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Storage-protein regulation and lipid accumulation in microspore embryos of Brassica napus L.

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:Embryos derived in vitro from isolated microspores of Brassica napus L. were compared with their zygotic counterparts. Parameters investigated included storage-protein accumulation and gene expression, fattyacid composition, storage-lipid biosynthesis, and the appearance of oil-body proteins. The microspore embryos accumulate storage-protein and show increases in levels of their transcripts during the torpedo stage. These embryos were sensitive to abscisic acid (ABA) with respect to accumulation of storage-protein mRNA and oil-body proteins. Post-transcriptional regulation of cruciferin accumulation is indicated by a disparity between ABA-enhanced transcript accumulation and a less marked effect at the level of protein accumulation. To investigate storage-lipid profiles, two cultivars of Brassica napus, Reston and Topas, were used. The former accumulates major quantities of C20 (11.2%) and C22 (39.9%) fatty acids in its seeds, the latter predominantly C18 fatty acids. The higher-molecular-weight fatty acids (>C18) normally occur only in seeds and were used as biochemical markers for seed-specific metabolism in microspore embryos. Microspore embryos from Reston were found to accumulate C20 (10.6%) and C22 (31.2%) fatty acids after 35 d in culture at levels and proportions comparable to those found in seeds. Similarly, microspore embryos of Topas had a fatty-acid profile similar to that of mature Topas seed. Activities of enzymes involved in the accumulation of storage lipids (erucoyl-CoA synthetase [EC 6.2.1.3], erucoyl-CoA thioesterase [EC 3.1.2.2] and erucoyl-CoA acyltransferase [EC 2.3.1.15 or EC 2.3.1.20]) were detected in torpedostage microspore embryos. Their specific activities were higher than have been reported to date for analogous preparations from zygotic embryos of B. napus. The similarities in storage-lipid and protein composition of these embryos to their zygotic counterparts, along with their sensitivity to ABA, indicate that microspore embryos might be exploited to facilitate studies of biochemistry and gene regulation in oilseeds.

journal_name

Planta

journal_title

Planta

authors

Taylor DC,Weber N,Underhill EW,Pomeroy MK,Keller WA,Scowcroft WR,Wilen RW,Moloney MM,Holbrook LA

doi

10.1007/BF00202320

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-04-01 00:00:00

pages

18-26

issue

eissn

0032-0935

issn

1432-2048

journal_volume

181

pub_type

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Storage-protein regulation and lipid accumulation in microspore embryos of Brassica napus L.