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. 2023 Dec;42(12):1951-1965.
doi: 10.1007/s00299-023-03075-w. Epub 2023 Oct 8.

VAMP726 and VAMP725 regulate vesicle secretion and pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis

Xinyan Liu  1 , Dandan Zhu  1 , Fuli Zhao  1 , Yadan Gao  1 , Jianji Li  1 , Yan Li  2
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VAMP726 and VAMP725 regulate vesicle secretion and pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis

Xinyan Liu et al. Plant Cell Rep. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

VAMP726/VAMP725 and SYP131 can form a part of a SNARE complex to mediate vesicle secretion at the pollen tube apex. Secretory vesicle fusion with the plasma membrane of the pollen tube tip is a key step in pollen tube growth. Membrane fusion was mediated by SNAREs. However, little is known about the composition and function of the SNARE complex during pollen tube tip growth. In this study, we constructed a double mutant vamp725 vamp726 via CRISPR‒Cas9. Fluorescence labeling combined with microscopic observation, luciferase complementation imaging, co-immunoprecipitation and GST pull-down were applied in the study. We show that double mutation of the R-SNAREs VAMP726 and VAMP725 significantly inhibits pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis and slows vesicle exocytosis at the apex of the pollen tube. GFP-VAMP726 and VAMP725-GFP localize mainly to secretory vesicles and the plasma membrane at the apex of the pollen tube. In addition, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments showed that mCherry-VAMP726 colocalizes with Qa-SNARE SYP131 in the central region of the pollen tube apical plasma membrane. Furthermore, we found that VAMP726 and VAMP725 can interact with the SYP131. Based on these results, we suggest that VAMP726/VAMP725 and SYP131 can form a part of a SNARE complex to mediate vesicle secretion at the pollen tube apex, and vesicle secretion may mainly occur at the central region of the pollen tube apical plasma membrane.

Keywords: Arabidopsis; Pollen tube; SNARE; SYP131; Tobacco; VAMP725; VAMP726.

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