ReviewMolecular plant2013
Control of cell wall extensibility during pollen tube growth.
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88 citing papers in PubMed, 184 citations in OpenAlex.
- TipQuant: a robust algorithm for quantitative analysis of spatiotemporally dynamic activities in tip-growing cells.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- The Plant Cell Wall: From Structural Diversity and Biosynthesis to Integrity Signaling and Physiological Functions.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Low-temperature stress modulates pollen tube growth through temperature-dependent multi-level regulatory mechanisms in Camellia sinensis.Plant reproduction · 2026Article
- Differential cellulose distribution drives polarized growth of cotton fibers.Nature communications · 2026Article
- A surface morphology-based inference method for the cell wall elasticity profile in tip-growing cells.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
- Expression patterns of Arabidopsis endo-β-1,4-glucanases and their putative roles in sexual reproduction.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Anther and pollen thermotolerance: molecular mechanisms and implications for plant reproduction under heat stress.Planta · 2026Review
- Domain architecture of plant eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit E governs interaction with translational cis-elements to regulatepollen tube growth.The Plant cell · 2026Article
- Hidden Xyloglucan Architecture of the Pollen Intine inBiology · 2026Article
- Integrated RNA-seq and small RNA-seq profiling reveals tissue-associated transcriptional programs and candidate miRNA-mRNA relationships across tea floral tissues.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Pectin and Arabinogalactan Protein Distribution in Olive Pollen Tube Cell Walls Using Immunofluorescent Labeling.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Mechanosensitive ion channel MSL8 is required for oscillatory growth and cell wall dynamics in Arabidopsis pollen tubes.Plant reproduction · 2025Article
- NtLLG4-mediated unconventional polar exocytosis of NtPPME1 coordinates cell wall rigidity and membrane dynamics to control pollen tube integrity.Science advances · 2025Article
- Female gametophyte development, pollen‒pistil interactions and embryogenic patterns in chicory (Cichorium intybus): a self-incompatibility perspective.Plant cell reports · 2025Article
- PbrBGAL6 promotes pollen tube growth by influencing apical pectin level in Pyrus bretschneideri.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- A review on the function of arabinogalactan-proteins during pollen grain development.Plant reproduction · 2025Review
- Comparative gametogenesis and genomic signatures associated with pollen sterility in the seedless mutant of grapevine.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- AtFH5 recruits and transports the arabinogalactan protein AGP23 to maintain the tip growth of pollen tube.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- CELLULOSE SYNTHASE-LIKE C proteins modulate cell wall establishment during ethylene-mediated root growth inhibition in rice.The Plant cell · 2024Article
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Abstract
In this review, we address the question of how the tip-growing pollen tube achieves its rapid rate of elongation while maintaining an intact cell wall. Although turgor is essential for growth to occur, the local expansion rate is controlled by local changes in the viscosity of the apical wall. We focus on several different structures and underlying processes that are thought to be major participants including exocytosis, the organization and activity of the actin cytoskeleton, calcium and proton physiology, and cellular energetics. We think that the actin cytoskeleton, in particular the apical cortical actin fringe, directs the flow of vesicles to the apical domain, where they fuse with the plasma membrane and contribute their contents to the expanding cell wall. While pH gradients, as generated by a proton-ATPase located on the plasma membrane along the side of the clear zone, may regulate rapid actin turnover and new polymerization in the fringe, the tip-focused calcium gradient biases secretion towards the polar axis. The recent data showing that exocytosis of new wall material precedes and predicts the process of cell elongation provide support for the idea that the intussusception of newly secreted pectin contributes to decreases in apical wall viscosity and to cell expansion. Other prime factors will be the localization and activity of the enzyme pectin methyl-esterase, and the chelation of calcium by pectic acids. Finally, we acknowledge a role for reactive oxygen species in the control of wall viscosity.
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