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Calcium Distribution during Anther Development in Oil Tea (Camellia oleifera Abel.)

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Dongmei WeiSchool of Life Science, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, Zhejiang 318000, P.R. China

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Chao GaoKey Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of Ministry of Education and the Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, P.R. China

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Deyi YuanKey Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of Ministry of Education and the Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, P.R. China

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Abstract

The mechanism by which calcium regulates anther development remains unclear. This study investigated the relationship between calcium distribution and anther development in oil tea (Camellia oleifera Abel.) by using the potassium antimonite technique. Before the onset of microsporogenesis, abundant minute calcium precipitates appeared on the plasma membranes of microspore mother cells. Meanwhile, numerous precipitates accumulated in the tapetal cells. After meiosis, calcium precipitates appeared in young microspores. During microspore development, calcium precipitates mainly appeared in the small vacuoles of the cytoplasm. At the late microspore stage, a large vacuole formed, and the number of precipitates in the microspore decreased. The number of precipitates in the tapetal cells decreased as microsporogenesis proceeded. Then, calcium precipitates in the bicellular pollen cytoplasm again increased in number. During bicellular pollen development, the number of calcium precipitates decreased. As the pollen grains matured, only a few calcium precipitates were evident in the pollen cytoplasm. The results of this study, which show the spatial and temporal features of calcium distribution during the anther development of C. oleifera, suggest that calcium distribution is related to anther development.

Keywords: anther; development; calcium; Camellia oleifera; pollen

Calcium is an essential element and an important ubiquitous messenger that participates or modulates many intracellular metabolic processes of plant growth and development (Bush, 1995; Ge et al., 2007a; Hepler and Wayne, 2005; Jones and Lunt, 1967). In flowering plants, calcium plays crucial roles in regulating sexual reproduction processes such as pollen germination, pollen tube growth (Cardenas et al., 2008; Franklin-Tong, 1999; Hepler, 1997; Heslop-Harrison, 1987; Kwack, 1967; Steinhorst and Kudla, 2013), and fertilization (Antonie et al., 1999; Digonnet et al., 1997; Santella et al., 2004; Tian and Russell, 1997; Whitaker, 2006). However, insufficient information is available on calcium distribution during microsporogenesis and anther development. The development of anthers is complicated. Cells in different anther tissues undergo different processes that lead to conspicuous changes in morphology and structure; these processes include meiosis in microspore mother cells, degeneration of tapetal cells, polarization in microspores during the formation of large vacuoles, and pollen wall formation after releasing from tetrads. Anther cell differentiation during anther development is strictly regulated in accordance with specific spatial and temporal processes, and calcium may play a role in some of these processes. Tian et al. (1998) found that numerous calcium precipitates accumulate within the tapetum and locules of Oryza sativa anthers during anther development. They also discovered that sterile anthers display abnormal calcium distribution compared with fertile anthers in a photoperiod-sensitive genetically male-sterile O. sativa line. Meanwhile, Meng et al. (2000) observed that more calcium precipitates accumulate in the cells of the vascular bundles of anthers in a sterile Triticum aestivum line than in those of a fertile maintainer line. These results indicate that the abnormality of calcium distribution is related to anther abortion. However, to date, the features of calcium distribution in anthers have been investigated in only a few species (Ge et al., 2007b; Kong and Jia, 2004; Qiu et al., 2009), and the mechanism by which calcium regulates anther development is unclear. In the present study, we used potassium antimonite to localize and detect pools of loosely bound calcium in anther cells of C. oleifera, and we investigated the relationship between calcium distribution and anther development.

Camellia oleifera, a species of the Theaceae family, is native only to China. Camellia oil can be extracted from C. oleifera seeds, which have been used in China for more than 1000 years (Ruter, 2002). The polyunsaturated and good phenolic content of camellia oil is up to 80% (Yu et al., 1999). Camellia oil is a high-quality cooking oil that is similar to olive oil and it stores well at room temperature (Ruter, 2002). However, the yield of C. oleifera is very low, which is closely related to sexual reproduction. Anther plays an important role in the sexual reproduction of C. oleifera. The present study aims to explore the role of calcium in anther development. This study may serve as a theoretical basis for the sexual reproduction of C. oleifera.

Materials and Methods

Camellia oleifera anthers selected at different developmental stages were squeezed and examined under a microscope to determine their developmental stages. The anthers were then fixed at room temperature for 3 h in 2% glutaraldehyde (v/v) in 0.1 mol·L−1 phosphate buffer (pH 7.8) that contains 1% potassium antimonite (K2H2Sb2O7·4H2O). The use of potassium antimonite to precipitate calcium was detailed by Ge et al. (2007b). The samples were fixed in glutaraldehyde, washed three times for 30 min each in buffered 1% antimonite (w/v), and then postfixed in 1% OsO4 (w/v) containing 1% antimonite for 16 h at 4 °C. The samples were then washed three times for 30 min each in buffer, dehydrated in a graded acetone series, and then embedded in Spurr’s resin. At each stage, at least 10 anthers were embedded, and five samples were sectioned at 80 nm thick and stained with 2% uranyl acetate (w/v) in 50% methanol (v/v). Subsequently, the sections were then washed and air-dried before being observed and photographed under a transmission electron microscope (JEM-100CX; JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).

X-ray spectral analysis was performed under a scanning electron microscope (JSM-6390; JEOL). The peak deconvolution software INCA-Analyzer (Oxford Instruments, Oxford, U.K.) was used to analyze pollen grains, which were sliced 1 μm thick and pasted on a glass slide.

Results

Calcium distribution

Microspore mother cell stage.

Camellia oleifera has typical anthers with five layers of somatic cells in the anther wall, including one epidermal layer, one endothecium, two middle layers, and a tapetum. Before meiosis, the microspore mother cells (MMCs) separated from each other and were surrounded by thick callose walls (Fig. 1A). Numerous small organelles were observed in the cytoplasm of the MMCs. A layer of calcium-induced precipitates was observed on the callose walls of the MMCs and fewer precipitates in the cytoplasm (Fig. 1B).

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.

Calcium precipitate distribution in young anthers of Camellia oleifera. (A) Transverse section at the microspore mother cells (MMCs) stage of a C. oleifera anther. (B) Numerous calcium precipitates accumulate on the callose wells of MMCs. (C) After MMC meiosis, numerous calcium precipitates remain on the surface of the tetrad microspore and in callose walls. (D) When the microspores are released from the tetrad, precipitates appear in the cells, particularly in the primexine. (E) The number of calcium precipitates in the tapetal cells decreases. (F) Numerous precipitates appear in the epidermal cells. Ca = calcium; CW = callose wall; En = endothecium; Ep = epidermis; M = microspore; ML = middle layer; Pr = primexine; T = tapetum; Ub = Ubisch body; V = vacuole. Bars: (A) 40 μm, (B, C) 2 μm, (D, E, F) 1 μm.

Citation: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 140, 1; 10.21273/JASHS.140.1.88

Tetrad stage.

After MMC meiosis, four haploid microspores were surrounded by a common callose wall to form a tetrad. Many precipitates remained on the surfaces of tetrad microspores. These precipitates were mainly limited to the pollen primexine, but a few were present in the microspore cytoplasm (Fig. 1C).

At this stage, some precipitates appeared in the tapetal cells of anther walls and connective tissue. When the tetrad callose wall dissolved, four microspores became free and began microspore development. Precipitates appeared in the free microspore cytoplasm and nucleus. However, the precipitates in the microspore cytoplasm did not exhibit specific distribution patterns at this stage (Fig. 1D).

At this developmental stage, the number of precipitates in the tapetal cells clearly decreased, and only a few were present in the small vacuoles of the cells. Many Ubisch bodies were present on the surfaces of the tapetum (locules) and some of the precipitates were distributed on the external surface of the Ubisch bodies (Fig. 1E). In the epidermal cells of the anther wall, the number of calcium precipitates clearly increased and were mainly located in the vacuole membrane (Fig. 1F).

Early microspore stage.

The early microspores contained a large nucleus in the center of the cell and no small vacuoles were evident in the cytoplasm. The calcium precipitates accumulated between the intine and the exine. After microspore development, some small vacuoles appeared in the cytoplasm and these vacuoles contained calcium precipitates (Fig. 2A). The number and size of vacuoles in the microspore increased and these vacuoles were distributed in the peripheral cytoplasm, which increased the number of calcium precipitates around the vacuoles (Fig. 2B).

Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.

Calcium precipitate distribution in Camellia oleifera anthers at the microspore stage. (A) At the early microspore stage, some scattered precipitates are located in small vacuoles. (B) The sizes of small vacuoles of early microspores increase, and calcium precipitates are specifically located near these vacuoles. (C) The small vacuoles fuse to form large vacuoles, and many precipitates are located on the vacuole membrane. (D) In late microspores, a large vacuole forms, and the number of precipitates in the microspore cytoplasm clearly decreases. (E) Many precipitates remain in the epidermal cells. (F) Meanwhile, many precipitates observed outside the tapetal cells. Ca = calcium; En = endothecium; Ep = epidermis; Ex = exine; In = intine; M = microspore; ML = middle layer; N = nucleus; PM = plasma membrane; T = tapetum; V = vacuole; VM = vacuolar membrane. Bars: (A, B, D, E) 2 μm, (C, F) 1 μm.

Citation: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 140, 1; 10.21273/JASHS.140.1.88

Late microspore stage.

The small vacuoles fused to form large vacuoles, and the number of calcium precipitates decreased in the cytoplasmic matrix. The calcium precipitates were mainly located on the vacuolar membrane, but many also appeared on the microspore plasma membrane. The pollen intine and exine were found outside the membrane, and some precipitates were specifically located in the baculum of the exine (Fig. 2C). As the anthers underwent further development, small vacuoles in the microspores fused to form a large vacuole, which marked the late stage of microspore development. When the large vacuole formed, the microspore nucleus moved to the periphery and displayed unequal distribution. The number of calcium precipitates in the late microspores decreased, whereas the precipitates on the plasma membranes and in the exines completely disappeared (Fig. 2D).

At the late microspore stage, the cytoplasm matrix of anther epidermal cells still contained many calcium precipitates, but only a few were present in the endothecium and the middle cell layer (Fig. 2E). Meanwhile, the structure of the tapetal cells became indistinct and their cytoplasmic electron density increased, suggesting that the cells began to degenerate. The number of precipitates decreased in the degenerating tapetal cells (Fig. 2F).

To confirm that the calcium in late microspores dissolved into the large vacuole, we performed energy-dispersive X-ray spectral analysis of semithin sections of microspores (Fig. 3). Although the calcium precipitates at the late microspore stage disappeared, X-ray spectral analysis revealed that some calcium remained in the large vacuole (Fig. 4). This result suggested that calcium dissolved in the large vacuole.

Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.

The pollen grain with a large vacuole of Camellia oleifera at the microspore stage was sectioned (1 μm thick) and pasted on a slide. The asterisk indicates the large vacuole position in a microspore, which was analyzed by using an X-ray detector. V = vacuole.

Citation: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 140, 1; 10.21273/JASHS.140.1.88

Fig. 4.
Fig. 4.

Energy-dispersive X-ray spectra of semithin sections of large vacuoles in microspores of Camellia oleifera microspores. Calcium was present in the large vacuole.

Citation: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 140, 1; 10.21273/JASHS.140.1.88

Bicellular pollen grain stage.

After asymmetrical mitotic division of the microspore, a bicellular pollen grain was formed. This pollen grain consisted of a large vegetative cell and a small generative cell. At the early bicellular pollen stage, the large vacuoles in the vegetative cell disaggregated, and the density of the pollen cytoplasm increased. In the early bicellular pollen grains, the number of calcium precipitates increased again (Fig. 5A). This result suggested that the calcium that dissolved in the large vacuole of the vegetative cell returned to the cytoplasm after large vacuole disaggregation. Then, the generative cell separated from the pollen intine, became spherical, and moved into the vegetative cell. The number of calcium precipitates observed between the generative and vegetative cells was the same (Fig. 5B).

Fig. 5.
Fig. 5.

Calcium precipitate distribution in Camellia oleifera anthers at the bicellular pollen stage. (A) After microspore division, the calcium precipitates in bicellular pollen increase in number again. (B) A few precipitates are present in the generative cells of the bicellular pollen. (C) At this time, calcium precipitates in the large vacuoles of epidermal cells become quite small. The endothecium cells produce large vacuoles, which contain some precipitates. (D) The tapetal cells degenerate, and no calcium precipitates are present in the cells. (E) In a mature pollen grain, a generative cell becomes elongated. Fewer precipitates are present in the generative cell than in the vegetative cell. (F) Numerous calcium precipitates accumulate on the surface of the mature pollen grain. En = endothecium; Ep = epidermis; Ca = calcium; GC = generative cell; P = pollen; T = tapetum; V = vacuole; VC = vegetative cell. Bars: (A, B, D) 2 μm, (C, E, F) 1 μm.

Citation: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 140, 1; 10.21273/JASHS.140.1.88

At the early bicellular pollen stage, changes occurred in the anther wall cells; the calcium precipitates in the large vacuoles of the epidermal and endothecium cells became smaller and formed abundant flocculent materials (Fig. 5C). The tapetal cells degenerated further and the cytoplasm matrix was reduced. No calcium precipitates accumulated in the degenerated tapetal cells (Fig. 5D). After pollen development, the generative cell inside the vegetative cell became elongated. Fewer calcium precipitates were present in the generative cell than in the vegetative cell (Fig. 5E). Near anthesis, only a few calcium precipitates were located in the small vacuoles in the mature pollen grains. However, many calcium precipitates were still present on the pollen surface (Fig. 5F).

Discussion

Before meiosis occurred in the MMCs of C. oleifera, the anthers accumulated numerous calcium precipitates, which were mainly located in the callose wall of the MMCs. During intine formation, calcium began to appear in the intine at the tetrad stage. After young microspores were released from the tetrad, calcium appeared between the endexine and the intine. At the mature pollen stage, a large number of calcium precipitates was present on the pollen exine. The pollen wall began to form at the tetrad stage. Previous studies showed that the cell wall is one of the largest calcium stores in plant cells and that pollen walls contain the most calcium in pollen grains (Kong and Jia, 2004). Furthermore, the pollen of Gasteria verrucosa (Tirlapur and Willemse, 1992) and Lilium longiflorum (Reiss et al., 1985) can release calcium during the hydration and early germination phases. Thus, we proposed that the accumulation of calcium in the callose walls of MMCs and the tetrad might be correlated with the formation of pollen walls. Moreover, the mature pollen wall might be a storage of calcium for pollen-pistil interaction and pollen germination.

In this study, there is an interesting phenomenon. The calcium precipitates were present in the cytoplasm of young microspores, particularly within small vacuoles. Then, the small vacuoles coalesced to form a large vacuole and the calcium precipitates disappeared from the late microspores. Hepler and Callaham (1987), Hepler and Wayne (1985), Izant (1983), and Wick et al. (1985) demonstrated that calcium is associated with critical events of mitosis in plant cells. After the microspore divided to produce a bicellular pollen grain, the large vacuole in the vegetative cell disaggregated and calcium precipitates reappeared in the vegetative cell cytoplasm. Then, the number of calcium precipitates in the bicellular pollen grains continued to decrease. Calcium is involved in the cell division and polarized tip growth process of pollen tubes (Tirlapur and Willemse, 1992). The calcium distribution pattern observed during C. oleifera anther development exhibited spatial-temporal features; high levels of calcium appeared in C. oleifera anthers at a specific time (at the microspore stage) and in a specific region (vacuole formation of microspores). This result suggests that calcium regulates large vacuole formation in microspores during pollen development in C. oleifera.

The physiological function of calcium during anther development remains unknown. Calcium can regulate many cellular functions according to its cellular location, binding, and solubility (Hepler and Wayne, 2005). Calcium also appears to play a unique and important role in plant cells during wall accretion, vacuolar turgor maintenance, and stomatal movement (Bolwell, 1993; De Silva et al., 1985a, 1985b; Inoue and Katoh, 1987; Schwartz et al., 1988). However, a few studies have examined calcium distribution during anther development and the physiological function of calcium in anther development has not previously been proposed. In the present study, calcium precipitates in anthers mostly accumulated during microspore development. Thus, the presumed functions of calcium in pollen development are as follows: 1) regulating the activation of voltage-dependent ion channels (Hedrich and Neher, 1987); and/or 2) providing osmotic pressure to aid in the formation of vacuoles within a microspore, which contributes to the polarization of the cytoplasm preceding the unequal division of the microspore. In this study, we presumed that the physiological function of calcium during anther development is regulating large vacuole formation in the microspore, which distributes microspore nuclei unequally and initiates microgametogenesis. As pollen matures, calcium leaves the pollen grain and accumulates on the pollen surface, which prepares the pollen for germination when it lands on a stigma.

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    Calcium precipitate distribution in young anthers of Camellia oleifera. (A) Transverse section at the microspore mother cells (MMCs) stage of a C. oleifera anther. (B) Numerous calcium precipitates accumulate on the callose wells of MMCs. (C) After MMC meiosis, numerous calcium precipitates remain on the surface of the tetrad microspore and in callose walls. (D) When the microspores are released from the tetrad, precipitates appear in the cells, particularly in the primexine. (E) The number of calcium precipitates in the tapetal cells decreases. (F) Numerous precipitates appear in the epidermal cells. Ca = calcium; CW = callose wall; En = endothecium; Ep = epidermis; M = microspore; ML = middle layer; Pr = primexine; T = tapetum; Ub = Ubisch body; V = vacuole. Bars: (A) 40 μm, (B, C) 2 μm, (D, E, F) 1 μm.

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    Calcium precipitate distribution in Camellia oleifera anthers at the microspore stage. (A) At the early microspore stage, some scattered precipitates are located in small vacuoles. (B) The sizes of small vacuoles of early microspores increase, and calcium precipitates are specifically located near these vacuoles. (C) The small vacuoles fuse to form large vacuoles, and many precipitates are located on the vacuole membrane. (D) In late microspores, a large vacuole forms, and the number of precipitates in the microspore cytoplasm clearly decreases. (E) Many precipitates remain in the epidermal cells. (F) Meanwhile, many precipitates observed outside the tapetal cells. Ca = calcium; En = endothecium; Ep = epidermis; Ex = exine; In = intine; M = microspore; ML = middle layer; N = nucleus; PM = plasma membrane; T = tapetum; V = vacuole; VM = vacuolar membrane. Bars: (A, B, D, E) 2 μm, (C, F) 1 μm.

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    The pollen grain with a large vacuole of Camellia oleifera at the microspore stage was sectioned (1 μm thick) and pasted on a slide. The asterisk indicates the large vacuole position in a microspore, which was analyzed by using an X-ray detector. V = vacuole.

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    Energy-dispersive X-ray spectra of semithin sections of large vacuoles in microspores of Camellia oleifera microspores. Calcium was present in the large vacuole.

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    Calcium precipitate distribution in Camellia oleifera anthers at the bicellular pollen stage. (A) After microspore division, the calcium precipitates in bicellular pollen increase in number again. (B) A few precipitates are present in the generative cells of the bicellular pollen. (C) At this time, calcium precipitates in the large vacuoles of epidermal cells become quite small. The endothecium cells produce large vacuoles, which contain some precipitates. (D) The tapetal cells degenerate, and no calcium precipitates are present in the cells. (E) In a mature pollen grain, a generative cell becomes elongated. Fewer precipitates are present in the generative cell than in the vegetative cell. (F) Numerous calcium precipitates accumulate on the surface of the mature pollen grain. En = endothecium; Ep = epidermis; Ca = calcium; GC = generative cell; P = pollen; T = tapetum; V = vacuole; VC = vegetative cell. Bars: (A, B, D) 2 μm, (C, E, F) 1 μm.

Calcium precipitate distribution in young anthers of Camellia oleifera. (A) Transverse section at the microspore mother cells (MMCs) stage of a C. oleifera anther. (B) Numerous calcium precipitates accumulate on the callose wells of MMCs. (C) After MMC meiosis, numerous calcium precipitates remain on the surface of the tetrad microspore and in callose walls. (D) When the microspores are released from the tetrad, precipitates appear in the cells, particularly in the primexine. (E) The number of calcium precipitates in the tapetal cells decreases. (F) Numerous precipitates appear in the epidermal cells. Ca = calcium; CW = callose wall; En = endothecium; Ep = epidermis; M = microspore; ML = middle layer; Pr = primexine; T = tapetum; Ub = Ubisch body; V = vacuole. Bars: (A) 40 μm, (B, C) 2 μm, (D, E, F) 1 μm.

Calcium precipitate distribution in Camellia oleifera anthers at the microspore stage. (A) At the early microspore stage, some scattered precipitates are located in small vacuoles. (B) The sizes of small vacuoles of early microspores increase, and calcium precipitates are specifically located near these vacuoles. (C) The small vacuoles fuse to form large vacuoles, and many precipitates are located on the vacuole membrane. (D) In late microspores, a large vacuole forms, and the number of precipitates in the microspore cytoplasm clearly decreases. (E) Many precipitates remain in the epidermal cells. (F) Meanwhile, many precipitates observed outside the tapetal cells. Ca = calcium; En = endothecium; Ep = epidermis; Ex = exine; In = intine; M = microspore; ML = middle layer; N = nucleus; PM = plasma membrane; T = tapetum; V = vacuole; VM = vacuolar membrane. Bars: (A, B, D, E) 2 μm, (C, F) 1 μm.

The pollen grain with a large vacuole of Camellia oleifera at the microspore stage was sectioned (1 μm thick) and pasted on a slide. The asterisk indicates the large vacuole position in a microspore, which was analyzed by using an X-ray detector. V = vacuole.

Energy-dispersive X-ray spectra of semithin sections of large vacuoles in microspores of Camellia oleifera microspores. Calcium was present in the large vacuole.

Calcium precipitate distribution in Camellia oleifera anthers at the bicellular pollen stage. (A) After microspore division, the calcium precipitates in bicellular pollen increase in number again. (B) A few precipitates are present in the generative cells of the bicellular pollen. (C) At this time, calcium precipitates in the large vacuoles of epidermal cells become quite small. The endothecium cells produce large vacuoles, which contain some precipitates. (D) The tapetal cells degenerate, and no calcium precipitates are present in the cells. (E) In a mature pollen grain, a generative cell becomes elongated. Fewer precipitates are present in the generative cell than in the vegetative cell. (F) Numerous calcium precipitates accumulate on the surface of the mature pollen grain. En = endothecium; Ep = epidermis; Ca = calcium; GC = generative cell; P = pollen; T = tapetum; V = vacuole; VC = vegetative cell. Bars: (A, B, D) 2 μm, (C, E, F) 1 μm.

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Contributor Notes

This work was supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. Y3110395) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31170639).

Corresponding author. E-mail: qixin1981@hotmail.com; yuan-deyi@163.com.

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