Journal: The Plant Cell
Article Title: Spatiotemporal formation of the large vacuole regulated by the BIN2-VLG module is required for female gametophyte development in Arabidopsis
doi: 10.1093/plcell/koad007
Figure Lengend Snippet: Increased BIN2 activity leads to early formation of large vacuoles at stage FG1. (A–J) Confocal laser scanning microscopy images of developing FGs at stage FG1 in wild-type (A), bin2-1 (B–D), and ProSTK:BIN2*-GFP transgenic lines #31 (E–G) and #32 (H–J). Normal FGs are shown in panels (A), (B), (E), and (H). Abnormal FGs with apparent vacuoles are shown in panels (C), (F), and (I). Abnormal FGs with degenerated nuclei are shown in panels (D), (G), and (J). (K) Normal FG at stage FG4 in wild-type. (L) Abnormal FG with one nucleus containing obvious vacuoles at stage FG4 in bin2-1 . (M) Mature FG at stage FG7 in wild-type. (N–P) Aborted FGs in bin2-1 (N), #31 (O), and #32 lines (P) at stage FG7. (Q) Percentages of abnormal FGs at stage FG1 in wild-type, bin2-1 , #31 and #32 lines (R) Percentages of FGs containing vacuoles at stage FG1 in bin2-1 , #31 and #32 lines following 10 µM bikinin and 10 mM LiCl treatments. FGs from three independent pistils were analyzed. (S) Percentages of abnormal FGs at stage FG7. Numbers indicate how many FGs were observed for calculating the ratio in (Q and S). FGs are outlined with dotted lines (A–C, E–F, H–I, and K–M). N represents the nuclei (A–C, E–F, H–I, K–L). DM represents the degenerating megaspores (A–J). AFG represents aborted FGs (N–P). CCN, ECN and SCN indicate the nuclei of central, egg, and synergid cells, respectively (M). FG, female gametophyte. V, vacuole. DFG, degenerated female gametophyte. FG1V, vacuoles formed at stage FG1. Error bars represent means ± SD. Statistically significant differences are tested by one-way ANOVA (** P < 0.01, ). Bars = 10 µm.
Article Snippet: The immunoblots were performed using an anti-BIN2 antibody (Agrisera; cat. no. AS163203; 1:5,000 dilution) in , and an anti-GFP antibody (Abways; cat. no. AB0005; 1:5,000 dilution) and an anti-Tubulin antibody (Abmart, cat. no. M20045; 1:5,000 dilution) in at 4°C overnight.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Transgenic Assay