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- Title
Antioxidant and anti-stress compounds improve regrowth of cryopreserved Rubus shoot tips.
- Authors
Uchendu, Esther; Muminova, Magfrat; Gupta, Sandhya; Reed, Barbara
- Abstract
Regrowth of plants after cryopreservation varies, and resulting regrowth ranges from poor to excellent. Oxidative stress is a potential cause of damage in plant tissues. Antioxidants and anti-stress compounds may improve regrowth by preventing or repairing the damage. Lipoic acid (LA), glutathione (GSH), glycine betaine (GB), and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were tested during cryopreservation of shoot tips using the plant vitrification solution 2 (PVS2) protocol. Two in vitro-grown blackberry cultivars were cold acclimated and then cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen (LN). The antioxidant and anti-stress compounds were added at four critical steps of the protocol: pretreatment, loading, rinsing, and regrowth. Three out of the four compounds significantly improved regrowth of cryopreserved shoot tips. Regrowth ranged from 40% to 50% for controls to >80% for treated shoot tips. LA (4-8 mM) produced high regrowth at pretreatment, loading, and rinsing for ‘Chehalem’ and at all steps for ‘Hull Thornless’. Recovery improved at all steps with GSH (0.16 mM) and GB (10 mM). PVP had a neutral or negative impact on regrowth. Overall addition of LA, GSH, and GB improved regrowth by ∼25% over the shoot tips cryopreserved using the regular PVS2 protocol (control). This study shows that adding non-vitamin antioxidants and anti-stress compounds during the PVS2-vitrification protocol improves regrowth of shoot cultures following cryopreservation. We recommend inclusion of antioxidants as part of standard cryopreservation protocols.
- Subjects
ANTIOXIDANTS; CRYOPRESERVATION of organs, tissues, etc.; PLANT growth; LIQUID nitrogen; RUBUS; OXIDATIVE stress; PLANT tissue culture -- Contamination
- Publication
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology Plant, 2010, Vol 46, Issue 4, p386
- ISSN
1054-5476
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11627-010-9292-9