Aerenchyma formation in the root of leaf‐vegetable sweet potato: programmed cell death initiated by ethylene‐mediated H 2 O 2 accumulation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Pan ◽  
Hui Han ◽  
Milca Banda Medison ◽  
Salah Fatouh Abou‐Elwafa ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Lu Ni ◽  
Meng-Yuan Gui ◽  
Ling-Ling Tan ◽  
Qiang Zhu ◽  
Wen-Zhe Liu ◽  
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Botany ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (8) ◽  
pp. 757-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P. Trobacher

Plants produce and utilize the gaseous hydrocarbon ethylene as a phytohormone throughout their life cycle. Ethylene is notoriously associated with fruit ripening and this aspect of its biology, along with its biosynthesis and mechanisms of signal transduction, has received a great deal of study. Many plants also employ ethylene signalling during instances of programmed cell death (PCD), including aerenchyma formation, epidermal PCD above emerging adventitious roots, senescence of petals, leaves, and reproductive structures, and endosperm death in developing cereal seeds. Ethylene-signalling during PCD is both spatially and temporally regulated, and is selective in that it induces PCD only in sensitized cells or tissues. This review examines instances of ethylene-regulated plant PCD, proposes a general model, and suggests avenues for future research that might improve our understanding of both PCD and ethylene signal transduction.


2014 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 8-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Lu Ni ◽  
Ying Meng ◽  
Shuang-Shuang Zheng ◽  
Wen-Zhe Liu

Planta ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 212 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arunika H. L. A. N. Gunawardena ◽  
Deborah M. Pearce ◽  
Michael B. Jackson ◽  
Chris R. Hawes ◽  
David E. Evans

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Jiang ◽  
Xue-Fang Song ◽  
Zhu-Qing Zhou ◽  
Li-Kai Wang ◽  
Ji-Wei Li ◽  
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This study determined the characteristics of cortical cell death in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots during programmed cell death (PCD) and the relationship between PCD and acid phosphatases. An examination of morphological development by light microscrope revealed that aerenchyma formed in roots waterlogged for 24 h and well developed aerenchyma formed in roots waterlogged for 120 h. The first detectable events were observed by electron microscopy and included plasma membrane invagination and the appearance of vesicles between the plasma membrane and the cell wall. Later, chromatin condensation and double-membrane-bound structures resembling autophagosomes were observed. The activity of acid phosphatases gradually increased during waterlogging and was present during the entire process of cell death. These observations suggest that cortical cell death during aerenchyma formation induced by waterlogging was a form of PCD. Acid phosphatases play an important role in PCD induced by waterlogging, being responsible for the hydrolysis of cell components at the later stages of PCD.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 2166
Author(s):  
Massimo Malerba ◽  
Raffaella Cerana

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically controlled suicide process present in all living beings with the scope of eliminating cells unnecessary or detrimental for the proper development of the organism. In plants, PCD plays a pivotal role in many developmental processes such as sex determination, senescence, and aerenchyma formation and is involved in the defense responses against abiotic and biotic stresses. Thus, its study is a main goal for plant scientists. However, since PCD often occurs in a small group of inaccessible cells buried in a bulk of surrounding uninvolved cells, its study in whole plant or complex tissues is very difficult. Due to their uniformity, accessibility, and reproducibility of application of stress conditions, cultured cells appear a useful tool to investigate the different aspects of plant PCD. In this review, we summarize how plant cell cultures can be utilized to clarify the plant PCD process.


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