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ArticleScientific reports2018

Direct observation of the effects of cellulose synthesis inhibitors using live cell imaging of Cellulose Synthase (CESA) in Physcomitrella patens.

Mai L Tran, Thomas W McCarthy, Hao Sun, Shu-Zon Wu, Joanna H Norris, Magdalena Bezanilla, Luis Vidali, Charles T Anderson, Alison W Roberts

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mai L TranUniversity of Rhode Island, 120 Flagg Road, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, USA.
Thomas W McCarthyThe Pennsylvania State University, 201 Huck Life Science Building, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7734-2821
Hao SunWorcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01605, USA.
Shu-Zon WuUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA.
Joanna H NorrisUniversity of Rhode Island, 120 Flagg Road, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, USA.
Magdalena BezanillaUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA.
Luis VidaliWorcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01605, USA.
Charles T AndersonThe Pennsylvania State University, 201 Huck Life Science Building, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7481-3571
Alison W RobertsUniversity of Rhode Island, 120 Flagg Road, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, USA. aroberts@uri.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7775-5589
University of Rhode Island · USDartmouth College · USPennsylvania State University · USWorcester Polytechnic Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Results from live cell imaging of fluorescently tagged Cellulose Synthase (CESA) proteins in Cellulose Synthesis Complexes (CSCs) have enhanced our understanding of cellulose biosynthesis, including the mechanisms of action of cellulose synthesis inhibitors. However, this method has been applied only in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brachypodium distachyon thus far. Results from freeze fracture electron microscopy of protonemal filaments of the moss Funaria hygrometrica indicate that a cellulose synthesis inhibitor, 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile (DCB), fragments CSCs and clears them from the plasma membrane. This differs from Arabidopsis, in which DCB causes CSC accumulation in the plasma membrane and a different cellulose synthesis inhibitor, isoxaben, clears CSCs from the plasma membrane. In this study, live cell imaging of the moss Physcomitrella patens indicated that DCB and isoxaben have little effect on protonemal growth rates, and that only DCB causes tip rupture. Live cell imaging of mEGFP-PpCESA5 and mEGFP-PpCESA8 showed that DCB and isoxaben substantially reduced CSC movement, but had no measureable effect on CSC density in the plasma membrane. These results suggest that DCB and isoxaben have similar effects on CSC movement in P. patens and Arabidopsis, but have different effects on CSC intracellular trafficking, cell growth and cell integrity in these divergent plant lineages.

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ArabidopsisBryopsidaCell MembraneCelluloseEnzyme InhibitorsGlucosyltransferasesIntravital MicroscopyNitrilesProtein TransportCellulosecellulose synthasedichlobanilEnzyme InhibitorsGlucosyltransferasesNitriles

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PMID29335590
PMCPMC5768717
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