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. 1987 Dec;85(4):1068–1072. doi: 10.1104/pp.85.4.1068

Ice Encasement Injury to Microsomal Membranes from Winter Wheat Crowns 1

I. Comparison of Membrane Properties after Lethal Ice Encasement and during a Post-Thaw Period

P Richard Hetherington 1, Bryan D McKersie 1, Amihud Borochov 1,2
PMCID: PMC1054395  PMID: 16665805

Abstract

The functional and physical properties of cellular membranes isolated from Triticum aestivum, cvs Norstar and Fredrick, were altered coincident with changes in composition after a lethal ice-encasement stress and further during a 6 hour post-thaw period. Crowns encased in ice for a duration which inhibited regrowth, exhibited enhanced rates of electrolyte leakage. Furthermore, the recovery of total microsomal protein and phospholipid declined, suggesting that some membrane degradation had been induced during the anoxic stress. The microviscosity of microsomes and liposomes prepared from such membranes increased during stress, and this was correlated with a 2- to 4-fold increase in the free fatty acid levels in the microsomal fraction. There was, however, only a relatively minor change in fatty acid unsaturation during the ice-encasement stress. The process continued during a 6 hour aerobic post-thaw treatment, but the pattern was somewhat different. During this phase, the leakage of electrolytes was further increased and the recovery of microsomal protein and phospholipid continued to decline, indicating general degradation; but, in contrast to the anoxic phase, the degree of fatty acid unsaturation declined markedly, indicating lipid peroxidation.

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