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Li Q, Liu N, Wu C. Novel insights into maize (Zea mays) development and organogenesis for agricultural optimization. PLANTA 2023; 257:94. [PMID: 37031436 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04126-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In maize, intrinsic hormone activities and sap fluxes facilitate organogenesis patterning and plant holistic development; these hormone movements should be a primary focus of developmental biology and agricultural optimization strategies. Maize (Zea mays) is an important crop plant with distinctive life history characteristics and structural features. Genetic studies have extended our knowledge of maize developmental processes, genetics, and molecular ecophysiology. In this review, the classical life cycle and life history strategies of maize are analyzed to identify spatiotemporal organogenesis properties and develop a definitive understanding of maize development. The actions of genes and hormones involved in maize organogenesis and sex determination, along with potential molecular mechanisms, are investigated, with findings suggesting central roles of auxin and cytokinins in regulating maize holistic development. Furthermore, investigation of morphological and structural characteristics of maize, particularly node ubiquity and the alternate attachment pattern of lateral organs, yields a novel regulatory model suggesting that maize organ initiation and subsequent development are derived from the stimulation and interaction of auxin and cytokinin fluxes. Propositions that hormone activities and sap flow pathways control organogenesis are thoroughly explored, and initiation and development processes of distinctive maize organs are discussed. Analysis of physiological factors driving hormone and sap movement implicates cues of whole-plant activity for hormone and sap fluxes to stimulate maize inflorescence initiation and organ identity determination. The physiological origins and biogenetic mechanisms underlying maize floral sex determination occurring at the tassel and ear spikelet are thoroughly investigated. The comprehensive outline of maize development and morphogenetic physiology developed in this review will enable farmers to optimize field management and will provide a reference for de novo crop domestication and germplasm improvement using genome editing biotechnologies, promoting agricultural optimization.
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- Qinglin Li
- Crop Genesis and Novel Agronomy Center, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- Shandong ZhongnongTiantai Seed Co., Ltd, Pingyi, 273300, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China.
- College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China.
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Vysotskaya LB, Arkhipova TN, Kudoyarova GR, Veselov SY. Dependence of growth inhibiting action of increased planting density on capacity of lettuce plants to synthesize ABA. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 220:69-73. [PMID: 29149646 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Inhibition of lettuce plant growth under increased planting density was accompanied by accumulation of abscisic acid (ABA) in the shoots of competing plants. To check causal relationship between these responses we studied the effect of decreased synthesis of ABA on growth indexes and hormonal balance of lettuce plants under elevated density of their planting (one (single) or three (competing) plants per pot). Herbicide fluridone was used to inhibit ABA synthesis. Preliminary experiments with single plants showed that presence of fluridone in the soil solution at rather low concentration (0.001mg/L) did not affect either chlorophyll content or growth rate of shoots and roots during at least one week. Treatment of competing (grouped) plants with this concentration of fluridone prevented both accumulation of ABA and competition induced growth inhibition. These results confirm important role of this hormone in the growth inhibiting effect of increased planting density. Furthermore, as in the case of ABA, fluridone prevented allocation of indoleacetic acid (IAA) to the shoots of competing plants likely contributing to leveling off the increase in the ratio of leaf area to their mass that is characteristic effect of shading in the dense plant populations. The results suggest involvement of ABA in allocation of IAA in competing plants. Application of fluridone did not influence the concentration of cytokinins in the shoots, whose level was decreased by competition either in fluridone treated or control (untreated with fluridone) plants. Accumulation of ABA in the shoots of competing plants accompanied by inhibition of their growth and the absence of either accumulation of ABA or inhibition of their growth in fluridone treated grouped plants confirms importance of ABA synthesis for growth response to competition.
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- Lidiya B Vysotskaya
- Ufa Institute of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Oktyabrya 69, 450054 Ufa, Russian Federation.
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- Ufa Institute of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Oktyabrya 69, 450054 Ufa, Russian Federation.
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- Ufa Institute of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Oktyabrya 69, 450054 Ufa, Russian Federation.
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Wang W, Li H, Lin X, Zhang F, Fang B, Wang Z. The effect of polar auxin transport on adventitious branches formation in Gracilaria lichenoides in vitro. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2016; 158:356-365. [PMID: 27145892 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Seaweed tissue culture (STC) is an important micropropagation tool that has been applied for strain improvement, micropropagation and genetic engineering. Because the mechanisms associated with STC are poorly understood, its application to these organisms lags far behind that of tissue culture propagation of higher plants. Auxin, calcium (Ca2+ ) and hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) fluxes all play key roles during plant growth and development. In this study, we therefore measured indole-3-acetic acid, Ca2+ and H2 O2 fluxes of Gracilaria lichenoides explants during adventitious branches (ABs) formation for the first time using noninvasive micro-test technology. We confirmed that polar auxin transport (PAT) also occurs in the marine red alga G. lichenoides. We additionally found that N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid may suppress auxin efflux via ABCB1 transporters and then inhibit ABs formation from the apical region of G. lichenoides segments. The involvement of Ca2+ and H2 O2 fluxes in PAT-mediated AB formation in G. lichenoides was also investigated. We propose that complex feedback among Ca2+ , H2 O2 and auxin signaling and response systems may occur during ABs polar formation in G. lichenoides explants, similar to that in higher plants. Our results provide innovative insights that should aid future elucidation of mechanisms operative during STC.
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- Wenlei Wang
- Engineering Research Center of Marine Biological Resource Comprehensive Utilization, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, China
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Marine Biological Resource Comprehensive Utilization, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, China
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Marine Biological Resource Comprehensive Utilization, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Marine Biological Resource Comprehensive Utilization, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Marine Biological Resource Comprehensive Utilization, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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Javed MT, Lindberg S, Greger M. Cadmium uptake in Elodea canadensis leaves and its interference with extra- and intra-cellular pH. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2014; 16:615-621. [PMID: 24016297 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This study investigated cadmium (Cd) uptake in Elodea canadensis shoots under different photosynthetic conditions, and its effects on internal (cytosolic) and external pH. The plants were grown under photosynthetic (light) or non-photosynthetic (dark or in the presence of a photosynthetic inhibitor) conditions in the presence or absence of CdCl2 (0.5 μm) in a medium with a starting pH of 5.0. The pH-sensitive dye BCECF-AM was used to monitor cytosolic pH changes in the leaves. Cadmium uptake in protoplasts and leaves was detected with a Cd-specific fluorescent dye, Leadmium Green AM, and with atomic absorption spectrophotometry. During cultivation for 3 days without Cd, shoots of E. canadensis increased the pH of the surrounding water, irrespective of the photosynthetic conditions. This medium alkalisation was higher in the presence of CdCl2 . Moreover, the presence of Cd also increased the cation exchange capacity of the shoots. The total Cd uptake by E. canadensis shoots was independent of photosynthetic conditions. Protoplasts from plants exposed to 0.5 μm CdCl2 for 3 days did not exhibit significant change in cytosolic [Cd(2+)] or pH. However, exposure to CdCl2 for 7 days resulted in increased cytosolic [Cd(2+) ] as well as pH. The results suggest that E. canadensis subjected to a low CdCl2 concentration initially sequesters Cd into the apoplasm, but under prolonged exposure, Cd is transported into the cytosol and subsequently alters cytosolic pH. In contrast, addition of 10-50 μm CdCl2 directly to protoplasts resulted in immediate uptake of Cd into the cytosol.
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- M T Javed
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Kirpichnikova AA, Rudashevskaya EL, Yemelyanov VV, Shishova MF. Ca(2+)-Transport through Plasma Membrane as a Test of Auxin Sensitivity. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2014; 3:209-22. [PMID: 27135501 PMCID: PMC4844295 DOI: 10.3390/plants3020209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Auxin is one of the crucial regulators of plant growth and development. The discovered auxin cytosolic receptor (TIR1) is not involved in the perception of the hormone signal at the plasma membrane. Instead, another receptor, related to the ABP1, auxin binding protein1, is supposed to be responsible for the perception at the plasma membrane. One of the fast and sensitive auxin-induced reactions is an increase of Ca(2+) cytosolic concentration, which is suggested to be dependent on the activation of Ca(2+) influx through the plasma membrane. This investigation was carried out with a plasmalemma enriched vesicle fraction, obtained from etiolated maize coleoptiles. The magnitude of Ca(2+) efflux through the membrane vesicles was estimated according to the shift of potential dependent fluorescent dye diS-C₃-(5). The obtained results showed that during coleoptiles ageing (3rd, 4th and 5th days of seedling etiolated growth) the magnitude of Ca(2+) efflux from inside-out vesicles was decreased. Addition of ABP1 led to a recovery of Ca(2+) efflux to the level of the youngest and most sensitive cells. Moreover, the efflux was more sensitive, responding from 10(-8) to 10(-6) M 1-NAA, in vesicles containing ABP1, whereas native vesicles showed the highest efflux at 10(-6) M 1-NAA. We suggest that auxin increases plasma membrane permeability to Ca(2+) and that ABP1 is involved in modulation of this reaction.
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- Anastasia A. Kirpichnikova
- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; E-Mails: (A.A.K.); (V.V.Y.)
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; E-Mails: (A.A.K.); (V.V.Y.)
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; E-Mails: (A.A.K.); (V.V.Y.)
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; E-Mails: (A.A.K.); (V.V.Y.)
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Vanneste S, Friml J. Calcium: The Missing Link in Auxin Action. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2013; 2:650-75. [PMID: 27137397 PMCID: PMC4844386 DOI: 10.3390/plants2040650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Due to their sessile lifestyles, plants need to deal with the limitations and stresses imposed by the changing environment. Plants cope with these by a remarkable developmental flexibility, which is embedded in their strategy to survive. Plants can adjust their size, shape and number of organs, bend according to gravity and light, and regenerate tissues that were damaged, utilizing a coordinating, intercellular signal, the plant hormone, auxin. Another versatile signal is the cation, Ca(2+), which is a crucial second messenger for many rapid cellular processes during responses to a wide range of endogenous and environmental signals, such as hormones, light, drought stress and others. Auxin is a good candidate for one of these Ca(2+)-activating signals. However, the role of auxin-induced Ca(2+) signaling is poorly understood. Here, we will provide an overview of possible developmental and physiological roles, as well as mechanisms underlying the interconnection of Ca(2+) and auxin signaling.
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- Steffen Vanneste
- Plant Systems Biology, VIB, and Plant Biotechnology and Bio-informatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium.
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- Plant Systems Biology, VIB, and Plant Biotechnology and Bio-informatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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Zörb C, Geilfus CM, Mühling KH, Ludwig-Müller J. The influence of salt stress on ABA and auxin concentrations in two maize cultivars differing in salt resistance. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 170:220-224. [PMID: 23181973 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 09/03/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The plant hormones abscisic acid (ABA) and auxin (IAA, IBA) play important roles in plant responses to environmental stresses such as salinity. Recent breeding improvements in terms of salt resistance of maize have lead to a genotype with improved growth under saline conditions. By comparing this salt-resistant hybrid with a sensitive hybrid, it was possible to show differences in hormone concentrations in expanding leaves and roots. In response to salinity, the salt-resistant maize significantly increased IBA concentrations in growing leaves and maintained IAA concentration in roots. These hormonal adaptations may help to establish favorable conditions for growth-promoting agents such as β-expansins and maintain growth of resistant maize hybrids under salt stress. Moreover, ABA concentrations significantly increased in resistant maize leaves under salt stress, which may contribute to acidifying the apoplast, which in turn is a prerequisite for growth.
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- Christian Zörb
- Institute of Biology, Botany, University Leipzig, Johannisalle 21-23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Shishova MF, Tankelyun OV, Rudashevskaya EL, Emel’yanov VV, Shakhova NV, Kirpichnikova AA. Alteration of transport activity of proton pumps in coleoptile cells during early development stages of maize seedlings. Russ J Dev Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062360412060070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Scherer GFE, Labusch C, Effendi Y. Phospholipases and the Network of Auxin Signal Transduction with ABP1 and TIR1 as Two Receptors: A Comprehensive and Provocative Model. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:56. [PMID: 22629277 PMCID: PMC3355549 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Accepted: 03/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Three types of phospholipases, phospholipase D, secreted phospholipase A(2), and patatin-related phospholipase A (pPLA) have functions in auxin signal transduction. Potential linkage to auxin receptors ABP1 or TIR1, their rapid activation or post-translational activation mechanisms, and downstream functions regulated by these phospholipases is reviewed and discussed. Only for pPLA all aspects are known at least to some detail. Evidence is gathered that all these signal reactions are located in the cytosol and seem to merge on regulation of PIN-catalyzed auxin efflux transport proteins. As a consequence, auxin concentration in the nucleus is also affected and this regulates the E3 activity of this auxin receptor. We showed that ABP1, PIN2, and pPLA, all outside the nucleus, have an impact on regulation of auxin-induced genes within 30 min. We propose that regulation of PIN protein activities and of auxin efflux transport are the means to coordinate ABP1 and TIR1 activity and that no physical contact between components of the ABP1-triggered cytosolic pathways and TIR1-triggered nuclear pathways of signaling is necessary to perform this.
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- Günther F. E. Scherer
- Laboratory Molekulare Ertragsphysiologie, Institut für Zierpflanzenbau und Gehölzwissenschaften, Leibniz Universität HannoverHannover, Germany
- *Correspondence: Günther F. E. Scherer, Laboratory Molekulare Ertragsphysiologie, Institut für Zierpflanzenbau und Gehölzwissenschaften, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, D30419 Hannover, Germany. e-mail:
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- Laboratory Molekulare Ertragsphysiologie, Institut für Zierpflanzenbau und Gehölzwissenschaften, Leibniz Universität HannoverHannover, Germany
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- Laboratory Molekulare Ertragsphysiologie, Institut für Zierpflanzenbau und Gehölzwissenschaften, Leibniz Universität HannoverHannover, Germany
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Yemelyanov VV, Shishova MF, Chirkova TV, Lindberg SM. Anoxia-induced elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ concentration depends on different Ca2+ sources in rice and wheat protoplasts. PLANTA 2011; 234:271-80. [PMID: 21424536 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1396-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Accepted: 03/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The anoxia-dependent elevation of cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration, [Ca(2+)](cyt), was investigated in plants differing in tolerance to hypoxia. The [Ca(2+)](cyt) was measured by fluorescence microscopy in single protoplasts loaded with the calcium-fluoroprobe Fura 2-AM. Imposition of anoxia led to a fast (within 3 min) significant elevation of [Ca(2+)](cyt) in rice leaf protoplasts. A tenfold drop in the external Ca(2+) concentration (to 0.1 mM) resulted in considerable decrease of the [Ca(2+)](cyt) shift. Rice root protoplasts reacted upon anoxia with higher amplitude. Addition of plasma membrane (verapamil, La(3+) and EGTA) and intracellular membrane Ca(2+)-channel antagonists (Li(+), ruthenium red and cyclosporine A) reduced the anoxic Ca(2+)-accumulation in rice. Wheat protoplasts responded to anoxia by smaller changes of [Ca(2+)](cyt). In wheat leaf protoplasts, the amplitude of the Ca(2+)-shift little depended on the external level of Ca(2+). Wheat root protoplasts were characterized by a small shift of [Ca(2+)](cyt) under anoxia. Plasmalemma Ca(2+)-channel blockers had little effect on the elevation of cytosolic Ca(2+) in wheat protoplasts. Intact rice seedlings absorbed Ca(2+) from the external medium under anoxic treatment. On the contrary, wheat seedlings were characterized by leakage of Ca(2+). Verapamil abolished the Ca(2+) influx in rice roots and Ca(2+) efflux from wheat roots. Anoxia-induced [Ca(2+)](cyt) elevation was high particularly in rice, a hypoxia-tolerant species. In conclusion, both external and internal Ca(2+) stores are important for anoxic [Ca(2+)](cyt) elevation in rice, whereas the hypoxia-intolerant wheat does not require external sources for [Ca(2+)](cyt) rise. Leaf and root protoplasts similarly responded to anoxia, independent of their organ origin.
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- Vladislav V Yemelyanov
- Department of Genetics and Breeding, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya em., 7/9, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Scherer GFE. AUXIN-BINDING-PROTEIN1, the second auxin receptor: what is the significance of a two-receptor concept in plant signal transduction? JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:3339-57. [PMID: 21733909 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Since we are living in the 'age of transcription', awareness of aspects other than transcription in auxin signal transduction seems to have faded. One purpose of this review is to recall these other aspects. The focus will also be on the time scales of auxin responses and their potential or known dependence on either AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN 1 (ABP1) or on TRANSPORT-INHIBITOR-RESISTANT1 (TIR1) as a receptor. Furthermore, both direct and indirect evidence for the function of ABP1 as a receptor will be reviewed. Finally, the potential functions of a two-receptor system for auxin and similarities to other two-receptor signalling systems in plants will be discussed. It is suggested that such a functional arrangement is a property of plants which strengthens tissue autonomy and overcomes the lack of nerves or blood circulation which are responsible for rapid signal transport in animals.
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- Günther F E Scherer
- Leibniz-Universität Hannover, Institute for Ornamental Plants and Wood Science, Section Molecular Developmental Physiology, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany.
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Effendi Y, Rietz S, Fischer U, Scherer GFE. The heterozygous abp1/ABP1 insertional mutant has defects in functions requiring polar auxin transport and in regulation of early auxin-regulated genes. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 65:282-94. [PMID: 21223392 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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AUXIN-BINDING PROTEIN 1 (ABP1) is not easily accessible for molecular studies because the homozygous T-DNA insertion mutant is embryo-lethal. We found that the heterozygous abp1/ABP1 insertion mutant has defects in auxin physiology-related responses: higher root slanting angles, longer hypocotyls, agravitropic roots and hypocotyls, aphototropic hypocotyls, and decreased apical dominance. Heterozygous plants flowered earlier than wild-type plants under short-day conditions. The length of the main root, the lateral root density and the hypocotyl length were little altered in the mutant in response to auxin. Compared to wild-type plants, transcription of early auxin-regulated genes (IAA2, IAA11, IAA13, IAA14, IAA19, IAA20, SAUR9, SAUR15, SAUR23, GH3.5 and ABP1) was less strongly up-regulated in the mutant by 0.1, 1 and 10 μm IAA. Surprisingly, ABP1 was itself an early auxin-up-regulated gene. IAA uptake into the mutant seedlings during auxin treatments was indistinguishable from wild-type. Basipetal auxin transport in young roots was slower in the mutant, indicating a PIN2/EIR1 defect, while acropetal transport was indistinguishable from wild-type. In the eir1 background, three of the early auxin-regulated genes tested (IAA2, IAA13 and ABP1) were more strongly induced by 1 μm IAA in comparison to wild-type, but eight of them were less up-regulated in comparison to wild-type. Similar but not identical disturbances in regulation of early auxin-regulated genes indicate tight functional linkage of ABP1 and auxin transport regulation. We hypothesize that ABP1 is involved in the regulation of polar auxin transport, and thus affects local auxin concentration and early auxin gene regulation. In turn, ABP1 itself is under the transcriptional control of auxin.
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- Yunus Effendi
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Zierpflanzenbau und Gehölzforschung, Abt. Molekulare Ertragsphysiologie, Herrenhäuser Straße 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
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Shishova M, Lindberg S. A new perspective on auxin perception. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 167:417-22. [PMID: 20176409 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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An important question in modern plant biology concerns the mechanisms of auxin perception. Despite the recently discovered soluble receptor, the F-box protein TIR1, there is no doubt that another type of signal perception exists, and is linked to the plasma membrane. Two models for the receptor have been suggested: either the receptor includes a protein kinase, or it is coupled with a G-protein. We propose a third model, acting through Ca(2+)-channels in the plasma membrane. The model is based on the revealed rapid auxin-induced reactions, including changes in the membrane potential, shifts in cytosol concentration of Ca(2+) and H(+) and modulation of cell sensitivity to hormones by the external Ca(2+) concentration. Detailed inhibitor analysis with both living cells and isolated plasma membranes show that auxin might directly stimulate Ca(2+) transport through the plasma membrane. A hypothetical scheme of auxin perception at the plasma membrane is suggested together with further transduction events. In addition, comparative analyses of auxin and serotonin perceptions are provided.
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- Maria Shishova
- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
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D'Onofrio C, Lindberg S. Sodium induces simultaneous changes in cytosolic calcium and pH in salt-tolerant quince protoplasts. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 166:1755-63. [PMID: 19556023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2009] [Revised: 05/07/2009] [Accepted: 05/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
Previous experiments with salt-resistant quince BA29 (Cydonia oblonga cv. Mill.) have shown that this cultivar takes up sodium transiently into the cytosol of shoot protoplasts only in the absence of calcium chloride, or at <1mM calcium chloride. Addition of NaCl > or =100mM to single protoplasts from in vitro-cultivated quince in the presence of 1.0mM calcium induced instant changes in the cytosolic concentrations of calcium and protons. These changes were investigated by use of tetra [acetoxymethyl] esters of the fluorescent stilbene chromophores Fura 2 and bis-carboxyethyl-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF), respectively. The cytosolic Ca(2+) dynamics in the protoplasts were dependent on the concentration of NaCl added. The changes in calcium differed in amplitude and final concentration and were correlated in time mainly with changes in pH. Addition of 100-400mM NaCl to the protoplasts caused an oscillating increase in the cytosolic level of calcium, and then a decrease. Addition of mannitol, of equiosmolar concentration to NaCl, did not increase the cytosolic calcium concentration. Moreover, there was no increase in cytosolic calcium when NaCl was added in the presence of calcium binding ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethylether)-N,N,N',N'-tetra acetic acid (EGTA), or lantan or verapamil, two inhibitors of plasma membrane calcium channels. Therefore, we conclude that, in salt-resistant quince, sodium induces an influx of calcium into the cytosol by plasma membrane calcium channels, and a simultaneous increase in cytosolic pH. Because these changes were obtained in the presence of 1mM calcium in the medium, they were not due to sodium uptake into the cytosol.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cladio D'Onofrio
- Dipartimento di Coltivazione e Difesa delle Specie Legnose, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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