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ArticleBotanical studies2019

Dye- and fluorescence-based assay to characterize symplastic and apoplastic trafficking in soybean (Glycime max L.) endosperm.

Ming-Der Shih, Jian-Shin Lin, Mei-Jane Fang, Yuan-Ching Tsai, Yue-Ie C Hsing

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Article in Botanical studies, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  4. Molecular Control of Oil Metabolism in the Endosperm of Seeds.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ming-Der ShihInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jian-Shin LinInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan.
Mei-Jane FangInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yuan-Ching TsaiDepartment of Agronomy, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Yue-Ie C HsingInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan. bohsing@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica · TWNational Chiayi University · TWNational Taiwan University · TW

Funding

Academia Sinica (TW) 022322Ministry of Science and Technology NSC-99-2923-B-001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEndosperm is a triploid tissue in seed resulting from a sperm nucleus fused with the binucleate central cell after double fertilization. Endosperm may be involved in metabolite production, solute transport, nutrient storage, and germination. In the legume family (Fabaceae), with the greatest number of domesticated crops, approximately 60% of genera contain well-differentiated endosperm in mature seeds. Soybean seeds, the most important legume crop in the worlds, have endosperm surrounding embryos during all stages of seed development. However, the function of soybean endosperm is still unknown.

resultsFlow cytometry assay confirmed that soybean endosperm was triploid. Cytobiological observation showed that soybean endosperm cells were alive with zigzag-shape cell wall. Soybean endosperm cells allowed fusion proteins (42 kDa) to move from bombarded cells to adjacent unbombarded-cells. Such movement is not simple diffusion because the fusion proteins failed to move into dead cells. We used symplastic tracers to test the transport potential of soybean endosperm. Small organic dye and low-molecular-weight symplastic tracers revealed fast symplastic transport. After a treatment of an inhibitor of ATPase, N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD), symplastic transport was blocked, but all tracers still showed fast apolopastic transport. The transport speed of 8-hydroxypyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid in endosperm was 1.5 to 3 times faster than in cotyledon cells or Arabidopsis embryos.

conclusionsSoybean endosperm is a membrane-like, semi-transparent, and fully active tissue located between the seed coat and cotyledon. Soybean endosperm cells allowed macromolecules to move fast via plasmodesmata transport. The size exclusion limit is larger for soybean endosperm cells than its cotyledon or even Arabidopsis embryo cells. Soybean endosperm may be involved in fast and horizontal transport during the mid-developmental stage of seeds.

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CotyledonEndospermMovementSize exclusion limitSoybeanSymplastic tracer

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