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Dries E, Meyers Y, Liesner D, Gonzaga FM, Becker JFM, Zakka EE, Beeckman T, Coelho SM, De Clerck O, Bogaert KA. Cell wall-mediated maternal control of apical-basal patterning of the kelp Undaria pinnatifida. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024. [PMID: 38984686 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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The role of maternal tissue in embryogenesis remains enigmatic in many complex organisms. Here, we investigate the contribution of maternal tissue to apical-basal patterning in the kelp embryo. Focussing on Undaria pinnatifida, we studied the effects of detachment from the maternal tissue using microsurgery, staining of cell wall modifications, morphometric measurements, flow cytometry, genotyping and a modified kelp fertilisation protocol synchronising kelp embryogenesis. Detached embryos are rounder and often show aberrant morphologies. When a part of the oogonial cell wall remains attached to the zygote, the apical-basal patterning is rescued. Furthermore, the absence of contact with maternal tissue increases parthenogenesis, highlighting the critical role of maternal signals in the initial stages of development. These results show a key role for the connection to the maternal oogonial cell wall in apical-basal patterning in kelps. This observation is reminiscent of another brown alga, Fucus, where the cell wall directs the cell fate. Our findings suggest a conserved mechanism across phylogenetically distant oogamous lineages, where localised secretion of sulphated F2 fucans mediates the establishment of the apical-basal polarity. In this model, the maternal oogonial cell wall mediates basal cell fate determination by providing an extrinsic patterning cue to the future kelp embryo.
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- Eloise Dries
- Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands
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- Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium
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- Department of Algal Development and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Max-Planck-Ring 5, Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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- Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium
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- Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium
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- Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Department of Algal Development and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Max-Planck-Ring 5, Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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- Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium
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- Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium
- Department of Algal Development and Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Max-Planck-Ring 5, Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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Possenti M, Sessa G, Alfè A, Turchi L, Ruzza V, Sassi M, Morelli G, Ruberti I. HD-Zip II transcription factors control distal stem cell fate in Arabidopsis roots by linking auxin signaling to the FEZ/SOMBRERO pathway. Development 2024; 151:dev202586. [PMID: 38563568 DOI: 10.1242/dev.202586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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In multicellular organisms, specialized tissues are generated by specific populations of stem cells through cycles of asymmetric cell divisions, where one daughter undergoes differentiation and the other maintains proliferative properties. In Arabidopsis thaliana roots, the columella - a gravity-sensing tissue that protects and defines the position of the stem cell niche - represents a typical example of a tissue whose organization is exclusively determined by the balance between proliferation and differentiation. The columella derives from a single layer of stem cells through a binary cell fate switch that is precisely controlled by multiple, independent regulatory inputs. Here, we show that the HD-Zip II transcription factors (TFs) HAT3, ATHB4 and AHTB2 redundantly regulate columella stem cell fate and patterning in the Arabidopsis root. The HD-Zip II TFs promote columella stem cell proliferation by acting as effectors of the FEZ/SMB circuit and, at the same time, by interfering with auxin signaling to counteract hormone-induced differentiation. Overall, our work shows that HD-Zip II TFs connect two opposing parallel inputs to fine-tune the balance between proliferation and differentiation in columella stem cells.
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- Marco Possenti
- Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Rome 00178, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Rome 00178, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council, Rome 00185, Italy
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Mohanasundaram B, Palit S, Bhide AJ, Pala M, Rajoria K, Girigosavi P, Banerjee AK. PpSCARECROW1 (PpSCR1) regulates leaf blade and mid-vein development in Physcomitrium patens. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 114:12. [PMID: 38324222 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-023-01398-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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In plants, asymmetric cell divisions result in distinct cell fates forming large and small daughter cells, adding to the cellular diversity in an organ. SCARECROW (SCR), a GRAS domain-containing transcription factor controls asymmetric periclinal cell divisions in flowering plants by governing radial patterning of ground tissue in roots and cell proliferation in leaves. Though SCR homologs are present across land plant lineages, the current understanding of their role in cellular patterning and leaf development is mostly limited to flowering plants. Our phylogenetic analysis identified three SCR homologs in moss Physcomitrium patens, amongst which PpSCR1 showed highest expression in gametophores and its promoter activity was prominent at the mid-vein and the flanking leaf blade cells pointing towards its role in leaf development. Notably, out of the three SCR homologs, only the ppscr1 knock-out lines developed slender leaves with four times narrower leaf blade and three times thicker mid-vein. Detailed histology studies revealed that slender leaf phenotype is either due to the loss of anticlinal cell divisions or failure of periclinal division suppression in the leaf blade. RNA-Seq analyses revealed that genes responsible for cell division and differentiation are expressed differentially in the mutant. PpSCR1 overexpression lines exhibited significantly wider leaf lamina, further reconfirming the role in leaf development. Together, our data suggests that PpSCR1 is involved in the leaf blade and mid-vein development of moss and that its role in the regulation of cell division and proliferation is ancient and conserved among flowering plants and mosses.
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- Boominathan Mohanasundaram
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-Pune), Biology Division, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, Maharashtra, India
- Currently at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-Pune), Biology Division, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, Maharashtra, India
- Currently at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-Pune), Biology Division, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-Pune), Biology Division, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-Pune), Biology Division, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-Pune), Biology Division, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, Maharashtra, India
- Currently at National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-Pune), Biology Division, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, Maharashtra, India.
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Oh J, Choi JW, Jang S, Kim SW, Heo JO, Yoon EK, Kim SH, Lim J. Transcriptional control of hydrogen peroxide homeostasis regulates ground tissue patterning in the Arabidopsis root. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1242211. [PMID: 37670865 PMCID: PMC10475948 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1242211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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In multicellular organisms, including higher plants, asymmetric cell divisions (ACDs) play a crucial role in generating distinct cell types. The Arabidopsis root ground tissue initially has two layers: endodermis (inside) and cortex (outside). In the mature root, the endodermis undergoes additional ACDs to produce the endodermis itself and the middle cortex (MC), located between the endodermis and the pre-existing cortex. In the Arabidopsis root, gibberellic acid (GA) deficiency and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) precociously induced more frequent ACDs in the endodermis for MC formation. Thus, these findings suggest that GA and H2O2 play roles in regulating the timing and extent of MC formation. However, details of the molecular interaction between GA signaling and H2O2 homeostasis remain elusive. In this study, we identified the PEROXIDASE 34 (PRX34) gene, which encodes a class III peroxidase, as a molecular link to elucidate the interconnected regulatory network involved in H2O2- and GA-mediated MC formation. Under normal conditions, prx34 showed a reduced frequency of MC formation, whereas the occurrence of MC in prx34 was restored to nearly WT levels in the presence of H2O2. Our results suggest that PRX34 plays a role in H2O2-mediated MC production. Furthermore, we provide evidence that SCARECROW-LIKE 3 (SCL3) regulates H2O2 homeostasis by controlling transcription of PRX34 during root ground tissue maturation. Taken together, our findings provide new insights into how H2O2 homeostasis is achieved by SCL3 to ensure correct radial tissue patterning in the Arabidopsis root.
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- Jiyeong Oh
- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biological Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Su L, Zhang T, Yang B, Dong T, Liu X, Bai Y, Liu H, Xiong J, Zhong Y, Cheng ZMM. Different evolutionary patterns of TIR1/AFBs and AUX/IAAs and their implications for the morphogenesis of land plants. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:265. [PMID: 37202746 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04253-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND The plant hormone auxin is widely involved in plant growth, development, and morphogenesis, and the TIR1/AFB and AUX/IAA proteins are closely linked to rapid auxin response and signal transmission. However, their evolutionary history, historical patterns of expansion and contraction, and changes in interaction relationships are still unknown. RESULTS Here, we analyzed the gene duplications, interactions, and expression patterns of TIR1/AFBs and AUX/IAAs to understand their underlying mechanisms of evolution. The ratios of TIR1/AFBs to AUX/IAAs range from 4:2 in Physcomitrium patens to 6:29 in Arabidopsis thaliana and 3:16 in Fragaria vesca. Whole-genome duplication (WGD) and tandem duplication have contributed to the expansion of the AUX/IAA gene family, but numerous TIR1/AFB gene duplicates were lost after WGD. We further analyzed the expression profiles of TIR1/AFBs and AUX/IAAs in different tissue parts of Physcomitrium patens, Selaginella moellendorffii, Arabidopsis thaliana and Fragaria vesca, and found that TIR1/AFBs and AUX/IAAs were highly expressed in all tissues in P. patens, S. moellendorffii. In A. thaliana and F. vesca, TIR1/AFBs maintained the same expression pattern as the ancient plants with high expression in all tissue parts, while AUX/IAAs appeared tissue-specific expression. In F. vesca, 11 AUX/IAAs interacted with TIR1/AFBs with different interaction strengths, and the functional specificity of AUX/IAAs was related to their ability to bind TIR1/AFBs, thus promoting the development of specific higher plant organs. Verification of the interactions among TIR1/AFBs and AUX/IAAs in Marchantia polymorpha and F. vesca also showed that the regulation of AUX/IAA members by TIR1/AFBs became more refined over the course of plant evolution. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that specific interactions and specific gene expression patterns both contributed to the functional diversification of TIR1/AFBs and AUX/IAAs.
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- Liyao Su
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Echlin M, Aguilar B, Shmulevich I. Characterizing the Impact of Communication on Cellular and Collective Behavior Using a Three-Dimensional Multiscale Cellular Model. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 25:319. [PMID: 36832685 PMCID: PMC9955575 DOI: 10.3390/e25020319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Communication between cells enables the coordination that drives structural and functional complexity in biological systems. Both single and multicellular organisms have evolved diverse communication systems for a range of purposes, including synchronization of behavior, division of labor, and spatial organization. Synthetic systems are also increasingly being engineered to utilize cell-cell communication. While research has elucidated the form and function of cell-cell communication in many biological systems, our knowledge is still limited by the confounding effects of other biological phenomena at play and the bias of the evolutionary background. In this work, our goal is to push forward the context-free understanding of what impact cell-cell communication can have on cellular and population behavior to more fully understand the extent to which cell-cell communication systems can be utilized, modified, and engineered. We use an in silico model of 3D multiscale cellular populations, with dynamic intracellular networks interacting via diffusible signals. We focus on two key communication parameters: the effective interaction distance at which cells are able to interact and the receptor activation threshold. We found that cell-cell communication can be divided into six different forms along the parameter axes, three asocial and three social. We also show that cellular behavior, tissue composition, and tissue diversity are all highly sensitive to both the general form and specific parameters of communication even when the cellular network has not been biased towards that behavior.
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- Moriah Echlin
- Prostate Cancer Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland
- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Zhang Y, Xu T, Dong J. Asymmetric cell division in plant development. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 65:343-370. [PMID: 36610013 PMCID: PMC9975081 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Asymmetric cell division (ACD) is a fundamental process that generates new cell types during development in eukaryotic species. In plant development, post-embryonic organogenesis driven by ACD is universal and more important than in animals, in which organ pattern is preset during embryogenesis. Thus, plant development provides a powerful system to study molecular mechanisms underlying ACD. During the past decade, tremendous progress has been made in our understanding of the key components and mechanisms involved in this important process in plants. Here, we present an overview of how ACD is determined and regulated in multiple biological processes in plant development and compare their conservation and specificity among different model cell systems. We also summarize the molecular roles and mechanisms of the phytohormones in the regulation of plant ACD. Finally, we conclude with the overarching paradigms and principles that govern plant ACD and consider how new technologies can be exploited to fill the knowledge gaps and make new advances in the field.
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- Yi Zhang
- Plant Synthetic Biology Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, and College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
- The Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Correspondences: Yi Zhang (); Juan Dong (). Yi Zhang and Juan Dong are fully responsible for the distribution of all materials associated with this article
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- Plant Synthetic Biology Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, and College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- The Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08891, USA
- Correspondences: Yi Zhang (); Juan Dong (). Yi Zhang and Juan Dong are fully responsible for the distribution of all materials associated with this article
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Nan Q, Char SN, Yang B, Bennett EJ, Yang B, Facette MR. Polarly localized WPR proteins interact with PAN receptors and the actin cytoskeleton during maize stomatal development. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:469-487. [PMID: 36227066 PMCID: PMC9806561 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Polarization of cells prior to asymmetric cell division is crucial for correct cell divisions, cell fate, and tissue patterning. In maize (Zea mays) stomatal development, the polarization of subsidiary mother cells (SMCs) prior to asymmetric division is controlled by the BRICK (BRK)-PANGLOSS (PAN)-RHO FAMILY GTPASE (ROP) pathway. Two catalytically inactive receptor-like kinases, PAN2 and PAN1, are required for correct division plane positioning. Proteins in the BRK-PAN-ROP pathway are polarized in SMCs, with the polarization of each protein dependent on the previous one. As most of the known proteins in this pathway do not physically interact, possible interactors that might participate in the pathway are yet to be described. We identified WEAK CHLOROPLAST MOVEMENT UNDER BLUE LIGHT 1 (WEB1)/PLASTID MOVEMENT IMPAIRED 2 (PMI2)-RELATED (WPR) proteins as players during SMC polarization in maize. WPRs physically interact with PAN receptors and polarly accumulate in SMCs. The polarized localization of WPR proteins depends on PAN2 but not PAN1. CRISPR-Cas9-induced mutations result in division plane defects in SMCs, and ectopic expression of WPR-RFP results in stomatal defects and alterations to the actin cytoskeleton. We show that certain WPR proteins directly interact with F-actin through their N-terminus. Our data implicate WPR proteins as potentially regulating actin filaments, providing insight into their molecular function. These results demonstrate that WPR proteins are important for cell polarization.
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- Qiong Nan
- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- University of CaliforniaUniversity of California, San Diego, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- University of CaliforniaUniversity of California, San Diego, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, Missouri 63132, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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A Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Molecular Mechanisms That Underlie Somatic Embryogenesis in Peaonia ostii ‘Fengdan’. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810595. [PMID: 36142512 PMCID: PMC9505998 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Low propagation rate is the primary problem that limits industry development of tree peony. In this study, a highly efficient regeneration system for tree peony using somatic embryogenesis (SE) was established. The transcriptomes of zygotic embryo explants (S0), non-embryonic callus (S1), embryonic callus (S2), somatic embryos (S3), and regenerated shoots (S4) were analyzed to determine the regulatory mechanisms that underlie SE in tree peony. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in the pairwise comparisons of S1-vs-S2 and S1-vs-S3, respectively. The enriched DEGs were primarily involved in hormone signal transduction, stress response and the nucleus (epigenetic modifications). The results indicated that cell division, particularly asymmetric cell division, was enhanced in S3. Moreover, the genes implicated in cell fate determination played central roles in S3. Hormone signal pathways work in concert with epigenetic modifications and stress responses to regulate SE. SERK, WOX9, BBM, FUS3, CUC, and WUS were characterized as the molecular markers for tree peony SE. To our knowledge, this is the first study of the SE of tree peony using transcriptome sequencing. These results will improve our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underly SE in tree peony and will benefit the propagation and genetic engineering of this plant.
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Narasimhan M, Simon R. Spatial range, temporal span, and promiscuity of CLE-RLK signaling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:906087. [PMID: 36092449 PMCID: PMC9459042 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.906087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION-RELATED (CLE) signaling through receptor-like kinases (RLKs) regulates developmental transitions and responses to biotic and abiotic inputs by communicating the physiological state of cells and tissues. CLE peptides have varying signaling ranges, which can be defined as the distance between the source, i.e., the cells or tissue that secrete the peptide, and their destination, i.e., cells or tissue where the RLKs that bind the peptide and/or respond are expressed. Case-by-case analysis substantiates that CLE signaling is predominantly autocrine or paracrine, and rarely endocrine. Furthermore, upon CLE reception, the ensuing signaling responses extend from cellular to tissue, organ and whole organism level as the downstream signal gets amplified. CLE-RLK-mediated effects on tissue proliferation and differentiation, or on subsequent primordia and organ development have been widely studied. However, studying how CLE-RLK regulates different stages of proliferation and differentiation at cellular level can offer additional insights into these processes. Notably, CLE-RLK signaling also mediates diverse non-developmental effects, which are less often observed; however, this could be due to biased experimental approaches. In general, CLEs and RLKs, owing to the sequence or structural similarity, are prone to promiscuous interactions at least under experimental conditions in which they are studied. Importantly, there are regulatory mechanisms that suppress CLE-RLK cross-talk in vivo, thereby eliminating the pressure for co-evolving binding specificity. Alternatively, promiscuity in signaling may also offer evolutionary advantages and enable different CLEs to work in combination to activate or switch off different RLK signaling pathways.
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- Madhumitha Narasimhan
- Institute for Developmental Genetics, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Developmental Genetics and Cluster of Excellence in Plant Sciences, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Du Y, Roldan MVG, Haraghi A, Haili N, Izhaq F, Verdenaud M, Boualem A, Bendahmane A. Spatially expressed WIP genes control Arabidopsis embryonic root development. NATURE PLANTS 2022; 8:635-645. [PMID: 35710883 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-022-01172-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Development of plant organs is a highly organized process. In Arabidopsis, proper root development requires that distinct cell types and tissue layers are specified and formed in a restricted manner in space and over time. Despite its importance, genetic controls underlying such regularity remain elusive. Here we found that WIP genes expressed in the embryo and suspensor functionally oppose those expressed in the surrounding maternal tissues to orchestrate cell division orientation and cell fate specification in the embryonic root, thereby promoting regular root formation. The maternal WIPs act non-cell autonomously to repress root cell fate specification through SIMILAR TO RADICAL-INDUCED CELL DEATH ONE (SRO) family members. When losing all WIPs, root cells divide irregularly in the early embryo, but this barely alters their fate specification and the morphology of post-embryonic roots. Our results reveal cross-communication between the embryonic and maternal WIPs in controlling root development.
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- Yujuan Du
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), INRAE, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, University of Evry, University of Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette, France.
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), INRAE, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, University of Evry, University of Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), INRAE, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, University of Evry, University of Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), INRAE, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, University of Evry, University of Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), INRAE, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, University of Evry, University of Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), INRAE, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, University of Evry, University of Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), INRAE, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, University of Evry, University of Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), INRAE, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, University of Evry, University of Paris Cité, Gif sur Yvette, France.
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Yi P, Goshima G. Division site determination during asymmetric cell division in plants. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:2120-2139. [PMID: 35201345 PMCID: PMC9134084 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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During development, both animals and plants exploit asymmetric cell division (ACD) to increase tissue complexity, a process that usually generates cells dissimilar in size, morphology, and fate. Plants lack the key regulators that control ACD in animals. Instead, plants have evolved two unique cytoskeletal structures to tackle this problem: the preprophase band (PPB) and phragmoplast. The assembly of the PPB and phragmoplast and their contributions to division plane orientation have been extensively studied. However, how the division plane is positioned off the cell center during asymmetric division is poorly understood. Over the past 20 years, emerging evidence points to a critical role for polarly localized membrane proteins in this process. Although many of these proteins are species- or cell type specific, and the molecular mechanism underlying division asymmetry is not fully understood, common features such as morphological changes in cells, cytoskeletal dynamics, and nuclear positioning have been observed. In this review, we provide updates on polarity establishment and nuclear positioning during ACD in plants. Together with previous findings about symmetrically dividing cells and the emerging roles of developmental cues, we aim to offer evolutionary insight into a common framework for asymmetric division-site determination and highlight directions for future work.
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- Sugashima Marine Biological Laboratory, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Toba 517-0004, Japan
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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Sakai Y, Higaki T, Ishizaki K, Nishihama R, Kohchi T, Hasezawa S. Migration of prospindle before the first asymmetric division in germinating spore of Marchantia polymorpha. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY (TOKYO, JAPAN) 2022; 39:5-12. [PMID: 35800969 PMCID: PMC9200083 DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.21.1217b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The development of the plant body starts with spore germination in bryophytes. In many cases, the first division of the spore occurs after germination and cell elongation of the spore. In Marchantia polymorpha, asymmetric division occurs upon spore germination to generate two daughter cells: the larger one retains the ability to divide and develops into the thallus via sporeling or protonema, while the smaller one maintains tip growth and differentiates into the first rhizoid, providing a scaffold for initial development. Although spore germination of M. polymorpha was described in the 19th century, the intracellular processes of the first asymmetric division of the spore have not been well characterized. In this study, we used live-cell imaging analyses to elucidate microtubule dynamics during the first asymmetric division concomitantly with germination. In particular, we demonstrated that the preprophase band was not formed in the spore and that the bipolar prospindle, which is a microtubule structure surrounding the nucleus during prophase, migrated from the center to the periphery in the spore, suggesting that it was the earliest visible sign of cell polarity. We also showed that the occurrence of asymmetric division depended on actin filaments. Our findings regarding the first division of the spore in M. polymorpha will lead to a better model for cell-autonomous asymmetric division in plants.
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- Yuuki Sakai
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
- Graduate School of Sciences, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
- E-mail: Tel: +81-78-803-5727
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
- Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555 Japan
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- Graduate School of Sciences, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Hosei University, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8584 Japan
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Alejo-Vinogradova MT, Ornelas-Ayala D, Vega-León R, Garay-Arroyo A, García-Ponce B, R Álvarez-Buylla E, Sanchez MDLP. Unraveling the role of epigenetic regulation in asymmetric cell division during plant development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:38-49. [PMID: 34518884 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Asymmetric cell divisions are essential to generate different cellular lineages. In plants, asymmetric cell divisions regulate the correct formation of the embryo, stomatal cells, apical and root meristems, and lateral roots. Current knowledge of regulation of asymmetric cell divisions suggests that, in addition to the function of key transcription factor networks, epigenetic mechanisms play crucial roles. Therefore, we highlight the importance of epigenetic regulation and chromatin dynamics for integration of signals and specification of cells that undergo asymmetric cell divisions, as well as for cell maintenance and cell fate establishment of both progenitor and daughter cells. We also discuss the polarization and segregation of cell components to ensure correct epigenetic memory or resetting of epigenetic marks during asymmetric cell divisions.
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- M Teresa Alejo-Vinogradova
- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de plantas. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria. UNAM, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de plantas. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria. UNAM, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de plantas. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria. UNAM, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de plantas. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria. UNAM, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de plantas. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria. UNAM, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de plantas. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria. UNAM, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de plantas. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria. UNAM, México D.F. 04510, México
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Sun C, Li D, Gao Z, Gao L, Shang L, Wang M, Qiao J, Ding S, Li C, Geisler M, Jiang D, Qi Y, Qian Q. OsRLR4 binds to the OsAUX1 promoter to negatively regulate primary root development in rice. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 64:118-134. [PMID: 34726825 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Root architecture is one of the most important agronomic traits that determines rice crop yield. The primary root (PR) absorbs mineral nutrients and provides mechanical support; however, the molecular mechanisms of PR elongation remain unclear in rice. Here, the two loss-of-function T-DNA insertion mutants of root length regulator 4 (OsRLR4), osrlr4-1 and osrlr4-2 with longer PR, and three OsRLR4 overexpression lines, OE-OsRLR4-1/-2/-3 with shorter PR compared to the wild type/Hwayoung (WT/HY), were identified. OsRLR4 is one of five members of the PRAF subfamily of the regulator chromosome condensation 1 (RCC1) family. Phylogenetic analysis of OsRLR4 from wild and cultivated rice indicated that it is under selective sweeps, suggesting its potential role in domestication. OsRLR4 controls PR development by regulating auxin accumulation in the PR tip and thus the root apical meristem activity. A series of biochemical and genetic analyses demonstrated that OsRLR4 functions directly upstream of the auxin transporter OsAUX1. Moreover, OsRLR4 interacts with the TRITHORAX-like protein OsTrx1 to promote H3K4me3 deposition at the OsAUX1 promoter, thus altering its transcription level. This work provides insight into the cooperation of auxin and epigenetic modifications in regulating root architecture and provides a genetic resource for plant architecture breeding.
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- Chendong Sun
- Key Laboratory of Herbage & Endemic Crop Biology of Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Herbage & Endemic Crop Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an Hangzhou, 311300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Herbage & Endemic Crop Biology of Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Herbage & Endemic Crop Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, CH-1700, Switzerland
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Herbage & Endemic Crop Biology of Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Herbage & Endemic Crop Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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Schütz LM, Louveaux M, Vilches Barro A, Bouziri S, Cerrone L, Wolny A, Kreshuk A, Hamprecht FA, Maizel A. Integration of Cell Growth and Asymmetric Division during Lateral Root Initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 62:1269-1279. [PMID: 33725093 PMCID: PMC8579162 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcab038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Lateral root formation determines to a large extent the ability of plants to forage their environment and thus their growth. In Arabidopsis thaliana and other angiosperms, lateral root initiation requires radial cell expansion and several rounds of anticlinal cell divisions that give rise to a central core of small cells, which express different markers than the larger surrounding cells. These small central cells then switch their plane of divisions to periclinal and give rise to seemingly morphologically similar daughter cells that have different identities and establish the different cell types of the new root. Although the execution of these anticlinal and periclinal divisions is tightly regulated and essential for the correct development of the lateral root, we know little about their geometrical features. Here, we generate a four-dimensional reconstruction of the first stages of lateral root formation and analyze the geometric features of the anticlinal and periclinal divisions. We identify that the periclinal divisions of the small central cells are morphologically dissimilar and asymmetric. We show that mother cell volume is different when looking at anticlinal vs. periclinal divisions and the repeated anticlinal divisions do not lead to reduction in cell volume, although cells are shorter. Finally, we show that cells undergoing a periclinal division are characterized by a strong cell expansion. Our results indicate that cells integrate growth and division to precisely partition their volume upon division during the first two stages of lateral root formation.
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- Lilli Marie Schütz
- Center for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
- Agrilution Systems GmbH, Munich 81249, Germany
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- Center for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
- Institut Pasteur, Paris 75014, France
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- Center for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Center for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- HCI-IWR, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
- EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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Studying Cell Division Plane Positioning in Early-Stage Embryos. Methods Mol Biol 2021. [PMID: 34705238 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1744-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Unraveling the mechanisms that govern division plane orientation is a major challenge to understand plant development. In this respect, the Arabidopsis early embryo is a model system of choice since embryogenesis is relatively simple and cell division planes orientation is highly predictable. Here we present an integrated set of protocols to study 3D cell division patterns in early-stage Arabidopsis embryos that combine both cellular and sub-cellular localization of selected protein markers with spatial organization of cells, cytoskeleton, and nuclei.
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Campos R, Van Norman JM. Confocal Analysis of Arabidopsis Root Cell Divisions in 3D: A Focus on the Endodermis. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2382:181-207. [PMID: 34705240 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1744-1_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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The development of multicellular organisms requires coordinated cell divisions for the production of diverse cell types and body plan elaboration and growth. There are two main types of cell divisions: proliferative or symmetric divisions, which produce more cells of a given type, and formative or asymmetric divisions, which produce cells of different types. Because plant cells are surrounded by cell walls, the orientation of plant cell divisions is particularly important in cell fate specification and tissue or organ morphology. The cellular organization of the Arabidopsis thaliana root makes an excellent tool to study how oriented cell division contributes to tissue patterning during organ development. To understand how division plane orientation in a specific genotype or growth condition may impact organ or tissue development, a detailed characterization of cell division orientation is required. Here we describe a confocal microscopy-based, live imaging method for Arabidopsis root tips to examine the 3D orientations of cell division planes and quantify formative, proliferative, and atypical endodermal cell divisions.
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- Roya Campos
- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
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Bertolotti G, Scintu D, Dello Ioio R. A small cog in a large wheel: crucial role of miRNAs in root apical meristem patterning. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:6755-6767. [PMID: 34350947 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In both animal and plants, establishment of body axes is fundamental for proper organ development. Plant roots show two main developmental axes: the proximo-distal axis, which spans from the hypocotyl-root junction to the root tip; and the radial axis, which traverses from the vascular tissue to the epidermis. Root axes are determined in the root meristem. The root meristem occupies the tip of the root and contains self-renewing stem cells, which continuously produce new root cells. An intricate network of signalling pathways regulates meristem function and patterning to ensure proper root development and growth. In the last decade, miRNAs, 20-21 nucleotide-long molecules with morphogenetic activity, emerged as central regulators of root cell patterning. Their activity intersects with master regulators of meristematic activity, including phytohormones. In this review, we discuss the latest findings about the activity of miRNAs and their interaction with other molecular networks in the formation of root meristem axes. Furthermore, we describe how these small molecules allow root growth to adapt to changes in the environment, while maintaining the correct patterning.
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- Gaia Bertolotti
- University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Department of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Via dei Sardi 70, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Department of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Via dei Sardi 70, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Department of Biology and Biotechnology, 'Charles Darwin', Via dei Sardi 70, Rome, Italy
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Ubogoeva EV, Zemlyanskaya EV, Xu J, Mironova V. Mechanisms of stress response in the root stem cell niche. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:6746-6754. [PMID: 34111279 PMCID: PMC8513250 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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As plants are sessile organisms unable to escape from environmental hazards, they need to adapt for survival. The stem cell niche in the root apical meristem is particularly sensitive to DNA damage induced by environmental stresses such as chilling, flooding, wounding, UV, and irradiation. DNA damage has been proven to cause stem cell death, with stele stem cells being the most vulnerable. Stress also induces the division of quiescent center cells. Both reactions disturb the structure and activity of the root stem cell niche temporarily; however, this preserves root meristem integrity and function in the long term. Plants have evolved many mechanisms that ensure stem cell niche maintenance, recovery, and acclimation, allowing them to survive in a changing environment. Here, we provide an overview of the cellular and molecular aspects of stress responses in the root stem cell niche.
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Plant Systems Physiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Department of Plant Systems Physiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Ötvös K, Miskolczi P, Marhavý P, Cruz-Ramírez A, Benková E, Robert S, Bakó L. Pickle Recruits Retinoblastoma Related 1 to Control Lateral Root Formation in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22083862. [PMID: 33917959 PMCID: PMC8068362 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22083862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 04/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Lateral root (LR) formation is an example of a plant post-embryonic organogenesis event. LRs are issued from non-dividing cells entering consecutive steps of formative divisions, proliferation and elongation. The chromatin remodeling protein PICKLE (PKL) negatively regulates auxin-mediated LR formation through a mechanism that is not yet known. Here we show that PKL interacts with RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED 1 (RBR1) to repress the LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES-DOMAIN 16 (LBD16) promoter activity. Since LBD16 function is required for the formative division of LR founder cells, repression mediated by the PKL–RBR1 complex negatively regulates formative division and LR formation. Inhibition of LR formation by PKL–RBR1 is counteracted by auxin, indicating that, in addition to auxin-mediated transcriptional responses, the fine-tuned process of LR formation is also controlled at the chromatin level in an auxin-signaling dependent manner.
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- Krisztina Ötvös
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Center, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria; (P.M.); (E.B.)
- Bioresources Unit, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 3430 Tulln, Austria
- Correspondence: (K.Ö.); (L.B.); Tel.: +46-907867970 (K.Ö.); Fax: +46-907866676 (K.Ö.)
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- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Center, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden; (P.M.); (S.R.)
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria; (P.M.); (E.B.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Complexity at Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, (CINVESTAV-IPN), 36590 Irapuato, Mexico;
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria; (P.M.); (E.B.)
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- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Center, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden; (P.M.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Center, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
- Correspondence: (K.Ö.); (L.B.); Tel.: +46-907867970 (K.Ö.); Fax: +46-907866676 (K.Ö.)
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Gong Y, Alassimone J, Varnau R, Sharma N, Cheung LS, Bergmann DC. Tuning self-renewal in the Arabidopsis stomatal lineage by hormone and nutrient regulation of asymmetric cell division. eLife 2021; 10:e63335. [PMID: 33739283 PMCID: PMC8009662 DOI: 10.7554/elife.63335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Asymmetric and self-renewing divisions build and pattern tissues. In the Arabidopsis stomatal lineage, asymmetric cell divisions, guided by polarly localized cortical proteins, generate most cells on the leaf surface. Systemic and environmental signals modify tissue development, but the mechanisms by which plants incorporate such cues to regulate asymmetric divisions are elusive. In a screen for modulators of cell polarity, we identified CONSTITUTIVE TRIPLE RESPONSE1, a negative regulator of ethylene signaling. We subsequently revealed antagonistic impacts of ethylene and glucose signaling on the self-renewing capacity of stomatal lineage stem cells. Quantitative analysis of cell polarity and fate dynamics showed that developmental information may be encoded in both the spatial and temporal asymmetries of polarity proteins. These results provide a framework for a mechanistic understanding of how nutritional status and environmental factors tune stem-cell behavior in the stomatal lineage, ultimately enabling flexibility in leaf size and cell-type composition.
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- Yan Gong
- Department of Biology, Stanford UniversityStanfordUnited States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford UniversityStanfordUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford UniversityStanfordUnited States
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUnited States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford UniversityStanfordUnited States
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford UniversityStanfordUnited States
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A ClearSee-Based Clearing Protocol for 3D Visualization of Arabidopsis thaliana Embryos. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10020190. [PMID: 33498275 PMCID: PMC7909245 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tissue clearing methods combined with confocal microscopy have been widely used for studying developmental biology. In plants, ClearSee is a reliable clearing method that is applicable to a wide range of tissues and is suitable for gene expression analysis using fluorescent reporters, but its application to the Arabidopsis thaliana embryo, a model system to study morphogenesis and pattern formation, has not been described in the original literature. Here, we describe a ClearSee-based clearing protocol which is suitable for obtaining 3D images of Arabidopsis thaliana embryos. The method consists of embryo dissection, fixation, washing, clearing, and cell wall staining and enables high-quality 3D imaging of embryo morphology and expression of fluorescent reporters with the cellular resolution. Our protocol provides a reliable method that is applicable to the analysis of morphogenesis and gene expression patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana embryos.
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Cabral LM, Masuda HP, Ballesteros HF, de Almeida-Engler J, Alves-Ferreira M, De Toni KLG, Bizotto FM, Ferreira PCG, Hemerly AS. ABAP1 Plays a Role in the Differentiation of Male and Female Gametes in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:642758. [PMID: 33643370 PMCID: PMC7903899 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.642758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The correct development of a diploid sporophyte body and a haploid gametophyte relies on a strict coordination between cell divisions in space and time. During plant reproduction, these divisions have to be temporally and spatially coordinated with cell differentiation processes, to ensure a successful fertilization. Armadillo BTB Arabidopsis protein 1 (ABAP1) is a plant exclusive protein that has been previously reported to control proliferative cell divisions during leaf growth in Arabidopsis. Here, we show that ABAP1 binds to different transcription factors that regulate male and female gametophyte differentiation, repressing their target genes expression. During male gametogenesis, the ABAP1-TCP16 complex represses CDT1b transcription, and consequently regulates microspore first asymmetric mitosis. In the female gametogenesis, the ABAP1-ADAP complex represses EDA24-like transcription, regulating polar nuclei fusion to form the central cell. Therefore, besides its function during vegetative development, this work shows that ABAP1 is also involved in differentiation processes during plant reproduction, by having a dual role in regulating both the first asymmetric cell division of male gametophyte and the cell differentiation (or cell fusion) of female gametophyte.
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- Luiz M. Cabral
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Université Côte d’Azur, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Adriana S. Hemerly, ;
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Desvoyes B, Gutierrez C. Roles of plant retinoblastoma protein: cell cycle and beyond. EMBO J 2020; 39:e105802. [PMID: 32865261 PMCID: PMC7527812 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020105802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The human retinoblastoma (RB1) protein is a tumor suppressor that negatively regulates cell cycle progression through its interaction with members of the E2F/DP family of transcription factors. However, RB-related (RBR) proteins are an early acquisition during eukaryote evolution present in plant lineages, including unicellular algae, ancient plants (ferns, lycophytes, liverworts, mosses), gymnosperms, and angiosperms. The main RBR protein domains and interactions with E2Fs are conserved in all eukaryotes and not only regulate the G1/S transition but also the G2/M transition, as part of DREAM complexes. RBR proteins are also important for asymmetric cell division, stem cell maintenance, and the DNA damage response (DDR). RBR proteins play crucial roles at every developmental phase transition, in association with chromatin factors, as well as during the reproductive phase during female and male gametes production and embryo development. Here, we review the processes where plant RBR proteins play a role and discuss possible avenues of research to obtain a full picture of the multifunctional roles of RBR for plant life.
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Cell polarity in plants operates across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales to control processes from acute cell growth to systemic hormone distribution. Similar to other eukaryotes, plants generate polarity at both the subcellular and tissue levels, often through polarization of membrane-associated protein complexes. However, likely due to the constraints imposed by the cell wall and their extremely plastic development, plants possess novel polarity molecules and mechanisms highly tuned to environmental inputs. Considerable progress has been made in identifying key plant polarity regulators, but detailed molecular understanding of polarity mechanisms remains incomplete in plants. Here, we emphasize the striking similarities in the conceptual frameworks that generate polarity in both animals and plants. To this end, we highlight how novel, plant-specific proteins engage in common themes of positive feedback, dynamic intracellular trafficking, and posttranslational regulation to establish polarity axes in development. We end with a discussion of how environmental signals control intrinsic polarity to impact postembryonic organogenesis and growth.
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- Andrew Muroyama
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5020, USA; .,Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5020, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5020, USA; .,Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5020, USA
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Wang K, Chen H, Miao Y, Bayer M. Square one: zygote polarity and early embryogenesis in flowering plants. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 53:128-133. [PMID: 31727540 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the last two decades, work on auxin signaling has helped to understand many aspects of the fundamental process underlying the specification of tissue types in the plant embryo. However, the immediate steps after fertilization including the polarization of the zygote and the initial body axis formation remained poorly understood. Valuable insight into these enigmatic processes has been gained by studying fertilization in grasses. Recent technical advances in transcriptomics of developing embryos with high spatial and temporal resolution give an emerging picture of the rapid changes of the zygotic developmental program. Together with the use of live imaging of novel fluorescent marker lines, these data are now the basis of unraveling the very first steps of the embryonic patterning process.
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- Kai Wang
- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Max-Planck-Ring 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Max-Planck-Ring 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Max-Planck-Ring 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Max-Planck-Ring 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Bacteria participate in a wide diversity of symbiotic associations with eukaryotic hosts that require precise interactions for bacterial recognition and persistence. Most commonly, host-associated bacteria interfere with host gene expression to modulate the immune response to the infection. However, many of these bacteria also interfere with host cellular differentiation pathways to create a hospitable niche, resulting in the formation of novel cell types, tissues, and organs. In both of these situations, bacterial symbionts must interact with eukaryotic regulatory pathways. Here, we detail what is known about how bacterial symbionts, from pathogens to mutualists, control host cellular differentiation across the central dogma, from epigenetic chromatin modifications, to transcription and mRNA processing, to translation and protein modifications. We identify four main trends from this survey. First, mechanisms for controlling host gene expression appear to evolve from symbionts co-opting cross-talk between host signaling pathways. Second, symbiont regulatory capacity is constrained by the processes that drive reductive genome evolution in host-associated bacteria. Third, the regulatory mechanisms symbionts exhibit correlate with the cost/benefit nature of the association. And, fourth, symbiont mechanisms for interacting with host genetic regulatory elements are not bound by native bacterial capabilities. Using this knowledge, we explore how the ubiquitous intracellular Wolbachia symbiont of arthropods and nematodes may modulate host cellular differentiation to manipulate host reproduction. Our survey of the literature on how infection alters gene expression in Wolbachia and its hosts revealed that, despite their intermediate-sized genomes, different strains appear capable of a wide diversity of regulatory manipulations. Given this and Wolbachia's diversity of phenotypes and eukaryotic-like proteins, we expect that many symbiont-induced host differentiation mechanisms will be discovered in this system.
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- Shelbi L Russell
- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
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Yuan TT, Xu HH, Li J, Lu YT. Auxin abolishes SHI-RELATED SEQUENCE5-mediated inhibition of lateral root development in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:297-309. [PMID: 31403703 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Lateral roots (LRs), which form in the plant postembryonically, determine the architecture of the root system. While negative regulatory factors that inhibit LR formation and are counteracted by auxin exist in the pericycle, these factors have not been characterised. Here, we report that SHI-RELATED SEQUENCE5 (SRS5) is an intrinsic negative regulator of LR formation and that auxin signalling abolishes this inhibitory effect of SRS5. Whereas LR primordia (LRPs) and LRs were fewer and less dense in SRS5ox and Pro35S:SRS5-GFP plants than in the wild-type, they were more abundant and denser in the srs5-2 loss-of-function mutant. SRS5 inhibited LR formation by directly downregulating the expression of LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES-DOMAIN 16 (LBD16) and LBD29. Auxin repressed SRS5 expression. Auxin-mediated repression of SRS5 expression was not observed in the arf7-1 arf19-1 double mutant, likely because ARF7 and ARF19 bind to the promoter of SRS5 and inhibit its expression in response to auxin. Taken together, our data reveal that SRS5 negatively regulates LR formation by repressing the expression of LBD16 and LBD29 and that auxin releases this inhibitory effect through ARF7 and ARF19.
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- Ting-Ting Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-Industry Technology, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, 222005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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Yang K, Wang L, Le J, Dong J. Cell polarity: Regulators and mechanisms in plants. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 62:132-147. [PMID: 31889400 PMCID: PMC7196246 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cell polarity plays an important role in a wide range of biological processes in plant growth and development. Cell polarity is manifested as the asymmetric distribution of molecules, for example, proteins and lipids, at the plasma membrane and/or inside of a cell. Here, we summarize a few polarized proteins that have been characterized in plants and we review recent advances towards understanding the molecular mechanism for them to polarize at the plasma membrane. Multiple mechanisms, including membrane trafficking, cytoskeletal activities, and protein phosphorylation, and so forth define the polarized plasma membrane domains. Recent discoveries suggest that the polar positioning of the proteo-lipid membrane domain may instruct the formation of polarity complexes in plants. In this review, we highlight the factors and regulators for their functions in establishing the membrane asymmetries in plant development. Furthermore, we discuss a few outstanding questions to be addressed to better understand the mechanisms by which cell polarity is regulated in plants.
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- Kezhen Yang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- Correspondences: Kezhen Yang (); Juan Dong (, Dr. Dong is fully responsible for the distributions of all materials associated with this article)
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- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08901, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08901, USA
- Correspondences: Kezhen Yang (); Juan Dong (, Dr. Dong is fully responsible for the distributions of all materials associated with this article)
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Baldazzi V, Valsesia P, Génard M, Bertin N. Organ-wide and ploidy-dependent regulation both contribute to cell-size determination: evidence from a computational model of tomato fruit. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:6215-6228. [PMID: 31504751 PMCID: PMC6859726 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz398] [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: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The development of a new organ is the result of coordinated events of cell division and expansion, in strong interaction with each other. This study presents a dynamic model of tomato fruit development that includes cell division, endoreduplication, and expansion processes. The model is used to investigate the potential interactions among these developmental processes within the context of the neo-cellular theory. In particular, different control schemes (either cell-autonomous or organ-controlled) are tested and compared to experimental data from two contrasting genotypes. The model shows that a pure cell-autonomous control fails to reproduce the observed cell-size distribution, and that an organ-wide control is required in order to get realistic cell-size variations. The model also supports the role of endoreduplication as an important determinant of the final cell size and suggests that a direct effect of endoreduplication on cell expansion is needed in order to obtain a significant correlation between size and ploidy, as observed in real data.
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- Valentina Baldazzi
- INRA, PSH, 228 route de l'Aerodrome, Avignon, France
- Université Côte d'Azur, INRA, CNRS, ISA, 400 route des Chappes, Sophia-Antipolis, France
- Université Côte d'Azur, Inria, INRA, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, BIOCORE, 2004 route des Lucioles, Sophia-Antipolis, France
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- INRA, PSH, 228 route de l'Aerodrome, Avignon, France
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- INRA, PSH, 228 route de l'Aerodrome, Avignon, France
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Noncanonical auxin signaling regulates cell division pattern during lateral root development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:21285-21290. [PMID: 31570617 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1910916116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In both plants and animals, multiple cellular processes must be orchestrated to ensure proper organogenesis. The cell division patterns control the shape of growing organs, yet how they are precisely determined and coordinated is poorly understood. In plants, the distribution of the phytohormone auxin is tightly linked to organogenesis, including lateral root (LR) development. Nevertheless, how auxin regulates cell division pattern during lateral root development remains elusive. Here, we report that auxin activates Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) signaling via transmembrane kinases (TMKs) to control cell division pattern during lateral root development. Both TMK1/4 and MKK4/5-MPK3/6 pathways are required to properly orient cell divisions, which ultimately determine lateral root development in response to auxin. We show that TMKs directly and specifically interact with and phosphorylate MKK4/5, which is required for auxin to activate MKK4/5-MPK3/6 signaling. Our data suggest that TMK-mediated noncanonical auxin signaling is required to regulate cell division pattern and connect auxin signaling to MAPK signaling, which are both essential for plant development.
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Goh T. Long-term live-cell imaging approaches to study lateral root formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Microscopy (Oxf) 2019; 68:4-12. [PMID: 30476201 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfy135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lateral roots comprise the majority of the branching root system and are important for acquiring nutrients and water from soil in addition to providing anchorage. Lateral roots develop post-embryonically from existing root parts and originate from a subset of specified pericycle cells (lateral root founder cells) located deep inside roots. Small numbers of these specified pericycle cells undergo several rounds of cell division to create a dome-shaped primordium, which eventually organizes a meristem, an essential region for plant growth with active cell division, and emerges from its parental root as a lateral root. Observing cellular and molecular processes for an extended time at various scales are crucial for understanding biological processes during organogenesis. Lateral root formation is an example of the successful application of live-cell imaging approaches to understand various aspects of developmental events in plants, including cell fate determination, cell proliferation, cell-to-cell interaction and cell wall modification. Here I review the recent progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms of lateral root formation and the contribution of live-cell imaging approaches.
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- Tatsuaki Goh
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Japan
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Bassel GW. Multicellular Systems Biology: Quantifying Cellular Patterning and Function in Plant Organs Using Network Science. MOLECULAR PLANT 2019; 12:731-742. [PMID: 30794885 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Organ function is at least partially shaped and constrained by the organization of their constituent cells. Extensive investigation has revealed mechanisms explaining how these patterns are generated, with less being known about their functional relevance. In this paper, a methodology to discretize and quantitatively analyze cellular patterning is described. By performing global organ-scale cellular interaction mapping, the organization of cells can be extracted and analyzed using network science. This provides a means to take the developmental analysis of cellular organization in complex organisms beyond qualitative descriptions and provides data-driven approaches to inferring cellular function. The bridging of a structure-function relationship in hypocotyl epidermal cell patterning through global topological analysis provides support for this approach. The analysis of cellular topologies from patterning mutants further enables the contribution of gene activity toward the organizational properties of tissues to be linked, bridging molecular and tissue scales. This systems-based approach to investigate multicellular complexity paves the way to uncovering the principles of complex organ design and achieving predictive genotype-phenotype mapping.
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- George W Bassel
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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EXPANSIN A1-mediated radial swelling of pericycle cells positions anticlinal cell divisions during lateral root initiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:8597-8602. [PMID: 30944225 PMCID: PMC6486723 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820882116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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In plants, postembryonic formation of new organs helps shape the adult organism. This requires the tight regulation of when and where a new organ is formed and a coordination of the underlying cell divisions. To build a root system, new lateral roots are continuously developing, and this process requires the tight coordination of asymmetric cell division in adjacent pericycle cells. We identified EXPANSIN A1 (EXPA1) as a cell wall modifying enzyme controlling the divisions marking lateral root initiation. Loss of EXPA1 leads to defects in the first asymmetric pericycle cell divisions and the radial swelling of the pericycle during auxin-driven lateral root formation. We conclude that a localized radial expansion of adjacent pericycle cells is required to position the asymmetric cell divisions and generate a core of small daughter cells, which is a prerequisite for lateral root organogenesis.
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Torres-Martínez HH, Rodríguez-Alonso G, Shishkova S, Dubrovsky JG. Lateral Root Primordium Morphogenesis in Angiosperms. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:206. [PMID: 30941149 PMCID: PMC6433717 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Morphogenetic processes are the basis of new organ formation. Lateral roots (LRs) are the building blocks of the root system. After LR initiation and before LR emergence, a new lateral root primordium (LRP) forms. During this period, the organization and functionality of the prospective LR is defined. Thus, proper LRP morphogenesis is a decisive process during root system formation. Most current studies on LRP morphogenesis have been performed in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana; little is known about this process in other angiosperms. To understand LRP morphogenesis from a wider perspective, we review both contemporary and earlier studies. The latter are largely forgotten, and we attempted to integrate them into present-day research. In particular, we consider in detail the participation of parent root tissue in LRP formation, cell proliferation and timing during LRP morphogenesis, and the hormonal and genetic regulation of LRP morphogenesis. Cell type identity acquisition and new stem cell establishement during LRP morphogenesis are also considered. Within each of these facets, unanswered or poorly understood questions are identified to help define future research in the field. Finally, we discuss emerging research avenues and new technologies that could be used to answer the remaining questions in studies of LRP morphogenesis.
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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Moukhtar J, Trubuil A, Belcram K, Legland D, Khadir Z, Urbain A, Palauqui JC, Andrey P. Cell geometry determines symmetric and asymmetric division plane selection in Arabidopsis early embryos. PLoS Comput Biol 2019; 15:e1006771. [PMID: 30742612 PMCID: PMC6386405 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Plant tissue architecture and organ morphogenesis rely on the proper orientation of cell divisions. Previous attempts to predict division planes from cell geometry in plants mostly focused on 2D symmetric divisions. Using the stereotyped division patterns of Arabidopsis thaliana early embryogenesis, we investigated geometrical principles underlying plane selection in symmetric and in asymmetric divisions within complex 3D cell shapes. Introducing a 3D computational model of cell division, we show that area minimization constrained on passing through the cell centroid predicts observed divisions. Our results suggest that the positioning of division planes ensues from cell geometry and gives rise to spatially organized cell types with stereotyped shapes, thus underlining the role of self-organization in the developing architecture of the embryo. Our data further suggested the rule could be interpreted as surface minimization constrained by the nucleus position, which was validated using live imaging of cell divisions in the stomatal cell lineage. The proper positioning of division planes is key for correct development and morphogenesis of organs, in particular in plants were cellular walls prevent cell rearrangements. Elucidating how division planes are selected is therefore essential to decipher the cellular bases of plant morphogenesis. Previous attempts to identify geometrical rules relating cell shape and division plane positioning in plants mostly focused on symmetric divisions in tissues reduced to 2D geometries. Here, we combined 3D quantitative image analysis and a new 3D cell division model to evaluate the existence of geometrical rules in asymmetrical and symmetrical divisions of complex cell shapes. We show that in the early embryo of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, which presents stereotyped but complex cell division patterns, a single geometrical rule (area minimization constrained on passing through the cell centroid) recapitulates the complete sequence of division events. This new rule, valid for both symmetrical and asymmetrical divisions, generalizes previously proposed cell division rules and can be interpreted based on the dynamics of the cytoskeleton and on the positioning of the nucleus, a hypothesis that we validated using leaf cell division patterns. This work highlights the importance of self-organization in plant early morphogenesis and the emergence of robust cellular organizations based on geometrical feedback loops between cell geometry and division plane selection.
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- Julien Moukhtar
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78000 Versailles, France
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- MaIAGE, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- * E-mail: (AT); (J-CP); (PA)
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78000 Versailles, France
- INRA, UMR782 Génie et Microbiologie des Procédés Alimentaires, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78000 Versailles, France
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- MaIAGE, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78000 Versailles, France
- * E-mail: (AT); (J-CP); (PA)
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78000 Versailles, France
- * E-mail: (AT); (J-CP); (PA)
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Alsenani F, Wass TJ, Ma R, Eltanahy E, Netzel ME, Schenk PM. Transcriptome-wide analysis of Chlorella reveals auxin-induced carotenogenesis pathway in green microalgae. ALGAL RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2018.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Apostolakos P, Livanos P, Giannoutsou E, Panteris E, Galatis B. The intracellular and intercellular cross-talk during subsidiary cell formation in Zea mays: existing and novel components orchestrating cell polarization and asymmetric division. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2018; 122:679-696. [PMID: 29346521 PMCID: PMC6215039 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcx193] [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: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Background Formation of stomatal complexes in Poaceae is the outcome of three asymmetric and one symmetric cell division occurring in particular leaf protodermal cells. In this definite sequence of cell division events, the generation of subsidiary cells is of particular importance and constitutes an attractive model for studying local intercellular stimulation. In brief, an induction stimulus emitted by the guard cell mother cells (GMCs) triggers a series of polarization events in their laterally adjacent protodermal cells. This signal determines the fate of the latter cells, forcing them to divide asymmetrically and become committed to subsidiary cell mother cells (SMCs). Scope This article summarizes old and recent structural and molecular data mostly derived from Zea mays, focusing on the interplay between GMCs and SMCs, and on the unique polarization sequence occurring in both cell types. Recent evidence suggests that auxin operates as an inducer of SMC polarization/asymmetric division. The intercellular auxin transport is facilitated by the distribution of a specific transmembrane auxin carrier and requires reactive oxygen species (ROS). Interestingly, the local differentiation of the common cell wall between SMCs and GMCs is one of the earliest features of SMC polarization. Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases, Rho-like plant GTPases as well as the SCAR/WAVE regulatory complex also participate in the perception of the morphogenetic stimulus and have been implicated in certain polarization events in SMCs. Moreover, the transduction of the auxin signal and its function are assisted by phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase and the products of the catalytic activity of phospholipases C and D. Conclusion In the present review, the possible role(s) of each of the components in SMC polarization and asymmetric division are discussed, and an overall perspective on the mechanisms beyond these phenomena is provided.
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- P Apostolakos
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Botany, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Abrash E, Anleu Gil MX, Matos JL, Bergmann DC. Conservation and divergence of YODA MAPKKK function in regulation of grass epidermal patterning. Development 2018; 145:dev.165860. [PMID: 29945871 DOI: 10.1242/dev.165860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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All multicellular organisms must properly pattern cell types to generate functional tissues and organs. The organized and predictable cell lineages of the Brachypodium leaf enabled us to characterize the role of the MAPK kinase kinase gene BdYODA1 in regulating asymmetric cell divisions. We find that YODA genes promote normal stomatal spacing patterns in both Arabidopsis and Brachypodium, despite species-specific differences in those patterns. Using lineage tracing and cell fate markers, we show that, unexpectedly, patterning defects in bdyoda1 mutants do not arise from faulty physical asymmetry in cell divisions but rather from improper enforcement of alternative cellular fates after division. These cross-species comparisons allow us to refine our understanding of MAPK activities during plant asymmetric cell divisions.
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- Emily Abrash
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA .,Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA
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Zhang QQ, Li Y, Fu ZY, Liu XB, Yuan K, Fang Y, Liu Y, Li G, Zhang XS, Chong K, Ge L. Intact Arabidopsis RPB1 functions in stem cell niches maintenance and cell cycling control. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 95:150-167. [PMID: 29752751 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Plant meristem activity depends on accurate execution of transcriptional networks required for establishing optimum functioning of stem cell niches. An Arabidopsis mutant card1-1 (constitutive auxin response with DR5:GFP) that encodes a truncated RPB1 (RNA Polymerase II's largest subunit) with shortened C-terminal domain (CTD) was identified. Phosphorylation of the CTD repeats of RPB1 is coupled to transcription in eukaryotes. Here we uncover that the truncated CTD of RPB1 disturbed cell cycling and enlarged the size of shoot and root meristem. The defects in patterning of root stem cell niche in card1-1 indicates that intact CTD of RPB1 is necessary for fine-tuning the specific expression of genes responsible for cell-fate determination. The gene-edited plants with different CTD length of RPB1, created by CRISPR-CAS9 technology, confirmed that both the full length and the DK-rich tail of RPB1's CTD play roles in the accurate transcription of CYCB1;1 encoding a cell-cycle marker protein in root meristem and hence participate in maintaining root meristem size. Our experiment proves that the intact RPB1 CTD is necessary for stem cell niche maintenance, which is mediated by transcriptional regulation of cell cycling genes.
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- Qian-Qian Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, China
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DiSUMO-LIKE Interacts with RNA-Binding Proteins and Affects Cell-Cycle Progression during Maize Embryogenesis. Curr Biol 2018; 28:1548-1560.e5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Su C, Zhao H, Zhao Y, Ji H, Wang Y, Zhi L, Li X. RUG3 and ATM synergistically regulate the alternative splicing of mitochondrial nad2 and the DNA damage response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Sci Rep 2017; 7:43897. [PMID: 28262819 PMCID: PMC5338318 DOI: 10.1038/srep43897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The root apical meristem (RAM) determines both RAM activity and the growth of roots. Plant roots are constantly exposed to adverse environmental stresses that can cause DNA damage or cell cycle arrest in the RAM; however, the mechanism linking root meristematic activity and RAM size to the DNA damage response (DDR) is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that a loss of function in RCC1/UVR8/GEF-Like 3 (RUG3) substantially augmented the DDR and produced a cell cycle arrest in the RAM in rug3 mutant, leading to root growth retardation. Furthermore, the mutation of RUG3 caused increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and ROS scavengers improved the observed cell cycle arrest and reduced RAM activity level in rug3 plants. Most importantly, we detected a physical interaction between RUG3 and ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM), a key regulator of the DDR, suggesting that they synergistically modulated the alternative splicing of nad2. Our findings reveal a novel synergistic effect of RUG3 and ATM on the regulation of mitochondrial function, redox homeostasis, and the DDR in the RAM, and outline a protective mechanism for DNA damage repair and the restoration of mitochondrial function that involves RUG3-mediated mitochondrial retrograde signaling and the activation of an ATM-mediated DDR pathway.
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- Chao Su
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P.R. China.,Center for Agricultural Research Resources, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hebei 050021, P.R. China
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- Center for Agricultural Research Resources, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hebei 050021, P.R. China.,College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Hebei 050024, P.R. China
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- Center for Agricultural Research Resources, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hebei 050021, P.R. China.,Shijiazhuang Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Hebei 050041, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P.R. China
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- Center for Agricultural Research Resources, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hebei 050021, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Plant Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P.R. China
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Proper division plane orientation and mitotic progression together allow normal growth of maize. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:2759-2764. [PMID: 28202734 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619252114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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How growth, microtubule dynamics, and cell-cycle progression are coordinated is one of the unsolved mysteries of cell biology. A maize mutant, tangled1, with known defects in growth and proper division plane orientation, and a recently characterized cell-cycle delay identified by time-lapse imaging, was used to clarify the relationship between growth, cell cycle, and proper division plane orientation. The tangled1 mutant was fully rescued by introduction of cortical division site localized TANGLED1-YFP. A CYCLIN1B destruction box was fused to TANGLED1-YFP to generate a line that mostly rescued the division plane defect but still showed cell-cycle delays when expressed in the tangled1 mutant. Although an intermediate growth phenotype between wild-type and the tangled1 mutant was expected, these partially rescued plants grew as well as wild-type siblings, indicating that mitotic progression delays alone do not alter overall growth. These data indicate that division plane orientation, together with proper cell-cycle progression, is critical for plant growth.
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Bayer M, Slane D, Jürgens G. Early plant embryogenesis-dark ages or dark matter? CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 35:30-36. [PMID: 27810634 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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In nearly all flowering plants, the basic body plan is laid down during embryogenesis. In Arabidopsis, the crucial cell types are established extremely early as reflected in the stereotypic sequence of oriented cell divisions in the developing young embryo. Research into early embryogenesis was especially focused on the role of the infamous tryptophan derivative auxin in establishing embryo polarity and generating the main body axis. However, it is becoming obvious that the mere link to auxin does not provide any mechanistic understanding of early embryo patterning. Taking recent research into account, we discuss mechanisms underlying early embryonic patterning from an evolutionary perspective.
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- Martin Bayer
- Department of Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; Department of Developmental Genetics, Center for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Bogaert KA, Beeckman T, De Clerck O. Two-step cell polarization in algal zygotes. NATURE PLANTS 2017; 3:16221. [PMID: 28112726 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In most complex eukaryotes, development starts with the establishment of cell polarity determining the first axis of the body plan. This polarity axis is established by the asymmetrical distribution of intrinsic factors1-3, which breaks the symmetry in a single step. Zygotes of the brown alga Fucus, which unlike land plant and animal zygotes4,5 do not possess a maternally predetermined polarity axis, serve as models to study polarity establishment6,7. Here, we studied this process in Dictyota, and concluded that sense and direction of the cell polarization vector are established in two mechanistically and temporally distinct phases that are under control of different life cycle stages. On egg activation, the zygote elongates rapidly according to a maternally predetermined direction expressing the first phase of cell polarization. Which of the two poles of the resulting prolate spheroidal zygote will acquire the basal cell fate is subsequently environmentally determined. The second phase is accompanied by and dependent on zygotic transcription instead of relying uniquely on maternal factors8. Cell polarization, whereby determination of direction and sense of the polarization vector are temporally and mechanistically uncoupled, is unique and represents a favourable system to gain insight into the processes underlying cell polarity establishment in general.
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- Kenny A Bogaert
- Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Sakai Y, Sugano SS, Kawase T, Shirakawa M, Imai Y, Kawamoto Y, Sugiyama H, Nakagawa T, Hara-Nishimura I, Shimada T. Inhibition of cell polarity establishment in stomatal asymmetric cell division using the chemical compound bubblin. Development 2017; 144:499-506. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.145458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Stem-cell polarization is a crucial step in asymmetric cell division, which is a universal system for generating cellular diversity in multicellular organisms. Several conventional genetics studies have attempted to elucidate the mechanisms underlying cell polarization in plants, but it remains largely unknown. In plants, stomata, which are valves for gas exchange, are generated through several rounds of asymmetric divisions. In this study, we identified and characterized a chemical compound that affects stomatal stem-cell polarity. High-throughput screening for bioactive molecules identified a pyridine-thiazole derivative, named bubblin, which induced stomatal clustering in Arabidopsis epidermis. Bubblin perturbed stomatal asymmetric division, resulting in the generation of two identical daughter cells. Both cells continued to express the stomatal-fate determinant SPEECHLESS, and then differentiated into mispatterned stomata. Bubblin-treated cells had a defect in the polarized localization of BREAKING OF ASYMMETRY IN THE STOMATAL LINEAGE (BASL), which is required for asymmetric cell fate determination. Our results suggest that bubblin induces stomatal lineage cells to divide without BASL-dependent pre-mitotic establishment of polarity. Bubblin is a potentially valuable tool for investigating cell polarity establishment in stomatal asymmetric division.
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- Yumiko Sakai
- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Institute for Integrated Cell–Material Science (WPI–iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606–8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Functional Genomics, Center for Integrated Research in Science, Shimane University, Matsue 690-8504, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Veloso FA. On the developmental self-regulatory dynamics and evolution of individuated multicellular organisms. J Theor Biol 2016; 417:84-99. [PMID: 28048969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Changes in gene expression are thought to regulate the cell differentiation process intrinsically through complex epigenetic mechanisms. In fundamental terms, however, this assumed regulation refers only to the intricate propagation of changes in gene expression or else leads to non-explanatory regresses. The developmental self-regulatory dynamics and evolution of individuated multicellular organisms also lack a unified and falsifiable description. To fill this gap, I computationally analyzed publicly available high-throughput data of histone H3 post-translational modifications and mRNA abundance for different Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, and Drosophila melanogaster cell-type/developmental-period samples. My analysis of genomic regions adjacent to transcription start sites generated a profile from pairwise partial correlations between histone modifications controlling for the respective mRNA levels for each cell-type/developmental-period dataset. I found that these profiles, while explicitly uncorrelated with the respective transcriptional "identities" by construction, associate strongly with cell differentiation states. This association is not expected if cell differentiation is, in effect, regulated by epigenetic mechanisms. Based on these results, I propose a general, falsifiable theory of individuated multicellularity, which relies on the synergistic coupling across the extracellular space of two explicitly uncorrelated "self-organizing" systems constraining histone modification states at the same sites. This theory describes how the simplest multicellular individual-understood as an intrinsic, higher-order constraint-emerges from proliferating undifferentiated cells, and could explain the intrinsic regulation of gene transcriptional changes for cell differentiation and the evolution of individuated multicellular organisms.
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- Felipe A Veloso
- Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Science, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide 5750, Huechuraba, Santiago 8580745, Chile.
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Casson SA. Plant Development: Suppression the Key to Asymmetric Cell Fate. Curr Biol 2016; 26:R1137-R1139. [PMID: 27825447 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A new study shows that SPEECHLESS determines cell fate in the stomatal lineage but is inherited equally by daughter cells following an asymmetric cell division. The polarity determinant BASL acts as a MAPK scaffold, targeting SPEECHLESS for degradation in the larger daughter cell.
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- Stuart A Casson
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK.
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Han SK, Torii KU. Lineage-specific stem cells, signals and asymmetries during stomatal development. Development 2016; 143:1259-70. [PMID: 27095491 DOI: 10.1242/dev.127712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Stomata are dispersed pores found in the epidermis of land plants that facilitate gas exchange for photosynthesis while minimizing water loss. Stomata are formed from progenitor cells, which execute a series of differentiation events and stereotypical cell divisions. The sequential activation of master regulatory basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors controls the initiation, proliferation and differentiation of stomatal cells. Cell-cell communication mediated by secreted peptides, receptor kinases, and downstream mitogen-activated kinase cascades enforces proper stomatal patterning, and an intrinsic polarity mechanism ensures asymmetric cell divisions. As we review here, recent studies have provided insights into the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that control stomatal development. These findings have also highlighted striking similarities between plants and animals with regards to their mechanisms of specialized cell differentiation.
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- Soon-Ki Han
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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