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O'Toole PJ, Marrison JL. A perspective into full cost recovery within a core facility/shared resource lab. J Microsc 2023. [PMID: 37973413 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.13246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Here we outline a vignette of the Bioscience Technology Facility (BTF) at the University of York as a singular exemplar of the Full Cost Recovery model. It is fully appreciated that every facility operates slightly differently, and each are subject to various rules at the institutional, regional and national level. Understanding the regulations that need to be followed for your cost recovery model may require discussion with your administrators to ensure compliance regulations for your Institution and governing bodies are followed. The below is almost a pick and mix of ways of working. It is, however, one of the few examples that is able to fully recover its operating costs within an academic environment and has sought and obtained full institutional and funders support. This model is now being much more widely adopted across the United Kingdom although again always with slightly different interpretations.
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- Peter J O'Toole
- Imaging & Cytometry Laboratory, Bioscience Technology Facility, University of York, York, UK
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- Imaging & Cytometry Laboratory, Bioscience Technology Facility, University of York, York, UK
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Dindo M, Ambrosini G, Oppici E, Pey AL, O’Toole PJ, Marrison JL, Morrison IEG, Butturini E, Grottelli S, Costantini C, Cellini B. Dimerization Drives Proper Folding of Human Alanine:Glyoxylate Aminotransferase But Is Dispensable for Peroxisomal Targeting. J Pers Med 2021; 11:jpm11040273. [PMID: 33917320 PMCID: PMC8067440 DOI: 10.3390/jpm11040273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Peroxisomal matrix proteins are transported into peroxisomes in a fully-folded state, but whether multimeric proteins are imported as monomers or oligomers is still disputed. Here, we used alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT), a homodimeric pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme, whose deficit causes primary hyperoxaluria type I (PH1), as a model protein and compared the intracellular behavior and peroxisomal import of native dimeric and artificial monomeric forms. Monomerization strongly reduces AGT intracellular stability and increases its aggregation/degradation propensity. In addition, monomers are partly retained in the cytosol. To assess possible differences in import kinetics, we engineered AGT to allow binding of a membrane-permeable dye and followed its intracellular trafficking without interfering with its biochemical properties. By fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, we measured the import rate in live cells. Dimeric and monomeric AGT displayed a similar import rate, suggesting that the oligomeric state per se does not influence import kinetics. However, when dimerization is compromised, monomers are prone to misfolding events that can prevent peroxisomal import, a finding crucial to predicting the consequences of PH1-causing mutations that destabilize the dimer. Treatment with pyridoxine of cells expressing monomeric AGT promotes dimerization and folding, thus, demonstrating the chaperone role of PLP. Our data support a model in which dimerization represents a potential key checkpoint in the cytosol at the crossroad between misfolding and correct targeting, a possible general mechanism for other oligomeric peroxisomal proteins.
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- Mirco Dindo
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy; (M.D.); (S.G.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (G.A.); (E.O.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (G.A.); (E.O.); (E.B.)
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- Departamento de Química Física, Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente e Instituto de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain;
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- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO23 3GE, UK; (P.J.O.); (J.L.M.); (I.E.G.M.)
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- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO23 3GE, UK; (P.J.O.); (J.L.M.); (I.E.G.M.)
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- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO23 3GE, UK; (P.J.O.); (J.L.M.); (I.E.G.M.)
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (G.A.); (E.O.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy; (M.D.); (S.G.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy; (M.D.); (S.G.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy; (M.D.); (S.G.); (C.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-075-585-8339
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Wise DE, Gamble AJ, Arkawazi SW, Walton PH, Galan MC, O'Hagan MP, Hogg KG, Marrison JL, O'Toole PJ, Sparkes HA, Lynam JM, Pringle PG. Cytotoxic ( cis, cis-1,3,5-triaminocyclohexane)ruthenium(II)-diphosphine complexes; evidence for covalent binding and intercalation with DNA. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:15219-15230. [PMID: 33021299 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02612c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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We report cytotoxic ruthenium(ii) complexes of the general formula [RuCl(cis-tach)(diphosphine)]+ (cis-tach = cis-cis-1,3,5-triaminocyclohexane) that have been characterised by 1H, 13C and 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography and elemental analysis. The kinetics of aquation and stability of the active species have been studied, showing that the chlorido ligand is substituted by water at 298 K with first order rate constants of 10-2-10-3 s-1, ideal for potential clinical use as anti-tumour agents. Strong interactions with biologically relevant duplex and quadruplex DNA models correlate with the activity observed with A549, A2780 and 293T cell lines, and the degree of activity was found to be sensitive to the chelating diphosphine ligand. A label-free ptychographic cell imaging technique recorded cell death processes over 4 days. The Ru(ii) cis-tach diphosphine complexes exhibit anti-proliferative effects, in some cases outperforming cisplatin and other cytotoxic ruthenium complexes.
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- Dan E Wise
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- Imaging and Cytometry Laboratory, Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, UK
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- Imaging and Cytometry Laboratory, Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, UK
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- Imaging and Cytometry Laboratory, Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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Simon A, Yang M, Marrison JL, James AD, Hunt MJ, O'Toole PJ, Kaye PM, Whittington MA, Chawla S, Brackenbury WJ. Metastatic breast cancer cells induce altered microglial morphology and electrical excitability in vivo. J Neuroinflammation 2020; 17:87. [PMID: 32192526 PMCID: PMC7081703 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-020-01753-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND An emerging problem in the treatment of breast cancer is the increasing incidence of metastases to the brain. Metastatic brain tumours are incurable and can cause epileptic seizures and cognitive impairment, so better understanding of this niche, and the cellular mechanisms, is urgently required. Microglia are the resident brain macrophage population, becoming "activated" by neuronal injury, eliciting an inflammatory response. Microglia promote proliferation, angiogenesis and invasion in brain tumours and metastases. However, the mechanisms underlying microglial involvement appear complex and better models are required to improve understanding of function. METHODS Here, we sought to address this need by developing a model to study metastatic breast cancer cell-microglial interactions using intravital imaging combined with ex vivo electrophysiology. We implanted an optical window on the parietal bone to facilitate observation of cellular behaviour in situ in the outer cortex of heterozygous Cx3cr1GFP/+ mice. RESULTS We detected GFP-expressing microglia in Cx3cr1GFP/+ mice up to 350 μm below the window without significant loss of resolution. When DsRed-expressing metastatic MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells were implanted in Matrigel under the optical window, significant accumulation of activated microglia around invading tumour cells could be observed. This inflammatory response resulted in significant cortical disorganisation and aberrant spontaneously-occurring local field potential spike events around the metastatic site. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that peritumoral microglial activation and accumulation may play a critical role in local tissue changes underpinning aberrant cortical activity, which offers a possible mechanism for the disrupted cognitive performance and seizures seen in patients with metastatic breast cancer.
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- Anna Simon
- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Hull York Medical School, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Bioscience Technology Facility, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
- Hull York Medical School, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
- Department of Biology and York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, Wentworth Way, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Hull York Medical School, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
- Department of Biology and York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, Wentworth Way, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
- Department of Biology and York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, Wentworth Way, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
- Department of Biology and York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, Wentworth Way, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
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Lakins MA, Marrison JL, O'Toole PJ, van der Woude MW. Exploiting advances in imaging technology to study biofilms by applying multiphoton laser scanning microscopy as an imaging and manipulation tool. J Microsc 2009; 235:128-37. [PMID: 19659907 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03190.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Biofilms are an important element of the natural ecosystems but can be detrimental in health care and industrial settings. To improve our ability to combat biofilms, we need to understand the processes that facilitate their formation and dispersal. One approach that has proven to be invaluable is to image biofilms as they grow. Here we describe tools and protocols to visualize biofilms with multiphoton laser scanning microscopy, compare this with single photon laser scanning confocal microscopy and highlight best working procedures. Furthermore, we describe how with multiphoton laser scanning microscopy the laser can be used to manipulate the biofilm, specifically to achieve localized bleaching, killing or ablation within the biofilm biomass. These applications open novel ways to study the dynamics of biofilm formation, regeneration and dispersal.
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- M A Lakins
- Centre of Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology, University of York and The Hull York Medical School, York YO10 5YW, UK
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Maxwell K, Marrison JL, Leech RM, Griffiths H, Horton P. Chloroplast acclimation in leaves of Guzmania monostachia in response to high light. Plant Physiol 1999; 121:89-96. [PMID: 10482664 PMCID: PMC59393 DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.1.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/1999] [Accepted: 06/02/1999] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Acclimation of leaves to high light (HL; 650 micromol m(-2) s(-1)) was investigated in the long-lived epiphytic bromeliad Guzmania monostachia and compared with plants maintained under low light (LL; 50 micromol m(-2) s(-1)). Despite a 60% decrease in total chlorophyll in HL-grown plants, the chlorophyll a/b ratio remained stable. Additionally, chloroplasts from HL-grown plants had a much lower thylakoid content and reduced granal stacking. Immunofluorescent labeling techniques were used to quantify the level of photosynthetic polypeptides. HL-grown plants had 30% to 40% of the content observed in LL-grown plants for the light-harvesting complex associated with photosystems I and II, the 33-kD photosystem II polypeptide, and Rubisco. These results were verified using conventional biochemical techniques, which revealed a comparable 60% decrease in Rubisco and total soluble protein. When expressed on a chlorophyll basis, the amount of protein and Rubisco was constant for HL- and LL-grown plants. Acclimation to HL involves a tightly coordinated adjustment of photosynthesis, indicating a highly regulated decrease in the number of photosynthetic units manifested at the level of the content of light-harvesting and electron transport components, the amount of Rubisco, and the induction of Crassulacean acid metabolism. This response occurs in mature leaves and may represent a strategy that is optimal for the resource-limited epiphytic niche.
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- K Maxwell
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, King George VI Building, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom.
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Marrison JL, Rutherford SM, Robertson EJ, Lister C, Dean C, Leech RM. The distinctive roles of five different ARC genes in the chloroplast division process in Arabidopsis. Plant J 1999; 18:651-662. [PMID: 10417716 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.00500.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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ARC (accumulation and replication of chloroplasts) genes control different aspects of the chloroplast division process in higher plants. In order to establish the hierarchy of the ARC genes in the chloroplast division process and to provide evidence for their specific roles, double mutants were constructed between arc11, arc6, arc5, arc3 and arc1 in all combinations and phenotypically analysed. arc11 is a new nuclear recessive mutant with 29 chloroplasts compared with 120 in wild type. All the phenotypes of the double mutants are unambiguous. ARC1 down-regulates proplastid division but is on a separate pathway from ARC3, ARC5, ARC6 and ARC11. ARC6 initiates both proplastid and chloroplast division. ARC3 controls the rate of chloroplast expansion and ARC11 the central positioning of the final division plane in chloroplast division. ARC5 facilitates separation of the two daughter chloroplasts. ARC5 maps to chromosome 3 and ARC11 and ARC6 map approximately 60 cM apart on chromosome 5.
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Gao X, Marrison JL, Pool MR, Leech RM, Baker A. Castor bean isocitrate lyase lacking the putative peroxisomal targeting signal 1 ARM is imported into plant peroxisomes both in vitro and in vivo. Plant Physiol 1996; 112:1457-64. [PMID: 8972594 PMCID: PMC158077 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.4.1457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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To understand and manipulate plant peroxisomal protein targeting, it is important to establish the universality or otherwise of targeting signals. Contradictory results have been published concerning the nature and location of the glyoxysomal/peroxisomal targeting signal of isocitrate lyase (ICL). L.J. Olsen, W.F. Ettinger, B. Damsz, K. Matsudaira, A. Webb, and J.J. Harada ([1993] Plant Cell 5: 941-952) concluded that the last 5 amino acids (AKSRM) of Brassica napus ICL were sufficient and the last 37 amino acids were necessary for targeting to Arabidopsis leaf peroxisomes. In contrast, R. Behari and A. Baker ([1993]) J Biol Chem 268: 7315-7322) could find no requirement for the almost identical carboxy-terminal sequence AKARM for import of Ricinus communis ICL into isolated sunflower cotyledon glyoxysomes. To resolve this discrepancy, the import characteristics of a mutant R. communis ICL lacking the last 19 amino acids of the carboxy terminus was studied. ICL delta 19 was able to be imported by isolated sunflower glyoxysomes and by tobacco leaf peroxisomes when expressed transgenically. These results demonstrate that the in vitro import system faithfully reflects targeting in vivo, and that the source of the organelles (Arabidopsis versus sunflower, leaf peroxisomes versus seed glyoxysomes) is not responsible for observed differences between B. napus and R. communis ICL. The R. communis enzyme would therefore appear to possess an additional glyoxysome/peroxisome targeting signal that is lacking in the B. napus protein.
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- X Gao
- Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Using scanning light microscopy software to detect and measure immunofluorescence in leaf sections Rubisco concentration in situ in chloroplasts has been accurately determined throughout development. The fluorescence measurements were calibrated by comparison with values for Rubisco accumulation obtained from rocket immuno-electrophoresis profiles of soluble protein from isolated cells and from chloroplasts using a purified sample of Rubisco as the standard. It has been shown that in situ immunofluorescence can be used for cytoquantitation of proteins within individual chloroplasts to a sensitivity of 1fg and also for the comparison of the protein levels in adjacent chloroplasts and cells. Several important applications of this new technique are discussed.
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- R M Leech
- Department of Biology, University of York, UK
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Gibson LC, Marrison JL, Leech RM, Jensen PE, Bassham DC, Gibson M, Hunter CN. A putative Mg chelatase subunit from Arabidopsis thaliana cv C24. Sequence and transcript analysis of the gene, import of the protein into chloroplasts, and in situ localization of the transcript and protein. Plant Physiol 1996; 111:61-71. [PMID: 8685276 PMCID: PMC157813 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.1.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We have isolated and sequenced a cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana cv C24 that encodes a putative Mg chelatase subunit. The deduced amino acid sequence shows a very high level of identity to a gene previously characterized from Antirrhinum majus (olive and also high similarity to bchH, a bacterial gene involved in the Mg chelatase reaction of bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis. We suggest that this gene be called CHL H. Northern blot analyses were used to investigate the expression of CHL H, another putative Mg chelatase gene, ch-42, and ferrochelatase. The CHL H transcript was observed to undergo a dramatic diurnal variation, rising almost to its maximum level by the end of the dark period, then increasing slightly at the onset of the light and declining steadily to a minimum by the end of the light period; in contrast, transcripts for ch-42 and ferrochelatase remained constant. A model is proposed in which the CHL H protein plays a role in regulating the levels of chlorophyll during this cycle. In situ hybridization revealed that the transcripts are located over the surface of the chloroplasts, a feature in common with transcripts for the ch-42 gene. The CHL H protein was imported into the stromal compartment of the chloroplast and processed in an in vitro assay. Immunoblotting showed that the distribution of CHL H protein between the stroma and chloroplast membranes varies depending on the concentration of Mg+. In situ immunofluorescence was used to establish that the CHL H and CH-42 proteins are localized within the chloroplast in vivo.
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- L C Gibson
- Robert Hill Institute for Photosynthesis, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
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