ArticlePlant physiology2005
Aquaporins of the PIP2 class are required for efficient anther dehiscence in tobacco.
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- Versatile Roles of Aquaporins in Plant Growth and Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Evolutionary and Predictive Functional Insights into the Aquaporin Gene Family in the Allotetraploid PlantInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- RNA-Seq Highlights Molecular Events Associated With Impaired Pollen-Pistil Interactions Following Short-Term Heat Stress inFrontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Pollen Developmental Arrest: Maintaining Pollen Fertility in a World With a Changing Climate.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
- INDUCER OF CBF EXPRESSION 1 is a male fertility regulator impacting anther dehydration in Arabidopsis.PLoS genetics · 2018Article
- Plant and Mammal Aquaporins: Same but Different.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Review
- bHLH142 regulates various metabolic pathway-related genes to affect pollen development and anther dehiscence in rice.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- It is a matter of timing: asynchrony during pollen development and its consequences on pollen performance in angiosperms-a review.Protoplasma · 2017Review
- Salinity-mediated transcriptional and post-translational regulation of the Arabidopsis aquaporin PIP2;7.Plant molecular biology · 2016Article
- Morphological and physiological differences between dehiscent and indehiscent anthers of Chrysanthemum morifolium.Journal of plant research · 2016Article
- Pollen-Specific Aquaporins NIP4;1 and NIP4;2 Are Required for Pollen Development and Pollination in Arabidopsis thaliana.The Plant cell · 2016Article
- Genome-Wide Analysis of the Aquaporin Gene Family in Chickpea (Frontiers in plant science · 2016Article
- Pollen Aquaporins: The Solute Factor.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Review
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Abstract
Several processes during sexual reproduction in higher plants involve the movement of water between cells or tissues. Before flower anthesis, anther and pollen dehydration takes place before the release of mature pollen at dehiscence. Aquaporins represent a class of proteins that mediates the movement of water over cellular membranes. Aquaporins of the plasmamembrane PIP2 family are expressed in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) anthers and may therefore be involved in the movement of water in this organ. To gain more insight into the role these proteins may play in this process, we have analyzed their localization using immunolocalizations and generated plants displaying RNA interference of PIP2 aquaporins. Our results indicate that PIP2 protein expression is modulated during anther development. Furthermore, in tobacco PIP2 RNA interference plants, anther dehydration was slower, and dehiscence occurred later when compared with control plants. Together, our results suggest that aquaporins of the PIP2 class are required for efficient anther dehydration prior to dehiscence.
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