细胞质雄性不育水稻幼穗和花粉发育期的蛋白酶活性变化

水稻细胞质雄性不育系珍汕97A,在花粉母细胞形成期以后可溶性蛋白含量迅速降低。单核期仅为花粉母细胞形成期的56％,二核期和三核期分别为花粉母细胞形成期的36．4％和30．3％。保持系珍汕97B虽在花粉母细胞形成期后可溶性蛋白含量降低,但在二核期则有所增高,表现为鞍形变化过程。在花粉母细胞形成期后,珍汕97A的酪蛋白水解酶活性增高,单核期为前一时期的1倍,而珍汕97B的酶活性增幅较小。第一次枝梗分化期珍汕97A的内肽酶活性较珍汕97B高,而雌雄蕊形成期两者的酶活皆降低。整个发育期中珍汕97A的内肽酶活性较珍汕97B高15％至55．5％。珍汕97A在幼穗第一次枝梗分化期时氨肽酶活性较珍汕97B高。第二次枝梗分化期后,不育系和保持系的氨肽酶活性均下降。但花粉母细胞形成期后,珍汕97A的氨肽酶活性迅速增高,三核期达最高水平,这可能意味着此时大量蛋白质被水解。蛋白酶类抑制剂的实验表明,在雌雄蕊形成期后不育系和保持系含有半胱氨酸型氨肽酶和约10％含金属型氨肽酶;而在三核期,保持系的氨肽酶则主要为半胱氨酸型。不育系三核期含有的BAPA内肽酶包括半胱氨酸型、丝氨酸型,以及部分含金属酶类;而保持系三核期的内肽酶仅为丝氨酸型。不育系肽酶类型的变化,可能反映酶基因编码的去抑制。     

~(60)Co-γ射线与NaN_3复合处理对珍汕97A的诱变效应

以珍汕 97A为材料 ,通过不同剂量的 6 0 Co- γ射线和 Na N3药剂对珍汕 97A进行复合处理 ,分析研究它们的诱变效应。结果表明 ,随着辐射剂量的增加 ,M1群体中的育性恢复突变率有所下降 ;而分离出不育株的 M2 株系占育性恢复突变 M1株系的比例逐渐增加 ;与珍汕97A相比 ,M2 分离出的不育株有的仅发生农艺性状的变异 ,有的则在不育性的表达和农艺性状上均发生变异 ;与珍汕 97B相比 ,育性恢复的 M2 群体部分农艺性状发生了多种变异 ,并在M2 群体中出现了无花粉型不育株及弯秆突变体。此外 ,还讨论了诱变技术对不育系的改良与创新的有关问题。     

水稻雄性不育系珍汕97A小孢子发育过程中的微管骨架

水稻(Oryza sativa L.)雄性不育系珍汕97A、保持系珍汕97B和恢复系测64三系小孢子发生过程的研究表明:恢复系测64小孢子母细胞细胞质浓,有明显的微管荧光围绕着细胞核.小孢子母细胞经两次减数分裂形成四分体.四分体和小孢子的微管从细胞核表面向胞质周缘延伸,形成放射性排列格局,花粉发育正常.细胞质中有少量点状微管荧光.保持系珍汕97B小孢子发生过程的细胞形态和微管结构与恢复系测64相似,但细胞质中的点状微管荧光多一些.雄性不育系珍汕97A小孢子发生早期,小孢子母细胞内出现液泡,核中染色质凝集,微管荧光很弱,没有清晰的微管丝结构,细胞质中有许多点状微管荧光等不正常现象.小孢子母细胞经过减数分裂形成的四分体也没有清晰的丝状微管结构.随后,所有的小孢子迅速败育.雄性不育系珍汕97A在小孢子母细胞发生的很早时期,微管结构就明显不正常.     

水稻雄性不育系珍汕97A小孢子发育过程中的微管骨架

水稻（Oryza sativaL.)雄性不育系珍汕97A,保持系珍汕97B和恢复系测64三系小孢子发生过程的研究表明;恢复系测64小孢子母细胞细胞质浓,有明显的微管荧光围绕着细胞核。小孢子母细胞经两次减数分裂形成四分体。四分体和小孢子的微管从细胞核表面向胞质周缘延伸,形成放射性排列格局,花粉发育正常。细胞质中有少量点状微管荧光,保持系珍汕97B小孢子发生过程的细胞形态和微管结构与恢复系测64相似。但细胞质中的点状微管荧光多一些。雄性不育系珍汕97A小孢子发生早期,小孢子母细胞内出现液泡,核中染色质凝集,微管荧光很弱,没有清晰的微管丝结构。细胞质中有许多点状微管荧光等不正常现象。小孢子母细胞经过减数分裂形成的四分体也没有清晰的丝状微管结构。随后,所有的小孢子迅速败育,雄性不育系珍汕97A在小孢子母细胞发生的很早时期,微管结构就明显不正常。     

热激处理与水稻雄性不育系育性转变关系的初步研究

本实验对水稻雄性不育系珍汕97A及其保持系在幼苗(2叶或3叶)和孕穗期(抽穗前8天)分别进行一次热激处理,并比较了其同工酶组成、花粉育性以及自交结实性的变化。同工酶分析结果表明,热激处理能使不育系与保持系花药的POX和Est的表达发生不同的改变,导致两系在这两种同工酶组成上的原有差异缩小;育性观察结果显示,在正常温度条件下,热激处理对珍汕97A的育性表达几乎无影响,而在有高温作用(穗分化发育阶段的日平均温度高于30℃)的条件下,3叶期幼苗往后的热激处理似乎能不同程度地提高珍汕97A的育性稳定性。简要讨论了热激处理与不育系育性转变间的关系。     

水稻配子体、孢子体细胞质雄性不育系线粒体蛋白质的分析

利用SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳方法分析了水稻配子体细胞质雄性不育系粤泰A、保持系粤泰B、F_1代泰优2号、恢复系胜优2号和孢子体细胞质雄性不育系马协A、保持系马协B、F_1代马协63、恢复系明恢63及另一种孢子体细胞质雄性不育系珍汕97A、保持系珍汕97B、F_1代汕优63、恢复系明恢63黄化苗的线粒体蛋白质。结果表明,粤泰A、B、F_1、恢复系之间出现6条多肽带的差异,马协A、B、F_1、恢复系之间出现4条多肽带的差异,珍汕97A、B、F_1、恢复系之间出现2条多肽带的差异。     

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。     

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。     

水稻ＣＭＳ—ＷＡ育性恢复基因的定位

在由227个组合组成的珍汕97A×（珍汕97B×密阳46）F     

水稻离体育性变异研究

对野败型不育系珍汕97A、保持系珍汕97B、恢复系IR24、IR26、泰引1号、明恢63、红莲型不育系红源A、包台型不育系包源A、光敏核不育系农垦58s、温敏核不育系W6154s等10个水稻材料的幼穗在不同的培养基上培养、再生植株及对其后代进行育性鉴定,探讨了体细胞无性系变异中雄性不育突变发生的机率以及影响离体筛选雄性不育变异体的因素, 结果表明：在5个材料 (珍汕97B、红源A、包源A、W6154s和IR26)中共获得了29例雄性不育变异株, 其中R1代有24株, R2代有5株。在R1代, 共获得2*!368株再生植株, 雄性不育变异的频率为1.02%(0.96%～1.08％)。在珍汕97B和泰引1号R2代各发现一个株系分离出雄性不育和育性正常植株。出现不育株系的频率分别为2.22％和1.89％。水稻花粉败育类型可分为无花粉、典败、圆败和染败4种类型。同时, 还发现了不育花粉败育类型之间可以相互转换这一现象,在IR26和明恢63 R1代再生植株中, 各发现一株嵌合体。在泰引1号和珍汕97B R2代再生植株中分离出不育株。在影响离体筛选雄性不育变异体的因素中, 基因型的差异是主要的,在所试10个材料中,除农垦58s、IR24、泰引1号和珍汕97A,都有雄性不育变异株产生。外植体的脱分化对产生雄性不育变异是必需的, 在这一过程中,2,4-D起决定性的作用。随着继代时间的延长,发生雄性不育变异的频率也随之提高。雄性不育变异频率在R2代高于R1代。     

Microtubules regulate the organization of actin filaments at the cortical region in root hair cells ofHydrocharis

Summary We studied the mechanism controlling the organization of actin filaments (AFs) inHydrocharis root hair cells, in which reverse fountain streaming occurs. The distribution of AFs and microtubules (MTs) in root hair cells were analyzed by fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy. AFs and MTs were found running in the longitudinal direction of the cell at the cortical region. AFs were observed in the transvacuolar strand, but not MTs. Ultrastructural studies revealed that AFs and MTs were colocalized and that MTs were closer to the plasma membrane than AFs. To examine if MTs regulate the organization of AFs, we carried out a double inhibitor experiment using cytochalasin B (CB) and propyzamide, which are inhibitors of AFs and MTs, respectively. CB reversibly inhibited cytoplasmic streaming while propyzamide alone had no effect on it. However, after treatment with both CB and propyzamide, removal of CB alone did not lead to recovery of cytoplasmic streaming. In these cells, AFs showed a meshwork structure. When propyzamide was also removed, cytoplasmic streaming and the original organization of AFs were recovered. These results strongly suggest that MTs are responsible for the organization of AFs inHydrocharis root hair cells.     

Lilliputian mutant of maize lacks cell elongation and shows defects in organization of actin cytoskeleton

The maize mutant lilliputian is characterized by miniature seedling stature, reduced cell elongation, and aberrant root anatomy. Here, we document that root cells of this mutant show several defects in the organization of actin filaments (AFs). Specifically, cells within the meristem lack dense perinuclear AF baskets and fail to redistribute AFs during mitosis. In contrast, mitotic cells of wild-type roots accumulate AFs at plasma membrane-associated domains that face the mitotic spindle poles. Both mitotic and early postmitotic mutant cells fail to assemble transverse arrays of cortical AFs, which are characteristic for wild-type root cells. In addition, early postmitotic cells show aberrant distribution of endoplasmic AF bundles that are normally organized through anchorage sites at cross-walls and nuclear surfaces. In wild-type root apices, these latter AF bundles are organized in the form of symmetrically arranged conical arrays and appear to be essential for the onset of rapid cell elongation. Exposure of wild-type and cv. Alarik maize root apices to the F-actin drugs cytochalasin D and latrunculin B mimics the phenotype of lilliputian root apices. In contrast to AFs, microtubules are more or less normally organized in root cells of lilliputian mutant. Collectively, these data suggest that the LILLIPUTIAN protein, the nature of which is still unknown, impinges on plant development via its action on the actin cytoskeleton.     

Tissue-specific subcellular immunolocalization of a myosin-like protein in maize root apices

Summary Using a heterologous myosin antibody raised against the whole molecule of bovine muscle myosin, we have identified a myosin-like protein in maize. Immunoblots of subcellular fractions isolated from roots identified one distinct band at about 210 kDa in the microsomal protein fraction and one band at about 180 kDa in the soluble protein fraction. Indirect immunofluorescence was performed using maize root apex sections to reveal endocellular distributions of the myosin-like protein. Both diffuse and particulate labelling patterns were observed throughout the cytoplasm of all root cells. In mitotic cells, myosin-like protein was excluded from spindle regions. Amyloplast surfaces were labelled prominently in cells of the root cap statenchyma and in all root cortex cells. On the other hand, myosin-like protein was prominently enriched at cellular peripheries in cells of the pericycle and outer stele in the form of continuous peripheral labelling. From all root apex tissues, phloem elements showed the most abundant presence of myosinlike protein.Abbreviations AFs actin filaments - MTs microtubules Dedicated to Professor Walter Gustav Url on the occasion of his 70th birthday     

Effects of myosin ATPase inhibitor 2,3-butanedione 2-monoxime on distributions of myosins, F-actin, microtubules, and cortical endoplasmic reticulum in maize root apices

2,3-Butanedione 2-monoxime (BDM) is a general inhibitor of myosin ATPases of eukaryotic cells, and its effects on animal and yeast cells are well described. Using immunofluorescence and electron microscopy, we have analyzed the impacts of BDM on distributions of plant myosins, actin filaments (AFs), microtubules (MTs), and cortical endoplasmic reticulum (ER) elements in various cell types of maize root apices. Treatment of growing maize roots with BDM altered the typical distribution patterns of unconventional plant myosin VIII and of putative maize homologue(s) of myosin II. This pharmacological agent also induced a broad range of impacts on AFs and on cortical ER elements associated with plasmodesmata and pit fields. BDM-mediated effects on the actomyosin cytoskeleton were especially pronounced in cells of the root transition zone. Additionally, BDM elicited distinct reactions in the MT cytoskeleton; endoplasmic MTs vanished in all cells of the transition zone and cortical MTs assembled in increased amounts preferentially at plasmodesmata and pit-fields. Our data indicate that AFs and MTs interact together via BDM-sensitive plant myosins, which can be considered as putative integrators of the plant cytoskeleton. Morphometric analysis revealed that cell growth was prominently inhibited in the transition zone and the apical part, but not the central part, of the elongation region. Obviously, myosin-based contractility of the actin cytoskeleton is essential for the developmental progression of root cells through the transition zone.     

The role of plant villin in the organization of the actin cytoskeleton, cytoplasmic streaming and the architecture of the transvacuolar strand in root hair cells of Hydrocharis

In many types of plant cell, bundles of actin filaments (AFs) are generally involved in cytoplasmic streaming and the organization of transvacuolar strands. Actin cross-linking proteins are believed to arrange AFs into the bundles. In root hair cells of Hydrocharis dubia (Blume) Baker, a 135-kDa polypeptide cross-reacted with an antiserum against a 135-kDa actin-bundling protein (135-ABP), a villin homologue, isolated from lily pollen tubes. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that the 135-kDa polypeptide co-localized with AF bundles in the transvacuolar strand and in the sub-cortical region of the cells. Microinjection of antiserum against 135-ABP into living root hair cells induced the disappearance of the transvacuolar strand. Concomitantly, thick AF bundles in the transvacuolar strand dispersed into thin bundles. In the root hair cells, AFs showed uniform polarity in the bundles, which is consistent with the in-vitro activity of 135-ABP. These results suggest that villin is a factor responsible for bundling AFs in root hair cells as well as in pollen tubes, and that it plays a key role in determining the direction of cytoplasmic streaming in these cells. Received: 16 September 1999 / Accepted: 3 December 1999     

Directional cell-to-cell communication in theArabidopsis root apical meristem III. Plasmodesmata turnover and apoptosis in meristem and root cap cells during four weeks after germination

Summary Plasmodesmata frequency and distribution in root cap cells ofArabidopsis thaliana root tips were characterized during four weeks after germination to understand the symplasmic control of apoptosis. Apoptotic cells in some of the root apical-meristem cells and in root cap cells were identified by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling reaction and characterized by electron microscopy. Starting at the second week after germination, cells in the outermost layers of the root cap showed typical apoptotic features, including nuclear DNA fragmentation, chromatin condensation, cytoplasmic vacuolation, and organelle destruction. Intercellular connections, indicated by the frequency and number of plasmodesmata per cell length, were significantly reduced in the walls of outer root cap cells. This shows that cells become symplasmically isolated during the apoptosis process. In apoptotic root cap cells, the majority of nonfunctional plasmodesmata were observed to be associated with degenerated endoplasmic reticulum; this state was prior to the detection of any nuclear DNA fragmentation. Other nonfunctional plasmodesmata were sealed by heterogeneous cell wall materials. However, in immature epidermal and cortical cells in 4-week-old arrested roots the endoplasmic reticulum associated with plasmodesmata became disconnected as a result of protoplast condensation and shrinkage. No degenerated endoplasmic reticulum was observed in these cells. These observations suggest that the apoptotic processes in the root body and the root cap are different.     

Apoptosis: A Functional Paradigm for Programmed Plant Cell Death Induced by a Host-Selective Phytotoxin and Invoked during Development

The host-selective AAL toxins secreted by Alternaria alternata f sp lycopersici are primary chemical determinants in the Alternaria stem canker disease of tomato. The AAL toxins are members of a new class of sphinganine analog mycotoxins that cause cell death in both animals and plants. Here, we report detection of stereotypic hallmarks of apoptosis during cell death induced by these toxins in tomato. DNA ladders were observed during cell death in toxin-treated tomato protoplasts and leaflets. The intensity of the DNA ladders was enhanced by Ca2+ and inhibited by Zn2+. The progressive delineation of fragmented DNA into distinct bodies, coincident with the appearance of DNA ladders, also was observed during death of toxin-treated tomato protoplasts. In situ analysis of cells dying during development in both onion root caps and tomato leaf tracheary elements revealed DNA fragmentation localized to the dying cells as well as the additional formation of apoptotic-like bodies in sloughing root cap cells. We conclude that the fundamental elements of apoptosis, as characterized in animals, are conserved in plants. The apoptotic process may be expressed during some developmental transitions and is the functional process by which symptomatic lesions are formed in the Alternaria stem canker disease of tomato. Sphinganine analog mycotoxins may be used to characterize further signaling pathways leading to apoptosis in plants.     

Meristem-Specific Suppression of Mitosis and a Global Switch in Gene Expression in the Root Cap of Pea by Endogenous Signals

Two functionally distinct sets of meristematic cells exist within root tips of pea (Pisum sativum): the root apical meristem, which gives rise to the body of the root; and the root cap meristem, which gives rise to cells that differentiate progressively through the cap and separate ultimately from its periphery as border cells. When a specific number of border cells has accumulated on the root cap periphery, mitosis within the root cap meristem, but not the apical meristem, is suppressed. When border cells are removed by immersion of the root tip in water, a transient induction of mitosis in the root cap meristem can be detected starting within 5 min. A corresponding switch in gene expression throughout the root cap occurs in parallel with the increase in mitosis, and new border cells begin to separate from the root cap periphery within 1 h. The induction of renewed border cell production is inhibited by incubating root tips in extracellular material released from border cells. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that operation of the root cap meristem and consequent turnover of the root cap is self-regulated by a signal from border cells.     

Symplastic communication in the root cap directs auxin distribution to modulate root development

Root cap not only protects root meristem, but also detects and transduces the signals of environmental changes to affect root development. The symplastic communication is an important way for plants to transduce signals to coordinate the development and physiology in response to the changing enviroments. However, it is unclear how the symplastic communication between root cap cells affects root growth. Here we exploit an inducible system to specifically block the symplastic communication in the root cap. Transient blockage of plasmodesmata (PD) in differentiated collumella cells severely impairs the root development in Arabidopsis, in particular in the stem cell niche and the proximal meristem. The neighboring stem cell niche is the region that is most sensitive to the disrupted symplastic communication and responds rapidly via the alteration of auxin distribution. In the later stage, the cell division in proximal meristem is inhibited, presumably due to the reduced auxin level in the root cap. Our results reveal the essential role of the differentiated collumella cells in the root cap mediated signaling system that directs root development.     

The Root Cap: Cell Dynamics, Cell Differentiation and Cap Function

The root cap is a universal feature of angiosperm, gymnosperm, and pteridophyte roots. Besides providing protection against abrasive damage to the root tip, the root cap is also involved in the simultaneous perception of a number of signals – pressure, moisture, gravity, and perhaps others – that modulate growth in the main body of the root. These signals, which originate in the external environment, are transduced by the cap and are then transported from the cap to the root. Root gravitropism is one much studied response to an external signal. In the present paper, consideration is given to the structure of the root cap and, in particular, to how the meristematic initial cells of both the central cap columella and the lateral portion of the cap which surrounds the columella are organized in relation to the production of new cells. The subsequent differentiation and development of these cells is associated with their displacement through the cap and their eventual release, as “border cells”, from the cap periphery. Mutations, particularly in Arabidopsis, are increasingly playing a part in defining not only the pattern of genetic activity within different cells of the cap but also in revealing how the corresponding wild-type proteins relate to the range of functions of the cap. Notable in this respect have been analyses of the early events of root gravitropism. The ability to image auxin and auxin permeases within the cap and elsewhere in the root has also extended our understanding of this growth response. Images of auxin distribution may, in addition, help extend ideas concerning the positional controls of cell division and cell differentiation within the cap. However, firm information relating to these controls is scarce, though there are intriguing suggestions of some kind of physiological link between the border cells surrounding the cap and mitotic activity in the cap meristem. Open questions concern the structure and functional interrelationships between the root and the cap which surmounts it, and also the means by which the cap transduces the environmental signals that are of critical importance for the growth of the individual roots, and collectively for the shaping of the root system.