title: In vivo measurement of the size of oil bodies in plant seeds using a simple and robust pulsed field gradient NMR method.
abstract: An easy to implement and convenient method to measure the mean size of oil bodies (OBs) in plant seeds is proposed using a pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (PFGNMR) approach. PFGNMR is a well-known technique used to study either free or restricted diffusion of molecules. As triacylglycerols (TAG) are confined in OBs, analysis of their diffusion properties is a well-suited experimental approach to determine OB sizes. In fact, at long diffusion time, TAG mean squared displacement is limited by the size of the domain where these molecules are confined. In order to access the OB size distribution, strong intensities of magnetic field gradients are generally required. In this work we demonstrate for the first time that a standard liquid-phase NMR probe equipped with a weak-intensity gradient coil can be used to determine the mean size of OBs. Average sizes were measured for several seeds, and OB diameters obtained by PFGNMR were fully consistent with previously published values obtained by microscopy techniques. Moreover, this approach provided evidence of TAG transfer through the network of interconnected OBs, which is dependent on the ability of adjacent membranes to open diffusion routes between OBs. The main advantage of the NMR method is that it does not require any sample preparation and experiments are performed with whole seeds directly introduced in a standard NMR tube.
authors: University of Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SCIB, LRM, 38000, Grenoble, France, marina.gromova@cea.fr.
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Gromova
authors: Armel
authors: A
authors: Guillermo
authors: Pierre-Alain
authors: PA
authors: Bayle
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Bardet
mesh_terms: D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000032:analysis*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D010938:Plant Oils; D014280:Triglycerides
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