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Unraveling the fertilization mechanism focusing on a removal of the of an unusual membrane enclosing sperm cells in flowering plants.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K21432
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 44:Biology at cellular to organismal levels, and related fields
Research InstitutionYokohama City University

Principal Investigator

Maruyama Daisuke  横浜市立大学, 木原生物学研究所, 准教授 (80724111)

Project Period (FY) 2020-07-30 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordsシロイヌナズナ / 花粉管 / 精細胞 / 内部形質膜 / 栄養核 / 卵細胞 / カルシウム / ペプチド
Outline of Research at the Start

被子植物の精細胞は先端成長する花粉管の内部を通って卵細胞のある胚珠とよばれるメス組織へと運ばれて受精をする。精細胞を包みこんでいる内部形質膜という膜系は、卵細胞の珠口に放出されたのちに素早く崩壊することで精細胞膜を露出させ、受精の準備を整えさせると考えられているが、植物の受精は雌しべの組織の奥深くで起きる現象であることから、内部形質膜の崩壊の仕組みは理解が進んでいなかった。本研究ではシロイヌナズナを使って、内部形質膜の崩壊を促す可能性があるメス側からのシグナルを検討するとともに、内部形質膜に局在するタンパク質の機能を解析する。これにより、内部形質膜の崩壊メカニズムと崩壊の意義を明らかにする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In flowering plants, sperm cells are delivered to the egg cell within the ovule through a narrow tubular structure called the pollen tube, facilitating fertilization. During pollen-tube growth, a pair of sperm cells are enclosed by the Inner Vegetative Plasma Membrane (IVPM) and connected with the pollen tube vegetative nucleus to form a functional assemblage termed Male Germ Unit (MGU). It has been hypothesized that immediate IVPM removal from the sperm cells plays a crucial role in double fertilization via exposing the surface of sperm cell upon pollen tube discharge into the ovule. However, the dynamics and molecular mechanisms underlying this process were not well understood. In this study, we successfully observed the dynamics of the IVPM removal and identified several factors necessary for its IVPM fragmentation using a combination of live imaging techniques in Arabidopsis thaliana, genetic approaches, and the use of inhibitors.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

私たちの生活を支える穀物や果実を収穫するためには多くの場合受精が必要となる。また、有用なゲノムを組み合わせて臨んだ形質の植物を作出する際も植物の受精は欠かせない。精細胞を覆う内部形質膜は適切なタイミングで崩壊することによって重複受精に必須の役割を果たすと考えられている。本研究によって明らかとなった花粉管放出時の精細胞が示した内部形質膜崩壊の動態や、崩壊に必要な因子の知見は、重複受精を理解するための基礎的な知識として植物発生学における普遍的な重要性をもつ。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Invited: 1 results) Remarks (3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Ecole Normale Suprieure de Lyon(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ケンタッキー大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Letter to the Editor: Blue Light Irradiation Induces Pollen Tube Rupture in Various Flowering Plants2024

    • Author(s)
      Sugi Naoya、Susaki Daichi、Mizuta Yoko、Kinoshita Tetsu、Maruyama Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      Plant And Cell Physiology

      Volume: - Issue: 5 Pages: 704-707

    • DOI

      10.1093/pcp/pcae018

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Microtubules ensure transport of vegetative nuclei and sperm cells by fine-tuning their home positions2024

    • Author(s)
      Motomura Kazuki、Tsuchi Haruna、Komojiri Marin、Matsumoto Ayumi、Sugi Naoya、Susaki Daichi、Takeda Atsushi、Kinoshita Tetsu、Maruyama Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      bioRxiv

      Volume: -

    • DOI

      10.1101/2024.01.31.578224

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Removal of the endoplasma membrane upon sperm cell activation after pollen tube discharge2023

    • Author(s)
      Sugi Naoya、Izumi Rie、Tomomi Shun、Susaki Daichi、Kinoshita Tetsu、Maruyama Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Plant Science

      Volume: 14 Pages: 1116289-1116289

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpls.2023.1116289

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Exploring Novel Polytubey Reproduction Pathways Utilizing Cumulative Genetic Tools2023

    • Author(s)
      Sugi Naoya、Maruyama Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      Plant and Cell Physiology

      Volume: - Issue: 5 Pages: 454-460

    • DOI

      10.1093/pcp/pcad021

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Possible molecular mechanisms of persistent pollen tube growth without de novo transcription2022

    • Author(s)
      Motomura Kazuki、Sugi Naoya、Takeda Atsushi、Yamaoka Shohei、Maruyama Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Plant Science

      Volume: 13 Pages: 1020306-1020306

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpls.2022.1020306

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A way to discover a hidden pollen-tube potential controlling directional tipgrowth in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>.2022

    • Author(s)
      Motomura Kazuki、Maruyama Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      PLANT MORPHOLOGY

      Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Pages: 69-76

    • DOI

      10.5685/plmorphol.34.69

    • ISSN
      0918-9726, 1884-4154
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 内部形質膜から見る植物受精2022

    • Author(s)
      杉直也、丸山大輔
    • Journal Title

      細胞

      Volume: 32 Pages: 318-318

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Persistent directional growth capability in Arabidopsis thaliana pollen tubes after nuclear elimination from the apex2021

    • Author(s)
      Motomura Kazuki、Takeuchi Hidenori、Notaguchi Michitaka、Tsuchi Haruna、Takeda Atsushi、Kinoshita Tetsu、Higashiyama Tetsuya、Maruyama Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 2331-2331

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-021-22661-8

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The nuclear envelope protein KAKU4 determines the migration order of the vegetative nucleus and sperm cells in pollen tubes2020

    • Author(s)
      Goto Chieko、Tamura Kentaro、Nishimaki Satsuki、Maruyama Daisuke、Hara-Nishimura Ikuko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Botany

      Volume: 71 Issue: 20 Pages: 6273-6281

    • DOI

      10.1093/jxb/eraa367

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] シロイヌナズナの新規精細胞単離系の確立2024

    • Author(s)
      小橋瑞香,杉直也,須崎大地,元村一基,海老根一生,木下哲,丸山大輔
    • Organizer
      第65回 日本植物生理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 卵細胞特異的な精細胞活性化因子EC1のアミロイド凝集に関する組織学的解析2024

    • Author(s)
      御調日向子,永原史織,後藤友美,大井崇生,武内秀憲,豊岡公徳,木下哲,須崎大地,丸山大輔
    • Organizer
      第65回 日本植物生理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 青色光照射による効率的な花粉管破裂誘導法の開発2024

    • Author(s)
      杉直也,須崎大地,水多陽子,木下 哲,丸山大輔
    • Organizer
      第65回 日本植物生理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 重複受精過程で見られるCa2+誘導性の選択的生体膜崩壊メカニズムの解析2024

    • Author(s)
      杉直也,泉理恵,須崎大地,海老根一生,木下哲,丸山 大輔
    • Organizer
      日本植物学会第87回大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 植物の重複受精過程で観察される精細胞を包む単膜の選択的崩壊機構の解析2024

    • Author(s)
      杉 直也,泉 理恵,須崎 大地,海老根 一生,木下 哲,丸山 大輔
    • Organizer
      第75回 日本細胞生物学会大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 植物受精の動態をライブイメージングで観察する2023

    • Author(s)
      丸山大輔
    • Organizer
      第64回日本植物生理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] シロイヌナズナの非配偶子性の細胞融合の意義を理解する2022

    • Author(s)
      丸山大輔
    • Organizer
      日本植物学会第86回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Semi dry花粉管伸長系を基盤とした環境ストレス依存的な細胞内驚動の発見2022

    • Author(s)
      杉直也、木下哲、丸山大輔
    • Organizer
      日本植物生理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] シロイヌナズナ花粉管は無核の状態でも正常に伸長して胚珠へ到達する能力を保持している2020

    • Author(s)
      元村一基、武内秀憲、野田口理孝、土春菜、竹田篤史、木下哲、東山哲也、丸山大輔
    • Organizer
      日本植物学会第84回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 植物の精細胞放出を制御する簡便な方法を開発 重複受精における精細胞活性化機構の解明に期待

    • URL

      https://www.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/news/2023/20240318sugi.html

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 植物の精細胞が「一皮むけた」瞬間を撮影 ~重複受精の精巧な仕組みの一端を明らかに~

    • URL

      https://www.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/news/2022/20230131maruyama.html

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 花粉管は核がなくても胚珠に辿り着く ~世界で初めて核を持たない花粉管の作出に成功~

    • URL

      https://www.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/news/2021/202104maruyama_NatCommun.html

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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