A pea seed mutant affected in the differentiation of the embryonic epidermis is impaired in embryo growth and seed maturation

Development ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 129 (7) ◽  
pp. 1595-1607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljudmilla Borisjuk ◽  
Trevor L. Wang ◽  
Hardy Rolletschek ◽  
Ulrich Wobus ◽  
Hans Weber
Keyword(s):  
Cell Layer ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Transfer Cells ◽  
Transfer Cell ◽  
Uptake System ◽  
Developmental Gradient ◽  
Embryo Nutrition ◽  
Regional Specialisation ◽  
Tissues Expression ◽  
Pea Seed

During legume seed development the epidermis of the embryos differentiates into a transfer cell layer which mediates nutrient uptake during the storage phase. This specific function of the epidermal cells is acquired at the onset of embryo maturation. We investigated this process in the pea seed mutant E2748. The epidermal cells of the mutant embryo, instead of turning into transfer cells, enlarge considerably and become vacuolated and tightly associated with adjacent seed tissues. Expression of a sucrose transporter gene that is upregulated in wild-type transfer cells decreases in the mutant and changes its spatial pattern. This indicates that the outermost cell layer of mutant cotyledons cannot acquire transfer cell morphology but loses epidermal cell identity and does not function as a sucrose uptake system. Seed coat growth as well as composition, concentration and dynamics of sugars within the endospermal vacuole are unchanged. The loss of epidermal identity has severe consequences for further embryo development and is followed by disruption of the symplast within the parenchyma, the breach of the developmental gradient, lower sucrose and starch levels and initiation of callus-like growth. It is concluded that the E2748 gene controls differentiation of the cotyledonary epidermis into transfer cells and thus is required for the regional specialisation with a function in embryo nutrition.

Non-cell-autonomous function of the Antirrhinum floral homeotic proteins DEFICIENS and GLOBOSA is exerted by their polar cell-to-cell trafficking

Development ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 122 (11) ◽  
pp. 3433-3441 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Perbal ◽  
G. Haughn ◽  
H. Saedler ◽  
Z. Schwarz-Sommer
Keyword(s):  
Cell Layer ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Molecular Techniques ◽  
Cell Trafficking ◽  
Mads Box ◽  
Organ Identity ◽  
Cell Layers ◽  
Periclinal Chimeras ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Cell Autonomy

In Antirrhinum majus, petal and stamen organ identity is controlled by two MADS-box transcription factors, DEFICIENS and GLOBOSA. Mutations in either of these genes result in the replacement of petals by sepaloid organs and stamens by carpelloid organs. Somatically stable def and glo periclinal chimeras, generated by transposon excision events, were used to study the non-cell-autonomous functions of these two MADS-box proteins. Two morphologically distinct types of chimeras were analysed using genetic, morphological and molecular techniques. Restoration of DEF expression in the L1 cell layer results in the reestablishment of DEF and GLO functions in L1-derived cells only; inner layer cells retain their mutant sepaloid features. Nevertheless, this activity is sufficient to allow the expansion of petal lobes, highlighting the role of DEF in the stimulation of cell proliferation and/or cell shape and elongation when expressed in the L1 layer. Establishment of DEF or GLO expression in L2 and L3 cell layers is accompanied by the recovery of petaloid identity of the epidermal cells but it is insufficient to allow petal lobe expansion. We show by in situ immunolocalisation that the non-cell-autonomy is due to direct trafficking of DEF and GLO proteins from the inner layer to the epidermal cells. At least for DEF, this movement appears to be polar since DEF acts cell-autonomously when expressed in the L1 cell layer. Furthermore, the petaloid revertant sectors observed on second whorl mutant organs and the mutant margins of petals of L2L3 chimeras suggest that DEF and GLO intradermal movement is limited. This restriction may reflect the difference in the regulation of primary plasmodesmata connecting cells from the same layer and secondary plasmodesmata connecting cells from different layers. We propose that control of intradermal trafficking of DEF and GLO could play a role in maintaining of the boundaries of their expression domains.

Effect of Calcium on Salt Tolerance of Leaf Epidermal Cells of Ruppia maritima at High Salinity

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1174-1175
Author(s):  
A.D. Barnabas ◽  
R. Jagels ◽  
W.J. Przybylowicz ◽  
J. Mesjasz-Przybylowicz
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Salt Tolerance ◽  
High Salinity ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Transfer Cell ◽  
Ruppia Maritima ◽  
Terrestrial Plants ◽  
Tolerance Mechanisms ◽  
Salt Glands

Ruppia maritima L. is a submerged halophyte which occurs frequently in estuaries where sodium chloride is the dominant salt. Unlike terrestrial halophytes, R. maritima does not possess any specialised salt-secreting structures such as salt glands. Knowledge of salt tolerance mechanisms in this plant is important to our understanding of its biology. In a previous study it was shown that leaf epidermal cells of R. maritima, which possess transfer cell characteristics, are implicated in salt regulation. In the present investigation, the effect of calcium (Ca) on salt tolerance of leaf epidermal cells was studied since Ca has been found to be an important factor in resistance to salt stress in terrestrial plants.Plants were grown in artificial seawater of high salinity (33%) and at two different Ca concentrations : 400 ppm (high Ca) and 100 ppm (low Ca).

scholarly journals Unraveling the puzzle of phloem parenchyma transfer cell wall ingrowth

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (16) ◽  
pp. 4617-4620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler J McCubbin ◽  
David M Braun
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Phloem Loading ◽  
Transfer Cells ◽  
Transfer Cell ◽  
Phloem Parenchyma ◽  
Wall Ingrowth ◽  
Experimental Botany

This article comments on: Wei X, Nguyen ST, Collings DA, McCurdy DW. 2020. Sucrose regulates wall ingrowth deposition in phloem parenchyma transfer cells in Arabidopsis via affecting phloem loading activity. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 4690–4702.

A light and electron microscope investigation of the transfer cell region of maize caryopses

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald W. Davis ◽  
J. D. Smith ◽  
B. Greg Cobb
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Transfer Cells ◽  
Transfer Cell ◽  
Cell Region ◽  
Maternal Tissue ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Numerous Cell ◽  
Electron Microscopes

The transfer cell zones from 23-day postpollination corn caryopses were examined using light and electron microscopes and X-ray elemental analysis. The transfer cells were sectioned in cross and longitudinal planes and were characterized by having numerous cell-wall extensions in the form of anastomosing lamellae. The most basal transfer cells had more cell-wall extensions than those that were successively deeper in the endosperm. Cytoplasm, rich with mitochondria, filled the interstices of cell-wall extensions, and many vesiculate areas could be found along the plasma membrane. Some transfer cells contained crystals within plastids. The crystals were composed of magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, and zinc. Other cells had large aggregations of endoplasmic reticulum that were often in close association with mitochondria or unidentified, single membrane bounded organelles. When viewed in cross section, the cell-wall extensions of contiguous cells tended to originate from common loci. Plasmodesmata were absent in the bottom parts of the basal transfer cells where they contacted the maternal tissue but were abundant in the upper parts of these cells and in the transfer cells found deeper in the endosperm. The plasmodesmata were found in clusters and alternated with the wall extension areas.

Structure and ontogeny of Alnus crispa – Alpova diplophloeus ectomycorrhizae

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. B. Massicotte ◽  
R. L. Peterson ◽  
C. A. Ackerley ◽  
Y. Piché
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Hyphal Growth ◽  
Root Surface ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Transfer Cells ◽  
Wall Ingrowths ◽  
Alnus Crispa ◽  
Hartig Net ◽  
Fungal Hyphae ◽  
Branching System

Alnus crispa (Ait.) Pursh seedlings were grown in plastic pouches and inoculated with Frankia to induce nodules and subsequently with Alpova diplophloeus (Zeller & Dodge) Trappe & Smith to form ectomycorrhizae. The earliest events in ectomycorrhiza formation involved contact of the root surface by hyphae, hyphal proliferation to form a thin mantle, and further hyphal growth to form a thick mantle. Structural changes in the host, the mycosymbiont, and the fungus–epidermis interface were described at various stages in the ontogeny of ectomycorrhizae. Fungal hyphae in contact with epidermal cells in the regions of intercellular penetration and paraepidermal Hartig net developed numerous rough endoplastic reticulum cisternae. In more proximal regions of the mycorrhiza, these gradually became fewer in number and smooth. A complicated labyrinthine wall branching system also developed in the fungus in these regions. Concurrently, epidermal cells formed wall ingrowths in regions adjacent to Hartig net hyphae. There was a gradient in the formation of these epidermal transfer cells as the mycorrhiza developed, and an additional deposition of secondary cell wall over the wall ingrowths occurred as transfer cells senesced. Nonmycorrhizal control roots did not develop epidermal wall ingrowths. Electron-dense material, which was also autofluorescent, was deposited in the outer tangential walls of the exodermis contiguous to the paraepidermal Hartig net.

scholarly journals Early gene expression programs accompanyingtrans-differentiation of epidermal cells ofVicia fabacotyledons into transfer cells

2009 ◽  
Vol 182 (4) ◽  
pp. 863-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Dibley ◽  
Yuchan Zhou ◽  
Felicity A. Andriunas ◽  
Mark J. Talbot ◽  
Christina E. Offler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Transfer Cells ◽  
Early Gene ◽  
Early Gene Expression

scholarly journals The Placenta of Physcomitrium patens: Transfer Cell Wall Polymers Compared across the Three Bryophyte Groups

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 378
Author(s):  
Jason S. Henry ◽  
Karen S. Renzaglia
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Cell Wall Composition ◽  
Transfer Cells ◽  
Primary Cell ◽  
Transfer Cell ◽  
Primary Cell Wall ◽  
Slight Variation ◽  
Wall Ingrowths ◽  
Cell Wall Polymers

Following similar studies of cell wall constituents in the placenta of Phaeoceros and Marchantia, we conducted immunogold labeling TEM studies of Physcomitrium patens to determine the composition of cell wall polymers in transfer cells on both sides of the placenta. Sixteen monoclonal antibodies were used to localize cell wall epitopes in the basal walls and wall ingrowths in this moss. In general, placental transfer cell walls of P. patens contained fewer pectins and far fewer arabinogalactan proteins AGPs than those of the hornwort and liverwort. P. patens also lacked the differential labeling that is pronounced between generations in the other bryophytes. In contrast, transfer cell walls on either side of the placenta of P. patens were relatively similar in composition, with slight variation in homogalacturonan HG pectins. Compositional similarities between wall ingrowths and primary cell walls in P. patens suggest that wall ingrowths may simply be extensions of the primary cell wall. Considerable variability in occurrence, abundance, and types of polymers among the three bryophytes and between the two generations suggested that similarity in function and morphology of cell walls does not require a common cell wall composition. We propose that the specific developmental and life history traits of these plants may provide even more important clues in understanding the basis for these differences. This study significantly builds on our knowledge of cell wall composition in bryophytes in general and in transfer cells across plants.

Assimilate uptake and the regulation of seed development

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Weber ◽  
Ute Heim ◽  
Sabine Golombek ◽  
Ljudmilla Borisjuk ◽  
Ulrich Wobus
Keyword(s):  
Cell Division ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
Seed Development ◽  
Seed Coat ◽  
Storage Proteins ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Uptake System ◽  
Sucrose Uptake

AbstractSeed development is a series of events involving cell division, followed by cell differentiation and storage activity In legume cotyledons, cell differentiation starts in certain regions and gradually spreads to other parts, thereby building up developmental gradients The entire process appears to be subject to metabolic control The high hexose state of the premature legume embryo as controlled by seed coat-specific invertases favours cell division Differentiation is initiated when hexose decreases and sucrose increases Seed development occurs in a close interaction with seed metabolism and transport processes Movement of photoassimilates from the sieve tubes to the unloading region of the maternal seed tissue is symplasmic and controlled by plasmodesmal passage Sucrose uptake into Vicia faba cotyledons is mediated by a H+-sucrose symporter located in the outer epidermis which generates transfer cells Formation of the sucrose uptake system is induced during the early to mid-cotyledon stage by tissue contact with the maternal seed coat and is controlled by carbohydrate availability In contrast, a hexose transporter gene is also expressed in epidermal cells covering younger, mitotically active regions of the cotyledons The sucrose uptake system apparently generates the high sucrose state immediately preceding the storage phase Sucrose specifically induces storage-associated differentiation processes indicating a specific sucrose-dependent signalling pathway operating in maturing cotyledons Moreover, the mode of sucrose uptake — apoplasmic movement into the epidermal cells with subsequent symplasmic transfer to the storage parenchyma cells — appears to control coordinated cotyledon development Unlike sucrose, amino acid transport into legume cotyledons is passive during early development but at later stages when large amounts of storage proteins are synthesized an additional active uptake system is established to ensure a sufficient supply

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