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Dynamics of pollen tube in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Dynamics of pollen tube in Arabidopsis thaliana
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In the pistil of flowering plants, each ovule usually associates with a single pollen tube for fertilization. This one-to-one pollen tube guidance, which contributes to polyspermy blocking and efficient seed production, is largely different from animal chemotaxis of many sperms to one egg. However, the functional mechanisms underlying the directional cues and polytubey blocks in the depths of the pistil remain unknown. Here, the authors develop a two-photon live imaging method to directly observe pollen tube guidance in the pistil of Arabidopsis thaliana, clarifying signaling and cellular behaviors in the one-to-one guidance. Ovules are suggested to emit multiple signals for pollen tubes, including an integument- dependent directional signal that reaches the inner surface of the septum and adhesion signals for emerged pollen tubes on the septum. Not only FERONIA in the septum but ovular gametophytic FERONIA and LORELEI, as well as FERONIA- and LORELEI- independent repulsion signal, are involved in polytubey blocks on the ovular funiculus. However, these funicular blocks are not strictly maintained in the first 45 min, explaining previous reports of polyspermy in flowering plants.
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2025-07-25
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2026-01-21
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CC BY 4.0
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38773320/ , https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-024-00151-4 PMID: 38773320 PMCID: 11169409
Yoko Mizuta, Daigo Sakakibara, Shiori Nagahara, Ikuma Kaneshiro, Takuya T Nagae, Daisuke Kurihara, Tetsuya Higashiyama (2024) Deep imaging reveals dynamics and signaling in one-to-one pollen tube guidance., EMBO Reports, Volume 25, Number 6, pp. 2529-49

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Yoko Mizuta
Nagoya University
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Yoko Mizuta
Nagoya University
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Daigo Sakakibara
Nagoya University
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Shiori Nagahara
Nagoya University
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Ikuma Kaneshiro
Nagoya University
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Arabidopsis thaliana (NCBI:txid3702)
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Molecular function
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Biological imaging method
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