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Development 129, 1261-1272 (2002)
© 2002 The Company of Biologists Limited

Identification of a developmental transition in plasmodesmatal function during embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Insoon Kim, Frederick D. Hempel{dagger}, Kyle Sha, Jennifer Pfluger and Patricia C. Zambryski*

Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
{dagger} Present address: Mendel Biotechnology, 21375 Chabat Blvd, Haywood, CA 94545, USA

*Author for correspondence (e-mail: zambrysk{at}nature.berkeley.edu)

Accepted 8 November 2001

Plasmodesmata provide routes for communication and nutrient transfer between plant cells by interconnecting the cytoplasm of adjacent cells. A simple fluorescent tracer loading assay was developed to monitor patterns of cell-to-cell transport via plasmodesmata specifically during embryogenesis. A developmental transition in plasmodesmatal size exclusion limit was found to occur at the torpedo stage of embryogenesis in Arabidopsis; at this time, plasmodesmata are down-regulated, allowing transport of small (approx. 0.5 kDa) but not large (approx. 10 kDa) tracers. This assay system was used to screen for embryo-defective mutants, designated increased size exclusion limit of plasmodesmata (ise), that maintain dilated plasmodesmata at the torpedo stage. The morphology of ise1 and ise2 mutants discussed here resembled that of the wild-type during embryo development, although the rate of their embryogenesis was slower. The ISE1 gene was mapped to position 13 cM on chromosome I using PCR-based biallelic markers. ise2 was found to be allelic to the previously characterized mutant emb25 which maps to position 100 cM on chromosome I. The results presented have implications for intercellular signaling pathways that regulate embryonic development, and furthermore represent the first attempt to screen directly for mutants of Arabidopsis with altered size exclusion limit of plasmodesmata.

Key words: Arabidopsis thaliana, Plant embryo, Intercellular signaling, ise, Plasmodesmata, Size exclusion limit




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