Abstract
The aim of the present study was to estimate the endogenous abscisic acid (ABA) content in tulip ‘Apeldoorn’ torpedo and mature somatic embryos. Moreover, the effect of exogenous ABA and/or its inhibitor fluridone on somatic embryo maturation and conversion into plantlets was investigated. Torpedo-stage somatic embryos were subcultured on media containing 5 μM of picloram and 1 μM of 6-benzyl-aminopurine (BAP)—control, and combinations of ABA (0 or 10 μM) and/or fluridone (0 or 30 μM) for 1 week. Then, the torpedo embryos were transferred to a maturation medium containing 0.25 μM of α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 2.5 μM of BAP, without ABA and fluridone treatment, and cultivated under darkness or light for ten weeks. Endogenous ABA content (first time measured in tulip somatic embryos) was evaluated by ELISA test. The obtained results revealed that the highest level of endogenous ABA, at 17.45 nmol g−1 dry weight (DW), was recorded in torpedo-stage of tulip embryo development, only after 1 week of ABA treatment, and was nearly 10 times higher in comparison with the control. Simultaneous addition of ABA and fluridone to the medium resulted in the lowering of the ABA concentration to 9.58 nmol g−1 DW. During ten weeks of maturation of the embryos, the endogenous ABA content in mature tissue of tulip somatic embryo considerably decreased to an amount 0.87–1.33 nmol g−1 DW (irrespective of ABA and fluridone treatment) and did not differ significantly from control (0.59 nmol g−1 DW). Exogenous ABA and fluridone significantly decreased the growth value of fresh weight (FW) of the tulip torpedo-shaped and mature embryos under light conditions. Percentage of the DW of the torpedo embryos treated with exogenous ABA was significantly higher (15.43–17.02) in comparison with the control (10.87). Three to three and a half times more malformed mature embryos were noted under light conditions than in darkness, irrespective of ABA and fluridone treatment. The highest percentage of mature embryos forming shoots (conversion) was observed under light conditions in the control and after fluridone treatment (26 and 20%, respectively).
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Introduction
The traditional, vegetative way of new tulip cultivars propagation is very time consuming (Eijk et al. 1991; Rees 1992; De Hertogh and Le Nard 1993; Custers et al. 1997). It is possible to shorten the process using in vitro culture techniques. The most effective method seems to be somatic embryogenesis (SE) (Gude and Dijkema 1997), which enables large-scale propagation of many geophytes (Stefaniak 1994; Nhut et al. 2006; Bakhshaie et al. 2010; Gao et al. 2010; Subotić et al. 2010). Somatic embryogenesis also makes it possible to investigate factors involved in the process (Find 1997; Senger et al. 2001) and to study the physiological, biological, and molecular events occurring during embryo development (Zimmerman 1993; Ogata et al. 2005; Quiroz-Figueroa et al. 2006).
To induce somatic organogenesis, the culture medium is supplemented mainly with an auxin, which determines the initiation of somatic embryos (Zimmerman 1993; Dodeman et al. 1997; Gude and Dijkema 1997; Raghavan 1997, Bach and Ptak 2001). The auxin most frequently used in tulip SE is picloram (Gude and Dijkema 1997; Ptak and Bach 2007). Apart from auxin, bulbous plants for SE initiation also require a cytokinin, e.g. BAP (Malik 2008; Maślanka and Bach 2010). Initiated somatic embryos can develop into whole plants under appropriate conditions (Ogata et al. 2005). For proper maturation and conversion, somatic embryos must first achieve morphological maturity and then—by undergoing a desiccation period—physiological maturity (Stasolla and Yeung 2003). For this purpose, they are subcultured on maturation media containing lower levels of growth regulators, or on a hormone-free MS (Murashige and Skoog 1962) medium (Gude and Dijkema 1997; Raghavan 1997; Bakhshaie et al. 2010).
In spite of numerous studies in various genera, somatic embryogenesis is still presenting difficulties such as low number of generated embryos and low frequency of mature embryos converting into plantlets (Stasolla and Yeung 2003; Kępczyńska and Zielińska 2006). The problems occur due to largely unknown biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in SE (Quiroz-Figueroa et al. 2006). It is well known that somatic embryo quality determines the efficiency of somatic embryogenesis. Poor quality of somatic embryos is very often caused by low levels of storage reserves (Madakadze and Senaratna 2000), which results from a different synthesis pathway in comparison with seeds (Schmidt et al. 2005). The accumulation of storage proteins, starch, and lipids in plants—also during embryogenesis and germination of zygotic embryos—is affected by abscisic acid (ABA) (Seo and Koshiba 2002). ABA is involved in many physiological responses, such as alterations in nucleotide biosynthesis (Ashihara et al. 2001), alterations in nitrogen (Sreedhar and Bewley 1998), carbon (Goupil et al. 1998) and ascorbic acid metabolisms (Stasolla and Yeung 2003), and in the synthesis of polyamines (Minocha et al. 1999).
Protocols currently developed for tulip SE also yield low-quality somatic embryos, with insufficient conversion into plants (Ptak and Bach 2007; Maślanka and Bach 2010). To exploit the favourable effect of ABA during SE in certain plants (Li and Wolyn 1996; Vágner et al. 1998; Yoshioka et al. 1998; Stasolla and Yeung 2003; Garcia-Martin et al. 2005), we decided for the first time to examine its impact on quality (biometrical features) of tulip somatic embryos. To that end, the tulip somatic embryo media were supplemented with ABA, alone or together with fluridone—an ABA biosynthesis inhibitor.
In our study, for the first time, there has been also examined endogenous ABA content in tulip torpedo and mature somatic embryos tissue in relation to exogenous ABA and fluridone treatment.
Materials and methods
Plant material
The studies were conducted on the Tulipa ‘Apeldoorn’ torpedo somatic embryos. Induction of somatic embryogenesis and differentiation of somatic embryos were carried out following the procedure developed in Department of Ornamental Plants in Kraków by Bach and Ptak (2001).
Embryogenic callus, obtained from ovary explants after 16–20 weeks of culture, was put on an MS medium with 5 μM of picloram, 1 μM of BAP, and 3% of sucrose in order to produce torpedo somatic embryos.
Somatic embryos maturation and conversion: ABA/fluridone treatment
Torpedo-stage somatic embryos, formed after 12 weeks of embryogenic callus culture, 5–10 mm in length (Fig. 1a), were subcultured on control media (containing 5 μM of picloram, 1 μM of BAP, 0 μM of ABA, and 0 μM of fluridone) and media supplemented with (despite of picloram and BAP content) combinations of ABA and fluridone (10 μM ABA, 10 μM ABA and 30 μM fluridone, 30 μM fluridone) for 1 week. The concentration of ABA and duration of its treatment were established according to previous results (Maślanka and Bach 2005). Then, the embryos were transferred to a maturation medium containing 0.25 μM of NAA and 2.5 μM of BAP, and cultivated in darkness or under 16 h white light (fluorescent lamps, PPFD 30 μmol m−2 s−1) at 25 ± 2 °C for 10 weeks.
Biometrical observations
The torpedo somatic embryos, after 1 week of ABA/fluridone treatment, were measured in respect of the FW, the embryo’s length, and DW. The change in FW was estimated using the growth value indicator (GV). \({\text{GV}} = \left( {{\text{FW}}_{\text{final}} - {\text{FW}}_{\text{initial}} } \right)/{\text{FW}}_{\text{initial}}\) (Ziv 2005). DW of the somatic embryos was determined after drying in an evaporator at 60 °C for 72 h. After the next 10 weeks, observations of post-treatment effect of ABA and fluridone were completed on the percentage of malformed, viable, and shoot-forming converted embryos (from viable mature embryos). Malformed embryos had developed twisted or curled cotyledons. Dead embryos turned brown with no sign of growth. Maturation was defined as further increase in GV of fresh weight of the embryos and increase in length of their cotyledons. Conversion was defined as forming of shoots by the mature embryos.
Total number of somatic embryos used for biometrical analyses was 100.
Determination of ABA content
Endogenous ABA content in tulip somatic embryos was determined after 1 week of ABA/fluridone treatment and after 10 weeks of maturation of the embryos. After the freeze-drying process (LABCONCO, Kansas City, MO, USA), the plant material (tulip torpedo or mature somatic embryos, cultivated in the dark) was ground in a ball mill MM400 (Retch, Kroll, Germany) to which cold distilled water was then added. The samples were heated for 3 min in boiling water and then shaken overnight at 4 °C. On the following day, the extracts were centrifuged for 20 min in a cool centrifuge at 18,000g (MPW-350R, Poland). The ABA content in the supernatant was determined by the indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) according to the protocol of Walker-Simmons and Abrams (1991) using ABA-specific antibodies MAC 252 (Babraham Bioscience Technologies, Cambridge, UK). Absorbance was measured by microplate reader Model 680 (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., USA) at the wavelength of 405 nm.
Statistical analysis
The experiment of ABA/fluridone treatment, embryo maturation, and conversion were performed in five replications with five explants each. In case of determination of ABA content, for each treatment, 3 independent ELISA measurements with 3 replicates for 2 samples of plant material were performed. The results were analysed using the method of analysis of variance into which the percentages have been transformed (Bliss 1938). Comparison of mean values was made with Duncan’s test at a significance level of P ≤ 0.05 using STATISTICA 9.0 (Stat-Soft, Inc., USA) software package.
Results
In the experiment, the ABA and fluridone treatment affected biometrical features of embryos. The obtained results revealed that ABA and fluridone treatment significantly decreased the growth value of FW in tulip torpedo somatic embryos during the 1-week culture period. The dry weight of the embryos treated with ABA (alone, or together with fluridone) was about 1.5-fold higher in comparison with the control, and constituted a significant difference. The increase in length of all the embryos was in the range of 0.56–0.88 mm and did not differ in comparison with control (Table 1).
The following results were recorded with regard to the post-treatment effect of the growth regulators and lighting conditions on maturation of the tulip embryos. The highest increase in the GV of mature embryos, amounted 16.16, was observed in the control, under light (Table 2). In darkness, the GV (ranging from 2.89 to 4.14) did not differ significantly between ABA/fluridone treatments. Light enhanced the mass of all the mature somatic embryos due to higher absorption of water, as indicated by DW. ABA treatment in darkness significantly decreased the GV of the embryos in comparison with light. Darkness had a positive influence on mature embryo DW, especially after previous application of ABA. The length of all the embryos was favourably affected by light (Fig. 1c–f), although significant differences between the means were noted only in the case of tulip mature embryos treated with ABA and fluridone (Table 2).
An increase in the length of the mature embryos was accompanied by an increase in their malformations (Table 3) (Fig. 1c–f). Considerable differences between the effects of light and darkness on number of malformed embryos were observed in ABA/fluridone-treated embryos. In those cases, 3–3.5 times more malformed embryos were noted under light conditions than in darkness (Table 3).
The mature somatic embryos were green (data not shown) and viable. Only the embryos treated with fluridone and light adversely affected embryo viability, which amounted to 72% (Table 3).
Conversion of ‘Apeldoorn’ somatic embryos consists of the development of shoots only. In our study we have not observed development of any roots (Fig. 1b). The highest percentage of mature embryos forming shoots was observed under light, in the control and after fluridone treatment (26 and 20%, respectively). What is more, only in those cases did the light favourably influence shoot development. In other cases, there were no significant differences between the light and darkness in forming shoots by the embryos (Table 3).
The torpedo-stage and mature embryos, cultivated in the dark, were examined in respect of the endogenous ABA content, both after the application of exogenous ABA and fluridone and after their removal from the medium. The analyses revealed that the highest level of ABA, at 17.45 nmol g−1 DW, was recorded after one week of ABA treatment of torpedo embryos and was nearly ten times higher in comparison with control (1.82 nmol g−1 DW). Simultaneous addition of ABA and fluridone to the medium resulted in the lowering of the ABA concentration to 9.58 nmol g−1 DW (Table 4).
After 10-week period of maturation of embryos, the endogenous ABA content considerably decreased to an amount approximately 1 nmol g−1 DW. Only under the influence of fluridone did the ABA concentration remain at a similar level (0.98–1.33 nmol g−1 DW), irrespective of the stage of embryo development and the presence of fluridon—an ABA biosynthesis inhibitor (Table 4).
Discussion
Somatic embryogenesis plays a significant role in plant propagation and has very important biotechnological applications such as artificial seeds, micropropagation and transgenic plants (Quiroz-Figueroa et al. 2006; Bakhshaie et al. 2010). The major factors affecting the maturation and conversion of somatic embryos are media additives like nutritional and growth regulatory substances (Madakadze and Senaratna 2000), different from those inducing embryogenesis (Raghavan 1997).
In the present study, the maturation and conversion of tulip somatic embryos were examined on media containing, apart from auxins and cytokinins, other growth regulators: ABA and fluridone. By controlling gene expression connected with the vegetative development of plants (Seo and Koshiba 2002), ABA stimulates somatic embryo development and quality, which has been observed in many plants, e.g. Asparagus officinalis (Li and Wolyn 1996), Quercus suber (Garcia-Martin et al. 2005), Quercus ilex (Mauri and Manzanera 2004), Picea abies (Vágner et al. 1998), Hevea brasiliensis (Linossier et al. 1997). Fluridone was applied to unambiguously verify the influence of ABA (Gamble and Mullet 1986, Kępczyńska and Zielińska 2006).
Considering the influence of ABA on the biometrical features of torpedo and mature tulip embryos, the torpedo embryos showed a significantly lower growth value of FW after the addition of 10 µM of exogenous ABA. Similar results were also observed after the removal of the ABA (maturation of embryos), in light only. Senger and co-workers (2001) made opposite observations with somatic embryos of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, as all the investigated lines showed steady increase in fresh weight. On the other hand, the DW of tulip somatic torpedo embryos treated with ABA was considerably higher in comparison with the control. Such results suggest that the ABA-treated embryos absorbed less water from the medium or that ABA enhanced the accumulation of storage materials (Kępczyńska and Zielińska 2006). Higher DW in ABA-treated somatic embryos and higher water content in the embryos cultured on a medium without ABA were also observed in Quercus ilex (Mauri and Manzanera 2004). One week of treatment with 10 µM of ABA enhanced the maturation percentage of Quercus suber somatic embryos and increased their fresh and dry matter contents (Garcia-Martin et al. 2005). The same ABA concentration (10 μM) resulted in a superior quality of Picea abies somatic embryos (Vágner et al. 1998). Exogenous ABA is necessary for appropriate growth not only of conifer somatic embryos (Stasolla and Yeung 2003 Find 1997), but also Asparagus officinalis (Li and Wolyn 1996), Daucus carota (Hatzopoulos et al. 1990), and Pelargonium × hortorum (Madakadze and Senaratna 2000). It is very important to apply ABA at an appropriate embryo developmental stage and proper dose, because the hormone can inhibits embryo growth (Tettero et al. 1995, Raghavan 1997). In our previous study, when tulip somatic embryos had been treated with higher concentration of ABA (19 μM) for 2 or 4 weeks, the embryos reached a dormancy (Maślanka and Bach 2005).
In our present study, we observed a positive post-treatment influence of ABA on lowering the level of malformed tulip embryos, but cultured only in darkness. Activity of ABA is correlated with environmental lighting conditions of culture (Weatherwax et al. 1996) and its endogenous content in plant tissues is lower in light (Reynolds and Crawford 1997; Kraepiel and Miginiac 1997). Probably, under light conditions, endogenous ABA content in tulip ‘Apeldoorn’ decreased and the embryos, which were formed in light, were more malformed in comparison with embryos grown in darkness. Considering embryos conversion, (forming of shoots) it was stated that light enhanced this process only in case of embryos non-treated with ABA. Significant shoots formation in such conditions may be explained by lower ABA content in plants cultivated under light conditions and lower inhibitory effect of ABA (Reynolds and Crawford 1997, Kraepiel and Miginiac 1997). Light conditions—spectrum of light—play an important role in conversion of somatic embryos in cultures of tulip (Bach and Pawłowska 2006). Light enhanced the increase in growth value of fresh weight and length, which means that tulip somatic embryos developed faster in light. Unfortunately, the quicker development was connected with a higher percentage of deformations and lower DW accumulation, in comparison with darkness. Darkness seemed to have a more favourable impact on embryo development, if not on lowering the ability of shoot formation. In the experiment with Medicago truncatula (Nolan and Rose 1998), darkness improved embryo quality, whereas the presence of light markedly inhibited the efficiency of embryo conversion. According to Garcia and co-workers (2007), light can modulate the action of different growth regulators inducing various morphogenic responses. ABA has been found to adversely affect shoot regeneration in Cocos nucifera (Perera et al. 2009). This hormone also inhibited regeneration of Medicago sativa somatic embryos (Kępczyńska and Zielińska 2006). In the case of Picea glauca (Attree et al. 1991), ABA had a negative impact on the germination of somatic embryos.
Considering the influence of fluridone on maturation and conversion of tulip embryos, it was stated that after the treatment with 30 μM of fluridone, the tulip somatic embryos had significantly lower DW than after simultaneous application of fluridone and ABA. Fluridone, by inhibiting ABA synthesis, may decrease the level of storage materials (Gamble and Mullet 1986). Fluridone activity depends on its concentration and plant species. The use of 10 μM of fluridone to treat seeds of Hordeum vulgare resulted in the stimulation of growth, while the same fluridone concentration in Vicia faba cultures caused a very low rate of growth. In the present experiment, the post-treatment effect of fluridone on the maturation and conversion of tulip somatic embryos was seen in light conditions, where a significant reduction in percentage of deformed embryos, between ABA and fluridone treatment, and an increase in the development of shoots were observed. Fluridone applied together with ABA did not remove its inhibitory effect on tulip conversion. Gabryszewska (2000) also noted that fluridone increased the number of leaves in Peonia culture, but when used together with ABA, its action was thwarted. Opposite results were noted by Hooker and Thorpe (1998), in whose studies fluridone, applied in combination with exogenous abscisic acid, raised the inhibitory effect of ABA in Lycopersicon esculentum root culture. Fluridone, in concentration of 1–100 µM, did not have any beneficial effect on the conversion of Medicago sativa somatic embryos (Kępczyńska and Zielińska 2006). The above reports indicate that fluridone activity depends on plant species and kind of plant explants.
Somatic embryos as well as zygotic embryos synthesize and accumulate ABA (Hatzopoulos et al. 1990). There are no reports about endogenous ABA content during embryogenesis in tulips and other bulbous plants cultured in vitro. In the present study, control somatic embryos of tulip contained endogenous ABA, although its level was relatively low (1.82 nmol g−1 DW) in comparison to the amount of ABA in the embryos, which were affected by exogenous ABA. The highest concentration of endogenous ABA (17.45 nmol g−1 DW) was recorded after direct 1-week ABA treatment of torpedo embryos of tulip. Similar results have been obtained in somatic embryos of Hevea brasiliensis, while an addition of 10−5 M of ABA increased its endogenous level from 10 nmol/g DW (control) to above 150 nmol/g DW (Linossier et al. 1997). In our experiment, fluridone treatment of the tulip somatic embryos led to a nearly 50% decrease in ABA content. In existing reports, content of endogenous ABA depends on plant species and conditions of cultivation—supplementation with fluridone decreased ABA content (Hatzopoulos et al. 1990; Senger et al. 2001; Le Page-Degivry and Garello 1992).
In the present experiment, it was indicated that mature embryos, irrespective of ABA/fluridone treatment, contained similar level of endogenous ABA (0.59–1.33 nmol g−1 DW). It is highly probable that maturation of tulip somatic embryos is correlated with reduction of endogenous ABA content.
Conclusion
In conclusion, it must be emphasised that the present paper is so far the first report concerning ABA content in tulip somatic embryos during the process of embryo maturation. Our results indicate that ABA plays an important role during maturation of torpedo-shaped embryos and conversion of the mature somatic embryos. After ABA treatment, the tulip embryos cultivated in darkness distinguished lower embryo malformations in comparison with control. The endogenous ABA content in mature embryos, ten weeks after ABA treatment, remained at similar level in treated and non-treated embryos. That indicates that higher (than in control embryos) content of ABA is needed at torpedo stage to pass maturation process in a proper way.
Author contribution statement
All authors contributed to this work. A.B. and M.M. designed, performed experiments, analytical measurements, and wrote the paper. F.J. performed analytical measurements.
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This study was financed by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, within the project “The use of biotechnological methods in intensifying the production of selected ornamental plants” (DS No. 3500/KRO/2013).
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Maślanka, M., Bach, A. & Janowiak, F. Endogenous ABA content in relation to maturation of somatic embryos in Tulipa (L.) ‘Apeldoorn’ cultures. Acta Physiol Plant 38, 270 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-016-2283-7
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