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ArticleAnnals of botany2014

Programmed cell death in kiwifruit stigmatic arms and its relationship to the effective pollination period and the progamic phase.

Yolanda Ferradás, Marián López, Manuel Rey, Ma Victoria González

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Article in Annals of botany, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yolanda FerradásDepartamento de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago, Campus Sur, 15872 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Marián LópezDepartamento de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago, Campus Sur, 15872 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Manuel ReyDepartamento de Biología Vegetal y Ciencia del Suelo, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain.
Ma Victoria GonzálezDepartamento de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago, Campus Sur, 15872 Santiago de Compostela, Spain mvictoria.gonzalez@usc.es.
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela · ESUniversidade de Vigo · ES

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsKiwifruit is a crop with a highly successful reproductive performance, which is impaired by the short effective pollination period of female flowers. This study investigates whether the degenerative processes observed in both pollinated and non-pollinated flowers after anthesis may be considered to be programmed cell death (PCD).

methodsFeatures of PCD in kiwifruit, Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa, were studied in both non-pollinated and pollinated stigmatic arms using transmission electron microscopy, DAPI (4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) staining, TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labelling) assays, DNA gel electrophoresis and caspase-like activity assays. KEY

resultsIn the secretory tissues of the stigmatic arms, cell organelles disintegrated sequentially while progressive vacuolization was detected. At the same time, chromatin condensation, nuclear deformation, and DNA fragmentation and degradation were observed. These features were detected in both non-pollinated and pollinated stigmatic arms; they were evident in the stigmas of pollinated flowers by the second day after anthesis but only by 4 d after anthesis in non-pollinated flowers. In addition, in pollinated stigmatic arms, these features were first initiated in the stigma and gradually progressed through the style, consistent with pollen tube growth. This timing of events was also observed in both non-pollinated and pollinated stigmatic arms for caspase-3-like activity.

conclusionsThe data provide evidence to support the hypothesis that PCD processes occurring in the secretory tissue of non-pollinated kiwifruit stigmatic arms could be the origin for the observed short effective pollination period. The results obtained in the secretory tissue of pollinated kiwifruit stigmatic arms upon pollination support the idea that PCD might be accelerated by pollination, pointing to the involvement of PCD during the progamic phase.

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ActinidiaApoptosisCaspase 3Cell NucleusChromatinDNA CleavageDNA FragmentationDNA, PlantFlowersIn Situ Nick-End LabelingMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionPlant ProteinsPollinationReproductionCaspase 3ChromatinDNA, PlantPlant ProteinsActinidia chinensis var. deliciosacaspase-like activityDAPI stainingeffective pollination periodEPPPCDpollen–pistil interactionprogrammed cell deathreproductive biologyTEMTUNEL assay

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PMID24782437
PMCPMC4071096
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