Role of 1,4,5-inositol triphosphate-induced Ca2+ release in pollen tube orientation
Role of 1,4,5-inositol triphosphate-induced Ca2+ release in pollen tube orientation
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10.1007/s004970050145
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1998-10
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R. Malhó
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R. Malhó
Pollen tube reorientation is a dynamic cellular event crucial for successful fertilization. Previously, it was shown that reorientation is preceded by an asymmetric increase of cytosolic free calcium ([Ca2+]c) in the side of the apex to which the cell will bend. In order to find the targets for this signal transduction pathway, the effects of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] in the reorientation process were analyzed. Ins(1,4,5)P3was artificially increased in different cell domains by localized photoactivation of caged Ins(1,4,5)P3and its effects on [Ca2+]cmonitored by ion confocal microscopy. It was found that photolysis of caged Ins(1,4,5)P3in the nuclear or subapical region resulted in a transient increase in [Ca2+]cand reorientation of the growth axis, while photolysis in the apex frequently resulted in disturbed growth or tip bursting. Perfusion of the cells with the Ins(1,4,5)P3receptor blocker heparin prior to photoactivation inhibited the increase in [Ca2+]cand no reorientation was observed. Ca2+release from Ins(1,4,5)P3-dependent stores localized in the shank of the tube thus seems to be part of the signal transduction pathway that controls tube guidance, although not the primary stimulus leading to reorientation.