Electrically Stimulated Fusion of Different Plant Cell Protoplasts 12: MESOPHYLL CELL AND GUARD CELL PROTOPLASTS OF VICIA FABA

AUTOR(ES)

Scheurich, Peter

RESUMO

Cell fusion is induced between guard cell and mesophyll cell protoplasts of Vicia faba by electrical field application. The process of fusion is initiated by electrical breakdown of the cell membrane. Prior to the application of an external electrical field pulse which brings about reversible breakdown of the membrane, the cells (suspended in a low-conducting medium) are brought into close contact with one another by exposing them to an external alternating, nonuniform field (5 volts, electrode distance, 200 micrometers; 500 kiloHertz). During this process, they form “pearl chains” which may become sufficiently long to form bridges between the electrodes. The process is reversible as long as this voltage is not exceeded. Cell fusion is initiated as a result of an electrical field pulse of 50 microseconds duration and of sufficiently high intensity to induce reversible electrical breakdown of the membranes. The process of fusion is completed within 40 minutes or less in the case of guard cell protoplasts, as well as in the case of fusion between guard cell and mesophyll cell protoplasts. The fused cells are spherical in shape, if the fusion product consists only of two or three cells.

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