Formation and excretion of autophagic plastids (plastolysomes) in Brassica napus embryogenic microspores

[EN] The change in developmental fate of microspores reprogrammed toward embryogenesis is a complex but fascinating experimental system where microspores undergo dramatic changes derived from the developmental switch. After 40 years of study of the ultrastructural changes undergone by the induced microspores, many questions are still open. In this work, we analyzed the architecture of DNA-containing organelles such as plastids and mitochondria in samples of B. napus isolated microspore cultures covering the different stages before, during, and after the developmental switch. Mitochondria presented a conventional oval or sausage-like morphology for all cell types studied, similar to that found in vivo in other cell types from vegetative parts. Similarly, plastids of microspores before induction and of non-induced cells showed conventional architectures. However, approximately 40% of the plastids of embryogenic microspores presented atypical features such as curved profiles, protrusions, and internal compartments filled with cytoplasm. Three-dimensional reconstructions confirmed that these plastids actually engulf cytoplasm regions, isolating them from the rest of the cell. Acid phosphatase activity was found in them, confirming the lytic activity of these organelles. In addition, digested plastid-like structures were found excreted to the apoplast. All these phenomena seemed transient, since microspore-derived embryos (MDEs) showed conventional plastids. Together, these results strongly suggested that under special circumstances, such as those of the androgenic switch, plastids of embryogenic microspores behave as autophagic plastids (plastolysomes), engulfing cytoplasm for digestion, and then are excreted out of the cytoplasm as part of a cleaning program necessary for microspores to become embryos.We especially thank Professor L. Andrew Staehelin for his help and advice during the stay of JMSS at his lab at UC Boulder, where part of the samples used in this work was processed. We also want to express our thanks to the staff of the COMAV greenhouses and to the staff of the Electron Microscopy Service of Universitat Politecnica de Valencia for their excellent technical help. This work was supported by the following grants to JMSS: AGL2010-17895 from Spanish MICINN and ACOMP/2012/168 from Generalitat Valenciana.Parra Vega, V.; Corral Martínez, P.; Rivas-Sendra, A.; Seguí-Simarro, JM. (2015). Formation and excretion of autophagic plastids (plastolysomes) in Brassica napus embryogenic microspores. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6(94). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00094S694Aubert, S., Gout, E., Bligny, R., Marty-Mazars, D., Barrieu, F., Alabouvette, J., … Douce, R. (1996). 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