Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization delays nucleus senescence in leek root cortical cells

G. Lingua, S. Sgorbati, A. Citterio, A. Fusconi, A. Trotta, E. Gnavi, G. Berta

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Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizas are a widespread symbiosis between soil fungi and plant roots. Flow cytometry, after DNase I partial digestion and DAPI staining, and light and electron microscopy were used to analyse chromatin condensation and nuclear conditions in mycorrhizal and control roots of Allium porrum. The 2C peak, detected by flow cytometry, split into two peaks representing two populations of nuclei, one more resistant and one more susceptible to the enzyme action. The microscopic analyses showed the presence of pyknotic and chromatolytic nuclei, two typical features of senescence. In order to quantify the senescing process, a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase assay was performed on extracted nuclei, later analysed by flow cytometry. The numbers of senescing nuclei and their DNA cleavage were higher in control plants. Our results show the existence of senescing nuclei in cortical cells of the bulbous monocotyledon A. porrum and the delaying effect of arbuscular mycorrhizas on senescence.

Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)161-169
Numero di pagine9
RivistaNew Phytologist
Volume141
Numero di pubblicazione1
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - gen 1999

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