期刊
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
卷 169, 期 1, 页码 106-115出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.09.006
关键词
Cell wall; Compression wood; Lignin; Fluorescence; Spectral deconvolution
资金
- Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, New Zealand
- Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia [143043]
Confocal fluorescence microscopy was used to examine the spectral characteristics of lignin autofluorescence in secondary cell walls of normal and compression wood from Pinus radiata. Using UV excitation, fluorescence spectra of normal and compression wood sections showed significant differences, especially in the outer secondary cell wall of tracheids, with a shift in maxima from violet to blue wavelengths between normal and compression wood. A comparison of normal wood, mild and severe compression wood, showed that the wavelength shift was intermediate in the mild compression wood compared to the severe compression wood, thus offering the possibility of quantifying the severity by measuring ratios of fluorescence at violet and blue wavelengths. Fluorescence induced by blue light, rather than UV, was less well differentiated amongst wood types. Spectral deconvolution indicated the presence of a minimum of five discrete lignin fluorophores in the cell walls of both normal and compression wood tracheids. Comparison with lignin model compounds suggest that the wavelength shift may correspond in part to increased levels of p-hydroxy type lignin in the compression wood samples. The combination of confocal fluorescence imaging and related spectral deconvolution therefore offers a novel technique for characterising cell wall lignin in situ. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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