Abstract

The 2D-DIGE (2-Dimensional Fluorescence Difference Gel Electrophoresis) method was applied to proteomic phenotyping of natural variants in 10 varieties of rice (Nipponbare, Koshihikari, Sasanishiki, Akitakomachi, Hitomebore, Hinohikari, Kasalath, Rexark, Bleiyo, Cho-ko) from the world rice collection (WRC) in the GenBank of the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Japan. Salt-soluble protein extracts of Nipponbare brown rice were labeled with Cy2 fluorochrome and used as an internal standard. Protein extracts from nine other rice varieties were labeled with Cy3 or Cy5 fluorochrome and applied to 2D-PAGE (13 cm gel length) analysis. Approximately 700 spots of rice proteins were observed. Fluorescence intensities of each of these spots for the nine rice varieties were expressed as relative ratios to that of Nipponbare. Statistical analysis revealed the spot numbers of five Japanese rice varieties above threshold five (relative ratio of each variety to Nipponbare exceeded 5-fold or was less than 1/5) to be less than three, while those of four varieties from other countries were more than five (especially, Kasalath which was 29 and Bleiyo which was 23). The 2D-DIGE method seems to be useful for analyzing natural varieties of different cultivars and also for comparing the expression of allergen proteins.

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