Differential metabolism of sodium azide in maize callus and germinating embryos
| Autor: | David A. Somers, Stanton B. Dotson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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Azides
endocrine system Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Metabolite Mutagen Biology medicine.disease_cause Zea mays Ames test chemistry.chemical_compound Tissue culture Genetics medicine Sodium Azide Molecular Biology Mutagenicity Tests fungi food and beverages chemistry Biochemistry Cell culture Callus Seeds Sodium azide Azide Mutagens |
| Zdroj: | Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 213:157-163 |
| ISSN: | 0027-5107 |
| Popis: | Sodium azide is a potent mutagen of maize ( Zea mays L.) kernels that may have potential as a point mutagen for inducing biochemical mutations in maize tissue cultures. Azide mutagenicity was evaluated in friable, embyogenic maize callus and a nonregenerable maize suspension culture by determining the number of resistant variant cell lines able to grow on media containing inhibitory concentrations of lysine plus threonine (LT). The number o0f LT-resistant variants selected from either culture type did not increase in response to azide treatment. In addition, there was no increase in somatic mutations in more than 100 plants regenerated from azide treated LT-resistant lines. The levels of mutagenic metabolite of azide (presumably azidoalanine), were determined by bioassay in the two azide-treated maize callus types and compared to levels of mutagenic metabolite in embryos isolated from azide-treated kernels. The two types of maize tissue cultures and isolated embryos contained similar levels of mutagenic metabolite 4 h after azide treatment indicating similar uptake and conversion of azide to mutagenic metabolite in the three tissues. Mutagenic metabolite in azide-treated embryos did not significantly decrease after 40 h. However, mutagenic metabolite levels in both azide-treated tissue cultures decreased to near background levels within 20 h providing evidence for rapid metabolism of the azide mutagenic metabolite. The lack of evidence for azide mutagenicity in maize callus and its known potent mutagenicity in kernels appears to be associated with specific differences in azide metabolism between callus tissues and kernel embryos. |
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