An ultrastructural study of the interaction of liposomes with plant protoplasts

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Abstract

A one-step procedure using a mixture of glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide was devised to fix in situ large unilamellar liposomes of phosphatidylserine for transmission electron microscopy (TEM), since the conventional fixation method was found to be inadequate in this respect. The new fixation procedure enabled us to visualize the sequence of events in the interaction of liposomes with protoplasts from Vinca rosea suspension cultures in the presence of polyethylene glycol. Liposomes were thus found adhering to the surface of protoplasts, in association with invaginating plasmalemma, and within intracellular vesicles. These observations showed that liposomes enter plant protoplasts via endocytosis. Ultrastructural profiles indicating fusion of liposomes with protoplasts were not observed.

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