Characteristics of the cytomictic channel formation in Nicotiana tabacum L. pollen mother cells

Electron-microscopic analysis of cytomictic channels formation in the pollen mother cells in tobacco at the stage of meiosis prophase I of anthers has been conducted. The cytomictic channels in the pollen mother cells in tobacco have been established to be formed under the basis of both single plasmodesmata and de novo with the involvement of specific electron-dense bodies. The role of cytomictic channels in microsporogenesis regulation is discussed.     

烟草花粉母细胞细胞融合过程中细胞骨架的超微结构观察

应用普通电镜和DGD去包埋技术 ,研究了烟草花粉母细胞中的细胞融合现象及细胞融合过程中细胞骨架的变化。观察发现 ,处于凝线期的花粉母细胞 ,其内含物 ,包括细胞器和染色质 ,主要通过胞质通道向相邻细胞发生转移。DGD去包埋观察发现 ,花粉母细胞中核骨架与细胞质内及胞间连丝和胞质通道内胞质骨架连接成一个整体。在整个细胞融合过程中 ,均有核骨架纤维与染色质相连。本文讨论了细胞骨架在细胞融合过程中的作用     

洋葱花粉母细胞中胞间连丝和胞质通道内的胞质骨架

用DGD包埋去包埋方法,观察了洋葱花粉母细胞中胞间连丝和胞质通道内的胞质骨架分布。结果发现,在花粉母细胞的胞间连丝内有胞质骨加分布,这些骨架纤维集结成束,穿过胞间连丝。在胞质通道内也有胞质骨架分布,但与胸间连丝内的骨困分布有所不同,主要表现为两种形式;骨架纤维致密或稀少。研究讨论了胞质骨架在胞间连丝和胞质通道内的作用。     

芡实绒毡层细胞发育的超微结构变化

芡实（ Ｅｕｒｙａｌｅｆｅｒｏｘ Ｓａｌｉｓｂ） 绒毡层细胞在小孢子母细胞时期, 质体出现明显的变形期,细胞中二核常相互贴近或呈嵌合状态, 细胞壁间层中胞间连丝发达。减数分裂期, 绒毡层细胞壁融解消失, 胞间连丝断离, 细胞间发育出现不同步现象。质体开始积累淀粉, 部分质体呈空泡状, 并出现质体膜内陷, 这与液泡具相似的功能。四分体时期, 绒毡层细胞内部结构开始解体。单核小孢子时期, 绒毡层细胞解体消失, 使小孢子后期发育的营养来源受到影响,作者认为这是生产上成熟花粉囊中花粉粒少而且发育不正常的主要原因之一。     

Ultrastructural Observation on the Intra- and Intercellular Microtrabecular Network of the Pollen Mother Cells in Onion (Allium cepa)

Using DGD embedment-free electron microscopy, ultrastructural observation on the intra- and intercellular microtrabecular network (MN) of the pollen mother cells (PMC) of the whole meiotic prophase Ⅰ in onion ( Allium cepa L.) was performed. Complex nuclear MN was observed in the nucleus of PMCs, spreading throughout the nuclear region. The nucleolus and chromosomes were connected with the MN filament network. The uniformity of nuclear MN changed with the development of the PMCs. A lamina-like structure surrounded the nucleus and joined the MN in nucleus and in cytoplasm, but it disassembled at the end of prophase Ⅰ. There was also a complex cytoplasmic MN in PMCs, without obvious variation during the prophase Ⅰ. Furthermore, MN in cytoplasmic connections (plasmodesmata and cytoplasmic channels) was noticed to link the frameworks in two neighboring PMCs into one entity. Cytomixis was observed at synizesis of prophase Ⅰ in this experiment, and MN in cytoplasm and in nucleus was noticed to distribute in these granules which migrated from one PMC into its neighboring cell. At this time the nucleus moved aside from center of the PMC, but the rest of the cell was still fulfilled with MN filaments. The relationships of nuclear MN with nucleolus and chromosomes, lamina with nucleus, as well as intra- and intercellular MN with cytomixis are discussed in this paper.     

Cytochemical localization of cellulase activity in pollen mother cells of david lily during meiotic prophase I and its relation to secondary formation of plasmodesmata

Summary Cellulase activity was localized at the ultrastructural level in pollen mother cells (PMCs) of David lily [Lilium davidii var.willmottiae (Wilson) Roffill] at different stages of meiotic prophase I. The enzyme was observed to appear at the early leptotene stage and reached its highest level at the subsequent zygotene stage, and its subcellular distribution revealed by the presence of electron-dense deposits of reaction product was found to be restricted exclusively to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the vesicles derived from that, and the cell wall, especially at the sites of secondary plasmodesmata and cytoplasmic channels where the wall was being digested. Other cytoplasmic organelles, such as dictyosomes and Golgi vesicles, lacked such deposits of reaction product. After zygotene the enzyme activity decreased abruptly, and at the pachytene stage only very few deposits could be observed in the cell wall. Our results indicate that cellulase is synthesized on rough ER and secreted directly via the smooth ER and ER-derived vesicles into the cell wall by exocytosis, where it brings about local wall breakdown, leading to the secondary formation of plasmodesmata and cytoplasmic channels.     

The Relationship Between the Intercellular Chromatin Migration of Pollen Mother Cells and the Changes of Chromosome Numbers During the Genesis of Male Gametes in Allium Cepa

During the genesis of microspores and male gametes, the percentages of cells with an increas- ed and decreased chromosome number at metaphase Ⅱ, mitotic metaphase of microspores and generative cells approximated to the one at previous stage (metaphase Ⅰ, metaphase Il, and microspores) respectively, and the one at metaphase 1 again approximated to the percentages of chromatin intercellular migration of type 2.3→1 and 1→2.3 respectively, which had no significant diversity statistically. According to this fact, it was considered that the changes of chromosome numbers were related to the chromatin intercellular migration at synizesis stage and that pollen mother cells with an abnormal chromosome number at metaphase Ⅰ basically were able to continue developing untill the formation of male gametes.     

Developmental changes in DNA methylation of pollen mother cells of David lily during meiotic prophase I

Epigenetic marks in the form of DNA methylation are involved in the development of germ cells and are important in the maintenance of fertility. However, the controlling system of the on-off switch for DNA methylation largely remains unclear. In this study, the extent of cytosine methylation during the meiotic prophase I in David lily is assessed using high pressure liquid chromatography to evaluate the DNA methylation rates. Comparing the degree of DNA methylation before, during, and after synizesis, both de novo methylation and demethylation occurred. Mainly the methylation level decreased by 21.3% (from 54.8 to 33.5%) during synizesis in the pollen mother cells. The developmental timing of genome-wide DNA methylation acquisition during pollen mother cell development is clarified in this paper. The relative amounts of 5-methyl-deoxycytidine of global methylation in leaf DNA in David lily were also higher than in other species reported.     

蚕豆花粉母细胞染色体畸变同染色质胞间转移的关系

采用压碎、石蜡切片及植物染色体分带技术观察蚕豆花粉母细胞减数分裂过程发现:1.蚕豆花粉母细胞减数分裂的凝线期也出现染色质胞间转移现象;2.在8.08%的花粉母细胞内,染色体偏离正常的数目(n=6);3.染色体结构也有显著改变,其中包括染色体断裂、桥和长度的增减;4.出现双核和无核的花粉母细胞。大量证据表明,这些畸变现象同凝线期的染色质胞间转移有关。     

Ultrastructural Aspects and Possible Origin of Cytoplasmic Channels Providing Intercellular Connection in Vegetative Tissues of Anthers1

Cytoplasmic channel represents a huge intercellular connection other than plasmodesma. They are proposed to play an essential role in controlling cell-to-cell trafficking of macromolecules. The present study ultrastructurally examined the occurrence, structure, and formation of this intercellular path in somatic tissues of wheat, tobacco, and onion anthers as well as their differences from those present in anther generative tissue. It was shown that cytoplasmic channels existed not only in the pollen mother cells, but also in both epidermis and vascular parenchyma of the anthers. In somatic tissues, they appeared as plasmallema-lined tubes 400–750 nm wide filled with nuclear or cytoplasmic material, the latter including cytoplasmic matrix, ribosomes, and filamentous structures. Their biogenesis seems to result from the thinning of the local portions of cell wall containing multiple plasmodesmata and the fusion of plasmodesmata in such regions induced by the wall-digesting enzymes released by nearby located vesicles. In contrast to the channels existing in the pollen mother cells of tobacco, the cytoplasmic channels in the epidermal or vascular parenchyma cells of wheat, onion, and tobacco anthers usually do not appear in groups, but are single. Perhaps this is the way for nuclear material to migrate from cell to cell via a single channel and then form a single chromatin spherical body in the adjoining cell. An individual cell could not accept the nuclear material from another cell while extruding its own to the third cell. Cell-to-cell migration of organelles through the cytoplasmic channels was not shown in the somatic tissues.     

Cytochemical Localization of Adenosine Triphosphataes Activity During Cytomixis in Pollen Mother Cells of David Lily and Its Relation to the Intercellular Migrating Chromatin Substance

Standard lead precipitation procedures have been used to examine the localization of ATPase activity during cytomixis in pollen mother cells of Lilium davidii var. willmottiae (Wilson) Roffill. Before cytomixis, cells at this stage of development show ATPase activity on plasma membrane, in the endoplasmic reticulum, dictyosomes, plastids, plasmodesmata, and in part of the groundplasm; however, there is no ATPase activity on the chromatin and nucleolus. During cytomixis, the chromatin substance begin to transfer from one cell to an adjacent cell, reaction product indicating ATPase activity is observed associated with the chromatin and nucleolus. ATPase activity is also found with the cistenae of both endoplasmic reticulum and dictyosomes, and some plastids. There is no deposition of ATPase reaction product associated with the plasm membrane and intercellular spaces. After cytomixis, the chromatin is little or no deposition of enzyme reaction product. ATPase activity, however, is consistenlly found within the intercellular space and on the plasm membrane, and also occur in the endoplasmic reticulum, dictyosome and plastid. The presence or absence of ATPase activity in the cell structure of pollen mother cells before, during or after eytomixis is discussed in relation to the active uptake or export of water for short-distance transport. It is also suggested that the intensive ATPase activity in the nucleus during cytomixis of pollen mother cells is evidence for a transport system involved in the active movement of the intercellular migrating ebromatin substance.     

Secretory tapetum of Brassica oleracea L.: polarity and ultrastructural features

Summary The ultrastructure of the secretory, binucleate tapetum of Brassica oleracea in the micro spore mother cell (MMC) stage through to the mature pollen stage is reported. The tapetal cells differentiate as highly specialized cells whose development is involved in lipid accumulation in their final stage. They start breaking down just before anther dehiscence. Nuclei with dispersed chromatin, large nucleoli and many ribosomes in the cytoplasm characterize the tapetal cells. The wall-bearing tapetum phase ends at the tetrade stage. The dissolution of tapetal walls begins from the inner tangential wall oriented towards the loculus and proceeds gradually along the radial walls to the outer tangential one. The plasmodesmata transversing the radial walls between tapetal cells persist until the mature microspore, long after loss of the inner tangential wall. After wall dissolution, the tapetal protoplasts retain their integrity and position within the anther locule. The tapetal cell membrane is in direct contact with the exine of the microspores/pollen grains and forms tubular evaginations that increase its surface area and appear to be involved in the translocation of solutes from the tapetal cells to the microspores/ pollen grains. The tapetal cells exhibit a polarity expressed by spatial differentiation in the radial direction.     

葱的无丝分裂和核物质穿壁运动的细胞胚胎学研究

1.核穿壁运动一般系经胞间联丝的孔道,但是,有时核仁突破细胞壁,核物质经由该破裂的小孔转移,间或细胞壁先行溶解或破裂,于是核物质胞间转移自无障碍。所以胞间联丝的孔道是核穿壁一般的,而非唯一的,必然的通道。2.乾置的葱叶及成熟花粉,核物质穿壁频繁,而花粉发芽时,花粉管内的核物质穿出侧壁例甚罕见。由此,吸水,有氧呼吸,并非核物质穿壁的先决条件。细胞质川流对温度很敏感,而核物质(包括核液与染色质)穿壁,对 温度不敏感。细胞质川流有一定方向,而核物质穿壁无一定方向。细胞质川流只限于胞间内,而核物质穿壁有穿出有机体外。所以细胞质川流或核液川流作为核物质穿壁运动的推动力,难于成立。     

Developmental changes in plasmodesmata in transgenic tobacco expressing the movement protein of tobacco mosaic virus

Summary Cell-to-cell communication in plants occurs through plasmodesmata, cytoplasmic channels that traverse the cell wall between neighboring cells. Plasmodesmata are also exploited by many viruses as an avenue for spread of viral progeny. In the case of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), a virally-encoded movement protein (MP) enables the virus to move through plasmodesmata during infection. We have used thin section electron microscopy and immunocytochemistry to examine the structure of plasmodesmata in transgenic tobacco plants expressing the TMV MP. We observed a change in structure of the plasmodesmata as the leaves age, both in control and MP expressing [MP(+)] plants. In addition, the plasmodesmata of older cells of MP(+) plants accumulate a fibrous material in the central cavity. The presence of the fibers is correlated with the ability to label plasmodesmata with anti-MP antibodies. The developmental stage of leaf tissue at which this material is observed is the stage at which an increase in the size exclusion limit of the plasmodesmata can be measured in MP(+) plants. Using cell fractionation and aqueous phase partitioning studies, we identified the plasma membrane and cell wall as the compartments with which the MP stably associates. The nature of the interaction between the MP and the plasma membrane was studied using sodium carbonate and Triton X-100 washes. The MP behaves as an integral membrane protein. Identifying the mechanism by which the MP associates with plasma membrane and plasmodesmata will lead to a better understanding of how the MP alters the function of the plasmodesmata.Abbreviations MP movement protein - TMV tobacco mosaic virus     

百合花粉母细胞间细胞融合期间腺苷三磷酸酶活性的细胞化学定位及其与染色质胞间转移的关系

用标准的磷酸铅沉淀的细胞化学方法,对百合花粉母细胞间染色质穿壁运动期间及其前后三个时期中的腺苷三磷酸酶(ATP 酶)活性进行了超微结构的定位。结果表明:(1)在穿壁前,ATP 酶活性主要定位于质膜、胞间连丝及细胞间隙;在内质网、高尔基体、质体和某些局部的基质(groundplasm)中,也表现有 ATP 酶活性反应的产物;但在染色质和核仁中,一般都没有这种反应。(2)在穿壁时,染色质从一个细胞穿壁转移到另一个相邻细胞,同时看到染色质和核仁内出现密集的 ATP 酶活性反应产物;在内质网和高尔基体的腔内以及质体的片层上也产生明显的 ATP 酶活性反应;而在质膜、胞间连丝及细胞间隙内 ATP 酶活性明显降低,甚至看不到明显的活性反应。(3)在穿壁后,质膜及细胞间隙中又产生明显的 ATP 酶活性反应产物,但核内染色质上的 ATP 酶活性则显著降低,而核仁内则仍有较高的活性。同前二个时期一样,内质网、高尔基体和质体上的 ATP 酶仍表现明显的活性反应。最后讨论了三个不同发育时期 ATP 酶活性及其分布部位的改变与染色质胞间转移的关系。     

Cytochemical Localization of Pectinase Activity in Pollen Mother Cells of Tobacco During Meiotic ProphaseⅠand Its Relation to the Formation of Secondary Plasmodesmata and Cytoplasmic Channels

Pectinase activity was localized at the ultrastructural level in pollen mother cells of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) during meiotic prophaseⅠto elucidate its role in the biogenesis of secondary plasmodesma (sPD) and cytoplasmic channel (CC). At the leptotene stage the enzyme was mainly present in the cisternae of smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) and their derived vesicles, but absent in the Golgi body and Golgi vesicles. Later at the zygotene stage, when sPDs and CCs were actively formed, strong pectinase activity was observed not only in the SER cisternae and their derived vesicles but also in the cell wall, especially in the vicinity of or within both simple and branched plasmodesmata, notably along the middle lamellae, which also characterized the sites of CCs being formed. The presence of exocytotic vesicles containing reaction products suggests that pectinase shares the same excretive pathway as that used by cellulase for its delivery into the wall, i.e. in active form via smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and its derived vesicles by exocytosis. In combination with cellulase, pectinase also promotes the secondary formation of plasmodesmata and CCs by specifically digesting the pectin in middle lamella.     

Microtubule organization in germinated pollen of the conifer Picea abies (Norway spruce,Pinaceae)

The organization of microtubules in germinated pollen of the conifer Picea abies (Norway spruce, Pinaceae) was examined using primarily confocal microscopy. Pollination in conifers differs from angiosperms in the number of mitotic divisions between the microspore and the sperm and in the growth rate of the pollen tube. These differences may be orchestrated by the cytoskeleton, and this study finds that there are important functional differences in microtubule organization within conifer pollen compared to the angiosperm model systems. Pollen from P. abies contains two degenerated prothallial cells, a body cell, a stalk cell, and a vegetative cell. The body cell produces the sperm. In the vegetative cell, microtubules form a continuous network from within the pollen grain, out through the aperture, and down the length of the tube to the elongating tip. Within the grain, this network extends from the pollen grain wall to the body and stalk cell complex. Microtubules within the body and stalk cells form a densely packed array that enmeshes amyloplasts and the nucleus. Microtubule bundles can be traced between the body and stalk cells from the cytoplasm of the body cell to the adjoining cell wall and into the cytoplasm of the stalk cell. Body and stalk cells are connected by plasmodesmata. The organization of microtubules and the presence of plasmodesmata suggest that microtubules form a path for intercellular communication by projecting from the cytoplasm to interconnecting plasmodesmata. Microtubules in the elongating tube form a net axial array that ensheathes the vegetative nucleus. Microtubules are enriched at the elongating tip, where they form an array beneath the plasma membrane that is perpendicular to the direction of tube growth. This enriched region extends back 20 μm from the tip. There is an abrupt transition from a net perpendicular to a net axial organization at the edge of the enriched region. In medial sections, microtubules are present in the core of the elongating tip. The organization of microtubules in the tip differs from that seen in angiosperm pollen tubes.     

水稻胞质雄性不育系珍汕97A及其保持系珍汕97B绒毡层发育过程中的Ca2+分布变化

利用焦锑酸钾沉淀法研究了野败不育系珍汕97A及其保持系珍汕97B绒毡层细胞的发育过程及其细胞中Ca2 的分布变化。研究发现保持系绒毡层细胞在单核花粉晚期才开始迅速解体,而不育系绒毡层细胞在花粉母细胞时期就开始出现核膜、细胞膜解体,此过程持续到二核花粉时期。珍汕97A绒毡层细胞从花粉母细胞时期开始,细胞质内有少量颗粒状的Ca2 沉淀;减数分裂时期,绒毡层细胞的内切向壁表面有大量大颗粒的Ca2 沉淀;单核花粉时期绒毡层细胞周围集聚一层Ca2 沉淀。而保持系绒毡层细胞遮花粉母细胞时期和减数分裂时期细胞内没有Ca2 沉淀;单核花粉时期绒毡层细胞内的Ca2 沉淀主要分布在解体的细胞质内。推测绒毡层细胞结构发育的异常和Ca2 的异常分布可能与花粉的败育有关。     

高等植物中原生质细胞间运动研究的进展

20世纪初已在植物营养组织和生殖体中观察到细胞核或染色质在细胞间的穿壁迁移.但多年来涉及这一研究的学者大多倾向于将它看做是人为赝象而未予深究.50年代中期,自吴素萱在葱(Allium L.)、蒜(Allium sativum L.)等植物中重新发现了核穿壁运动现象以来,我国植物细胞与生理学家随之进行了系统与广泛的探讨.穿壁运动的研究及进展主要包括两个方面.一方面是营养组织中原生质的细胞间运动,由吴素萱、娄成后合作主持的有关研究项目着重与营养组织中有机物的运输、分配与再利用生理过程相联系.多年来积累的成果表明:1)核物质的穿壁运动是广泛存在于植物营养组织中的固有正常现象,是一定生理状态下有机物在细胞间运输与细胞内含物再分配的一种方式;2)通过对蒜芽鞘、小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)珠心、胚乳等组织的显微活体观察与亚显微结构分析,揭示与记录了原生质在细胞间运动的全过程与动态细节,发现参与穿壁过程的不限于核,核和胞质各组分可同时、亦可分别借自身的主动伸缩穿壁迁移;呈现穿壁运动的组织中,壁上部分胞间连丝结构剧烈变更,胞间通道明显扩大,可达100～300 nm,核或胞质可经此开放通道迁移而不致有损通道外沿质膜的完整;3)原生质穿壁运动的动力来自细胞的能量代谢,与微丝活动密切有关,穿壁的原生质组分呈现活跃的ATP酶活性.近期的研究表明,小麦胚乳细胞中作活跃伸缩运动的胞质纤索是由F肌动蛋白集束组成,肌动蛋白纤丝可跨胞分布而存在于常态胞间连丝中,从而使相邻细胞的胞质骨架得以实现胞间连续.另一方面是生殖体中染色质的穿壁运动研究,主要在郑国主持下开展,着重探讨花粉母细胞间染色质穿壁现象的普遍性及其与遗传、变异和进化的关系;对多种植物的系统观察证明,染色质穿壁出现在减数分裂前期Ⅰ的凝线期,染色质通过胞质通道在一系列细胞间依次迁移;由电镜观察可见,参与穿壁运动的还包括胞质的多种成员;穿壁运动的动力被认为由原生质的收缩蛋白提供.郑国等的研究成果表明,染色质穿壁运动可导致染色体数目、结构的改变,由此产生的部分有活力的配子体经受精后有可能导致新一代个体出现多倍体或非整倍体,引起遗传性状的变异.     

云南紫稻细胞质雄性不育系花药发育过程中Ca2+的分布特点

运用焦锑酸钾沉淀法研究了云南紫稻细胞质雄性不育系和保持系花药在发育过程中Ca^2 的分布特点。结果表明,保持系的花粉母细胞和小孢子的胞质内部基本无Ca^2 的沉淀,后期花粉外壁出现Ca^2 的沉淀;保持系早期的绒毡层细胞形态正常,胞内有少量Ca^2 沉淀,后期绒毡层细胞开始凋亡,胞质凝集,胞内出现大量Ca^2 的颗粒。不育系花粉母细胞在减数分裂时期败育,胞质液泡化,内部出现大量Ca^2 的沉淀;不育系绒毡层细胞形态正常,胞内无Ca^2 的沉淀。绒毡层与花粉母细胞、小孢子之间出现大量Ca^2 颗粒。探讨了不育系花药花粉母细胞中以及与绒毡层细胞之间Ca^2 的异常积累与雄性不育的关系。