Abstract
We have investigated the interaction between tungsten and gold microprojectiles with suspension-culture cells of maize used for genetic transformation. Particle size measurements were evaluated before and after DNA precipitation to determine mean particle size and the effect of DNA precipitation on particle aggregation. Following particle bombardment, metal foils were examined by scanning electron microscopy to visualize dispersion of individual particles and aggregates. Particle penetration into suspension-culture cell clusters was examined in paraffin-embedded bombarded cells serially sectioned and viewed with light microscopy and by energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis. Acridine-orange-stained bombarded cells were examined to observe cellular response to particle penetration. Transient expression of reporter genes C1 and B and GUS, (β-glucuronidase) were used to assess effects of particle bombardment on embryogenic cell types. Autoradiographic analysis of the transformable suspension cell culture SC82 (see Gordon-Kamm et al. 1990, Plant Cell 2, 603–618) was conducted to evaluate the S-phase and mitotic indices in embryogenic and nonembryogenic cells throughout a subculture passage and in response to DNA/particle delivery. The results of these investigations are discussed relative to cytodifferentiation of suspension cell clusters and recovery of transformed clonal sectors.
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Abbreviations
- GUS:
-
β-glucuronidase
- FAA:
-
formaldehyde-acetic acid-alcohol
- SEM:
-
scanning electron microscopy
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Kausch, A.P., Adams, T.R., Mangano, M. et al. Effects of microprojectile bombardment on embryogenic suspension cell cultures of maize (Zea mays L.) used for genetic transformation. Planta 196, 501–509 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203650
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