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Plant Cytoskeleton and Cell Division

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 March 2022) | Viewed by 4311

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Dr. Emmanuel Panteris

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Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: plant cell biology; cytoskeleton; microtubules; F-actin; cell division; mitosis; cytokinesis; cell wall; morphogenesis; development
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Dr. Ioannis-Dimosthenis Adamakis

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Section of Botany, Department of Biology, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: abiotic/biotic stress effects on plants; plant cell biology; phytomorphogenesis; plant biomass utilization; innovative ecological quality monitoring systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Cell division, essential for the growth of multicellular organisms like higher plants, proceeds in an orderly sequence of events, to achieve the proper chromosome segregation and building of the new cell wall. Milestones during the whole process in higher plant cells are division site establishment, acentrosomal spindle construction and function, centrifugal cytokinesis by phragmoplast/cell plate expansion, and eventually cross wall insertion and maturation. All the above steps are orchestrated by cytoskeletal elements, namelly, microtubules and F-actin, the dynamics of which drive the succession of mitotic and/or meiotic stages, in cooperation with molecular motors and associated proteins. Today, breakthrough discoveries about division plane prediction, spindle and phragmoplast microtubule recruitment, kinetochore identity, chromatid motility, and cell plate composition, development, and maturation have answered previously tantalizing questions.

This Special Issue intends to gather the most important leading-edge updates in relevant fields, including structural, genetic, biochemical, and molecular approaches. Topics may focus on—but are not limited to—preprophase band organization and division plane establishment, prophase–metaphase spindle succession, phragmoplast dynamics, membrane flow and recycling, and cell plate guidance. In addition, the structural/functional contribution of F-actin to the main cytoskeletal structures is important. Cell division in vegetative as well as generative cells is of interest, while comparative and evolutionarily oriented studies on lower plant species are also welcome. Last but not least, the above scope may include studies addressing factors or substances that affect plant cytoskeleton and cell division.

Dr. Emmanuel Panteris
Dr. Ioannis-Dimosthenis Adamakis
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Keywords

  • Anaphase
  • Cell division
  • Cell plate
  • Chromosome
  • Cytokinesis
  • Division plane
  • F-actin
  • Kinetochore
  • Meiosis
  • Metaphase
  • Microtubules
  • Mitosis
  • Motor proteins
  • Preprophase band
  • Phragmoplast
  • Spindle

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Cytokinesis in fra2 Arabidopsis thaliana p60-Katanin Mutant: Defects in Cell Plate/Daughter Wall Formation
by Emmanuel Panteris, Anna Kouskouveli, Dimitris Pappas and Ioannis-Dimosthenis S. Adamakis
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(3), 1405; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22031405 - 30 Jan 2021
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Cytokinesis is accomplished in higher plants by the phragmoplast, creating and conducting the cell plate to separate daughter nuclei by a new cell wall. The microtubule-severing enzyme p60-katanin plays an important role in the centrifugal expansion and timely disappearance of phragmoplast microtubules. Consequently, [...] Read more.
Cytokinesis is accomplished in higher plants by the phragmoplast, creating and conducting the cell plate to separate daughter nuclei by a new cell wall. The microtubule-severing enzyme p60-katanin plays an important role in the centrifugal expansion and timely disappearance of phragmoplast microtubules. Consequently, aberrant structure and delayed expansion rate of the phragmoplast have been reported to occur in p60-katanin mutants. Here, the consequences of p60-katanin malfunction in cell plate/daughter wall formation were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), in root cells of the fra2 Arabidopsis thaliana loss-of-function mutant. In addition, deviations in the chemical composition of cell plate/new cell wall were identified by immunolabeling and confocal microscopy. It was found that, apart from defective phragmoplast microtubule organization, cell plates/new cell walls also appeared faulty in structure, being unevenly thick and perforated by large gaps. In addition, demethylesterified homogalacturonans were prematurely present in fra2 cell plates, while callose content was significantly lower than in the wild type. Furthermore, KNOLLE syntaxin disappeared from newly formed cell walls in fra2 earlier than in the wild type. Taken together, these observations indicate that delayed cytokinesis, due to faulty phragmoplast organization and expansion, results in a loss of synchronization between cell plate growth and its chemical maturation. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Cytoskeleton and Cell Division)
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De-Esterified Homogalacturonan Enrichment of the Cell Wall Region Adjoining the Preprophase Cortical Cytoplasmic Zone in Some Protodermal Cell Types of Three Land Plants
by Eleni Giannoutsou, Basil Galatis and Panagiotis Apostolakos
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(1), 81; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21010081 - 20 Dec 2019
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The distribution of highly de-esterified homogalacturonans (HGs) in dividing protodermal cells of the monocotyledon Zea mays, the dicotyledon Vigna sinensis, and the fern Asplenium nidus was investigated in order to examine whether the cell wall region adjoining the preprophase band (PPB) [...] Read more.
The distribution of highly de-esterified homogalacturonans (HGs) in dividing protodermal cells of the monocotyledon Zea mays, the dicotyledon Vigna sinensis, and the fern Asplenium nidus was investigated in order to examine whether the cell wall region adjoining the preprophase band (PPB) is locally diversified. Application of immunofluorescence revealed that de-esterified HGs were accumulated selectively in the cell wall adjacent to the PPB in: (a) symmetrically dividing cells of stomatal rows of Z. mays, (b) the asymmetrically dividing protodermal cells of Z. mays, (c) the symmetrically dividing guard cell mother cells (GMCs) of Z. mays and V. sinensis, and (d) the symmetrically dividing protodermal cells of A. nidus. A common feature of the above cell types is that the cell division plane is defined by extrinsic cues. The presented data suggest that the PPB cortical zone-plasmalemma and the adjacent cell wall region function in a coordinated fashion in the determination/accomplishment of the cell division plane, behaving as a continuum. The de-esterified HGs, among other possible functions, might be involved in the perception and the transduction of the extrinsic cues determining cell division plane in the examined cells. Full article
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Plant Kinesin-12: Localization Heterogeneity and Functional Implications
by Sabine Müller and Pantelis Livanos
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(17), 4213; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20174213 - 28 Aug 2019
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Kinesin-12 family members are characterized by an N-terminal motor domain and the extensive presence of coiled-coil domains. Animal orthologs display microtubule plus-end directed motility, bundling of parallel and antiparallel microtubules, plus-end stabilization, and they play a crucial role in spindle assembly. In plants, [...] Read more.
Kinesin-12 family members are characterized by an N-terminal motor domain and the extensive presence of coiled-coil domains. Animal orthologs display microtubule plus-end directed motility, bundling of parallel and antiparallel microtubules, plus-end stabilization, and they play a crucial role in spindle assembly. In plants, kinesin-12 members mediate a number of developmental processes including male gametophyte, embryo, seedling, and seed development. At the cellular level, they participate in critical events during cell division. Several kinesin-12 members localize to the phragmoplast midzone, interact with isoforms of the conserved microtubule cross-linker MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 65 (MAP65) family, and are required for phragmoplast stability and expansion, as well as for proper cell plate development. Throughout cell division, a subset of kinesin-12 reside, in addition or exclusively, at the cortical division zone and mediate the accurate guidance of the phragmoplast. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on kinesin-12 in plants and shed some light onto the heterogeneous localization and domain architecture, which potentially conceals functional diversification. Full article
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