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Koenig AM, Liu B, Hu J. Visualizing the dynamics of plant energy organelles. Biochem Soc Trans 2023; 51:2029-2040. [PMID: 37975429 PMCID: PMC10754284 DOI: 10.1042/bst20221093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Plant organelles predominantly rely on the actin cytoskeleton and the myosin motors for long-distance trafficking, while using microtubules and the kinesin motors mostly for short-range movement. The distribution and motility of organelles in the plant cell are fundamentally important to robust plant growth and defense. Chloroplasts, mitochondria, and peroxisomes are essential organelles in plants that function independently and coordinately during energy metabolism and other key metabolic processes. In response to developmental and environmental stimuli, these energy organelles modulate their metabolism, morphology, abundance, distribution and motility in the cell to meet the need of the plant. Consistent with their metabolic links in processes like photorespiration and fatty acid mobilization is the frequently observed inter-organellar physical interaction, sometimes through organelle membranous protrusions. The development of various organelle-specific fluorescent protein tags has allowed the simultaneous visualization of organelle movement in living plant cells by confocal microscopy. These energy organelles display an array of morphology and movement patterns and redistribute within the cell in response to changes such as varying light conditions, temperature fluctuations, ROS-inducible treatments, and during pollen tube development and immune response, independently or in association with one another. Although there are more reports on the mechanism of chloroplast movement than that of peroxisomes and mitochondria, our knowledge of how and why these three energy organelles move and distribute in the plant cell is still scarce at the functional and mechanistic level. It is critical to identify factors that control organelle motility coupled with plant growth, development, and stress response.
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- Amanda M. Koenig
- Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, U.S.A
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- Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A
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Koç A, De Storme N. Structural regulation and dynamic behaviour of organelles during plant meiosis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:925789. [DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.925789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Eukaryotes use various mechanisms to maintain cell division stability during sporogenesis, and in particular during meiosis to achieve production of haploid spores. In addition to establishing even chromosome segregation in meiosis I and II, it is crucial for meiotic cells to guarantee balanced partitioning of organelles to the daughter cells, to properly inherit cellular functions. In plants, cytological studies in model systems have yielded insights into the meiotic behaviour of different organelles, i.e., clearly revealing a distinct organization at different stages throughout meiosis indicating for an active regulatory mechanism determining their subcellular dynamics. However, how, and why plant meiocytes organize synchronicity of these elements and whether this is conserved across all plant genera is still not fully elucidated. It is generally accepted that the highly programmed intracellular behaviour of organelles during meiosis serves to guarantee balanced cytoplasmic inheritance. However, recent studies also indicate that it contributes to the regulation of key meiotic processes, like the organization of cell polarity and spindle orientation, thus exhibiting different functionalities than those characterized in mitotic cell division. In this review paper, we will outline the current knowledge on organelle dynamics in plant meiosis and discuss the putative strategies that the plant cell uses to mediate this programmed spatio-temporal organization in order to safeguard balanced separation of organelles. Particular attention is thereby given to putative molecular mechanisms that underlie this dynamic organelle organization taken into account existing variations in the meiotic cell division program across different plant types. Furthermore, we will elaborate on the structural role of organelles in plant meiosis and discuss on organelle-based cellular mechanisms that contribute to the organization and molecular coordination of key meiotic processes, including spindle positioning, chromosome segregation and cell division. Overall, this review summarizes all relevant insights on the dynamic behaviour and inheritance of organelles during plant meiosis, and discusses on their functional role in the structural and molecular regulation of meiotic cell division.
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Asare A, Levorse J, Fuchs E. Coupling organelle inheritance with mitosis to balance growth and differentiation. Science 2017; 355:355/6324/eaah4701. [PMID: 28154022 DOI: 10.1126/science.aah4701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Balancing growth and differentiation is essential to tissue morphogenesis and homeostasis. How imbalances arise in disease states is poorly understood. To address this issue, we identified transcripts differentially expressed in mouse basal epidermal progenitors versus their differentiating progeny and those altered in cancers. We used an in vivo RNA interference screen to unveil candidates that altered the equilibrium between the basal proliferative layer and suprabasal differentiating layers forming the skin barrier. We found that epidermal progenitors deficient in the peroxisome-associated protein Pex11b failed to segregate peroxisomes properly and entered a mitotic delay that perturbed polarized divisions and skewed daughter fates. Together, our findings unveil a role for organelle inheritance in mitosis, spindle alignment, and the choice of daughter progenitors to differentiate or remain stem-like.
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- Amma Asare
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Livanos P, Galatis B, Quader H, Apostolakos P. ROS homeostasis as a prerequisite for the accomplishment of plant cytokinesis. PROTOPLASMA 2017; 254:569-586. [PMID: 27129324 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-016-0976-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are emerging players in several biological processes. The present work investigates their potential involvement in plant cytokinesis by the application of reagents disturbing ROS homeostasis in root-tip cells of Triticum turgidum. In particular, the NADPH-oxidase inhibitor diphenylene iodonium, the ROS scavenger N-acetyl-cysteine, and menadione that leads to ROS overproduction were used. The effects on cytokinetic cells were examined using light, fluorescence, and transmission electron microscopy. ROS imbalance had a great impact on the cytokinetic process including the following: (a) formation of atypical "phragmoplasts" incapable of guiding vesicles to the equatorial plane, (b) inhibition of the dictyosomal and/or endosomal vesicle production that provides the developing cell plates with membranous and matrix polysaccharidic material, (c) disturbance of the fusion processes between vesicles arriving on the cell plate plane, (d) disruption of endocytic vesicle production that mediates the removal of the excess membrane material from the developing cell plate, and (e) the persistence of large callose depositions in treated cell plates. Consequently, either elevated or low ROS levels in cytokinetic root-tip cells resulted in a total inhibition of cell plate assembly or the formation of aberrant cell plates, depending on the stage of the affected cytokinetic cells. The latter failed to expand towards cell cortex and hence to give rise to complete daughter cell wall. These data revealed for the first time the necessity of ROS homeostasis for accomplishment of plant cytokinesis, since it seems to be a prerequisite for almost every aspect of this process.
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- Pantelis Livanos
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 15781, Greece
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 15781, Greece
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- Division of Cell Biology/Phycology, Biocenter Klein Flottbek, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, 15781, Greece.
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Neuhaus A, Eggeling C, Erdmann R, Schliebs W. Why do peroxisomes associate with the cytoskeleton? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2016; 1863:1019-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Tiew TWY, Sheahan MB, Rose RJ. Peroxisomes contribute to reactive oxygen species homeostasis and cell division induction in Arabidopsis protoplasts. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:658. [PMID: 26379686 PMCID: PMC4549554 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The ability to induce Arabidopsis protoplasts to dedifferentiate and divide provides a convenient system to analyze organelle dynamics in plant cells acquiring totipotency. Using peroxisome-targeted fluorescent proteins, we show that during protoplast culture, peroxisomes undergo massive proliferation and disperse uniformly around the cell before cell division. Peroxisome dispersion is influenced by the cytoskeleton, ensuring unbiased segregation during cell division. Considering their role in oxidative metabolism, we also investigated how peroxisomes influence homeostasis of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Protoplast isolation induces an oxidative burst, with mitochondria the likely major ROS producers. Subsequently ROS levels in protoplast cultures decline, correlating with the increase in peroxisomes, suggesting that peroxisome proliferation may also aid restoration of ROS homeostasis. Transcriptional profiling showed up-regulation of several peroxisome-localized antioxidant enzymes, most notably catalase (CAT). Analysis of antioxidant levels, CAT activity and CAT isoform 3 mutants (cat3) indicate that peroxisome-localized CAT plays a major role in restoring ROS homeostasis. Furthermore, protoplast cultures of pex11a, a peroxisome division mutant, and cat3 mutants show reduced induction of cell division. Taken together, the data indicate that peroxisome proliferation and CAT contribute to ROS homeostasis and subsequent protoplast division induction.
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- *Correspondence: Ray J. Rose, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australi,
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Yabuuchi T, Nakai T, Sonobe S, Yamauchi D, Mineyuki Y. Preprophase band formation and cortical division zone establishment: RanGAP behaves differently from microtubules during their band formation. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2015; 10:e1060385. [PMID: 26237087 PMCID: PMC4883843 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1060385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Correct positioning of the division plane is a prerequisite for plant morphogenesis. The preprophase band (PPB) is a key intracellular structure of division site determination. PPB forms in G2 phase as a broad band of microtubules (MTs) that narrows in prophase and specializes few-micrometer-wide cortical belt region, named the cortical division zone (CDZ), in late prophase. The PPB comprises several molecules, some of which act as MT band organization and others remain in the CDZ marking the correct insertion of the cell plate in telophase. Ran GTPase-activating protein (RanGAP) is accumulated in the CDZ and forms a RanGAP band in prophase. However, little is known about when and how RanGAPs gather in the CDZ, and especially with regard to their relationships to MT band formation. Here, we examined the spatial and temporal distribution of RanGAPs and MTs in the preprophase of onion root tip cells using confocal laser scanning microscopy and showed that the RanGAP band appeared in mid-prophase as the width of MT band was reduced to nearly 7 µm. Treatments with cytoskeletal inhibitors for 15 min caused thinning or broadening of the MT band but had little effects on RanGAP band in mid-prophase and most of late prophase cells. Detailed image analyses of the spatial distribution of RanGAP band and MT band showed that the RanGAP band positioned slightly beneath the MT band in mid-prophase. These results raise a possibility that RanGAP behaves differently from MTs during their band formation.
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- Takatoshi Yabuuchi
- Graduate School of Life Science; University of Hyogo; Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science; University of Hyogo; Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science; University of Hyogo; Akou, Hyogo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science; University of Hyogo; Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science; University of Hyogo; Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
- Correspondence to: Yoshinobu Mineyuki;
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Xu C, Liu Z, Zhang L, Zhao C, Yuan S, Zhang F. Organization of actin cytoskeleton during meiosis I in a wheat thermo-sensitive genic male sterile line. PROTOPLASMA 2013; 250:415-422. [PMID: 22350736 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-012-0386-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2011] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BS366 is a thermo-sensitive male sterile line of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for two-line hybrid breeding, which exhibits aberrant meiotic cytokinesis under low temperature. Through transcriptome analysis, a possible regulatory role for plant actin cytoskeleton was suggested. However, the organization of actin cytoskeleton in meiosis has been poorly understood so far. Here, fixed microsporocytes during meiosis were labeled with tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate-phalloidin and 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole. Quantities of fluorescent micrographs were captured using a confocal microscope, including the transient state from metaphase to telophase. We observed that actin filaments were abundant in typical kariokinetic spindle, central spindle (parallel microtubules or actin fibers between two separated chromosomes in anaphase), and phragmoplast. Interestingly, we identified the Chinese lantern-shaped actin phragmoplast in wheat meiosis for the first time. Under low temperature, phragmoplast actin filaments were chaotic and normal cell plate failed to form. These data provide new insights into the organization of actin filaments during male meiosis of plant and support a role of actin cytoskeleton in bringing about thermo-sensitive male sterility in wheat.
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- Chenguang Xu
- Beijing Engineering and Technique Research Center for Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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De Storme N, Copenhaver GP, Geelen D. Production of diploid male gametes in Arabidopsis by cold-induced destabilization of postmeiotic radial microtubule arrays. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 160:1808-26. [PMID: 23096158 PMCID: PMC3510112 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.208611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Whole-genome duplication through the formation of diploid gametes is a major route for polyploidization, speciation, and diversification in plants. The prevalence of polyploids in adverse climates led us to hypothesize that abiotic stress conditions can induce or stimulate diploid gamete production. In this study, we show that short periods of cold stress induce the production of diploid and polyploid pollen in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Using a combination of cytological and genetic analyses, we demonstrate that cold stress alters the formation of radial microtubule arrays at telophase II and consequently leads to defects in postmeiotic cytokinesis and cell wall formation. As a result, cold-stressed male meiosis generates triads, dyads, and monads that contain binuclear and polynuclear microspores. Fusion of nuclei in binuclear and polynuclear microspores occurs spontaneously before pollen mitosis I and eventually leads to the formation of diploid and polyploid pollen grains. Using segregation analyses, we also found that the majority of cold-induced dyads and triads are genetically equivalent to a second division restitution and produce diploid gametes that are highly homozygous. In a broader perspective, these findings offer insights into the fundamental mechanisms that regulate male gametogenesis in plants and demonstrate that their sensitivity to environmental stress has evolutionary significance and agronomic relevance in terms of polyploidization.
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- Nico De Storme
- Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, University of Ghent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium (N.D.S., D.G.); Department of Biology and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 (G.P.C.); and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 (G.P.C.)
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- Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, University of Ghent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium (N.D.S., D.G.); Department of Biology and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 (G.P.C.); and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 (G.P.C.)
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- Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, University of Ghent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium (N.D.S., D.G.); Department of Biology and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 (G.P.C.); and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 (G.P.C.)
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Lechner B, Rashbrooke MC, Collings DA, Eng RC, Kawamura E, Whittington AT, Wasteneys GO. The N-terminal TOG domain of Arabidopsis MOR1 modulates affinity for microtubule polymers. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:4812-21. [PMID: 22825869 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.107045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Microtubule-associated proteins of the highly conserved XMAP215/Dis1 family promote both microtubule growth and shrinkage, and move with the dynamic microtubule ends. The plant homologue, MOR1, is predicted to form a long linear molecule with five N-terminal TOG domains. Within the first (TOG1) domain, the mor1-1 leucine to phenylalanine (L174F) substitution causes temperature-dependent disorganization of microtubule arrays and reduces microtubule growth and shrinkage rates. By expressing the two N-terminal TOG domains (TOG12) of MOR1, both in planta for analysis in living cells and in bacteria for in vitro microtubule-binding and polymerization assays, we determined that the N-terminal domain of MOR1 is crucial for microtubule polymer binding. Tagging TOG12 at the N-terminus interfered with its ability to bind microtubules when stably expressed in Arabidopsis or when transiently overexpressed in leek epidermal cells, and impeded polymerase activity in vitro. In contrast, TOG12 tagged at the C-terminus interacted with microtubules in vivo, rescued the temperature-sensitive mor1-1 phenotype, and promoted microtubule polymerization in vitro. TOG12 constructs containing the L174F mor1-1 point mutation caused microtubule disruption when transiently overexpressed in leek epidermis and increased the affinity of TOG12 for microtubules in vitro. This suggests that the mor1-1 mutant protein makes microtubules less dynamic by binding the microtubule lattice too strongly to support rapid plus-end tracking. We conclude from our results that a balanced microtubule affinity in the N-terminal TOG domain is crucial for the polymerase activity of MOR1.
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- Bettina Lechner
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Sparkes I. Recent advances in understanding plant myosin function: life in the fast lane. MOLECULAR PLANT 2011; 4:805-812. [PMID: 21772028 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Plant myosins are required for organelle movement, and a role in actin organization has recently come to light. Myosin mutants display several gross morphological phenotypes, the most severe being dwarfism and reduced fecundity, and there is a correlation between reduced organelle movement and morphological defects. This review aims to discuss recent findings in plants relating to the role of myosins in actin dynamics, development, and organelle movement, more specifically the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). One overarching theme is that there still appear to be more questions than answers relating to plant myosin function and regulation.
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- Imogen Sparkes
- School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK.
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Suetsugu N, Dolja VV, Wada M. Why have chloroplasts developed a unique motility system? PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2010; 5:1190-6. [PMID: 20855973 PMCID: PMC3115347 DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.10.12802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Organelle movement in plants is dependent on actin filaments with most of the organelles being transported along the actin cables by class XI myosins. Although chloroplast movement is also actin filament-dependent, a potential role of myosin motors in this process is poorly understood. Interestingly, chloroplasts can move in any direction, and change the direction within short time periods, suggesting that chloroplasts use the newly formed actin filaments rather than preexisting actin cables. Furthermore, the data on myosin gene knockouts and knockdowns in Arabidopsis and tobacco do not support myosins' XI role in chloroplast movement. Our recent studies revealed that chloroplast movement and positioning are mediated by the short actin filaments localized at chloroplast periphery (cp-actin filaments) rather than cytoplasmic actin cables. The accumulation of cp-actin filaments depends on kinesin-like proteins, KAC1 and KAC2, as well as on a chloroplast outer membrane protein CHUP1. We propose that plants evolved a myosin XI-independent mechanism of the actin-based chloroplast movement that is distinct from the mechanism used by other organelles.
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- Noriyuki Suetsugu
- Department of Biology; Faculty of Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing; Oregon State University; Corvallis, OR USA
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- Department of Biology; Faculty of Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
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Organelle movement in plants cells is extremely dynamic. Movement is driven by the acto-myosin system. Higher plant myosins fall into two classes: classes XI and VIII. Localization studies have highlighted that myosins are present throughout the cytosol, label motile puncta and decorate the nuclear envelope and plasma membrane. Functional studies through expression of dominant-negative myosin variants, RNAi (RNA interference) and T-DNA insertional analysis have shown that class XI myosins are required for organelle movement. Intriguingly, organelle movement is also linked to Arabidopsis growth and development. The present review tackles current findings relating to plant organelle movement and the role of myosins.
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Plant peroxisomes are extremely dynamic, moving and undergoing changes of shape in response to metabolic and environmental signals. Matrix proteins are imported via one of two import pathways, depending on the targeting signal within the protein. Each pathway has a specific receptor but utilizes common membrane-bound translocation machinery. Current models invoke receptor recycling, which may involve cycles of ubiquitination. Some components of the import machinery may also play a role in proteolytic turnover of matrix proteins, prompting parallels with the endoplasmic-reticulum-associated degradation pathway. Peroxisome membrane proteins, some of which are imported post-translationally, others of which may traffic to peroxisomes via the endoplasmic reticulum, use distinct proteinaceous machinery. The isolation of mutants defective in peroxisome biogenesis has served to emphasize the important role of peroxisomes at all stages of the plant life cycle.
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The ER (endoplasmic reticulum) in higher plants forms a pleomorphic web of membrane tubules and small cisternae that pervade the cytoplasm, but in particular form a polygonal network at the cortex of the cell which may be anchored to the plasma membrane. The network is associated with the actin cytoskeleton and demonstrates extensive mobility, which is most likely to be dependent on myosin motors. The ER is characterized by a number of domains which may be associated with specific functions such as protein storage, or with direct interaction with other organelles such as the Golgi apparatus, peroxisomes and plastids. In the present review we discuss the nature of the network, the role of shape-forming molecules such as the recently described reticulon family of proteins and the function of some of the major domains within the ER network.
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Avisar D, Abu-Abied M, Belausov E, Sadot E, Hawes C, Sparkes IA. A comparative study of the involvement of 17 Arabidopsis myosin family members on the motility of Golgi and other organelles. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 150:700-9. [PMID: 19369591 PMCID: PMC2689979 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.136853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2009] [Accepted: 04/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Gene families with multiple members are predicted to have individuals with overlapping functions. We examined all of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) myosin family members for their involvement in Golgi and other organelle motility. Truncated fragments of all 17 annotated Arabidopsis myosins containing either the IQ tail or tail domains only were fused to fluorescent markers and coexpressed with a Golgi marker in two different plants. We tracked and calculated Golgi body displacement rate in the presence of all myosin truncations and found that tail fragments of myosins MYA1, MYA2, XI-C, XI-E, XI-I, and XI-K were the best inhibitors of Golgi body movement in the two plants. Tail fragments of myosins XI-B, XI-F, XI-H, and ATM1 had an inhibitory effect on Golgi bodies only in Nicotiana tabacum, while tail fragments of myosins XI-G and ATM2 had a slight effect on Golgi body motility only in Nicotiana benthamiana. The best myosin inhibitors of Golgi body motility were able to arrest mitochondrial movement too. No exclusive colocalization was found between these myosins and Golgi bodies in our system, although the excess of cytosolic signal observed could mask myosin molecules bound to the surface of the organelle. From the preserved actin filaments found in the presence of enhanced green fluorescent protein fusions of truncated myosins and the motility of myosin punctae, we conclude that global arrest of actomyosin-derived cytoplasmic streaming had not occurred. Taken together, our data suggest that the above myosins are involved, directly or indirectly, in the movement of Golgi and mitochondria in plant cells.
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- Dror Avisar
- Institute of Plant Sciences, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
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Kredel S, Oswald F, Nienhaus K, Deuschle K, Röcker C, Wolff M, Heilker R, Nienhaus GU, Wiedenmann J. mRuby, a bright monomeric red fluorescent protein for labeling of subcellular structures. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4391. [PMID: 19194514 PMCID: PMC2633614 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A monomeric variant of the red fluorescent protein eqFP611, mRuby, is described. With excitation and emission maxima at 558 nm and 605 nm, respectively, and a large Stokes shift of 47 nm, mRuby appears particularly useful for imaging applications. The protein shows an exceptional resistance to denaturation at pH extremes. Moreover, mRuby is about ten-fold brighter compared to EGFP when being targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum. The engineering process of eqFP611 revealed that the C-terminal tail of the protein acts as a natural peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS). Using an mRuby variant carrying the eqFP611-PTS, we discovered that ordered inheritance of peroxisomes is widespread during mitosis of different mammalian cell types. The ordered partitioning is realized by the formation of peroxisome clusters around the poles of the mitotic spindle and ensures that equal numbers of the organelle are inherited by the daughter cells. The unique spectral properties make mRuby the marker of choice for a multitude of cell biological applications. Moreover, the use of mRuby has allowed novel insights in the biology of organelles responsible for severe human diseases.
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- Simone Kredel
- Institute of General Zoology and Endocrinology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of General Zoology and Endocrinology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Institute of General Zoology and Endocrinology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Yokota E, Ueda S, Tamura K, Orii H, Uchi S, Sonobe S, Hara-Nishimura I, Shimmen T. An isoform of myosin XI is responsible for the translocation of endoplasmic reticulum in tobacco cultured BY-2 cells. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 60:197-212. [PMID: 19039101 PMCID: PMC3071767 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Revised: 10/14/2008] [Accepted: 10/16/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The involvement of myosin XI in generating the motive force for cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells is becoming evident. For a comprehensive understanding of the physiological roles of myosin XI isoforms, it is necessary to elucidate the properties and functions of each isoform individually. In tobacco cultured BY-2 cells, two types of myosins, one composed of 175 kDa heavy chain (175 kDa myosin) and the other of 170 kDa heavy chain (170 kDa myosin), have been identified biochemically and immunocytochemically. From sequence analyses of cDNA clones encoding heavy chains of 175 kDa and 170 kDa myosin, both myosins have been classified as myosin XI. Immunocytochemical studies using a polyclonal antibody against purified 175 kDa myosin heavy chain showed that the 175 kDa myosin is distributed throughout the cytoplasm as fine dots in interphase BY-2 cells. During mitosis, some parts of 175 kDa myosin were found to accumulate in the pre-prophase band (PPB), spindle, the equatorial plane of a phragmoplast and on the circumference of daughter nuclei. In transgenic BY-2 cells, in which an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-specific retention signal, HDEL, tagged with green fluorescent protein (GFP) was stably expressed, ER showed a similar behaviour to that of 175 kDa myosin. Furthermore, this myosin was co-fractionated with GFP-ER by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. From these findings, it was suggested that the 175 kDa myosin is a molecular motor responsible for translocating ER in BY-2 cells.
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- Etsuo Yokota
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan.
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Golomb L, Abu-Abied M, Belausov E, Sadot E. Different subcellular localizations and functions of Arabidopsis myosin VIII. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 8:3. [PMID: 18179725 PMCID: PMC2275265 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-8-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2007] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Myosins are actin-activated ATPases that use energy to generate force and move along actin filaments, dragging with their tails different cargos. Plant myosins belong to the group of unconventional myosins and Arabidopsis myosin VIII gene family contains four members: ATM1, ATM2, myosin VIIIA and myosin VIIIB. RESULTS In transgenic plants expressing GFP fusions with ATM1 (IQ-tail truncation, lacking the head domain), fluorescence was differentially distributed: while in epidermis cells at the root cap GFP-ATM1 equally distributed all over the cell, in epidermal cells right above this region it accumulated in dots. Further up, in cells of the elongation zone, GFP-ATM1 was preferentially positioned at the sides of transversal cell walls. Interestingly, the punctate pattern was insensitive to brefeldin A (BFA) while in some cells closer to the root cap, ATM1 was found in BFA bodies. With the use of different markers and transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves, it was found that myosin VIII co-localized to the plasmodesmata and ER, colocalized with internalized FM4-64, and partially overlapped with the endosomal markers ARA6, and rarely with ARA7 and FYVE. Motility of ARA6 labeled organelles was inhibited whenever associated with truncated ATM1 but motility of FYVE labeled organelles was inhibited only when associated with large excess of ATM1. Furthermore, GFP-ATM1 and RFP-ATM2 (IQ-tail domain) co-localized to the same spots on the plasma membrane, indicating a specific composition at these sites for myosin binding. CONCLUSION Taken together, our data suggest that myosin VIII functions differently in different root cells and can be involved in different steps of endocytosis, BFA-sensitive and insensitive pathways, ER tethering and plasmodesmatal activity.
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- Lior Golomb
- The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
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- The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
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- The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
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- The Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
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Hashimoto K, Igarashi H, Mano S, Takenaka C, Shiina T, Yamaguchi M, Demura T, Nishimura M, Shimmen T, Yokota E. An isoform of Arabidopsis myosin XI interacts with small GTPases in its C-terminal tail region. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:3523-31. [PMID: 18703495 PMCID: PMC2561144 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2008] [Revised: 07/07/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Myosin XI, a class of myosins expressed in plants is believed to be responsible for cytoplasmic streaming and the translocation of organelles and vesicles. To gain further insight into the translocation of organelles and vesicles by myosin XI, an isoform of Arabidopsis myosin XI, MYA2, was chosen and its role in peroxisome targeting was examined. Using the yeast two-hybrid screening method, two small GTPases, AtRabD1 and AtRabC2a, were identified as factors that interact with the C-terminal tail region of MYA2. Both recombinant AtRabs tagged with His bound to the recombinant C-terminal tail region of MYA2 tagged with GST in a GTP-dependent manner. Furthermore, AtRabC2a was localized on peroxisomes, when its CFP-tagged form was expressed transiently in protoplasts prepared from Arabidopsis leaf tissue. It is suggested that MYA2 targets the peroxisome through an interaction with AtRabC2a.
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- Kohsuke Hashimoto
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo 678-1279, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho Turumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Nakaragi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Nakaragi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho Turumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho Turumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo 678-1279, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo 678-1279, Japan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail:
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Lovy-Wheeler A, Cárdenas L, Kunkel JG, Hepler PK. Differential organelle movement on the actin cytoskeleton in lily pollen tubes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 64:217-32. [PMID: 17245769 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We have examined the arrangement and movement of three major compartments, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), mitochondria, and the vacuole during oscillatory, polarized growth in lily pollen tubes. These movements are dependent on the actin cytoskeleton, because they are strongly perturbed by the anti-microfilament drug, latrunculin-B, and unaffected by the anti-microtubule agent, oryzalin. The ER, which has been labeled with mGFP5-HDEL or cytochalasin D tetramethylrhodamine, displays an oscillatory motion in the pollen tube apex. First it moves apically in the cortical region, presumably along the cortical actin fringe, and then periodically folds inward creating a platform that transects the apical domain in a plate-like structure. Finally, the ER reverses its direction and moves basipetally through the central core of the pollen tube. When subjected to cross-correlation analysis, the formation of the platform precedes maximal growth rates by an average of 3 s (35-40 degrees ). Mitochondria, labeled with Mitotracker Green, are enriched in the subapical region, and their movement closely resembles that of the ER. The vacuole, labeled with carboxy-dichlorofluorescein diacetate, consists of thin tubules arranged longitudinally in a reticulate network, which undergoes active motion. In contrast to the mitochondria and ER, the vacuole is located back from the apex, and never extends into the apical clear zone. We have not been able to decipher an oscillatory pattern in vacuole motion. Because this motion is dependent on actin and not tubulin, we think this is due to a different myosin from that which drives the ER and mitochondria.
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- Alenka Lovy-Wheeler
- Department of Biology and Plant Biology Graduate Program, Morrill Science Center III, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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Mullen RT, Trelease RN. The ER-peroxisome connection in plants: Development of the “ER semi-autonomous peroxisome maturation and replication” model for plant peroxisome biogenesis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:1655-68. [PMID: 17049631 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2006] [Revised: 08/25/2006] [Accepted: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The perceived role of the ER in the biogenesis of plant peroxisomes has evolved significantly from the original "ER vesiculation" model, which portrayed co-translational import of proteins into peroxisomes originating from the ER, to the "ER semi-autonomous peroxisome" model wherein membrane lipids and post-translationally acquired peroxisomal membrane proteins (PMPs) were derived from the ER. Results from more recent studies of various plant PMPs including ascorbate peroxidase, PEX10 and PEX16, as well as a viral replication protein, have since led to the formulation of a more elaborate "ER semi-autonomous peroxisome maturation and replication" model. Herein we review these results in the context of this newly proposed model and its predecessor models. We discuss also key distinct features of the new model pertaining to its central premise that the ER defines the semi-autonomous maturation (maintenance/assembly/differentiation) and duplication (division) features of specialized classes of pre-existing plant peroxisomes. This model also includes a novel peroxisome-to-ER retrograde sorting pathway that may serve as a constitutive protein retrieval/regulatory system. In addition, new plant peroxisomes are envisaged to arise primarily by duplication of the pre-existing peroxisomes that receive essential membrane components from the ER.
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- Robert T Mullen
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1.
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Lingard MJ, Trelease RN. Five Arabidopsis peroxin 11 homologs individually promote peroxisome elongation, duplication or aggregation. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:1961-72. [PMID: 16636080 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Pex11 homologs and dynamin-related proteins uniquely regulate peroxisome division (cell-cycle-dependent duplication) and proliferation (cell-cycle-independent multiplication). Arabidopsis plants possess five Pex11 homologs designated in this study as AtPex11a, -b, -c, -d and -e. Transcripts for four isoforms were found in Arabidopsis plant parts and in cells in suspension culture; by contrast, AtPex11a transcripts were found only in developing siliques. Within 2.5 hours after biolistic bombardments, myc-tagged or GFP-tagged AtPex11 a, -b, -c, -d and -e individually sorted from the cytosol directly to peroxisomes; none trafficked indirectly through the endoplasmic reticulum. Both termini of myc-tagged AtPex11 b, -c, -d and -e faced the cytosol, whereas the N- and C-termini of myc-AtPex11a faced the cytosol and matrix, respectively. In AtPex11a- or AtPex11e-transformed cells, peroxisomes doubled in number. Those peroxisomes bearing myc-AtPex11a, but not myc-AtPex11e, elongated prior to duplication. In cells transformed with AtPex11c or AtPex11d, peroxisomes elongated without subsequent fission. In AtPex11b-transformed cells, peroxisomes were aggregated and rounded. A C-terminal dilysine motif, present in AtPex11c, -d and -e, was not necessary for AtPex11d-induced peroxisome elongation. However, deletion of the motif from myc-AtPex11e led to peroxisome elongation and fission, indicating that the motif in this isoform promotes fission without elongation. In summary, all five overexpressed AtPex11 isoforms sort directly to peroxisomal membranes where they individually promote duplication (AtPex11a, -e), aggregation (AtPex11b), or elongation without fission (AtPex11c, -d).
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- Matthew J Lingard
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA
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Gupton SL, Collings DA, Allen NS. Endoplasmic reticulum targeted GFP reveals ER organization in tobacco NT-1 cells during cell division. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2006; 44:95-105. [PMID: 16647266 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2006.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2005] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of plant cells undergoes a drastic reorganization during cell division. In tobacco NT-1 cells that stably express a GFP construct targeted to the ER, we have mapped the reorganization of ER that occurs during mitosis and cytokinesis with confocal laser scanning microscopy. During division, the ER and nuclear envelope do not vesiculate. Instead, tubules of ER accumulate around the chromosomes after the nuclear envelope breaks down, with these tubules aligning parallel to the microtubules of the mitotic spindle. In cytokinesis, the phragmoplast is particularly rich in ER, and the transnuclear channels and invaginations present in many interphase cells appear to develop from ER tubules trapped in the developing phragmoplast. Drug studies, using oryzalin and latrunculin to disrupt the microtubules and actin microfilaments, respectively, demonstrate that during division, the arrangement of ER is controlled by microtubules and not by actin, which is the reverse of the situation in interphase cells.
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- S L Gupton
- Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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Blancaflor EB, Wang YS, Motes CM. Organization and function of the actin cytoskeleton in developing root cells. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2006; 252:219-64. [PMID: 16984819 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(06)52004-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton is a highly dynamic structure, which mediates various cellular functions in large part through accessory proteins that tilt the balance between monomeric G-actin and filamentous actin (F-actin) or by facilitating interactions between actin and the plasma membrane, microtubules, and other organelles. Roots have become an attractive model to study actin in plant development because of their simple anatomy and accessibility of some root cell types such as root hairs for microscopic analyses. Roots also exhibit a remarkable developmental plasticity and possess a delicate sensory system that is easily manipulated, so that one can design experiments addressing a range of important biological questions. Many facets of root development can be regulated by the diverse actin network found in the various root developmental regions. Various molecules impinge on this actin scaffold to define how a particular root cell type grows or responds to a specific environmental signal. Although advances in genomics are leading the way toward elucidating actin function in roots, more significant strides will be realized when such tools are combined with improved methodologies for accurately depicting how actin is organized in plant cells.
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- Elison B Blancaflor
- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401, USA
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Hashimoto K, Igarashi H, Mano S, Nishimura M, Shimmen T, Yokota E. Peroxisomal localization of a myosin XI isoform in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 46:782-9. [PMID: 15792961 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana contains 13 myosin XI isoforms. Here we prepared a specific antibody against a peptide that mimics a unique C-terminal region from the myosin XI isoform, MYA2. The resulting antibody was used to demonstrate that MYA2 in Arabidopsis protein extracts co-sedimented with actin filaments and dissociated from the filaments with ATP treatment. Immunolocalization studies showed that MYA2 co-localized predominantly with actin filaments in clustered punctuate dots in leaf epidermal cells, root hair cells and suspension-cultured cells. In a transgenic plant in which peroxisomes are labeled with green fluorescent protein, some MYA2 signals were localized on peroxisomes in an actin-dependent manner. We propose that the peroxisome is one of the cargos translocated by MYA2 on actin filaments.
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- Kohsuke Hashimoto
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo, 678-1297 Japan.
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Szymanski DB. Breaking the WAVE complex: the point of Arabidopsis trichomes. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2005; 8:103-12. [PMID: 15653407 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Actin filaments comprise an essential cytoskeletal array that organizes the cytoplasm during growth and cell division. In growing cells, actin filaments carry out many functions. Actin filaments position the endomembrane system and act as a substrate on which organelle motility occurs. Other actin-filament arrays appear to be more dynamic and to reorganize in response to growth signals and external cues. The diverse cellular functions of the actin cytoskeleton are mediated by actin-binding proteins that nucleate, destabilize, and bundle actin filaments. The distorted trichome morphology mutants provide a simple genetic system in which to study mechanisms of actin-dependent morphogenesis. Recent results from several groups indicate that 'distorted group' genes encode subunits of the actin-related protein (Arp)2/3 and WAVE complexes, and function in a cell morphogenesis pathway.
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- Daniel B Szymanski
- Agronomy Department, Purdue University, Lilly Hall of Life Sciences, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2054, USA.
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