The early stages and capsulogenetic stages of sporogenesis of Myxobolus kwangsiensis were studied indetail by electron microscopy. M. kwangsiensis is an intrasellular myxsporen infecting the epithelial cellsof kidney ...The early stages and capsulogenetic stages of sporogenesis of Myxobolus kwangsiensis were studied indetail by electron microscopy. M. kwangsiensis is an intrasellular myxsporen infecting the epithelial cellsof kidney tubules of young dace Labeo rohita. The M. kwangsiensis sporogenesis presents the typical featuresof myxosporea. The initial stages are multinuceate primary cells, with one primary cell typicallyenclosing one secondary cell. The secondary cells are formed directly by cytokinesis inside the primary cells. Theprimary cell participates in the formation of the secondary cell nucleus. The nuclear division of primarycell is asynchronous by amitosis. The parasitic organisms may degenerate inside the epithelial cells at anystage. The modes of sporoblast formation , the typical features of myxosporea and the cause of its degradationare discussed.展开更多
Germlines in plants are formed de novo during post-embryonic development, while little is known about the mechanism that controls this process. In Arabidopsis, the earliest gene controlling this process is SPOROCYTELE...Germlines in plants are formed de novo during post-embryonic development, while little is known about the mechanism that controls this process. In Arabidopsis, the earliest gene controlling this process is SPOROCYTELESS （SPL）. A decade ago, we showed that loss of SPL function abolished sporogenesis in both male and female organs of Arabidopsis. However, its function is unclear up to now. In this study, we showed that SPL belongs to a novel transcription repressor family specific in embryophyte, which consists of 173 members in the land plants so far. All of them contain a conserved SPL-motif in their N-terminal and an ethylene-responsive element binding factor-associated amphiphilic repression （EAR） motif in the C-terminal, therefore designated as SPL-like, EAR-containing proteins （SPEARs）. Consis- tently, SPL acts as a transcriptional repressor in yeast and tobacco cells, and SPEAR proteins are able to form homodimer and/or het- erodimer with each other in vitro. Furthermore, SPEARs interact with the TOPLESS （TPL） co-repressors via the EAR motif and TCP family transcription factors in yeast cells. Together, we propose that SPL and SPEARs most likely belong to a novel transcription repressor family in land plants which may play a variety of developmental roles in plants.展开更多
基金This research was supported by the NSFC(No.39070675)
文摘The early stages and capsulogenetic stages of sporogenesis of Myxobolus kwangsiensis were studied indetail by electron microscopy. M. kwangsiensis is an intrasellular myxsporen infecting the epithelial cellsof kidney tubules of young dace Labeo rohita. The M. kwangsiensis sporogenesis presents the typical featuresof myxosporea. The initial stages are multinuceate primary cells, with one primary cell typicallyenclosing one secondary cell. The secondary cells are formed directly by cytokinesis inside the primary cells. Theprimary cell participates in the formation of the secondary cell nucleus. The nuclear division of primarycell is asynchronous by amitosis. The parasitic organisms may degenerate inside the epithelial cells at anystage. The modes of sporoblast formation , the typical features of myxosporea and the cause of its degradationare discussed.
基金financially supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.30921003)Major Research Plan from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2013CB945100)
文摘Germlines in plants are formed de novo during post-embryonic development, while little is known about the mechanism that controls this process. In Arabidopsis, the earliest gene controlling this process is SPOROCYTELESS （SPL）. A decade ago, we showed that loss of SPL function abolished sporogenesis in both male and female organs of Arabidopsis. However, its function is unclear up to now. In this study, we showed that SPL belongs to a novel transcription repressor family specific in embryophyte, which consists of 173 members in the land plants so far. All of them contain a conserved SPL-motif in their N-terminal and an ethylene-responsive element binding factor-associated amphiphilic repression （EAR） motif in the C-terminal, therefore designated as SPL-like, EAR-containing proteins （SPEARs）. Consis- tently, SPL acts as a transcriptional repressor in yeast and tobacco cells, and SPEAR proteins are able to form homodimer and/or het- erodimer with each other in vitro. Furthermore, SPEARs interact with the TOPLESS （TPL） co-repressors via the EAR motif and TCP family transcription factors in yeast cells. Together, we propose that SPL and SPEARs most likely belong to a novel transcription repressor family in land plants which may play a variety of developmental roles in plants.
