Low temperature effects on growth and actin cytoskeleton organisation in suspension cells of winter oilseed rape |
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Authors: | Egierszdorff Stefania Kacperska Alina |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Experimental Plant Biology, Warsaw University, Pawińskiego 5A, Pl-02-907 Warsaw, Poland;(2) Institute of Experimental Plant Biology, Warsaw University, Pawińskiego 5A, Pl-02-907, Warsaw, Poland |
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Abstract: | Rhodamine-phalloidin staining of winter oilseed rape suspension cells revealed that the structure of actin cytoskeleton changes with the phase of cell growth. In small, 4-day-old cells, entering the exponential phase of growth, a dense and uniformly distributed cortical microfilament networks was seen. In six-day-old vacuolated cells, which reached the stationary phase of growth, the actin cytoskeleton was composed of thicker microfilament cables in irregular arrangements. In cells acclimated in cold for 7 days a dense, uniformly distributed and cortical microfilament network was still seen. The fine microfilament network was sensitive to extracellular freezing since the structures underwent depolymerization at −3 °C (in the presence of extracellular ice), both in non-acclimated and cold-acclimated cells. The thicker transvacuolar cables in cells of the stationary growth phase resisted freezing to −7 °C. Acclimation of suspensions at 2 °C resulted in slowing down growth of cells and in the increased freezing tolerance of cells as indicated by a decrease of LT50 from −11 °C to −17.5o or to −25 °C when determined 7 or 20 days after the beginning of the cold treatment, respectively. Freezing tolerance of non-acclimated cells decreased from −11 °C to −8 °C during subculture, showing a transient increase to −17 °C on the day 6. Results indicate that the arrangement of actin microfilaments and their sensitivity to freezing-induced depolymerization depends on the phase of cell growth rather than on cell acclimation status. Possible mechanisms involved in the freezing-induced depolymerization of actin microfilaments are discussed. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | Brassica napus L. var. oleifera L. cold cell morphology extracellular freezing microfilaments |
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