ArticlePlant physiology2008
Microtubules are a target for self-incompatibility signaling in Papaver pollen.
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- Induction of distinct plant cell death programs by secreted proteins from the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Let's shape again: the concerted molecular action that builds the pollen tube.Plant reproduction · 2022Review
- LC-MS based metabolic fingerprinting of apricot pistils after self-compatible and self-incompatible pollinations.Plant molecular biology · 2021Article
- A Tug-of-War Model Explains the Saltatory Sperm Cell Movement inFrontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals a Comprehensive Calcium- and Phytohormone-Dominated Signaling Response inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- Cytoskeleton, Transglutaminase and Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility in the Malinae (Rosaceae).International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Self-incompatibility-induced programmed cell death in field poppy pollen involves dramatic acidification of the incompatible pollen tube cytosol.Plant physiology · 2015Article
- Emerging roles for microtubules in angiosperm pollen tube growth highlight new research cues.Frontiers in plant science · 2015Article
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- Distribution of transglutaminase in pear pollen tubes in relation to cytoskeleton and membrane dynamics.Plant physiology · 2013Article
- Regulation of Pollen Tube Growth by Transglutaminase.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2013Review
- Unveiling interactions among mitochondria, caspase-like proteases, and the actin cytoskeleton during plant programmed cell death (PCD).PloS one · 2013Article
- Low concentration of LatB dramatically changes the microtubule organization and the timing of vegetative nucleus/generative cell entrance in tobacco pollen tubes.Plant signaling & behavior · 2012Article
- Proteins implicated in mediating self-incompatibility-induced alterations to the actin cytoskeleton of Papaver pollen.Annals of botany · 2011Review
- Organisation and regulation of the cytoskeleton in plant programmed cell death.Cell death and differentiation · 2011Review
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- Live cell imaging reveals structural associations between the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton in Arabidopsis.The Plant cell · 2011Article
- Reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide mediate actin reorganization and programmed cell death in the self-incompatibility response of papaver.Plant physiology · 2011Article
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Abstract
Perception and integration of signals into responses is of crucial importance to cells. Both the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton are known to play a role in mediating diverse stimulus responses. Self-incompatibility (SI) is an important mechanism to prevent self-fertilization. SI in Papaver rhoeas triggers a Ca(2+)-dependent signaling network to trigger programmed cell death (PCD), providing a neat way to inhibit and destroy incompatible pollen. We previously established that SI stimulates F-actin depolymerization and that altering actin dynamics can push pollen tubes into PCD. Very little is known about the role of microtubules in pollen tubes. Here, we investigated whether the pollen tube microtubule cytoskeleton is a target for the SI signals. We show that SI triggers very rapid apparent depolymerization of cortical microtubules, which, unlike actin, does not reorganize later. Actin depolymerization can trigger microtubule depolymerization but not vice versa. Moreover, although disruption of microtubule dynamics alone does not trigger PCD, alleviation of SI-induced PCD by taxol implicates a role for microtubule depolymerization in mediating PCD. Together, our data provide good evidence that SI signals target the microtubule cytoskeleton and suggest that signal integration between microfilaments and microtubules is required for triggering of PCD.
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