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CURRENT BIOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 8, Pages 1091-1097Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.040
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [7802, 30004]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [17027006, 17657022, 18075004, 19370017]
- Program for the Promotion of Basic Research Activities for Innovative Biosciences (PROBRAIN)
- Yamada Science Foundation
- Mitsubishi Foundation
- Japan Advanced Plant Science Network
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24114006, 17027006, 18075004, 17657022, 26660024, 19370017, 15F15388, 15H04450] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Precise directional control of pollen-tube growth by pistil tissue is critical for successful fertilization of flowering plants [1-3]. Ovular attractant peptides, which are secreted from two synergid cells on the side of the egg cell, have been identified [4-6]. Emerging evidence suggests that the ovular directional cue is not sufficient for successful guidance but that competency control by the pistil is critical for the response of pollen tubes to the attraction signal [1, 3, 7]. However, the female molecule for this competency induction has not been reported. Here we report that ovular methyl-glucuronosyl arabinogalactan (AMOR) induces competency of the pollen tube to respond to ovular attractant LURE peptides in Torenia fournieri. We developed a method for assaying the response capability of a pollen tube by micromanipulating an ovule. Using this method, we showed that pollen tubes growing through a cut style acquired a response capability in the medium by receiving a sufficient amount of a factor derived from mature ovules of Torenia. This factor, named AMOR, was identified as an arabinogalactan polysaccharide, the terminal 4-O-methylglucuronosyl residue of which was necessary for its activity. Moreover, a chemically synthesized disaccharide, the beta isomer of methyl-glucuronosyl galactose (4-Me-GlcA-beta-(1 -> 6)-Gal), showed AMOR activity. No specific sugar-chain structure of plant extracellular matrix has been identified as a bioactive molecule involved in intercellular communication. We suggest that the AMOR sugar chain in the ovary renders the pollen tube competent to the chemotropic response prior to final guidance by LURE peptides.
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