biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 46:233-238, 2003 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1022802711225

Chara tomentosa Antheridial Plasmodesmata at Various Stages of Spermatogenesis

M. Kwiatkowska1, K. Pop³oñska1, A. Wojtczak1
1 Department of Cytophysiology, University of £ód¼, £ód¼, Poland

Chara tomentosa antheridial plasmodesmata are described during proliferation and spermiogenesis. In antheridial filament cells which are cycling completely synchronously, unplugged plasmodesmata are filled with light cytoplasm. The same plasmodesmata are observed after cessation of mitotic division followed by the onset of synchronous spermiogenesis. Walls separating cells at different cell cycle stages and dividing antheridial filaments into asynchronous domains are plugged with a dense osmophilic substance. Similarly plugged plasmodesmata are present between antheridial cells of different types, e.g., capitular cells and antheridial filaments. In mid spermiogenesis when abundant endoplasmic reticulum (ER) appears temporarily it penetrates into plasmodesmata enabling cell-to-cell transport via ER cisternae. In late spermiogenesis there are no cisternae in plasmodesmata.

Keywords: endoplasmic reticulum; plugged plasmodesmata; unplugged plasmodesmata
Subjects: algae; antheridial plasmodesmata, spermatogenesis; Chara tomentosa; endoplasmatic reticulum; plasmodesmata, plugged and unplugged; spermatogenesis stages

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Kwiatkowska, M., Pop³oñska, K., & Wojtczak, A. (2003). Chara tomentosa Antheridial Plasmodesmata at Various Stages of Spermatogenesis. Biologia plantarum, 46(2), 233-238. doi: 10.1023/A:1022802711225
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