Direct fluorescence labelling of NO inside plant cells.

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) plays a key role in regulating plant growth, enhances nutrient uptake, and activates disease and stress tolerance mechanisms in most plants. NO is marked as a potential tool for improving the yield and quality of horticultural crop species. Research on NO in plant species can provide an abundance of valuable information regarding this. Hence, we have prepared a simple chemosensor (NPO) for the detection of endogenous NO in chickpea saplings. NPO selectively interacts with NO as determined through a chemodosimetric method to clearly show both the colorimetric and fluorometric changes. After the interaction with NO, the colorless NPO turns yellow as observed by the naked eye and shows bright cyan-blue fluorescence under a UV lamp. The 1 : 1 stoichiometric ratio between NPO and NO is determined from Job's plot resulting in a stable diazeniumdiolate product. The interaction mechanism is well established by absorption, fluorescence titration, NMR titration, HRMS, and DFT calculations. This method has successfully been employed in the plant's root and stem systems to label NO. Confocal microscopy images might help us to understand the endogenous NO generation and the mechanism that happens inside plant tissues.

Plant phenotyping relevance

植物組織内の内因性NOを蛍光・比色センサーで標識し、根と茎で可視化する手法の開発および適用が中心であり、植物の生理状態を測定するフェノタイピング手法に該当する。

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