PMID- 28646704 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171221 LR - 20200930 IS - 1873-2690 (Electronic) IS - 0981-9428 (Linking) VI - 118 DP - 2017 Sep TI - Location and characterization of lignin in tracheid cell walls of radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don) compression woods. PG - 187-198 LID - S0981-9428(17)30203-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.06.012 [doi] AB - Tilted stems of softwoods form compression wood (CW) and opposite wood (OW) on their lower and upper sides, respectively. More is known about the most severe form of CW, severe CW (SCW), but mild CWs (MCWs) also occur widely. Two grades of MCWs, MCW1 and MCW2, as well as SCW and OW were identified in the stems of radiata pine (Pinus radiata) that had been slightly tilted. The four wood types were identified by the distribution of lignin in the tracheid walls determined by fluorescence microscopy. A solution of the fluorescent dye acridine orange (AO) (0.02% at pH 6 or 7) was shown to metachromatically stain the tracheid walls and can also be used to determine lignin distribution. The lignified walls fluoresced orange to yellow depending on the lignin concentration. Microscopically well-characterized discs (0.5 mm diameter) of the wood types were used to determine lignin concentrations and lignin monomer compositions using the acetyl bromide method and thioacidolysis, respectively. Lignin concentration and the proportion of p-hydroxyphenyl units (H-units) relative to guaiacyl (G-units) increased with CW severity, with <1% H-units in OW and up to 14% in SCW. Lignin H-units can be used as a marker for CW and CW severity. Similar discs were also examined by Raman and FTIR micro-spectroscopies coupled with principal component analysis (PCA) to determine if these techniques can be used to differentiate the four different wood types. Both techniques were able to do this, particularly Raman micro-spectroscopy. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhang, Miao AU - Zhang M AD - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Electronic address: mzha084@aucklanduni.ac.nz. FAU - Lapierre, Catherine AU - Lapierre C AD - INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), UMR1318, Saclay Plant Sciences, Route de St-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France; Agroparistech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), UMR1318, Saclay Plant Sciences, Route de St-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France. Electronic address: catherine.lapierre@inra.fr. FAU - Nouxman, Noor Liyana AU - Nouxman NL AD - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Electronic address: nnou003@aucklanduni.ac.nz. FAU - Nieuwoudt, Michel K AU - Nieuwoudt MK AD - School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Electronic address: m.nieuwoudt@auckland.ac.nz. FAU - Smith, Bronwen G AU - Smith BG AD - School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Electronic address: b.smith@auckland.ac.nz. FAU - Chavan, Ramesh R AU - Chavan RR AD - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Electronic address: r.chavan@auckland.ac.nz. FAU - McArdle, Brian H AU - McArdle BH AD - Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Electronic address: b.mcardle@auckland.ac.nz. FAU - Harris, Philip J AU - Harris PJ AD - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Electronic address: p.harris@auckland.ac.nz. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170615 PL - France TA - Plant Physiol Biochem JT - Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB JID - 9882449 RN - 9005-53-2 (Lignin) SB - IM MH - Cell Wall/*metabolism MH - Lignin/*metabolism MH - Pinus/cytology/*metabolism MH - Wood/cytology/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acridine orange OT - Compression wood OT - FTIR micro-spectroscopy OT - Lignin OT - Principal component analysis (PCA) OT - Raman micro-spectroscopy OT - Thioacidolysis EDAT- 2017/06/25 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/22 06:00 CRDT- 2017/06/25 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/06/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/06/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/25 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0981-9428(17)30203-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.06.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Physiol Biochem. 2017 Sep;118:187-198. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.06.012. Epub 2017 Jun 15.