Rhizoids and protonemata of characean algae: Model cells for research on polarized growth and plant gravity sensing

Protoplasma

Volumn 229, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Braun, M ^a   Limbach, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Actin binding protein; Chara spp.; Gravity sensing; Protonema; Rhizoid; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CHAROPHYTA; CYTOSKELETON; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ACTOMYOSIN; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CHARACEAE; CYTOSKELETON; GRAVITATION; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ALGAE; CHARA; CHARACEA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33845749708     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-006-0208-9     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. R Aloni M Langhans E Aloni CI Ullrich 2004 Role of cytokinin in the regulation of root gravitropism Planta 220 177 182
2. E Bartnik A Sievers 1988 In vivo observation of a spherical aggregate of endoplasmic reticulum and of Golgi vesicles in the tip of fast-growing Chara rhizoids Planta 176 1 9
3. EB Blancaflor 2002 The cytoskeleton and gravitropism in higher plants J Plant Growth Regul 21 120 136
4. I Blilou J Xu M Wildwater V Willemsen I Paponov J Friml R Heidstra M Aida K Palme B Scheres 2005 The PIN auxin efflux facilitator network controls growth and patterning in Arabidopsis roots Nature 433 39 44
5. K Boonsirichai C Guan R Chen PH Masson 2002 Root gravitropism: an experimental tool to investigate basic cellular and molecular processes underlying mechanosensing and signal transmission in plants Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 53 421 447
6. M Braun 1996a Immunolocalization of myosin in rhizoids of Chara globularis Thuill Protoplasma 191 1 8
7. M Braun 1996b Anomalous gravitropic response of Chara rhizoids during enhanced accelerations Planta 199 443 450
8. M Braun 1997 Gravitropism in tip-growing cells Planta 203 S11 S19
9. M Braun 2001 Association of spectrin-like proteins with the actin-organized aggregate of endoplasmic reticulum in the Spitzenkörper of gravitropically tip-growing plant cells Plant Physiol 125 1611 1620
10. M Braun 2002 Gravity perception requires statoliths settled on specific plasma-membrane areas in characean rhizoids and protonemata Protoplasma 219 150 159
11. M Braun P Richter 1999 Relocalization of the calcium gradient and a dihydropyridine receptor is involved in upward bending by bulging of Chara protonemata, but not in downward bending by bowing of Chara rhizoids Planta 209 414 423
12. M Braun A Sievers 1993 Centrifugation causes adaptation of microfilaments; studies on the transport of statoliths in gravity sensing Chara rhizoids Protoplasma 174 50 61
13. M Braun A Sievers 1994 Role of the microtubule cytoskeleton in gravisensing Chara rhizoids Eur J Cell Biol 63 289 298
14. M Braun GO Wasteneys 1998a Reorganization of the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton throughout blue-light-induced differentiation of characean protonemata into multicellular thalli Protoplasma 202 38 53
15. M Braun GO Wasteneys 1998b Distribution and dynamics of the cytoskeleton in graviresponding protonemata and rhizoids of characean algae: exclusion of microtubules and a convergence of actin filaments in the apex suggest an actin-mediated gravitropism Planta 205 39 50
16. M Braun GO Wasteneys 2000 Actin in characean rhizoids and protonemata. Tip growth, gravity sensing and photomorphogenesis CJ Staiger F Baluska D Volkmann PW Barlow Actin: a dynamic framework for multiple plant cell functions Kluwer Dordrecht 237 258
17. M Braun B Buchen A Sievers 2002 Actomyosin-mediated statolith positioning in gravisensing plant cells studied in microgravity J Plant Growth Regul 21 137 145
18. M Braun J Hauslage A Czogalla C Limbach 2004 Tip-localized actin polymerization and remodeling, reflected by the localization of ADF, profilin and villin, are fundamental for gravity-sensing and polarized growth of characean rhizoids Planta 219 379 388
19. B Buchen M Braun Z Hejnowicz A Sievers 1993 Statoliths pull on microfilaments: experiments under microgravity Protoplasma 172 38 42
20. Buchen B, Braun M, Sievers A (1997) Statoliths, cytoskeletal elements and cytoplasmic streaming of Chara rhizoids under reduced gravity during TEXUS flights. In: Life sciences experiments performed on sounding rockets (1985-1994). Scientific/technical publications, SP-1206. European Space Agency Publications Division, Noordwijk, pp 71-75
21. W Cai M Braun A Sievers 1997 Displacement of statoliths in Chara rhizoids during horizontal rotation on clinostats Acta Biol Exp Sin 30 147 155
22. D Driss-Ecole B Jeune M Prouteau P Julianus G Perbal 2000 Lentil root statoliths reach a stable state in microgravity Planta 211 396 405
23. BK Drobak VE Franklin-Tong CJ Staiger 2004 The role of the actin cytoskeleton in plant cell signaling New Phytol 163 13 30
24. A Geitmann AM Emons 2000 The cytoskeleton in plant and fungal cell tip growth J Microsc 198 218 245
25. Z Hejnowicz A Sievers 1981 Regulation of the position of statoliths in Chara rhizoids Protoplasma 108 117 137
26. Z Hejnowicz B Heinemann A Sievers 1977 Tip growth: pattern of growth rate and stress in the Chara rhizoid Z Pflanzenphysiol 81 409 424
27. PK Hepler L Vidali AY Cheung 2001 Polarized cell growth in higher plants Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 17 159 187
28. D Hodick 1994 Negative gravitropism in Chara protonemata: a model integrating the opposite gravitropic responses of protonemata and rhizoids Planta 195 43 49
29. D Hodick A Sievers 1998 Hypergravity can reduce but not enhance the gravitropic response of Chara globularis protonemata Protoplasma 204 145 154
30. D Hodick B Buchen A Sievers 1998 Statolith positioning by microfilaments in Chara rhizoids and protonemata Adv Space Res 21 1183 1189
31. T Hoson S Kamisaka Y Masuda M Yamashita B Buchen 1997 Evaluation of the three-dimensional clinostat as a simulator of weightlessness Planta 203 S187 S197
32. G Hou VL Kramer Y-S Wang R Chen G Perbal S Gilroy EB Blancaflor 2004 The promotion of gravitropism in Arabidopsis roots upon actin disruption is coupled with the extended alkalinization of the columella cytoplasm and a persistent lateral auxin gradient Plant J 39 113 125
33. JZ Kiss 2000 Mechanisms of the early phases of plant gravitropism Crit Rev Plant Sci 19 551 573
34. 2+ in Arabidopsis roots changes in response to touch but not gravity Plant Physiol 114 789 800
35. MS Ladinsky DN Mastronarde JR [tmp] McIntosh KE Howell LA Staehelin 1999 Golgi structure in three dimensions: functional insights from the normal rat kidney cell J Cell Biol 144 1135 1149
36. G Leitz E Schnepf KO Greulich 1995 Micromanipulation of statoliths in gravity-sensing Chara rhizoids by optical tweezers Planta 197 278 288
37. C Limbach J Hauslage C Schaefer M Braun 2005 How to activate a plant gravireceptor: early mechanisms of gravity sensing studied in characean rhizoids during parabolic flights Plant Physiol 139 1 11
38. A Lovy-Wheeler KL Wilsen TI Baskin PK Hepler 2005 Enhanced fixation reveals the apical cortical fringe of actin filaments as a consistent feature of the pollen tube Planta 221 95 104
39. DN Mastronarde 1997 Dual-axis tomography: an approach with alignment methods that preserve resolution J Struct Biol 120 343 352
40. I Ottenschläger P Wolff C Wolverton RP Bhalerao G Sandberg H Ishikawa M Evans K Palme 2003 Gravity-regulated differential auxin transport from columella to lateral root cap cells Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100 2987 2991
41. G Perbal A Lefrance B Jeune D Driss-Ecole 2004 Mechanotransduction in root gravity sensing cells Physiol Plant 120 303 311
42. A Sievers B Heinemann MI Rodriguez-Garcia 1979 Nachweis des subapikalen differentiellen Flankenwachstums im Chara-Rhizoid während der Graviresponse Z Pflanzenphysiol 91 435 442
43. A Sievers B Buchen D Volkmann Z Hejnowicz 1991a Role of the cytoskeleton in gravity perception CW Lloyd The cytoskeletal basis for plant growth and form Academic Press London 169 182
44. A Sievers M Kramer-Fischer M Braun B Buchen 1991b The polar organization of the growing Chara rhizoid and the transport of statoliths are actin-dependent Bot Acta 104 103 109
45. A Sievers B Buchen D Hodick 1996 Gravity sensing in tip-growing cells Trends Plant Sci 1 273 279
46. A Sievers B Braun GB Monshausen 2002 The root cap: structure and function Y Waisel A Eshel U Kafkafi Plant roots - the hidden half 3 Marcel Dekker New York 33 47
47. D Volkmann B Buchen Z Hejnowicz M Tewinkel A Sievers 1991 Oriented movement of statoliths studied in a reduced gravitational field during parabolic flights of rockets Planta 185 153 161