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Herrbach V, Chirinos X, Rengel D, Agbevenou K, Vincent R, Pateyron S, Huguet S, Balzergue S, Pasha A, Provart N, Gough C, Bensmihen S. Nod factors potentiate auxin signaling for transcriptional regulation and lateral root formation in Medicago truncatula. J Exp Bot 2017; 68:569-583. [PMID: 28073951 PMCID: PMC6055581 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
Abstract
Nodulation (Nod) factors (NFs) are symbiotic molecules produced by rhizobia that are essential for establishment of the rhizobium-legume endosymbiosis. Purified NFs can stimulate lateral root formation (LRF) in Medicago truncatula, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms involved. Using a combination of reporter constructs, pharmacological and genetic approaches, we show that NFs act on early steps of LRF in M. truncatula, independently of the ethylene signaling pathway and of the cytokinin receptor MtCRE1, but in interaction with auxin. We conducted a whole-genome transcriptomic study upon NF and/or auxin treatments, using a lateral root inducible system adapted for M. truncatula. This revealed a large overlap between NF and auxin signaling and, more interestingly, synergistic interactions between these molecules. Three groups showing interaction effects were defined: group 1 contained more than 1500 genes responding specifically to the combinatorial treatment of NFs and auxin; group 2 comprised auxin-regulated genes whose expression was enhanced or antagonized by NFs; and in group 3 the expression of NF regulated genes was antagonized by auxin. Groups 1 and 2 were enriched in signaling and metabolic functions, which highlights important crosstalk between NF and auxin signaling for both developmental and symbiotic processes.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - Ximena Chirinos
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
| | - David Rengel
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
| | - Stéphanie Pateyron
- POPS (transcriptOmic Platform of IPS2) Platform, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Orsay, France
| | - Stéphanie Huguet
- POPS (transcriptOmic Platform of IPS2) Platform, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Orsay, France
| | - Sandrine Balzergue
- POPS (transcriptOmic Platform of IPS2) Platform, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Orsay, France
| | - Asher Pasha
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology/ Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
| | - Nicholas Provart
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology/ Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
| | - Clare Gough
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
| | - Sandra Bensmihen
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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