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ArticleThe Plant cell2004

Identification of multivesicular bodies as prevacuolar compartments in Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cells.

Yu Chung Tse, Beixin Mo, Stefan Hillmer, Min Zhao, Sze Wan Lo, David G Robinson, Liwen Jiang

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Article in The Plant cell, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 192 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors.

Yu Chung TseDepartment of Biology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
Beixin Mo
Stefan Hillmer
Min Zhao
Sze Wan Lo
David G Robinson
Liwen Jiang

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Abstract

Little is known about the dynamics and molecular components of plant prevacuolar compartments (PVCs). We have demonstrated recently that vacuolar sorting receptor (VSR) proteins are concentrated on PVCs. In this study, we generated transgenic Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) BY-2 cell lines expressing two yellow fluorescent protein (YFP)-fusion reporters that mark PVC and Golgi organelles. Both transgenic cell lines exhibited typical punctate YFP signals corresponding to distinct PVC and Golgi organelles because the PVC reporter colocalized with VSR proteins, whereas the Golgi marker colocalized with mannosidase I in confocal immunofluorescence. Brefeldin A induced the YFP-labeled Golgi stacks but not the YFP-marked PVCs to form typical enlarged structures. By contrast, wortmannin caused YFP-labeled PVCs but not YFP-labeled Golgi stacks to vacuolate. VSR antibodies labeled multivesicular bodies (MVBs) on thin sections prepared from high-pressure frozen/freeze substituted samples, and the enlarged PVCs also were indentified as MVBs. MVBs were further purified from BY-2 cells and found to contain VSR proteins via immunogold negative staining. Similar to YFP-labeled Golgi stacks, YFP-labeled PVCs are mobile organelles in BY-2 cells. Thus, we have unequivocally identified MVBs as PVCs in N. tabacum BY-2 cells. Uptake studies with the styryl dye FM4-64 strongly indicate that PVCs also lie on the endocytic pathway of BY-2 cells.

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AndrostadienesBacterial ProteinsBrefeldin ACell CompartmentationCell FractionationEndocytosisFluorescent DyesGenes, ReporterGolgi ApparatusImmunohistochemistryLuminescent ProteinsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, ElectronMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronNicotianaPlant ProteinsAndrostadienesBacterial ProteinsBrefeldin AFluorescent DyesFM 4-64Luminescent ProteinsPlant ProteinsPyridinium CompoundsQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsWortmanninyellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria

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PMID14973159
PMCPMC385280

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