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Cai W, Tao Y, Cheng X, Wan M, Gan J, Yang S, Okita TW, He S, Tian L. CaIAA2-CaARF9 module mediates the trade-off between pepper growth and immunity. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2024; 22:2054-2074. [PMID: 38450864 PMCID: PMC11182598 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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To challenge the invasion of various pathogens, plants re-direct their resources from plant growth to an innate immune defence system. However, the underlying mechanism that coordinates the induction of the host immune response and the suppression of plant growth remains unclear. Here we demonstrate that an auxin response factor, CaARF9, has dual roles in enhancing the immune resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection and in retarding plant growth by repressing the expression of its target genes as exemplified by Casmc4, CaLBD37, CaAPK1b and CaRROP1. The expression of these target genes not only stimulates plant growth but also negatively impacts pepper resistance to R. solanacearum. Under normal conditions, the expression of Casmc4, CaLBD37, CaAPK1b and CaRROP1 is active when promoter-bound CaARF9 is complexed with CaIAA2. Under R. solanacearum infection, however, degradation of CaIAA2 is triggered by SA and JA-mediated signalling defence by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, which enables CaARF9 in the absence of CaIAA2 to repress the expression of Casmc4, CaLBD37, CaAPK1b and CaRROP1 and, in turn, impeding plant growth while facilitating plant defence to R. solanacearum infection. Our findings uncover an exquisite mechanism underlying the trade-off between plant growth and immunity mediated by the transcriptional repressor CaARF9 and its deactivation when complexed with CaIAA2.
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- Weiwei Cai
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Green Production of Agriculture in Mountainous Areas of Zhejiang Province, College of Horticulture ScienceZhejiang A&F UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
- Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety Control for Subtropical Fruit and Vegetable, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsZhejiang A&F UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Green Production of Agriculture in Mountainous Areas of Zhejiang Province, College of Horticulture ScienceZhejiang A&F UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
- Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety Control for Subtropical Fruit and Vegetable, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsZhejiang A&F UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
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- Agricultural CollegeFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujianChina
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- Agricultural CollegeFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujianChina
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Green Production of Agriculture in Mountainous Areas of Zhejiang Province, College of Horticulture ScienceZhejiang A&F UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
- Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety Control for Subtropical Fruit and Vegetable, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsZhejiang A&F UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
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- Agricultural CollegeFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujianChina
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- Institute of Biological ChemistryWashington State UniversityPullmanWashingtonUSA
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- Agricultural CollegeFujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhouFujianChina
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Green Production of Agriculture in Mountainous Areas of Zhejiang Province, College of Horticulture ScienceZhejiang A&F UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
- Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety Control for Subtropical Fruit and Vegetable, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsZhejiang A&F UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
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Kuhn SA, Nogueira FM, Schürer T, Mariath JEA. Reproductive biology of the "Brazilian pine" (Araucaria angustifolia-Araucariaceae): the pollen tube growth and the seed cone development. PLANT REPRODUCTION 2024; 37:1-13. [PMID: 37449999 DOI: 10.1007/s00497-023-00473-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE In Araucaria angustifolia, the seed scale is part of the ovule, the female gametophyte presents a monosporic origin and arises from a coenocytic tetrad, and the pollen tube presents a single axis. The seed cone of conifers has many informative features, and its ontogenetic data may help interpret relationships among function, development patterns, and homology among seed plants. We reported the seed cone development, from pollination to pre-fertilization, including seed scale, ovule ontogeny, and pollen tube growth in Araucaria angustifolia. The study was performed using light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray microcomputed tomography (μCT). During the pollination period, the ovule arises right after the seed scale has emerged. From that event to the pre-fertilization period takes about 14 months. Megasporogenesis occurs three weeks after ovule formation, producing a coenocytic tetrad. At the same time as the female gametophyte's first nuclear division begins, the pollen tube grows through the seed scale adaxial face. Until maturity, the megagametophyte goes through the free nuclei stage, cellularization stage, and cellular growth stage. Along its development, many pollen tubes develop in the nucellar tissue extending straight toward the female gametophyte. Our observations show that the seed scale came out of the same primordia of the ovule, agreeing with past studies that this structure is part of the ovule itself. The formation of a female gametophyte with a monosporic origin that arises from a coenocytic tetrad was described for the first time in conifers, and the three-dimensional reconstruction of the ovule revealed the presence of pollen tubes with only one axis and no branches, highlighting a new pattern of pollen tube growth in Araucariaceae.
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- Sofia A Kuhn
- Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal (LAVeg), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Plantas, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) - Universidade de São Paulo-USP, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, 14040-901, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal (LAVeg), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal (LAVeg), Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Li X, Zhao R, Liu J, Li Z, Chen A, Xu S, Sheng X. Dynamic changes in calcium signals during root gravitropism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 208:108481. [PMID: 38447424 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108481] [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: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Gravitropism is a vital mechanism through which plants adapt to their environment. Previous studies indicated that Ca2+ may play an important role in plant gravitropism. However, our understanding of the calcium signals in root gravitropism is still largely limited. Using a vertical stage confocal and transgenic Arabidopsis R-GECO1, our data showed that gravity stimulation enhances the occurrence of calcium spikes and increases the Ca2+ concentration in the lower side of the root cap. Furthermore, a close correlation was observed in the asymmetry of calcium signals with the inclination angles at which the roots were oriented. The frequency of calcium spikes on the lower side of 90°-rotated root decreases rapidly over time, whereas the asymmetric distribution of auxin readily strengthens for up to 3 h, indicating that the calcium spikes, promoted by gravity stimulation, may precede auxin as one of the early signals. In addition, the root gravitropism of starchless mutants is severely impaired. Correspondingly, no significant increase in calcium spike occurrence was observed in the root caps of these mutants within 15 min following a 90° rotation, indicating the involvement of starch grains in the formation of calcium spikes. However, between 30 and 45 min after a 90° rotation, asymmetric calcium spikes were indeed observed in the root of starchless mutants, suggesting that starch grains are not indispensable for the formation of calcium spikes. Besides, co-localization analysis suggests that the ER may function as calcium stores during the occurrence of calcium spikes. These findings provide further insights into plant gravitropism.
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- Xinyu Li
- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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Ohnishi Y, Kawashima T. Evidence of a novel silencing effect on transgenes in the Arabidopsis thaliana sperm cell. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:3926-3936. [PMID: 37602710 PMCID: PMC10615207 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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We encountered unexpected transgene silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana sperm cells; transgenes encoding proteins with no specific intracellular localization (cytoplasmic proteins) were silenced transcriptionally or posttranscriptionally. The mRNA of cytoplasmic protein transgenes tagged with a fluorescent protein gene was significantly reduced, resulting in undetectable fluorescent protein signals in the sperm cell. Silencing of the cytoplasmic protein transgenes in the sperm cell did not affect the expression of either its endogenous homologous genes or cotransformed transgenes encoding a protein with targeted intracellular localization. This transgene silencing in the sperm cell persisted in mutants of the major gene silencing machinery including DNA methylation. The incomprehensible, yet real, transgene silencing phenotypes occurring in the sperm cell could mislead the interpretation of experimental results in plant reproduction, and this Commentary calls attention to that risk and highlights details of this novel cytoplasmic protein transgene silencing.
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- Yukinosuke Ohnishi
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40503,USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40503,USA
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Xu S, Wang Q, Liu Y, Liu Z, Zhao R, Sheng X. Latrunculin B facilitates gravitropic curvature of Arabidopsis root by inhibiting cell elongation, especially the cells in the lower flanks of the transition and elongation zones. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2021; 16:1876348. [PMID: 33576719 PMCID: PMC7971231 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2021.1876348] [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: 11/22/2020] [Revised: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Gravitropism plays a critical role in the growth and development of plants. Previous reports proposed that the disruption of the actin cytoskeleton resulted in enhanced gravitropism; however, the mechanism underlying these phenomena is still unclear. In the present study, real-time observation on the effect of Latrunculin B (Lat B), a depolymerizing agent of microfilament cytoskeleton, on gravitropism of the primary root of Arabidopsis was undertaken using a vertical stage microscope. The results indicated that Lat B treatment prevented the growth of root, and the growth rates of upper and lower flanks of the horizontally placed root were asymmetrically inhibited. The growth of the lower flank was influenced by Lat B more seriously, resulting in an increased differential growth rate between the upper and lower flanks of the root. Further analysis indicated that Lat B affected cell growth mainly in the transition and elongation zones. Briefly, the current data revealed that Lat B treatment inhibited cell elongation, especially the cells in the lower flanks of the transition and elongation zones, which finally manifested as the facilitation of gravitropic curvature of the primary root.
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- Shi Xu
- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Pereksta D, King D, Saki F, Maroli A, Leonard E, Suseela V, May S, Castellanos Uribe M, Tharayil N, Van Hoewyk D. Proteasome Inhibition in Brassica napus Roots Increases Amino Acid Synthesis to Offset Reduced Proteolysis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 61:1028-1040. [PMID: 32311031 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcaa047] [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: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cellular homeostasis is maintained by the proteasomal degradation of regulatory and misfolded proteins, which sustains the amino acid pool. Although proteasomes alleviate stress by removing damaged proteins, mounting evidence indicates that severe stress caused by salt, metal(oids), and some pathogens can impair the proteasome. However, the consequences of proteasome inhibition in plants are not well understood and even less is known about how its malfunctioning alters metabolic activities. Lethality causes by proteasome inhibition in non-photosynthetic organisms stem from amino acid depletion, and we hypothesized that plants respond to proteasome inhibition by increasing amino acid biosynthesis. To address these questions, the short-term effects of proteasome inhibition were monitored for 3, 8 and 48 h in the roots of Brassica napus treated with the proteasome inhibitor MG132. Proteasome inhibition did not affect the pool of free amino acids after 48 h, which was attributed to elevated de novo amino acid synthesis; these observations coincided with increased levels of sulfite reductase and nitrate reductase activities at earlier time points. However, elevated amino acid synthesis failed to fully restore protein synthesis. In addition, transcriptome analysis points to perturbed abscisic acid signaling and decreased sugar metabolism after 8 h of proteasome inhibition. Proteasome inhibition increased the levels of alternative oxidase but decreased aconitase activity, most sugars and tricarboxylic acid metabolites in root tissue after 48 h. These metabolic responses occurred before we observed an accumulation of reactive oxygen species. We discuss how the metabolic response to proteasome inhibition and abiotic stress partially overlap in plants.
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- Dan Pereksta
- Biology Department, Coastal Carolina University, 107 Chanticleer Drive, Conway, SC 29526, USA
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- Biology Department, Coastal Carolina University, 107 Chanticleer Drive, Conway, SC 29526, USA
- Toxicology and Environmental Health. Duke University. 225 B Wing, Levine Science Research Center Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Biology Department, Coastal Carolina University, 107 Chanticleer Drive, Conway, SC 29526, USA
- National Technical Institute for the Deaf 52 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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- Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 105 Collins Street, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 105 Collins Street, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 105 Collins Street, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK
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- Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 105 Collins Street, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Biology Department, Coastal Carolina University, 107 Chanticleer Drive, Conway, SC 29526, USA
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Three-dimensional reconstruction of Picea wilsonii Mast. pollen grains using automated electron microscopy. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2019; 63:171-179. [PMID: 31625022 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-019-9820-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Three-dimensional electron microscopy (3D-EM) has attracted considerable attention because of its ability to provide detailed information with respect to developmental analysis. However, large-scale high-resolution 3D reconstruction of biological samples remains challenging. Herein, we present a 3D view of a Picea wilsonii Mast. pollen grain with 100 nm axial and 38.57 nm lateral resolution using AutoCUTS-SEM (automatic collector of ultrathin sections-scanning electron microscopy). We established a library of 3,127 100 nm thick serial sections of pollen grains for preservation and observation, demonstrating that the protocol can be used to analyze large-volume samples. After obtaining the SEM images, we reconstructed an entire pollen grain comprising 734 serial sections. The images produced by 3D reconstruction clearly revealed the main components of the P. wilsonii pollen grain, i.e., two sacci and pollen corpus, tube cell, generative cell, and two degenerated prothallial cells, and their internal organization. In addition, we performed a quantitative analysis of the different pollen grain cells, including sacci, and found that there were 202 connections within a saccus SEM image. Thus, for the first time, this study provided a global 3D view of the entire pollen grain, which will be useful for analyzing pollen development and growth.
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Fang X, Zhang Y, Wang M, Li P, Zhang Q, Si J, Wei B, Miao Y, Tian L, Cai X. Lysosome and proteasome pathways are distributed in laticifers of Euphorbia helioscopia L. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2019; 166:1026-1038. [PMID: 30414186 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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At present, the lysosome pathway (LP) and proteasome pathway (PP) are known as major clearance systems in eukaryotic cells. The laticifer, a secretory tissue, degrades some cytoplasm during development. In this study, we investigated the distribution of LP and PP in non-articulated laticifers of Euphorbia helioscopia L. Electron microscopy revealed that, plastids, mitochondria and some cyotsol were degraded in the late development laticifers, where there were numerous vesicles originated from dicytosomes. Accordingly, some key proteins in LP and PP were detected in E. helioscopia latex using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) proteomics. Further immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that the clathrin heavy chain (CHC) belonging to LP and the ubiquitin-mediated proteasome degradation increases gradually as the laticifer develops. Immuno-electron microscopy revealed that the cysteine protease, CHC and AP-2 complex subunit beta-1 belonging to LP were mainly distributed in vesicles deriving from dicytosomes, which we called lysosome-like vesicles. Ubiquitin was widely distributed in the cytosol, and proteasome activity was significantly reduced when various concentrations of the inhibitor MG132 were added to the latex total protein. We hypothesize that LP and PP are distributed in E. helioscopia laticifers; and it was speculated that LP and PP might be involved in the degradation of organelles and some cytoplasmic matrix in E. helioscopia laticifers.
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- Xiaoai Fang
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Ministry of Education, Xi'an, 710069, China
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Chen P, Shi Q, Liang Z, Lu H, Li R. Comparative profile analysis reveals differentially expressed microRNAs regulate anther and pollen development in kenaf cytoplasmic male sterility line. Genome 2019; 62:455-466. [DOI: 10.1139/gen-2018-0207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is advantageous in extensive crop breeding and represents a perfect model for understanding anther and pollen development research. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in regulating various biological processes. However, the miRNA-mediated regulatory network in kenaf CMS occurrence remains largely unknown. In the present study, a comparative deep sequencing approach was used to investigate the miRNAs and their roles in regulating anther and pollen development during CMS occurrence. We identified 283 known and 46 new candidate miRNAs in kenaf anther. A total of 67 differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) were discovered between CMS and its maintainer line. Among them, 40 and 27 miRNAs were up- and downregulated, respectively. These 67 DEMs were predicted to target 189 genes. Validation of DEMs and putative target genes were confirmed by using real-time quantitative PCR. In addition, a potential miRNA-mediated regulatory network, which mainly involves the auxin signaling pathway, signal transduction, glycolysis and energy metabolism, gene expression, transmembrane transport, protein modification and metabolism, and floral development, that mediates anther development during CMS occurrence was proposed. Taken together, our findings provide a better understanding of the molecular mechanism of miRNA regulation in pollen development and CMS occurrence in kenaf.
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- Peng Chen
- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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Vannini C, Marsoni M, Scoccianti V, Ceccarini C, Domingo G, Bracale M, Crinelli R. Proteasome-mediated remodeling of the proteome and phosphoproteome during kiwifruit pollen germination. J Proteomics 2019; 192:334-345. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Zhao X, Zhang Y, Wang M, Fang X, Cai X. Comparative proteomic analysis of latex from Euphorbia kansui laticifers at different development stages with and without UV-B treatment via iTRAQ-coupled two-dimensional liquid chromatography-MS/MS. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2019; 47:67-79. [PMID: 31818367 DOI: 10.1071/fp19033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Euphorbia kansui Liou, an endemic species in China, is well-known in traditional Chinese medicine. All parts of E. kansui contain white latex, which is the protoplasm constituent of specialised cells known as laticifers. The latex contains many proteins with various biological functions. In the present study, isobaric tagging for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) and MS technology combined with western blot and quantitative real-time PCR analysis were used to identify latex proteins and analyse differentially accumulated proteins in laticifers at different development stages, with and without UV-B treatment according to the E. kansui transcriptome database and the NCBI Euphorbiaceae RefSeq protein database. A total of 322 latex proteins were successfully identified. Proteasome subunits, ubiquitinated proteins, vacuolar ATP synthase (V-ATPase) and lysosomal enzymes decreased, keeping the content at a higher level in laticifers in the early development stage. These results suggest that the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and the lysosome autophagy pathway were involved in the partial degradation of laticifer cytoplasm. In addition, terpenoid biosynthesis-related proteins, 14-3-3 protein, V-ATPase and lysosomal enzymes increased under UV-B treatment, which showed that partial cytoplasmic degradation is positively correlated with secondary metabolite synthesis in the development of E. kansui laticifers. Besides, UV-B radiation can increase plant resistance by promoting laticifer development in E. kansui. This information provides a basis for further exploration of E. kansui laticifer development, and terpenoid synthesis and regulation.
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- Xueyan Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China; and Collaborative Innovation Center of Green Manufacturing Technology for Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shaanxi Province, School of Pharmacy, Shaanxi Institute of International Trade and Commerce, Xianyang, 712046, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China; and Corresponding author.
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Dehors J, Mareck A, Kiefer-Meyer MC, Menu-Bouaouiche L, Lehner A, Mollet JC. Evolution of Cell Wall Polymers in Tip-Growing Land Plant Gametophytes: Composition, Distribution, Functional Aspects and Their Remodeling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:441. [PMID: 31057570 PMCID: PMC6482432 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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During evolution of land plants, the first colonizing species presented leafy-dominant gametophytes, found in non-vascular plants (bryophytes). Today, bryophytes include liverworts, mosses, and hornworts. In the first seedless vascular plants (lycophytes), the sporophytic stage of life started to be predominant. In the seed producing plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms , the gametophytic stage is restricted to reproduction. In mosses and ferns, the haploid spores germinate and form a protonema, which develops into a leafy gametophyte producing rhizoids for anchorage, water and nutrient uptakes. The basal gymnosperms (cycads and Ginkgo) reproduce by zooidogamy. Their pollen grains develop a multi-branched pollen tube that penetrates the nucellus and releases flagellated sperm cells that swim to the egg cell. The pollen grain of other gymnosperms (conifers and gnetophytes) as well as angiosperms germinates and produces a pollen tube that directly delivers the sperm cells to the ovule (siphonogamy). These different gametophytes, which are short or long-lived structures, share a common tip-growing mode of cell expansion. Tip-growth requires a massive cell wall deposition to promote cell elongation, but also a tight spatial and temporal control of the cell wall remodeling in order to modulate the mechanical properties of the cell wall. The growth rate of these cells is very variable depending on the structure and the species, ranging from very slow (protonemata, rhizoids, and some gymnosperm pollen tubes), to a slow to fast-growth in other gymnosperms and angiosperms. In addition, the structural diversity of the female counterparts in angiosperms (dry, semi-dry vs wet stigmas, short vs long, solid vs hollow styles) will impact the speed and efficiency of sperm delivery. As the evolution and diversity of the cell wall polysaccharides accompanied the diversification of cell wall structural proteins and remodeling enzymes, this review focuses on our current knowledge on the biochemistry, the distribution and remodeling of the main cell wall polymers (including cellulose, hemicelluloses, pectins, callose, arabinogalactan-proteins and extensins), during the tip-expansion of gametophytes from bryophytes, pteridophytes (lycophytes and monilophytes), gymnosperms and the monocot and eudicot angiosperms.
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Liu W, Pei M, Zhang A. Studying on the strictly self-compatibility mechanism of 'Liuyefeitao' peach (Prunus persica L.). PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200914. [PMID: 30067848 PMCID: PMC6070229 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Peach (Prunus persica L.) generally exhibits self-pollination, however, they can also be pollinated by other varieties of pollen. Here we found two varieties that are different from other peaches: 'Daifei' and 'Liuyefeitao'. 'Daifei' produces less pollen, which needs artificial pollination, honeybee pollination, and the fruit setting depends on other varieties of peach pollen. 'Liuyefeitao' exhibits strictly self-pollination, hence pollen from other species is rejected. To explore the mechanism of this phenomenon, we performed a high-throughput sequencing of the stigma (including style) of 'Daifei' and 'Liuyefeitao' to explain the rejection mechanism of other varieties of pollen of 'Liuyefeitao' peach. In our study, we found one S gene, and lots of non-S-locus factors such as: F-box proteins, Ub/26S, MAPKs, RLK, and transcription factor were differential expressed between 'Daifei' and 'Liuyefeitao'. We supposed that the strictly self-compatible of 'Liuyefeitao' may result from the synthesis of these factors.
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- Wei Liu
- Shandong Institute of Pomology, Taian, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
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- Shandong Institute of Pomology, Taian, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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Ma Y, Li Q, Hu G, Qin Y. Comparative transcriptional survey between self-incompatibility and self-compatibility in Citrus reticulata Blanco. Gene 2017; 609:52-61. [PMID: 28137595 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Seedlessness is an excellent economical trait, and self-incompatibility (SI) is one of important factors resulting in seedless fruit in Citrus. However, SI molecular mechanism in Citrus is still unclear. In this study, RNA-Seq technology was used to identify differentially expressed genes related to SI reaction of 'Wuzishatangju' (Citrus reticulata Blanco). A total of 35.67GB raw RNA-Seq data was generated and was de novo assembled into 50,364 unigenes with an average length of 897bp and N50 value of 1549. Twenty-three candidate unigenes related to SI were analyzed using qPCR at different tissues and stages after self- and cross-pollination. Seven pollen S genes (Unigene0050323, Unigene0001060, Unigene0004230, Unigene0004222, Unigene0012037, Unigene0048889 and Unigene0004272), three pistil S genes (Unigene0019191, Unigene0040115, Unigene0036542) and three genes (Unigene0038751, Unigene0031435 and Unigene0029897) associated with the pathway of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis were identified. Unigene0031435, Unigene0038751 and Unigene0029897 are probably involved in SI reaction of 'Wuzishatangju' based on expression analyses. The present study provides a new insight into the molecular mechanism of SI in Citrus at the transcriptional level.
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- Yuewen Ma
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops-South China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops-South China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops-South China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops-South China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Liu H, Wang X, Ren K, Li K, Wei M, Wang W, Sheng X. Light Deprivation-Induced Inhibition of Chloroplast Biogenesis Does Not Arrest Embryo Morphogenesis But Strongly Reduces the Accumulation of Storage Reserves during Embryo Maturation in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1287. [PMID: 28775734 PMCID: PMC5517488 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The chloroplast is one of the most important organelles found exclusively in plant and algal cells. Previous reports indicated that the chloroplast is involved in plant embryogenesis, but the role of the organelle during embryo morphogenesis and maturation is still a controversial question demanding further research. In the present study, siliques of Arabidopsis at the early globular stage were enwrapped using tinfoil, and light deprivation-induced inhibition of the chloroplast biogenesis were validated by stereomicroscope, laser scanning confocal microscope and transmission electron microscope. Besides, the effects of inhibited chloroplast differentiation on embryogenesis, especially on the reserve deposition were analyzed using periodic acid-Schiff reaction, Nile red labeling, and Coomassie brilliant blue staining. Our results indicated that tinfoil enwrapping strongly inhibited the formation of chloroplasts, which did not arrest embryo morphogenesis, but markedly influenced embryo maturation, mainly through reducing the accumulation of storage reserves, especially starch grains and oil. Our data provide a new insight into the roles of the chloroplast during embryogenesis.
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- Huichao Liu
- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityBeijing, China
- *Correspondence: Xianyong Sheng,
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Ghahremani M, Stigter KA, Plaxton W. Extraction and Characterization of Extracellular Proteins and Their Post-Translational Modifications from Arabidopsis thaliana Suspension Cell Cultures and Seedlings: A Critical Review. Proteomes 2016; 4:E25. [PMID: 28248235 PMCID: PMC5217358 DOI: 10.3390/proteomes4030025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Proteins secreted by plant cells into the extracellular space, consisting of the cell wall, apoplastic fluid, and rhizosphere, play crucial roles during development, nutrient acquisition, and stress acclimation. However, isolating the full range of secreted proteins has proven difficult, and new strategies are constantly evolving to increase the number of proteins that can be detected and identified. In addition, the dynamic nature of the extracellular proteome presents the further challenge of identifying and characterizing the post-translational modifications (PTMs) of secreted proteins, particularly glycosylation and phosphorylation. Such PTMs are common and important regulatory modifications of proteins, playing a key role in many biological processes. This review explores the most recent methods in isolating and characterizing the plant extracellular proteome with a focus on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, highlighting the current challenges yet to be overcome. Moreover, the crucial role of protein PTMs in cell wall signalling, development, and plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress is discussed.
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- Mina Ghahremani
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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Shen Q, Hu T, Bao M, Cao L, Zhang H, Song F, Xie Q, Zhou X. Tobacco RING E3 Ligase NtRFP1 Mediates Ubiquitination and Proteasomal Degradation of a Geminivirus-Encoded βC1. MOLECULAR PLANT 2016; 9:911-25. [PMID: 27018391 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2016.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The βC1 protein encoded by the Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus-associated betasatellite functions as a pathogenicity determinant. To better understand the molecular basis whereby βC1 functions in pathogenicity, a yeast two-hybrid screen of a tobacco cDNA library was carried out using βC1 as the bait. The screen revealed that βC1 interacts with a tobacco RING-finger protein designated NtRFP1, which was further confirmed by the bimolecular fluorescence complementation and co-immunoprecipitation assays in Nicotiana benthamiana cells. Expression of NtRFP1 was induced by βC1, and in vitro ubiquitination assays showed that NtRFP1 is a functional E3 ubiquitin ligase that mediates βC1 ubiquitination. In addition, βC1 was shown to be ubiquitinated in vivo and degraded by the plant 26S proteasome. After viral infection, plants overexpressing NtRFP1 developed attenuated symptoms, whereas plants with silenced expression of NtRFP1 showed severe symptoms. Other lines of evidence showed that NtRFP1 attenuates βC1-induced symptoms through promoting its degradation by the 26S proteasome. Taken together, our results suggest that tobacco RING E3 ligase NtRFP1 attenuates disease symptoms by interacting with βC1 to mediate its ubiquitination and degradation via the ubiquitin/26S proteasome system.
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- Qingtang Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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Wang W, Sheng X, Shu Z, Li D, Pan J, Ye X, Chang P, Li X, Wang Y. Combined Cytological and Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals a Nitric Oxide Signaling Pathway Involved in Cold-Inhibited Camellia sinensis Pollen Tube Growth. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:456. [PMID: 27148289 PMCID: PMC4830839 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) as a signaling molecule plays crucial roles in many abiotic stresses in plant development processes, including pollen tube growth. Here, the signaling networks dominated by NO during cold stress that inhibited Camellia sinensis pollen tube growth are investigated in vitro. Cytological analysis show that cold-induced NO is involved in the inhibition of pollen tube growth along with disruption of the cytoplasmic Ca(2+) gradient, increase in ROS content, acidification of cytoplasmic pH and abnormalities in organelle ultrastructure and cell wall component distribution in the pollen tube tip. Furthermore, differentially expressed genes (DEGs)-related to signaling pathway, such as NO synthesis, cGMP, Ca(2+), ROS, pH, actin, cell wall, and MAPK cascade signal pathways, are identified and quantified using transcriptomic analyses and qRT-PCR, which indicate a potential molecular mechanism for the above cytological results. Taken together, these findings suggest that a complex signaling network dominated by NO, including Ca(2+), ROS, pH, RACs signaling and the crosstalk among them, is stimulated in the C. sinensis pollen tube in response to cold stress, which further causes secondary and tertiary alterations, such as ultrastructural abnormalities in organelles and cell wall construction, ultimately resulting in perturbed pollen tube extension.
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- Weidong Wang
- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityBeijing, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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Zhang J, Wu LS, Fan W, Zhang XL, Jia HX, Li Y, Yin YF, Hu JJ, Lu MZ. Proteomic analysis and candidate allergenic proteins in Populus deltoides CL. "2KEN8" mature pollen. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:548. [PMID: 26284084 PMCID: PMC4518142 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Proteomic analysis was used to generate a map of Populus deltoides CL. "2KEN8" mature pollen proteins. By applying 2-D electrophoresis, we resolved 403 protein spots from mature pollen. Using the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time time-of-flight/time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry method, we identified 178 distinct proteins from 218 protein spots expressed in mature pollen. Moreover, out of these, 28 proteins were identified as putative allergens. The expression patterns of these putative allergen genes indicate that several of these genes are highly expressed in pollen. In addition, the members of profilin allergen family were analyzed and their expression patterns were compared with their homologous genes in Arabidopsis and rice. Knowledge of these identified allergens has the potential to improve specific diagnosis and allergen immunotherapy treatment for patients with poplar pollen allergy.
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- Jin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing, China
- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
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- Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of ForestryBeijing, China
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing, China
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Wang X, Zhang S, Gao Y, Lü W, Sheng X. Different heavy metals have various effects on Picea wilsonii pollen germination and tube growth. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2015; 10:e989015. [PMID: 25830714 PMCID: PMC4622978 DOI: 10.4161/15592324.2014.989015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Revised: 09/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Heavy metal pollution has became one of the realistic matters of globality. Previous reports indicated that heavy metals could significantly inhibit pollen germination and tube growth. In the present study, comparative studies on the effects of different heavy metals (As, Hg, Cd, Cr and Cu) on in-vitro picea wilsonii pollen germination and tube growth were carried out. Microscopic evaluation revealed that different heavy metals had various degree of toxicity on P. wilsonii pollen tube development. As showed the most toxic effects on pollen germination, which was followed by Hg and Cd, while Cr and Cu showed relatively lower toxicity. Besides, pollen tubes showed varying shapes in response to different heavy metal stress. Pollen tubes treated with Cd, Hg and As were usually characterized by irregularly increasing diameters and swelling tips with distinct cytoplasimic vacuolation. On the other hand, except for the slightly increased diameters, no obvious abnormal shape were observed in tubes treated with Cr or Cu. Lyso-Tracker Green staining indicated that only Cd-treated pollen tubes showed numerous vacuole-like acidic organelles, though cytoplasmic vacuolization were also observed in pollen tubes treated with Hg and A. In brief, our data indicated that different heavy metals have various effects on Picea wilsonii pollen germination and tube growth, and that in-vitro pollen culture might be used as a competent system for biomonitoring of air pollution.
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- Xiaoxia Wang
- College of Life Sciences; Capital Normal University; Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences; Capital Normal University; Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences; Capital Normal University; Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences; Capital Normal University; Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences; Capital Normal University; Beijing, China
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Vannini C, Bracale M, Crinelli R, Marconi V, Campomenosi P, Marsoni M, Scoccianti V. Proteomic analysis of MG132-treated germinating pollen reveals expression signatures associated with proteasome inhibition. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108811. [PMID: 25265451 PMCID: PMC4181863 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chemical inhibition of the proteasome has been previously found to effectively impair pollen germination and tube growth in vitro. However, the mediators of these effects at the molecular level are unknown. By performing 2DE proteomic analysis, 24 differentially expressed protein spots, representing 14 unique candidate proteins, were identified in the pollen of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) germinated in the presence of the MG132 proteasome inhibitor. qPCR analysis revealed that 11 of these proteins are not up-regulated at the mRNA level, but are most likely stabilized by proteasome inhibition. These differentially expressed proteins are predicted to function in various pathways including energy and lipid metabolism, cell wall synthesis, protein synthesis/degradation and stress responses. In line with this evidence, the MG132-induced changes in the proteome were accompanied by an increase in ATP and ROS content and by an alteration in fatty acid composition.
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- Candida Vannini
- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Biologia Vegetale, Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino, Italy
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Hosp J, Ribarits A, Retzer K, Jin Y, Tashpulatov A, Resch T, Friedmann C, Ankele E, Voronin V, Palme K, Heberle-Bors E, Touraev A. A tobacco homolog of DCN1 is involved in pollen development and embryogenesis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2014; 33:1187-202. [PMID: 24748527 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1609-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Revised: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE We show that DCN1 binds ubiquitin and RUB/NEDD8, associates with cullin, and is functionally conserved. DCN1 activity is required for pollen development transitions and embryogenesis, and for pollen tube growth. Plant proteomes show remarkable plasticity in reaction to environmental challenges and during developmental transitions. Some of this adaptability comes from ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation regulated by cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases (CRLs). CRLs are activated through modification of the cullin subunit with the ubiquitin-like protein RUB/NEDD8 by an E3 ligase called defective in cullin neddylation 1 (DCN1). Here we show that tobacco DCN1 binds ubiquitin and RUB/NEDD8 and associates with cullin. When knocked down by RNAi, tobacco pollen formation was affected and zygotic embryogenesis was blocked around the globular stage. Additionally, we found that RNAi of DCN1 inhibited the stress-triggered reprogramming of cultured microspores from their intrinsic gametophytic mode of development to an embryogenic state. This stress-induced developmental switch is a known feature in many important crops and leads ultimately to the formation of haploid embryos and plants. Compensating the RNAi effect by re-transformation with a promoter-silencing construct restored pollen development and zygotic embryogenesis, as well as the ability for stress-induced formation of embryogenic microspores. Overexpression of DCN1 accelerated pollen tube growth and increased the potential for microspore reprogramming. These results demonstrate that the biochemical function of DCN1 is conserved in plants and that its activity is involved in transitions during pollen development and embryogenesis, and for pollen tube growth.
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- Julia Hosp
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna University, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, 1030, Vienna, Austria
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Cadmium stress disrupts the endomembrane organelles and endocytosis during Picea wilsonii pollen germination and tube growth. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94721. [PMID: 24722362 PMCID: PMC3983259 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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As one of the most severe pollutants, cadmium has been reported to be harmful to plant cells, but the effects of cadmium on gymnosperm pollen germination and tube growth and the mechanism of this involvement are still unclear. Here, we report that cadmium not only strongly inhibited P. wilsonii pollen germination and tube growth, but also significantly altered tube morphology in a dose-dependent manner. Time-lapse images obtained with a laser scanning confocal microscope revealed that endocytosis was dramatically inhibited by cadmium stress. Further investigation with ER-Tracker dye indicated that cadmium stress reduced the number of the Golgi apparatus, and induced dilation of ER. Additionally, Lyso-Tracker staining showed that cadmium distinctly promoted the formation of acidic organelles in pollen tubes, likely derived from the dilated ER. Taken together, our studies indicated that P. wilsonii pollens were highly susceptible to cadmium stress, and that cadmium stress strongly inhibited pollen germination and tube growth by disrupting the endomembrane organelles, inhibiting endo/exocytosis, and forming acidic vacuoles, resulting in swollen tube tips and irregularly broadened tube diameters. These findings provide a new insight into the effects of cadmium toxicity on the tip growth of pollen tubes.
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Wilkins KA, Poulter NS, Franklin-Tong VE. Taking one for the team: self-recognition and cell suicide in pollen. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:1331-42. [PMID: 24449385 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is an important genetically controlled mechanism used by many angiosperms to prevent self-fertilization and inbreeding. A multiallelic S-locus allows discrimination between 'self' (incompatible) pollen from 'nonself' pollen at the pistil. Interaction of matching pollen and pistil S-determinants allows 'self' recognition and triggers rejection of incompatible pollen. The S-determinants for Papaver rhoeas (poppy) are PrsS and PrpS. PrsS is a small secreted protein that acts as a signalling ligand to interact with its cognate pollen S-determinant PrpS, a small novel transmembrane protein. Interaction of PrsS with incompatible pollen stimulates increases in cytosolic free Ca(2+) and involves influx of Ca(2+) and K(+). Data implicate involvement of reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide signalling in the SI response. Downstream targets include the cytoskeleton, a soluble inorganic pyrophosphatase, Pr-p26.1, and a MAP kinase, PrMPK9-1. A major focus for SI-induced signalling is to initiate programmed cell death (PCD). In this review we provide an overview of our understanding of SI, with focus on how the signals and components are integrated, in particular, how reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, and the actin cytoskeleton feed into a PCD network. We also discuss our recent functional expression of PrpS in Arabidopsis thaliana pollen in the context of understanding how PCD signalling systems may have evolved.
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- Katie A Wilkins
- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Largo-Gosens A, Hernández-Altamirano M, García-Calvo L, Alonso-Simón A, Álvarez J, Acebes JL. Fourier transform mid infrared spectroscopy applications for monitoring the structural plasticity of plant cell walls. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:303. [PMID: 25071791 PMCID: PMC4074895 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Fourier transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used as a potent, fast and non-destructive procedure for analyzing cell wall architectures, with the capacity to provide abundant information about their polymers, functional groups, and in muro entanglement. In conjunction with multivariate analyses, this method has proved to be a valuable tool for tracking alterations in cell walls. The present review examines recent progress in the use of FT-MIR spectroscopy to monitor cell wall changes occurring in muro as a result of various factors, such as growth and development processes, genetic modifications, exposition or habituation to cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors and responses to other abiotic or biotic stresses, as well as its biotechnological applications.
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- *Correspondence: José L. Acebes, Área de Fisiología Vegetal, Departamento de Ingeniería y Ciencias Agrarias, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, E-24071 León, Spain e-mail:
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Peng L, Zhang L, Cheng X, Fan LS, Hao HQ. Disruption of cellulose synthesis by 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile affects the structure of the cytoskeleton and cell wall construction in Arabidopsis. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2013; 15:405-14. [PMID: 22759307 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00630.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Cellulose is the major component of plant cell walls and is an important source of industrial raw material. Although cellulose biosynthesis is one of the most important biochemical processes in plant biology, the regulatory mechanisms of cellulose synthesis are still unclear. Here, we report that 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile (DCB), an inhibitor of cellulose synthesis, inhibits Arabidopsis root development in a dose- and time-dependent manner. When treated with DCB, the plant cell wall showed altered cellulose distribution and intensity, as shown by calcofluor white and S4B staining. Moreover, pectin deposition was reduced in the presence of DCB when immunostained with the monoclonal antibody JIM5, which was raised against pectin epitopes. This result was confirmed using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis. Confocal microscopy revealed that the organisation of the microtubule cytoskeleton was significantly disrupted in the presence of low concentrations of DCB, whereas the actin cytoskeleton only showed changes with the application of high DCB concentrations. In addition, the subcellular dynamics of Golgi bodies labelled with N-ST-YFP and TGN labelled with VHA-a1-GFP were both partially blocked by DCB. Transmission electron microscopy indicated that the cell wall structure was affected by DCB, as were the Golgi bodies. Scanning electron microscopy showed changes in the organisation of cellulose microfibrils. These results suggest that the inhibition of cellulose synthesis by DCB not only induced changes in the chemical composition of the root cell wall and cytoskeleton structure, but also changed the distribution of cellulose microfibrils, implying that cellulose plays an important role in root development in Arabidopsis.
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- L Peng
- School of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China
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Molecular characterization and expression analysis of ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1 gene in Citrus reticulata. Gene 2012; 513:249-59. [PMID: 23154060 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Revised: 09/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1 (UBE1) catalyzes the first step in the ubiquitination reaction, which targets a protein for degradation via a proteasome pathway. UBE1 plays an important role in metabolic processes. In this study, full-length cDNA and DNA sequences of UBE1 gene, designated CrUBE1, were obtained from 'Wuzishatangju' (self-incompatible, SI) and 'Shatangju' (self-compatible, SC) mandarins. 5 amino acids and 8 bases were different in cDNA and DNA sequences of CrUBE1 between 'Wuzishatangju' and 'Shatangju', respectively. Southern blot analysis showed that there existed only one copy of the CrUBE1 gene in genome of 'Wuzishatangju' and 'Shatangju'. The temporal and spatial expression characteristics of the CrUBE1 gene were investigated using semi-quantitative RT-PCR (SqPCR) and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). The expression level of the CrUBE1 gene in anthers of 'Shatangju' was approximately 10-fold higher than in anthers of 'Wuzishatangju'. The highest expression level of CrUBE1 was detected in pistils at 7days after self-pollination of 'Wuzishatangju', which was approximately 5-fold higher than at 0 h. To obtain CrUBE1 protein, the full-length cDNA of CrUBE1 genes from 'Wuzishatangju' and 'Shatangju' were successfully expressed in Pichia pastoris. Pollen germination frequency of 'Wuzishatangju' was significantly inhibited with increasing of CrUBE1 protein concentrations from 'Wuzishatangju'.
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Different degree in proteasome malfunction has various effects on root growth possibly through preventing cell division and promoting autophagic vacuolization. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45673. [PMID: 23029176 PMCID: PMC3448697 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The ubiquitin/proteasome pathway plays a vital role in plant development. But the effects of proteasome malfunction on root growth, and the mechanism underlying this involvement remains unclear. In the present study, the effects of proteasome inhibitors on Arabidopsis root growth were studied through the analysis of the root length, and meristem size and cell length in maturation zone using FM4-64, and cell-division potential using GFP fusion cyclin B, and accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins using immunofluorescence labeling, and autophagy activity using LysoTracker and MDC. The results indicated that lower concentration of proteasome inhibitors promoted root growth, whereas higher concentration of inhibitors had the opposite effects. The accumulation of cyclin B was linked to MG132-induced decline in meristem size, indicating that proteasome malfunction prevented cell division. Besides, MG132-induced accumulation of the ubiquitinated proteins was associated with the increasing fluorescence signal of LysoTracker and MDC in the elongation zone, revealing a link between the activation of autophagy and proteasome malfunction. These results suggest that weak proteasome malfunction activates moderate autophagy and promotes cell elongation, which compensates the inhibitor-induced reduction of cell division, resulting in long roots. Whereas strong proteasome malfunction induces severe autophagy and disturbs cell elongation, resulting in short roots.
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Sheng X, Zhang S, Jiang L, Li K, Gao Y, Li X. Lead stress disrupts the cytoskeleton organization and cell wall construction during Picea wilsonii pollen germination and tube growth. Biol Trace Elem Res 2012; 146:86-93. [PMID: 21947795 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9212-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lead is a widespread pollutant and has been reported to inhibit pollen tube development, but the mechanism of toxicity involved remains unclear. Here, we report that lead stress significantly prevented Picea wilsonii pollen germination and tube growth and also dramatically altered the tube morphology in a concentration-dependent manner. Fluorescence labeling with JIM 5 (anti-acidic pectin antibody) and Calcofluor white revealed the lead-induced decline of acidic pectin and cellulose, especially in the subapical region. Decolorized aniline blue staining showed the marked accumulation of callose in the apical and subapical regions of lead-treated tubes. Fluorescence labeling with Alexa Fluor 568 phalloidin and anti-tubulin antibody revealed that the distribution of the cytoskeleton in P. wilsonii pollen grains and tubes were developmentally regulated and that lead disturbed the cytoskeleton organization, especially in the shank of the pollen tubes. Taken together, our experiments revealed a link between the dynamics of cytoskeleton organization and the process of P. wilsonii pollen tube development and also indicated that lead disturbed the cytoskeleton assembly and, consequently, cell wall construction. These findings provide new insights into the mechanism of lead toxicity in the tip growth of pollen tubes.
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- Xianyong Sheng
- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, North Xisanhuan 105, Beijing, 100048, China.
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Vannini C, Domingo G, Marsoni M, Bracale M, Sestili S, Ficcadenti N, Speranza A, Crinelli R, Carloni E, Scoccianti V. Proteomic changes and molecular effects associated with Cr(III) and Cr(VI) treatments on germinating kiwifruit pollen. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2011; 72:1786-1795. [PMID: 21708391 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Revised: 05/25/2011] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The present study is aimed at identifying molecular changes elicited by Cr(III) and Cr(VI) on germinating kiwifruit pollen. To address this question, comparative proteomic and DNA laddering analyses were performed. While no genotoxic effect was detected, a number of proteins whose accumulation levels were altered by treatments were identified. In particular, the upregulation of some proteins involved in the scavenging response, cell redox homeostasis and lipid synthesis could be interpreted as an oxidative stress response induced by Cr treatment. The strong reduction of two proteins involved in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and a decline in ATP levels were also observed. The decrease of pollen energy availability could be one of the causes of the severe inhibition of the pollen germination observed upon exposure to both Cr(III) and Cr(VI). Finally, proteomic and biochemical data indicate proteasome impairment: the consequential accumulation of misfolded/damaged proteins could be an important molecular mechanism of Cr(III) toxicity in pollen.
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- C Vannini
- Dipartimento Ambiente, Salute, Sicurezza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Via G.B. Vico 46, 21100 Varese, Italy
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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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Zhong J, Ren Y, Yu M, Ma T, Zhang X, Zhao J. Roles of arabinogalactan proteins in cotyledon formation and cell wall deposition during embryo development of Arabidopsis. PROTOPLASMA 2011; 248:551-63. [PMID: 20830495 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0204-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2010] [Accepted: 08/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) are a class of highly glycosylated, widely distributed proteins in higher plants. In the previous study, we found that the green fluorescence from JIM13-labeled AGPs was mainly distributed in embryo proper and the basal part of suspensor but gradually disappeared after the torpedo-stage embryos in Arabidopsis. And (β-D-Glc)(3) Yariv phenylglycoside (βGlcY), a synthetic reagent that specifically binds to AGPs, could inhibit embryo development. In this study, as a continuous work, we investigated the AGP functions in embryo germination, cotyledon formation, and cell wall deposition in Arabidopsis embryos by using immunofluorescent, immunoenzyme, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques. The results showed that 50 μM βGlcY caused inhibition of embryo germination, formation of abnormal cotyledon embryos, and disorder of cotyledon vasculature. Compared with the normal embryos in vitro and in vivo, the AGPs and pectin signals were quite weaker in the whole abnormal embryos, whereas the cellulose signal was stronger in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) of abnormal embryo by calcofluor white staining. The FTIR assay demonstrated that the cell wall of abnormal embryos was relatively poorer in pectins and richer in cellulose than those of normal embryos. By TEM observation, the SAM cells of the abnormal embryos had less cytoplasm, more plastid and starch grains, and larger vacuole than that of normal embryos. These results indicated that AGPs may play roles in embryo germination, cotyledon formation, cell wall cellulose and pectin deposition, and cell division potentiality during embryo development of Arabidopsis.
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- Jing Zhong
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Bona E, Marsano F, Massa N, Cattaneo C, Cesaro P, Argese E, Sanità di Toppi L, Cavaletto M, Berta G. Proteomic analysis as a tool for investigating arsenic stress in Pteris vittata roots colonized or not by arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. J Proteomics 2011; 74:1338-50. [PMID: 21457805 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2011] [Revised: 03/22/2011] [Accepted: 03/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Pteris vittata can tolerate very high soil arsenic concentration and rapidly accumulates the metalloid in its fronds. However, its tolerance to arsenic has not been completely explored. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi colonize the root of most terrestrial plants, including ferns. Mycorrhizae are known to affect plant responses in many ways: improving plant nutrition, promoting plant tolerance or resistance to pathogens, drought, salinity and heavy metal stresses. It has been observed that plants growing on arsenic polluted soils are usually mycorrhizal and that AM fungi enhance arsenic tolerance in a number of plant species. The aim of the present work was to study the effects of the AM fungus Glomus mosseae on P. vittata plants treated with arsenic using a proteomic approach. Image analysis showed that 37 spots were differently affected (21 identified). Arsenic treatment affected the expression of 14 spots (12 up-regulated and 2 down-regulated), while in presence of G. mosseae modulated 3 spots (1 up-regulated and 2 down-regulated). G. mosseae, in absence of arsenic, modulated 17 spots (13 up-regulated and 4 down-regulated). Arsenic stress was observed even in an arsenic tolerant plant as P. vittata and a protective effect of AM symbiosis toward arsenic stress was observed.
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- Elisa Bona
- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Università del Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro, Alessandria, Novara, Vercelli, Italy.
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Sheng XY, Dong XL, Zhang SS, Jiang LP, Zhu J, Wang L. Mitochondrial dynamics and its responds to proteasome defection during Picea wilsonii pollen tube development. Cell Biochem Funct 2010; 28:420-5. [PMID: 20589737 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Tip growth of pollen tubes is essential for higher plant sexual reproduction and has been proposed to be highly regulated by the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway (UPP). The dynamics of mitochondria and the functions of the UPP on mitochondrial dynamics during pollen tube development are still poorly understood. In the present study, using real-time laser scanning and transmission electron microscope, it was revealed that mitochondria in Picea wilsonii, are either ellipsoid or filamentous with various lengths. Time-lapse images indicated that the two forms of mitochondria interconvert frequently through opposite process of fusion and fission. Examination of mitochondrial morphology during four key stages of in vitro pollen tube development revealed a link between mitochondrial remodeling and the process of pollen tube elongation. We also report that MG132, a specific proteasome inhibitor, not only strongly disturbed the mitochondrial remodeling but also significantly reduced mitochondrial membrane potential during pollen tube development. This finding provides new insight into the function of the proteasome in tip growth of pollen tubes.
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- Xian-Yong Sheng
- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
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Young JTF, Heikkila JJ. Proteasome inhibition induces hsp30 and hsp70 gene expression as well as the acquisition of thermotolerance in Xenopus laevis A6 cells. Cell Stress Chaperones 2010; 15:323-34. [PMID: 19838833 PMCID: PMC2866991 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-009-0147-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2009] [Revised: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 09/29/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Previous studies have shown that inhibiting the activity of the proteasome leads to the accumulation of damaged or unfolded proteins within the cell. In this study, we report that proteasome inhibitors, lactacystin and carbobenzoxy-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-leucinal (MG132), induced the accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins as well as a dose- and time-dependent increase in the relative levels of heat shock protein (HSP)30 and HSP70 and their respective mRNAs in Xenopus laevis A6 kidney epithelial cells. In A6 cells recovering from MG132 exposure, HSP30 and HSP70 levels were still elevated after 24 h but decreased substantially after 48 h. The activation of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) may be involved in MG132-induced hsp gene expression in A6 cells since KNK437, a HSF1 inhibitor, repressed the accumulation of HSP30 and HSP70. Exposing A6 cells to simultaneous MG132 and mild heat shock enhanced the accumulation of HSP30 and HSP70 to a much greater extent than with each stressor alone. Immunocytochemical studies determined that HSP30 was localized primarily in the cytoplasm of lactacystin- or MG132-treated cells. In some cells treated with higher concentrations of MG132 or lactacystin, we observed in the cortical cytoplasm (1) relatively large HSP30 staining structures, (2) colocalization of actin and HSP30, and (3) cytoplasmic areas that were devoid of HSP30. Lastly, MG132 treatment of A6 cells conferred a state of thermotolerance such that they were able to survive a subsequent thermal challenge.
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- Jordan T. F. Young
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada N2L 3G1
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Zheng M, Wang Q, Teng Y, Wang X, Wang F, Chen T, Samaj J, Lin J, Logan DC. The speed of mitochondrial movement is regulated by the cytoskeleton and myosin in Picea wilsonii pollen tubes. PLANTA 2010; 231:779-91. [PMID: 20033230 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-009-1086-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Strategic control of mitochondrial movements and cellular distribution is essential for correct cell function and survival. However, despite being a vital process, mitochondrial movement in plant cells is a poorly documented phenomenon. To investigate the roles of actin filaments and microtubules on mitochondrial movements, Picea wilsonii pollen tubes were treated with two microtubule-disrupting drugs, two actin-disrupting drugs and a myosin inhibitor. Following these treatments, mitochondrial movements were characterized by multiangle evanescent wave microscopy and laser-scanning confocal microscopy. The results showed that individual mitochondria underwent three classes of linear movement: high-speed movement (instantaneous velocities >5.0 microm/s), low-speed movement (instantaneous velocities <5.0 microm/s) and variable-speed movement (instantaneous velocities ranging from 0.16 to 10.35 microm/s). 10 nM latrunculin B induced fragmentation of actin filaments and completely inhibited mitochondrial vectorial movement. Jasplakinolide treatment induced a 28% reduction in chondriome motility, and dramatically inhibition of high-speed and variable-speed movements. Treatment with 2,3-butanedione 2-monoxime caused a 61% reduction of chondriome motility, and the complete inhibition of high-speed and low-speed movements. In contrast to actin-disrupting drugs, microtubule-disrupting drugs caused mild effects on mitochondrial movement. Taxol increased the speed of mitochondrial movement in cortical cytoplasm. Oryzalin induced curved mitochondrial trajectories with similar velocities as in the control pollen tubes. These results suggest that mitochondrial movement at low speeds in pollen tubes is driven by myosin, while high-speed and variable-speed movements are powered both by actin filament dynamics and myosin. In addition, microtubule dynamics has profound effects on mitochondrial velocity, trajectory and positioning via its role in directing the arrangement of actin filaments.
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- Maozhong Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Molecular Environmental Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China
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Dielen AS, Badaoui S, Candresse T, German-Retana S. The ubiquitin/26S proteasome system in plant-pathogen interactions: a never-ending hide-and-seek game. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2010; 11:293-308. [PMID: 20447278 PMCID: PMC6640532 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2009.00596.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The ubiquitin/26S proteasome system (UPS) plays a central role in plant protein degradation. Over the past few years, the importance of this pathway in plant-pathogen interactions has been increasingly highlighted. UPS is involved in almost every step of the defence mechanisms in plants, regardless of the type of pathogen. In addition to its proteolytic activities, UPS, through its 20S RNase activity, may be part of a still unknown antiviral defence pathway. Strikingly, UPS is not only a weapon used by plants to defend themselves, but also a target for some pathogens that have evolved mechanisms to inhibit and/or use this system for their own purposes. This article attempts to summarize the current knowledge on UPS involvement in plant-microbe interactions, a complex scheme that illustrates the never-ending arms race between hosts and microbes.
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- Anne-Sophie Dielen
- Interactions Plante-Virus, UMR GDPP 1090, INRA Université de Bordeaux 2, BP 81, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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Sheoran IS, Pedersen EJ, Ross ARS, Sawhney VK. Dynamics of protein expression during pollen germination in canola (Brassica napus). PLANTA 2009; 230:779-93. [PMID: 19629521 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-009-0983-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The proteome of mature (MP) and in vitro germinating pollen (GP) of canola (Brassica napus) were analyzed using the DIGE technology with the objective of identifying proteins and their function in pollen germination. Of the 2,238 protein spots detected in gel images, 344 were differentially expressed in MP and GP samples of which 165 were subjected to MALDI-TOF/TOF and 130 were successfully identified using the NCBInr and Brassica EST databases. The major proteins up-regulated in GP, relative to MP, have roles in carbohydrate metabolism, protein metabolism, and cell wall remodeling. Others with roles in cytoskeleton dynamics, nucleotide and amino acid metabolism, signal transduction, and stress response also showed higher expression in GP. Proteins concerned with transcriptional regulation and ion transport were similar in MP and GP, and some catalases and LEA proteins were down-regulated in GP. A number of proteins including, oleosin, cruciferin, and enolase, were released into the pollen germination medium indicating their potential role in pollen-stigma interaction. Glycosylated proteins were also identified in MP and GP, but their protein profiles were not different. This study has documented the dynamics of protein expression during pollen germination and early tube growth in B. napus and provides insights into the fundamental mechanisms involved in these processes, and in cell growth, cell-cell communication, and cell signaling.
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- Inder S Sheoran
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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Zou J, Song L, Zhang W, Wang Y, Ruan S, Wu WH. Comparative proteomic analysis of Arabidopsis mature pollen and germinated pollen. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 51:438-55. [PMID: 19508356 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2009.00823.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Proteomic analysis was applied to generating the map of Arabidopsis mature pollen proteins and analyzing the differentially expressed proteins that are potentially involved in the regulation of Arabidopsis pollen germination. By applying 2-D electrophoresis and silver staining, we resolved 499 and 494 protein spots from protein samples extracted from pollen grains and pollen tubes, respectively. Using the matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry method, we identified 189 distinct proteins from 213 protein spots expressed in mature pollen or pollen tubes, and 75 new identified proteins that had not been reported before in research into the Arabidopsis pollen proteome. Comparative analysis revealed that 40 protein spots exhibit reproducible significant changes between mature pollen and pollen tubes. And 21 proteins from 17 downregulated and six upregulated protein spots were identified. Functional category analysis indicated that these differentially expressed proteins mainly involved in signaling, cellular structure, transport, defense/stress responses, transcription, metabolism, and energy production. The patterns of changes at protein level suggested the important roles for energy metabolism-related proteins in pollen tube growth, accompanied by the activation of the stress response pathway and modifications to the cell wall.
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- Junjie Zou
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Honys D, Rĕnák D, Feciková J, Jedelský PL, Nebesárová J, Dobrev P, Capková V. Cytoskeleton-associated large RNP complexes in tobacco male gametophyte (EPPs) are associated with ribosomes and are involved in protein synthesis, processing, and localization. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:2015-31. [PMID: 19714881 DOI: 10.1021/pr8009897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The progamic phase of male gametophyte development involves activation of synthetic and catabolic processes required for the rapid growth of the pollen tube. It is well-established that both transcription and translation play an important role in global and specific gene expression patterns during pollen maturation. On the contrary, germination of many pollen species has been shown to be largely independent of transcription but vitally dependent on translation of stored mRNAs. Here, we report the first structural and proteomic data about large ribonucleoprotein particles (EPPs) in tobacco male gametophyte. These complexes are formed in immature pollen where they contain translationally silent mRNAs. Although massively activated at the early progamic phase, they also serve as a long-term storage of mRNA transported along with the translational machinery to the tip region. Moreover, EPPs were shown to contain ribosomal subunits, rRNAs and a set of mRNAs. Presented results extend our view of EPP complexes from mere RNA storage and transport compartment in particular stages of pollen development to the complex and well-organized machinery devoted to mRNA storage, transport and subsequent controlled activation resulting in protein synthesis, processing and precise localization. Such an organization is extremely useful in fast tip-growing pollen tube. There, massive and orchestrated protein synthesis, processing, and transport must take place in accurately localized regions. Moreover, presented complex role of EPPs in tobacco cytoplasmic mRNA and protein metabolism makes them likely to be active in another plant species too. Expression of vast majority of the closest orthologues of EPP proteins also in Arabidopsis male gametophyte further extends this concept from tobacco to Arabidopsis, the model species with advanced tricellular pollen.
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- David Honys
- Laboratory of Pollen Biology, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR, v. v. i., Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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Speranza A, Taddei AR, Gambellini G, Ovidi E, Scoccianti V. The cell wall of kiwifruit pollen tubes is a target for chromium toxicity: alterations to morphology, callose pattern and arabinogalactan protein distribution. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2009; 11:179-193. [PMID: 19228325 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00129.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Trivalent chromium has previously been found to effectively inhibit kiwifruit pollen tube emergence and elongation in vitro. In the present study, a photometric measure of increases in tube wall production during germination showed that 25 and 50 mum CrCl(3) treatment induced a substantial reduction in levels of polysaccharides in walls over those in controls. Moreover, chromium-treated kiwifruit pollen tubes had irregular and indented cell walls. Callose, the major tube wall polysaccharide, was deposited in an anomalous punctuate pattern. Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs), which are integral in maintaining correct tube growth and shape in kiwifruit pollen, were found to be strongly altered in their distribution after CrCl(3) treatment compared to control tube walls. Transmission electron microscopy-immunogold analysis using four monoclonal antibodies (JIM8, JIM13, JIM14 and MAC207) revealed discontinuous AGP distribution within the treated tube walls. Such clearly discernable alterations in the molecular and morphological architecture of pollen tube walls may be detrimental in vivo for the male gametophyte to accomplish its vital role in the fertilisation process.
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- A Speranza
- Dipartimento di Biologia ES, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Gallois JL, Guyon-Debast A, Lécureuil A, Vezon D, Carpentier V, Bonhomme S, Guerche P. The Arabidopsis proteasome RPT5 subunits are essential for gametophyte development and show accession-dependent redundancy. THE PLANT CELL 2009; 21:442-59. [PMID: 19223514 PMCID: PMC2660631 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.062372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2008] [Revised: 01/05/2009] [Accepted: 02/03/2009] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We investigated the role of the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS), which allows proteins to be selectively degraded, during gametophyte development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Three mutant alleles altering the UPS were isolated in the Wassilewskija (Ws) accession: they affect the Regulatory Particle 5a (RPT5a) gene, which (along with RPT5b) encodes one of the six AAA-ATPases of the proteasome regulatory particle. In the heterozygous state, all three mutant alleles displayed 50% pollen lethality, suggesting that RPT5a is essential for male gametophyte development. However, a fourth mutant in the Columbia (Col) accession did not display such a phenotype because the RPT5b Col allele complements the rpt5a defect in the male gametophyte, whereas the RPT5b Ws allele does not. Double rpt5a rpt5b mutants showed a complete male and female gametophyte lethal phenotype in a Col background, indicating that RPT5 subunits are essential for both gametophytic phases. Mitotic divisions were affected in double mutant gametophytes correlating with an absence of the proteasome-dependent cyclinA3 degradation. Finally, we show that RPT5b expression is highly increased when proteasome functioning is defective, allowing complementation of the rpt5a mutation. In conclusion, RPT5 subunits are not only essential for both male and female gametophyte development but also display accession-dependent redundancy and are crucial in cell cycle progression.
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- Jean-Luc Gallois
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes UR254, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Versailles, F-78000 Versailles, France.
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Chen T, Wu X, Chen Y, Li X, Huang M, Zheng M, Baluska F, Samaj J, Lin J. Combined proteomic and cytological analysis of Ca2+-calmodulin regulation in Picea meyeri pollen tube growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 149:1111-26. [PMID: 19011005 PMCID: PMC2633844 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.127514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2008] [Accepted: 11/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Ca2+-calmodulin (Ca2+-CaM) is a critical molecule that mediates cellular functions by interacting with various metabolic and signaling pathways. However, the protein expression patterns and accompanying serial cytological responses in Ca2+-CaM signaling deficiency remain enigmatic. Here, we provide a global analysis of the cytological responses and significant alterations in protein expression profiles after trifluoperazine treatment in Picea meyeri, which abrogates Ca2+-CaM signaling. Ninety-three differentially displayed proteins were identified by comparative proteomics at different development stages and were assigned to different functional categories closely related to tip growth machinery. The inhibition of Ca2+-CaM signaling rapidly induced an increase in extracellular Ca2+ influx, resulting in dramatically increased cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations and ultrastructural abnormalities in organelles as the primary responses. Secondary and tertiary alterations included actin filament depolymerization, disrupted patterns of endocytosis and exocytosis, and cell wall remodeling, ultimately resulting in perturbed pollen tube extension. In parallel with these cytological events, time-course experiments revealed that most differentially expressed proteins showed time-dependent quantitative changes (i.e. some signaling proteins and proteins involved in organelle functions and energy production changed first, followed by alterations in proteins related to cytoskeletal organization, secretory pathways, and polysaccharide synthesis). Taken together, Ca2+-CaM dysfunction induced serial cytological responses and temporal changes in protein expression profiles, indicating the pivotal role of Ca2+-CaM in the regulation of tip growth machinery.
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- Tong Chen
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Molecular Environmental Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Chamberlain KL, Marshall RS, Jolliffe NA, Frigerio L, Ceriotti A, Lord JM, Roberts LM. Ricin B chain targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum of tobacco protoplasts is degraded by a CDC48- and vacuole-independent mechanism. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:33276-86. [PMID: 18832379 PMCID: PMC2586253 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805222200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Revised: 09/19/2008] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The B chain of ricin was expressed and delivered to the endoplasmic reticulum of tobacco protoplasts where it disappeared with time in a manner consistent with degradation. This turnover did not occur in the vacuoles or upon secretion. Indeed, several lines of evidence indicate that, in contrast to the turnover of endoplasmic reticulum-targeted ricin A chain in the cytosol, the bulk of expressed ricin B chain was degraded in the secretory pathway.
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- Kerry L Chamberlain
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Hiscock SJ, Allen AM. Diverse cell signalling pathways regulate pollen-stigma interactions: the search for consensus. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2008; 179:286-317. [PMID: 19086285 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02457.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Siphonogamy, the delivery of nonmotile sperm to the egg via a pollen tube, was a key innovation that allowed flowering plants (angiosperms) to carry out sexual reproduction on land without the need for water. This process begins with a pollen grain (male gametophyte) alighting on and adhering to the stigma of a flower. If conditions are right, the pollen grain germinates to produce a pollen tube. The pollen tube invades the stigma and grows through the style towards the ovary, where it enters an ovule, penetrates the embryo sac (female gametophyte) and releases two sperm cells, one of which fertilizes the egg, while the other fuses with the two polar nuclei of the central cell to form the triploid endosperm. The events before fertilization (pollen-pistil interactions) comprise a series of complex cellular interactions involving a continuous exchange of signals between the haploid pollen and the diploid maternal tissue of the pistil (sporophyte). In recent years, significant progress has been made in elucidating the molecular identity of these signals and the cellular interactions that they regulate. Here we review our current understanding of the cellular and molecular interactions that mediate the earliest of these interactions between the pollen and the pistil that occur on or within the stigma - the 'pollen-stigma interaction'.
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- Simon J Hiscock
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, UK
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Valenti D, Vacca RA, Guaragnella N, Passarella S, Marra E, Giannattasio S. A transient proteasome activation is needed for acetic acid-induced programmed cell death to occur in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res 2008; 8:400-4. [PMID: 18218016 DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00348.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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To gain further insight into the mechanism by which yeast programmed cell death (PCD) occurs, we investigated whether and how proteasome activity changes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells undergoing PCD as a result of treatment with acetic acid (AA-PCD). We show that proteasome activation starts 60 min after AA-PCD induction, with a maximum at 90 min, and decreases at 150 min. Moreover, cell survival measurements carried out in the absence or presence of MG132, which inhibits proteasome function, show that the inhibition of proteasome activity partially prevents AA-PCD, thus indicating that a transient proteasome activation is needed for AA-PCD to occur.
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- Daniela Valenti
- Istituto di Biomembrane e Bioenergetica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy
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Chen KM, Wu GL, Wang YH, Tian CT, Samaj J, Baluska F, Lin JX. The block of intracellular calcium release affects the pollen tube development of Picea wilsonii by changing the deposition of cell wall components. PROTOPLASMA 2008; 233:39-49. [PMID: 18726547 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-008-0310-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2008] [Accepted: 02/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Two potent drugs, neomycin and TMB-8, which can block intracellular calcium release, were used to investigate their influence on pollen tube growth and cell wall deposition in Picea wilsonii. Apart from inhibiting pollen germination and pollen tube growth, the two drugs largely influenced tube morphology. The drugs not only obviously disturbed the generation and maintenance of the tip-localized Ca(2+) gradient but also led to a heavy accumulation of callose at the tip region of P. wilsonii pollen tubes. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis showed that the deposition of cell wall components, such as carboxylic acid, pectins, and other polysaccharides, in pollen tubes was changed by the two drugs. The results obtained from immunolabeling with different pectin and arabinogalactan protein antibodies agreed well with the FTIR results and further demonstrated that the generation and maintenance of the gradient of cross-linked pectins, as well as the proportional distribution of arabinogalactan proteins in tube cell walls, are essential for pollen tube growth. These results strongly suggest that intracellular calcium release mediates the processes of pollen germination and pollen tube growth in P. wilsonii and its inhibition can lead to abnormal growth by disturbing the deposition of cell wall components in pollen tube tips.
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- Kun-Ming Chen
- Institute of Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
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Wu JZ, Lin Y, Zhang XL, Pang DW, Zhao J. IAA stimulates pollen tube growth and mediates the modification of its wall composition and structure in Torenia fournieri. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:2529-43. [PMID: 18544613 PMCID: PMC2423660 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2008] [Revised: 03/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/31/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The effects of several hormones on pollen tube growth were compared in Torenia fournieri and it was found that IAA was the most effective, stimulating pollen tube growth and causing the shank part of pollen tubes to be slender and straighter. The role of IAA was investigated by studying the changes in ultrastructure and PM H(+)-ATPase distribution in the pollen tubes and the modification of the tube wall. Using the fluorescent marker FM4-64, together with transmission electron microscopy, it was shown that secretory vesicles and mitochondria increased in IAA-treated tubes. Immunolocalization and fluorescence labelling, together with Fourier-transform infrared analysis, detected that IAA enhanced the level of PM H(+)-ATPase and the synthesis of pectins, and reduced the cellulose density in pollen tubes. Importantly, to observe the orientation of cellulose microfibrils in pollen tubes in situ, atomic force microscopy was used to examine the 'intact' tube wall. Atomic force microscopy images showed that cellulose microfibrils were parallel to each other in the subapical region of IAA-treated tubes, but disorganized in control tubes. All results provided new insights into the functions of cellulose microfibrils in pollen tube growth and direction, and revealed that the IAA-induced changes of pollen tubes were attributed to the increase in secretory vesicles, mitochondria, and PM H(+)-ATPase, and the modification of pectin and cellulose microfibrils in the tube wall.
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- Juan-Zi Wu
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, and State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, and State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Plant Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Pucheault M. Natural products: chemical instruments to apprehend biological symphony. Org Biomol Chem 2007; 6:424-32. [PMID: 18219406 DOI: 10.1039/b713022h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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As a striking variety of biological activities are elicited by natural products, these chemicals have been used for decades to study biological phenomena. Understanding how these products interfere with normal cell functions at a molecular level led to a wide range of discoveries including new signaling pathways and proteins. Moreover, as natural products often act as chemical inhibitors, such studies often allow the identification of their binding partners as relevant targets for drug design. This article aims to emphasize how natural products or engineered analogs can be used as chemical tools to apprehend some biological problems from the point of view of a chemical biologist.
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- Mathieu Pucheault
- CPM UMR 6510, CNRS, Case 1003-Campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes, 1-35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
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Vacca RA, Valenti D, Bobba A, de Pinto MC, Merafina RS, De Gara L, Passarella S, Marra E. Proteasome function is required for activation of programmed cell death in heat shocked tobacco Bright-Yellow 2 cells. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:917-22. [PMID: 17303129 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.01.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Revised: 01/22/2007] [Accepted: 01/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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To find out whether and how proteasome is involved in plant programmed cell death (PCD) we measured proteasome function in tobacco cells undergoing PCD as a result of heat shock (HS-PCD). Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, cytochrome c levels and caspase-3-like protease activation were also measured in the absence or presence of MG132, a proteasome inhibitor. We show that proteasome activation occurs in early phase of HS-PCD upstream of the caspase-like proteases activation; moreover inhibition of proteasome function by MG132 results in prevention of PCD perhaps due to the prevention of ROS production, cytochrome c release and caspase-3-like protease activation.
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- Rosa A Vacca
- Istituto di Biomembrane e Bioenergetica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 165/A, I-70126 Bari, Italy
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