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Biol Sci Space ; 18(1): 3-6, 2004 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15173626

ABSTRACT

When the four-week-old woody stem of Prunus jamasakura was grown under simulated microgravity condition on a three-dimensional clinostat, it bent at growth, and width of its secondary xylem decreased due to the reduction of fiber cell numbers and a smaller microfibril angle in the secondary cell wall, as reported in our previous paper. Gravity induces the development of the secondary xylem that supports the stem upward against the action of gravity. In this study, morphological changes of the tissues and cells were microscopically observed. Disorder was found in the concentric structure of tissues that organize the stem. The radial arrangement of the cells was also disturbed in the secondary xylem, and in the secondary phloem secondary cell walls of the bast fiber cells were undeveloped. These findings suggest that differentiation and development of the secondary xylem and the bast fiber cells are strongly controlled by terrestrial gravity. These tissue and cells functions to support the stem under the action of gravity. Furthermore, clinorotation induced disorder in the straight joint of vessel elements and the lattice-like structure of radial parenchyma cells, which is responsible for water transportation and storage, respectively. Gravity is an essential factor for keeping the division and differentiation normal in woody stem.


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Gravitropism/physiology , Plant Stems/ultrastructure , Prunus/physiology , Prunus/ultrastructure , Weightlessness Simulation , Cell Wall/physiology , Gravitation , Microscopy, Electron, Scanning , Plant Stems/cytology , Prunus/cytology , Rotation , Seedlings/cytology , Seedlings/physiology , Seedlings/ultrastructure
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Biol Sci Space ; 16(3): 189-90, 2002 Nov.
Article in Japanese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12695616

ABSTRACT

In branches of the upright type of Japanese cherry reacting on the gravity stimulation, tension wood were formed by the action of gibberellin in the secondary xylem and caused negative gravitropism [correction of gravitorpism]. In the other hand, in branches of the weeping type of Japanese cherry, gibberellin was almost used for the elongation of the tip region and the shortage of gibberellin in the supporting tissue caused on the lack of tension wood. The weeping branches were unable to support their own weight and elongated to downward. It has already reported that both the upright and the weeping types of Japanese cherry have sedimentable amyloplasts in the endodermal starch sheath cells. In this study, the endodermal starch sheath cells were examined to investigate the cause of abnormal gravi-response in branches of the weeping type of Japanese cherry. Current-year branches of both the upright and the weeping types of Prunus spachiana were used as materials. The amyloplasts in the weeping type sedimented toward the base of the branches elongating upward and toward the apex in the branches elongating downward. In both cases, the sedimentation was toward the gravity vector. Then, the amyloplasts of the weeping branches were re-sedimentated toward the vector of gravity after changing branch position mechanically to upward, same as the upright type. In electron microscope studies, it was showed that amyloplasts had the lamella structure and the endodermal starch sheath cells were filled with large vacuoles. Moreover, endoplasmic reticulum, which was noticed in organelle relating to the graviperception, distributed to the cell periphery and was not locally. It was not showed the cell polarity [correction of polality]. The fine structures of the endodermal starch sheath cell of both types of cherry were similar. These results suggest that the abnormality of the gravi-response in the weeping Prunus trees is not due to the abnormal development of gravi-sensor.


Subject(s)
Gravitropism/physiology , Plastids/physiology , Prunus/growth & development , Prunus/ultrastructure , Cell Polarity , Endoplasmic Reticulum/ultrastructure , Microscopy, Electron , Prunus/cytology , Vacuoles/ultrastructure
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