Rodriguésia61(3):569-574.2010 http://rodriguesia.jbrj.gov.br Nota Científica / Short Communication: The formation of the stigmatic surface in Passiflora elegans (Passifloraceae) 1 Aformaçãodasuperfícieestigmátícaem Passifloraelegans (Passifloraceae) AdrianoSilvério2 &JorgeErnestodeAraújo Maríath Abstract The stigma surface is acomplex multicellularstructure where the developmentofthe pollen tube begins. This developmentisnecessaryforsucessinfertilizationanddependsonrecognitíonprocessesthatinvolvetheanatomyof thestigma.Passifloraisaneconomicallyimportantgenusbecauseofitsediblefhiits.Manyauüiorshavedescribedthe stigmaofPassiflorabutnothingisknownabouttheontogenesisofthisstructure.Thisworkaimedtodescribethe formationofthestigmaticsurfaceofPassifloraelegans.Resultsshowedthat,inbud,thestigmaticsurfaceofthisspecies piserfilcaltinwailthwaslmlsa.llDcuerlilsn.gTihtsedceevllesloinpmtehnetstuhbedesrtmiaglmalasyuerrfahcaevbeelcaorgmeesvaucnueolveesnadnudetthoetnhuecleeluosn,ganteiaorntooftcheellesxtmertnhaei subdermallayer.Elongationresultsinanincreaseofexternaisecretorysurfaceareaofthestigmas,andprobablyplays animportantroleinpollenrecognitíon.Thepolysaccharidecontentfoundintheinnerwallsofthesestmcturesmight beinvolvedinthesignalprocessforpollentubegrowthduringitsearlydevelopmentThemorphologicalevidence presentedhereshowsthat asthestigmaofPassiflora is formedbydermalandsubdermalcells, itshouldnotbe characterizedascolletersorpapillaeand,therefore,itisdefinedhereasstigmaemergences. Key-words: anatomy,stigmadevelopment,stigmaemergence,pollination. Resumo Asuperfícieestigmátícaéumaestruturamulticelularcomplexa,ondeotubopolínicoiniciaoseudesenvolvimento, necessáriaparaafecundação.Estedesenvolvimentodependedecondiçõesfavoráveisqueenvolvemaanatomiado estigmaduranteoprocessodereconhecimento.Passifloraéumgêneroeconomicamenteimportantedevidoaosseus frutoscomestíveis.OestigmadePassifloratemsidodescritoporváriosautores,masoseuprocessodeformaçaoé desconhecido EssetrabalhotemporobjetivodescreveroprocessodeformaçãodasuperfícieestigmátícadePassiflora elegans Osresultados demonstram que durante a fase debotãojovem, a superfície estigmátíca é compostapor pequenascélulaseapresentasuperfícieplana.Ascélulasdacamadasubdep.déimicaapresentamgrandesvacuolose nirúrcelgeuolàrpdreóvxiidmooaodaalpoanrgeadmeenpteoridcelicnéalluleaxstedranca.amDaudraanstuebdoepsieduérdmeiscean.vEoslsvaismmeondtiof,icaasçuõpeesrrfíecsiuelteasmteigmmáutmícaactroémsac-ismco dasuperfíciesecretoraexternadoestigma,eprovavelmentedesempenhamumimportantepapelnoreconhecimento dopólen.Osconteúdospolissacaridicosencontradosnasuperfícieinternadessasestruturaspodemestarenvolvidos comosprocessosdesinalizaçãodotubopolinicoduranteseudesenvolvimentoinicial.Asevidenciasmorfológicas observadasnessetrabalhodemonstramqueasestruturaspresentesnasuperfíciedoestigmadePassiflorasãoconstituídas porcélulasdeorigemdérmicaesubdérmica,enãodevemsercaracterizadascomocolétcresoupapilas,sendoassim, caracterizadasnessetrabalhocomoemergênciasestigmáticas. Palavras-chave: anatomia,desenvolvimentodoestifma, emergênciaestigmátíca,polinização. ihnacvoimnpSgapteiacbiiselpsiotoryfospPyhassysttieifmclo(arRanêdLg.ogaaremetecathloa.rpah1c9yt9te9ir,ciz2es0de0lb0f;y- Spsotulialgsemsna,utniaacseistnuarolft.ah2ce0er0a(3nR)g,êigaoonspdeettrhamels.r,2eoc0co0cg0nu)ir.tsTímohaneirneslatycitgoimnoantooheff 2UnivcreidadcFederaldoRioGrandedoSul,Deplo.Botânica,Lab.AnatomiaVegetal.Av.Ben ç !CNPqProductivityinResearchScholarshiprecipienL *[email protected] SciELO/ JBRJ cm 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 0 570 Silvêrio,A.&Mariath..1FA Passifloraceae has been described in previous 1%Os04 washedin0.1 Msodiumphosphatebuffer studies. Puri (1947)describedthefloweranatomy at pH 7.2 (Weber 1992), dehydrated in acetone, ofthisgenus,andconsideredthestigmatobelarge, criticai pointdried (Gersterberger& Leins 1978), with massive structures; however, no furthcr sputter-coatedwithgoldusingaBalzersSCD050. anatomicalcommentswereprovided.Raju(1956) andexaminedusingaJeol6060SEM. classified these structures as projections that It was found, during the initial stages of facilitate pollengrain retention during pollination development, thatthe apicalportion ofthe stigma etvuebnetssd,uarinndgatlhseoirapsaasssaitgeeftoorwtahredsgrtohewttrhaonsfmpiotltlienng hasaslightlysinuoussurface(Fig. 1a),thedermal layerhascellswithanevidentnucleusandportions twiasssuec.laIsnsiofnieedstausdyd,rtyhewistthigumnaicoefllPualsasrifplaoprialcleaaee ofcondensedchromatin(Fig. 1b),andthesubdermal & layerhas cells with large vacuoles and respective (Heslop-Harrison Shivanna 1977),andinanother nucleusdisplacedneartheexternaipericlinalwalls study Passiflorci racemosa Brot. and other (Fig. lb). Passiflora species and genera in the family were Subsequenttotheinitialdevelopmentalphase, reported to have multicellular papillae (Bemhard theexternaisurfaceofthestigmabeginstoformmultiple 1999).TheclassificationusedbyBemhard(1999) dome-shaped projections, as a result ofanticlinal wasalsousedbySouzaetal.(2006)forP. edulisf. divisionsfollowedbyanticlinalandradialelongation fplaapviillcaatrepastDreugcteunreers.hTahdesceellasutwhiotrhslnaortgeedvathcautoltehse Tofhtehheediegrhmtaolfaenadchsoemmeerogfetnhceesuobndtehremsatligcemlaltsi(cFsiug.rf1acc)e. andthinwalls.Howeverthesecharacterizationsof continuestoincrease,whiletheexpandingsubdermal the pappilate stigmatic surface ofPassiflora were cellsdividetransversallygivingrisetoprojectionsthat basedonlyonthefinalstagesofstigmadevelopment. have anapicaland abasal cell (Fig. ld). The apical Twhheircehisisstipllrnoobacbolnyseinnsduuscoendthbeyortihgeinloafckthoisfsstrpuecctiufriec, cwehlilschretmhaeininitnerdniariecpterciocnltiancatlwwiatlhleapniddetrhmealprcoelxlism,ailn ontogenetic studies. The goal of this work is to portionoftheanticlinalwallaccumulatecompounds analyzetheontogeneticprocessofthesestructures ofpecticnature(Fig. 1d).Attheendofdevelopment, atthestigmaticsurfaceofPassifloraelegansMast., a specialized structure is formed on the stigma, anendemicspeciesofSouthernBrazil. comprisedofcellsfromthedermalandsubdermallayer Stigmasof50floralbuds,measuring0.3to2cm, (Fig. 1e).Oncethesestructureshaveformedthestigma and 20 buds in pre-anthesis were collected from surface, it appears papillate, but in cross-section it plantsfoundontheCampusdoVale,atRioGrande can be seen that each projection has a multicellular doSulFederalUniversity.Avoucherspecimenwas organization around a central axis formed by the depositedintheICNHerbarium(1CN52108). subdermalcell(Fig. 1f).Scanningelectronmicroscopy and 2T.h5e%magtleurtiaarlawladsehfyidxeedsionlaut2io%n,foirnmaald0e.h1ydMe rsteivgemaalteidcnsuurmfearcoeu(sFimgu.lltgi)c.ellularprojectionson the sodiumphosphatebuffer,at7.2pH(Roland&Vian Duringpollination,thepollengerminatesonthis 1991).Forthebright-fieldmicMroscopyanalysis,the pappilatesurface(Fig.2a)andthe pollentubepath material was washed in 0.1 sodium phosphate followsthecentralregionofthestructure, which is buffer, at7.2pH, dehydrated in an ethanol series, rich in pectic compounds that have accumulated a&ndSmeimdbe1d9d8e3)d.iSnehcytdiroonxsybetehtywlemeenta2carynlda4tep(mGetrhriictks aBleoynogntdhetahneticsltiingamlaa,ndthpeerpiocllilneanlwtaulbless(gFirgo.w2b-icn)t.o weremadeusingaZeissMikronrotationmicrotome parenchyma(Fig.2c-e)andthetransmittingtissue andstai&nedwith0.05%ToluidineBlueO,at4.4pH thathavecellswithsimilarChemicalproperties. (Feder 0’Brien 1968).Histochemicaltestswere The surface of the stigma is crucial during performedusingfreshmaterial,incombinationwith pollination,becausepollenrecognitiondependson Ruthenium red to detect pectic acids (Johansen the lipids stored in the stigmatic cells and on the T1h9e4s0)eatensdtsSwuedraenoIbIIsetrovteedstwfiotrhlaipLiedsic(aSaDsMsR19-5H1)C. gsulryfcaocpero(tTeiilntsonseectrealt.ed19f8r4o)m. tAfhteemrohnytdoratthieono,uttehre LmiecircoascDopFeC,a5n0d0t.heFiomragtehsewesrceanonbtianigneedluescitnrgona paonldlgenrogwrasionvgeerrtmhienasttiegsmaa.ndDuthreinpgoltlheinsttiumbee.esmpeercigfeisc microscopyanalysis,thematerialwaspost-fixedin enzymes loosen the cell wall of the papillae Rodriguésia6 (3):569-574.201 SciELO/JBRJ 13 14 15 16 17 18 571 The stigma surface oí Passiflora elegans Figure1—DevelopmentofthePassifloraelegansstigma—a.youngstigmaunderscanmngelectronmicroscopy,b.longitudinal sectionoftheyoungstigmawiththecellsofthesubdeimallayerwithlargevacuoles(*);c.longitudinalsectionofthestigma showingepidermalcellspushedbycellsfromthesubdermallayer(*);d.cross-sectionalofthedermalcellwithpectinswalls (white asterisk) and division ofsubdeimal cell (*); e. longitudinal section ofthe stigma emergence in the final phase of development;f.cross-sectionofthestigmaemergenceregioninthefinalphaseofdevelopment,showingthecellofthesubdermal layerpositionedinthecentralregion;g.electromicrographyofthestigmasurfaceshowingthestigmaemergences. Rodriguésia61(3):569-574.2010 SciELO/JBRJ 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 572 Silvério,A.&Maríath.J.EA. Figure 2- Stigmaand style ofthe PassiJIora elegansflower-a. stigma surfacewith a pollen tube on the stigma emergence.Detailunderscanningelectronmicroscopy;b.histochemicaltestforthepresenceofpectins-c longitudinal section ofthe stigma surface and the way ofthe pollen tube penetration through the stigma emergences and parenchymatoustissue; d. longitudinal sectionofthe stigmaandstyle showingthe transmittmgtissue attheapical centerofthestyle(Tt);e.stigmaandstyleunderscanningelectronmicroscopy. Rodriguésia61(3):569-574.2010 SciELO/JBRJ cm 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 .. 1 4 0 573 The stigma surtaee of Passiflora elegans p(rMeipcahreilnig2i0t01fo)r.tChaelpceinuemtriastpiornoboafbltyheapmoellsesnentguebre stigmaTthiceprmoojrepchtoiolnosgirceavelalcehdariancttehirsiswtoircskdoof ntohte duringthisprocess,inducingenzymesecretionand agree with the previous descriptions of the lheconsequentiallooseningofthecellwall(Elleman literature.thatusedthetermpapillatodefinethese &Dickinson 1986;Hiscocketal.2002). “projections of epidermal cells.” In addition, In this study, a large amount of pectin was previous studies did not classify these structures observedonthedermalandsubdermalcellwallsof as colleters. For this reason, we conclude that thestigma,whichcoincidesatthecellularleveiwith “stigmaemergence”isabettertermtoclassifythe thepollentubepathduringitsgermination.Pectins structures found on the stigmas of Passiflora, as probably stimulate the pollen tube growth of P. they are formed from the dermal and subdermal elegans, and calcium is made available to this layers and they do notsecrete mucilagc. structurealong itscourse. Calcium (Ca3*) is akey Bemhard(1999)consideredthecharacteristic element inthis process, regulatingelongation and stigma ofPassifloraceae to be largely distributed orientationofthepollentubeduringitsdevelopment among the genera of this family, but rare in the otherfamilies ofangiosperms. From a taxonomic (Malhóetal.2006). Pectins are synthesized in dictyosomes, in a perspective, the stigmatic surface also appears to methyl-sterified form. 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