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Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 51, No. 346, pp. 831-838, May 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

The generation and modification of cell polarity

David J. Cove1

Leeds Institute of Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

The generation of polarity in the cells of eukaryotes in most cases requires an external asymmetrical input. This signal may originate from a random event such as the point of penetration of an egg by a sperm or from asymmetries present in the maternal environment as, for example, in megasporogenesis in flowering plants, or from an asymmetry in the physical environment usually involving either light or gravity. The latter affords the best opportunities for experimental manipulation and single cell systems in algae, mosses and ferns allow both cell biological and genetical investigation of the mechanisms establishing polarity. These simple systems have already shown that the generation of polarity involves two distinguishable processes, axis alignment and axis orientation, but a detailed understanding of the mechanisms by which the environmental inputs are transduced to set up a polar axis is still lacking. Non-motile organisms must also be able to modify cell polarity in response to changed environmental inputs, and here too, lower plant systems afford the best prospect for understanding the mechanisms responsible.

Key words: Cell polarity, polar axis generation, polar axis modification, gravitropism, phototropism.


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