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Tian H, Zhang H, Huang H, Zhang Y, Xue Y. Phase separation of S-RNase promotes self-incompatibility in Petunia hybrida. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 66:986-1006. [PMID: 37963073 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13584] [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: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is an intraspecific reproductive barrier widely present in angiosperms. The SI system with the broadest occurrence in angiosperms is based on an S-RNase linked to a cluster of multiple S-locus F-box (SLF) genes found in the Solanaceae, Plantaginaceae, Rosaceae, and Rutaceae. Recent studies reveal that non-self S-RNase is degraded by the Skip Cullin F-box (SCF)SLF-mediated ubiquitin-proteasome system in a collaborative manner in Petunia, but how self-RNase functions largely remains mysterious. Here, we show that S-RNases form S-RNase condensates (SRCs) in the self-pollen tube cytoplasm through phase separation and the disruption of SRC formation breaks SI in self-incompatible Petunia hybrida. We further find that the pistil SI factors of a small asparagine-rich protein HT-B and thioredoxin h together with a reduced state of the pollen tube all promote the expansion of SRCs, which then sequester several actin-binding proteins, including the actin polymerization factor PhABRACL, the actin polymerization activity of which is reduced by S-RNase in vitro. Meanwhile, we find that S-RNase variants lacking condensation ability fail to recruit PhABRACL and are unable to induce actin foci formation required for pollen tube growth inhibition. Taken together, our results demonstrate that phase separation of S-RNase promotes SI response in P. hybrida, revealing a new mode of S-RNase action.
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- Huayang Tian
- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, 100101, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing, 100101, China
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Zhang H, Liu X, Tang C, Lv S, Zhang S, Wu J, Wang P. PbRbohH/J mediates ROS generation to regulate the growth of pollen tube in pear. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 207:108342. [PMID: 38219427 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108342] [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: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Respiratory burst oxidase homolog (Rboh) family genes play crucial functions in development and growth. However, comprehensive and systematic investigation of Rboh family members in Rosaceae and their specific functions during pear pollen development are still limited. In the study, 63 Rboh genes were identified from eight Rosaceae genomes (Malus domestica, Pyrus bretschneideri, Pyrus communis, Prunus persica, Rubus occidentalis, Fragaria vesca, Prunus mume and Prunus avium) and divided into seven main subfamilies (I-VII) according to phylogenetic and structural features. Different modes of gene duplication led to the expansion of Rboh family, with purifying selection playing a vital role in the evolution of Rboh genes. In addition, RNA sequencing and qRT-PCR results indicated that PbRbohH and PbRbohJ were specifically high-expressed in pear pollen. Subsequently, subcellular localization revealed that PbRbohH/J distributed at the plasma membrane. Furthermore, by pharmacological analysis and antisense oligodeoxynucleotide assay, PbRbohH/J were demonstrated to mediate the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to manage pollen tube growth. In conclusion, our results provide useful insights into the functions, expression patterns, evolutionary history of the Rboh genes in pear and other Rosaceae species.
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- Hao Zhang
- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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Wu L, Xu Y, Qi K, Jiang X, He M, Cui Y, Bao J, Gu C, Zhang S. Self S-RNase reduces the expression of two pollen-specific COBRA genes to inhibit pollen tube growth in pear. MOLECULAR HORTICULTURE 2023; 3:26. [PMID: 38037174 PMCID: PMC10691131 DOI: 10.1186/s43897-023-00074-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Due to self-incompatibility (SI) prevents self-fertilization, natural or artificial cross-pollination has been conducted in many orchards to stabilize fruit yield. However, it is still puzzled which routes of self S-RNase arresting pollen tube growth. Herein, 17 COBRA genes were isolated from pear genome. Of these genes, the pollen-specifically expressed PbCOB.A.1 and PbCOB.A.2 positively mediates pollen tube growth. The promoters of PbCOB.A.1 and/or PbCOB.A.2 were bound and activated by PbABF.E.2 (an ABRE-binding factor) and PbC2H2.K16.2 (a C2H2-type zinc finger protein). Notably, the expressions of PbCOB.A.1, PbCOB.A.2, and PbC2H2.K16.2 were repressed by self S-RNase, suggesting that self S-RNase reduces the expression of PbCOB.A.1 and PbCOB.A.2 by decreasing the expression of their upstream factors, such as PbC2H2.K16.2, to arrest pollen tube growth. PbCOB.A.1 or PbCOB.A.2 accelerates the growth of pollen tubes treated by self S-RNase, but can hardly affect level of reactive oxygen species and deploymerization of actin cytoskeleton in pollen tubes and cannot physically interact with any reported proteins involved in SI. These results indicate that PbCOB.A.1 and PbCOB.A.2 may not relieve S-RNase toxicity in incompatible pollen tube. The information provides a new route to elucidate the arresting pollen tube growth during SI reaction.
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- Lei Wu
- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Nanjing Ningcui Biological Seed Company Limited, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Plant Science, Tarim University, Alaer, Xinjiang, 843300, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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Qi Y, Gao Z, Ma N, Lu L, Ke F, Zhang S, Xu Y. Specific functions of single pistil S-RNases in S-gene homozygous Pyrus germplasm. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:578. [PMID: 37981705 PMCID: PMC10658986 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04605-0] [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: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Gametophytic self-incompatibility (SI) is regulated by S-allele recognition; that is, pollen in a style with the same S-genotype will undergo programmed cell death and stop growing so that it is unable to complete double fertilization, ultimately resulting in the SI response. S-RNase is the female determinant of SI in pear (Pyrus). In the Pyrus genome, there are two different S-RNase alleles at the S-locus, which generate two different S-RNase products in the pistil. The extracted S-glycoprotein is actually a protein complex. In this study, artificial self-pollination was conducted at the bud stage to overcome SI in 'Huanghua' (S1S2) pear. Seven plants homozygous for S1-RNase and four homozygous for S2-RNase were selected from the selfed progeny of 'Huanghua' by S-gene molecular identification biotechnology. We investigated the function of single S-RNases isolated from the pistils of S-gene homozygous Pyrus germplasm. The pollen of 'Huanghua' could smoothly pass through the style of the S-gene homozygous germplasm and complete fertilization. S-RNases were extracted from flower styles of different genotypes and used to treat different types of pollen. The S-RNase from 'Huanghua' completely inhibited the growth of S1S2, S1S1, and S2S2 pollen, while the S-RNase from homozygous germplasm allowed some S1S2 pollen and different single genotypes of pollen to continue growing. These results further validate the core events of SI including cytoskeleton depolymerization and programmed cell death. By iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis of style proteins, a total of 13 S-RNase-related proteins were identified. In summary, we have created reliable S-RNase gene homozygous germplasm, which will play a crucial role in further research on SI in pear and in the development of the pear industry.
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- Yongjie Qi
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization(Co-Construction By Ministry and Province), Institute of HorticultureAnhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization(Co-Construction By Ministry and Province), Institute of HorticultureAnhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization(Co-Construction By Ministry and Province), Institute of HorticultureAnhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization(Co-Construction By Ministry and Province), Institute of HorticultureAnhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
- Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization(Co-Construction By Ministry and Province), Institute of HorticultureAnhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
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Tang C, Wang P, Zhu X, Qi K, Xie Z, Zhang H, Li X, Gao H, Gu T, Gu C, Li S, de Graaf BHJ, Zhang S, Wu J. Acetylation of inorganic pyrophosphatase by S-RNase signaling induces pollen tube tip swelling by repressing pectin methylesterase. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:3544-3565. [PMID: 37306489 PMCID: PMC10473231 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is a widespread genetically determined system in flowering plants that prevents self-fertilization to promote gene flow and limit inbreeding. S-RNase-based SI is characterized by the arrest of pollen tube growth through the pistil. Arrested pollen tubes show disrupted polarized growth and swollen tips, but the underlying molecular mechanism is largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the swelling at the tips of incompatible pollen tubes in pear (Pyrus bretschneideri [Pbr]) is mediated by the SI-induced acetylation of the soluble inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPA) PbrPPA5. Acetylation at Lys-42 of PbrPPA5 by the acetyltransferase GCN5-related N-acetyltransferase 1 (GNAT1) drives accumulation of PbrPPA5 in the nucleus, where it binds to the transcription factor PbrbZIP77, forming a transcriptional repression complex that inhibits the expression of the pectin methylesterase (PME) gene PbrPME44. The function of PbrPPA5 as a transcriptional repressor does not require its PPA activity. Downregulating PbrPME44 resulted in increased levels of methyl-esterified pectins in growing pollen tubes, leading to swelling at their tips. These observations suggest a mechanism for PbrPPA5-driven swelling at the tips of pollen tubes during the SI response. The targets of PbrPPA5 include genes encoding cell wall-modifying enzymes, which are essential for building a continuous sustainable mechanical structure for pollen tube growth.
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- Chao Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Pear, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210014, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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Wang Y, Liu P, Cai Y, Li Y, Tang C, Zhu N, Wang P, Zhang S, Wu J. PbrBZR1 interacts with PbrARI2.3 to mediate brassinosteroid-regulated pollen tube growth during self-incompatibility signaling in pear. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 192:2356-2373. [PMID: 37010117 PMCID: PMC10315279 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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S-RNase-mediated self-incompatibility (SI) prevents self-fertilization and promotes outbreeding to ensure genetic diversity in many flowering plants, including pear (Pyrus sp.). Brassinosteroids (BRs) have well-documented functions in cell elongation, but their molecular mechanisms in pollen tube growth, especially in the SI response, remain elusive. Here, exogenously applied brassinolide (BL), an active BR, countered incompatible pollen tube growth inhibition during the SI response in pear. Antisense repression of BRASSINAZOLE-RESISTANT1 (PbrBZR1), a critical component of BR signaling, blocked the positive effect of BL on pollen tube elongation. Further analyses revealed that PbrBZR1 binds to the promoter of EXPANSIN-LIKE A3 (PbrEXLA3) to activate its expression. PbrEXLA3 encodes an expansin that promotes pollen tube elongation in pear. The stability of dephosphorylated PbrBZR1 was substantially reduced in incompatible pollen tubes, where it is targeted by ARIADNE2.3 (PbrARI2.3), an E3 ubiquitin ligase that is strongly expressed in pollen. Our results show that during the SI response, PbrARI2.3 accumulates and negatively regulates pollen tube growth by accelerating the degradation of PbrBZR1 via the 26S proteasome pathway. Together, our results show that an ubiquitin-mediated modification participates in BR signaling in pollen and reveal the molecular mechanism by which BRs regulate S-RNase-based SI.
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- Yicheng Wang
- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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Zakharova E, Khanina T, Knyazev A, Milyukova N, Kovaleva LV. Hormonal Signaling during dPCD: Cytokinin as the Determinant of RNase-Based Self-Incompatibility in Solanaceae. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1033. [PMID: 37509069 PMCID: PMC10377171 DOI: 10.3390/biom13071033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Research into molecular mechanisms of self-incompatibility (SI) in plants can be observed in representatives of various families, including Solanaceae. Earlier studies of the mechanisms of S-RNase-based SI in petunia (Petunia hybrida E. Vilm.) demonstrate that programmed cell death (PCD) is an SI factor. These studies suggest that the phytohormon cytokinin (CK) is putative activator of caspase-like proteases (CLPs). In this work, data confirming this hypothesis were obtained in two model objects-petunia and tomato (six Solanaceae representatives). The exogenous zeatin treatment of tomato and petunia stigmas before a compatible pollination activates CLPs in the pollen tubes in vivo, as shown via the intravital imaging of CLP activities. CK at any concentration slows down the germination and growth of petunia and tomato male gametophytes both in vitro and in vivo; shifts the pH of the cytoplasm (PHc) to the acid region, thereby creating the optimal conditions for CLP to function and inhibiting the F-actin formation and/or destructing the cytoskeleton in pollen tubes to point foci during SI-induced PCD; and accumulates in style tissues during SI response. The activity of the ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE 5 (IPT5) gene at this moment exceeds its activity in a cross-compatible pollination, and the levels of expression of the CKX1 and CKX2 genes (CK OXIDASE/DEHYDROGENASE) are significantly lower in self-incompatible pollination. All this suggests that CK plays a decisive role in the mechanism underlying SI-induced PCD.
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- Ekaterina Zakharova
- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 127550 Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 127550 Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 127550 Moscow, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, 127550 Moscow, Russia
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 191186 Moscow, Russia
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Wu L, Liu X, Zhang MY, Qi KJ, Jiang XT, Yao JL, Zhang SL, Gu C. Self S-RNase inhibits ABF-LRX signaling to arrest pollen tube growth to achieve self-incompatibility in pear. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 113:595-609. [PMID: 36545801 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16072] [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: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI) has been widely studied in flowering plants, but studies of the mechanisms underlying pollen tube growth arrest by self S-RNase in GSI species are limited. In the present study, two leucine-rich repeat extensin genes in pear (Pyrus bretschneideri), PbLRXA2.1 and PbLRXA2.2, were identified based on transcriptome and quantitative real-time PCR analyses. The expression levels of these two LRX genes were significantly higher in the pollen grains and pollen tubes of the self-compatible cultivar 'Jinzhui' (harboring a spontaneous bud mutation) than in those of the self-incompatible cultivar 'Yali'. Both PbLRXA2.1 and PbLRXA2.2 stimulated pollen tube growth and attenuated the inhibitory effects of self S-RNase on pollen tube growth by stabilizing the actin cytoskeleton and enhancing cell wall integrity. These results indicate that abnormal expression of PbLRXA2.1 and PbLRXA2.2 is involved in the loss of self-incompatibility in 'Jinzhui'. The PbLRXA2.1 and PbLRXA2.2 promoters were directly bound by the ABRE-binding factor PbABF.D.2. Knockdown of PbABF.D.2 decreased PbLRXA2.1 and PbLRXA2.2 expression and inhibited pollen tube growth. Notably, the expression of PbLRXA2.1, PbLRXA2.2, and PbABF.D.2 was repressed by self S-RNase, suggesting that self S-RNase can arrest pollen tube growth by restricting the PbABF.D.2-PbLRXA2.1/PbLRXA2.2 signal cascade. These results provide novel insight into pollen tube growth arrest by self S-RNase.
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- Lei Wu
- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Chang Y, Gong W, Xu J, Gong H, Song Q, Xiao S, Yuan D. Integration of semi- in vivo assays and multi-omics data reveals the effect of galloylated catechins on self-pollen tube inhibition in Camellia oleifera. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2023; 10:uhac248. [PMID: 36643738 PMCID: PMC9832949 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Camellia oil extracted from the seeds of Camellia oleifera Abel. is a popular and high-quality edible oil, but its yield is limited by seed setting, which is mainly caused by self-incompatibility (SI). One of the obvious biological features of SI plants is the inhibition of self-pollen tubes; however, the underlying mechanism of this inhibition in C. oleifera is poorly understood. In this study, we constructed a semi-in vivo pollen tube growth test (SIV-PGT) system that can screen for substances that inhibit self-pollen tubes without interference from the genetic background. Combined with multi-omics analysis, the results revealed the important role of galloylated catechins in self-pollen tube inhibition, and a possible molecular regulatory network mediated by UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT) and serine carboxypeptidase-like (SCPL) was proposed. In summary, galloylation of catechins and high levels of galloylated catechins are specifically involved in pollen tube inhibition under self-pollination rather than cross-pollination, which provides a new understanding of SI in C. oleifera. These results will contribute to sexual reproduction research on C. oleifera and provide theoretical support for improving Camellia oil yield in production.
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- Yihong Chang
- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of the Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of the Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of the Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of the Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of the Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of the Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of the Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
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Du J, Ge C, Wang T, Wang J, Ni Z, Xiao S, Zhao F, Zhao M, Qiao Y. Combined transcriptomic and proteomic analysis reveals multiple pathways involved in self-pollen tube development and the potential roles of FviYABBY1 in self-incompatibility in Fragaria viridis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:927001. [PMID: 36186066 PMCID: PMC9515988 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.927001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Fragaria viridis exhibits S-RNase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility, in which S-RNase is the major factor inhibiting pollen tube growth. However, the pathways involved in and the immediate causes of the inhibition of pollen tube growth remain unknown. Here, interactive RNA sequencing and proteome analysis revealed changes in the transcriptomic and proteomic profiles of F. viridis styles harvested at 0 and 24 h after self-pollination. A total of 2,181 differentially expressed genes and 200 differentially abundant proteins were identified during the pollen development stage of self-pollination. Differentially expressed genes and differentially abundant proteins associated with self-incompatible pollination were further mined, and multiple pathways were found to be involved. Interestingly, the expression pattern of the transcription factor FviYABBY1, which is linked to polar growth, differed from those of other genes within the same family. Specifically, FviYABBY1 expression was extremely high in pollen, and its expression trend in self-pollinated styles was consistent with that of S-RNase. Furthermore, FviYABBY1 interacted with S-RNase in a non-S haplotype way. Therefore, FviYABBY1 affects the expression of polar growth-related genes in self-pollen tubes and is positively regulated by S-RNase.
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- Jianke Du
- Laboratory of Fruit Crop Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Institute of Horticulture Research, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Crop Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Crop Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Crop Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Crop Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Crop Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Crop Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Institute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Crop Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Institute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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Kong XX, Mei JW, Zhang J, Liu X, Wu JY, Wang CL. Turnover of diacylglycerol kinase 4 by cytoplasmic acidification induces vacuole morphological change and nuclear DNA degradation in the early stage of pear self-incompatibility response. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 63:2123-2135. [PMID: 34655280 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Pear has an S-RNase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility (SI) system. Nuclear DNA degradation is a typical feature of incompatible pollen tube death, and is among the many physiological functions of vacuoles. However, the specific changes that occur in vacuoles, as well as the associated regulatory mechanism in pear SI, are currently unclear. Although research in tobacco has shown that decreased activity of diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) results in the morphological change of pollen tube vacuole, whether DGK regulates the pollen tube vacuole of tree plants and whether it occurs in SI response, is currently unclear. We found that DGK activity is essential for pear pollen tube growth, and DGK4 regulates pollen tube vacuole morphology following its high expression and deposition at the tip and shank edge of the pollen tube of pear. Specifically, incompatible S-RNase may induce cytoplasmic acidification of the pollen tube by inhibiting V-ATPase V0 domain a1 subunit gene expression as early as 30 min after treatment, when the pollen tube is still alive. Cytoplasmic acidification induced by incompatible S-RNase results in reduced DGK4 abundance and deposition, leading to morphological change of the vacuole and fragmentation of nuclear DNA, which indicates that DGK4 is a key factor in pear SI response.
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- Xiao-Xiong Kong
- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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Kou X, Sun J, Wang P, Wang D, Cao P, Lin J, Chang Y, Zhang S, Wu J. PbrRALF2-elicited reactive oxygen species signaling is mediated by the PbrCrRLK1L13-PbrMPK18 module in pear pollen tubes. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2021; 8:222. [PMID: 34608125 PMCID: PMC8490453 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00684-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Rapid alkalinization factors (RALFs) are cysteine-rich peptides that play important roles in a variety of biological processes, such as cell elongation and immune signaling. Recent studies in Arabidopsis have shown that RALFs regulate pollen tube growth via plasma membrane receptor-like kinases (RLKs). However, the downstream signal transduction mechanisms of RLKs in pollen tubes are unknown. Here, we identified PbrRALF2, a pear (Pyrus bretschneideri) pollen RALF peptide that inhibits pollen tube growth. We found that PbrRALF2 interacts with a malectin-like domain-containing RLK, PbrCrRLK1L13. The relative affinity between PbrRALF2 and PbrCrRLK1L13 was at the submicromolar level, which is consistent with the values of ligand-receptor kinase pairs and the physiological concentration for PbrRALF2-mediated inhibition of pollen tube growth. After binding to its extracellular domain, PbrRALF2 activated the phosphorylation of PbrCrRLK1L13 in a dose-dependent manner. We further showed that the MAP kinase PbrMPK18 is a downstream target of PbrCrRLK1L13 that mediates PbrRALF2-elicited reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. The excessive accumulation of ROS inhibits pollen tube growth. We show that MPK acts as a mediator for CrRLK1L to stimulate ROS production, which might represent a general mechanism by which RALF and CrRLK1L function in signaling pathways.
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- Xiaobing Kou
- Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, 210014, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, 210014, Nanjing, China
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- Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
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- Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China.
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, 210014, Nanjing, China.
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Franklin-Tong N, Bosch M. Plant biology: Stigmatic ROS decide whether pollen is accepted or rejected. Curr Biol 2021; 31:R904-R906. [PMID: 34314718 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A new study reports that self-incompatibility in Brassica triggers the production of stigmatic ROS that are responsible for the rejection of incompatible pollen.
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- Noni Franklin-Tong
- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB, UK
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Zhang L, Huang J, Su S, Wei X, Yang L, Zhao H, Yu J, Wang J, Hui J, Hao S, Song S, Cao Y, Wang M, Zhang X, Zhao Y, Wang Z, Zeng W, Wu HM, Yuan Y, Zhang X, Cheung AY, Duan Q. FERONIA receptor kinase-regulated reactive oxygen species mediate self-incompatibility in Brassica rapa. Curr Biol 2021; 31:3004-3016.e4. [PMID: 34015250 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Most plants in the Brassicaceae evolve self-incompatibility (SI) to avoid inbreeding and generate hybrid vigor. Self-pollen is recognized by the S-haplotype-specific interaction of the pollen ligand S-locus protein 11 (SP11) (also known as S-locus cysteine-rich protein [SCR]) and its stigma-specific S-locus receptor kinase (SRK). However, mechanistically much remains unknown about the signaling events that culminate in self-pollen rejection. Here, we show that self-pollen triggers high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in stigma papilla cells to mediate SI in heading Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis). We found that stigmatic ROS increased after self-pollination but decreased after compatible(CP)- pollination. Reducing stigmatic ROS by scavengers or suppressing the expression of respiratory burst oxidase homologs (Rbohs), which encode plant NADPH oxidases that produce ROS, both broke down SI. On the other hand, increasing the level of ROS inhibited the germination and penetration of compatible pollen on the stigma, mimicking an incompatible response. Furthermore, suppressing a B. rapa FERONIA (FER) receptor kinase homolog or Rac/Rop guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) signaling effectively reduced stigmatic ROS and interfered with SI. Our results suggest that FER-Rac/Rop signaling-regulated, NADPH oxidase-produced ROS is an essential SI response leading to self-pollen rejection.
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- Lili Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 Henan, China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 Henan, China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 Henan, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology and Plant Biology Programs, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology and Plant Biology Programs, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China; College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018 Shandong, China.
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Zakharova EV, Timofeeva GV, Fateev AD, Kovaleva LV. Caspase-like proteases and the phytohormone cytokinin as determinants of S-RNAse-based self-incompatibility-induced PCD in Petunia hybrida L. PROTOPLASMA 2021; 258:573-586. [PMID: 33230626 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-020-01587-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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S-RNAse-based self-incompatibility (SI) in petunia (Petunia hybrida L.) is a self-/non-self-recognition system underlying the pistil rejection of self-pollen. Using different methods, including a TUNEL assay, we have recently shown that programmed cell death (PCD) is a factor of the SI in petunia. Here, we show that the growth of self-incompatible pollen tubes in the style tissues during 4 h after pollination is accompanied by five-sixfold increase in a caspase-like protease (CLP) activity. Exogenous cytokinin (CK) inhibits the pollen tube growth and stimulates the CLP activity in compatible pollen tubes. The actin depolymerization with latrunculin B induces a sharp drop in the CLP activity in self-incompatible pollen tubes and its increase in compatible pollen tubes. Altogether, our results suggest that a CLP is involved in the SI-induced PCD and that CK is a putative activator of the CLP. We assume that CK provokes acidification of the cytosol and thus promotes the activation of a CLP. Thus, our results suggest that CK and CLP are involved in the S-RNAse-based SI-induced PCD in petunia. Potential relations between these components in PCD signaling are discussed.
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Wu C, Gu Z, Li T, Yu J, Liu C, Fan W, Wang B, Jiang F, Zhang Q, Li W. The apple MdPTI1L kinase is phosphorylated by MdOXI1 during S-RNase-induced reactive oxygen species signaling in pollen tubes. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 305:110824. [PMID: 33691959 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.110824] [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: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Apple (Malus domestica) exhibits classic S-RNase-mediated gametophytic self-incompatibility. Previous studies have shown that the S-RNase secreted from style cells could trigger signal transduction and defense responses mediated by Ca2+ and reactive oxygen species (ROS) after entering into the pollen tube. In this study, we investigated the downstream genes activated by ROS during S-RNase-mediated gametophytic self-incompatibility in pollen tubes. A substantial increase in ROS, as well as up-regulated expression of a serine-threonine protein kinase gene, OXIDATIVE SIGNAL-INDUCIBLE1 (MdOXI1), was detected in apple pollen tubes treated with self-S-RNase. A kinase assay-linked phosphoproteomics (KALIP) analysis suggested that MdOXI1 could bind and phosphorylate the downstream protein kinase Pto-interacting protein 1-like (MdPTI1L). The phosphorylation level of MdPTI1L was significantly reduced after silencing MdOXI1 with antisense oligonucleotides in the pollen tube. Silencing of either MdOXI1 or MdPTI1L alleviated the inhibitory effect of self-S-RNase on pollen tube growth. Our results thus indicate that MdPTI1L is phosphorylated by MdOXI1 in the pollen tube and participates in the ROS signaling pathway triggered by S-RNase.
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- Chuanbao Wu
- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Breygina M, Klimenko E. ROS and Ions in Cell Signaling during Sexual Plant Reproduction. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E9476. [PMID: 33322128 PMCID: PMC7764562 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Pollen grain is a unique haploid organism characterized by two key physiological processes: activation of metabolism upon exiting dormancy and polar tube growth. In gymnosperms and flowering plants, these processes occur in different time frames and exhibit important features; identification of similarities and differences is still in the active phase. In angiosperms, the growth of male gametophyte is directed and controlled by its microenvironment, while in gymnosperms it is relatively autonomous. Recent reviews have detailed aspects of interaction between angiosperm female tissues and pollen such as interactions between peptides and their receptors; however, accumulated evidence suggests low-molecular communication, in particular, through ion exchange and ROS production, equally important for polar growth as well as for pollen germination. Recently, it became clear that ROS and ionic currents form a single regulatory module, since ROS production and the activity of ion transport systems are closely interrelated and form a feedback loop.
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- Maria Breygina
- Department of Plant Physiology, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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Kou X, Liu Q, Sun Y, Wang P, Zhang S, Wu J. The Peptide PbrPSK2 From Phytosulfokine Family Induces Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production to Regulate Pear Pollen Tube Growth. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:601993. [PMID: 33329671 PMCID: PMC7734187 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.601993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Phytosulfokines (PSKs) are plant peptide growth factors that participate in multiple biological processes, including cell elongation and immune signaling. However, little is known about PSKs in Rosaceae species. Here, we identified 10 PSK genes in pear (Pyrus bretschneideri), 11 in apple (Malus × domestica), four in peach (Prunus persica), six in strawberry (Fragaria vesca), and five in Chinese plum (Prunus mume). In addition, we undertook comparative analysis of the PSK gene family in pear and the four other species. Evolutionary analysis indicated that whole genome duplication events (WGD) may have contributed to the expansion of the PSK gene family in Rosaceae. Transcriptomes, reverse transcription-PCR and quantitative real-time-PCR analyses were undertaken to demonstrate that PbrPSK2 is highly expressed in pear pollen. In addition, by adding purified E. coli-expressed PbrPSK2 to pollen and using an antisense oligonucleotide approach, we showed that PbrPSK2 can promote pear pollen tube elongation in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, PbrPSK2 was found to mediate the production of reactive oxygen species to regulate pear pollen tube growth.
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Çetinbaş-Genç A, Cai G, Del Duca S. Treatment with spermidine alleviates the effects of concomitantly applied cold stress by modulating Ca 2+, pH and ROS homeostasis, actin filament organization and cell wall deposition in pollen tubes of Camellia sinensis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 156:578-590. [PMID: 33065378 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The aim of the current study was to examine the effect of spermidine treatment concomitant with cold stress on the elongation of Camellia sinensis pollen tube. When exogenous spermidine (0.05 mM) was applied concomitantly with cold stress, pollen germination rate and pollen tube length were significantly increased in comparison with cold stressed pollen tubes. In addition, spermidine treatment concomitantly with cold stress reduced pollen tube abnormalities induced by cold stress. Besides, cold-induced disorganizations of actin filaments were ameliorated after spermidine treatment along with cold stress because anisotropy levels of actin filaments in shank and apex of pollen tubes decreased. Changes in cold-induced callose distribution in the pollen tube cell wall were partially recovered after spermidine/cold stress treatment. Other cold-induced effects (decrease in Ca2+ content, reduction of pH gradient, accumulation of ROS) were reverted to adequate levels after spermidine treatment in conjunction with cold stress, indicating that pollen tubes are able to cope with stress. Thus, spermidine treatment reorganized the growth pattern of pollen tubes by modulating Ca2+ and ROS homeostasis, actin cytoskeleton organization, and cell wall deposition in Camellia sinensis pollen tubes under cold stress.
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- Aslıhan Çetinbaş-Genç
- Department of Biology, Marmara University, Göztepe Campus, Kadıköy, 34722, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 53100, Siena, Italy.
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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Qian M, Xu L, Tang C, Zhang H, Gao H, Cao P, Yin H, Wu L, Wu J, Gu C, Zhang S. PbrPOE21 inhibits pear pollen tube growth in vitro by altering apical reactive oxygen species content. PLANTA 2020; 252:43. [PMID: 32870426 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03446-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Genome-wide identification, tissue-specific expression analysis and functional characterization of selected genes containing the pear Pollen Olea europaea I domain reveal their roles in pollen tube growth. Genes containing the Pollen Olea europaea I (POE) domain play crucial roles in diverse growth and developmental processes. Nevertheless, the specific functions of POE family members in progression of pollen tube growth (PTG) remain uncharacterized. We identified 45 PbrPOE genes in the pear (Pyrus bretschneideri) genome, clustered into seven subclasses. PbrPOE genes contained 1 to 11 exons and 0 to 10 introns, with exon/intron structure mostly conserved within each subclass. Whole-genome duplication has mainly contributed to the duplication pattern of PbrPOE genes in pear. Expression profiles of 45 PbrPOE genes in 12 different pear tissues revealed that six PbrPOE genes (PbrPOE6, 12, 21, 29, 35 and 41) of subclass B were highly expressed during the growth of the pear pollen tube in vitro. PbrPOE21 was selected for further functional analysis on the basis of its high and differential expression pattern in pollen. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotide assays demonstrated that PTG was augmented in vitro when PbrPOE21 expression was significantly inhibited. Moreover, pollen tube length in vitro was reduced when PbrPOE21 was transitorily over-expressed using particle bombardment technology. Exogenous PbrPOE21 recombinant protein inhibited PTG in vitro at an optimum concentration of 1.8 µM. PbrPOE21 also affected reactive oxygen species content in the pear pollen tube apex. We suggest that PbrPOE21 inhibits PTG in vitro by altering apical reactive oxygen species content.
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- Ming Qian
- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Aloisi I, Distefano G, Antognoni F, Potente G, Parrotta L, Faleri C, Gentile A, Bennici S, Mareri L, Cai G, Del Duca S. Temperature-Dependent Compatible and Incompatible Pollen-Style Interactions in Citrus clementina Hort. ex Tan. Show Different Transglutaminase Features and Polyamine Pattern. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1018. [PMID: 32733518 PMCID: PMC7360793 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In clementine, failure of fertilization can result in parthenocarpic fruit development, which has several advantages, such as seedless fruit, longer shelf-life, and greater consumer appeal. Recently, S-RNases have been identified in Citrus grandis, thus revealing that the self-incompatibility (SI) reaction relies on the S-RNase gametophytic mechanism. The fundamental role of environmental factors, mostly temperature, in determining the numbers of pollen tubes reaching the ovary is also well established in Citrus. In the present work, temperature-dependent pollen-pistil interactions in C. clementina were analyzed, focusing on several morphological aspects, as well as on polyamine (PA) content and the activity and distribution of transglutaminase (TGase), both reported to be involved in the SI response in pear and in pummelo. Results clearly indicate that temperature contributed to a different activation of the SI response, which occurs at optimal temperature of 25°C but was by-passed at 15°C. TGase activity was stimulated during the SI response, and it localized differently in the compatible and incompatible interaction: in compatible pollinated styles, TGase localized inside the style canal, while it was detected all around it in incompatible crosses. TGase localization and activity were congruent with the levels of soluble and insoluble conjugated PAs and with morphological evidences, which highlighted cell wall modification occurring as a result of SI.
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- Iris Aloisi
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Production Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy
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- Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Production Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Production Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Li K, Wang Y, Qu H. RNA-Seq analysis of compatible and incompatible styles of Pyrus species at the beginning of pollination. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 102:287-306. [PMID: 31872308 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00948-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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At the early stage of pollination, the difference in gene expression between compatibility and incompatibility is highly significant about the pollen-specific expression of the LRR gene, resistance, and defensin genes. In Rosaceae, incompatible pollen can penetrate into the style during the gametophytic self-incompatibility response. It is therefore considered a stylar event rather than a stigmatic event. In this study, we explored the differences in gene expression between compatibility and incompatibility in the early stage of pollination. The self-compatible pear variety "Jinzhuili" is a naturally occurring bud mutant from "Yali", a leading Chinese native cultivar exhibiting typical gametophytic self-incompatibility. We collected the styles of 'Yali' and 'Jinzhuili' at 0.5 and 2 h after self-pollination and then performed high-throughput sequencing. According to the KEGG analysis of the differentially expressed genes, several metabolic pathways, such as "Plant hormone signal transduction", "Plant-pathogen interaction", are the main pathways was the most represented pathway. Quantitative PCR was used to validate these differential genes. The expression levels of genes related to pollen growth and disease inhibition, such as LRR (Leucine-rich repeat extensin), resistance, defensin, and auxin, differed significantly between compatible and incompatible pollination. Interestingly, at 0.5 h, most of these genes were upregulated in the compatible pollination system compared with the incompatible pollination system. Calcium transport, which requires ATPase, also demonstrated upregulated expression. In summary, the self-incompatibility reaction was initiated when the pollen land on the stigma.
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- Kun Li
- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang, Qingdao City, 266109, Shandong, China
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- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang, Qingdao City, 266109, Shandong, China
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- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang, Qingdao City, 266109, Shandong, China.
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Singh S, Kumar V, Kapoor D, Kumar S, Singh S, Dhanjal DS, Datta S, Samuel J, Dey P, Wang S, Prasad R, Singh J. Revealing on hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide signals co-ordination for plant growth under stress conditions. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2020; 168:301-317. [PMID: 31264712 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In the recent times, plants are facing certain types of environmental stresses, which give rise to formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydroxyl radicals, hydrogen peroxides, superoxide anions and so on. These are required by the plants at low concentrations for signal transduction and at high concentrations, they repress plant root growth. Apart from the ROS activities, hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) and nitric oxide (NO) have major contributions in regulating growth and developmental processes in plants, as they also play key roles as signaling molecules and act as chief plant immune defense mechanisms against various biotic as well as abiotic stresses. H2 S and NO are the two pivotal gaseous messengers involved in growth, germination and improved tolerance in plants under stressed and non-stress conditions. H2 S and NO mediate cell signaling in plants as a response to several abiotic stresses like temperature, heavy metal exposure, water and salinity. They alter gene expression levels to induce the synthesis of antioxidant enzymes, osmolytes and also trigger their interactions with each other. However, research has been limited to only cross adaptations and signal transductions. Understanding the change and mechanism of H2 S and NO mediated cell signaling will broaden our knowledge on the various biochemical changes that occur in plant cells related to different stresses. A clear understanding of these molecules in various environmental stresses would help to confer biotechnological applications to protect plants against abiotic stresses and to improve crop productivity.
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- Simranjeet Singh
- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
- Punjab Biotechnology Incubators, Mohali, 160059, India
- Regional Advanced Water Testing Laboratory, Mohali, 160059, India
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- Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Gwalior, 474009, India
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- Department of Botany, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
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- Punjab Biotechnology Incubators, Mohali, 160059, India
- Regional Advanced Water Testing Laboratory, Mohali, 160059, India
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- Regional Advanced Water Testing Laboratory, Mohali, 160059, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
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- Department of Zoology, Doaba College, Jalandhar, 144005, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
- Waste Valorization Research Lab, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, 641114, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
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Kovaleva LV, Zakharova EV, Timofeeva GV, Andreev IM, Golivanov YY, Bogoutdinova LR, Baranova EN, Khaliluev MR. Aminooxyacetic acid (АОА), inhibitor of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxilic acid (AСС) synthesis, suppresses self-incompatibility-induced programmed cell death in self-incompatible Petunia hybrida L. pollen tubes. PROTOPLASMA 2020; 257:213-227. [PMID: 31410589 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-019-01430-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is genetically determined reproductive barrier preventing inbreeding and thereby providing the maintenance of plant species diversity. At present, active studies of molecular bases of SI mechanisms are underway. S-RNAse-based SI in Petunia hybrida L. is a self-/non-self recognition system that allows the pistil to reject self pollen and to accept non-self pollen for outcrossing. In the present work, using fluorescent methods including the TUNEL method allowed us to reveal the presence of markers of programmed cell death (PCD), such as DNA fragmentation, in growing in vivo petunia pollen tubes during the passage of the SI reaction. The results of statistical analysis reliably proved that PCD is the factor of S-RNAse-based SI. It was found that preliminary treatment before self-pollination of stigmas of petunia self-incompatible line with aminooxyacetic acid (AOA), inhibitor of ACC synthesis, led to stimulation of pollen tubes growth when the latter did not exhibit any hallmarks of PCD. These data argue in favor of assumption that ethylene controls the passage of PCD in incompatible pollen tubes in the course of S-RNAse-based SI functioning. The involvement of the hormonal regulation in SI mechanism in P. hybrida L. is the finding observed by us for the first time.
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- L V Kovaleva
- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya st. 35, Moscow, 127276, Russia.
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Timiryazevskaya st. 42, Moscow, 127550, Russia
- Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Timiryazevskaya st. 49, Moscow, 127550, Russia
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya st. 35, Moscow, 127276, Russia
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- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya st. 35, Moscow, 127276, Russia
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- Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Timiryazevskaya st. 49, Moscow, 127550, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Timiryazevskaya st. 42, Moscow, 127550, Russia
- Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Timiryazevskaya st. 49, Moscow, 127550, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Timiryazevskaya st. 42, Moscow, 127550, Russia
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- All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Timiryazevskaya st. 42, Moscow, 127550, Russia
- Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Timiryazevskaya st. 49, Moscow, 127550, Russia
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Çetinbaş-Genç A. Putrescine modifies the pollen tube growth of tea (Camellia sinensis) by affecting actin organization and cell wall structure. PROTOPLASMA 2020; 257:89-101. [PMID: 31342152 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-019-01422-x] [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: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The aim of the current study was to examine the effect of different exogenous putrescine concentrations (200, 400, 600, and 800 μM) on the tea pollen performance. It was shown that putrescine has a dose-dependent effect on pollen performance. Results exhibited that pollen germination and tube elongation were induced by 200 and 400 μM putrescine treatment, especially, 400 μM putrescine-enhanced pollen performance. However, pollen performance was inhibited by higher concentrations of putrescine. Putrescine concentrations above 400 μM changed the actin filament distribution in pollen tubes by affecting the distribution of sucrose synthase enzyme. Alterations of the distribution on sucrose synthase enzyme also caused the alterations in the dispersion of cellulose and callose in the cell wall, and morphological alterations such as balloon-shaped and snake-shaped pollen tube tip accompanied them. Moreover, putrescine concentrations above 400 μM caused a decrease of ROS level in apex and led to chromatin condensation of the generative nucleus. In conclusion, exogenous putrescine application can be used as a pollen performance enhancer at low concentrations while the high concentrations cause adverse effects reducing fertilization success.
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- Aslıhan Çetinbaş-Genç
- Department of Biology, Marmara University, Göztepe Campus, Kadıköy, 34722, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Gu Z, Li W, Doughty J, Meng D, Yang Q, Yuan H, Li Y, Chen Q, Yu J, Liu CS, Li T. A gamma-thionin protein from apple, MdD1, is required for defence against S-RNase-induced inhibition of pollen tube prior to self/non-self recognition. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2019; 17:2184-2198. [PMID: 31001872 PMCID: PMC6790362 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Apple exhibits S-RNase-mediated self-incompatibility. Although the cytotoxic effect of S-RNase inside the self-pollen tube has been studied extensively, the underlying defence mechanism in pollen tube in Rosaceae remains unclear. On exposure to stylar S-RNase, plant defence responses are activated in the pollen tube; however, how these are regulated is currently poorly understood. Here, we show that entry of both self and non-self S-RNase into pollen tubes of apple (Malus domestica) stimulates jasmonic acid (JA) production, in turn inducing the accumulation of MdMYC2 transcripts, a transcription factor in the JA signalling pathway widely considered to be involved in plant defence processes. MdMYC2 acts as a positive regulator in the pollen tube activating expression of MdD1, a gene encoding a defence protein. Importantly, MdD1 was shown to bind to the RNase activity sites of S-RNase leading to inhibition of enzymatic activity. This work provides intriguing insights into an ancient defence mechanism present in apple pollen tubes where MdD1 likely acts as a primary line of defence to inhibit S-RNase cytotoxicity prior to self/non-self recognition.
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- Zhaoyu Gu
- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of Biology and BiochemistryUniversity of BathBathUK
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular BreedingChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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Mandrone M, Antognoni F, Aloisi I, Potente G, Poli F, Cai G, Faleri C, Parrotta L, Del Duca S. Compatible and Incompatible Pollen-Styles Interaction in Pyrus communis L. Show Different Transglutaminase Features, Polyamine Pattern and Metabolomics Profiles. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:741. [PMID: 31249577 PMCID: PMC6584118 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Pollen-stigma interaction is a highly selective process, which leads to compatible or incompatible pollination, in the latter case, affecting quantitative and qualitative aspects of productivity in species of agronomic interest. While the genes and the corresponding protein partners involved in this highly specific pollen-stigma recognition have been studied, providing important insights into pollen-stigma recognition in self-incompatible (SI), many other factors involved in the SI response are not understood yet. This work concerns the study of transglutaminase (TGase), polyamines (PAs) pattern and metabolomic profiles following the pollination of Pyrus communis L. pistils with compatible and SI pollen in order to deepen their possible involvement in the reproduction of plants. Immunolocalization, abundance and activity of TGase as well as the content of free, soluble-conjugated and insoluble-bound PAs have been investigated. 1H NMR-profiling coupled with multivariate data treatment (PCA and PLS-DA) allowed to compare, for the first time, the metabolic patterns of not-pollinated and pollinated styles. Results clearly indicate that during the SI response TGase activity increases, resulting in the accumulation of PAs conjugated to hydroxycinnamic acids and other small molecules. Metabolomic analysis showed a remarkable differences between pollinated and not-pollinated styles, where, except for glucose, all the other metabolites where less concentrated. Moreover, styles pollinated with compatible pollen showed the highest amount of sucrose than SI pollinated ones, which, in turn, contained highest amount of all the other metabolites, including aromatic compounds, such as flavonoids and a cynnamoil derivative.
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- Manuela Mandrone
- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Arabidopsis ABCG28 is required for the apical accumulation of reactive oxygen species in growing pollen tubes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:12540-12549. [PMID: 31152136 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902010116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Tip-focused accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is tightly associated with pollen tube growth and is thus critical for fertilization. However, it is unclear how tip-growing cells establish such specific ROS localization. Polyamines have been proposed to function in tip growth as precursors of the ROS, hydrogen peroxide. The ABC transporter AtABCG28 may regulate ROS status, as it contains multiple cysteine residues, a characteristic of proteins involved in ROS homeostasis. In this study, we found that AtABCG28 was specifically expressed in the mature pollen grains and pollen tubes. AtABCG28 was localized to secretory vesicles inside the pollen tube that moved toward and fused with the plasma membrane of the pollen tube tip. Knocking out AtABCG28 resulted in defective pollen tube growth, failure to localize polyamine and ROS to the growing pollen tube tip, and complete male sterility, whereas ectopic expression of this gene in root hair could recover ROS accumulation at the tip and improved the growth under high-pH conditions, which normally prevent ROS accumulation and tip growth. Together, these data suggest that AtABCG28 is critical for localizing polyamine and ROS at the growing tip. In addition, this function of AtABCG28 is likely to protect the pollen tube from the cytotoxicity of polyamine and contribute to the delivery of polyamine to the growing tip for incorporation into the expanding cell wall.
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Claessen H, Keulemans W, Van de Poel B, De Storme N. Finding a Compatible Partner: Self-Incompatibility in European Pear ( Pyrus communis); Molecular Control, Genetic Determination, and Impact on Fertilization and Fruit Set. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:407. [PMID: 31057563 PMCID: PMC6477101 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Pyrus species display a gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI) system that actively prevents fertilization by self-pollen. The GSI mechanism in Pyrus is genetically controlled by a single locus, i.e., the S-locus, which includes at least two polymorphic and strongly linked S-determinant genes: a pistil-expressed S-RNase gene and a number of pollen-expressed SFBB genes (S-locus F-Box Brothers). Both the molecular basis of the SI mechanism and its functional expression have been widely studied in many Rosaceae fruit tree species with a particular focus on the characterization of the elusive SFBB genes and S-RNase alleles of economically important cultivars. Here, we discuss recent advances in the understanding of GSI in Pyrus and provide new insights into the mechanisms of GSI breakdown leading to self-fertilization and fruit set. Molecular analysis of S-genes in several self-compatible Pyrus cultivars has revealed mutations in both pistil- or pollen-specific parts that cause breakdown of self-incompatibility. This has significantly contributed to our understanding of the molecular and genetic mechanisms that underpin self-incompatibility. Moreover, the existence and development of self-compatible mutants open new perspectives for pear production and breeding. In this framework, possible consequences of self-fertilization on fruit set, development, and quality in pear are also reviewed.
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- Hanne Claessen
- Laboratory for Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Plant Hormone Physiology, Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement, Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Du J, Lv Y, Xiong J, Ge C, Iqbal S, Qiao Y. Identifying Genome-Wide Sequence Variations and Candidate Genes Implicated in Self-Incompatibility by Resequencing Fragaria viridis. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E1039. [PMID: 30818833 PMCID: PMC6429439 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20051039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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It is clear that the incompatibility system in Fragaria is gametophytic, however, the genetic mechanism behind this remains elusive. Eleven second-generation lines of Fragaria viridis with different compatibility were obtained by manual self-pollination, which can be displayed directly by the level of fruit-set rate. We sequenced two second-generation selfing lines with large differences in fruit-set rate: Ls-S₂-53 as a self-incompatible sequencing sample, and Ls-S₂-76 as a strong self-compatible sequencing sample. Fragaria vesca was used as a completely self-compatible reference sample, and the genome-wide variations were identified and subsequently annotated. The distribution of polymorphisms is similar on each chromosome between the two sequencing samples, however, the distribution regions and the number of homozygous variations are inconsistent. Expression pattern analysis showed that six candidate genes were significantly associated with self-incompatibility. Using F. vesca as a reference, we focused our attention on the gene FIP2-like (FH protein interacting protein), associated with actin cytoskeleton formation, as the resulting proteins in Ls-S₂-53 and Ls-S₂-76 have each lost a number of different amino acids. Suppression of FIP2-like to some extent inhibits germination of pollen grains and growth of pollen tubes by reducing F-actin of the pollen tube tips. Our results suggest that the differential distribution of homozygous variations affects F. viridis fruit-set rate and that the fully encoded FIP2-like can function normally to promote F-actin formation, while the new FIP2-like proteins with shortened amino acid sequences have influenced the (in)compatibility of two selfing lines of F. viridis.
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- Jianke Du
- Laboratory of Fruit Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu, China.
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biotechnology, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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Del Duca S, Aloisi I, Parrotta L, Cai G. Cytoskeleton, Transglutaminase and Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility in the Malinae (Rosaceae). Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20010209. [PMID: 30626063 PMCID: PMC6337636 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20010209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is a complex process, one out of several mechanisms that prevent plants from self-fertilizing to maintain and increase the genetic variability. This process leads to the rejection of the male gametophyte and requires the co-participation of numerous molecules. Plants have evolved two distinct SI systems, the sporophytic (SSI) and the gametophytic (GSI) systems. The two SI systems are markedly characterized by different genes and proteins and each single system can also be divided into distinct subgroups; whatever the mechanism, the purpose is the same, i.e., to prevent self-fertilization. In Malinae, a subtribe in the Rosaceae family, i.e., Pyrus communis and Malus domestica, the GSI requires the production of female determinants, known as S-RNases, which penetrate the pollen tube to interact with the male determinants. Beyond this, the penetration of S-RNase into the pollen tube triggers a series of responses involving membrane proteins, such as phospholipases, intracellular variations of cytoplasmic Ca2+, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and altered enzymatic activities, such as that of transglutaminase (TGase). TGases are widespread enzymes that catalyze the post-translational conjugation of polyamines (PAs) to different protein targets and/or the cross-linking of substrate proteins leading to the formation of cross-linked products with high molecular mass. When actin and tubulin are the substrates, this destabilizes the cytoskeleton and inhibits the pollen-tube's growth process. In this review, we will summarize the current knowledge of the relationship between S-RNase penetration, TGase activity and cytoskeleton function during GSI in the Malinae.
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- Stefano Del Duca
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Siena, Via Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy.
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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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Shi D, Tang C, Wang R, Gu C, Wu X, Hu S, Jiao J, Zhang S. Transcriptome and phytohormone analysis reveals a comprehensive phytohormone and pathogen defence response in pear self-/cross-pollination. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:1785-1799. [PMID: 28887590 PMCID: PMC5658469 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2194-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Candidate genes were identified and the role of phytohormones such as JA-Me and ABA in the synthesis of S-RNase was emphasized in pear self-incompatibility. Self-incompatibility (SI) occurs widely in flowering plants as an intraspecific reproductive barrier. This phenomenon promotes variation within species, but for some species such as Pyrus, SI is a nuisance rather than a benefit in agricultural production. Although many studies have been conducted on SI in pears, its mechanism remains unclear. In this study, high-throughput Illumina RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was used to identify SI-related genes in pear styles. Using transcriptome comparisons, differentially expressed genes of unpollinated (UP), cross-pollinated (CP), and self-pollinated (SP) styles were identified after 48 h. A total of 1796 and 1890 genes were identified in DSC (UP vs. CP) and DSI (UP vs. SP), respectively. KEGG analysis revealed that genes involved in the "plant hormone signal transduction pathway" and "plant-pathogen interaction pathway" were significantly enriched in DSI (UP vs. SP) compared to those in DSC (UP vs. CP). The expression level of S-glycoprotein ribonuclease (S-RNase) was dramatically reduced in cross-pollinated (CP) styles. To better understand the relationship between the expression patterns of S-RNase and two major KEGG pathways, the concentrations of phytohormones were measured, and the expression pattern of S-RNase was analysed using qRT-PCR. Our results demonstrate that methyl jasmonate and abscisic acid may enhance the expression level of S-RNase, and pollination can affect the synthesis of methyl jasmonate and abscisic acid in pear styles. Overall, this study is a global transcriptome analysis of SI in pear. A relationship between self-rejection, plant hormones, and pathogen defence was shown in pear.
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- Dongqing Shi
- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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Qu H, Guan Y, Wang Y, Zhang S. PLC-Mediated Signaling Pathway in Pollen Tubes Regulates the Gametophytic Self-incompatibility of Pyrus Species. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1164. [PMID: 28729872 PMCID: PMC5498517 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Among the Rosaceae species, the gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI) is controlled by a single multi-allelic S locus, which is composed of the pistil-S and pollen-S genes. The pistil-S gene encodes a polymorphic ribonuclease (S-RNase), which is essential for identifying self-pollen. However, the S-RNase system has not been fully characterized. In this study, the self-S-RNase inhibited the Ca2+-permeable channel activity at pollen tube apices and the selectively decreased phospholipase C (PLC) activity in the plasma membrane of Pyrus pyrifolia pollen tubes. Self-S-RNase decreased the Ca2+ influx through a PLC-mediated signaling pathway. Phosphatidylinositol-specific PLC has a 26-amino acid insertion in pollen tubes of the 'Jinzhuili' cultivar, which is a spontaneous self-compatible mutant of the 'Yali' cultivar. 'Yali' plants exhibit a typical S-RNase-based GSI. Upon self-pollination, PLC gene expression is significantly higher in 'Jinzhuili' pollen tubes than that in 'Yali' pollen tubes. Moreover, the PLC in pollen tubes can only interact with one of the two types of S-RNase from the style. In the Pyrus x bretschneideri Rehd, the PLC directly interacted with the S7-RNase in the pollen tube, but not with the S34-RNase. Collectively, our results reveal that the effects of S-RNase on PLC activity are required for S-specific pollen rejection, and that PLC-IP3 participates in the self-incompatibility reaction of Pyrus species.
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- Haiyong Qu
- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao, China
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- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao, China
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- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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Broz AK, Guerrero RF, Randle AM, Baek YS, Hahn MW, Bedinger PA. Transcriptomic analysis links gene expression to unilateral pollen-pistil reproductive barriers. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 17:81. [PMID: 28438120 PMCID: PMC5402651 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-1032-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Unilateral incompatibility (UI) is an asymmetric reproductive barrier that unidirectionally prevents gene flow between species and/or populations. UI is characterized by a compatible interaction between partners in one direction, but in the reciprocal cross fertilization fails, generally due to pollen tube rejection by the pistil. Although UI has long been observed in crosses between different species, the underlying molecular mechanisms are only beginning to be characterized. The wild tomato relative Solanum habrochaites provides a unique study system to investigate the molecular basis of this reproductive barrier, as populations within the species exhibit both interspecific and interpopulation UI. Here we utilized a transcriptomic approach to identify genes in both pollen and pistil tissues that may be key players in UI. RESULTS We confirmed UI at the pollen-pistil level between a self-incompatible population and a self-compatible population of S. habrochaites. A comparison of gene expression between pollinated styles exhibiting the incompatibility response and unpollinated controls revealed only a small number of differentially expressed transcripts. Many more differences in transcript profiles were identified between UI-competent versus UI-compromised reproductive tissues. A number of intriguing candidate genes were highly differentially expressed, including a putative pollen arabinogalactan protein, a stylar Kunitz family protease inhibitor, and a stylar peptide hormone Rapid ALkalinization Factor. Our data also provide transcriptomic evidence that fundamental processes including reactive oxygen species (ROS) signaling are likely key in UI pollen-pistil interactions between both populations and species. CONCLUSIONS Gene expression analysis of reproductive tissues allowed us to better understand the molecular basis of interpopulation incompatibility at the level of pollen-pistil interactions. Our transcriptomic analysis highlighted specific genes, including those in ROS signaling pathways that warrant further study in investigations of UI. To our knowledge, this is the first report to identify candidate genes involved in unilateral barriers between populations within a species.
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- Amanda K. Broz
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878 USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878 USA
- Department of Environmental Science, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878 USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
- School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878 USA
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Yang Q, Wang S, Wu C, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Chen Q, Li Y, Hao L, Gu Z, Li W, Li T. Malus domestica ADF1 severs actin filaments in growing pollen tubes. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2017; 44:455-463. [PMID: 32480578 DOI: 10.1071/fp16360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A dynamic actin cytoskeleton is essential for pollen tube growth and germination. However, the molecular mechanism that determines the organisation of the actin cytoskeleton in pollen remains poorly understood. ADF modulates the structure and dynamics of actin filaments and influences the higher-order organisation of the actin cytoskeleton in eukaryotic cells. Members of the ADF family have been shown to have important functions in pollen tube growth. However, the role of this gene family remains largely unknown in apple (Malus domestica Borkh.). In this study, we identified seven ADFs in the apple genome. Phylogenetic analysis showed that MdADF1 clusters with Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. AtADF7, ADF8, ADF10 and AtADF11. We performed sequence alignments and analysed the domain structures of the seven MdADF proteins and identified the chromosome locations of the encoding genes. We cloned the gene encoding MdADF1 from 'Ralls Janet' apple and found that it was strongly expressed in pollen. Biochemical assays revealed that MdADF1 directly bound to and severed F-actin under low Ca2+ conditions. We demonstrated that knockdown of MdADF1 inhibited pollen tube growth and reduced the pollen germination rate, but rendered the pollen insensitive to treatment with Latrunculin B, an actin depolymerising agent. Taken together, our results provide insight into the function of MdADF1 and serve as a reference for studies of ADF in other plants.
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- Qing Yang
- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Pomology of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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The role of Ca 2+ and Ca 2+ channels in the gametophytic self-incompatibility of Pyrus pyrifolia. Cell Calcium 2016; 60:299-308. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Zhang CC, Wang LY, Wei K, Wu LY, Li HL, Zhang F, Cheng H, Ni DJ. Transcriptome analysis reveals self-incompatibility in the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) might be under gametophytic control. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:359. [PMID: 27183979 PMCID: PMC4869358 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2703-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Self-incompatibility (SI) is under genetic control and prevents inbreeding depression in angiosperms. SI mechanisms are quite complicated and still poorly understood in many plants. Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) belonging to the family of Theaceae, exhibits high levels of SI and high heterozygosity. Uncovering the molecular basis of SI of the tea plant may enhance breeding and simplify genomics research for the whole family. RESULTS The growth of pollen tubes following selfing and crossing was observed using fluorescence microscopy. Self-pollen tubes grew slower than cross treatments from 24 h to 72 h after pollination. RNA-seq was employed to explore the molecular mechanisms of SI and to identify SI-related genes in C. sinensis. Self and cross-pollinated styles were collected at 24 h, 48 h and 72 h after pollination. Six RNA-seq libraries (SP24, SP48, SP72, CP24 CP48 and CP72; SP = self-pollinated, CP = cross-pollinated) were constructed and separately sequenced. In total, 299.327 million raw reads were generated. Following assembly, 63,762 unigenes were identified, and 27,264 (42.76 %) unigenes were annotated in five public databases: NR, KOG, KEGG, Swiss-Port and GO. To identify SI-related genes, the fragments per kb per million mapped reads (FPKM) values of each unigene were evaluated. Comparisons of CP24 vs. SP24, CP48 vs. SP48 and CP72 vs. SP72 revealed differential expression of 3,182, 3,575 and 3,709 genes, respectively. Consequently, several ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, Ca(2+) signaling, apoptosis and defense-associated genes were obtained. The temporal expression pattern of genes following CP and SP was analyzed; 6 peroxidase, 1 polyphenol oxidase and 7 salicylic acid biosynthetic process-related genes were identified. The RNA-seq data were validated by qRT-PCR of 15 unigenes. Finally, a unigene (CL25983Contig1) with strong homology to the S-RNase was analyzed. It was mainly expressed in styles, with dramatically higher expression in self-pollinated versus cross-pollinated tissues at 24 h post-pollination. CONCLUSIONS The present study reports the transcriptome of styles after cross- and self-pollination in tea and offers novel insights into the molecular mechanism behind SI in C. sinensis. We believe that this RNA-seq dataset will be useful for improvement in C. sinensis as well as other plants in the Theaceae family.
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- Cheng-Cai Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 9 Meiling South Road, Hangzhou, 310008, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 9 Meiling South Road, Hangzhou, 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 9 Meiling South Road, Hangzhou, 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 9 Meiling South Road, Hangzhou, 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 9 Meiling South Road, Hangzhou, 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 9 Meiling South Road, Hangzhou, 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 9 Meiling South Road, Hangzhou, 310008, China.
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430070, China.
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Jiménez-Quesada MJ, Traverso JÁ, Alché JDD. NADPH Oxidase-Dependent Superoxide Production in Plant Reproductive Tissues. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:359. [PMID: 27066025 PMCID: PMC4815025 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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In the life cycle of a flowering plant, the male gametophyte (pollen grain) produced in the anther reaches the stigmatic surface and initiates the pollen-pistil interaction, an important step in plant reproduction, which ultimately leads to the delivery of two sperm cells to the female gametophyte (embryo sac) inside the ovule. The pollen tube undergoes a strictly apical expansion characterized by a high growth rate, whose targeting should be tightly regulated. A continuous exchange of signals therefore takes place between the haploid pollen and diploid tissue of the pistil until fertilization. In compatible interactions, theses processes result in double fertilization to form a zygote (2n) and the triploid endosperm. Among the large number of signaling mechanisms involved, the redox network appears to be particularly important. Respiratory burst oxidase homologs (Rbohs) are superoxide-producing enzymes involved in a broad range of processes in plant physiology. In this study, we review the latest findings on understanding Rboh activity in sexual plant reproduction, with a particular focus on the male gametophyte from the anther development stages to the crowning point of fertilization. Rboh isoforms have been identified in both the male and female gametophyte and have proven to be tightly regulated. Their role at crucial points such as proper growth of pollen tube, self-incompatibility response and eventual fertilization is discussed.
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- María J. Jiménez-Quesada
- Plant Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)Granada, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of GranadaGranada, Spain
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- Plant Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)Granada, Spain
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Serrano I, Romero-Puertas MC, Sandalio LM, Olmedilla A. The role of reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide in programmed cell death associated with self-incompatibility. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:2869-76. [PMID: 25750430 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Successful sexual reproduction often relies on the ability of plants to recognize self- or genetically-related pollen and prevent pollen tube growth soon after germination in order to avoid self-fertilization. Angiosperms have developed different reproductive barriers, one of the most extended being self-incompatibility (SI). With SI, pistils are able to reject self or genetically-related pollen thus promoting genetic variability. There are basically two distinct systems of SI: gametophytic (GSI) and sporophytic (SSI) based on their different molecular and genetic control mechanisms. In both types of SI, programmed cell death (PCD) has been found to play an important role in the rejection of self-incompatible pollen. Although reactive oxygen species (ROS) were initially recognized as toxic metabolic products, in recent years, a new role for ROS has become apparent: the control and regulation of biological processes such as growth, development, response to biotic and abiotic environmental stimuli, and PCD. Together with ROS, nitric oxide (NO) has become recognized as a key regulator of PCD. PCD is an important mechanism for the controlled elimination of targeted cells in both animals and plants. The major focus of this review is to discuss how ROS and NO control male-female cross-talk during fertilization in order to trigger PCD in self-incompatible pollen, providing a highly effective way to prevent self-fertilization.
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- Irene Serrano
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Profesor Albareda 1, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Profesor Albareda 1, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Profesor Albareda 1, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Profesor Albareda 1, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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Domingos P, Prado AM, Wong A, Gehring C, Feijo JA. Nitric oxide: a multitasked signaling gas in plants. MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:506-20. [PMID: 25680232 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2014.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous reactive oxygen species (ROS) that has evolved as a signaling hormone in many physiological processes in animals. In plants it has been demonstrated to be a crucial regulator of development, acting as a signaling molecule present at each step of the plant life cycle. NO has also been implicated as a signal in biotic and abiotic responses of plants to the environment. Remarkably, despite this plethora of effects and functional relationships, the fundamental knowledge of NO production, sensing, and transduction in plants remains largely unknown or inadequately characterized. In this review we cover the current understanding of NO production, perception, and action in different physiological scenarios. We especially address the issues of enzymatic and chemical generation of NO in plants, NO sensing and downstream signaling, namely the putative cGMP and Ca(2+) pathways, ion-channel activity modulation, gene expression regulation, and the interface with other ROS, which can have a profound effect on both NO accumulation and function. We also focus on the importance of NO in cell-cell communication during developmental processes and sexual reproduction, namely in pollen tube guidance and embryo sac fertilization, pathogen defense, and responses to abiotic stress.
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, P-2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal; Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, 0118 BioScience Research Building, College Park, MD 20742-5815, USA.
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Moscatelli A, Gagliardi A, Maneta-Peyret L, Bini L, Stroppa N, Onelli E, Landi C, Scali M, Idilli AI, Moreau P. Characterisation of detergent-insoluble membranes in pollen tubes of Nicotiana tabacum (L.). Biol Open 2015; 4:378-99. [PMID: 25701665 PMCID: PMC4359744 DOI: 10.1242/bio.201410249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Pollen tubes are the vehicle for sperm cell delivery to the embryo sac during fertilisation of Angiosperms. They provide an intriguing model for unravelling mechanisms of growing to extremes. The asymmetric distribution of lipids and proteins in the pollen tube plasma membrane modulates ion fluxes and actin dynamics and is maintained by a delicate equilibrium between exocytosis and endocytosis. The structural constraints regulating polarised secretion and asymmetric protein distribution on the plasma membrane are mostly unknown. To address this problem, we investigated whether ordered membrane microdomains, namely membrane rafts, might contribute to sperm cell delivery. Detergent insoluble membranes, rich in sterols and sphingolipids, were isolated from tobacco pollen tubes. MALDI TOF/MS analysis revealed that actin, prohibitins and proteins involved in methylation reactions and in phosphoinositide pattern regulation are specifically present in pollen tube detergent insoluble membranes. Tubulins, voltage-dependent anion channels and proteins involved in membrane trafficking and signalling were also present. This paper reports the first evidence of membrane rafts in Angiosperm pollen tubes, opening new perspectives on the coordination of signal transduction, cytoskeleton dynamics and polarised secretion.
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- Alessandra Moscatelli
- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Proteomica Funzionale, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, Université Bordeaux Segalen, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Laboratorio di Proteomica Funzionale, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Proteomica Funzionale, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via P. A. Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy Present address: Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council and FBK, 38123 Trento, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, Université Bordeaux Segalen, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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Roldán JA, Rojas HJ, Goldraij A. In vitro inhibition of incompatible pollen tubes in Nicotiana alata involves the uncoupling of the F-actin cytoskeleton and the endomembrane trafficking system. PROTOPLASMA 2015; 252:63-75. [PMID: 24841893 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-014-0658-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In the S-RNase-based self-incompatibility system, subcellular events occurring in the apical region of incompatible pollen tubes during the pollen rejection process are poorly understood. F-actin dynamics and endomembrane trafficking are crucial for polar growth, which is temporally and spatially controlled in the tip region of pollen tubes. Thus, we developed a simple in vitro assay to study the changes in the F-actin cytoskeleton and the endomembrane system at the apical region of incompatible pollen tubes in Nicotiana alata. Growth but not germination of pollen tubes of S c₁₀-, S₇₀-, and S₇₅-haplotypes was selectively inhibited by style extracts carrying the same haplotypes. Pollen F-actin cytoskeleton and endomembrane system, visualized by fluorescent markers, were normal during the initial 60 min of pollen culture in the presence of compatible and incompatible style extracts. Additional culture resulted in complete growth arrest and critical alterations in the integrity of the F-actin cytoskeleton and the endomembrane system of incompatible pollen tubes. The F-actin ring and the V-shaped zone disappeared from the apical region, while distorted F-actin cables and progressive formation of membrane aggregates evolved in the subapical region and the shank. The vacuolar network of incompatible pollen tubes invaded the tip region, but vacuolar membrane integrity remained mostly unaffected. The polar growth machinery of incompatible pollen tubes was uncoupled, as evidenced by the severe disruption of colocalization between the F-actin cytoskeleton and the endomembrane compartments. A model of pollen rejection integrating the main subcellular events occurring in incompatible pollen is discussed.
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- Juan A Roldán
- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC-CONICET), Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, X5000HUA, Córdoba, Argentina
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Polyamines are common players in different facets of plant programmed cell death. Amino Acids 2014; 47:27-44. [PMID: 25399055 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1865-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is a process that occurs throughout the life span of every plant life, from initial germination of the seed to the senescence of the plant. It is a normal physiological milestone during the plant's developmental process, but it can also be induced by external factors, including a variety of environmental stresses and as a response to pathogen infections. Changes in the morphology of the nucleus is one of the most noticeable during PCD but all the components of the plant cell (cytoplasm, cytoskeleton and organelles) are involved in this fascinating process. To date, relatively little is known about PCD in plants, but several factors, among which polyamines (PAs) and plant growth regulators, have been shown to play an important role in the initiation and regulation of the process. The role of PAs in plant PCD appears to be multifaceted acting in some instances as pro-survival molecules, whereas in others seem to be implicated in accelerating PCD. The molecular mechanism is still under study. Here we present some PCD plant models, focusing on the role of the enzyme responsible for PA conjugation to proteins: transglutaminase (TGase), an enzyme linked with the process of PCD also in some animal models. The role of PAs and plant TGase in the senescence and PCD in flowers, leaf and the self-incompatibility of pollen will be discussed and examined in depth.
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Characterization of the 'Xiangshui' lemon transcriptome by de novo assembly to discover genes associated with self-incompatibility. Mol Genet Genomics 2014; 290:365-75. [PMID: 25252890 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0920-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Seedlessness is a desirable character in lemons and other citrus species. Seedless fruit can be induced in many ways, including through self-incompatibility (SI). SI is widely used as an intraspecific reproductive barrier that prevents self-fertilization in flowering plants. Although there have been many studies on SI, its mechanism remains unclear. The 'Xiangshui' lemon is an important seedless cultivar whose seedlessness has been caused by SI. It is essential to identify genes involved in SI in 'Xiangshui' lemon to clarify its molecular mechanism. In this study, candidate genes associated with SI were identified using high-throughput Illumina RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). A total of 61,224 unigenes were obtained (average, 948 bp; N50 of 1,457 bp), among which 47,260 unigenes were annotated by comparison to six public databases (Nr, Nt, Swiss-Prot, KEGG, COG, and GO). Differentially expressed genes were identified by comparing the transcriptomes of no-, self-, and cross-pollinated stigmas with styles of the 'Xiangshui' lemon. Several differentially expressed genes that might be associated with SI were identified, such as those involved in pollen tube growth, programmed cell death, signal transduction, and transcription. NADPH oxidase genes associated with apoptosis were highly upregulated in the self-pollinated transcriptome. The expression pattern of 12 genes was analyzed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. A putative S-RNase gene was identified that had not been previously associated with self-pollen rejection in lemon or citrus. This study provided a transcriptome dataset for further studies of SI and seedless lemon breeding.
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Chen X, Zhang Z, Visser RGF, Vosman B, Broekgaarden C. Constitutive overexpression of the pollen specific gene SKS13 in leaves reduces aphid performance on Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 14:217. [PMID: 25267093 PMCID: PMC4243735 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0217-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plants have developed a variety of mechanisms to counteract aphid attacks. They activate their defences by changing the expression of specific genes. Previously we identified an activation tag mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana on which Myzus persicae population development was reduced. Activation tag mutants are gain-of-function in which the expression of a gene is increased by the insertion of the Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S enhancer that acts on the natural promoter. By further characterizing this previously identified mutant we identified a gene that reduces performance of M. persicae and also provided clues about the mechanism involved. RESULTS We show that SKU5 SIMILAR 13 (SKS13), a gene whose expression in wild type plants is restricted to pollen and non-responsive to M. persicae attack, is overexpressed in the A. thaliana mutant showing reduced performance of M. persicae. Monitoring M. persicae feeding behaviour on SKS13 overexpressing plants indicated that M. persicae have difficulties feeding from the phloem. The constitutive expression of SKS13 results in accumulation of reactive oxygen species, which is possibly regulated through the jasmonic acid pathway. The enhanced resistance is not aphid species specific as also the population development of Brevicoryne brassicae was affected. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate that constitutive expression in leaves of the pollen-specific gene SKS13 can enhance plant defence, resulting in a reduction of M. persicae population development and also decreases the transmission of persistent viruses. Overexpression of SKS13 in A. thaliana also affects B. brassicae and possibly other phloem feeding insects as well. Identifying genes that can enhance plant defence against insects will be important to open up new avenues for the development of insect resistant crop plants.
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- />Wageningen UR, Plant Breeding, PO. Box 386, Wageningen, 6700 AJ the Netherlands
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- />Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- />Wageningen UR, Plant Breeding, PO. Box 386, Wageningen, 6700 AJ the Netherlands
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- />Wageningen UR, Plant Breeding, PO. Box 386, Wageningen, 6700 AJ the Netherlands
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- />Wageningen UR, Plant Breeding, PO. Box 386, Wageningen, 6700 AJ the Netherlands
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Meng D, Gu Z, Yuan H, Wang A, Li W, Yang Q, Zhu Y, Li T. The microtubule cytoskeleton and pollen tube Golgi vesicle system are required for in vitro S-RNase internalization and gametic self-incompatibility in apple. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 55:977-89. [PMID: 24503865 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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S-RNase is the female determinant of gametophytic self-incompatibility in apple and is usually considered to be the reason for rejection of pollen. In this study, we investigated the role of microtubules (MTs) in internalization of S-RNases by pollen tubes cultured in vitro. The results showed that S-RNase was imported into the pollen tube where it inhibits pollen tube growth, and that S-RNase is co-localized with the Golgi vesicle during the internalization process. Moreover, MT depolymerization is observed following accumulation of S-RNases in the pollen cytosol. On the other hand, S-RNase was prevented from entering the pollen tube when the pollen was treated with the actin filament (AF) inhibitor latrunculin A (LatA), the MT inhibitor oryzalin, or the MT stabilizer taxol at subtoxic concentrations. These hindered the construction of the MT, with pollen tubes capable of growth under these conditions. Pollen tubes showed improved growth in self-pollinated styles that were pre-treated with taxol. This suggests that cytoskeleton antagonists can prevent S-RNase-mediated inhibition of pollen tubes in vivo by blocking S-RNase internalization. These results suggest that an intact and dynamic cytoskeleton is required for the in vitro internalization of S-RNase, as shown by the effects of various cytoskeleton inhibitors. S-RNase internalization takes place via a membrane/cytoskeleton-based Golgi vesicle system, which can also affect self-incompatibility in apple.
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- Dong Meng
- Laboratory of Fruit Cell and Molecular Breeding, College of Agronomy and Bio-tech, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Del Duca S, Serafini-Fracassini D, Cai G. Senescence and programmed cell death in plants: polyamine action mediated by transglutaminase. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:120. [PMID: 24778637 PMCID: PMC3985020 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Research on polyamines (PAs) in plants laps a long way of about 50 years and many roles have been discovered for these aliphatic cations. PAs regulate cell division, differentiation, organogenesis, reproduction, dormancy-break and senescence, homeostatic adjustments in response to external stimuli and stresses. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms of their multiple activities are still matter of research. PAs are present in free and bound forms and interact with several important cell molecules; some of these interactions may occur by covalent linkages catalyzed by transglutaminase (TGase), giving rise to "cationization" or cross-links among specific proteins. Senescence and programmed cell death (PCD) can be delayed by PAs; in order to re-interpret some of these effects and to obtain new insights into their molecular mechanisms, their conjugation has been revised here. The TGase-mediated interactions between proteins and PAs are the main target of this review. After an introduction on the characteristics of this enzyme, on its catalysis and role in PCD in animals, the plant senescence and PCD models in which TGase has been studied, are presented: the corolla of naturally senescing or excised flowers, the leaves senescing, either excised or not, the pollen during self-incompatible pollination, the hypersensitive response and the tuber storage parenchyma during dormancy release. In all the models examined, TGase appears to be involved by a similar molecular mechanism as described during apoptosis in animal cells, even though several substrates are different. Its effect is probably related to the type of PCD, but mostly to the substrate to be modified in order to achieve the specific PCD program. As a cross-linker of PAs and proteins, TGase is an important factor involved in multiple, sometimes controversial, roles of PAs during senescence and PCD.
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- Stefano Del Duca
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (Botany), University of BolognaBologna, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of SienaSiena, Italy
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Jiang X, Gao Y, Zhou H, Chen J, Wu J, Zhang S. Apoplastic calmodulin promotes self-incompatibility pollen tube growth by enhancing calcium influx and reactive oxygen species concentration in Pyrus pyrifolia. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2014; 33:255-63. [PMID: 24145911 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1526-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2013] [Revised: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Calmodulin (CaM) has been associated with various physiological and developmental processes in plants, including pollen tube growth. In this study, we showed that CaM regulated the pear pollen tube growth in a concentration-dependent bi-phasic response. Using a whole-cell patch-clamp configuration, we showed that apoplastic CaM induced a hyperpolarization-activated calcium ion (Ca²⁺) current, and anti-CaM largely inhibited this type of Ca²⁺ current. Moreover, upon anti-CaM treatment, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentration decreased and actin filaments depolymerized in the pollen tube. Interestingly, CaM could partially rescue the inhibition of self-incompatible pear pollen tube growth. This phenotype could be mediated by CaM-enhanced pollen plasma membrane Ca²⁺ current, tip-localized ROS concentration and stabilized actin filaments. These data indicated that Ca²⁺, ROS and actin filaments were involved with CaM in regulating pollen tube growth and provide a potential way for overcoming pear self-incompatibility.
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- Xueting Jiang
- College of Horticulture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, No 6. Tongwei Road, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Smirnova AV, Matveyeva NP, Yermakov IP. Reactive oxygen species are involved in regulation of pollen wall cytomechanics. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2014; 16:252-7. [PMID: 23574420 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2012] [Accepted: 11/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Production and scavenging of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in somatic plant cells is developmentally regulated and plays an important role in the modification of cell wall mechanical properties. Here we show that H2O2 and the hydroxyl radical ((•)OH) can regulate germination of tobacco pollen by modifying the mechanical properties of the pollen intine (inner layer of the pollen wall). Pollen germination was affected by addition of exogenous H2O2, (•)OH, and by antioxidants scavenging endogenous ROS: superoxide dismutase, superoxide dismutase/catalase mimic Mn-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(1-methyl-4-pyridyl)21H, 23H-porphin, or a spin-trap α-(4-pyridyl-1-oxide)-N-tert-butylnitrone, which eliminates (•)OH. The inhibiting concentrations of exogenous H2O2 and (•)OH did not decrease pollen viability, but influenced the mechanical properties of the wall. The latter were estimated by studying the resistance of pollen to hypo-osmotic shock. (•)OH caused excess loosening of the intine all over the surface of the pollen grain, disrupting polar growth induction. In contrast, H2O2, as well as partial removal of endogenous (•)OH, over-tightened the wall, impeding pollen tube emergence. Feruloyl esterase (FAE) was used as a tool to examine whether H2O2-inducible inter-polymer cross-linking is involved in the intine tightening. FAE treatment caused loosening of the intine and stimulated pollen germination and pollen tube growth, revealing ferulate cross-links in the intine. Taken together, the data suggest that pollen intine properties can be regulated differentially by ROS. (•)OH is involved in local loosening of the intine in the germination pore region, while H2O2 is necessary for intine strengthening in the rest of the wall through oxidative coupling of feruloyl polysaccharides.
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- A V Smirnova
- Department of Plant Physiology, School of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Plant Physiology, School of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Plant Physiology, School of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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