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Plant Cell, Vol. 11, 1351-1364, July 1999, Copyright © 1999, American Society of Plant Physiologists

The Presence of a Heterotrimeric G Protein and Its Role in Signal Transduction of Extracellular Calmodulin in Pollen Germination and Tube Growth

Ligeng Maa, Xiaodong Xua, Sujuan Cuia, and Daye Suna
a Institute of Molecular Cell Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050016, People's Republic of China

Correspondence to: Daye Sun, sundy{at}public.sj.he.cn (E-mail), 86-311-5820649 (fax)

The role of heterotrimeric G proteins in pollen germination, tube growth, and signal transduction of extracellular calmodulin (CaM) was examined in lily pollen. Two kinds of antibodies raised against animal Gz{alpha}, one against an internal sequence and the other against its N terminus, cross-reacted with the same 41-kD protein from lily pollen plasma membrane. This 41-kD protein was also specifically ADP ribosylated by pertussis toxin. Microinjection of the membrane-impermeable G protein agonist GTP-{gamma}-S into a pollen tube increased its growth rate, whereas microinjection of the membrane-impermeable G protein antagonist GDP-ß-S and the anti-G{alpha} antibody decreased pollen tube growth. The membrane-permeable G protein agonist cholera toxin stimulated pollen germination and tube growth. Anti-CaM antiserum inhibited pollen germination and tube growth, and this inhibitory effect was completely reversed by cholera toxin. The membrane-permeable heterotrimeric G protein antagonist pertussis toxin completely stopped pollen germination and tube growth. Purified CaM, when added directly to the medium of plasma membrane vesicles, significantly activated GTPase activity in plasma membrane vesicles, and this increase in GTPase activity was completely inhibited by pertussis toxin and the nonhydrolyzable GTP analogs GTP-{gamma}-S and guanylyl-5'-imidodiphosphate. The GTPase activity in plasma membrane vesicles was also stimulated by cholera toxin. These data suggest that heterotrimeric G proteins may be present in the pollen system where they may be involved in the signal transduction of extracellular CaM and in pollen germination and tube growth.




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