Lipochito-oligosaccharides re-initiate root hair tip growth in Vicia sativa with high calcium and spectrin-like antigen at the tip.

Autor: d, Norbert C. A., Ruijter, Rook, Martin B., Bisseling, Ton, Emons, Anne Mie C.
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Zdroj: Plant Journal; Feb98, Vol. 13 Issue 3, 27 Black and White Photographs, 1 Graph
Abstrakt: Summary: Lipochito-oligosaccharides, Nod factors secreted by Rhizobium bacteria, are signal molecules that induce deformation of root hairs of their host plant. A bioassay was used for deformation, and the cytological changes induced by specific lipochito-oligosaccharides in root hairs of Vicia sativa L. (vetch), grown between glass slides, were examined. In the assay, root hairs of a particular developmental stage, those that were terminating growth, were susceptible to deformation. These hairs obtained characteristics of tip-growing cells again: (i) a polar cytoplasmic organization and reverse fountain streaming, (ii) an accumulation of a spectrin-like antigen at the tip, and (iii) a tip-focused calcium gradient. Calcium gradients were visualized in Indo-1 loaded root hairs with UV confocal microscopy and ratio-imaging. The results show that hairs respond to the bacterial signal by recovering cytoplasmic polarity and exocytosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index