Fatty acids and their derivatives are essential building blocks for anther cuticle and pollen wall formation. Disruption of lipid metabolism during anther and pollen development often leads to genic male sterility (GMS). To date, many lipid metabolism-related GMS genes that are involved in the formation of anther cuticle, pollen wall, and subcellular organelle membranes in anther wall layers have been identified and characterized. In this review, we summarize recent progress on characterizing lipid metabolism-related genes and their roles in male fertility and other aspects of reproductive development in plants. On the basis of cloned GMS genes controlling biosynthesis and transport of anther cutin, wax, sporopollenin, and tryphine in Arabidopsis, rice, and maize as well as other plant species, updated lipid metabolic networks underlying anther cuticle development and pollen wall formation were proposed. Through bioinformatics analysis of anther RNA-sequencing datasets from three maize inbred lines (Oh43, W23, and B73), a total of 125 novel lipid metabolism-related genes putatively involved in male fertility in maize were deduced. More, we discuss the pathways regulating lipid metabolism-related GMS genes at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. Finally, we highlight recent findings on lipid metabolism-related genes and their roles in other aspects of plant reproductive development. A comprehensive understanding of lipid metabolism, genes involved, and their roles in plant reproductive development will facilitate the application of lipid metabolism-related genes in gene editing, haploid and callus induction, molecular breeding and hybrid seed production in crops.

脂肪酸及其衍生物是花药表皮和花粉壁形成的重要组成部分。花药和花粉发育过程中脂类代谢的破坏通常会导致雄性不育（GMS）。迄今为止，已经鉴定并鉴定了与花药角质层，花粉壁和花药壁层中的亚细胞细胞膜形成有关的许多脂质代谢相关的GMS基因。在这篇综述中，我们总结了表征脂质代谢相关基因及其在雄性育性和植物生殖发育其他方面的作用的最新进展。基于克隆的GMS基因控制拟南芥中花药角质，蜡，孢粉和胰啡肽的生物合成和运输，水稻，玉米，玉米以及其他植物物种，花药角质层发育和花粉壁形成的更新的脂质代谢网络被提出。通过对三个玉米自交系（Oh43，W23和B73）的花药RNA测序数据集进行生物信息学分析，推断出总共125个与玉米雄性育性有关的新的脂质代谢相关基因。此外，我们讨论了在转录和转录后水平调控脂质代谢相关GMS基因的途径。最后，我们重点介绍了脂质代谢相关基因及其在植物生殖发育其他方面的作用的最新发现。对脂质代谢，涉及的基因，