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Protoplast Fusion

EFFECT OF LOW TEMPERATURE ON THE MEMBRANE FLUIDITY OF CULTURED CELLS

Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan

The relation between the composition of the phospholipid molecular species in a cell membrane and the velocity of protoplast fusion was studied using cells cultured at a low temperature (10 C). Cells cultured at a low temperature contained larger proportions of phospholipids of low phase transition point, the 1,2-dilinoleoyl-type, than those cultured at a normal temperature (25 C). When treated with polyethylene glycol 6000, protoplasts from cells cultured at 10 C fused and progressed to the fused sphere stage more rapidly than did those from cells cultured at 25 C.