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Research area: Cell biology 1
Short title: AP-3 mediates pollen tube growth 2
For correspondence: 3
Yan Zhang, 4
State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural 5
University, Tai’an, 271018, China 6
Tel: (86)538-8246365 7
Email: [email protected] 8
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Author contributions 10
Y.Z. conceived and supervised the project; Q.F. performed the experiments with the 11
assistance of X.L.; Y.Z., S.L., and Q.F. designed the experiments and analyzed the data; 12
Y.Z. and Q.F. wrote the article. 13
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Footnotes: 15
This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (31625003 and 16
31471304 to Y.Z., 31771558 to S.L.), by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong 17
Province (ZR2014CM027 to S.L.), and by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 18
(2015M570605 and 2016T90643 to S.L.). Y.Z.’s laboratory is partially supported by the 19
Tai-Shan Scholar Program of the Shandong Provincial Government. 20
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Plant Physiology Preview. Published on March 9, 2018, as DOI:10.1104/pp.17.01722
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The ADAPTOR PROTEIN-3 complex mediates pollen tube growth by coordinating 23
vacuolar targeting and organization 24
Qiang-Nan Feng, Xin Liang, Sha Li, Yan Zhang* 25
State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural 26
University, Tai’an, 271018, China 27
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One Sentence Summary: The dynamic organization of vacuoles and the association 29
of tonoplast cargo protein PAT10 are impaired and lead to reduced pollen tube 30
growth in adaptor protein-3 mutants. 31
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Abstract 33
Pollen tube growth is an essential step for successful plant reproduction. Vacuolar 34
trafficking and dynamic organization are important for pollen tube growth; however, 35
the key proteins involved in these processes are not well understood. Here, we 36
report that the ADAPTOR PROTEIN-3 (AP-3) complex and its tonoplast cargo PROTEIN 37
S-ACYL TRANSFERASE10 (PAT10) are critical for pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis 38
(Arabidopsis thaliana). AP-3 is a heterotetrameric protein complex consisting of four 39
subunits, δ, β, µ, and σ. AP-3 regulates tonoplast targeting of several cargoes, such as 40
PAT10. We show that functional loss of any of the four AP-3 subunits reduces plant 41
fertility. In ap-3 mutants, pollen development was normal but pollen tube growth 42
was compromised, leading to reduced male transmission. Functional loss of PAT10 43
caused a similar reduction in pollen tube growth, suggesting that the tonoplast 44
association of PAT10 mediated by AP-3 is crucial for this process. Indeed, Ca2+ 45
gradient during pollen tube growth was significantly reduced due to AP-3 46
loss-of-function, consistent with the abnormal targeting of Calcinuerin B-like2 (CBL2) 47
and CBL3, whose tonoplast association depends on PAT10. Further, we show that the 48
pollen tubes of ap-3 mutants have vacuoles with simplified tubules and bulbous 49
structures, indicating that AP-3 affects vacuolar organization. Our results 50
demonstrate a role for AP-3 in plant reproduction and provide insights into the role 51
of vacuoles in polarized cell growth. 52
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Introduction 56
Sexual reproduction of flowering plants is a complex, multi-step process involving 57
gametophytic development, interactions between male and female gametophytes, 58
and interactions between male and female gametes (McCormick, 2004). Due to the 59
immobility of sperm cells in angiosperms, the delivery of sperm into embryo sacs 60
depends on pollen tubes, long cylindrical extensions initiated from the growing tip of 61
pollen grains. Pollen tubes penetrate female sporophytic tissues, target the micropyle 62
by sensing and responding to female guidance cues, and finally burst to release 63
sperm cells into embryo sacs (Johnson and Preuss, 2002). Tip growth of pollen tubes 64
is a specialized polar growth that involves complex intracellular activities, including a 65
tip-focused Ca2+ gradient, spatial organization of endomembrane systems, and 66
dynamic organization of the cytoskeleton (Hepler et al., 2001; Cheung and Wu, 2007; 67
Cheung et al., 2008; Cheung and Wu, 2008; Hepler et al., 2012). 68
Pollen tube growth accompanies dynamic vacuolar organization and trafficking 69
(Hicks et al., 2004). Vacuoles, as extensive tubular extensions, fill with growing pollen 70
tubes, except at the very apex (Hicks et al., 2004; Wudick et al., 2014). Functional loss 71
of VACUOLESS1 (VCL1), a gene essential for vacuolar biogenesis (Rojo et al., 2001), 72
resulted in reduced male gametophytic transmission although the vacuoles in vcl1 73
pollen tubes seemed normal (Hicks et al., 2004). Overexpression of PTEN, a 74
phosphatase that downregulates PtdIns3P, the phosphoinositide critical for vacuolar 75
fusion, resulted in defective pollen tube growth by disrupting vacuolar consumption 76
of autophagic bodies in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) (Zhang et al., 2011). In 77
addition, mutations at VPS41, encoding a component of the homotypic fusion and 78
vacuolar protein sorting (HOPS) complex that mediates vesicle-vacuole fusion, 79
caused defective pollen tube growth in response to female cues (Hao et al., 2016). 80
These results suggested that vacuolar trafficking and organization are critical for the 81
polar and directional growth of pollen tubes. However, the key proteins targeted to 82
vacuoles and critical for pollen tube growth are yet unknown. 83
Proper targeting of proteins within the endomembrane system is crucial for cell 84
growth and responses to the environment. Adaptor proteins (AP) are key players 85
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during vesicle formation (Boehm and Bonifacino, 2001; Robinson, 2004; Bassham et 87
al., 2008). APs are heterotetrameric protein complexes. There are five AP complexes 88
in eukaryotes, differing in their subcellular targeting and functionalities: AP-1, AP-2, 89
AP-3, AP-4, and AP-5 (Boehm and Bonifacino, 2001; Robinson, 2004; Bassham et al., 90
2008; Hirst et al., 2011). In plants, except for the newly discovered AP-5, the other 91
types of APs have been characterized. AP-1 associates with the trans-Golgi 92
network/early endosome (TGN/EE) to sort proteins to the plasma membrane (PM), 93
to the forming cell plate, or to vacuoles (Park et al., 2013; Teh et al., 2013). 94
Functional loss of AP-1 reduced male and female fertility (Park et al., 2013; Teh et al., 95
2013; Wang et al., 2013). AP-2 participates in clathrin-mediated endocytosis and is 96
required for reproductive organ development (Fan et al., 2013; Kim et al., 2013; 97
Yamaoka et al., 2013). Another class of ancient adaptor complex termed TPLATE/TSET 98
(Gadeyne et al., 2014; Hirst et al., 2014) was reported to mediate reproduction, as 99
mutations in those components caused pollen developmental defects (Van Damme 100
et al., 2006; Gadeyne et al., 2014). AP-4 was recently reported to mediate vacuolar 101
trafficking (Fuji et al., 2016). Several studies indicated that AP-3 mediates vacuolar 102
targeting of several protein cargoes, including SUCROSE TRANSPORTER4 (SUC4) 103
(Wolfenstetter et al., 2012), the R-SNARE subfamily members VAMP713 (Ebine et al., 104
2014) and VAMP711 (Feng et al., 2017), as well as PROTEIN S-ACYL TRANSFERASE10 105
(PAT10) (Feng et al., 2017b). Functional loss of AP-3 resulted in reduced germination 106
potential of seeds (Feraru et al., 2010; Zwiewka et al., 2011) and slight defects in 107
gravitropic responses (Feraru et al., 2010). It is unclear whether AP-3 affects 108
reproductive processes. 109
In this study, we analyze mutants of all four AP-3 subunits and show that AP-3 110
and its tonoplast cargo PAT10 are important for pollen tube growth. Functional loss 111
of single AP-3 subunits reduced male transmission and caused reduced seed set. 112
Pollen development was not affected by AP-3 loss-of-function. However, the rapid 113
growth of pollen tubes both in vitro and in vivo was compromised in the ap-3 114
mutants. Functional loss of PAT10 caused a similar reduction in pollen tube growth, 115
suggesting that AP-3-mediated vacuolar targeting of PAT10 is crucial for this process. 116
We further show that AP-3 loss-of-function affected the vacuolar organization of 117
pollen tubes, as vacuoles of mutant pollen tubes were less complex tubules, with 118 https://plantphysiol.orgDownloaded on May 29, 2021. - Published by Copyright (c) 2020 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved.
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attached bulbous structures. Our results demonstrate a role for AP-3 in plant 119
reproduction and provide insights into the role of vacuoles in polarized cell growth. 120
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Results 122
AP-3 loss-of-function results in reduced seed set 123
To determine the potential roles of AP-3 during plant reproduction, we characterized 124
mutants of each AP-3 component, i.e., AP-3δ, AP-3β, AP-3µ, and AP-3σ (Fig. 1A). 125
Each component is encoded by a single gene in Arabidopsis (Bassham et al., 2008). 126
Mutants of AP-3δ, AP-3β, and AP-3µ used in this study were previously designated as 127
protein affected trafficking4 (pat4-2), pat2-2, and ap-3µ-2, respectively, and were 128
proven to be null mutants (Niihama et al., 2009; Feraru et al., 2010; Zwiewka et al., 129
2011). Only one T-DNA insertion mutant was available within the genomic region of 130
AP-3σ, in which the full-length transcript of AP-3σ was below RT-qPCR detection 131
(Feng et al., 2017b). To be consistent with their functional roles as AP-3 components, 132
and for simplicity, we refer to these mutants as ap-3δ, ap-3β, ap-3µ, and ap-3σ. 133
Each of the mutants was similar to wild type during the vegetative stage, as 134
reported (Feraru et al., 2010; Zwiewka et al., 2011). However, during the 135
reproductive stage, each mutant showed significantly reduced seed set (Fig. 1B), with 136
undeveloped ovules distributed predominantly at the bottom of the siliques (Fig. 1C, 137
1D). These results showed that AP-3 is important for reproduction. 138
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Functional loss of AP-3 reduces male transmission but does not affect pollen 140
development 141
To determine the reason for the reduced seed set, we performed reciprocal crosses 142
between the wild type and each heterozygous mutant: ap-3δ, ap-3β, ap-3µ, or ap-3σ. 143
Segregation ratios of the F1 progenies showed that each mutant showed reduced 144
male but not female transmission (Table 1). These results demonstrated that AP-3 is 145
involved in male gametophytic function. 146
Several steps lead to proper male gametophytic function, specifically, pollen 147
development, pollen germination, polar and directional growth of pollen tubes, and 148
pollen tube reception (McCormick, 2004). To determine the causes of compromised 149
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development using Alexander staining for cytoplasmic viability, DAPI staining for 151
nuclear structure, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for pollen coat structure 152
(Johnson-Brousseau and McCormick, 2004). The ap-3 mutants were no different 153
from the wild type (Supplemental Fig. 1), indicating that AP-3 is not involved in pollen 154
development. 155
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AP-3 loss-of-function causes a reduction in pollen tube growth but not in guidance 157
To determine the cause of reduced male transmission in the ap-3 mutants, we next 158
performed in vitro pollen germination (Fig. 2A-E). All ap-3 mutants were comparable 159
to wild type in germination potential (Fig. 2F), indicating that AP-3 is not essential for 160
pollen germination. In the first two hours of pollen germination, there was no 161
difference in pollen tube length between the ap-3 mutants and the wild type 162
(Supplemental Fig. 2). However, at later stages (4 hr and 6 hrs), pollen tube growth in 163
the ap-3 mutants was significantly reduced (Fig. 2B-E) compared to the wild type (Fig. 164
2A) at the same time points (Fig. 2G, Supplemental Fig. 2). In addition, pollen tube 165
width of the ap-3 mutants was slightly but significantly increased (Fig. 2H), 166
suggesting compromised tube polarity. 167
To test whether pollen tube growth in the ap-3 mutants was also affected in vivo, 168
we emasculated and hand-pollinated wild-type pistils with pollen from the ap-3 169
mutants or wild type. Using aniline blue staining of pistils at 9 hours after pollination 170
(HAP), we determined that wild-type pollen tubes could grow to the bottom of the 171
pistils (Fig. 3A), whereas pollen tubes of the ap-3 mutants could not (Fig. 3B-E). 172
Among the ap-3 mutants, ap-3σ showed the least severe phenotypic defect in pollen 173
tube growth in vivo (Fig. 3E), consistent with its seed set reduction (Fig. 1D, 1E) and 174
pollen tube growth in vitro (Fig. 2E, 2G). Even at 24 HAP, pollen tubes of the ap-3 175
mutants could hardly reach the bottom of the pistils (Supplemental Fig. 3), which 176
explains the incidence of unfertilized ovules at the bottom of the pistils (Fig. 1). 177
Despite the reduced growth, pollen tubes of ap-3 mutants were able to reach 178
and properly target ovules that were accessible (Fig. 3G-J), similarly to the wild type 179
(Fig. 3F). SEM of wild-type pistils emasculated and hand-pollinated with ap-3 pollen 180
also confirmed normal pollen tube guidance (Fig. 3K-O). Because ap-3δ contained 181
ProLAT52:GUS in the T-DNA, we could perform histochemical GUS staining of wild-type 182 https://plantphysiol.orgDownloaded on May 29, 2021. - Published by Copyright (c) 2020 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved.
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pistils pollinated either with ProLAT52:GUS pollen or ap-3δ pollen. All ovules accessible 183
to mutant pollen tubes were targeted (Supplemental Fig. 4), confirming intact pollen 184
tube guidance in the ap-3 mutants. 185
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AP-3 loss-of-function compromises the vacuolar organization of pollen tubes 187
Pollen tube growth requires dynamic vacuolar organization (Hicks et al., 2004; 188
Wudick et al., 2014), which is likely crucial for turgor regulation and ion homeostasis. 189
Functional loss of AP-3 affected vacuolar organization in seeds and root cells (Feraru 190
et al., 2010; Zwiewka et al., 2011). Therefore, we were interested in determining the 191
vacuolar organization of ap-3 mutant pollen tubes. To this purpose, we used a 192
fluorescent-fusion of the V-ATPase a3 subunit, VHA-a3-YFP, to label the tonoplast. 193
VHA-a3 is targeted to the tonoplast via an AP-3-independent route (Viotti et al., 2013; 194
Feng et al., 2017). In wild-type pollen tubes, VHA-a3-labeled tubular vacuoles were 195
extensive and penetrated to the subapical area right beneath the clear zone (Fig. 4A, 196
Supplemental Movie 1). In contrast, VHA-a3-labeled vacuoles in ap-3σ pollen tubes 197
were less complex and far behind the subapical region (Fig. 4B, Supplemental Movie 198
2). In addition to tubular structures resembling those in wild type (Fig. 4A, 199
Supplemental Movie 3), there were often VHA-a3-labeled ring-shaped or bulbous 200
structures associated with tubular vacuoles in ap-3σ pollen tubes (Fig. 4B, 201
Supplemental Movie 4). These results showed that functional loss of AP-3 202
compromises vacuolar organization in pollen tubes. 203
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PAT10, whose tonoplast association depends on AP-3, mediates pollen tube growth 205
Because AP-3 functions through sorting vacuolar cargoes at the Golgi (Bassham et al., 206
2008; Uemura and Ueda, 2014), we questioned whether mis-targeting of some AP-3 207
cargoes resulted in reduced pollen tube growth. In Arabidopsis, AP-3 was reported to 208
mediate the tonoplast localization of SUC4 (Wolfenstetter et al., 2012), VAMP713 209
(Ebine et al., 2014), VAMP711 (Feng et al., 2017), and PAT10 (Feng et al., 2017b). To 210
determine whether these AP-3 cargoes were involved in pollen tube growth, we first 211
examined their expression in mature pollen grains by RT-qPCR. We found that SUC4 212
was barely expressed in pollen, while PAT10 and the genes encoding R-SNAREs were 213
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Functional loss of PAT10 showed reproductive defects, specifically reduced male 215
transmission (Zhou et al., 2013). Although the role of PAT10 in 216
sporophytically-controlled pollen development has been characterized (Zhou et al., 217
2013), its roles during pollen tube growth are not known. First, we introduced 218
PAT10g-GFP (Zhou et al., 2013) into ap-3δ and examined PAT10 targeting in ap-3δ 219
pollen tubes. VHA-a3-RFP was co-expressed to label the tonoplast both in wild-type 220
and ap-3δ pollen tubes. In wild type, PAT10-GFP labeled dynamic tubular structures 221
overlapping those of VHA-a3-RFP (Fig. 5A), indicative of the tonoplast (Hicks et al., 222
2004). However, PAT10-GFP was distributed into punctate vesicles in ap-3δ pollen 223
tubes, whereas VHA-a3-RFP still showed tubular tonoplast localization (Fig. 5B). The 224
tonoplast association of PAT10-GFP in ap-3δ pollen tubes, as well as reduced pollen 225
tube length, were restored by introducing AP-3δg-RFP (Fig. 5C-D), confirming 226
AP-3δ-dependent tonoplast targeting of PAT10 and tube growth. 227
Next, we used PAT10g-GFP/-;pat10-2 plants for pollen tube growth studies in 228
vitro, in which fluorescent pollen tubes were equivalent to wild type and 229
non-fluorescent ones were pat10-2. Indeed, non-fluorescent pollen tubes from the 230
PAT10g-GFP/-;pat10-2 plants were significantly shorter than GFP-expressing pollen 231
tubes (Supplemental Fig. 6), demonstrating the role of PAT10 in pollen tube growth. 232
PAT10 mediates the S-acylation-dependent tonoplast association of 233
CALCINEURIN B-LIKE2 (CBL2) and CBL3 (Zhou et al., 2013; Zhang et al., 2015). To 234
determine whether CBL2 and CBL3 were mis-targeted in the ap-3 pollen tubes due to 235
mis-targeting of PAT10, we analyzed the subcellular localization of CBL2-RFP in each 236
ap-3 mutant. In contrast to the tubular distribution of CBL2-RFP in wild-type pollen 237
tubes (Fig. 5E), RFP signals were distributed into the PM and cytoplasmic vesicles in 238
the ap-3 pollen tubes (Fig. 5F-I). Because mutations at CBL2 and CBL3 cause defects 239
in pollen tube growth (Steinhorst et al., 2015), these results further supported the 240
idea that the mis-targeting of PAT10 and its downstream components contributes to 241
the reduced pollen tube growth of the ap-3 mutants. 242
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AP-3 loss-of-function compromises the tip-focused Ca2+ gradient in pollen tubes 244
Pollen tube growth relies on a tip-focused Ca2+ gradient (Konrad et al., 2011; 245
Steinhorst and Kudla, 2013), while CBL2 and CBL3 are calcium sensors functioning in 246 https://plantphysiol.orgDownloaded on May 29, 2021. - Published by Copyright (c) 2020 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved.
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pollen tube growth (Steinhorst et al., 2015). Thus, we hypothesized that ap-3 pollen 247
tubes might be compromised in their Ca2+ gradient or signaling, leading to reduced 248
pollen tube growth. To test this hypothesis, we introduced a ProUBQ10:YC3.6 transgene 249
(Monshausen et al., 2008; Behera et al., 2015), which expresses the Förster 250
(fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based genetically modified Ca2+ 251
indicator Yellow Cameleon YC3.6, into ap-3δ. FRET analysis showed that compared to 252
wild-type pollen tubes (Fig. 6A, 6C), growing ap-3δ pollen tubes exhibited a 253
significantly reduced Ca2+ gradient at the tip (Fig. 6B, 6C), consistent with the reduced 254
growth of mutant pollen tubes. 255
To provide further evidence that a reduced Ca2+ gradient resulted in 256
compromised pollen tube growth in the ap-3 mutants, we tested the effect of 257
enhanced Ca2+ concentration by supplementing the growth medium with a higher 258
concentration of extracellular Ca2+, using 5 mM instead of 2 mM Ca2+ in the regular 259
germination medium. Although both wild-type and ap-3δ pollen tubes responded to 260
the increased Ca2+ by enhanced tube growth (Fig. 6D), ap-3δ pollen tubes were more 261
sensitive than those of wild type. The ap-3δ pollen tubes doubled their length after 4 262
hr germination, whereas those of wild type only increased around 40% (Fig. 6D). This 263
result supports the idea that there is reduced Ca2+ signaling in ap-3δ pollen tubes. 264
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Discussion 266
The roles of AP-1 and AP-2 in plants have been well characterized, especially during 267
reproductive processes (Fan et al., 2013; Park et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2016). Here 268
we demonstrated that AP-3, the AP complex that sorts proteins at the Golgi to 269
vacuoles, mediates pollen tube growth and male fertility (Fig. 1, Fig. 2). Mutants in 270
each AP-3 component showed a reduction of pollen tube growth both in vitro and in 271
vivo (Fig. 3), suggesting AP-3 functions as a complex. The phenotypic defects of ap-3σ 272
were the weakest (Fig. 2, Fig. 3). Because the σ subunit stabilizes AP complexes 273
(Boehm and Bonifacino, 2001; Robinson, 2004), we speculate that this subunit is not 274
essential for AP-3. Alternatively, the σ subunits of other APs may perform redundant 275
roles as a compensation mechanism. 276
Among the established tonoplast cargoes that are sorted by AP-3 during their 277
vacuolar trafficking, PAT10 is an important player in pollen tube growth (Fig. 5, 278 https://plantphysiol.orgDownloaded on May 29, 2021. - Published by Copyright (c) 2020 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved.
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Supplemental Fig. 6); functional loss of PAT10 affected male fertility (Zhou et al., 279
2013). By using sporophytically-complemented transgenic materials, we 280
demonstrated that PAT10 functions in male gametophytes to promote pollen tube 281
growth (Supplemental Fig. 6). CBL2 and CBL3, two calcium sensors, rely on PAT10 for 282
their tonoplast association and functionality (Zhou et al., 2013; Zhang et al., 2015). 283
Indeed, functional loss of both CBL2 and CBL3 impaired male fertility (Steinhorst et 284
al., 2015). The CBL2/CBL3 study was performed using a homozygous cbl2 cbl3 mutant, 285
in which sporophytic defects would have enhanced the defects of pollen tube growth 286
(Steinhorst et al., 2015). Nevertheless, these results suggest a key role for the 287
tonoplast calcium sensors in pollen tubes. Indeed, by FRET analysis of the YC3.6 288
probe, we demonstrated that growing pollen tubes with a functional loss of AP-3 289
contained a reduced Ca2+ gradient (Fig. 6), which is consistent with the reduced 290
pollen tube growth (Hepler et al., 2012). 291
Functional loss of AP-3 caused not only mis-targeting of PAT10, which is 292
important for pollen tube growth, but also defects in dynamic vacuolar organization 293
(Fig. 4). By using an AP-3-independent tonoplast protein VHA-a3, we demonstrated 294
that pollen tubes of the ap-3 mutants contained a simplified structure of vacuoles 295
(Fig. 4). Unlike the extensive tubular vacuoles in wild-type pollen tubes, which 296
extended to the subapical region right behind the apex, those in ap-3 pollen tubes 297
were excluded from the subapical zone (Fig. 4). Indeed, mutations in other AP-3 298
subunits also resulted in defects in morphology and function of lytic vacuoles in root 299
cells (Feraru et al., 2010; Zwiewka et al., 2011). Because of the key role of vacuoles in 300
providing turgor pressure and facilitating ion homeostasis, such defective vacuolar 301
organization might have contributed to the reduction in pollen tube growth. 302
Despite the role of AP-3 in pollen tube growth, defects of ap-3 mutants have low 303
penetrance (Table 1), whereas mutations at the HOPS complex, involved in 304
vesicle-vacuole fusion, resulted in male gametophytic lethality (Hao et al., 2016). A 305
likely explanation is that compensating pathways of vacuolar trafficking, such as 306
Rab5-mediated (Cui et al., 2014; Ebine et al., 2014; Singh et al., 2014) and 307
AP-4-mediated (Fuji et al., 2016), might help to maintain the dynamic organization of 308
vacuoles and provide ion homeostasis. 309
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Materials and Methods 311
Plant materials, growth, and transformation 312
The T-DNA insertion lines ap-3δ/pat4-2 (SALK_069881) (Niihama et al., 2009; 313
Zwiewka et al., 2011), ap-3β/pat2-2 (SAIL_1258_G03) (Niihama et al., 2009; Feraru et 314
al., 2010), ap-3µ (SALK_064486) (Niihama et al., 2009), and ap-3σ (SAIL_269_F04) 315
were obtained from the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC). Other 316
materials, including ProLAT52:GUS (Li et al., 2013), ProUBQ10:YC3.6 (Behera et al., 2015), 317
PAT10g-GFP (Zhou et al., 2013), ProUBQ10:VHA-a3-YFP (Feng et al., 2017), and 318
ProUBQ10:CBL2-RFP (Zhang et al., 2015) were described previously. The Arabidopsis 319
(Arabidopsis thaliana) Columbia-0 ecotype was used as the wild type. Transgenic 320
plants were selected on half-strength MS medium supplemented with 30 µg/mL 321
Basta salts (Sigma-Aldrich) or 50 µg/mL Hygromycin (Roche). 322
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RT-qPCR 324
The extraction of total RNA, reverse transcription, and RT-qPCR were performed as 325
described (Zhou et al., 2013). Primers for all AP-3 mutants were described (Feng et al., 326
2017b). Primers used for RT-qPCR were ZP5314/ZP5315 for VAMP711, 327
ZP5316/ZP5317 for VAMP712, ZP5318/ZP5319 for VAMP713, ZP5363/ZP5364 for 328
SUC4, and ZP691/ZP692 for PAT10. Primers for GAPDH and TUBULIN2 were as 329
described (Zhou et al., 2013). All primers are listed in Supplemental Table 1. 330
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DNA constructs 332
Primers used for cloning of AP-3δ are ZP4427/ZP4428. The entry vector for AP-3δ 333
was generated in the pENTR/D/TOPO backbone (Invitrogen). The entry vectors for 334
VHA-a3 (Feng et al., 2017) and CBL2 (Zhang et al., 2015) were described previously. 335
Expression vectors were generated by combining entry vectors and the destination 336
vector ProUBQ10:GW-RFP (Zhang et al., 2015) in LR reactions using LR Clonase II 337
(Invitrogen). PCR amplifications used Phusion hot-start high-fidelity DNA polymerase 338
with the annealing temperature and extension times recommended by the 339
manufacturer (Thermofisher). Entry vectors were sequenced, and sequences were 340
analyzed using Vector NTI. All primers are listed in Supplemental Table 1. 341
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Phenotypic analysis of pollen development and tube growth 343
Methods to analyze pollen development, including Alexander staining, DAPI staining, 344
and SEM, were performed as described (Johnson-Brousseau and McCormick, 2004; Li 345
et al., 2013). Methods to analyze pollen tube growth in vitro were performed as 346
described (Boavida and McCormick, 2007). Methods to analyze pollen tube growth in 347
vivo by aniline blue staining and by histochemical GUS staining were performed as 348
described (Li et al., 2013). 349
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Fluorescence microscopy 351
Fluorescent images were captured using a Zeiss LSM 880 confocal laser scanning 352
microscope (CLSM) with a 40/1.3 oil objective. GFP and YFP fusions were excited at 353
488 nm with a VIS-argon laser; RFP fusions were excited at 561 nm with a 354
VIS-DPSS561 laser diode. Pollen tubes double-labeled with GFP and RFP fusions were 355
captured using alternate line switching mode with a multi-track function. 356
Fluorescence was detected using a 505- to 550-nm band-pass filter for GFP/YFP/OG 357
or a 575- to 650-nm band-pass filter for RFP. Z-stack images were recorded with a 358
step size of 0.3 μm, image dimension of 512 512, pinhole at 1 airy unit. Time-lapse 359
imaging for generating movie clips was performed as an interval of 0.5 sec. Each 360
movie clip was generated from 100 slides of still images. Image processing was 361
performed with the Zeiss LSM image processing software (Zeiss). 3-D surface 362
renderings were performed with Imaris7.0 software. 363
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Accession Numbers. Arabidopsis Genome Initiative locus identifiers for the genes 365
mentioned in this article are: AP-3δ, At1g48760; AP-3β, At3g55480; AP-3µ, 366
At1g56590; AP-3σ, At3g50860; CBL2, At5g55990; PAT10, At3g51390; SUC4, 367
At1g09960; VAMP711, At4g32150; VAMP712, At2g25340; VAMP713, At5g11150; 368
VHA-a3, At4g39080. 369
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Supplemental Data 371
The following materials are available in the online version of this article. 372
Supplemental Fig. 1. Functional loss of AP-3 does not compromise pollen 373
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Supplemental Fig. 2. Functional loss of AP-3 reduces pollen tube growth in vitro. 375
Supplemental Fig. 3. Functional loss of AP-3 reduces pollen tube growth in vivo. 376
Supplemental Fig. 4. Functional loss of AP-3δ does not impair pollen tube 377
guidance. 378
Supplemental Fig. 5. Expression of genes encoding cellular cargos of AP-3 in 379
pollen. 380
Supplemental Fig. 6. AP-3-mediated tonoplast protein PAT10 is important for 381
pollen tube growth. 382
Supplemental Movie 1. Vacuolar dynamics in a wild-type pollen tube. 383
Supplemental Movie 2. Vacuolar dynamics in an ap-3δ pollen tube. 384
Supplemental Movie 3. 3D surface rendering of VHA-a3-YFP-labeled vacuoles in 385
a wild-type pollen tube. 386
Supplemental Movie 4. 3D surface rendering of VHA-a3-YFP-labeled vacuoles in 387
an ap-3δ pollen tube. 388
Supplemental Table 1. Oligos used in this study. 389
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Acknowledgements 391
We thank ABRC for plant materials. We are grateful for language editing by Prof. 392
Sheila McCormick. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest. 393
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Table 1. AP-3 loss-of-function resulted in defective male transmission.
Parents F1 progenies
Female X Male Genotype Expected Ratio Observed Ratio
ap-3δ +/- X wild type ap-3δ +/+:+/- 1:1 74:68
wild type X ap-3δ +/- ap-3δ +/+:+/- 1:1 87:7 a
ap-3δ +/- X ap-3δ +/- ap-3δ +/+:+/-:-/- 1:2:1 13:20:2 b
ap-3β +/- X wild type R:S* 1:1 94:87
wild type X ap-3β +/- R:S* 1:1 11:159 a
ap-3β +/- X ap-3β +/- R:S* 3:1 369:211 c
ap-3μ +/- X wild type ap-3μ +/+:+/- 1:1 99:107
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wild type X ap-3μ +/- ap-3μ +/+:+/- 1:1 170:8 a
ap-3μ +/- X ap-3μ +/- ap-3μ +/+:+/-:-/- 1:2:1 42:38:16 b
ap-3σ +/- X wild type R:S* 1:1 125:110
wild type X ap-3σ +/- R:S* 1:1 39:56 a
ap-3σ +/- X ap-3σ +/- R:S* 3:1 409:150 c
a Significantly different from the segregation ratio 1:1 (2, P<0.01 ).
b Significantly different from the segregation ratio 1:2:1 (2, P<0.01).
c Significantly different from the segregation ratio 3:1 (22, P<0.01).
*: R for Basta-resistant and S for Basta-sensitive. Basta sensitivity was used to
distinguish the mutant copy of ap-3β or ap-3σ, resistant to Basta salt, from its
wild-type copy.
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Figure Legends 396
Figure 1. Mutations at AP‐3 subunits result in reduced seed set. 397
(A) Schematic illustration of T-DNA insertions within the genomic regions of AP-3 398
subunit-encoding genes, AP-3δ, AP-3β, AP-3µ, and AP-3σ. Arrowheads point at the 399
T-DNA insertion sites. Arrows at the genomic region of AP-3σ indicate the binding 400
sites of RT-qPCR primers. (B) Quantitative analysis of seed set in wild type (WT) and 401
the ap-3 mutants. Results are means ± standard deviation (SD, N=20). Each mutant is 402
significantly different from wild type in seed set as indicated by asterisks (One-way 403
ANOVA, Dunnett’s multiple comparison test, P<0.05). (C-D) From left to right: a 404
representative silique from WT, ap-3δ, ap-3β, ap-3µ, or ap-3σ. Close-up of the 405
bottom part of (C) is shown in (D). Arrowheads point at undeveloped ovules. Bars = 2 406
mm for (C); 500 µm for (D). 407
408
Figure 2. Functional loss of AP‐3 reduces pollen tube growth in vitro. 409
(A-E) In vitro pollen tubes from WT (A), ap-3δ (B), ap-3β (C), ap-3µ (D), or ap-3σ (E) at 410
4 hr after germination. Two representative pollen tubes from each genotype are 411
highlighted in pink. (F-H) The germination ratio (F), length (G), or apical width (H) of 412
pollen tubes after 4 hours incubation in germination medium. Results shown are 413
means ± SD (n=300 for F, n= 100 for G, n=60 for H). All mutants are not significantly 414
different from wild type in the germination ratio (One-way ANOVA, Dunnett’s 415
multiple comparison test, P>0.05). Each mutant is significantly different from wild 416
type in the length or width of pollen tubes as indicated by asterisks (One-way ANOVA, 417
Dunnett’s multiple comparison test, P<0.05). Bars = 50 µm. 418
419
Figure 3. Functional loss of AP‐3 affects the growth but not the guidance of pollen 420
tubes in vivo. 421
(A-J) Representative aniline blue staining of wild-type pistils emasculated and 422
hand-pollinated with pollen from wild type (A, F), ap-3δ (B, G), ap-3β (C, H), ap-3µ (D, 423
I), or ap-3σ (E, J) at 9 hours after pollination (HAP). Arrows point at the front of in 424 https://plantphysiol.orgDownloaded on May 29, 2021. - Published by
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vivo growing pollen tubes; arrowheads point at the micropyle where pollen tubes 425
arrive. The relative distance pollen tubes travel within the transmitting tract is 426
quantified with 15 pistils. Results are shown at the bottom (means ± SD). Each 427
mutant is significantly different from wild type in the length of in vivo growing pollen 428
tubes (One-way ANOVA, Dunnett’s multiple comparison test, P<0.05). (K-O) Scanning 429
electron micrographs (SEMs) of wild-type ovules hand-pollinated with pollen from 430
wild type (K), ap-3δ (L), ap-3β (M), ap-3µ (N), or ap-3σ (O) at 9 HAP. Pollen tubes 431
growing toward the micropyle are false-colored pink. Bars=200 μm for (A-E); 100 μm 432
for (F-J); 20 μm for (K-O). 433
434
Figure 4. Vacuolar organization is compromised in ap‐3 pollen tubes. 435
(A-B) a growing wild-type (A) or ap-3δ pollen tube (B) expressing VHA-a3-YFP. From 436
top to bottom: the YFP channel image at the mid-optical plane; merge of the YFP and 437
transmission channels; 3D-surface rendering of CLSM images. Dotted lines illustrate 438
the silhouettes of the pollen tubes. Over 30 pollen tubes for each genotype were 439
examined with similar results. Bars = 10 μm. 440
441
Figure 5. Tonoplast association of PAT10 and CBL2 relies on AP‐3 in pollen tubes. 442
(A-B) Confocal laser scanning fluorescence micrographs (CLSMs) of a pollen tube 443
expressing PAT10g-GFP;VHA-a3-RFP in wild type (A) or in ap-3δ (B). (C) CLSM of a 444
pollen tube expressing PAT10g-GFP in the complemented AP-3δ-RFP;ap-3δ. (D) 445
Pollen tube length. Results shown are means ± SD (n=100). Means with different 446
letters indicate significant difference of pollen tube length (One-way ANOVA, 447
Dunnett’s multiple comparison test, P<0.05). (E-F) A pollen tube stably transformed 448
with ProUBQ10:CBL2-RFP in wild type (E) or in ap-3δ (F). (G-I) A pollen tube stably 449
transformed with ProUBQ10:CBL2-RFP;PAT10g-GFP in ap-3β (G), ap-3µ (H), or ap-3σ (I). 450
G/T or R/T indicates merge of the GFP or RFP channel and the transmission channel; 451
G/R/T indicates merge of the GFP channel, the RFP channel, and the transmission 452
channel. Over 30 pollen tubes for each genotype were examined with similar results 453
for data shown in (A-C) and (E-I). Bars = 10 μm. 454
455
Figure 6. AP‐3 loss‐of‐function compromises the tip‐focused Ca2+ gradient. 456
(A-B) CLSM of a pollen tube expressing the Ca2+ sensor YC3.6 in wild type (A) or in 457
ap-3δ (B). Images are representative of 20 pollen tubes for each genotype. Cytosolic 458
Ca2+ levels were calibrated as described in “Materials and Methods” and 459
pseudocolored according to the scale at the left. (C) Quantification of fluorescence 460
intensity as the ratio between YFP signals and CFP signals. Results are means SD 461
(n=20). Asterisk indicates significant difference (t-test, P<0.01). (D) Pollen tube length 462
after 4 hr germination in a medium containing 2 mM Ca2+ or 5 mM Ca2+. Results are 463
means ± SD (n=100). Asterisk indicates significantly different responses of pollen tube 464
growth upon increased exogenous Ca2+ levels (t-test, P<0.01). Bars = 10 μm. 465
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Figure 1. Mutations at AP‐3 subunits resulted in reduced seed set. (A) Schematic illustration of T‐DNA insertions within the genomic regions of AP‐3 subunit‐encoding genes, AP‐3δ, AP‐3β, AP‐3µ, and AP‐3σ. Arrowheads point at the T‐DNA insertion sites. Arrows at the genomic region of AP‐3σ indicate the binding sites of RT‐PCR primers. (B) Quantitative analysis of seed set in wild type (WT) and the ap‐3 mutants. Results are means ± standard deviation (SD, N=20). Each mutant is significantly different from wild type in seed set as indicated by asterisks (One‐way ANOVA, Dunnett’s multiple comparison test, P<0.05). (C‐D) From left to right: a representative silique from WT, ap‐3δ, ap‐3β, ap‐3µ, or ap‐3σ. Close‐up of the bottom part of (C) is shown in (D). Arrowheads point at undeveloped ovules. Bars = 2 mm for (C); 500 µm for (D).
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Figure 2. Functional loss of AP‐3 reduced pollen tube growth in vitro. (A‐E) In vitro pollen tubes from WT (A), ap‐3δ (B), ap‐3β (C), ap‐3µ (D), or ap‐3σ (E) at 4 hr after germination. Two representative pollen tubes from each genotype are highlighted in pink. (F‐H) The germination ratio (F), length (G), or apical width (H) of pollen tubes after 4 hours incubation in germination medium. Results shown are means ± SD (n=300 for F, n= 100 for G, n=60 for H). All mutants are not significantly different from wild type in the germination ratio (One‐way ANOVA, Dunnett’s multiple comparison test, P>0.05). Each mutant is significantly different from wild type in the length or width of pollen tubes as indicated by asterisks (One‐way ANOVA, Dunnett’s multiple comparison test, P<0.05). Bars = 50 µm.
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Figure 3. Functional loss of AP‐3 affected the growth but not guidance of pollen tubes in vivo. (A‐J) Representative aniline blue staining of wild‐type pistils emasculated and hand‐pollinated with pollen from wild type (A, F), ap‐3δ (B, G), ap‐3β (C, H), ap‐3µ (D, I), or ap‐3σ (E, J) at 9 hours after pollination (HAP). Arrows point at the front of in vivo growing pollen tubes; arrowheads point at the micropyle where pollen tubes arrive. The relative distance pollen tubes travel within the transmitting tract is quantified with 15 pistils. Results are shown at the bottom (means ± SD). Each mutant is significantly different from wild type in the length of in vivo growing pollen tubes (One‐way ANOVA, Dunnett’s multiple comparison test, P<0.05). (K‐O) Scanning electron micrographs (SEMs) of wild‐type ovules hand‐pollinated with pollen from wild type (K), ap‐3δ (L), ap‐3β (M), ap‐3µ (N), or ap‐3σ (O) at 9 HAP. Pollen tubes growing toward the micropyle are false‐colored pink. Bars=200 μm for (A‐E); 100 μm for (F‐J); 20 μm for (K‐O).
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Figure 4. Vacuolar organization was compromised in ap‐3 pollen tubes. (A‐B) a growing wild‐type (A) or ap‐3δ pollen tube (B) expressing VHA‐a3‐YFP. From top to bottom: the YFP channel image at the mid‐optical plane; merge of the YFP and transmission channels; 3D‐surface rendering of CLSM images. Dotted lines illustrate the silhouettes of the pollen tubes. Bars = 10 μm.
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Figure 6. AP‐3 loss‐of‐function compromised the tip‐focused Ca2+ gradient. (A‐B) CLSM of a pollen tube expressing the Ca2+ sensor YC3.6 in wild type (A) or in ap‐3δ (B). Cytosolic Ca2+ levels were calibrated as described in “Materials and Methods” and pseudocolored according to the scale at the left. (C) Quantification of fluorescence intensity as the ratio between YFP signals and CFP signals. Results are means SD (n=20). Asterisk indicates significant difference (t‐test, P<0.01). (D) Pollen tube length after 4 hr germination in a medium containing 2 mM Ca2+ or 5 mM Ca2+. Results are means ± SD (n=100). Asterisk indicates significantly different responses of pollen tube growth upon increased exogenous Ca2+ levels (t‐test, P<0.01). Bars = 10 μm.
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