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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Remodelling of cell wall composition during leaf development in Lavoisiera mucorifera (Melastomataceae)

Kleber Resende Silva A , Vinícius Coelho Kuster B , Ana Flávia de Melo Silva A and Denis Coelho de Oliveira A C
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A Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Instituto de Biologia; Laboratório de Anatomia, Desenvolvimento Vegetal e Interações; Campus Umuarama, CEP 38402-020, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

B Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Regional Jataí, Instituto de Biociências, Campus Cidade Universitária, BR 364, km 195, no. 3800, CEP 75801-615, Jataí, Goiás, Brazil.

C Corresponding author. Email: denisoliveira@ufu.br

Australian Journal of Botany 67(2) 140-148 https://doi.org/10.1071/BT18123
Submitted: 15 June 2018  Accepted: 18 March 2019   Published: 26 April 2019

Abstract

How does the deposition of cell wall components structure cell shape and function during leaf ontogenesis? Although this issue has been the subject of several studies, a wide variety of standards have been reported and many knowledge gaps remain. In this study we evaluated cell wall composition in leaf tissues of Lavoisiera mucorifera Mart. & Schrank ex DC. (Melastomataceae) regarding cellulose, pectin (homogalacturonans (HGs) and rhamnogalacturonans I (RGI)) and arabinogalactan protein (AGP) distribution during ontogenesis. Leaf primordium, as well as young and mature leaves, were submitted to histochemical analysis using calcofluor white and ruthenium red, and immunocytochemical analysis using primary monoclonal antibodies (JIM5, JIM7, LM2, LM5 and LM6). Results showed that the distribution of cell wall components depends on tissue and leaf developmental stage. At the beginning of cell differentiation in the leaf primordium, two main patterns of cellulose microfibril orientation occur: perpendicular and random. This initial microfibril arrangement determines final cell shape and leaf tissue functionality in mature leaves. During leaf development, especially in epidermal and collenchyma cells, the association of HGs with low methyl-esterified groups and cellulose guarantees mechanical support. As a result, cell wall properties, such as rigidity and porosity, may also be acquired by changes in cell wall composition and are associated with morphogenetic patterns in L. mucorifera.

Additional keywords: cellulose, homogalacturonans, monoclonal antibodies, ontogenesis, rhamnogalacturonans.


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