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Type:	Artigo de Periódico
Title:	Haustorium-endosperm relationships and the integration between developmental pathways during reserve mobilization in Butia capitata (Arecaceae) seeds
Authors:	Daiane Souza Dias Leonardo Monteiro Ribeiro Paulo Sérgio Nascimento Lopes Geraldo Aclécio Melo Maren Müller Sergi Munné-Bosch
Abstract:	Background and Aims: Palm seeds are interesting models for studying seed reserve mobilization at the tissue level due to the abundance and complexity of reserves stored in their living endosperm cells and the development of a highly specialized haustorium. We studied structural and physiological aspects of the initial phases of reserve mobilization in seeds of a neotropical palm, Butia capitata, and sought to characterize the interactions between the different developmental pathways of the haustorium and endosperm. Methods: Morphological and histochemical evaluations of the haustorium, the endosperm adjacent to the embryo, and the peripheral endosperm of dry, imbibed, dormant seeds and seeds geminating for 2, 5 and 10 d were performed. Biochemical analyses included determinations of endo-β-mannanase activity, hormonal profiling (20 hormones belonging to eight classes) and H2O2 quantification in various tissues. Key Results: The mobilization of haustorium reserves was associated with germination and involved distinct hormonal alterations in the endosperm related to H2O2 production. The mobilization of endosperm reserves occurred as a post-germination event controlled by the seedling and involved major structural changes in the haustorium, including growth (which increased contact with, and pressure on, the endosperm) and the formation of an aerenchyma (thus facilitating O2 diffusion). The flow of O2 to the endosperm and changes in endogenous contents of H2O2 and hormones (cytokinins, auxins, brassinosteroids and ethylene) induced the establishment of an endosperm digestion zone and the translocation of reserves to the haustorium. Conclusions: The haustorium–endosperm relationship during reserve mobilization plays a pivotal role in signal integration between growth and degradation pathways in germinating seeds of Butia capitata.
Subject:	Palmeira Sementes - Fisiologia Endosperma Germinação
language:	eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country:	Brasil
Publisher:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials:	UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department:	ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS
Rights:	Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi:	https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy065
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/41815
Issue Date:	Aug-2018
metadata.dc.url.externa:	https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/122/2/267/4999050
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof:	Annals of Botany
Appears in Collections:	Artigo de Periódico

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