and 1.0 mg l^–1 GA₃. After somatic embryo induction and then shoot induction, the protoplast-derived embryos produced plantlets at an efficiency of 17.5%. Somatic embryos developed into well-rooted plants on MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg l^–1 3-indole butyric acid (IBA). Regenerated plants that transferred to soil have normal morphology.     

The isolation, culture and division of protoplasts from citrus cotyledons

High yields (2.3 × 10⁵ to 1.3 × 10⁶ protoplasts/g.f.wt.) of isolated protoplasts were obtained from cotyledons of Cirus sinensis (L.) Osb. 'Valencia'. Osmotic potential of the medium and enzyme concentrations were important in obtaining high viability of preparations as indicated by FDA fluorescence. Adding malt extract to a Murashige-Tucker basal medium increased plating efficiencies somewhat, but not the rate or duration of cell division. However, modifying the NAA and kinetin concentration optimized plating efficiencies (up to 20%) of protoplasts and also the rate or duration of cell division. The highest plating efficiency and number of cells per colony were obtained on a defined medium containing NAA (15 μ M ). and kinetin (4.6 μ M ). Coincidence of percentage protoplast viability after 13 days (assessed by FDA fluorescence) with plating efficiency after 21 days indicates that FDA fluorescence is an accurate indicator of citrus protoplast viability.     

A method for isolation of protoplasts from dermatophytes

A method has been developed to isolate protoplasts from dermatophytes using Novozym 234. A simple technique of flotation in MgSO4 has been adapted to separate protoplasts from incubation mixture. Electron microscopic studies confirmed the absence of cell wall material on these protoplasts. The recovery of DNA from protoplasts was higher than from mycelia.     

Abscisic-acid contents and concentrations in protoplasts from guard cells and mesophyll cells ofVicia faba L.

The abscisic-acid (ABA) contents of isolated guard-cell protoplasts and mesophyll-cell protoplasts fromVicia faba were determined by high-pressure liquid chromatography followed by gas chromatography. The amounts of ABA found immediately after preparation of the protoplasts varied from 90 to 570 amol per guard-cell protoplast, and from 75 to 100 amol per mesophyll-cell protoplast. These contents correspond to concentrations between 36 and 230 mol per liter in guard-cell protoplasts and between 2.7 and 3.3 mol per liter in mesophyll-cell protoplasts. During exposure of protoplasts to betaine concentrations of 0.3, 0.5, and 0.8 mol·l^-1 at 0° and 20°C for 30 min, ABA contents as well as the fractions of ABA that leaked into the medium remained constant for both protoplast types. There was no evidence for net production of ABA in isolated protoplasts subjected to osmotic stress.Abbreviation ABA abscisic acid     

Standardized isolation of protoplasts

Isolation of leaf mesophyll protoplasts from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) is facilitated using a specially designed digestion chamber. The chamber's airtight seals and various ports reduce the complexity, time and contamination risks which may be associated with standard isolations. The polished glass viewing window allows continuous monitoring of protoplast release, thus facilitating more precise determinations of the optimal digestion time. In concert with a simplified centrifugation step, the protoplast isolation procedure is greatly standardized.     

Regeneration Of Plantlets from Solanum nigrum L. Mesophyll Protoplasts

Using the “EA3-867” cellulase prepared in our laboratory, viable mesophyll protoplasts were isolated from Solanum nigrum L. The protoplasts grew and divided when cultivated in banging drops and thin liquid layer of NT medium, and calli formed. After transfering the calli on Dudits and MS solid medium (both supplemented with zeatin 1 mg/L, NAA 0.5 mg/L), regenerated plantlets had been obtained. The effects of different inositol amounts in NT medium on the growth of protoplasts were compared. The percentage of 1st and 2nd cell division after 5–8 days culture and the number of cell clusters increased in NT medium containing 250 mg/L inositol.