Chloroplast activities of dark-imbibed and photoinduced spores of the fernOnoclea sensibilis |
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Authors: | V. Raghavan |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Plant Biology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, 43210 Columbus, OH, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Chloroplast activities of dark-imbibed (non-germinating) and photoinduced (germinating) spores of the sensitive fern,Onoclea sensibilis were compared to gain insight into the germination process. There were no changes in the number of chloroplasts or in the chlorophyll contents of the spore during dark-imbibition and during the early phase of germination. Levels of increase in the Chloroplast DNA content of dark-imbibed and photoinduced spores were nearly the same and were associated with autoradiographic incorporation of [3H]thymidine into the cytoplasm. However, incorporation of the label into the nucleus occurred only during photoinduction of spores. Analysis of Chloroplast and nuclear DNA contents by dot-blot hybridization with labeled gene-specific probes has confirmed that chloroplast DNA content of the spore increases during dark-imbibition and photoinduction, while increase in nuclear DNA occurs only in photoinduced spores. Chloroplasts isolated from dark-imbibed and photoinduced spores incorporated [3H]TTP into an acid-insoluble fraction identified as DNA. The results show that physiological activities of chloroplasts of dark-imbibed and photoinduced spores ofO. sensibilis are similar and support an exclusive role for nuclear DNA synthesis in spore germination. |
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Keywords: | Chloroplast changes DNA synthesis Fern spore germination Onoclea sensibilis |
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