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ArticlePlant physiology2015

Putting the Squeeze on Plasmodesmata: A Role for Reticulons in Primary Plasmodesmata Formation.

Kirsten Knox, Pengwei Wang, Verena Kriechbaumer, Jens Tilsner, Lorenzo Frigerio, Imogen Sparkes, Chris Hawes, Karl Oparka

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Article in Plant physiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kirsten KnoxInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom (K.K., K.O.);Plant Cell Biology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (P.W., V.K., C.H.);Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom (J.T.);Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (L.F.); andBiosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom (I.S.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5487-1763
Pengwei WangInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom (K.K., K.O.);Plant Cell Biology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (P.W., V.K., C.H.);Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom (J.T.);Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (L.F.); andBiosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom (I.S.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0362-878X
Verena KriechbaumerInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom (K.K., K.O.);Plant Cell Biology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (P.W., V.K., C.H.);Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom (J.T.);Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (L.F.); andBiosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom (I.S.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3782-5834
Jens TilsnerInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom (K.K., K.O.);Plant Cell Biology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (P.W., V.K., C.H.);Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom (J.T.);Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (L.F.); andBiosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom (I.S.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3873-0650
Lorenzo FrigerioInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom (K.K., K.O.);Plant Cell Biology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (P.W., V.K., C.H.);Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom (J.T.);Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (L.F.); andBiosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom (I.S.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4100-6022
Imogen SparkesInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom (K.K., K.O.);Plant Cell Biology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (P.W., V.K., C.H.);Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom (J.T.);Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (L.F.); andBiosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom (I.S.).
Chris HawesInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom (K.K., K.O.);Plant Cell Biology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (P.W., V.K., C.H.);Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom (J.T.);Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (L.F.); andBiosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom (I.S.).ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4856-7690
Karl OparkaInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom (K.K., K.O.);Plant Cell Biology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom (P.W., V.K., C.H.);Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, United Kingdom (J.T.);Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (L.F.); andBiosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom (I.S.) karl.oparka@ed.ac.uk.
University of St Andrews · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J004987/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J005959/1Medical Research Council MR/K015869/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary plasmodesmata (PD) arise at cytokinesis when the new cell plate forms. During this process, fine strands of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are laid down between enlarging Golgi-derived vesicles to form nascent PD, each pore containing a desmotubule, a membranous rod derived from the cortical ER. Little is known about the forces that model the ER during cell plate formation. Here, we show that members of the reticulon (RTNLB) family of ER-tubulating proteins in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) may play a role in the formation of the desmotubule. RTNLB3 and RTNLB6, two RTNLBs present in the PD proteome, are recruited to the cell plate at late telophase, when primary PD are formed, and remain associated with primary PD in the mature cell wall. Both RTNLBs showed significant colocalization at PD with the viral movement protein of Tobacco mosaic virus, while superresolution imaging (three-dimensional structured illumination microscopy) of primary PD revealed the central desmotubule to be labeled by RTNLB6. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching studies showed that these RTNLBs are mobile at the edge of the developing cell plate, where new wall materials are being delivered, but significantly less mobile at its center, where PD are forming. A truncated RTNLB3, unable to constrict the ER, was not recruited to the cell plate at cytokinesis. We discuss the potential roles of RTNLBs in desmotubule formation.

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CytokinesisArabidopsis ProteinsCell LineCell WallEndoplasmic ReticulumFluorescence Recovery After PhotobleachingGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, ConfocalNicotianaPlants, Genetically ModifiedPlant Viral Movement ProteinsPlasmodesmataProtein TransportTobacco Mosaic VirusArabidopsis ProteinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMembrane ProteinsPlant Viral Movement Proteinsreticulon-like protein B6, ArabidopsisRTNLB3 protein, Arabidopsis

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PMID26084919
PMCPMC4528765
OpenAlexW1908003260

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