Cellular differentiation and pattern formation in the absence of morphogenesis in the cellular slime mould Polysphondylium pallidum: evidence for a biochemical tip (organizer) in submerged aggregates

Canadian Journal of Microbiology
G D Paterno, D H O'Day

Abstract

When amoebae of Polysphondylium pallidum WS320 are placed in nonnutrient buffer in roller tube culture they form spherical or ellipsoidal aggregates. At first the aggregates demonstrate a "loose" morphology but by 12 h, with the formation a a cellulose-containing, peripheral sheath, they become "tight" aggregates. At this time stalk differentiation begins. Using various methods for the resolution of prespore (ultrastructure, spore antigen immunofluorescence, periodic acid - Schiff staining) and prestalk (ultrastructure, alkaline phosphatase histochemistry, neutral red staining, Calcofluor fluorescence) cell localization, the pattern of cell differentiation in submerged aggregates was shown to be essentially identical to that of normal pseudoplasmodia. Furthermore, using a cAMP bioassay it was revealed that the submerged aggregates, while devoid of a morphological tip, do possess a biochemical tip which is correlated with sites of neutral red staining and stalk cell differentiation. As a result of these studies, an earlier argument that the tip of the pseudoplasmodium is not essential for the establishment of pattern or in the "organization" of cellular differentiation during slime mould development is contradicted.

Citations

Nov 1, 1984·American Journal of Otolaryngology·M Anniko, S O Wikström
Oct 23, 2016·Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. General Subjects·Robert J Huber, Danton H O'Day

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