Sample topography and position within plant body influence the detection of the intensity of green fluorescent protein fluorescence in the leaves of transgenic tobacco plants
Language English Country Germany Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MeSH
- Microscopy, Fluorescence MeSH
- Plants, Genetically Modified genetics metabolism MeSH
- Plant Leaves genetics metabolism MeSH
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MeSH
- Polymerase Chain Reaction MeSH
- Nicotiana genetics metabolism MeSH
- Green Fluorescent Proteins genetics metabolism MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Green Fluorescent Proteins MeSH
The effect of the type of leaf tissue selected for the study of green fluorescent protein (GFP) fluorescence intensity was investigated here using the T(1) generation of transgenic tobacco expressing the m-gfp5-ER gene. The fluorescence of GFP was detected by fluorescence binocular microscope coupled with the CCD camera and quantified by means of image analyses using the Lucia((R)) software. Mean brightness values from various leaf tissues were compared. First, an original data revealing the significant differences in the fluorescence intensity between the abaxial and adaxial surfaces are given. Stronger signal was detected on the abaxial side. Subsequently, the effect of the tissue location within the leaf surface was investigated and higher fluorescence was detected on the samples detached from leaf tips. Finally, the effect of the physiological age of leaves was studied using the in vitro clonally propagated plants. Leaves from the analogous positions within the plant body of three clones were investigated. The decrease in the fluorescence towards the plant top (youngest leaves) was observed in all studied plants. Surprisingly, the variability of the fluorescence within the clones of studied genotype was high enough to conclude, that the fluorescence of each individual is unique and affected by particular genotype and environment. Our study showed that the origin of leaf tissue selected for the GFP quantification is crucial and that the fluctuations in the fluorescence intensity should be taken into account when comparing the GFP fluorescence patterns of different plants. Moreover, the degree of fluorescence variability seems to be individually affected.
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