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Micol-Ponce R, García-Alcázar M, Lebrón R, Capel C, Pineda B, García-Sogo B, Alché JDD, Ortiz-Atienza A, Bretones S, Yuste-Lisbona FJ, Moreno V, Capel J, Lozano R. Tomato POLLEN DEFICIENT 2 encodes a G-type lectin receptor kinase required for viable pollen grain formation. J Exp Bot 2023; 74:178-193. [PMID: 36260406 PMCID: PMC9786849 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Pollen development is a crucial biological process indispensable for seed set in flowering plants and for successful crop breeding. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms regulating pollen development in crop species. This study reports a novel male-sterile tomato mutant, pollen deficient 2 (pod2), characterized by the production of non-viable pollen grains and resulting in the development of small parthenocarpic fruits. A combined strategy of mapping-by-sequencing and RNA interference-mediated gene silencing was used to prove that the pod2 phenotype is caused by the loss of Solanum lycopersicum G-type lectin receptor kinase II.9 (SlG-LecRK-II.9) activity. In situ hybridization of floral buds showed that POD2/SlG-LecRK-II.9 is specifically expressed in tapetal cells and microspores at the late tetrad stage. Accordingly, abnormalities in meiosis and tapetum programmed cell death in pod2 occurred during microsporogenesis, resulting in the formation of four dysfunctional microspores leading to an aberrant microgametogenesis process. RNA-seq analyses supported the existence of alterations at the final stage of microsporogenesis, since we found tomato deregulated genes whose counterparts in Arabidopsis are essential for the normal progression of male meiosis and cytokinesis. Collectively, our results revealed the essential role of POD2/SlG-LecRK-II.9 in regulating tomato pollen development.
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (CIAIMBITAL), Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (CIAIMBITAL), Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (UPV-CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46011 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (UPV-CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46011 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín-CSIC, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (CIAIMBITAL), Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (CIAIMBITAL), Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (CIAIMBITAL), Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (UPV-CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46011 Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (CIAIMBITAL), Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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Poyatos-Pertíñez S, Quinet M, Ortíz-Atienza A, Bretones S, Yuste-Lisbona FJ, Lozano R. Genetic interactions of the unfinished flower development (ufd) mutant support a significant role of the tomato UFD gene in regulating floral organogenesis. Plant Reprod 2016; 29:227-38. [PMID: 27295366 DOI: 10.1007/s00497-016-0286-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Genetic interactions of UFD gene support its specific function during reproductive development of tomato; in this process, UFD could play a pivotal role between inflorescence architecture and flower initiation genes. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a major vegetable crop that also constitutes a model species for the study of plant developmental processes. To gain insight into the control of flowering and floral development, a novel tomato mutant, unfinished flower development (ufd), whose inflorescence and flowers were unable to complete their normal development was characterized using double mutant and gene expression analyses. Genetic interactions of ufd with mutations affecting inflorescence fate (uniflora, jointless and single flower truss) were additive and resulted in double mutants displaying the inflorescence structure of the non-ufd parental mutant and the flower phenotype of the ufd mutant. In addition, ufd mutation promotes an earlier inflorescence meristem termination. Taken together, both results indicated that UFD is not involved in the maintenance of inflorescence meristem identity, although it could participate in the regulatory system that modulates the rate of meristem maturation. Regarding the floral meristem identity, the falsiflora mutation was epistatic to the ufd mutation even though FALSIFLORA was upregulated in ufd inflorescences. In terms of floral organ identity, the ufd mutation was epistatic to macrocalyx, and MACROCALYX expression was differently regulated depending on the inflorescence developmental stage. These results suggest that the UFD gene may play a pivotal role between the genes required for flowering initiation and inflorescence development (such as UNIFLORA, FALSIFLORA, JOINTLESS and SINGLE FLOWER TRUSS) and those required for further floral organ development such as the floral organ identity genes.
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- Sandra Poyatos-Pertíñez
- Departamento de Biología y Geología (Genética), Edificio CITE II-B, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (BITAL), Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120, Almería, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología (Genética), Edificio CITE II-B, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (BITAL), Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120, Almería, Spain
- Groupe de Recherche en Physiologie végétale, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 4-5 bte L7.07.13, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología (Genética), Edificio CITE II-B, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (BITAL), Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120, Almería, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología (Genética), Edificio CITE II-B, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (BITAL), Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120, Almería, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología (Genética), Edificio CITE II-B, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (BITAL), Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120, Almería, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología (Genética), Edificio CITE II-B, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria (BITAL), Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120, Almería, Spain.
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González AM, Yuste-Lisbona FJ, Saburido S, Bretones S, De Ron AM, Lozano R, Santalla M. Major Contribution of Flowering Time and Vegetative Growth to Plant Production in Common Bean As Deduced from a Comparative Genetic Mapping. Front Plant Sci 2016; 7:1940. [PMID: 28082996 PMCID: PMC5183638 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Determinacy growth habit and accelerated flowering traits were selected during or after domestication in common bean. Both processes affect several presumed adaptive traits such as the rate of plant production. There is a close association between flowering initiation and vegetative growth; however, interactions among these two crucial developmental processes and their genetic bases remain unexplored. In this study, with the aim to establish the genetic relationships between these complex processes, a multi-environment quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping approach was performed in two recombinant inbred line populations derived from inter-gene pool crosses between determinate and indeterminate genotypes. Additive and epistatic QTLs were found to regulate flowering time, vegetative growth, and rate of plant production. Moreover, the pleiotropic patterns of the identified QTLs evidenced that regions controlling time to flowering traits, directly or indirectly, are also involved in the regulation of plant production traits. Further QTL analysis highlighted one QTL, on the lower arm of the linkage group Pv01, harboring the Phvul.001G189200 gene, homologous to the Arabidopsis thaliana TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1) gene, which explained up to 32% of phenotypic variation for time to flowering, 66% for vegetative growth, and 19% for rate of plant production. This finding was consistent with previous results, which have also suggested Phvul.001G189200 (PvTFL1y) as a candidate gene for determinacy locus. The information here reported can also be applied in breeding programs seeking to optimize key agronomic traits, such as time to flowering, plant height and an improved reproductive biomass, pods, and seed size, as well as yield.
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- Ana M. González
- Grupo de Biología de Agrosistemas, Misión Biológica de Galicia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasPontevedra, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología (Genética), Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria, Universidad de AlmeríaAlmería, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología (Genética), Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria, Universidad de AlmeríaAlmería, Spain
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- Grupo de Biología de Agrosistemas, Misión Biológica de Galicia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasPontevedra, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología (Genética), Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Agroalimentaria, Universidad de AlmeríaAlmería, Spain
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- Grupo de Biología de Agrosistemas, Misión Biológica de Galicia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasPontevedra, Spain
- *Correspondence: Marta Santalla
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Suburethral meshes can be implanted via the classic retropubic route (TVT) or by a new insertion technique that passes the tape into the obturator foramen (TOT). In a retrospective study we compared one 18-month period of 94 TOT (tension-free obturator tape) and one 18-month period of 99 TVT (tension-free vaginal tape), which preceded the change in the approach route. All operations were performed by the same surgeon using the same Prolene mesh and with no other surgical procedure associated. These two series were similar in terms of patient age, previous surgical history, degree of incontinence and preoperative urethral closure pressure. The analysis shows more hemorrhagic complications in the TVT group (10%) than in the TOT group (2%), but the difference was not significant. Bladder injuries were more frequent in the TVT group (10%) than in the TOT group (0%), but there was one urethral injury in the TOT group. The mean follow-up was 29.5 months in the TVT group and 12.8 months in the TOT group. The urinary results were the same, with 90% and 95% cured, respectively. In conclusion, the obturator approach shows identical urinary results to the classic retropubic approach. Because of the nature of the procedure, major hemorrhage and bowel perforation are excluded in the TOT procedure. Thus simplicity, safety and continence result mean that the obturator approach represents the best method of suburethral tape insertion for the treatment of urinary stress incontinence.
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- G Mellier
- Gynaecology Department, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France.
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Dargent D, Bretones S, George P, Mellier G. [Insertion of a sub-urethral sling through the obturating membrane for treatment of female urinary incontinence]. Gynecol Obstet Fertil 2002; 30:576-82. [PMID: 12199040 DOI: 10.1016/s1297-9589(02)00389-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The use of a TVT device has been for a few years the operation most often performed to treat female urinary incontinence. One of the most frequent complications of this surgery is bladder perforation. MATERIAL AND METHODS To prevent this complication we use the way initially suggested by Delorme, in which the two ends of the sling were passed through the obturating membrane and the muscles which cover it, by circumventing the ischiopubic bone with Emmet needle introduced from outside to inside. RESULTS No bladder perforation was noted among the first 71 operated patients. For the first 68 patients re-examined 6 to 12 weeks after the surgery, two patients had improved and 64 were totally cured. CONCLUSION The effectiveness of this method is the same as that of the traditional method.
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- D Dargent
- Fédération femme, mère, nouveau-né, hôpital Edouard-Herriot, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France.
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Faltin DL, Boulvain M, Irion O, Bretones S, Stan C, Weil A. Diagnosis of anal sphincter tears by postpartum endosonography to predict fecal incontinence. Obstet Gynecol 2000; 95:643-7. [PMID: 10775721 DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(99)00631-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether anal endosonography immediately after vaginal delivery can predict subsequent fecal incontinence. METHODS We studied nulliparas who delivered vaginally and had no anal sphincter tears (third- or fourth-degree perineal tears) diagnosed clinically by endosonography before any suture of the perineum. The sonographer was unaware of delivery details and the obstetrician and the women were not informed of endosonography results. Therefore, the suture of the perineum and the outcomes were not influenced by sonographer's diagnoses. Three months after delivery, we assessed fecal incontinence by self-administered questionnaires. RESULTS Clinically undetected tears of the anal sphincter were diagnosed by anal endosonography in 42 of 150 women (28%). The external anal sphincter alone was involved in 30 women (20%), the internal anal sphincter alone in two (1.3%), and both in ten (7%). The postal questionnaire was returned by 144 women. Incontinence was reported by 22 (15%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 10%, 22%), consisting mainly of incontinence to flatus only (16 of 22, 73%, 95% CI 50%, 89%). Clinically undetected anal sphincter tears diagnosed by endosonography were associated with incontinence 3 months after delivery (odds ratio [OR] 8.8; 95% CI 2.9, 26.5). The sensitivity of anal endosonography was 68% (95% CI 49%, 88%) and the positive predictive value 37% (95% CI 22%, 51%). CONCLUSION Anal endosonography immediately after vaginal delivery allows diagnosis of clinically undetected anal sphincter tears that might be associated with subsequent fecal incontinence.
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- D L Faltin
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
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PURPOSE A study was performed to evaluate the early morphologic and functional consequences of vaginal delivery on the anal sphincter in primiparous females. METHODS Among a cohort of 197 primiparous females who agreed to participate in a clinical evaluation of fecal incontinence and in a transanal ultrasound examination 12 weeks after delivery, 52 also underwent anal manometry using a radial six-port catheter, of whom 10 were asymptomatic and had a normal sphincter at ultrasound and the remaining 42 had clinical signs of anal incontinence or ultrasonographic defects of the anal sphincter or both. Anal sphincter pressures and asymmetry index were analyzed at rest and during voluntary squeeze. Manometric and ultrasound results were compared, together with clinical symptoms. RESULTS Fourteen patients with clinical signs of anal incontinence had lower resting and squeeze anal pressures than continent patients (P < 0.05), but similar anal asymmetry indexes. Patients with incontinence and an anal defect had the lowest resting and squeeze anal pressures (P < 0.05). Forceps assistance to delivery was not associated with a higher frequency of anal sphincter lesions. Resting and squeeze anal pressures were lower in the forceps group (P < 0.005), but anal asymmetry indexes were similar. Finally, manometric results were identical in the presence or absence of anal sphincter endosonographic defects. CONCLUSIONS Anal sphincter defects are frequent after the first vaginal delivery, but are not always associated with functional or clinical abnormalities. Resting and squeeze anal pressures were significantly decreased in patients with incontinence and an anal defect and after forceps-assisted deliveries. Anal asymmetry index was not found useful in this population of young primiparous females.
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- H Damon
- Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, Hôpital E. Herriot, Lyon, France
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Thoulon JM, Arnould P, Bretones S. [First trimester amniocentesis]. Contracept Fertil Sex 1997; 25:904-7. [PMID: 9497603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Audra P, Bretones S, Mellier G. [Term breech delivery: routine cesarean--versus--induced labor]. Contracept Fertil Sex 1997; 25:I-IV. [PMID: 9116764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- P Audra
- Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon
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Dargent D, Chabert P, Bretones S, Martin X. [Laparoscopic staging before treatment of advanced uterine cancer: evaluation in two stages or direct lumbar-aortic evaluation?]. Contracept Fertil Sex 1997; 25:IV-X. [PMID: 9064045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- D Dargent
- Fédération Femine Mère Nouvear Nè, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon
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Bretones S, Cousin C, Gualandi M, Mellier G. [Uterine rupture. A case of spontaneous rupture in a thirty week primiparous gestation ]. J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris) 1997; 26:324-7. [PMID: 9265057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Uterine rupture is one of the major complications of pregnancy. Most spontaneous uterine ruptures occur during labor in parturients with a scarred uterus. Spontaneous rupture where the uterus is unscarred are more rare and occur more frequently in older multiparous patients. Starting from a case of uterine rupture occurring in a 40 year-old primiparous women, we will present a review of the literature concerning cases of rupture in healthy uteri with no obvious cause.
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- S Bretones
- Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Pavillon K, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon
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