Microelectrophoretic and 9-Aminoacridine Fluorescence Study of the Surface Electrical Properties of Suspension Cultured Catharanthus roseus Cells and Isolated Protoplasts: Effects of Abscisic Acid Treatment |
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Authors: | Ivanov, Alexander G. DiCosmo, Frank |
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Affiliation: | 1Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. bl. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria 2Centre for Plant Biotechnology, Department of Botany, University of Toronto 25 Willcocks Str., Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada |
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Abstract: | The effects of abscisic acid (ABA) treatments on the surfaceelectrical properties of cells and isolated protoplasts fromCatharanthus roseus cell suspension cultures were studied byelectrophoretic mobility and 9-aminoacridine (9AA) fluorescencemeasurements. The surface charge densities of the cells andprotoplasts estimated from electrokinetic data were 0.064Cm2and 0.048 C m2 respectively. These values wereclose to that estimated by 9AA fluorescence technique i.e.,0.053 Cm2 for the cells and 0.041 Cm2for the isolated protoplasts accordingly. The net negative surfacecharge density decreased after application of 10 µM and50 µM ABA in both cells and protoplats, the more pronouncedeffect being observed at 10 µM ABA. When 100 µMABA was supplemented to the cell suspension culture the oppositeeffect was observed. The average charge density increased to0.074 C m2 for the cells, and to 0.055C m2 for protoplasts, as revealed from the 9AA measurements.The results are discussed in terms of specific concentrationdependent ABA-induced alterations of the electrostatic propertiesof cell and protoplast membranes. (Received December 12, 1994; Accepted April 3, 1995) |
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