Abstract
In this study, intercellular nuclear migration (INM), also known as cytomixis, was documented in cryofixed plant meiocytes for the first time. Intact tobacco inflorescences and flower buds as well as dissected individual anthers were cryofixed in liquid nitrogen by plunge freezing. Cryosubstituted and cryosectioned male meiocytes were analyzed by light microscopy. For cryosubstitution, the frozen material was kept in acetic alcohol at − 70 °C for 1 week. For cryosectioning, the frozen material was sectioned at − 20 °C, and fixed with precooled acetic alcohol. Fixation of the intact tobacco inflorescences in Carnoy’s solution was used as a control. Microscopy revealed good preservation of cell structure in the cryofixed anthers, flower buds, and inflorescences. INM was detectable in all the studied cryofixed and chemically fixed samples. The cytological picture of INM observed in the cryofixed meiocytes did not noticeably differ from the picture obtained with the chemically fixed cells. These results indicate that INM is observable irrespective of whether a physical or chemical fixation method is employed, with minimal damage from handling. Our results contradict the notion that INM is a phenomenon caused by mechanical, osmotic, or chemical artifacts during sample preparation.
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This study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (research project No. 21-54-50001). The microscopic analysis was performed at the Multi-Access Center for Microscopy of Biological Objects and was supported by ICG SB RAS project No. 0259-2021-0011.
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Mursalimov, S., Ohno, N. & Deineko, E. Intercellular nuclear migration in cryofixed tobacco male meiocytes. Protoplasma 259, 1371–1376 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-021-01725-y
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