Sperm cell surface characteristics of Plumbago zeylanica L. in relation to transport in the embryo sac |
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Authors: | Zhaojie Zhang Scott D. Russell |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA, US |
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Abstract: | Myosin associated with the male germ cells of angiosperms interacts with actin, promoting transport of the non-motile generative and later sperm cells in the pollen tube. Myosin localizing on the sperm cell plasma membrane seems negligible in Plumbago, as reflected by the absence of: (i) anti-myosin labeling using immunoelectron microscopy, (ii) sperm motility on actin matrices, and (iii) electrophoretic movement changes after addition of antibody. Sperm cells injected directly into actively streaming Nitella internodal cells, however, follow actin bundles and their movement is sensitive to ATP and Mg2+. This may be based on simple charge binding since negatively charged latex beads also migrate on actin, whereas neutral or positively-charged latex beads do not. Sperm cells are negatively charged according to capillary microelectrophoresis, whereas killed sperm cells, which are positively charged do not migrate. The sperm cell that normally fertilizes the egg has a higher calculated charge (8.277 × 103 esu/cm2) compared with the sperm cell that fuses with the central cell (6.120 × 103 esu/cm2). Received: 15 December 1998 / Accepted: 21 January 1999 |
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Keywords: | : Fertilization Male germ unit Myosin Nitella Plumbago Sperm transport |
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