期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 72, 期 2, 页码 320-340出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa430
关键词
Arabidopsis; auxin transport; female gametophyte; funiculus; ovule; PIN1; PIN3; Rab; rab geranylgeranyl transferase
资金
- National Science Centre of Poland [UMO-2016/21/D/NZ3/02615]
- University of Gdansk [DS530-L160-D243, 531-D030-D243-20]
- Australian Research Council [DP180104092]
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/137304/2018]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/137304/2018] Funding Source: FCT
Research shows that mutations in the gene encoding the beta-subunit of RGT in Arabidopsis plants severely disrupt female gametogenesis, leading to decreased internal transport of auxin and significant developmental arrest in a portion of the female gametophytes. These findings suggest that Rab-dependent vesicular transport is crucial for communication between the sporophyte and the developing female gametophyte.
Eukaryotic cells rely on the accuracy and efficiency of vesicular traffic. In plants, disturbances in vesicular trafficking are well studied in quickly dividing root meristem cells or polar growing root hairs and pollen tubes. The development of the female gametophyte, a unique haploid reproductive structure located in the ovule, has received far less attention in studies of vesicular transport. Key molecules providing the specificity of vesicle formation and its subsequent recognition and fusion with the acceptor membrane are Rab proteins. Rabs are anchored to membranes by covalently linked geranylgeranyl group(s) that are added by the Rab geranylgeranyl transferase (RGT) enzyme. Here we show that Arabidopsis plants carrying mutations in the gene encoding the beta-subunit of RGT (rgtb1) exhibit severely disrupted female gametogenesis and this effect is of sporophytic origin. Mutations in rgtb1 lead to internalization of the PIN1 and PIN3 proteins from the basal membranes to vesicles in provascular cells of the funiculus. Decreased transport of auxin out of the ovule is accompanied by auxin accumulation in tissue surrounding the growing gametophyte. In addition, female gametophyte development arrests at the uni- or binuclear stage in a significant portion of the rgtbl ovules. These observations suggest that communication between the sporophyte and the developing female gametophyte relies on Rab-dependent vesicular traffic of the PIN1 and PIN3 transporters and auxin efflux out of the ovule.
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