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Zhu L, Fu Y. Investigation of ROP GTPase Activity and Cytoskeleton Dynamics During Tip Growth in Root Hairs and Pollen Tubes. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2604:227-235. [PMID: 36773237 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2867-6_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Pollen tubes and root hairs are typical tip-growing cells and are employed as model systems to study plant cell polarity. Previous studies have shown that the Rho family ROP GTPase plays a critical role in the regulation of pollen tube and root hair growth. Periodically, activated ROP GTPase coordinates with the tip-focused calcium gradient, to regulate actin dynamics and vesicle trafficking. Moreover, microtubules are also involved in organelle movement and growth directionality. Here, we describe methods for analyzing the spatiotemporal localization and activity of ROP, cortical microtubule organization, and F-actin dynamics in pollen tubes and/or root hairs.
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- Lei Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Kumar S, Jeevaraj T, Yunus MH, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. The plant cytoskeleton takes center stage in abiotic stress responses and resilience. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2023; 46:5-22. [PMID: 36151598 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Stress resilience behaviours in plants are defensive mechanisms that develop under adverse environmental conditions to promote growth, development and yield. Over the past decades, improving stress resilience, especially in crop species, has been a focus of intense research for global food security and economic growth. Plants have evolved specific mechanisms to sense external stress and transmit information to the cell interior and generate appropriate responses. Plant cytoskeleton, comprising microtubules and actin filaments, takes a center stage in stress-induced signalling pathways, either as a direct target or as a signal transducer. In the past few years, it has become apparent that the function of the plant cytoskeleton and other associated proteins are not merely limited to elementary processes of cell growth and proliferation, but they also function in stress response and resilience. This review summarizes recent advances in the role of plant cytoskeleton and associated proteins in abiotic stress management. We provide a thorough overview of the mechanisms that plant cells employ to withstand different abiotic stimuli such as hypersalinity, dehydration, high temperature and cold, among others. We also discuss the crucial role of the plant cytoskeleton in organellar positioning under the influence of high light intensity.
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- Sunil Kumar
- Stress Biology, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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- Stress Biology, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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- Stress Biology, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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- Stress Biology, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
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Strauss S, Runions A, Lane B, Eschweiler D, Bajpai N, Trozzi N, Routier-Kierzkowska AL, Yoshida S, Rodrigues da Silveira S, Vijayan A, Tofanelli R, Majda M, Echevin E, Le Gloanec C, Bertrand-Rakusova H, Adibi M, Schneitz K, Bassel G, Kierzkowski D, Stegmaier J, Tsiantis M, Smith RS. Using positional information to provide context for biological image analysis with MorphoGraphX 2.0. eLife 2022; 11:72601. [PMID: 35510843 PMCID: PMC9159754 DOI: 10.7554/elife.72601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Positional information is a central concept in developmental biology. In developing organs, positional information can be idealized as a local coordinate system that arises from morphogen gradients controlled by organizers at key locations. This offers a plausible mechanism for the integration of the molecular networks operating in individual cells into the spatially coordinated multicellular responses necessary for the organization of emergent forms. Understanding how positional cues guide morphogenesis requires the quantification of gene expression and growth dynamics in the context of their underlying coordinate systems. Here, we present recent advances in the MorphoGraphX software (Barbier de Reuille et al., 2015) that implement a generalized framework to annotate developing organs with local coordinate systems. These coordinate systems introduce an organ-centric spatial context to microscopy data, allowing gene expression and growth to be quantified and compared in the context of the positional information thought to control them.
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- Sören Strauss
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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Zeng J, Xi J, Li B, Yan X, Dai Y, Wu Y, Xiao Y, Pei Y, Zhang M. Microtubules play a crucial role in regulating actin organization and cell initiation in cotton fibers. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2022; 41:1059-1073. [PMID: 35217893 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-022-02837-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Dynamic organization of actin and microtubule cytoskeletons directs a distinct expansion behavior of cotton fiber initiation from cell elongation. Cotton fibers are highly elongated single cells derived from the ovule epidermis. Although actin and microtubule (MT) cytoskeletons have been implicated in cell elongation and secondary wall deposition, their roles in fiber initiation is poorly understood. Here, we used fluorescent probes and pharmacological approaches to study the roles of these cytoskeletal components during cotton fiber initiation. Both cytoskeletons align along the growth axis in initiating fibers. The dorsal view of ovules shows that unlike the fine actin filaments (AFs) in nonfiber cells, the AFs in fiber cells are dense and bundled. MTs are randomized in fiber cells and well-ordered in nonfiber cells. The pharmacological experiments revealed that the depolymerization of AFs and MTs assisted fiber initiation. Both AF stabilization and depolymerization inhibited fiber elongation. In contrast, the proper depolymerization of MTs promoted cell elongation, although the MT-stabilizing drug consistently resulted in a negative effect. Notably, we found that the organization of AFs was correlated with MT dynamics. Stabilizing the MTs by taxol treatment promoted the formation of AF bundles (in fiber initials) and transversely aligned AFs (in elongating fibers), whereas depolymerizing the MTs by oryzalin treatment promoted the fragmentation of AFs. Collectively, our data indicates that MTs plays a crucial role in regulating AF organization and early development of cotton fibers.
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- Jianyan Zeng
- Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
- Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
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Singh G, Pereira D, Baudrey S, Hoffmann E, Ryckelynck M, Asnacios A, Chabouté ME. Real-time tracking of root hair nucleus morphodynamics using a microfluidic approach. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 108:303-313. [PMID: 34562320 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Root hairs (RHs) are tubular extensions of root epidermal cells that favour nutrient uptake and microbe interactions. RHs show a fast apical growth, constituting a unique single cell model system for analysing cellular morphodynamics. In this context, live cell imaging using microfluidics recently developed to analyze root development is appealing, although high-resolution imaging is still lacking to enable an investigation of the accurate spatiotemporal morphodynamics of organelles. Here, we provide a powerful coverslip based microfluidic device (CMD) that enables us to capture high resolution confocal imaging of Arabidopsis RH development with real-time monitoring of nuclear movement and shape changes. To validate the setup, we confirmed the typical RH growth rates and the mean nuclear positioning previously reported with classical methods. Moreover, to illustrate the possibilities offered by the CMD, we have compared the real-time variations in the circularity, area and aspect ratio of nuclei moving in growing and mature RHs. Interestingly, we observed higher aspect ratios in the nuclei of mature RHs, correlating with higher speeds of nuclear migration. This observation opens the way for further investigations of the effect of mechanical constraints on nuclear shape changes during RH growth and nuclear migration and its role in RH and plant development.
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- Gaurav Singh
- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67084, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057, CNRS et Université de Paris, Paris, 75013, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR 9002, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67084, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR 9002, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057, CNRS et Université de Paris, Paris, 75013, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67084, France
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Maintaining the structural and functional homeostasis of the plant endoplasmic reticulum. Dev Cell 2021; 56:919-932. [PMID: 33662257 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a ubiquitous organelle that is vital to the life of eukaryotic cells. It synthesizes essential lipids and proteins and initiates the glycosylation of intracellular and surface proteins. As such, the ER is necessary for cell growth and communication with the external environment. The ER is also a highly dynamic organelle, whose structure is continuously remodeled through an interaction with the cytoskeleton and the action of specialized ER shapers. Recent and significant advances in ER studies have brought to light conserved and unique features underlying the structure and function of this organelle in plant cells. In this review, exciting developments in the understanding of the mechanisms for plant ER structural and functional homeostasis, particularly those that underpin ER network architecture and ER degradation, are presented and discussed.
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Retzer K, Weckwerth W. The TOR-Auxin Connection Upstream of Root Hair Growth. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:150. [PMID: 33451169 PMCID: PMC7828656 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Plant growth and productivity are orchestrated by a network of signaling cascades involved in balancing responses to perceived environmental changes with resource availability. Vascular plants are divided into the shoot, an aboveground organ where sugar is synthesized, and the underground located root. Continuous growth requires the generation of energy in the form of carbohydrates in the leaves upon photosynthesis and uptake of nutrients and water through root hairs. Root hair outgrowth depends on the overall condition of the plant and its energy level must be high enough to maintain root growth. TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (TOR)-mediated signaling cascades serve as a hub to evaluate which resources are needed to respond to external stimuli and which are available to maintain proper plant adaptation. Root hair growth further requires appropriate distribution of the phytohormone auxin, which primes root hair cell fate and triggers root hair elongation. Auxin is transported in an active, directed manner by a plasma membrane located carrier. The auxin efflux carrier PIN-FORMED 2 is necessary to transport auxin to root hair cells, followed by subcellular rearrangements involved in root hair outgrowth. This review presents an overview of events upstream and downstream of PIN2 action, which are involved in root hair growth control.
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- Katarzyna Retzer
- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Molecular Systems Biology (MOSYS), Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria;
- Vienna Metabolomics Center (VIME), University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria
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Karpov PA, Sheremet YA, Blume YB, Yemets AI. Studying the Role of Protein Kinases CK1 in Organization of Cortical Microtubules in Arabidopsis thaliana Root Cells. CYTOL GENET+ 2020. [DOI: 10.3103/s0095452719060033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chang J, Xu Z, Li M, Yang M, Qin H, Yang J, Wu S. Spatiotemporal cytoskeleton organizations determine morphogenesis of multicellular trichomes in tomato. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008438. [PMID: 31584936 PMCID: PMC6812842 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Plant trichomes originate from epidermal cell, forming protective structure from abiotic and biotic stresses. Different from the unicellular trichome in Arabidopsis, tomato trichomes are multicellular structure and can be classified into seven different types based on cell number, shape and the presence of glandular cells. Despite the importance of tomato trichomes in insect resistance, our understanding of the tomato trichome morphogenesis remains elusive. In this study, we quantitatively analyzed morphological traits of trichomes in tomato and further performed live imaging of cytoskeletons in stably transformed lines with actin and microtubule markers. At different developmental stages, two types of cytoskeletons exhibited distinct patterns in different trichome cells, ranging from transverse, spiral to longitudinal. This gradual transition of actin filament angle from basal to top cells could correlate with the spatial expansion mode in different cells. Further genetic screen for aberrant trichome morphology led to the discovery of a number of independent mutations in SCAR/WAVE and ARP2/3 complex, which resulted in actin bundling and distorted trichomes. Disruption of microtubules caused isotropic expansion while abolished actin filaments entirely inhibited axial extension of trichomes, indicating that microtubules and actin filaments may control distinct aspects of trichome cell expansion. Our results shed light on the roles of cytoskeletons in the formation of multicellular structure of tomato trichomes.
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- Jiang Chang
- College of Horticulture, FAFU-UCR Joint Center and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, FAFU-UCR Joint Center and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, FAFU-UCR Joint Center and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, FAFU-UCR Joint Center and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, FAFU-UCR Joint Center and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, FAFU-UCR Joint Center and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, FAFU-UCR Joint Center and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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Harigaya W, Takahashi H. Phytochrome Mediates Light Signal for Cortical Microtubule Randomization that Enables Root Hair Formation in Lettuce Seedlings. CYTOLOGIA 2019. [DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.84.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Harigaya W, Takahashi H. Effects of glucose and ethylene on root hair initiation and elongation in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) seedlings. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2018; 131:543-554. [PMID: 29236179 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-017-1003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Root hair formation occurs in lettuce seedlings after transfer to an acidic medium (pH 4.0). This process requires cortical microtubule (CMT) randomization in root epidermal cells and the plant hormone ethylene. We investigated the interaction between ethylene and glucose, a new signaling molecule in plants, in lettuce root development, with an emphasis on root hair formation. Dark-grown seedlings were used to exclude the effect of photosynthetically produced glucose. In the dark, neither root hair formation nor the CMT randomization preceding it occurred, even after transfer to the acidic medium (pH 4.0). Adding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic-acid (ACC) to the medium rescued the induction, while adding glucose did not. Although CMT randomization occurred when glucose was applied together with ACC, it was somewhat suppressed compared to that in ACC-treated seedlings. This was not due to a decrease in the speed of randomization, but due to lowering of the maximum degree of randomization. Despite the negative effect of glucose on ACC-induced CMT randomization, the density and length of ACC-induced root hairs increased when glucose was also added. The hair-cell length of the ACC-treated seedlings was comparable to that in the combined-treatment seedlings, indicating that the increase in hair density caused by glucose results from an increase in the root hair number. Furthermore, quantitative RT-PCR revealed that glucose suppressed ethylene signaling. These results suggest that glucose has a negative and positive effect on the earlier and later stages of root hair formation, respectively, and that the promotion of the initiation and elongation of root hairs by glucose may be mediated in an ethylene-independent manner.
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- Wakana Harigaya
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan.
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Otani K, Ishizaki K, Nishihama R, Takatani S, Kohchi T, Takahashi T, Motose H. An evolutionarily conserved NIMA-related kinase directs rhizoid tip growth in the basal land plant Marchantia polymorpha. Development 2018; 145:dev.154617. [PMID: 29440300 DOI: 10.1242/dev.154617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Tip growth is driven by turgor pressure and mediated by the polarized accumulation of cellular materials. How a single polarized growth site is established and maintained is unclear. Here, we analyzed the function of NIMA-related protein kinase 1 (MpNEK1) in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha In the wild type, rhizoid cells differentiate from the ventral epidermis and elongate through tip growth to form hair-like protrusions. In Mpnek1 knockout mutants, rhizoids underwent frequent changes in growth direction, resulting in a twisted and/or spiral morphology. The functional MpNEK1-Citrine protein fusion localized to microtubule foci in the apical growing region of rhizoids. Mpnek1 knockouts exhibited increases in both microtubule density and bundling in the apical dome of rhizoids. Treatment with the microtubule-stabilizing drug taxol phenocopied the Mpnek1 knockout. These results suggest that MpNEK1 directs tip growth in rhizoids through microtubule organization. Furthermore, MpNEK1 expression rescued ectopic outgrowth of epidermal cells in the Arabidopsis thaliana nek6 mutant, strongly supporting an evolutionarily conserved NEK-dependent mechanism of directional growth. It is possible that such a mechanism contributed to the evolution of the early rooting system in land plants.
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- Kento Otani
- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Bascom CS, Hepler PK, Bezanilla M. Interplay between Ions, the Cytoskeleton, and Cell Wall Properties during Tip Growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 176:28-40. [PMID: 29138353 PMCID: PMC5761822 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Tip growth is a focused and tightly regulated apical explosion that depends on the interconnected activities of ions, the cytoskeleton, and the cell wall.
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- Carlisle S Bascom
- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
- Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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Sasaki T, Fukuda H, Oda Y. CORTICAL MICROTUBULE DISORDERING1 Is Required for Secondary Cell Wall Patterning in Xylem Vessels. THE PLANT CELL 2017; 29:3123-3139. [PMID: 29133465 PMCID: PMC5757280 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.17.00663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Proper patterning of the cell wall is essential for plant cell development. Cortical microtubule arrays direct the deposition patterns of cell walls at the plasma membrane. However, the precise mechanism underlying cortical microtubule organization is not well understood. Here, we show that a microtubule-associated protein, CORD1 (CORTICAL MICROTUBULE DISORDERING1), is required for the pitted secondary cell wall pattern of metaxylem vessels in Arabidopsis thaliana Loss of CORD1 and its paralog, CORD2, led to the formation of irregular secondary cell walls with small pits in metaxylem vessels, while overexpressing CORD1 led to the formation of abnormally enlarged secondary cell wall pits. Ectopic expression of CORD1 disturbed the parallel cortical microtubule array by promoting the detachment of microtubules from the plasma membrane. A reconstructive approach revealed that CORD1-induced disorganization of cortical microtubules impairs the boundaries of plasma membrane domains of active ROP11 GTPase, which govern pit formation. Our data suggest that CORD1 promotes cortical microtubule disorganization to regulate secondary cell wall pit formation. The Arabidopsis genome has six CORD1 paralogs that are expressed in various tissues during plant development, suggesting they are important for regulating cortical microtubules during plant development.
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- Takema Sasaki
- Center for Frontier Research, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Center for Frontier Research, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
- Department of Genetics, Graduate School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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Griffing LR, Lin C, Perico C, White RR, Sparkes I. Plant ER geometry and dynamics: biophysical and cytoskeletal control during growth and biotic response. PROTOPLASMA 2017; 254:43-56. [PMID: 26862751 PMCID: PMC5216105 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-016-0945-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an intricate and dynamic network of membrane tubules and cisternae. In plant cells, the ER 'web' pervades the cortex and endoplasm and is continuous with adjacent cells as it passes through plasmodesmata. It is therefore the largest membranous organelle in plant cells. It performs essential functions including protein and lipid synthesis, and its morphology and movement are linked to cellular function. An emerging trend is that organelles can no longer be seen as discrete membrane-bound compartments, since they can physically interact and 'communicate' with one another. The ER may form a connecting central role in this process. This review tackles our current understanding and quantification of ER dynamics and how these change under a variety of biotic and developmental cues.
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- Lawrence R Griffing
- Biology Department, Texas A&M University, 3258 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Mathematics Research Institute, Harrison Building, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QF, UK
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- Biosciences, CLES, Exeter University, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Rd, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK
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- Biosciences, CLES, Exeter University, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Rd, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK
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- Biosciences, CLES, Exeter University, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Rd, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK.
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Tan K, Wen C, Feng H, Chao X, Su H. Nuclear dynamics and programmed cell death in Arabidopsis root hairs. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 253:77-85. [PMID: 27968999 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this paper we demonstrate the coupling of nuclear migration to the base of Arabidopsis root hairs with programmed cell death (PCD). Nuclear migration and positioning are fundamental processes of eukaryotic cells. To date, no evidence for a direct connection between nucleus migration and PCD has been described in the literature. Based on the findings of our previous study, we hereby further establish the regulatory role of caspase-3-like/DEVDase in root hair death and demonstrate nuclear migration to a position close to the root hair basement during PCD. In addition, continuous observation and statistical analysis have revealed that the nucleus disengages from the root hair tip and moves back to the root after the root hair grows to a certain length. Finally, pharmacological studies have shown that the meshwork of actin filaments surrounding the nucleus plays a pivotal role in nuclear movement during root hair PCD, and the basipetal movement of the nucleus is markedly inhibited by the caspase-3 inhibitor, Ac-DEVD-CHO.
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- Kang Tan
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
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Qi X, Sun J, Zheng H. A GTPase-Dependent Fine ER Is Required for Localized Secretion in Polarized Growth of Root Hairs1. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 171:1996-2007. [PMID: 27231102 PMCID: PMC4936542 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a cellular network comprising membrane tubules and sheets stretching throughout the cytoplasm. Atlastin GTPases, including Atlastin-1 in mammals and RHD3 in plants, play a role in the generation of the interconnected tubular ER network by promoting the fusion of ER tubules. Root hairs in rhd3 are short and wavy, a defect reminiscent of axon growth in cells with depleted Atlastin-1. However, how a loss in the ER complexity could lead to a defective polarized cell growth of root hairs or neurons remains elusive. Using live-cell imaging techniques, we reveal that, a fine ER distribution, which is found in the subapical zone of growing root hairs of wild-type plants, is altered to thick bundles in rhd3 The localized secretion to the apical dome as well as the apical localization of root hair growth regulator ROP2 is oscillated in rhd3 Interestingly, the shift of ROP2 precedes the shift of localized secretion as well as the fine ER distribution in rhd3 Our live imaging and pharmacologic modification of root hair growth defects in rhd3 suggest that there is interplay between the ER and microtubules in the polarized cell growth of root hairs. We hypothesize that, under the guidance of ROP2, RHD3, together with the action of microtubules, is required for the formation of a fine ER structure in the subapical zone of growing root hairs. This fine ER structure is essential for the localized secretion to the apical dome in polarized cell growth.
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- Xingyun Qi
- Developmental Biology Research Initiatives, Biology Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Developmental Biology Research Initiatives, Biology Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Developmental Biology Research Initiatives, Biology Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
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Celler K, Fujita M, Kawamura E, Ambrose C, Herburger K, Holzinger A, Wasteneys GO. Microtubules in Plant Cells: Strategies and Methods for Immunofluorescence, Transmission Electron Microscopy, and Live Cell Imaging. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1365:155-84. [PMID: 26498784 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3124-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Microtubules (MTs) are required throughout plant development for a wide variety of processes, and different strategies have evolved to visualize and analyze them. This chapter provides specific methods that can be used to analyze microtubule organization and dynamic properties in plant systems and summarizes the advantages and limitations for each technique. We outline basic methods for preparing samples for immunofluorescence labeling, including an enzyme-based permeabilization method, and a freeze-shattering method, which generates microfractures in the cell wall to provide antibodies access to cells in cuticle-laden aerial organs such as leaves. We discuss current options for live cell imaging of MTs with fluorescently tagged proteins (FPs), and provide chemical fixation, high-pressure freezing/freeze substitution, and post-fixation staining protocols for preserving MTs for transmission electron microscopy and tomography.
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- Katherine Celler
- Department of Botany, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Botany, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Functional Plant Biology, Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestraße 15, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Functional Plant Biology, Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestraße 15, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Over the last few decades, our understanding of directed cell growth in different organisms has substantially improved. Tip-growing cells in plants elongate rapidly via targeted deposition of cell wall and membrane material at the cell apex, and use turgor pressure as a driving force for expansion. This type of polar growth requires a high degree of coordination between a plethora of cellular and extracellular components and compounds, including calcium dynamics, apoplastic reactive oxygen species and pH, the cytoskeleton, and vesicular trafficking. In this review, we attempt to outline and summarize the factors that control root hair growth and how they work together as a team.
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- Amelie Mendrinna
- Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant PhysiologyAm Muehlenberg 1, 14476 PotsdamGermany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant PhysiologyAm Muehlenberg 1, 14476 PotsdamGermany
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of Botany, University of MelbourneParkville 3010, VictoriaAustralia
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De Vos WH, Beghuin D, Schwarz CJ, Jones DB, van Loon JJWA, Bereiter-Hahn J, Stelzer EHK. Invited review article: Advanced light microscopy for biological space research. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2014; 85:101101. [PMID: 25362364 DOI: 10.1063/1.4898123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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As commercial space flights have become feasible and long-term extraterrestrial missions are planned, it is imperative that the impact of space travel and the space environment on human physiology be thoroughly characterized. Scrutinizing the effects of potentially detrimental factors such as ionizing radiation and microgravity at the cellular and tissue level demands adequate visualization technology. Advanced light microscopy (ALM) is the leading tool for non-destructive structural and functional investigation of static as well as dynamic biological systems. In recent years, technological developments and advances in photochemistry and genetic engineering have boosted all aspects of resolution, readout and throughput, rendering ALM ideally suited for biological space research. While various microscopy-based studies have addressed cellular response to space-related environmental stressors, biological endpoints have typically been determined only after the mission, leaving an experimental gap that is prone to bias results. An on-board, real-time microscopical monitoring device can bridge this gap. Breadboards and even fully operational microscope setups have been conceived, but they need to be rendered more compact and versatile. Most importantly, they must allow addressing the impact of gravity, or the lack thereof, on physiologically relevant biological systems in space and in ground-based simulations. In order to delineate the essential functionalities for such a system, we have reviewed the pending questions in space science, the relevant biological model systems, and the state-of-the art in ALM. Based on a rigorous trade-off, in which we recognize the relevance of multi-cellular systems and the cellular microenvironment, we propose a compact, but flexible concept for space-related cell biological research that is based on light sheet microscopy.
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- Winnok H De Vos
- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Institute for Experimental Orthopaedics and Biomechanics, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center and Department of Oral Cell Biology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Physical Biology, BMLS (FB15, IZN), Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Perrine-Walker FM, Lartaud M, Kouchi H, Ridge RW. Microtubule array formation during root hair infection thread initiation and elongation in the Mesorhizobium-Lotus symbiosis. PROTOPLASMA 2014; 251:1099-1111. [PMID: 24488109 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-014-0618-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Nuclear migration during infection thread (IT) development in root hairs is essential for legume-Rhizobium symbiosis. However, little is known about the relationships between IT formation, nuclear migration, and microtubule dynamics. To this aim, we used transgenic Lotus japonicus expressing a fusion of the green fluorescent protein and tubulin-α6 from Arabidopsis thaliana to visualize in vivo dynamics of cortical microtubules (CMT) and endoplasmic microtubules (EMTs) in root hairs in the presence or absence of Mesorhizobium loti inoculation. We also examined the effect of microtubule-depolymerizing herbicide, cremart, on IT initiation and growth, since cremart is known to inhibit nuclear migration. In live imaging studies of M. loti-treated L. japonicus root hairs, EMTs were found in deformed, curled, and infected root hairs. The continuous reorganization of the EMT array linked to the nucleus appeared to be essential for the reorientation, curling, and IT initiation and the growth of zone II root hairs which are susceptible to rhizobial infection. During IT initiation, the EMTs appeared to be linked to the root hair surface surrounding the M. loti microcolonies. During IT growth, EMTs dissociated from the curled root hair tip, remained linked to the nucleus, and appeared to surround the IT tip. Lack or disorganized EMT arrays that were no longer linked to the nucleus were observed only in infection-aborted root hairs. Cremart affected IT formation and nodulation in a concentration-dependent manner, suggesting that the microtubule (MT) organization and successive nuclear migration are essential for successful nodulation in L. japonicus by M. loti.
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- F M Perrine-Walker
- Department of Life Science, International Christian University, 3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, 181-8585, Japan,
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Eng RC, Wasteneys GO. The microtubule plus-end tracking protein ARMADILLO-REPEAT KINESIN1 promotes microtubule catastrophe in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:3372-86. [PMID: 25159991 PMCID: PMC4176440 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.126789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Revised: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Microtubule dynamics are critically important for plant cell development. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana ARMADILLO-REPEAT KINESIN1 (ARK1) plays a key role in root hair tip growth by promoting microtubule catastrophe events. This destabilizing activity appears to maintain adequate free tubulin concentrations in order to permit rapid microtubule growth, which in turn is correlated with uniform tip growth. Microtubules in ark1-1 root hairs exhibited reduced catastrophe frequency and slower growth velocities, both of which were restored by low concentrations of the microtubule-destabilizing drug oryzalin. An ARK1-GFP (green fluorescent protein) fusion protein expressed under its endogenous promoter localized to growing microtubule plus ends and rescued the ark1-1 root hair phenotype. Transient overexpression of ARK1-RFP (red fluorescent protein) increased microtubule catastrophe frequency. ARK1-fusion protein constructs lacking the N-terminal motor domain still labeled microtubules, suggesting the existence of a second microtubule binding domain at the C terminus of ARK1. ARK1-GFP was broadly expressed in seedlings, but mutant phenotypes were restricted to root hairs, indicating that ARK1's function is redundant in cells other than those forming root hairs.
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- Ryan Christopher Eng
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Doty KF, Betzelberger AM, Kocot KM, Cook ME. Immunofluorescence localization of the tubulin cytoskeleton during cell division and cell growth in members of the Coleochaetales (Streptophyta). JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2014; 50:624-39. [PMID: 26988447 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Study of charophycean green algae, including the Coleochaetales, may shed light on the evolutionary history of characters they share with their land plant relatives. We examined the tubulin cytoskeleton during mitosis, cytokinesis, and growth in members of the Coleochaetales with diverse morphologies to determine if phragmoplasts occurred throughout this order and to identify microtubular patterns associated with cell growth. Species representing three subgroups of Coleochaete and its sister genus Chaetosphaeridium were studied. Cytokinesis involving a phragmoplast was found in the four taxa examined. Differential interference contrast microscopy of living cells confirmed that polar cytokinesis like that described in the model flowering plant Arabidopsis occurred in all species when the forming cell plate traversed a vacuole. Calcofluor labeling of cell walls demonstrated directed growth from particular cell regions of all taxa. Electron microscopy confirmed directed growth in the unusual growth pattern of Chaetosphaeridium. All four species exhibited unordered microtubule patterns associated with diffuse growth in early cell expansion. In subsequent elongating cells, Coleochaete irregularis Pringsheim and Chaetosphaeridium globosum (Nordstedt) Klebahn exhibited tubulin cytoskeleton arrays corresponding to growth patterns associated with tip growth in plants, fungi, and other charophycean algae. Hoop-shaped microtubules frequently associated with diffuse growth of elongating cells in plants were not observed in any of these species. Presence of phragmoplasts in the diverse species studied supports the hypothesis that cytokinesis involving a phragmoplast originated in a common ancestor of the Coleochaetales, and possibly in a common ancestor of Charales, Coleochaetales, Zygnematales, and plants.
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- Karen F Doty
- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4120, Normal, Illinois, 61790-4120, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4120, Normal, Illinois, 61790-4120, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4120, Normal, Illinois, 61790-4120, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4120, Normal, Illinois, 61790-4120, USA
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Grierson C, Nielsen E, Ketelaarc T, Schiefelbein J. Root hairs. THE ARABIDOPSIS BOOK 2014; 12:e0172. [PMID: 24982600 PMCID: PMC4075452 DOI: 10.1199/tab.0172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Roots hairs are cylindrical extensions of root epidermal cells that are important for acquisition of nutrients, microbe interactions, and plant anchorage. The molecular mechanisms involved in the specification, differentiation, and physiology of root hairs in Arabidopsis are reviewed here. Root hair specification in Arabidopsis is determined by position-dependent signaling and molecular feedback loops causing differential accumulation of a WD-bHLH-Myb transcriptional complex. The initiation of root hairs is dependent on the RHD6 bHLH gene family and auxin to define the site of outgrowth. Root hair elongation relies on polarized cell expansion at the growing tip, which involves multiple integrated processes including cell secretion, endomembrane trafficking, cytoskeletal organization, and cell wall modifications. The study of root hair biology in Arabidopsis has provided a model cell type for insights into many aspects of plant development and cell biology.
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- Claire Grierson
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK BS8 1UG
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 48109
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 48109
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Griffis AHN, Groves NR, Zhou X, Meier I. Nuclei in motion: movement and positioning of plant nuclei in development, signaling, symbiosis, and disease. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:129. [PMID: 24772115 PMCID: PMC3982112 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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While textbook figures imply nuclei as resting spheres at the center of idealized cells, this picture fits few real situations. Plant nuclei come in many shapes and sizes, and can be actively transported within the cell. In several contexts, this nuclear movement is tightly coupled to a developmental program, the response to an abiotic signal, or a cellular reprogramming during either mutualistic or parasitic plant-microbe interactions. While many such phenomena have been observed and carefully described, the underlying molecular mechanism and the functional significance of the nuclear movement are typically unknown. Here, we survey recent as well as older literature to provide a concise starting point for applying contemporary molecular, genetic and biochemical approaches to this fascinating, yet poorly understood phenomenon.
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- Anna H. N. Griffis
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA
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Oda Y, Fukuda H. Rho of plant GTPase signaling regulates the behavior of Arabidopsis kinesin-13A to establish secondary cell wall patterns. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:4439-50. [PMID: 24280391 PMCID: PMC3875728 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.117853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Revised: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant cortical microtubule arrays determine the cell wall deposition pattern and proper cell shape and function. Although various microtubule-associated proteins regulate the cortical microtubule array, the mechanisms underlying marked rearrangement of cortical microtubules during xylem differentiation are not fully understood. Here, we show that local Rho of Plant (ROP) GTPase signaling targets an Arabidopsis thaliana kinesin-13 protein, Kinesin-13A, to cortical microtubules to establish distinct patterns of secondary cell wall formation in xylem cells. Kinesin-13A was preferentially localized with cortical microtubules in secondary cell wall pits, areas where cortical microtubules are depolymerized to prevent cell wall deposition. This localization of Kinesin-13A required the presence of the activated ROP GTPase, MICROTUBULE DEPLETION DOMAIN1 (MIDD1) protein, and cortical microtubules. Knockdown of Kinesin-13A resulted in the formation of smaller secondary wall pits, while overexpression of Kinesin-13A enlarged their surface area. Kinesin-13A alone could depolymerize microtubules in vitro; however, both MIDD1 and Kinesin-13A were required for the depolymerization of cortical microtubules in vivo. These results indicate that Kinesin-13A regulates the formation of secondary wall pits by promoting cortical microtubule depolymerization via the ROP-MIDD1 pathway.
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- Yoshihisa Oda
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Address correspondence to
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Gu F, Nielsen E. Targeting and regulation of cell wall synthesis during tip growth in plants. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 55:835-46. [PMID: 23758901 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Root hairs and pollen tubes are formed through tip growth, a process requiring synthesis of new cell wall material and the precise targeting and integration of these components to a selected apical plasma membrane domain in the growing tips of these cells. Presence of a tip-focused calcium gradient, control of actin cytoskeleton dynamics, and formation and targeting of secretory vesicles are essential to tip growth. Similar to cells undergoing diffuse growth, cellulose, hemicelluloses, and pectins are also deposited in the growing apices of tip-growing cells. However, differences in the manner in which these cell wall components are targeted and inserted in the expanding portion of tip-growing cells is reflected by the identification of elements of the plant cell wall synthesis machinery which have been shown to play unique roles in tip-growing cells. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the tip growth process, with a particular focus on the subcellular targeting of newly synthesized cell wall components, and their roles in this form of plant cell expansion.
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- Fangwei Gu
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Blume YB, Krasylenko YA, Demchuk OM, Yemets AI. Tubulin tyrosine nitration regulates microtubule organization in plant cells. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:530. [PMID: 24421781 PMCID: PMC3872735 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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During last years, selective tyrosine nitration of plant proteins gains importance as well-recognized pathway of direct nitric oxide (NO) signal transduction. Plant microtubules are one of the intracellular signaling targets for NO, however, the molecular mechanisms of NO signal transduction with the involvement of cytoskeletal proteins remain to be elucidated. Since biochemical evidence of plant α-tubulin tyrosine nitration has been obtained recently, potential role of this posttranslational modification in regulation of microtubules organization in plant cell is estimated in current paper. It was shown that 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NO2-Tyr) induced partially reversible Arabidopsis primary root growth inhibition, alterations of root hairs morphology and organization of microtubules in root cells. It was also revealed that 3-NO2-Tyr intensively decorates such highly dynamic microtubular arrays as preprophase bands, mitotic spindles and phragmoplasts of Nicotiana tabacum Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) cells under physiological conditions. Moreover, 3D models of the mitotic kinesin-8 complexes with the tail of detyrosinated, tyrosinated and tyrosine nitrated α-tubulin (on C-terminal Tyr 450 residue) from Arabidopsis were reconstructed in silico to investigate the potential influence of tubulin nitrotyrosination on the molecular dynamics of α-tubulin and kinesin-8 interaction. Generally, presented data suggest that plant α-tubulin tyrosine nitration can be considered as its common posttranslational modification, the direct mechanism of NO signal transduction with the participation of microtubules under physiological conditions and one of the hallmarks of the increased microtubule dynamics.
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- Yaroslav B. Blume
- *Correspondence: Yaroslav B. Blume, Department of Genomics and Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Osipovskogo str., 2, Kyiv 04123, Ukraine e-mail:
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Zhang J, Zhang C, Cheng Y, Qi L, Wang S, Hou X. Microtubule and male sterility in a gene-cytoplasmic male sterile line of non-heading Chinese cabbage. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2012; 92:3046-3054. [PMID: 22581783 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Revised: 12/17/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Microtubules are the basic components of the cytoskeleton in eukaryotic cells and are made up of 13 parallel protofilaments, each composed of α- and β-tubulin unit molecules aligned along the longitudinal axis of the microtubule. RESULTS α-Tubulin gene TUBA2 from non-heading Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis Makino) was expressed at the highest level in stamens and at lower levels in other organs. In addition, it was expressed at a much lower level in the cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) line than in the maintainer line. Furthermore, at the microsporocyte stage of development in the CMS line the microtubule bundles were knitted together in random organisation, which differed significantly from the radiate microtubule bundles running circumferentially around the nucleus in the maintainer line. Also, large vacuoles appeared within the cytoplasm in the CMS line with no dyed microtubules. CONCLUSION TUBA2 was very important to pollen development, which might be closely related to male sterility. Large vacuoles might replace the nuclei close to the cell walls and lead to a lack of microtubules when the cells abort. Abnormalities and defects in the organisation and composition of microtubules in the male sterile line highlighted the complex interaction between microtubules and cytoplasmic male sterility.
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- Jingyi Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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Krtková J, Havelková L, Křepelová A, Fišer R, Vosolsobě S, Novotná Z, Martinec J, Schwarzerová K. Loss of membrane fluidity and endocytosis inhibition are involved in rapid aluminum-induced root growth cessation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2012; 60:88-97. [PMID: 22922108 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Aluminum (Al) toxicity is the main limiting factor in crop production on acid soils. The main symptom of Al toxicity is a rapid inhibition of root growth, but the mechanism of root growth cessation remains unclear. Here we examined the earliest changes in the plasma membrane and processes related to the membrane in the Arabidopsis thaliana root tip cells of roots grown in a hydropony. Al suppressed root growth within 2 min, inhibited endocytosis within 10 min of exposure and stabilized cortical microtubules within the first 30 min. Spectrofluorometric measurements of the plasma membrane isolated from Arabidopsis plants and labeled with the fluorescent probe laurdan showed that Al induced a reduction in membrane fluidity. Application of the membrane fluidizer, benzyl alcohol, restored partially membrane fluidity and also partially restored root growth during first 30 min of Al treatment. We concluded that Al-induced loss of membrane fluidity and endocytosis inhibition occurred very early during Al toxicity in plant roots and could be the earliest targets of Al treatment.
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- Jana Krtková
- Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 5, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Role of actin cytoskeleton in brassinosteroid signaling and in its integration with the auxin response in plants. Dev Cell 2012; 22:1275-85. [PMID: 22698285 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Revised: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In plants, developmental programs and tropisms are modulated by the phytohormone auxin. Auxin reconfigures the actin cytoskeleton, which controls polar localization of auxin transporters such as PIN2 and thus determines cell-type-specific responses. In conjunction with a second growth-promoting phytohormone, brassinosteroid (BR), auxin synergistically enhances growth and gene transcription. We show that BR alters actin configuration and PIN2 localization in a manner similar to that of auxin. We describe a BR constitutive-response mutant that bears an allele of the ACTIN2 gene and shows altered actin configuration, PIN2 delocalization, and a broad array of phenotypes that recapitulate BR-treated plants. Moreover, we show that actin filament reconfiguration is sufficient to activate BR signaling, which leads to an enhanced auxin response. Our results demonstrate that the actin cytoskeleton functions as an integration node for the BR signaling pathway and auxin responsiveness.
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van der Honing HS, van Bezouwen LS, Emons AMC, Ketelaar T. High expression of Lifeact in Arabidopsis thaliana reduces dynamic reorganization of actin filaments but does not affect plant development. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2011; 68:578-87. [PMID: 21948789 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Revised: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 09/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Lifeact is a novel probe that labels actin filaments in a wide range of organisms. We compared the localization and reorganization of Lifeact:Venus-labeled actin filaments in Arabidopsis root hairs and root epidermal cells of lines that express different levels of Lifeact: Venus with that of actin filaments labeled with GFP:FABD2, a commonly used probe in plants. Unlike GFP:FABD2, Lifeact:Venus labeled the highly dynamic fine F-actin in the subapical region of tip-growing root hairs. Lifeact:Venus expression at varying levels was not observed to affect plant development. However, at expression levels comparable to those of GFP:FABD2 in a well-characterized marker line, Lifeact:Venus reduced reorganization rates of bundles of actin filaments in root epidermal cells. Reorganization rates of cytoplasmic strands, which reflect the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton, were also reduced in these lines. Moreover, in the same line, Lifeact:Venus-decorated actin filaments were more resistant to depolymerization by latrunculin B than those in an equivalent GFP:FABD2-expressing line. In lines where Lifeact: Venus is expressed at lower levels, these effects are less prominent or even absent. We conclude that Lifeact: Venus reduces remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton in Arabidopsis in a concentration-dependent manner. Since this reduction occurs at expression levels that do not cause defects in plant development, selection of normally growing plants is not sufficient to determine optimal Lifeact expression levels. When correct expression levels of Lifeact have been determined, it is a valuable probe that labels dynamic populations of actin filaments such as fine F-actin, better than FABD2 does.
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Wang S, Kurepa J, Hashimoto T, Smalle JA. Salt stress-induced disassembly of Arabidopsis cortical microtubule arrays involves 26S proteasome-dependent degradation of SPIRAL1. THE PLANT CELL 2011; 23:3412-27. [PMID: 21954463 PMCID: PMC3203425 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.089920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Revised: 08/30/2011] [Accepted: 09/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The dynamic instability of cortical microtubules (MTs) (i.e., their ability to rapidly alternate between phases of growth and shrinkage) plays an essential role in plant growth and development. In addition, recent studies have revealed a pivotal role for dynamic instability in the response to salt stress conditions. The salt stress response includes a rapid depolymerization of MTs followed by the formation of a new MT network that is believed to be better suited for surviving high salinity. Although this initial depolymerization response is essential for the adaptation to salt stress, the underlying molecular mechanism has remained largely unknown. Here, we show that the MT-associated protein SPIRAL1 (SPR1) plays a key role in salt stress-induced MT disassembly. SPR1, a microtubule stabilizing protein, is degraded by the 26S proteasome, and its degradation rate is accelerated in response to high salinity. We show that accelerated SPR1 degradation is required for a fast MT disassembly response to salt stress and for salt stress tolerance.
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- Songhu Wang
- Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Program, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546
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- Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Program, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Program, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546
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Hoefle C, Huesmann C, Schultheiss H, Börnke F, Hensel G, Kumlehn J, Hückelhoven R. A barley ROP GTPase ACTIVATING PROTEIN associates with microtubules and regulates entry of the barley powdery mildew fungus into leaf epidermal cells. THE PLANT CELL 2011; 23:2422-39. [PMID: 21685259 PMCID: PMC3160019 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.082131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Revised: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 06/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Little is known about the function of host factors involved in disease susceptibility. The barley (Hordeum vulgare) ROP (RHO of plants) G-protein RACB is required for full susceptibility of the leaf epidermis to invasion by the biotrophic fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp hordei. Stable transgenic knockdown of RACB reduced the ability of barley to accommodate haustoria of B. graminis in intact epidermal leaf cells and to form hairs on the root epidermis, suggesting that RACB is a common element of root hair outgrowth and ingrowth of haustoria in leaf epidermal cells. We further identified a barley MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED ROP-GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN (MAGAP1) interacting with RACB in yeast and in planta. Fluorescent MAGAP1 decorated cortical microtubules and was recruited by activated RACB to the cell periphery. Under fungal attack, MAGAP1-labeled microtubules built a polarized network at sites of successful defense. By contrast, microtubules loosened where the fungus succeeded in penetration. Genetic evidence suggests a function of MAGAP1 in limiting susceptibility to penetration by B. graminis. Additionally, MAGAP1 influenced the polar organization of cortical microtubules. These results add to our understanding of how intact plant cells accommodate fungal infection structures and suggest that RACB and MAGAP1 might be antagonistic players in cytoskeleton organization for fungal entry.
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- Caroline Hoefle
- Lehrstuhl für Phytopathologie, Technische Universität München, D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Phytopathologie, Technische Universität München, D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- University of Giessen, Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Phytopathologie, Technische Universität München, D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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Tominaga-Wada R, Ishida T, Wada T. New insights into the mechanism of development of Arabidopsis root hairs and trichomes. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 286:67-106. [PMID: 21199780 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385859-7.00002-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Epidermis cell differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana is a model system for understanding the mechanisms leading to the developmental end state of plant cells. Both root hairs and trichomes differentiate from epidermal cells and molecular genetic analyses using Arabidopsis mutants have demonstrated that the differentiation of root hairs and trichomes is regulated by similar molecular mechanisms. Molecular-genetic approaches have led to the identification of many genes that are involved in epidermal cell differentiation, most of which encode transcription factors that induce the expression of genes active in both root hair and trichome development. Control of cell growth after fate determination has also been studied using Arabidopsis mutants.
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- Rumi Tominaga-Wada
- Interdisciplinary Research Organization, University of Miyazaki, Gakuen Kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki, Japan
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Clark G, Wu M, Wat N, Onyirimba J, Pham T, Herz N, Ogoti J, Gomez D, Canales AA, Aranda G, Blizard M, Nyberg T, Terry A, Torres J, Wu J, Roux SJ. Both the stimulation and inhibition of root hair growth induced by extracellular nucleotides in Arabidopsis are mediated by nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 74:423-35. [PMID: 20820881 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9683-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 08/24/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Root hairs secrete ATP as they grow, and extracellular ATP and ADP can trigger signaling pathways that regulate plant cell growth. In several plant tissues the level of extracellular nucleotides is limited in part by ectoapyrases (ecto-NTPDases), and the growth of these tissues is strongly influenced by their level of ectoapyrase expression. Both chemical inhibition of ectoapyrase activity and suppression of the expression of two ectoapyrase enzymes by RNAi in Arabidopsis resulted in inhibition of root hair growth. As assayed by a dose-response curve, different concentrations of the poorly hydrolysable nucleotides, ATPγS and ADPβS, could either stimulate (at 7.5-25 μM) or inhibit (at ≥ 150 μM) the growth rate of root hairs in less than an hour. Equal amounts of AMPS, used as a control, had no effect on root hair growth. Root hairs of nia1nia2 mutants, which are suppressed in nitric oxide (NO) production, and of atrbohD/F mutants, which are suppressed in the production of H(2)O(2), did not show growth responses to applied nucleotides, indicating that the growth changes induced by these nucleotides in wild-type plants were likely transduced via NO and H(2)O(2) signals. Consistent with this interpretation, treatment of root hairs with different concentrations of ATPγS induced different accumulations of NO and H(2)O(2) in root hair tips. Two mammalian purinoceptor antagonists also blocked the growth responses induced by extracellular nucleotides, suggesting that they were initiated by a receptor-based mechanism.
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- Greg Clark
- Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, TX, USA
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Libault M, Brechenmacher L, Cheng J, Xu D, Stacey G. Root hair systems biology. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2010; 15:641-50. [PMID: 20851035 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2010] [Revised: 08/19/2010] [Accepted: 08/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant functional genomic studies have largely measured the response of whole plants, organs and tissues, resulting in the dilution of the signal from individual cells. Methods are needed where the full repertoire of functional genomic tools can be applied to a single plant cell. Root hair cells are an attractive model to study the biology of a single, differentiated cell type because of their ease of isolation, polar growth, and role in water and nutrient uptake, as well as being the site of infection by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. This review highlights the recent advances in our understanding of plant root hair biology and examines whether the root hair has potential as a model for plant cell systems biology.
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- Marc Libault
- Division of Plant Sciences, National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Microtubules are required throughout plant development for a wide variety of processes, and different strategies have been evolved to visualize them. This chapter summarizes the most effective of these methods and points out potential problems and pitfalls. We outline the freeze-shattering method for immunolabeling microtubules in aerial organs such as leaves that require mechanical permeabilization, discuss current options for live cell imaging of MTs with fluorescently tagged proteins (FPs), and provide different fixation protocols for preserving MTs for transmission electron microscopy including chemical fixation, high pressure freezing/freeze substitution, and post-fixation staining procedures for transmission electron microscopy.
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- Andreas Holzinger
- Institute of Botany, Department of Physiology and Cell Physiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Yemets AI, Krasylenko YA, Sheremet YA, Blume YB. Microtubule reorganization as a response to implementation of NO signals in plant cells. CYTOL GENET+ 2009. [DOI: 10.3103/s0095452709020017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Spatial organization of plant cortical microtubules: close encounters of the 2D kind. Trends Cell Biol 2009; 19:62-71. [PMID: 19144522 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2008.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2008] [Revised: 11/24/2008] [Accepted: 11/27/2008] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The shape of plant cells depends on cortical microtubules. Their freedom from central microtubule organizing centres provides a powerful experimental system to study microtubule self-organization. New ideas have emerged from live-cell imaging of microtubules, particularly in the model system Arabidopsis thaliana, revealing the importance of encounters between microtubules in driving self-organization. Encounters are modulated by intrinsic microtubule-assembly dynamics, along with polymer activities that include cortical attachment, bundling and severing. Balancing the activities of microtubule-associated proteins (such as MOR1, CLASP, MAP65s and katanins) that control these processes is crucial for fine-tuning the organization of microtubule arrays. Too much or too little of any given activity tips the balance, with often dramatic effects on array organization, cell morphogenesis and even organ chirality.
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Intracellular Organization: A Prerequisite for Root Hair Elongation and Cell Wall Deposition. PLANT CELL MONOGRAPHS 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79405-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Bratman SV, Chang F. Mechanisms for maintaining microtubule bundles. Trends Cell Biol 2008; 18:580-6. [PMID: 18951798 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2008.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2008] [Revised: 09/04/2008] [Accepted: 09/05/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The dynamics of microtubules (MTs) are crucial to many of their functions. Certain MT structures, such as the mitotic spindle apparatus, exhibit high MT turnover yet maintain their mass stably through long periods of time. Here, we highlight what are emerging as two important mechanisms for maintaining MT bundles: the first, MT nucleation from pre-existing MTs by means of gamma-tubulin-containing complexes; and the second, MT 'rescue' by the stabilizing protein CLASP. As examples, we describe recent advances in understanding the assembly and maintenance of simple MT bundles in fission yeast and plant cells, which have implications for the bundles of the animal mitotic spindle.
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- Scott V Bratman
- Microbiology Department, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Yoo CM, Wen J, Motes CM, Sparks JA, Blancaflor EB. A class I ADP-ribosylation factor GTPase-activating protein is critical for maintaining directional root hair growth in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 147:1659-74. [PMID: 18539780 PMCID: PMC2492602 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.119529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Membrane trafficking and cytoskeletal dynamics are important cellular processes that drive tip growth in root hairs. These processes interact with a multitude of signaling pathways that allow for the efficient transfer of information to specify the direction in which tip growth occurs. Here, we show that AGD1, a class I ADP ribosylation factor GTPase-activating protein, is important for maintaining straight growth in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) root hairs, since mutations in the AGD1 gene resulted in wavy root hair growth. Live cell imaging of growing agd1 root hairs revealed bundles of endoplasmic microtubules and actin filaments extending into the extreme tip. The wavy phenotype and pattern of cytoskeletal distribution in root hairs of agd1 partially resembled that of mutants in an armadillo repeat-containing kinesin (ARK1). Root hairs of double agd1 ark1 mutants were more severely deformed compared with single mutants. Organelle trafficking as revealed by a fluorescent Golgi marker was slightly inhibited, and Golgi stacks frequently protruded into the extreme root hair apex of agd1 mutants. Transient expression of green fluorescent protein-AGD1 in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) epidermal cells labeled punctate bodies that partially colocalized with the endocytic marker FM4-64, while ARK1-yellow fluorescent protein associated with microtubules. Brefeldin A rescued the phenotype of agd1, indicating that the altered activity of an AGD1-dependent ADP ribosylation factor contributes to the defective growth, organelle trafficking, and cytoskeletal organization of agd1 root hairs. We propose that AGD1, a regulator of membrane trafficking, and ARK1, a microtubule motor, are components of converging signaling pathways that affect cytoskeletal organization to specify growth orientation in Arabidopsis root hairs.
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- Cheol-Min Yoo
- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
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Ishida T, Kurata T, Okada K, Wada T. A genetic regulatory network in the development of trichomes and root hairs. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 59:365-86. [PMID: 18257710 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.59.032607.092949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 342] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Trichomes and root hairs differentiate from epidermal cells in the aerial tissues and roots, respectively. Because trichomes and root hairs are easily accessible, particularly in the model plant Arabidopsis, their development has become a well-studied model of cell differentiation and growth. Molecular genetic analyses using Arabidopsis mutants have demonstrated that the differentiation of trichomes and root hair/hairless cells is regulated by similar molecular mechanisms. Transcriptional complexes regulate differentiation into trichome cells and root hairless cells, and formation of the transcriptional complexes is inhibited in neighboring cells. Control of cell growth after fate determination has also been analyzed using Arabidopsis mutants. The progression of endoreduplication cycles, reorientation of microtubules, and organization of the actin cytoskeleton play important roles in trichome growth. Various cellular components such as ion channels, the actin cytoskeleton, microtubules and cell wall materials, and intracellular signal transduction act to establish and maintain root hair tip growth.
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- Tetsuya Ishida
- Plant Science Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.
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Konopka CA, Bednarek SY. Variable-angle epifluorescence microscopy: a new way to look at protein dynamics in the plant cell cortex. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 53:186-96. [PMID: 17931350 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03306.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Live-cell microscopy imaging of fluorescent-tagged fusion proteins is an essential tool for cell biologists. Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) has joined confocal microscopy as a complementary system for the imaging of cell surface protein dynamics in mammalian and yeast systems because of its high temporal and spatial resolution. Here we present an alternative to TIRFM, termed variable-angle epifluorescence microscopy (VAEM), for the visualization of protein dynamics at or near the plasma membrane of plant epidermal cells and root hairs in whole, intact seedlings that provides high-signal, low-background and near real-time imaging. VAEM uses highly oblique subcritical incident angles to decrease background fluorophore excitation. We discuss the utilities and advantages of VAEM for imaging of fluorescent fusion-tagged marker proteins in studying cortical cytoskeletal and membrane proteins. We believe that the application of VAEM will be an invaluable imaging tool for plant cell biologists.
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- Catherine A Konopka
- Program in Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Pastuglia M, Bouchez D. Molecular encounters at microtubule ends in the plant cell cortex. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2007; 10:557-63. [PMID: 17851111 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2007] [Revised: 07/26/2007] [Accepted: 08/01/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The cortical arrays that accompany plant cell division and elongation are organized by a subtle interplay between intrinsic properties of microtubules, their self-organization capacity and a variety of cellular proteins that interact with them, modify their behaviour and drive organization of diverse, higher order arrays during the cell cycle, cell growth and differentiation. As a polar polymer, the microtubule has a minus and a plus end, which differ in structure and dynamic characteristics, and to which different sets of partners and activities associate. Recent advances in characterization of minus and plus end directed proteins provide insights into both plant microtubule properties and the way highly organized cortical arrays emerge from the orchestrated activity of individual microtubules.
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- Martine Pastuglia
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes UR254, INRA, Centre de Versailles, F-78000 Versailles, France.
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A mutation in MRH2 kinesin enhances the root hair tip growth defect caused by constitutively activated ROP2 small GTPase in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2007; 2:e1074. [PMID: 17957256 PMCID: PMC2031828 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2007] [Accepted: 10/07/2007] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Root hair tip growth provides a unique model system for the study of plant cell polarity. Transgenic plants expressing constitutively active (CA) forms of ROP (Rho-of-plants) GTPases have been shown to cause the disruption of root hair polarity likely as a result of the alteration of actin filaments (AF) and microtubules (MT) organization. Towards understanding the mechanism by which ROP controls the cytoskeletal organization during root hair tip growth, we have screened for CA-rop2 suppressors or enhancers using CA1-1, a transgenic line that expresses CA-rop2 and shows only mild disruption of tip growth. Here, we report the characterization of a CA-rop2 enhancer (cae1-1 CA1-1) that exhibits bulbous root hairs. The cae1-1 mutation on its own caused a waving and branching root hair phenotype. CAE1 encodes the root hair growth-related, ARM domain-containing kinesin-like protein MRH2 (and thus cae1-1 was renamed to mrh2-3). Cortical MT displayed fragmentation and random orientation in mrh2 root hairs. Consistently, the MT-stabilizing drug taxol could partially rescue the wavy root hair phenotype of mrh2-3, and the MT-depolymerizing drug Oryzalin slightly enhanced the root hair tip growth defect in CA1-1. Interestingly, the addition of the actin-depolymerizing drug Latrunculin B further enhanced the Oryzalin effect. This indicates that the cross-talk of MT and AF organization is important for the mrh2-3 CA1-1 phenotype. Although we did not observe an apparent effect of the MRH2 mutation in AF organization, we found that mrh2-3 root hair growth was more sensitive to Latrunculin B. Moreover, an ARM domain-containing MRH2 fragment could bind to the polymerized actin in vitro. Therefore, our genetic analyses, together with cell biological and pharmacological evidence, suggest that the plant-specific kinesin-related protein MRH2 is an important component that controls MT organization and is likely involved in the ROP2 GTPase-controlled coordination of AF and MT during polarized growth of root hairs.
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Gossot O, Geitmann A. Pollen tube growth: coping with mechanical obstacles involves the cytoskeleton. PLANTA 2007; 226:405-16. [PMID: 17318608 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0491-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2006] [Accepted: 01/31/2007] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Cellular growth and movement require both the control of direction and the physical capacity to generate forces. In animal cells directional control and growth forces are generated by the polymerization of and traction between the elements of the cytoskeleton. Whether actual forces generated by the cytoskeleton play a role in plant cell growth is largely unknown as the interplay between turgor and cell wall is considered to be the predominant structural feature in plant cell morphogenesis. We investigated the mechano-structural role of the cytoskeleton in the invasive growth of pollen tubes. These cells elongate rapidly by tip growth and have the ability to penetrate the stigmatic and stylar tissues in order to drill their way to the ovule. We used agents interfering with cytoskeletal functioning, latrunculin B and oryzalin, in combination with mechanical in vitro assays. While microtubule degradation had no significant effect on the pollen tubes' capacity to invade a mechanical obstacle, latrunculin B decreased the pollen tubes' ability to elongate in stiffened growth medium and to penetrate an obstacle. On the other hand, the ability to maintain a certain growth direction in vitro was affected by the degradation of microtubules but not actin filaments. To find out whether both cytoskeletal elements share functions or interact we used both drugs in combination resulting in a dramatic synergistic response. Fluorescent labeling revealed that the integrity of the microtubule cytoskeleton depends on the presence of actin filaments. In contrast, actin filaments seemed independent of the configuration of microtubules.
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- Olivier Gossot
- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, 4101 rue Sherbrooke est, Montreal, QC H1X 2B2, Canada
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Baulin VA, Marques CM, Thalmann F. Collision induced spatial organization of microtubules. Biophys Chem 2007; 128:231-44. [PMID: 17512654 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2007.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Revised: 04/17/2007] [Accepted: 04/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The dynamic behavior of microtubules in solution can be strongly modified by interactions with walls or other structures. We examine here a microtubule growth model where the increase in size of the plus-end is perturbed by collisions with other microtubules. We show that such a simple mechanism of constrained growth can induce ordered structures and patterns from an initially isotropic and homogeneous suspension. We find that microtubules self-organize locally in randomly oriented domains that grow and compete with each other. A weak orientation bias, similar to the one induced by gravity or cellular boundaries is enough to influence the domain growth direction, eventually leading to a macroscopic sample orientation.
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- Vladimir A Baulin
- Institut Charles Sadron CNRS UPR 22, 67083 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
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Timmers ACJ, Vallotton P, Heym C, Menzel D. Microtubule dynamics in root hairs of Medicago truncatula. Eur J Cell Biol 2007; 86:69-83. [PMID: 17218039 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Revised: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 11/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The microtubular cytoskeleton plays an important role in the development of tip-growing plant cells, but knowledge about its dynamics is incomplete. In this study, root hairs of the legume Medicago truncatula have been chosen for a detailed analysis of microtubular cytoskeleton dynamics using GFP-MBD and EB1-YFP as markers and 4D imaging. The microtubular cytoskeleton appears mainly to be composed of bundles which form tracks along which new microtubules polymerise. Polymerisation rates of microtubules are highest in the tip of growing root hairs. Treatment of root hairs with Nod factor and latrunculin B result in a twofold decrease in polymerisation rate. Nonetheless, no direct, physical interaction between the actin filament cytoskeleton and microtubules could be observed. A new picture of how the plant cytoskeleton is organised in apically growing root hairs emerges from these observations, revealing similarities with the organisation in other, non-plant, tip-growing cells.
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- Antonius C J Timmers
- Laboratory of Plant-Microorganism Interactions, CNRS INRA, UMR2594, 24 Chemin de Borde Rouge, BP 52627, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France.
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