Cytolocalization of ion-channel antagonist binding sites in sunflower protoplasts during the early steps of culture |
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Authors: | N Vallée C Brière M Petitprez H Barthou A Souvré G Alibert |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Amélioration des Plautes, Unité Associée de INRA, Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan |
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Abstract: | Summary A fluorescently labeled phenylalkylamine (PAA), DM-Bodipy PAA, was used as a probe for in vivo labeling of PAA binding sites in sunflower hypocotyl protoplasts in culture. Verapamil, a PAA known as a calcium channel antagonist in plants, lowers the division rate of sunflower protoplasts in culture. The binding specificity of DM-Bodipy PAA was established at various culture times by competition experiments with (–)bepridil. Studies on the Cytolocalization of DM-Bodipy PAA binding sites by confocal imaging showed that in freshly isolated protoplasts PAA receptors were organized into clusters uniformly distributed over the cell surface. During protoplast culture, the fluorescence labeling pattern evolved from peripheral to cytoplasmic. After a few days of culture, PAA binding sites were present inside the cell, along cytoplasmic strands, on the membrane of vesicles and vacuoles, and were highly concentrated around the nucleus. After protoplast division, the labeling was mainly restricted to a zone close to the new cell wall. On symmetrical division, binding sites were uniformly distributed on both sides of the new cell wall. With asymmetrical division, binding sites were concentrated in a ring surrounding the new cell plate.Abbreviations PAA
phenylalkylamine
- DHP
dihydropyridine
- FDA
fluorescein diacetate |
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Keywords: | Ion channel Phenylalkylamine Helianthus annuus Protoplast |
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