A simple procedure is described for the fabrication of micrometer to nanometer-scale platinum electrodes to be used in a vibrating oxygen-selective system. The electrode was prepared by etching a fine platinum wire and insulating it with an electrophoretic paint. The dimensions allowed this electrode to be used with the "vibrating probe technique" in exploratory studies aimed at mapping and measuring the patterns of net influxes as well as effluxes of oxygen in Olea europaea L. leaves and roots with spatial and temporal resolutions of a few microns and a few seconds, respectively. The magnitude and spatial localisation of O2 influxes in roots was characterised by two distinct peaks. The first, in the division zone, averaged 38 +/- 5 nmol m(-2) s(-1); the second, in the elongation region, averaged 68 +/- 6 nmol m(-2) s(-1). Long-term records of oxygen influx in the elongation region of the root showed an oscillatory regime characterised by a fast oscillation with periods of about 8-9 min. In leaves, the system allowed the measurement of real-time changes in O2 evolution following changes in light. Furthermore, it was possible to obtain "topographical" images of the photosynthetically generated oxygen diffusing through different stomata from a region of the leaf of 120 microm x 120 microm. The combination of topographic and electrochemical information at the micrometer scale makes the system an efficient tool for studying biological phenomena involving oxygen diffusion.

A polarographic, oxygen-selective, vibrating-microelectrode system for the spatial and temporal characterisation of transmembrane oxygen fluxes in plants / S. MANCUSO; MARRAS A.M; PAPESCHI G.. - In: PLANTA. - ISSN 0032-0935. - STAMPA. - 211:(2000), pp. 384-389.

A polarographic, oxygen-selective, vibrating-microelectrode system for the spatial and temporal characterisation of transmembrane oxygen fluxes in plants

MANCUSO, STEFANO;MARRAS, ANNAMARIA;PAPESCHI, GIORGIO
2000

Abstract

A simple procedure is described for the fabrication of micrometer to nanometer-scale platinum electrodes to be used in a vibrating oxygen-selective system. The electrode was prepared by etching a fine platinum wire and insulating it with an electrophoretic paint. The dimensions allowed this electrode to be used with the "vibrating probe technique" in exploratory studies aimed at mapping and measuring the patterns of net influxes as well as effluxes of oxygen in Olea europaea L. leaves and roots with spatial and temporal resolutions of a few microns and a few seconds, respectively. The magnitude and spatial localisation of O2 influxes in roots was characterised by two distinct peaks. The first, in the division zone, averaged 38 +/- 5 nmol m(-2) s(-1); the second, in the elongation region, averaged 68 +/- 6 nmol m(-2) s(-1). Long-term records of oxygen influx in the elongation region of the root showed an oscillatory regime characterised by a fast oscillation with periods of about 8-9 min. In leaves, the system allowed the measurement of real-time changes in O2 evolution following changes in light. Furthermore, it was possible to obtain "topographical" images of the photosynthetically generated oxygen diffusing through different stomata from a region of the leaf of 120 microm x 120 microm. The combination of topographic and electrochemical information at the micrometer scale makes the system an efficient tool for studying biological phenomena involving oxygen diffusion.
2000
211
384
389
S. MANCUSO; MARRAS A.M; PAPESCHI G.
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