Effects of hypergravity conditions on elongation growth and lignin formation in the inflorescence stem of Arabidopsis thaliana
2006
Tamaoki, D.(Toyama Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Science) | Karahara, I. | Schreiber, L. | Wakasugi, T. | Yamada, K. | Kamisaka, S.
The effects of hypergravity on elongation growth and lignin deposition in secondary cell walls of the Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. inflorescence stem were examined in plants grown for 3 days after exposure to hypergravity in the direction from shoot to root at 300 g for 24 h. The content of acetylbromide-extractable lignins in a secondary cell wall fraction prepared by enzyme digestion of inflorescence stem segments removing primary cell wall components was significantly increased by the hypergravity stimulus. Xylem vessels, particularly in a region closer to the base of the inflorescence stem, increased in number. Gadolinium chloride at 0.1 mM, a blocker of mechanoreceptors, partially suppressed the effect of hypergravity on lignin deposition in the secondary cell wall fraction. These results suggest that mechanoreceptors are responsible for hypergravity-induced lignin deposition in secondary cell walls in. A. thaliana inflorescence stems.
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