Detection and immunolocalization of glycoproteins of the plasma membrane of maize sperm cells |
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Authors: | Heng Ping Xu T H Tsao |
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Institution: | (1) College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing;(2) Present address: Department 6, The Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080 Beijing, People's Republic of China |
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Abstract: | Summary After purifying plasma membranes from isolated maize sperm cells by aqueous polymer two-phase partition, peripheral and integral proteins were solubilized from the plasma membrane with Triton X-114 and separated in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Silver staining revealed 10 bands (19–68 kDa) of peripheral membrane proteins and about 40 bands (12–120 kDa) of integral proteins. Peroxidase-conjugated Con A was used to detect the surface glycopeptides. It was found that Con A particularly stained 8 peripheral polypeptide bands, including 68, 66, 55, 51,48, 44, 36, and 32 kDa, and 6 integral polypeptide bands, 68, 51, 48, 44, 38, and 34 kDa. These bands differed from those of somatic samples. Staining specificity was demonstrated by the control in the presence of competing inhibitory sugar. The above result indicates the existence of mannosyl and glucosyl residues in the surface glycoproteins of maize sperm cells. The prominent peripheral 68 kDa polypeptide was further separated into 4 spots by isoelectric focusing and sodium dodecyl sulfate two-dimensional (IEF-SDS 2-D) electrophoresis, showing pI values from 5.5 to 5.8. Three prominent glycopeptides (68, 48, and 32 kDa) were localized on the plasma membrane of maize sperm cells via the fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) technique. About 25% of sperm cells showed an intense positive reaction in each immunological labelling. The results agree with our previous labelling of the surface of isolated viable maize sperm cells with Con A-FITC.Abbreviations FITC
fluorescein isothiocyanate
- Con A
Canavalia ensiformis agglutinin
- HRP
horseradish peroxidase
- RCA
Ricinus communis agglutinin
- WGA
Triticum vulgaris agglutinin |
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Keywords: | Glycoproteins Peroxidase-conjugated concanavalin A Plasma membrane Sperm cell Zea mays Indirect immune localization |
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