A simple system for plant cell microinjection and culture |
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Authors: | Mohammed A. M. Aly Lowell D. Owens |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 21228 Catonsville, MD, USA;(2) Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Plant Physiology Institute, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 20705 Beltsville, MD, USA;(3) Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 20705 Beltsville, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | Microinjection of plant protoplasts and cells has been recently reported, however a system that combines simplicity of design, harmless immobilization, high resolution visibility and ability to monitor individual target cells is lacking. This report describes a system which combines these features. It consists of a microinjection-microculture dish containing immobilized protoplasts and a simple chamber that maintains sterility and humidity during injection. Highly purified protoplast preparations are plated at low population density as a thin monolayer of widely separated cells embedded in agarose layered over a thicker (0.2 mm at center to 1 mm at edge) layer of agarose-solidified medium. This physical arrangement allows for rapid location, mapping and injection of the immobilized protoplasts and also their subsequent location for growth monitoring. The double layers of agarose provide adequate nutrition for culturing injected cells to the microcalli stage. In addition to protoplast injection, this system was also used to inject 3- to 4-day old nonspherical cells derived from protoplasts. Colony formation rates from injected protoplasts and cells with regenerated walls were equivalent to those of uninjected controls. Furthermore, tobacco protoplasts stored at 4°C in liquid medium for up to two weeks remained fully competent for plating and injection. These cold-stored protoplasts, when injected, formed colonies at rates similar to those from fresh preparations. The ability to store protoplasts without loss of viability considerably increases the ease and convenience of cell injection experiments.Mention of a trademark or proprietary product does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the product by the USDA, and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of the other products that may also be suitable. |
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Keywords: | microinjection cells tobacco microinjection-microculture dish monolayer |
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