Giant mitochondria in the mature egg cell ofPelargonium zonale

Summary Giant mitochondrial nuclei (known as nucleoids or mt-nuclei), which contain extremely large amounts of DNA, were studied in thin sections of the mature egg and proembryo (2 and 6 days after double fertilization) ofPelargonium zonale. Samples were embedded in Technovit 7100 resin, stained with 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) and examined by immuno-gold electron microscopic cytochemistry. The egg cell contained giant mitochondria (either long and stretched or cup-shaped) which contained a large amount of DNA (more than 4 megabase pairs). However, the other cells, such as synergids, the central cell and nucellus contained small spherical mitochondria. Giant mitochondria in the egg cell were often found to make mitochondria complexes due to the grouping of cupule-shaped mitochondria. Immuno-gold electron microscopic cytochemistry revealed that the mitochondrial DNA is localized in the electron transparent of the giant mitochondria. Apparently, the large mitochondria in the egg cell divided in stages to form small, spherical mitochondria during the early stages of embryogenesis and the DNA content in individual large mitochondrion also decreased significantly. The amount of mitochondrial DNA reached approximately 800 kbp in the globular embryo 6 days after double fertilization. The formation of giant mitochondria in mature eggs has significant aspects after double fertilization.     

Polarity of nuclear and organellar DNA during megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis in Plumbago zeylanica

Summary Megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis of Plumbago zeylanica were studied using isolated megasporocytes, megaspores, and embryo sacs labeled with Hoechst 33258 for nuclear and organellar (presumably plastid) DNA. Megasporogenesis conforms to the tetrasporic Plumbago type, producing a coenomegaspore with four megaspore nuclei. Organeller DNA is polarized in the micropylar end of the coenomegaspore and embryo sac, reflecting the site of egg cell formation. The three remaining nuclei are somewhat displaced to the chalazal pole, producing a variable number of accessory cells and a 4N secondary central cell nucleus. Ultimately, the mature embryo sac consists of two to five cells including an egg cell, a central cell, zero to two lateral cells, and zero to one antipodal cell depending on the degeneration of the lateral or chalazal nuclei during megagametogenesis.     

A CYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF EMBRYO SAC DEVELOPMENT IN STELLARIA MEDIA

Megasporogenesis and embryo sac development in Stellaria media were investigated using cytochemical methods for the demonstration of nucleic acids, proteins, and polysaccharides. RNA concentrations were high in the archesporial cells, low in the megaspore mother cell, and increased again to high concentrations with the formation of the megaspore and 2-, 4-, and early 8-nucleate embryo sac. RNA levels were also high in the egg and primary endosperm nucleus but low in the synergid and antipodal cells. Nucleolar size and vacuolation were indicative of RNA synthetic activity. Protein concentrations were parallel in concentration and distribution to those observed for RNA. Polysaccharides were conspicuously absent from all stages except the synergids and nucellar cells. Feulgen-stained DNA was demonstrable in the antipodal cells, megaspore mother cell, and megaspore cell, but was not visible in the 2-, 4-, or early 8-nucleate embryo sac. Feulgen staining was also absent from the egg and primary endosperm nucleus but was visible in the synergids and antipodals. Histones were difficult to visualize anywhere except in the egg cytoplasm and the nuclei of the antipodals.     

Behavior of mitochondria and their nuclei during amoebae cell proliferation inPhysarum polycephalum

Summary We investigated the manner of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication and distribution during the culture ofPhysarum polycephalum amoebae cells by microphotometry, anti-BrdU immunofluorescence microscopy, and quantitative hybridization analysis. In amoebae cells ofP. polycephalum, the number of mitochondria per cell and the shape of both mitochondria and mitochondrial nuclei (mt-nuclei) noticeably changed over the culture period. At the time of transfer, about 27 short ellipsoidal shaped mitochondria, which each contained a small amount of DNA, were observed in each cell. The number of mitochondria per cell decreased gradually, while the amount of mtDNA in an mt-nucleus and the length of mt-nuclei increased gradually. Midway through the middle logarithmic growth phase, the number of mitochondria per cell reached a minimum (about 10 mitochondria per cell), but most mtnuclei assumed an elongated shape and contained a large amount of mtDNA. During the late log- and stationary-growth phase, the number of mitochondria per cell increased gradually, while the amount of DNA in an mt-nucleus and mt-nuclei length decreased gradually. Upon completion of the stationary phase, the number and condition of mitochondria within cells returned to that first observed at the time of transfer. The total amount of mtDNA in a cell increased about 1.6-fold the first day, decreased immediately, then maintained a constant level ranging from 130 to 160 T. Except for the fact that mtDNA synthesis began earlier than synthesis of cell nuclei, the rate of increase in mtDNA paralleled that of cell-nuclear DNA throughout the culture. These results indicate that mtDNA is continuously replicated in pace with cell proliferation and the rate of mitochondrial division varies during culture; this mitochondrial division does not synchronize with either mtDNA replication or cell division. Furthermore, we observed the spatial distribution of DNA replication sites along mt-nuclei. Replication began at several sites scattered along an mt-nucleus, and the number of replication sites increased as the length of mt-nuclei increased. These results indicate that mtDNA replication progresses in adjacent replicons, which are collectively termed a mitochondrial replicon cluster.Abbreviations DAPI 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole - VIMPCS video-intensified microscope photon counting system - BrdU 5-bromodeoxyuridine - FITC fluorescein isothiocyanate     

Embryological Studies on Apomixis in Pennisetum squamulatum

Studies on the formation and development of the embryo sac of the apomictic material of Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen indicated that normal archesporial cell did form with consequent development of a megaspore mother cell and later meiotic division to give rise to a triad. But invariably the megaspore mother cell and the triad underwent degeneration after formation. During the period of formation or degeneration of the megaspore or the triad a number of nucellar cells around the degenerated sexual cell became much enlarged. Frequently, one of the enlarging nucellar cells near the micropylar end became vacuolated and then developed into an aposporous uninucleate embryo sac, which underwent two further mitotic divisions to form an aposporous four-nucleate embryo sac, where the four nuclei remained in the micropylar end. Thus in the mature aposporous embryo sac there were one egg cell, one synergid and one central cell (containing two polar nuclei). Antipodal cells were completely lacking. The pattern of development of the aposporous embryo sac resembles the panicum type. There were two types of embryo formed during apomictic development namely ( 1 ) The pre-genesis embryo--embryo formed without fertilization, 1 to 2 days before anthesis, and (2) The late-genesis embryo--derived from the unfertilized egg cells, 3 to 4 days after anthesis. In the late-genesis embryo type, the egg cell divided after the secondary nucleus has undergone division to form the endosperm nuclei. All egg cells developed vacuoles before they differentiated into embryos. The development of the aposporous embryo followed the sequence of the formation of globular, pearshaped embryo and full stages of differentiation. The unfertilized secondary nucleus divides to form free endosperm nuclei after being stimulated by pollination. The development of the endosperm belongs to the nuclear-type.     

水蔗草兼性无融合生殖胚胎学研究

对水蔗草(Apluda mutica L.)的生殖方式进行研究,结果表明水蔗草进行兼性无融合生殖.胚囊发育分为两种类型,即有性生殖的蓼型和无孢子生殖的大黍型.无融合生殖胚囊频率为60.74%.在大孢子母细胞发育至四分体后,珠孔端的3个大孢子解体.合点端的大孢子未解体时,邻近大孢子的1个珠心细胞开始特化,形成无融合生殖的原始细胞,由该原始细胞发育形成有1个卵细胞、1个助细胞和2个极核的四核胚囊.     

水蔗草兼性无融合生殖胚胎学研究

对水蔗草 (ApludamuticaL .)的生殖方式进行研究 ,结果表明水蔗草进行兼性无融合生殖。胚囊发育分为两种类型 ,即有性生殖的蓼型和无孢子生殖的大黍型。无融合生殖胚囊频率为 6 0 .74%。在大孢子母细胞发育至四分体后 ,珠孔端的 3个大孢子解体。合点端的大孢子未解体时 ,邻近大孢子的 1个珠心细胞开始特化 ,形成无融合生殖的原始细胞 ,由该原始细胞发育形成有 1个卵细胞、1个助细胞和 2个极核的四核胚囊。     

竹节参雌配子体发育的研究

本文报道了竹节参(Panax japonicus C.A.Mey)雌配子体(胚囊)的发育过程。竹节参大孢子母细胞减数分裂产生线形排列的大孢子四分体。胚囊发育属蓼型,由合点端大孢子发育而成。游离核胚囊时期,胚囊珠孔端的细胞器种类和数量都较胚囊合点端多;胚囊合点端相邻的珠被细胞中有含淀粉粒的小质体,与胚囊珠孔端相邻的退化中的非功能大孢子中则有含淀粉粒的大质体和大类脂体。成熟胚囊中,反足细胞较早退化;极核融合成次生核;卵细胞高度液泡化,细胞器数量较少;助细胞则有丰富的细胞器和发达的丝状器。PAS反应表明,受精前的成熟胚囊中积累淀粉粒。次生核受精后,很快分裂产生胚乳游离核,到几十至数百个核时形成胚乳细胞。卵细胞受精后则要经过较长的休眠期。     

Preferential digestion of chloroplast DNA in male gametangia during the late stage of gametogenesis in the anisogamous algaBryopsis maxima

Summary The fate of chloroplast nuclei (cp-nuclei) and mitochondrial nuclei (mt-nuclei) was followed during gametogenesis in male and female coenocytic thalli in the anisogamous algaBryopsis maxima by epifluorescence microscopy, after staining with 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), by quantification of chloroplast DNA (cp-DNA) by fluorimetry using a video-intensified, photon-counting system (VIMPICS), and by CsCl density gradient centrifugation. The male and female coenocytic thalli, 48 h before the release of gametes, contain a large number of chloroplasts, each of which is larger in size than the cell nucleus and the mitochondria and contains about 150 cp-nuclei. The size of each chloroplast in the female and male gametangia decreases markedly during gametogenesis as a result of continuous divisions till about 10 h before the release of gametes and, eventually, the numbers of cp-nuclei per chloroplast in the male and female gametangia fall to about 20 and 5, respectively. Two hours later, as the preferential digestion of cp-DNA in the male gametangium occurs, the number of cp-nuclei in the chloroplast of each male gamete falls to zero while the number of cp-nuclei in female gamete does not change, even after release of female gametes. Several mt-nuclei are observed in all of the female gametes. By contrast, the mt-nuclei in the bulk of the male gametes disappear but those in a few gametes remain. The profiles after CsCl density gradient centrifugation of DNAs extracted from male and female plants and gametes support the cytological data. The results suggest that the preferential digestion of cp-DNA in male plants occurs about 8 h before the release of gametes and that there is differential digestion of cp-DNA and mitochondrial DNA (mt-DNA).     

大叶杨配囊及胚珠的形成和发育

本文应用细胞化学方法研究了大叶杨胚珠、胚囊的形成和发育过程中核酸、蛋白质及不溶性多糖的分布和消长。大孢子母细胞、大孢子四分体及功能大孢子中含较少不溶性多糖,但却含丰富的RNA和蛋白质。功能大孢子经分裂发育成八核的蓼型胚囊。四核胚囊开始积累细胞质多糖,成熟胚囊中除反足细胞外充满淀粉粒。反足细胞形成后不久即退化。助细胞具多糖性质的丝状器,受精前两个助细胞退化。卵细胞核对Feulgen反应呈负反应。二极核受精前由胚囊中部移向卵器,与卵器接触后融合形成次生核。发育早期的胚珠为厚珠心,双珠被。晚期,内珠被退化,故成熟胚珠为单珠被。四核胚囊时期,珠孔端珠心组织退化,胚囊伸向珠孔形成胚囊喙。合点端珠心组织含丰富的蛋白质和核酸,这一性质与绒毡层性质相似,可能涉及胚囊的营养运输。胚囊的营养来源于子房和胎座细胞内贮存的淀粉粒。     

七筋姑的大小孢子发生雌雄配子体发育及多糖物质的动态

七筋姑(Clintonia udensis Trautv. et Mey)具倒生胚珠、双珠被、薄珠心、单个孢原。大孢子母细胞减数分裂后形成1 3排列,合点端三核退化,珠孔端有功能的大孢子核进行两次有丝分裂。成熟胚囊具5核或6核,即1组卵器、1上极核、合点端的1个或2个退化核。胚囊发育为四孢子、高度退化的贝母型。花药壁由表皮、药室内壁、两层中间层及绒毡层组成,发育属单子叶型。绒毡层解体方式为分泌型。小孢子母细胞减数分裂时胞质分裂为连续型。二轴对称式四分体,2-细胞成熟花粉粒。组织化学表明:大小孢子发生及雌雄配子体形成过程中的不溶性多糖颗粒的分布呈现规律性变化。     

The Ultracytochemical Localzation of Acid Phosphatase Activity in Wheat During Fertilization

No acid phosphatase activity was observed in the mature embryo sac of wheat (Triticum aestivum) except the chalazal cytoplasm Of the central cell before fertilization. During fertilization, acid phosphataseactivity was observed in the following loci: part of chromatin of the egg nucleus and most of the mitochondria in the egg cytoplasm; the perinuclear spaces of the egg and sperm nuclei at the fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei; the chalazal cytoplasm and some vacuoles of the degenerated synergid; two sperm nuclei within the cytoplasm of female cells; the cell wall of each cell of the embryo sac and that of the nucellar cells surrounding the embryo sac. No acid phosphatase was observed in the two-celled proembryo. Dense enzyme reaction product was localized in the chromatin of the free nuclei at early stage of the endosperm. The characteristic of acid phosphatase distribution during fertilization may be associated with the physiological change of the egg Cell, the reorganization of mitochondria in the egg cell cytoplasm, the degeneration of one of the two synergids, the physiological state of the sperm nuclei and the nuclear membrane fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei.     

小麦受精过程中酸性磷酸酶的超微细胞化学定位

小麦（Ｔｒｉｔｉｃｕｍ ａｅｓｔｉｖｕｍ ）受精前成熟胚囊,除胚囊中央细胞的合点端细胞质中有酸性磷酸酶外,其余部位均未发现酸性磷酸酶。受精时期,以下部位存在酸性磷酸酶活性：卵细胞的细胞核内一部分染色质和细胞质中大部分线粒体;精、卵核融合时两核的核周腔内;退化助细胞合点端细胞质和一些液泡内;进入雌性细胞中的两个精核;胚囊各成员细胞的细胞壁及胚囊周围珠心细胞的细胞壁。二细胞原胚中未见有酸性磷酸酶。早期胚乳游离核染色质上有酸性磷酸酶。小麦受精过程酸性磷酸酶的分布特点可能与卵细胞生理状态的变化和细胞质中线粒体的改组、助细胞的退化、精核的生理状态以及精核与卵核的核膜融合等有关。     

Embryology of Zippelia begoniaefolia (Piperaceae) and its systematic relationships

Microsporogenesis and embryology of the monotypic Zippelia (Z. begoniaefolia) Blume (Piperaceae) is described for the first time to assess its systematic relationships. The formation of the anther wall is of Basic Type such that the anther wall, consisting of an endothecium with fibrous thickenings, two middle layers, and a glandular septum with 2‐nucleate cells, is derived from a primary parietal layer. Simultaneous cytokinesis follows meiosis of the microspore mother cell thence forming a tetrahedral tetrad of microspores. The single basal ovule is orthotropous, crassinucellate and bitegmic but only the inner integument forms the micropyle. The sporogenous cell of the nucellus functions directly as a megaspore mother cell. A coenocyte with four nuclei forms after meiosis of the megaspore mother cell. The formation of the embryo sac is tetrasporic ab initio and is of, or similar to, the Drusa Type of embryo sac in which the nuclei of the coenocyte undergo two successive mitoses and forms a 16‐celled or 16‐nucleate embryo sac that is ovoid in shape. The embryo sac has an egg apparatus consisting of an egg cell and two synergids (but one of the latter is less discernable). Two polar cells occur just beneath the egg apparatus and 11 antipodal cells or nuclei are arranged along the lower part of the inner wall of the embryo sac. They are linked by threads of cytoplasm. The two polar cells are separated or fused before fertilization. A large primary endosperm nucleus with many nucleoli, which resulted from the fertilized polar cells and with the participation of antipodal cells, divides into a free nuclei stage. The free nuclei are arranged along the lower part of the inner wall of the embryo sac or rarely assemble at the central part. The development of endosperm is thus of the Nuclear Type. The zygote remains undivided and fails to develop even when the seed is nearly mature. Frequently, the zygote and the endosperm abort later and leave an empty chamber in the top part of the seed. Most of the seed content is starchy perisperm. Only the inner integument forms the seed coat and the pericarp develops glochidiate hairs (anchor‐like hairs) when the endosperm begins to develop. By comparison with the other piperaceous taxa using embryological and botanical features, Zippelia is referred to as a basal taxon and a more isolated evolutionary line or a blind branch in the Piperaceae. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002, 140 , 49–64.     

海南山薯雌花发育及胚胎发育的研究

通过研究山薯的雌花及胚胎发育,为山薯的胚胎学研究以及杂交育种奠定基础。结果表明:山薯大部分为雌雄异株,海南岛的山薯雌花花期约3个月,为9月初至11月末。子房3室,每室有2个倒生胚珠;胚珠具厚珠心,双珠被。珠孔一端表皮下的孢原细胞逐渐发育为大孢子母细胞。大孢子母细胞减数分裂形成4个呈线形排列的大孢子,其中只有1个可以发育为功能大孢子。成熟的胚囊为7胞8核胚囊,其胚囊发育类型为蓼型。卵细胞的受精属于有丝分裂前型。其胚的发育类型为柳叶菜型,经过二细胞原胚、倒T型原胚、棒状胚、球形胚和梨形胚这5个发育阶段。胚乳的发育为核型。     

Confocal Microscopic Observations on Microtubular Cytoskeleton Changes During Megasporogenesis and Megagametogenesis in Phaius tankervilliae (Aiton) Bl.

In nun orchid (Phaius tankervilliae (Alton) B1. ) embryo sac development follows the monosporic pattern. Changes in the pattern of organization of the microtubular cytoskeleton during megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis in this orchid were studied using the immunofluorescence technique and eonfocal microscopy. At the initial stage of development the microtubules in the arehesporium were randomly oriented into a network. Later the archesporial cell elongated to form the megasporocyte. The cytoskeleton in the elongated megasporoeyte was radially organized in which microtubules extending from the nuclear envelope to the peripheral region of the cell. The megasporoeyte then underwent meiosis 1 to form a dyad. The dyad cell at the chalazal end was larger than the cell at the micropylar end. Microtubules in the dyad cell were radially oriented. The dyad underwent meiosis to give rise to a linear array of four megaspores (i. e. tetrad formation). The chalazal-far most megaspore survived and became the functional megaspore, which contained a set of randomly oriented microtubules. The microtubules in the other 3 megaspore disappeared as the cells degenerated. The functional megaspore then underwent mitotic division giveing rise to a 2 nucleate embryo sac. The nuclei of the 2-nucleate embryo sac were separated by a set of longitudinally oriented microtubules which ran parallel to the long axis of the embryo sac. Each nucleus in the embryo sac was surrounded by a set of perinuelear microtubules. The gnucleate embryo sac again underwent mitotic division to form a 4-nucleate embryo sac. The division of the two nuclei was synchronous. But the orientation of the division plan of the two spindles was different (i. e. the spindle microtubules at the chalazal end ran parallel with the long axis of the embryo sac and those at the mieropylar end ran at right angle to the axis of the embryo sac). The 4 nuclei of the 4-nucleate embryo sac were all tightly surrounded by randomly oriented microtubules. Later the paired nuclei at the micropylr end and at the chalazal end as well underwent mitotic division in seguence. At this time when the embryo sac had reached the 8-nucleate embryo sac stage. The pattern of organization of the microtubules was very complex. Initially the nuclei were surrounded by a set of randomly oriented microtubules, but after the two polar nuclei had moved to the central region of the embryo sac, three different organizational zones of microtubules appeared, viz: a randomly oriented set of microtubules surrounding each nucleus in the chalazal zone: a set (in the form of a basket) of cortical microtubules which surrounded the vacuoles and the two polar nuclei in the central zone and a loosely knitted network of microtubules surrounding the nucleus that later became the egg cell nucleus in the micropylar zone. The two nuclei that would become the nuclei of the synergids were surrounded by a set of more densely packed mierotubules. Towards far the most micropylar end some microtubules formed thick bundles. The site of appearance of these thick bundles coincided with the site of development of the filiform apparatus. The pattern of microtubule organization after cellularization (i. e. at the beginning of embryo sac maturation) did not change much. The author's results indicated that various patterns of microtubule organization observed in the developing embryo sac of nun orchid reflected the complexity and dynamism of the embryo sac.     

鹤顶兰胚囊发育过程中微管变化的共焦显微镜观察

光镜的观察确定了鹤顶兰（Ｐｈａｉｕｓ ｔａｎｋｅｒｖｉｌｌｉａｅ （Ａｉｔｏｎ） Ｂｌ．）胚囊发育属单孢子蓼型。应用免疫荧光标记技术及共焦镜观察了胚囊发育过程中微管分布的变化。当孢原细胞初形成时,细胞内的微管呈网状分布。之后,孢原细胞体积增大发育为大孢子母细胞。大孢子母细胞延长,进入减数分裂Ⅰ。微管由分裂前的网状分布变为辐射状排列。二分体的两个细胞内的微管分布一样,呈辐射状。四分体的近珠孔端的３ 个大孢子解体,细胞内的微管消失。靠合点端的功能大孢子内有许多微管呈网状分布。当功能大孢子进入第一次有丝分裂时,细胞内的微管由网状变为辐射状,从核膜伸展至周质。再经两次有丝分裂形成八核胚囊。在核分裂之前微管一般是呈网状分布并紧包围着核。在分裂期间二核和四核胚囊都呈极性现象,微管系统也呈极性分布。微管在八核胚囊内的分布变化情形特别复杂。首先,八核分别作不同程度的移动,其中两个核移向胚囊中央,珠孔端和合点端的３ 个核分别互相靠拢,形成３ 个区,即中央区、反足区和卵器区。胚囊未形成区时,８ 个核都被网状分布的微管包围着。当胚囊明显分成区时,反足区内的微管仍作网状分布。中央区的微管分布则趋疏松,形成篮形结构,包围着液泡和两个极核。在     

Different patterns of callose wall formation during megasporogenesis in two species ofOenothera (Onagraceae)

The homozygousOenothera hookeri Torr. etGray shows the typical pattern ofOnagraceae with ± callose on the external walls of megaspore mother cells and tetrads. Megasporogenesis is heteropolar, and the micropylar megaspore is the mother-cell of the 4-celled embryo sac. The complex-heterozygousOenothera biennis L. during megasporogenesis generally has callose not on the external cell walls but only on the transversal walls of the tetrad. In 95% of the ovules both the external chalazal and the micropylar megaspores develop to embryo sac mother-cells. Megasporogenesis is homopolar, and competition between two developing embryo sacs for nutrition in the ovule occurs. The embryo sac with the stronger genotype wins the race against the other one. Polarity phenomena during ontogeny of the female gametophyte are related to nutritional supply and hormonal induction from the ovule. The introduction of a developmental-physiological point of view into the discussion about the evolution of the embryo sac inOnagraceae is therefore justified.Stipendiatin der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung 1974/76.     

赤苎无融合生殖细胞胚胎学研究

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