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Immunogold localization of glucanase-like antifreeze protein in cold acclimated winter rye

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Apoplastic antifreeze proteins (AFPs) accumulate in winter rye (Secale cereale L. cv. Musketeer) leaves during cold acclimation. Two of the rye AFPs with molecular masses of 32 and 35 kDa are similar in their amino acid sequences and epitopes to β-1, 3-endoglucanase. Localization of these AFPs, which we refer to as glucanase-like proteins (GLPs), was carried out with antiserum raised against the 32 kDa AFP. Specimens from leaves and roots of non-acclimated (NA) plants and cold acclimated (CA) plants were prepared by freeze-substitution for high resolution immunoelectron microscopy. In CA leaves, high levels of GLPs were observed in cell walls of mesophyll cells adjacent to intercellular spaces and in secondary thickenings of xylem vessels. Taken together with the absence of GLPs in vacuoles, these results confirm the apoplastic accumulation of AFPs in CA winter rye. Within the cells of CA leaves, GLPs were localized in cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi apparatus and the plasma membrane, which indicates that GLPs are secreted via an exocytic bulk-flow pathway. The occurrence of high levels of GLPs in CA leaves, their low presence in NA leaves and the lack of GLPs in roots all suggest that there is a correlation between increased accumulation of GLPs and increased freezing tolerance of these plant materials. Furthermore, the localization of GLPs in the immediate vicinity of pathways for free water within the tissues supports the view that these proteins have an important role in the crystallization and/or recrystallization of water when the leaves of CA winter rye are exposed to freezing temperatures.

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Abbreviations

AFP:

antifreeze protein

BSA:

bovine serum albumin

CA:

cold acclimated

GAR:

goat antirabbit antiserum conjugated with colloidal gold

GLP:

glucanase-like protein

NA:

non-acclimated

PBS:

phosphate buffered saline

PR:

pathogenesis related

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  1. Laboratory of Plant Phtsiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FIN-20014, Turku, Finland

    K. Pihakaski-Maunsbach & M. Antikainen

  2. Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

    M. Griffith

  3. Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus

    A. B. Maunsbach

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Pihakaski-Maunsbach, K., Griffith, M., Antikainen, M. et al. Immunogold localization of glucanase-like antifreeze protein in cold acclimated winter rye. Protoplasma 191, 115–125 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01281809

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