Regulation of aplanospore germination in Vaucheria |
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Authors: | L. Oliveira |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, V6T 1Z4 Vancouver, B.C., Canada |
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Abstract: | Germination of aplanospores in Vaucheria longicaulis Hoppaugh var. macounii Blum proceeds through three stages of development. Stage I begins with the initiation of germination and lasts approx. 2 h. During this stage germinating filaments grow at an accelerated rate (266 ± 12 m · h–1). Stage II is characterized by a sharp decline in the growth rate of germinating filaments (96 ± 4 m · h–1) and lasts 4 h. This is followed, during the next 4 h, by a recovery in the growth rate (168 ± 8 m · h–1) of germinating filaments, stage III. Growth rates stabilize and remain unchanged during subsequent development (Oliveira and Fitch, 1988, J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. 20, 397–406). The Ca2+-influx modulators LaCl3, nifedipine and methyl 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-3-nitro-4 (2-trifluoromethylphenyl)-pyridine-5-carboxylate (Bay K-8644), the ionophore calcimycin (A23187), the intracellular Ca2+-release antagonist 8-N-N'-(diethylamino)-octyl-3,4, 5-trimethoxybenzoate (TMB-8), the Ca2+-uptake inhibitor ruthenium red and the phosphoinositide-cycle modulators LiCl and myo-inositol show that the events required for the initiation are distinct from those required for the completion of each stage of germination. These studies in conjunction with microinjection of germinating filaments with inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, the natural ligand for Ca2+ release from Ca-storing organelles (endoplasmic reticulum, vacuole), and treatment with chlorotetracycline (CTC), to visualize the distribution of membrane-bound Ca2+ reveal that both the initiation and completion of each stage of germination are controlled by Ca2+ signals which are restricted to well-defined time intervals and are modulated by the origin (source) of Ca2+.Abbreviations BAPTA 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N,N-tetraacetic acid - Bay K-8644 methyl 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-3-nitro-4(2-trifluoromethylphenyl)-pyridine-5-carboxylate - CTC chlorotetracycline - InsP3 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate - RR ruthenium red - TMB-8 8-N-N-(diethylamino)-octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoateThe author wishes to express his gratitude to the technical group of the Immunocytochemistry Unit for their help with the microinjection studies. This work was supported by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (grant A-7844). |
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Keywords: | Aplanospore (germination) Calcium Vaucheria |
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