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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2022

Effect of Exogenously Applied 24-Epibrassinolide and Brassinazole on Xylogenesis and Microdistribution of Cell Wall Polymers in Leucaena leucocephala (Lam) De Wit

Pramod, S.; Anju, M.; Rajesh, H.; Thulaseedharan, A.; Rao, Karumanchi S.

Abstract

Plant growth regulators play a key role in cell wall structure and chemistry of woody plants. Understanding of these regulatory signals is important in advanced research on wood quality improvement in trees. The present study is aimed to investigate the influence of exogenous application of 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) and brassinosteroid inhibitor, brassinazole (BRZ) on wood formation and spatial distribution of cell wall polymers in the xylem tissue of Leucaena leucocephala using light and immuno electron microscopy methods. Brassinazole caused a decrease in cambial activity, xylem differentiation, length and width of fibres, vessel element width and radial extent of xylem suggesting brassinosteroid inhibition has a concomitant impact on cell elongation, expansion and secondary wall deposition. Histochemical studies of 24-epibrassinolide treated plants showed an increase in syringyl lignin content in the xylem cell walls. Fluorescence microscopy and transmission electron microscopy studies revealed the inhomogenous pattern of lignin distribution in the cell corners and middle lamellae region of BRZ treated plants. Immunolocalization studies using LM10 and LM 11 antibodies have shown a drastic change in the micro-distribution pattern of less substituted and highly substituted xylans in the xylem fibres of plants treated with EBR and BRZ. In conclusion, present study demonstrates an important role of brassinosteroid in plant development through regulating xylogenesis and cell wall chemistry in higher plants.

Keywords

Brassinosteroids; Wood formation; Secondary wall; Cell wall chemistry

Published in

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
2022, Volume: 41, number: 1, pages: 404-416
Publisher: SPRINGER

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Botany
    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-021-10313-6

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/110946