Effects of Light on Chlorophyll Formation in Cultured Tobacco Cells II. Blue Light Effect on 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Formation

5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) accumulation in dark-grown tobaccocallus cells in the presence of levulinic acid (LA) was followedunder blue or red light or in continuous darkness. Significantformation of ALA continued in the dark. The protochlorophyll-(ide) (Pchl) content of dark-incubated cells remained low becauseof its turnover. We inferred that the feedback inhibition ofALA synthesis by Pchl would not occur in darkincubated calluscells. ALA formation was enhanced by blue light, and this effectreached saturation at an intensity of about 800 mW.m^–2.Neither weak nor strong red light affected ALA formation. Fullenhancement of ALA formation by blue light was attained afterfairly long continuous illumination of the callus cells. Thisblue lightenhanced activity of ALA synthesis declined very slowlyduring the subsequent dark incubation. The blue light enhancement of ALA formation was observed incallus cells supplied with sucrose over a wide range of concentrations.Pchl regeneration in carbon-starved callus cells, supplied withglutamate at various concentrations, was also markedly enhancedby blue light. Respiration of the callus cells was not enhancedby blue light. A possible role of blue light in regulating ALAformation in callus cells is discussed. ¹Dedicated to the late Professor Joji Ashida. (Received September 3, 1982; Accepted April 5, 1983)     

Effects of Light on Chlorophyll Formation in Cultured Tobacco Cells I. Chlorophyll Accumulation and Phototransformation of Protochlorophyll(ide) in Callus Cells under Blue and Red light

A marked accumulation of chlorophyll was observed in calluscells of Nicotiana glutinosa when they were grown under bluelight, while under strong red light no chlorophyll accumulated.This blue light effect saturated at an intensity of about 500mW.m^–2. The effects of white, blue and red light on the transformationof protochlorophyll (ide) (Pchl) accumulated in dark-grown calluscells were studied by following the changes in the intensityof fluorescence emitted by Pchl and different forms of chlorophyll(ide) (Chi). Pchl with a fluorescence maximum at 633 nm (absorptionmaximum: 630 nm) decreased slowly, concomitant with an increasein Chl having a fluorescence maximum at 677 nm (absorption maximum:675 nm), which was subsequently transformed, independently oflight, to Chi with a fluorescence maximum at 683 nm (absorptionmaximum: 680 nm). Both blue and red light of low intensitieswere effective for the phototransformation, while red light,but not blue light, of high intensities caused significant destructionof Pchl. An action spectrum for this photodestruction showedthat the maximum destruction took place at 630 nm. White lightof high intensities was effective for the photoreduction withonly slight destruction of Pchl, suggesting that blue lightcounteracts the destructive effect of red light. At low temperatures,however, blue light as well as red light of low intensitiescaused photodestruction of Pchl. It was inferred that blue lightenhances a certain step or steps involved in the productionof a reductant required for the photoreduction of Pchl to Chl. (Received July 3, 1981; Accepted November 11, 1981)     

Chlorophyll Formation in the Dark I. Chlorophyll in Pine Seedlings

In black pine (Pinus nigra) chlorophyll was first detected two days after planting of the soaked seeds. There was a slight change in the chlorophyll content between two and five days, then a faster chlorophyll synthesis started. The maximum chlorophyll content was found after 15 days of germination. Thereafter the content showed a gradual decrease. The chlorophyll a/b ratio decreased from 10 at two days to 3 after five days. Protochlorophyllide did not accumulate after 6 days of germination.     

Membrane Potentials of Heterotrophically Cultured Tobacco Cells

The electrophysiological properties of the membrane of Nicotianatabacum var. Sarnsun cultured cells were determined using amicroelectrode technique in standard medium containing 1 mMKC1, 1 mM NaCl and 1 mu CaCl₂ at pH 7. Tobacco callus was derivedfrom the pith (E_m=–104.4%16.2 mV). The membrane potentialsof the callus cells did not show a symmetrical Gaussian distributionbut were scattered over a wide range. The percentage of highmembrane potential cells increased as the subculture was continueduntil about 11 months and then decreased. The response of themembrane potential to electric stimulus, ionic composition,metabolic inhibitors, sugars and amino acids was characteristicof high (E_m=–{small tilde}–160 220 mV; H-cells)and low (E_m=–80{small tilde}–90 mV; L-cells) membranepotential cells. The membrane potential of H-cells was largelydepolarized by addition of CN^–, carbonium cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone,decyclohexylcarbodiimide, and triphenyltin chloride and transientlydepolarized by addition of glucose, galactose, mannose or sucrose,and D-alanine, L-alanine or Llysine, but the membrane potentialof L-cells was not. (Received December 3, 1982; Accepted March 16, 1983)     

Chlorophyll Formation in the Dark II. Chlorophyll in Wheat Leaves Transplanted to Pine Megagametophytes

Chlorophyll production in wheat (Triticum vulgare) leaves takes place in the dark when wheat embryos are transplanted to the megagametophytes of black pine (Pinus nigra). The chlorophyll content in the wheat leaves is about half that in black pine cotyledons of the same age.     

An Electrophysiological Study of Photomixotrophically Cultured Tobacco Cells

Membrane potential properties of photomixotrophically culturedgreen tobacco cells with chloroplasts were studied in comparisonwith white tobacco cells without chloroplasts. In the dark therewas almost no difference in their membrane potential properties.In the light some of the green cells showed a light-inducedpotential change (LPC), but other green cells did not, nor didthe white cells. Our results indicate that the green cells arecomposed of two kinds of cells, one that shows the LPC and onethat does not. (Received October 5, 1983; Accepted May 10, 1984)     

Photosynthetic Characteristics of Photoautotrophically Cultured Cells of Tobacco

The photosynthetic characteristics of photoautotrophically culturedcells of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Samsun NN) as well asthose of photomixotrophically cultured cells and green leaveswere investigated. Analyses revealed that on a fresh weightbasis cultured tobacco cells had lower chlorophyll contentsthan cells of green leaves. The chlorophyll content per chloro-plast,however, was almost the same in both types of cell, and thechloroplast number per cell accounted for only small differencesin the cellular chlorophyll content. This indicates that thelarger cell volume of cultured cells is the main factor in thedifference in the chlorophyll content of these cells. Photosynthetic activity measurements also showed differencesin the chloroplasts of cultured and leaf cells. The maximumactivities of photosystem I and the Hill reaction for the culturedcells were about half those for leaf cells on a per unit chlorophyllbasis. Moreover, photo-autotrophic cells had relatively constantphotosystem I and Hill reaction activities during growth; whereas,on a fresh weight basis these activities in leaf cells reflecteddevelopmental changes in the chlorophyll content. Lithium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showedqualitatively similar thylakoid polypeptide compositions forcultured and leaf cells at all stages of growth even thoughthere were quantitative decreases in the contents of severalpolypeptides in the cultured green cells (especially in photomixotrophiccells) in comparison to the polypeptide contents of tobaccoleaves. We speculate that the lower photosynthetic activityof the cultured cells may be caused by this reduction in thecontents of certain thylakoid polypeptides. (Received November 14, 1988; Accepted June 19, 1989)     

Formation of Ascorbate Oxidase in Cultured Pumpkin Cells

Ascorbate oxidase activity rapidly increased during callus formationfrom pumpkin fruit tissue. The activity reached a maximum at5 days after transfer and then declined. In callus which hadbeen subcultured at about 4-week intervals for more than oneyear, the activity also increased after transfer to fresh mediumand reached a maximum in the early logarithmic phase of growth.Light had little effect on the appearance of ascorbate oxidaseactivity in pumpkin callus. In the callus grown in the presenceof 10µM CuSO₄, the activity was about 10 times that inthe presence of 0.1 µM CuSO₄, suggesting that the formatonof ascorbate oxidase in pumpkin callus is stimulated by copper,a prosthetic metal of the enzyme. From 45 to 75% of the totalascorbate oxidase activity in pumpkin cell suspension cultureswas found in the medium. Ascorbate oxidase activity in the medium,as well as that in the cells, increased soon after transferto fresh medium, and reached a maximum at about 5 days. (Received July 2, 1987; Accepted November 21, 1987)     

Ion Composition of Tobacco Cells Cultured under Sulfur Deficiency

In both photoheterotrophic and heterotrophic tobacco cells areduced supply of sulfate in the medium did not alter the ratebut the duration of exponential growth. The higher the sulfatesupply in the medium the longer exponential growth proceeded.However, the ion composition of photoheterotrophic and heterotrophiccells was affected by sulfur deficiency in completely differentways. The dynamics in the K⁺-, Na⁺-, Mg²*-, nitrate-, phosphate-,and malate-con-tents of photoheterotrophic cells during growthwere not at all, or only slightly changed, when the sulfatesupply in the medium was reduced from 1.8mM to 1.2 mM, 0.6 mM,or 0.3mM. In heterotrophic tobacco suspensions, however, severesulfur deficiency caused K⁺, Na⁺, Mg²⁺, and malate to accumulateand nitrate to begin to accumulate earlier inside the cells.Addition of sulfate after 4 days to heterotrophic suspensionsgrown under sulfur-limiting conditions prevented the accumulationof these cations and anions. During the initial period of growthalso phosphate accumulated inside heterotrophic tobacco cellsto amounts found to be the higher the smaller the sulfate-contentof the media. Apparently, in photoheterotrophic tobacco cellsthe ion composition can homeostatically be regulated independentfrom the cells' sulfate supply, whereas the ion compositionof heterotrophic tobacco cells appears to be highly dependenton the sulfate supply of the cells. ⁴Present address: Fraunhofer Institut für AtmosphärischeUmwéltforschung, Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19, D-8100 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, F.R.G. (Received August 30, 1988; Accepted January 18, 1989)     

Tissue-Specific Variation in the Cytokinin Habituation of Cultured Tobacco Cells

Cells of tobacco pith parenchyma sometimes lose their requirement for an exogenous supply of a cell division factor usually supplied as the synthetic cytokinin, kinetin. This change in phenotype, known as cytokinin habituation, is inherited by individual cells and appears to result from epigenetic changes rather than from rare, random, genetic mutations. We have found that tissues from different regions of the tobacco plant exhibit different states of habituation in culture. Pith tissues, as reported earlier, are usually cytokinin requiring and rapidly shift to the habituated state in culture. Leaf tissues are very slightly habituated and require kinetin for optimal rates of growth. Tissues from the stem-cortex are initially habituated. Both the leaf and cortex phenotypes are inherited by individual cells and persist for many cell generations in culture. These results show that certain tissue-specific phenotypes persist in culture and provide evidence that a process akin to habituation leading to different stable states of cytokinin requirement occurs in normal development.     

Aluminum Tolerance Acquired during Phosphate Starvation in Cultured Tobacco Cells

Al toxicity in cultured tobacco cells (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Samsun; nonchlorophyllic cell line SL) has been investigated in nutrient medium. In this system, Al and Fe(II) (ferrous ion) in the medium synergistically result in the accumulation of both Al and Fe, the peroxidation of lipids, and eventually death in cells at the logarithmic phase of growth (+P cells). A lipophilic antioxidant, N,N[prime]-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine, protected +P cells from the peroxidation of lipids and from cell death, suggesting that a relationship exists between the two. Compared with +P cells, cells that had been starved of Pi (-P cells) were more tolerant to Al, accumulated 30 to 40% less Al and 70 to 90% less Fe, and did not show any evidence of the peroxidation of lipids during Al treatment. These results suggest that -P cells exhibit Al tolerance because their plasma membranes are protected from the peroxidation of lipids caused by the combination of Al and Fe(II). It seems likely that the exclusion of Fe from -P cells might suppress directly Fe-mediated peroxidation of lipids. Furthermore, since -P cells accumulated [beta]-carotene, it is proposed that this carotenoid pigment might function as a radical-trapping antioxidant in the plasma membrane of cells starved of Pi.     

Size and Structure of Replicating Mitochondrial DNA in Cultured Tobacco Cells

The BY-2 tobacco cell line was used to study the size and structure of replicating mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Approximately 70 to 90% of the newly synthesized mtDNA did not migrate during pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Moving pictures of the fluorescently labeled molecules showed that most of the immobile well-bound DNA was in structures larger than the size of the BY-2 mitochondrial genome of ~270 kb. Most of the structures appeared as complex forms with multiple DNA fibers. The sizes of the circular molecules that were also observed ranged continuously from ~20 to 560 kb without prominent size classes. Pulse-chase and mung bean nuclease experiments showed that the well-bound DNA contained single-stranded regions and was converted to linear molecules of between 50 and 150 kb. MtDNA replication in plants may be initiated by recombination events that create branched structures of multigenomic concatemers that are then processed to 50- to 150-kb subgenomic fragments.     

A Ferredoxin-Like Electron Carrier from Non-Green Cultured Tobacco Cells

The electron carrier effective in nitrite reduction in proplastidsof cultured tobacco cells has been purified by DEAE-celluloseand Sephadex G-100 chromatography. Its electron carrying activityin the nitrite reduction system with dithionite showed that355 nmol NO₂^– reduced mg^–1 protein min^–1.The electron carrier had absorption maxima at 419, 459 and 469nm, and the absorbance peak at 419 nm was decreased 56% on reduction.The reduced form of the electron carrier showed an electronparamagnetic resonance signal with g=1.93. Thus, this electroncarrier is a kind of ferredoxin. It did not, however, show electroncarrying activity in the NADP-photoreduction system of chloroplasts.Its molecular weight was calculated as 19,500 by Sephadex G-100chromatography. ¹Present address: Second Department of Anatomy, Fukushima MedicalCollege, Sugitsuma-cho, Fukushima 960, Japan. (Received April 11, 1983; Accepted February 6, 1984)     

Phenylpropanoids as a Protectant of Aluminum Toxicity in Cultured Tobacco Cells

Aluminum (Al) enhances ferrous ion [Fe(II)]-mediated peroxidationof lipids, which is lethal to normal tobacco cells, but notto phosphate (P_i)-starved cells ( –P cells). We foundthat tobacco cells accumulated phenylpropanoid compounds includingchlorogenic acid (CGA) and caffeic acid (CA) during P_i starvation.The accumulation was inhibited by 2-aminoindan-2-phosphonicacid (AIP), a specific inhibitor of L-phenylalanine ammonialyase (PAL). CGA, CA and also an extract containing the phenylpropanoidcompounds from –P cells protected normal cells ( +P cells)efficiently from both lipid peroxidation and the loss of viabilitycaused by the combined application of Al and Fe(II), indicatingthat the phenylpropanoids acted as antioxidant molecules. –Pcells exhibited approximately 25-fold higher specific activityof PAL than +P cells. The content of the phenylpropanoids andthe activity of PAL were not affected by the combined treatmentwith Al and Fe(II) in either +P cells or –P cells. Theseresults suggest that an increase in PAL activity during P_i starvationenhances the accumulation of phenylpropanoids, and that thephenylpropanoids protect tobacco cells from cytotoxic lipidperoxidation caused by the combination of Al and Fe(II) ⁴CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST).     

Changes in Endogenous Gibberellin Contents during Growth of Cultured Tobacco Cells

Changes in the contents of endogenous gibberellins (GAs) wereexamined in three kinds of cultured tobacco cells; a crown gallcell and two cultured cells derived from normal tissue of Nicotianatabacum. The relative amounts of the GAs were analyzed by systematicchromatographic purifications followed by GC-SIM. In all thecell lines examined, the content of GAj was the highest duringthe logarithmic phase of growth, indicating that GA₁ has a physiologicalrole in the growth of dedifferentiated cells. ³ Present address: College of Agriculture, Chonnam NationalUniversity, Kwangju 500, Korea. (Received April 11, 1984; Accepted July 10, 1984)     

Resistance Mechanism of Cultured Plant Cells to Tobacco Mosaic Virus

In somaclonal tissues obtained from systemically TMV-infected tobacco plants, a relation between changes of TMV amounts and the callus growth was examined. The culture medium was suitable for maintaining a constant concentration of TMV as well as active callus growth. By using the shake-culture method, somaclonal tissues were separated into two classes on the basis of callus sizes. In large callus tissues, TMV amounts were constant during subculturing but the tissues did not either grow or release the newly divided cells after the last subculture. On the other hand, smaller callus tissues grew markedly and the TMV amounts were conspicuously lowered. After shake-subculture of smaller tissues, they were successfully regenerated to plantlets. None of the plantlets expressed any mosaic symptoms, while plantlets from the original somaclones showed severe mosaic symptoms of TMV in leaflets. Thus, the present report describes the successful production of virus-free plantlets from infected somaclonal callus cultures.     

烟草培养细胞中钙离子,钙调素与细胞质流的关系

烟草愈伤组织的培养细胞中,当钙离子载体将Ca~(2 )导入细胞时,细胞质流停止.CaM拮抗剂试验表明,高钙使细胞质流停止的效应可能与CaM无关,除W7外的多种CaM拮抗剂都明显而且可逆地抑制细胞质流。酶联免疫吸附分析(ELISA)检出培养细胞中存在有CaM。间接酶标免疫组织化学分析进一步证明CaM存在于胞质条纹中。     

Ultraviolet Radiation-stimulated Efflux of 86-Rubidium from Cultured Tobacco Cells

Ultraviolet (254 nm) radiation stimulated the efflux of ⁸⁶Rb⁺ from liquid-cultured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) cells; it did not stimulate the movement of mannitol or 2-deoxyglucose. These results indicate that the efflux of ⁸⁶Rb⁺ is not to a generalized disruption of membrane structure.     

Proteins Associated with Adaptation of Cultured Tobacco Cells to NaCl

Cultured tobacco cells (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Wisconsin 38) adapted to grow in medium containing high levels of NaCl or polyethylene glycol (PEG) produce several new or enhanced polypeptide bands on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The intensities of some of the polypeptide bands (molecular weights of 58, 37, 35.5, 34, 26, 21, 19.5, and 18 kilodaltons) increase with increasing levels of NaCl adaptation, while the intensities of other polypeptide bands (54, 52, 17.5, and 16.5 kilodaltons) are reduced. Enhanced levels of 43- and 26-kilodalton polypeptides are present in both NaCl and PEG-induced water stress adapted cells but are not detectable in unadapted cells. In addition, PEG adapted cells have enhanced levels of 29-, 17.5-, 16.5-, and 11-kilodalton polypeptides and reduced levels of 58-, 54-, 52-, 37-, 35.5-, 34-, 21-, 19.5-, and 18-kilodalton polypeptide bands.

Synthesis of 26-kilodalton polypeptide(s) occurs at two different periods during culture growth of NaCl adapted cells. Unadapted cells also incorporate ³⁵S into a 26-kilodalton polypeptide during the later stage of culture growth beginning at midlog phase. The 26-kilodalton polypeptides from adapted and unadapted cells have similar partial proteolysis peptide maps and are immunologically cross-reactive. During adaptation to NaCl, unadapted cells synthesize and accumulate a major 26-kilodalton polypeptide, and the beginning of synthesis corresponds to the period of osmotic adjustment and culture growth. From our results, we suggest an involvement of the 26-kilodalton polypeptide in the adaptation of cultured tobacco cells to NaCl and water stress.