Effect of a host-specific toxin (AM-toxin I) produced by Alternaria mali, an apple pathogen, on the ultrastructure of plasma membrane of cells in apple and Japanese pear leaves

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (18) ◽  
pp. 2383-2393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pyoyun Park ◽  
Mitsuya Tsuda ◽  
Yoshiharu Hayashi ◽  
Tamio Ueno
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Plant Cells ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Japanese Pear ◽  
Susceptible Plant ◽  
Secondary Effects ◽  
Permeability Changes ◽  
Ultrastructural Modifications

AM-toxin I (4 μg/ml), a host-specific toxin of Alternaria mali, caused permeability changes in susceptible apple and Nijisseiki pear leaves within 5 min of treatment. The first effect of the toxin appeared on plasma membranes of susceptible apple cells. One hour after toxin treatment, slight invaginations were evident in plasma membranes near plasmodesmata. Six hours after treatment, the spaces between cell wall and invaginated plasma membrane contained lomasome-like vesicles, membranous fragments, and desmotubules extending from plasmodesmata. The membranous materials appeared to originate from the plasma membrane. Thirty-one hours after treatment, necrotic cells of susceptible leaves showed the general disruptions of cellular membranes which might be caused by secondary effects of the toxin. The similar changes of plasma membrane and plasmodesmata also were found in Nijisseiki pear cells treated with AM-toxin I (4 μg/ml) for 1 h and 6 h. The invaginations of the plasma membrane at plasmodesmata were the first ultrastructural modifications in the toxin-treated Nijisseiki cells. AM-toxin I did not affect the ultrastructure of resistant apple and Chojuro pear cells. These results indicate that the initial sites for the toxin may be on the plasma membrane of the susceptible apple cells. Furthermore, the results suggest that the plasma membrane modifications are associated with permeability changes in the toxin-treated, susceptible plant cells except for original host cells treated with the toxin.

Two action sites of AM-toxin I produced by apple pathotype of Alternaria alternata in host cells: an ultrastructural study

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pyoyun Park ◽  
Syoyo Nishimura ◽  
Keisuke Kohmoto ◽  
Hiroshi Otani ◽  
Kazuyuki Tsujimoto
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Amorphous Materials ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Electron Microscopic Autoradiography ◽  
Moderately Resistant ◽  
Membrane Cell

The localization of primary action sites of AM-toxin I in host cells was examined by ultrastructural investigation and electron microscopic autoradiography. In susceptible apple leaves, the first effect of the toxin appeared 1 h after treatment in the plasma membranes and chloroplasts of mesophyll and vascular bundle sheath cells and in the plasma membranes of phloem and epidermal cells. Membranes and vesicles which were stained positively with a specific staining solution for grana lamellae were found in the matrix of the chloroplasts, showing that the membranous materials were derived from the disrupted grana. Cell wall lesions were formed around plasmodesmata where plasma membranes were invaginated. The invaginated sites were filled with amorphous materials from degraded cell walls, including membranes derived from plasma membranes and the desmotubules extending from plasmodesmata. The modified chloroplasts and plasma membranes were observed more often as the time after the toxin treatment was prolonged. Modified plastids were not found in the leaf cells. The other cellular membranes appeared normal even 10 h after the treatment. Resistant leaf cells were rarely affected by the toxin. Not all tissues from susceptible apples were sensitive as the toxin caused no necrosis or ultrastructural changes in petal cells. Resistant petal cells were also insensitive to the toxin, but the toxin causes necrosis and ultrastructural changes in moderately resistant petal cells in which the primary effect of the toxin appeared as plasma membrane modifications. Plastids were not affected by the toxin. These results indicate that the action sites of the toxin may be located on the plasma membrane – cell wall association in susceptible leaf cells and in moderately resistant petal cells and also on the chloroplasts of susceptible cells. The results of electron microscopic autoradiography also provided evidence that the action sites of the toxin were present on chloroplasts and the plasma membrane –cell wall association of susceptible leaf cells.

Enrichment of vitronectin- and fibronectin-like proteins in NaCI-adapted plant cells and evidence for their involvement in plasma membrane-cell wall adhesion

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 637-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-Kang Zhu ◽  
Jun Shi ◽  
Utpal Singh ◽  
Sarah E. Wyatt ◽  
Ray A. Bressan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plant Cells ◽  
Membrane Cell

The isolation of plasma membrane from protoplasts of soybean suspension cultures

1977 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-310
Author(s):  
D.W. Galbraith ◽  
D.H. Northcote
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Fraction ◽  
Sucrose Gradient ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Buoyant Density ◽  
Membrane Systems ◽  
Enzymic Digestion ◽  
Nadh Cytochrome

A procedure for the isolation of plasma membranes from protoplasts of suspension-cultured soybean is described. Protoplasts were prepared by enzymic digestion of the cell wall and the plasma membrane was labelled with radioactive diazotized sulphanilic acid. The membrane systems from broken protoplasts were separated by continuous isopycnic sucrose gradient centrifugation. Radioactivity was localized in a band possessing a buoyant density of 1–14 g ml-1. The activities of NADPH- and NADH-cytochrome c reductase, fumarase, Mg2+-ATPase, IDPase and acid phosphodiesterase in the various regions of the density gradient were determined. A plasma membrane fraction was selected which was relatively uncontaminated with membranes derived from endoplasmic reticulum, tonoplasts and mitochondria. The results indicated that Mg2+-ATPase and possibly acid phosphodiesterase were associated with the plasma membrane.

scholarly journals Plasmodesmata-Related Structural and Functional Proteins: The Long Sought-After Secrets of a Cytoplasmic Channel in Plant Cell Walls

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 2946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Han ◽  
Li-Jun Huang ◽  
Dan Feng ◽  
Wenhan Jiang ◽  
Wenzhuo Miu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cell ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Plant Cell Wall ◽  
Plant Cells ◽  
Protein Composition ◽  
Cell Contact ◽  
Plant Cell Walls ◽  
Cell Organelles

Plant cells are separated by cellulose cell walls that impede direct cell-to-cell contact. In order to facilitate intercellular communication, plant cells develop unique cell-wall-spanning structures termed plasmodesmata (PD). PD are membranous channels that link the cytoplasm, plasma membranes, and endoplasmic reticulum of adjacent cells to provide cytoplasmic and membrane continuity for molecular trafficking. PD play important roles for the development and physiology of all plants. The structure and function of PD in the plant cell walls are highly dynamic and tightly regulated. Despite their importance, plasmodesmata are among the few plant cell organelles that remain poorly understood. The molecular properties of PD seem largely elusive or speculative. In this review, we firstly describe the general PD structure and its protein composition. We then discuss the recent progress in identification and characterization of PD-associated plant cell-wall proteins that regulate PD function, with particular emphasis on callose metabolizing and binding proteins, and protein kinases targeted to and around PD.

Ultrastructure of compatible and incompatible reactions of sunflower to Plasmopara halstedii

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Wehtje ◽  
Larry J. Littlefield ◽  
David E. Zimmer
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Host Cell ◽  
Epidermal Cell ◽  
Cortical Cell ◽  
Hypersensitive Reaction ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Plasmopara Halstedii ◽  
Host Cell Wall ◽  
Host Plasma Membrane

Penetration of sunflower, Heliantluis animus, root epidermal cells by zoospores of Plasmopara halstedii is preceded by formation of a papilla on the inner surface of the host cell wall that invaginates the host plasma membrane. Localized degradation and penetration of the host cell wall by the pathogen follow. The invading fungus forms an allantoid primary infection vesicle in the penetrated epidermal cell. The host plasma membrane invaginates around the infection vesicle but its continuity is difficult to follow. Upon exit from the epidermal cell the fungus may grow intercellularly, producing terminal haustorial branches which extend into adjacent host cells. The fungus may grow through one or two cortical cell is after growing from the epidermal cell before it becomes intercellular. Host plasma membrane is not penetrated by haustoria. Intercellular hyphae grow toward the apex of the plant and ramify the seedling tissue. Resistance in an immune cultivar is hypersensitive and is triggered upon contact of the host cell with the encysting zoospore before the host cell wall is penetrated. Degeneration of zoospore cytoplasm accompanies the hypersensitive reaction of the host. Zoospores were often parasitized by bacteria and did not germinate unless penicillin and streptomycin were added to the inoculum suspension.

The Cell's Biological Rods and Ropes

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Boal
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Intermediate Filaments ◽  
Plant Cells ◽  
Cell Type ◽  
Animal Cells ◽  
Limited Variation ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Mechanical Elements

Despite a variety of shapes and sizes, the generic mechanical structure of cells is remarkably similar from one cell type to the next. All cells are bounded by a plasma membrane, a fluid sheet that controls the passage of materials into and out of the cell. Plant cells and bacteria reinforce this membrane with a cell wall, permitting the cell to operate at an elevated osmotic pressure. Simple cells, such as the bacterium shown in Figure 1a, possess a fairly homogeneous interior containing the cell's genetic blueprint and protein workhorses, but no mechanical elements. In contrast, as can be seen in Figure 1b, plant and animal cells contain internal compartments and a filamentous cytoskeleton—a network of biological ropes, cables, and poles that helps maintain the cell's shape and organize its contents.Four principal types of filaments are found in the cytoskeleton: spectrin, actin, microtubules, and a family of intermediate filaments. Not all filaments are present in all cells. The chemical composition of the filaments shows only limited variation from one cell to another, even in organisms as diverse as humans and yeasts. Membranes have a more variable composition, consisting of a bi-layer of dual-chain lipid molecules in which are embedded various proteins and frequently a moderate concentration of cholesterol. The similarity of the cell's mechanical elements in chemical composition and physical characteristics encourages us to search for universal strategies that have developed in nature for the engineering specifications of the cell. In this article, we concentrate on the cytoskeleton and its filaments.

Roles of the plasma membrane and the cell wall in the responses of plant cells to freezing

Planta ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 215 (5) ◽  
pp. 770-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyoshi Yamada ◽  
Katsushi Kuroda ◽  
Yutaka Jitsuyama ◽  
Daisuke Takezawa ◽  
Keita Arakawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plant Cells

Subcellular location of phage infection protein (Pip) inLactococcus lactis

2006 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 664-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duane T Mooney ◽  
Monica Jann ◽  
Bruce L Geller
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Lactococcus Lactis ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Subcellular Location ◽  
Recognition Site ◽  
Phage Infection ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Membrane Spanning

The amino acid sequence of the phage infection protein (Pip) of Lactococcus lactis predicts a multiple-membrane-spanning region, suggesting that Pip may be anchored to the plasma membrane. However, a near-consensus sortase recognition site and a cell wall anchoring motif may also be present near the carboxy terminus. If functional, this recognition site could lead to covalent linkage of Pip to the cell wall. Pip was detected in both plasma membranes and envelopes (plasma membrane plus peptidoglycan) isolated from the wild-type Pip strain LM2301. Pip was firmly attached to membrane and envelope preparations and was solubilized only by treatment with detergent. Three mutant Pip proteins were separately made in which the multiple-membrane-spanning region was deleted (Pip-Δmmsr), the sortase recognition site was converted to the consensus (Pip-H841G), or the sortase recognition site was deleted (Pip-Δ6). All three mutant Pip proteins co-purified with membranes and could not be solubilized except with detergent. When membranes containing Pip-Δmmsr were sonicated and re-isolated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation, Pip-Δmmsr remained associated with the membranes. Strains that expressed Pip-H841G or Pip-Δ6 formed plaques with near unit efficiency, whereas the strain that expressed Pip-Δmmsr did not form plaques of phage c2. Both membranes and cell-free culture supernatant from the strain expressing Pip-Δmmsr inactivated phage c2. These results suggest that Pip is an integral membrane protein that is not anchored to the cell wall and that the multiple-membrane-spanning region is required for productive phage infection but not phage inactivation.Key words: phage infection protein, Pip, Lactococcus lactis, subcellular location.

Structure and development of cortical microtubule arrays in plant cells

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-265
Author(s):  
A.R. Hardham ◽  
B.E.S. Gunning
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cortical Microtubule ◽  
Plant Cells ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Cell Cortex ◽  
Cortical Microtubules ◽  
Fundamental Part ◽  
Cellulose Component

Microtubules in the plant cell cortex are usually aligned parallel to microfibrils of cellulose that are being deposited in the cell wall, and are considered to function in guiding or orienting cellulose synthetase complexes that lie in or on the plasma membrane. The cellulose component is largely responsible for the mechanical reaction of the wall to turgor forces, thereby determining cell size and shape, and therefore the role of the cortical microtubules is a fundamental part of the overall morphogenetic process in plants. It is important to determine the structure of cortical arrays of microtubules and to learn how the cell regulates their development, neither of these aspects having been investigated adequately since the original description likened the microtubules to “hundreds of hoops around the cell”.

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