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High accumulation of soluble sugars in deep supercooling Japanese white birch xylem parenchyma cells.
Title: | High accumulation of soluble sugars in deep supercooling Japanese white birch xylem parenchyma cells. |
Authors: | Kasuga, Jun Browse this author | Arakawa, Keita Browse this author | Fujikawa, Seizo Browse this author |
Issue Date: | May-2007 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing |
Journal Title: | New Phytologist |
Volume: | 174 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page: | 569 |
End Page: | 579 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02025.x |
PMID: | 17447912 |
Abstract: | • Seasonal changes in the accumulation of soluble sugars in extracellular freezing cortical parenchyma cells and deep supercooling xylem parenchyma cells in Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) were compared to identify the effects of soluble sugars on the mechanism of deep supercooling, which keeps the liquid state of water in cells under extremely low temperatures for long periods. • Soluble sugars in both tissues were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and the concentrations of sugars in cells were estimated by histological observation of occupancy rates of parenchyma cells in each tissue. Relative and equilibrium melting points of parenchyma cells were measured by differential thermal analysis and cryoscanning electron microscopy, respectively. • In both xylem and cortical parenchyma cells, amounts of sucrose, raffinose and stachyose increased in winter, but amounts of fructose and glucose exhibited little change throughout the entire year. In addition, no sugars were found to be specific for either tissue. Combined results of HPLC analyses, histological observation and melting point analyses confirmed that the concentration of sugars was much higher in xylem cells than in cortical cells. • It is thought that the higher concentration of soluble sugars in xylem cells may contribute to facilitation of deep supercooling in xylem cells by depressing the nucleation temperature. |
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Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/22535 |
Appears in Collections: | 農学院・農学研究院 (Graduate School of Agriculture / Faculty of Agriculture) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 藤川 清三
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