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Nongrowing, two-celled protonemata of the fernAdiantum capillus-veneris L. resume tip growth within the apical cell upon irradiation with red light. In this study, the phenomenon of growth resumption was analyzed with reference to changes in cytoskeletal organization. Continuous observations of apical cells with time lapse video-microscopy revealed that the nucleus migrated toward the tip ca. 1.9 h after the onset of red light, much earlier than the initiation of tip growth, which took place ca. 8.5 h after irradiation. Cytoskeletal organization was observed at various time points during growth resumption by fluorescent staining of microfilaments (MFs) and microtubules (MTs) with rhodamine-phalloidin and anti-tubulin antibodies. At 2 h after red-light irradiation, endoplasmic MF and MT strands appeared at the apical end of nucleus. These strands extended into the apical endoplasm, where filaments were rare prior to irradiation. Many fine filaments branched from the strands to the cell periphery, including the cortex of the apical-dome region. At this time, cortical circular arrays of MTs and MFs, normally found in the growing apex of protonemal cells, were absent. Both MT and MF circular arrays appeared during the resumption of tip growth concomitantly. The half-maximum appearance of MT and MF circular arrays within a population occurred at 5.4 h and 5.8 h after red-light irradiation, respectively. Thus, the process of red-light-induced resumption of tip growth in fern protonemal cell is composed of a series of events. These events include: (1) the appearance of strands extending from the nucleus toward the apical cortex and the migration of nucleus toward the apex; (2) the formation of circular MT and MF arrays at the sub-apical cortex; and (3) the initiation of cell growth at the apex. These results reflect the significant roles of MF and MT cytoskeleton in the resumption of tip growth.
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Abbreviations
- MBS:
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m-maleimidobenzoic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester
- MF:
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microfilament
- MT:
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microtubule
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Kadota, A., Yoshizaki, N. & Wada, M. Cytoskeletal changes during resumption of tip growth in nongrowing protonemal cells of the fernAdiantum capillus-veneris L.. Protoplasma 207, 195–202 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01283000
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