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Plant Cell, Vol. 11, 1033-1046, June 1999, Copyright © 1999, American Society of Plant Physiologists
Hormonally Regulated Programmed Cell Death in Barley Aleurone Cells
Paul C. Bethkea,
Jennifer E. Lonsdalea,
Angelika Fatha, and
Russell L. Jonesa
a Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3102
Correspondence to:
Paul C. Bethke, pcbethke{at}nature.berkeley.edu (E-mail), 510-642-4995 (fax)
Cell death was studied in barley (cv Himalaya) aleurone cells treated with abscisic acid and gibberellin. Aleurone protoplasts incubated in abscisic acid remained viable in culture for at least 3 weeks, but exposure to gibberellin initiated a series of events that resulted in death. Between 4 and 8 days after incubation in gibberellin, >70% of all protoplasts died. Death, which occurred after cells became highly vacuolated, was manifest by an abrupt loss of plasma membrane integrity followed by rapid shrinkage of the cell corpse. Hydrolysis of DNA began before death and occurred as protoplasts ceased production of -amylase. DNA degradation did not result in the accumulation of discrete low molecular weight fragments. DNA degradation and cell death were prevented by LY83583, an inhibitor of gibberellin signaling in barley aleurone. We conclude that cell death in aleurone cells is hormonally regulated and is the final step of a developmental program that promotes successful seedling establishment.
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