Organization of heterogeneous mitochondrial DNA molecules in mitochondrial nuclei of cultured tobacco cells |
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Authors: | M Satoh Y Nemoto S Kawano T Nagata H Hirokawa T Kuroiwa |
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Institution: | (1) National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, 305 Ibaraki, Japan;(2) Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo;(3) Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo;(4) Life Science Institute, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
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Abstract: | Summary The molecular size of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules and the number of copies of mtDNA per mitochondrion were evaluated from cultured cells of the tobacco BY-2 line derived fromNicotiana tabacum L. cv. Bright Yellow-2. To determine the DNA content per mitochondrion, protoplasts of cultured cells were stained with 4 ,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), and the intensity of the fluorescence emitted from the mitochondrial nuclei (mt-nuclei) was measured with a video-intensified photon counting microscope system (VIM system). Each mitochondrion except for those undergoing a division contained one mt-nucleus. The most frequently measured size of the DNA in the mitochondria was between 120 and 200 kilobase pairs (kbp) throughout the course of culture of the tobacco cells. Mitochondria containing more than 200 kbp of DNA increased significantly in number 24 h after transfer of the cells into fresh medium but their number fell as the culture continued. Because division of mitochondria began soon after transfer of the cells into fresh medium and continued for 3 days, the change of the DNA content per mitochondrion during the culture must correspond to DNA synthesis of mitochondria in the course of mitochondrial division. By contrast, the analyses of products of digestion by restriction endonucleases indicated that the genome size of the mtDNA was at least 270 kbp. Electron microscopy revealed that mtDNAs were circular molecules and their length ranged from 1 to 35 m, and 60% of them ranged from 7 to 11 rn. These results indicate that the mitochondrial genome in tobacco cells consists of multiple species of mtDNA molecules, and mitochondria do not contain all the mtDNA species. Therefore, mitochondria are heterogeneous in mtDNA composition.Abbreviations DAPI
4 , 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
- mtDNA
mitochondrial DNA
- mt-genome
mitochondrial genome
- mt-nucleus
mitochondrial nucleus
- ptDNA
proplastid DNA
- pt-nucleus
proplastid nucleus
- VIM system
video-intensified photon counting microscope system |
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Keywords: | Cell culture DNA content Mitochondrial DNA Mitochondrial genome Nicotiana |
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