ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2015
Mechanosensitive channel MSL8 regulates osmotic forces during pollen hydration and germination.
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- Assessing the relative contributions of different Arabidopsis thaliana stigma factors to pollen hydration.Plant reproduction · 2026Article
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- PEK14: A Kinesin-4 Necessary for Male-Derived Fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Sugar-mediated physical constraints drive the evolution of pollination drops into nectar.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Mechanosensitive ion channel MSL8 is required for oscillatory growth and cell wall dynamics in Arabidopsis pollen tubes.Plant reproduction · 2025Article
- MSL10 is a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in the tactile sense of the Venus flytrap.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A mechanosensitive ion channel controls touch-triggered stigma movement through manipulation of calcium signature in Torenia.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Salinity survival: molecular mechanisms and adaptive strategies in plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Review
- The Arabidopsis KASH protein SINE3 is involved in male and female gametogenesis.Plant reproduction · 2024Article
- Understanding the mechanobiology of phytoacoustics through molecular Lens: Mechanisms and future perspectives.Journal of advanced research · 2024Review
- Multi-omics analysis of green lineage osmotic stress pathways unveils crucial roles of different cellular compartments.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Osmosensor-mediated control of CaNature · 2024Article
- Structure and growth of plant cell walls.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024Review
- From gametes to zygote: Mechanistic advances and emerging possibilities in plant reproduction.Plant physiology · 2024Review
- Structure of mechanically activated ion channel OSCA2.3 reveals mobile elements in the transmembrane domain.Structure (London, England : 1993) · 2024Article
- Quantifying Protein Dynamics by Kymograph Analysis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
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- Open structure and gating of the Arabidopsis mechanosensitive ion channel MSL10.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Origin, evolution and diversification of plant mechanosensitive channel of small conductance-like (MSL) proteins.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
- Stop and go signals at the stigma-pollen interface of the Brassicaceae.Plant physiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Pollen grains undergo dramatic changes in cellular water potential as they deliver the male germ line to female gametes, and it has been proposed that mechanosensitive ion channels may sense the resulting mechanical stress. Here, we identify and characterize MscS-like 8 (MSL8), a pollen-specific, membrane tension-gated ion channel required for pollen to survive the hypoosmotic shock of rehydration and for full male fertility. MSL8 negatively regulates pollen germination but is required for cellular integrity during germination and tube growth. MSL8 thus senses and responds to changes in membrane tension associated with pollen hydration and germination. These data further suggest that homologs of bacterial MscS have been repurposed in eukaryotes to function as mechanosensors in multiple developmental and environmental contexts.
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