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Abu-Abied M, Golomb L, Belausov E, Huang S, Geiger B, Kam Z, Staiger CJ, Sadot E. Identification of plant cytoskeleton-interacting proteins by screening for actin stress fiber association in mammalian fibroblasts. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 48:367-79. [PMID: 17010111 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02883.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Taking advantage of the high conservation of the cytoskeleton building blocks actin and tubulin between plant and animal kingdoms, we developed a functional genomic screen for the isolation of new plant cytoskeleton-binding proteins that uses a mammalian cell expression system. A yellow fluorescent protein (YFP)-fusion cDNA library from Arabidopsis was inserted into rat fibroblasts and screened for fluorescent chimeras localizing to cytoskeletal structures. The high-throughput screen was performed by an automated microscope. An initial set of candidate genes identified in the screen was isolated, sequenced, the full-length cDNAs were synthesized by RT-PCR and tested by biochemical approaches to verify the ability of the genes to bind actin directly. Alternatively, indirect binding via interaction with other actin-binding proteins was studied. The full-length cDNAs were transferred back to plants as YFP chimeras behind the CAMV-35S promoter. We give here two examples of new plant cytoskeletal proteins identified in the pilot screen. ERD10, a member of the dehydrin family of proteins, was localized to actin stress fibers in rat fibroblasts. Its direct binding to actin filaments was confirmed by several biochemical approaches. Touch-induced calmodulin-like protein, TCH2, was also localized to actin stress fibers in fibroblasts, but was unable to bind actin filaments directly in vitro. Nevertheless, it did bind to the IQ domains of Arabidopsis myosin VIII in a calcium-dependent manner. Further evidence for a cytoskeletal function of ERD10 was obtained in planta; GFP-ERD10 was able to protect the actin cytoskeleton from latrunculin-mediated disruption in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves.
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- Mohamad Abu-Abied
- The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan 50250 Israel
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Witzany G. Plant communication from biosemiotic perspective: differences in abiotic and biotic signal perception determine content arrangement of response behavior. Context determines meaning of meta-, inter- and intraorganismic plant signaling. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2006; 1:169-78. [PMID: 19521482 PMCID: PMC2634023 DOI: 10.4161/psb.1.4.3163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2006] [Accepted: 06/19/2006] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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As in all organisms, the evolution, development and growth of plants depends on the success of complex communication processes. These communication processes are primarily sign mediated interactions and not simply an exchange of information. They involve active coordination and active organization-conveyed by signs. A wide range of chemical substances and physical influences serve as signs.Different abiotic or biotic influences require different behaviors. Depending on the behavior, the core set of signs common to species, families, genera and organismic kingdoms is variously produced, combined and transported. This allows entirely different communication processes to be carried out with the same types of chemical molecules.Almost without exception, plant communication are parallel processes on multiple levels, (A) between plants and microorganisms, fungi, insects and other animals, (B) between different plant species as well as between members of the same plant species; (C), between cells and in cells of the plant organism.
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Chen Y, Chen T, Shen S, Zheng M, Guo Y, Lin J, Baluska F, Samaj J. Differential display proteomic analysis of Picea meyeri pollen germination and pollen-tube growth after inhibition of actin polymerization by latrunculin B. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 47:174-95. [PMID: 16771841 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02783.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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To investigate roles of the actin cytoskeleton in growth of the pollen tube of Picea meyeri, we used the actin polymerization inhibitor latrunculin B (LATB) under quantitatively controlled conditions. At low concentrations, LATB inhibited polymerization of the actin cytoskeleton in the growing pollen tube, which rapidly inhibited tip growth. The proteomic approach was used to analyse protein expression-profile changes during pollen germination and subsequent pollen-tube development with disturbed organization of the actin cytoskeleton. Two-dimensional electrophoresis and staining with Coomassie Brilliant Blue revealed nearly 600 protein spots. A total of 84 of these were differentially displayed at different hours with varying doses of LATB, and 53 upregulated or downregulated proteins were identified by mass spectrometry. These proteins were grouped into distinct functional categories including signalling, actin cytoskeleton organization, cell expansion and carbohydrate metabolism. Moreover, actin disruption affected the morphology of Golgi stacks, mitochondria and amyloplasts, along with a differential expression of proteins involved in their functions. These findings provide new insights into the multifaceted mechanism of actin cytoskeleton functions and its interaction with signalling, cell-expansion machinery and energy-providing pathways.
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- Yanmei Chen
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Molecular Environment Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Etxeberria E, Gonzalez P, Baroja-Fernandez E, Romero JP. Fluid phase endocytic uptake of artificial nano-spheres and fluorescent quantum dots by sycamore cultured cells: evidence for the distribution of solutes to different intracellular compartments. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2006; 1:196-200. [PMID: 19521485 PMCID: PMC2634026 DOI: 10.4161/psb.1.4.3142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2006] [Accepted: 05/03/2006] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Fluid phase endocytic uptake of external solutes in plant cells was further substantiated using artificial polystyrene nano-spheres (40 nm) and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (20 nm). Both types of artificial nano-particles were taken up by sycamore-cultured cells. However, whereas polystyrene nano-spheres were delivered to the central vacuole, CdSe/ZnS nano-dots were sequestered into cytoplasmic vesicular structures. Using dextran-Texas Red (m.w. 3,000; d-TR) as additional marker, confocal micrographs confirmed the distinct topographic distribution of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots within the cell. Initially, d-TR and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots colocalized within cytoplasmic vesicles. After 18 h incubation, d-TR was distinctly localized in the vacuole whereas CdSe/ZnS quantum dots remained sequestered in cytoplasmic membranous compartments. The data provide a first evidence for the rapid distribution of solutes taken up by endocytosis to distinct intracellular compartments.
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- Ed Etxeberria
- University of Florida; Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; Citrus Research and Education Center; Department of Horticultural Sciences; Lake Alfred, Florida USA
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- University of Florida; Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; Citrus Research and Education Center; Department of Horticultural Sciences; Lake Alfred, Florida USA
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- Agrobioteknologia Instituta; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas and Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa; Mutiloako etorbidea zembaki gabe; Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain
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- Agrobioteknologia Instituta; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas and Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa; Mutiloako etorbidea zembaki gabe; Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain
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Kamimoto M, Rung-Ruangkijkrai T, Iwanaga T. Uptake ability of hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells and enhancement by lipopolysaccharide. Biomed Res 2006; 26:99-107. [PMID: 16011302 DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.26.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The liver is one of the major organs that remove exogenous substances and waste products from the blood circulation. Hepatic macrophages (Kupffer cells) and sinusoidal endothelial cells are responsible for the scavenger function of the liver. The sinusoidal endothelial cells, called scavenger endothelial cells, are believed to take up only soluble substances and nanometer-sized particles under normal conditions, while Kupffer cells can ingest larger particles and whole cells. However, the sinusoidal endothelial cells may have the potential to take up considerably large particles under special conditions. In this morphological study, we compared the uptake ability between sinusoidal endothelial cells and Kupffer cells after intravenous injections of latex beads (20 nm, 100 nm and 500 nm in diameter), bovine serum albumin (BSA) and dextran. Under normal conditions, the sinusoidal endothelial cells vigorously took up 100-nm-sized latex beads as well as 20-nm latex beads. BSA and dextran were ingested by the endothelial cells but not the Kupffer cells. The administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which mimics inflammation, stimulated the uptake by endothelial cells. The uptake of latex beads by Kupffer cells was also elevated under LPS-stimulated conditions, but the uptake of BSA and dextran by them was not. These findings suggest that the sinusoidal endothelial cells can ingest not only soluble substances but also larger particles than those expected, and their uptake ability is strengthened under inflammatory conditions.
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- Miyuki Kamimoto
- Laboratory of Histology and Cytology, Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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Hause G, Samaj J, Menzel D, Baluska F. Fine Structural Analysis of Brefeldin A-Induced Compartment Formation After High-Pressure Freeze Fixation of Maize Root Epidermis: Compound Exocytosis Resembling Cell Plate Formation during Cytokinesis. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2006; 1:134-9. [PMID: 19521493 PMCID: PMC2635009 DOI: 10.4161/psb.1.3.2996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2006] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Formation of large perinuclear brefeldin A (BFA)-induced compartments is a characteristic feature of root apex cells, but it does not occur in shoot apex cells. BFA-induced compartments have been studied mostly using low resolution fluorescence microscopy techniques. Here, we have employed a high-resolution ultrastructural method based on ultra rapid freeze fixation of samples in order to study the formation of BFA-induced compartments in intact maize root epidermis cells in detail. This approach reveals five novel findings. Firstly, plant TGN/PGN elements are not tubular networks, as generally assumed, but rather vesicular compartments. Secondly, TGN/PGN vesicles interact with one another extensively via stalk-like connections and even fuse together via bridge-like structures. Thirdly, BFA-induced compartments are formed via extensive homotypic fusions of the TGN/PGN vesicles. Fourthly, multivesicular bodies (MVBs) are present within the BFA-induced compartments. Fifthly, mitochondria and small vacuoles accummulate abundantly around the large perinuclear BFA-induced compartments.
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- G Hause
- Microscopy Unit; Biocenter; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle, Germany
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Schlicht M, Strnad M, Scanlon MJ, Mancuso S, Hochholdinger F, Palme K, Volkmann D, Menzel D, Baluska F. Auxin immunolocalization implicates vesicular neurotransmitter-like mode of polar auxin transport in root apices. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2006; 1:122-33. [PMID: 19521492 PMCID: PMC2635008 DOI: 10.4161/psb.1.3.2759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2006] [Accepted: 04/03/2006] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Immunolocalization of auxin using a new specific antibody revealed, besides the expected diffuse cytoplasmic signal, enrichments of auxin at end-poles (cross-walls), within endosomes and within nuclei of those root apex cells which accumulate abundant F-actin at their end-poles. In Brefeldin A (BFA) treated roots, a strong auxin signal was scored within BFA-induced compartments of cells having abundant actin and auxin at their end-poles, as well as within adjacent endosomes, but not in other root cells. Importantly, several types of polar auxin transport (PAT) inhibitors exert similar inhibitory effects on endocytosis, vesicle recycling, and on the enrichments of F-actin at the end-poles. These findings indicate that auxin is transported across F-actin-enriched end-poles (synapses) via neurotransmitter-like secretion. This new concept finds genetic support from the semaphore1, rum1 and rum1/lrt1 mutants of maize which are impaired in PAT, endocytosis and vesicle recycling, as well as in recruitment of F-actin and auxin to the auxin transporting end-poles. Although PIN1 localizes abundantly to the end-poles, and they also fail to support the formation of in these mutants affected in PAT, auxin and F-actin are depleted from their end-poles which also fail to support formation of the large BFA-induced compartments.
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- Markus Schlicht
- IZMB; Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität; Bonn, Germany
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Coelho PC, Malhó R. Correlative Analysis of [Ca](C) and Apical Secretion during Pollen Tube Growth and Reorientation. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2006; 1:152-7. [PMID: 19521495 PMCID: PMC2635010 DOI: 10.4161/psb.1.3.2999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2006] [Accepted: 05/19/2006] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The maintenance of a cytosolic free calcium gradient (Ca(2+)](c)) and vesicle secretion in the apex of pollen tubes is essential for growth. It has been postulated that high [Ca(2+)](c) levels promote and confine vesicle fusion with the apical plasma membrane and in this study we performed a correlative analysis of both events using specific fluorescent dyes and confocal scanning microscopy. [Ca(2+)](c) was imaged with Calcium Green-1 10 kDa dextran (CG-1) while secretory events were followed with FM1-43 or FM4-64 in pollen tubes undergoing normal growth and reorientation events.During straight growth (no modification in direction), we found that changes in apical [Ca(2+)](c) accompany changes in apical FM fluorescence indicating a tight coupling between [Ca(2+)](c) and apical secretion. This coupling seems however to be perturbed during periods of reorientation of the pollen tube growth axis. Analysis of apical and sub-apical fluorescent signals during the reorientation events and subsequent re-entry in straight growth indicate that the increase in secretory events (higher fusion rate) precede the increases in [Ca(2+)](c) that should be required for the transduction of the signal.Based on these findings, we discuss a model for membrane secretion and recycling which considers the apical and sub-apical region as a functional area containing all the elements required to promote and sustain growth.
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- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa; ICAT, Lisboa, Portugal
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Hanton SL, Brandizzi F. Protein transport in the plant secretory pathwayThis review is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Issue on Plant Cell Biology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1139/b05-172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The study of the plant secretory pathway is a relatively new field, developing rapidly over the last 30 years. Many exciting discoveries have already been made in this area, but as old questions are answered new ones become apparent. Our understanding of the functions and mechanisms of the plant secretory pathway is constantly expanding, in part because of the development of new technologies, mainly in bioimaging. The increasing accessibility of these new tools in combination with more established methods provides an ideal way to increase knowledge of the secretory pathway in plants. In this review we discuss recent developments in understanding protein transport between organelles in the plant secretory pathway.
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- Sally L. Hanton
- Department of Biology, 112 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Department of Biology, 112 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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Robatzek S, Chinchilla D, Boller T. Ligand-induced endocytosis of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 in Arabidopsis. Genes Dev 2006; 20:537-42. [PMID: 16510871 PMCID: PMC1410809 DOI: 10.1101/gad.366506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 544] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) trigger innate immune responses in animals and plants. One such PRR is the flagellin receptor FLS2 in Arabidopsis. Here, we demonstrate that a functional fusion of FLS2 to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) resides in cell membranes of most tissues. Stimulation with the flagellin epitope flg22 induces its transfer into intracellular mobile vesicles, followed by degradation. FLS2 internalization depends on cytoskeleton and proteasome functions, and receptor activation. A variant FLS2 mutated in Thr 867, a potential phosphorylation site, binds flg22 normally, but is impaired in flg22 responses and FLS2 endocytosis. We propose that plant cells regulate pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-mediated PRR activities by subcellular compartmentalization.
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- Silke Robatzek
- Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Botanical Institute, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Kong SG, Suzuki T, Tamura K, Mochizuki N, Hara-Nishimura I, Nagatani A. Blue light-induced association of phototropin 2 with the Golgi apparatus. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 45:994-1005. [PMID: 16507089 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02667.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Phototropins 1 and 2 (phot1 and phot2) function as blue light (BL) photoreceptors for phototropism, chloroplast relocation, stomatal opening and leaf flattening in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phototropin consists of two functional domains, the N-terminal photosensory domain and the C-terminal Ser/Thr kinase domain. However, little is known about the signal transduction pathway that links the photoreceptors and the physiological responses downstream of BL perception. To understand the mechanisms by which phot2 initiates these responses, we transformed the phot1phot2 double mutant of Arabidopsis with constructs encoding translationally fused phot2:green fluorescent protein (P2G). P2G was fully functional for the phot2-specific physiological responses in these transgenic plants. It localized strongly to the plasma membrane and weakly to the cytoplasm in the dark. Upon illumination with BL, punctate P2G staining was formed within a few minutes in addition to the constitutive plasma membrane staining. This punctate distribution pattern matched well with that of the Golgi-localized KAM1DeltaC:mRFP. Brefeldin A (BFA), an inhibitor of vesicle trafficking, induced accumulation of P2G around the perinuclear region even in darkness, but the punctate pattern was not observed. After treatment of these cells with BL, P2G exhibited the punctate distribution pattern that matched with that of the Golgi marker. Hence, the light-dependent association of P2G with the Golgi apparatus was BFA-insensitive. A structure/function analysis indicated that the kinase domain was essential for the Golgi localization of phot2. The BL-induced Golgi localization of phot2 may be one of important signaling steps in the phot2 signal transduction pathway.
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- Sam-Geun Kong
- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Hadley R, Hable WE, Kropf DL. Polarization of the endomembrane system is an early event in fucoid zygote development. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2006; 6:5. [PMID: 16504093 PMCID: PMC1397835 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-6-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2005] [Accepted: 02/23/2006] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fucoid zygotes are excellent experimental organisms for investigating mechanisms that establish cell polarity and determine the site of tip growth. A common feature of polarity establishment is targeting endocytosis and exocytosis (secretion) to localized cortical domains. We have investigated the spatiotemporal development of endomembrane asymmetry in photopolarizing zygotes, and examined the underlying cellular physiology. RESULTS The vital dye FM4-64 was used to visualize endomembranes. The endomembrane system preferentially accumulated at the rhizoid (growth) pole within 4 h of fertilization. The polarized endomembrane array was initially labile and reoriented when the developmental axis changed direction in response to changing light cues. Pharmacological studies indicated that vesicle trafficking, actin and microtubules were needed to maintain endomembrane polarity. In addition, endocytosis required a functional cortical actin cytoskeleton. CONCLUSION Endomembrane polarization is an early event in polarity establishment, beginning very soon after photolocalization of cortical actin to the presumptive rhizoid site. Targeting of endocytosis and secretion to the rhizoid cortex contributes to membrane asymmetry. We suggest that microtubule-actin interactions, possibly involving microtubule capture and stabilization at actin-rich sites in the rhizoid, may organize the endomembrane array.
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- Rhett Hadley
- University of Utah, Department of Biology, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0840, USA
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- University of Utah, Department of Biology, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0840, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth MA 02747, USA
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- University of Utah, Department of Biology, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0840, USA
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Egea G, Lázaro-Diéguez F, Vilella M. Actin dynamics at the Golgi complex in mammalian cells. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2006; 18:168-78. [PMID: 16488588 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2006.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2006] [Accepted: 02/09/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Secretion and endocytosis are highly dynamic processes that are sensitive to external stimuli. Thus, in multicellular organisms, different cell types utilize specialised pathways of intracellular membrane traffic to facilitate specific physiological functions. In addition to the complex internal molecular factors that govern sorting functions and fission or fusion of transport carriers, the actin cytoskeleton plays an important role in both the endocytic and secretory pathways. The interaction between the actin cytoskeleton and membrane trafficking is not restricted to transport processes: it also appears to be directly involved in the biogenesis of Golgi-derived transport carriers (budding and fission processes) and in the maintenance of the unique flat shape of Golgi cisternae.
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- Gustavo Egea
- Departament de Biologia Cel.lular i Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina and Instituts de Nanociències i Nanotecnologia (IN(2)UB) and d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Kelly-Skupek MN, Irving HR. Pharmacological evidence for activation of phospholipid and small GTP binding protein signalling cascades by Nod factors. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2006; 44:132-42. [PMID: 16647267 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2006.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The effects of lipo-chitin oligosaccharide Nod factors (NodNGR[S] from Rhizobium sp. NGR234) on root hair deformation in Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. were studied using pharmacological agents to mimic and/or inhibit their action. It was hypothesised that the rearrangement of the cytoskeleton seen during Nod factor induced root hair deformation is modulated by protein kinase C, monomeric G proteins of the Rho superfamily and the location and amount of phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphates (PI3Ps). This hypothesis is supported by the following observations. The protein kinase C activators, 12-deoxyphorbol 13-acetate (DPA) and diacylglycerol kinase inhibitor 1, stimulated root hair deformation to a level similar to that seen with Nod factors or mastoparan, whereas the inhibitor Gö 6976 inhibited root hair deformations induced by NodNGR[S], mastoparan, DPA and diacylglycerol kinase inhibitor 1. The Ras antagonists mevastatin and sulindac sulphide, and the Rho antagonist exoenzyme C3 toxin from Clostridium botulinum all inhibited Nod factor stimulated root hair deformation. Pasteurella multocida toxin activates Rho and stimulated root hair deformation, this stimulation was inhibited by both neomycin and exoenzyme C3 toxin. The PI3 kinase inhibitors, wortmannin and LY-294002 attenuated Nod factor induced root hair deformation. These studies were complemented with actin immunoprecipitations of root hair enriched microsomal membrane preparations from V. unguiculata which pulled down small GTP binding proteins. Root hair deformation is an important early stage in the formation of nitrogen fixing nodules and this study highlights that these processes may depend on signalling cascades involving phospholipids and small GTP binding proteins.
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- M N Kelly-Skupek
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
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Dhonukshe P, Baluska F, Schlicht M, Hlavacka A, Samaj J, Friml J, Gadella TWJ. Endocytosis of Cell Surface Material Mediates Cell Plate Formation during Plant Cytokinesis. Dev Cell 2006; 10:137-50. [PMID: 16399085 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2005.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2005] [Revised: 09/15/2005] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Dividing plant cells perform a remarkable task of building a new cell wall within the cytoplasm in a few minutes. A long-standing paradigm claims that this primordial cell wall, known as the cell plate, is generated by delivery of newly synthesized material from Golgi apparatus-originated secretory vesicles. Here, we show that, in diverse plant species, cell surface material, including plasma membrane proteins, cell wall components, and exogenously applied endocytic tracers, is rapidly delivered to the forming cell plate. Importantly, this occurs even when de novo protein synthesis is blocked. In addition, cytokinesis-specific syntaxin KNOLLE as well as plasma membrane (PM) resident proteins localize to endosomes that fuse to initiate the cell plate. The rate of endocytosis is strongly enhanced during cell plate formation, and its genetic or pharmacological inhibition leads to cytokinesis defects. Our results reveal that endocytic delivery of cell surface material significantly contributes to cell plate formation during plant cytokinesis.
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- Pankaj Dhonukshe
- Section of Molecular Cytology and Center for Advanced Microscopy, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 316, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hörmanseder K, Obermeyer G, Foissner I. Disturbance of endomembrane trafficking by brefeldin A and calyculin A reorganizes the actin cytoskeleton of Lilium longiflorum pollen tubes. PROTOPLASMA 2005; 227:25-36. [PMID: 16389491 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-005-0132-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We investigated the effect of brefeldin A on membrane trafficking and the actin cytoskeleton of pollen tubes of Lilium longiflorum with fluorescent dyes, inhibitor experiments, and confocal laser scanning microscopy. The formation of a subapical brefeldin A-induced membrane aggregation (BIA) was associated with the formation of an actin basket from which filaments extended towards the tip. The orientation of these actin filaments correlated with the trajectories of membrane material stained by FM dyes, suggesting that the BIA-associated actin filaments are used as tracks for retrograde transport. Analysis of time series indicated that these tracks (actin filaments) were either stationary or glided along the plasma membrane towards the BIA together with the attached membranes or organelles. Disturbance of the actin cytoskeleton by cytochalasin D or latrunculin B caused immediate arrest of membrane trafficking, dissipation of the BIA and the BIA-associated actin basket, and reorganization into randomly oriented actin rods. Our observations suggest that brefeldin A causes ectopic activation of actin-nucleating proteins at the BIA, resulting in retrograde movement of membranes not only along but also together with actin filaments. We show further that subapical membrane aggregations and actin baskets supporting retrograde membrane flow can also be induced by calyculin A, indicating that dephosphorylation by type 2 protein phosphatases is required for proper formation of membrane coats and polar membrane trafficking.
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- K Hörmanseder
- Fachbereich Molekulare Biologie, Universität Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse, Salzburg, Austria
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Wang Q, Kong L, Hao H, Wang X, Lin J, Samaj J, Baluska F. Effects of brefeldin A on pollen germination and tube growth. Antagonistic effects on endocytosis and secretion. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 139:1692-703. [PMID: 16299176 PMCID: PMC1310552 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.069765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We assessed the effects of brefeldin A (BFA) on pollen tube development in Picea meyeri using fluorescent marker FM4-64 as a membrane-inserted endocytic/recycling marker, together with ultrastructural studies and Fourier transform infrared analysis of cell walls. BFA inhibited pollen germination and pollen tube growth, causing morphological changes in a dose-dependent manner, and pollen tube tip growth recovered after transferring into BFA-free medium. FM4-64 labeling showed typical bright apical staining in normally growing P. meyeri pollen tubes; this apical staining pattern differed from the V-formation pattern found in angiosperm pollen tubes. Confocal microscopy revealed that exocytosis was greatly inhibited in the presence of BFA. In contrast, the overall uptake of FM4-64 dye was about 2-fold that in the control after BFA (5 microg mL(-1)) treatment, revealing that BFA stimulated endocytosis in a manner opposite to the induced changes in exocytosis. Transmission electron microscopic observation showed that the number of secretory vesicles at the apical zone dramatically decreased, together with the disappearance of paramural bodies, while the number of vacuoles and other larger organelles increased. An acid phosphatase assay confirmed that the addition of BFA significantly inhibited secretory pathways. Importantly, Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy documented significant changes in the cell wall composition of pollen tubes growing in the presence of BFA. These results suggest that enhanced endocytosis, together with inhibited secretion, is responsible for the retarded growth of pollen tubes induced by BFA.
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- Qinli Wang
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Molecular Environment Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Manning VA, Ciuffetti LM. Localization of Ptr ToxA Produced by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis Reveals Protein Import into Wheat Mesophyll Cells. THE PLANT CELL 2005; 17:3203-12. [PMID: 16199615 PMCID: PMC1276038 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.035063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The plant pathogenic fungus Pyrenophora tritici-repentis secretes host-selective toxins (HSTs) that function as pathogenicity factors. Unlike most HSTs that are products of enzymatic pathways, at least two toxins produced by P. tritici-repentis are proteins and, thus, products of single genes. Sensitivity to these toxins in the host is conferred by a single gene for each toxin. To study the site of action of Ptr ToxA (ToxA), toxin-sensitive and -insensitive wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivars were treated with ToxA followed by proteinase K. ToxA was resistant to protease, but only in sensitive leaves, suggesting that ToxA is either protected from the protease by association with a receptor or internalized. Immunolocalization and green fluorescent protein tagged ToxA localization demonstrate that ToxA is internalized in sensitive wheat cultivars only. Once internalized, ToxA localizes to cytoplasmic compartments and to chloroplasts. Intracellular expression of ToxA by biolistic bombardment into both toxin-sensitive and -insensitive cells results in cell death, suggesting that the ToxA internal site of action is present in both cell types. However, because ToxA is internalized only in sensitive cultivars, toxin sensitivity, and therefore the ToxA sensitivity gene, are most likely related to protein import. The results of this study show that the ToxA protein is capable of crossing the plant plasma membrane from the apoplastic space to the interior of the plant cell in the absence of a pathogen.
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- Viola A Manning
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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Baluska F, Liners F, Hlavacka A, Schlicht M, Van Cutsem P, McCurdy DW, Menzel D. Cell wall pectins and xyloglucans are internalized into dividing root cells and accumulate within cell plates during cytokinesis. PROTOPLASMA 2005; 225:141-55. [PMID: 16228896 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-005-0095-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2004] [Accepted: 12/10/2004] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Recently, we have reported that cell wall pectins are internalized into apical meristem root cells. In cells exposed to the fungal metabolite brefeldin A, all secretory pathways were inhibited, while endocytic pathways remained intact, resulting in accumulation of internalized cell wall pectins within brefeldin A-induced compartments. Here we report that, in addition to the already published cell wall epitopes, rhamnogalacturonan I and xyloglucans also undergo large-scale internalization into dividing root cells. Interestingly, multilamellar endosomes were identified as compartments internalizing arabinan cell wall pectins reactive to the 6D7 antibody, while large vacuole-like endosomes internalized homogalacturonans reactive to the 2F4 antibody. As all endosomes belong topographically to the exocellular space, cell wall pectins deposited in these "cell wall islands", enclosed by the plasma-membrane-derived membrane, are ideally suited to act as temporary stores for rapid formation of cell wall and generation of new plasma membrane. In accordance with this notion, we report that all cell wall pectins and xyloglucans that internalize into endosomes are highly enriched within cytokinetic cell plates and accumulate within brefeldin A compartments. On the other hand, only small amounts of the pectins reactive to the JIM7 antibody, which are produced in the Golgi apparatus, localize to cell plates and they do not accumulate within brefeldin A compartments. In conclusion, meristematic root cells have developed pathways for internalization and recycling of cell wall molecules which are relevant for plant-specific cytokinesis.
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- F Baluska
- Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Ovecka M, Lang I, Baluska F, Ismail A, Illes P, Lichtscheidl IK. Endocytosis and vesicle trafficking during tip growth of root hairs. PROTOPLASMA 2005; 226:39-54. [PMID: 16231100 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-005-0103-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2005] [Accepted: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The directional elongation of root hairs, "tip growth", depends on the coordinated and highly regulated trafficking of vesicles which fill the tip cytoplasm and are active in secretion of cell wall material. So far, little is known about the dynamics of endocytosis in living root hairs. We analyzed the motile behaviour of vesicles in the apical region of living root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana and of Triticum aestivum by live cell microscopy. For direct observation of endocytosis and of the fate of endocytic vesicles, we used the fluorescent endocytosis marker dyes FM 1-43 and FM 4-64. Rapid endocytosis was detected mainly in the tip, where it caused a bright fluorescence of the apical cytoplasm. The internalized membranes proceeded through highly dynamic putative early endosomes in the clear zone to larger endosomal compartments in the subapical region that are excluded from the clear zone. The internalized cargo ended up in the dynamic vacuole by fusion of large endosomal compartments with the tonoplast. Before export to these lytic compartments, putative early endosomes remained in the apical zone, where they most probably recycled to the plasma membrane and back into the cytoplasm for more than 30 min. Endoplasmic reticulum was not involved in trafficking pathways of endosomes. Actin cytoskeleton was needed for the endocytosis itself, as well as for further membrane trafficking. The actin-depolymerizing drug latrunculin B modified the dynamic properties of vesicles and endosomes; they became immobilized and aggregated in the tip. Treatment with brefeldin A inhibited membrane trafficking and caused the disappearance of FM-containing vesicles and putative early endosomes from the clear zone; labelled structures accumulated in motile brefeldin A-induced compartments. These large endocytic compartments redispersed upon removal of the drug. Our results hence prove that endocytosis occurs in growing root hairs. We show the localization of endocytosis in the tip and indicate specific endomembrane compartments and their recycling.
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- M Ovecka
- Institution of Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research, University of Vienna, Vienna
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Ruthardt N, Gulde N, Spiegel H, Fischer R, Emans N. Four-dimensional imaging of transvacuolar strand dynamics in tobacco BY-2 cells. PROTOPLASMA 2005; 225:205-15. [PMID: 16228899 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-005-0093-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2004] [Accepted: 10/29/2004] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The vacuole is a characteristic organelle of plant cells and fulfills several important functions related to metabolism and growth of the cell. To shed light on the details of vacuolar structural changes in plant cells, we explored the three-dimensional organization and dynamics of living Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Bright Yellow 2 cell vacuoles by real-time confocal time-lapse imaging. For imaging, the cells were pulse-labeled with the amphipathic styryl dye FM1-43 (N-(3-triethylammoniumpropyl)-4-(4-(dibutylamino)styryl)pyridinium dibromide), which is delivered to the plant vacuole by endocytic uptake and then incubated overnight. Imaging of the membrane-labeled vacuole revealed a complex vacuole morphology underlaid by constant remodeling. The vacuole is traversed by multiple transvacuolar strands which move along each other and fuse in multiple manners. New strands were created by fission of large membrane sheets. Endocytic vesicle trafficking was followed within the dynamic transvacuolar strands. The movement occurred in a stop-and-go fashion with an average vesicle velocity of 0.46 microm/s and a peak velocity of 0.82 microm/s. Transvacuolar-strand reduction and creation is a characteristic event observed during mitosis. Here we propose a mechanistic model for the alteration of the number of transvacuolar strands, on the basis of their fusion and fission.
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- N Ruthardt
- Cellome Research Group, Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Aniento F, Robinson DG. Testing for endocytosis in plants. PROTOPLASMA 2005; 226:3-11. [PMID: 16231096 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-005-0101-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2005] [Accepted: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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For many years endocytosis has been regarded with great scepsis by plant physiologists. Although now generally accepted, care must still be taken with experiments designed to demonstrate endocytic uptake at the plasma membrane. We have taken a critical look at the various agents which are in use as markers for plant endocytosis, pointing out pitfalls and precautions which should be taken. We also take this opportunity to introduce the tyrphostins--tyrosine kinase inhibitors--, which also seem to prevent endocytosis in plants.
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- F Aniento
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia
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Voigt B, Timmers ACJ, Samaj J, Hlavacka A, Ueda T, Preuss M, Nielsen E, Mathur J, Emans N, Stenmark H, Nakano A, Baluska F, Menzel D. Actin-based motility of endosomes is linked to the polar tip growth of root hairs. Eur J Cell Biol 2005; 84:609-21. [PMID: 16032929 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2004.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Plant tip growth has been recognized as an actin-based cellular process requiring targeted exocytosis and compensatory endocytosis to occur at the growth cone. However, the identity of subcellular compartments involved in polarized membrane trafficking pathways remains enigmatic in plants. Here we characterize endosomal compartments in tip-growing root hair cells. We demonstrate their presence at the growing tip and differential distribution upon cessation of tip growth. We also show that both the presence of endosomes as well as their rapid movements within the tip region depends on an intact actin cytoskeleton and involves actin polymerization. In conclusion, actin-propelled endosomal motility is tightly linked to the polar tip growth of root hairs.
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- Boris Voigt
- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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Takano J, Miwa K, Yuan L, von Wirén N, Fujiwara T. Endocytosis and degradation of BOR1, a boron transporter of Arabidopsis thaliana, regulated by boron availability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:12276-81. [PMID: 16103374 PMCID: PMC1189310 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502060102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2005] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Boron (B) is essential for plants but toxic when present in excess. Arabidopsis thaliana BOR1 is a B exporter for xylem loading and is essential for efficient B translocation from roots to shoots under B limitation. B translocation to shoots was enhanced under B limitation in WT but not in bor1-1 mutant plants. The enhanced translocation was suppressed upon resupply of high levels of B within several hours. Unlike a number of transporters for essential mineral nutrients, BOR1 mRNA accumulation was not strongly affected by B conditions. However, accumulation of a constitutively expressed BOR1-GFP fusion protein was elevated under conditions of limited B supply. Upon resupply of high levels of B, BOR1-GFP was degraded within several hours. These findings demonstrate that posttranscriptional mechanisms play a major role in regulation of BOR1 accumulation. Confocal laser scanning microscopy of root tip cells showed that BOR1-GFP is localized to the plasma membrane under B limitation. Shortly after B application, the protein was observed in dot-like structures in the cytoplasm before degradation. Colocalization studies of the fusion protein with an endocytic tracer FM4-64 and an endosomal Rab-GTPase Ara7 fused to monomeric red fluorescent protein suggested that BOR1 is transferred from the plasma membrane via the endosomes to the vacuole for degradation. These results establish that endocytosis and degradation of BOR1 are regulated by B availability, to avoid accumulation of toxic levels of B in shoots under high-B supply, while protecting the shoot from B deficiency under B limitation.
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- Junpei Takano
- Biotechnology Research Center, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Samaj J, Read ND, Volkmann D, Menzel D, Baluska F. The endocytic network in plants. Trends Cell Biol 2005; 15:425-33. [PMID: 16006126 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2005.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Revised: 05/26/2005] [Accepted: 06/27/2005] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Endocytosis and vesicle recycling via secretory endosomes are essential for many processes in multicellular organisms. Recently, higher plants have provided useful experimental model systems to study these processes. Endocytosis and secretory endosomes in plants play crucial roles in polar tip growth, a process in which secretory and endocytic pathways are integrated closely. Plant endocytosis and endosomes are important for auxin-mediated cell-cell communication, gravitropic responses, stomatal movements, cytokinesis and cell wall morphogenesis. There is also evidence that F-actin is essential for endocytosis and that plant-specific myosin VIII is an endocytic motor in plants. Last, recent results indicate that the trans Golgi network in plants should be considered an integral part of the endocytic network.
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- Jozef Samaj
- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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Gifford ML, Robertson FC, Soares DC, Ingram GC. ARABIDOPSIS CRINKLY4 function, internalization, and turnover are dependent on the extracellular crinkly repeat domain. THE PLANT CELL 2005; 17:1154-66. [PMID: 15772284 PMCID: PMC1087993 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.029975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Accepted: 02/21/2005] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The study of the regulation and cellular dynamics of receptor kinase signaling in plants is a rapidly evolving field that promises to give enormous insights into the molecular control of signal perception. In this study, we have analyzed the behavior of the L1-specific receptor kinase ARABIDOPSIS CRINKLY4 (ACR4) from Arabidopsis thaliana in planta and have shown it to be present in two distinct compartments within cells. These represent protein export bodies and a population of internalized vesicles. In parallel, deletion analysis has shown that a predicted beta-propeller-forming extracellular domain is necessary for ACR4 function. Nonfunctional ACR4 variants with deletions or point mutations in this domain behave differently to wild-type fusion protein in that they are not internalized to the same extent. In addition, in contrast with functional ACR4, which appears to be rapidly turned over, they are stabilized. Thus, for ACR4, internalization and turnover are linked and depend on functionality, suggesting that ACR4 signaling may be subject to damping down via internalization and degradation. The observed rapid turnover of ACR4 sets it apart from other recently studied plant receptor kinases. Finally, ACR4 kinase activity is not required for protein function, leading us to propose, by analogy to animal systems, that ACR4 may hetero-oligomerize with a kinase-active partner during signaling. Plant and animal receptor kinases have distinct evolutionary origins. However, with other recent work, our study suggests that there has been considerable convergent evolution between mechanisms used to regulate their activity.
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- Miriam L Gifford
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom
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Baluska F, Volkmann D, Menzel D. Plant synapses: actin-based domains for cell-to-cell communication. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2005; 10:106-11. [PMID: 15749467 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2005.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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For many years it has been known that plants perform rapid long-distance signalling using classical action potentials that have impacts on diverse processes in plants. Plants also synthesize numerous neuronal molecules and fulfill some criteria for intelligent behaviour. Analysis of recent breakthrough data from ecophysiology studies has revealed that plant roots can discriminate between 'self' and 'non-self'; in animals, this ability to discriminate is dependent on the activities of neuronal synapses. Here, we propose that plant cells establish modes of information exchange between each other that have properties in common with neuronal synapses. Moreover, plants also assemble adhesive contacts that orchestrate cell-to-cell communication between the host cells when challenged with pathogens, parasites and potential symbionts. We propose that these adhesive contacts resemble the immunological synapses found in animals.
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- Frantisek Baluska
- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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Russinova E, Borst JW, Kwaaitaal M, Caño-Delgado A, Yin Y, Chory J, de Vries SC. Heterodimerization and endocytosis of Arabidopsis brassinosteroid receptors BRI1 and AtSERK3 (BAK1). THE PLANT CELL 2004; 16:3216-29. [PMID: 15548744 PMCID: PMC535869 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.025387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2004] [Accepted: 09/08/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In Arabidopsis thaliana brassinosteroid (BR), perception is mediated by two Leu-rich repeat receptor-like kinases, BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE1 (BRI1) and BRI1-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR KINASE1 (BAK1) (Arabidopsis SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-like KINASE3 [AtSERK3]). Genetic, biochemical, and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) interaction studies suggested that the BRI1-BAK1 receptor complex initiates BR signaling, but the role of the BAK1 receptor is still not clear. Using transient expression in protoplasts of BRI1 and AtSERK3 fused to cyan and yellow fluorescent green fluorescent protein variants allowed us to localize each receptor independently in vivo. We show that BRI1, but not AtSERK3, homodimerizes in the plasma membrane, whereas BRI1 and AtSERK3 preferentially heterodimerize in the endosomes. Coexpression of BRI1 and AtSERK3 results in a change of the steady state distribution of both receptors because of accelerated endocytosis. Endocytic vesicles contain either BRI1 or AtSERK3 alone or both. We propose that the AtSERK3 protein is involved in changing the equilibrium between plasma membrane-located BRI1 homodimers and endocytosed BRI1-AtSERK3 heterodimers.
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- Eugenia Russinova
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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