Plant Cell Advance Online Publication
Published on July 8, 2005; 10.1105/tpc.105.033266
Received April 8, 2005
Returned for revision May 25, 2005
Accepted June 22, 2005
Actin-Related Protein2/3 Complex Component ARPC1 Is Required for Proper Cell Morphogenesis and Polarized Cell Growth in Physcomitrella patens
Phillip A. Harries 1, Aihong Pan 1, and Ralph S. Quatrano 1*
1 Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rsq{at}wustl.edu.
The actin-related protein2/3 (Arp2/3) complex functions as a regulator of actin filament dynamics in a wide array of eukaryotic cells. Here, we focus on the role of the Arp2/3 complex subunit ARPC1 in elongating tip cells of protonemal filaments of the moss Physcomitrella patens. Using RNA interference (RNAi) to generate loss-of-function mutants, we show dramatic defects in cell morphology manifested as short, irregularly shaped cells with abnormal division patterns. The arpc1 RNAi plants lack the rapidly elongating caulonemal cell type found in wild-type protonemal tissue. The absence of this cell type prevents normal bud formation even in response to cytokinin treatment and results in filamentous colonies lacking leafy gametophores. In addition, arpc1 protoplasts show an increased sensitivity to osmotic shock and are defective in their ability to properly establish a polarized outgrowth during regeneration from a single cell. This failure of arpc1 protoplasts to undergo proper tip growth is rescued by ARPC1 overexpression and is phenocopied in wild-type protoplasts treated with Latrunculin B, a potent inhibitor of actin polymerization. We show in moss that ARPC1, and by inference the Arp2/3 complex, plays a critical role in controlling polarized growth and cell division patterning through its regulation of actin dynamics at the cell apex.
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