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Song X, Yu Y, Zhu J, Li C. BRIP1 and BRIP2 maintain root meristem by affecting auxin-mediated regulation. Planta 2023; 259:8. [PMID: 38019301 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04283-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION This study reveals that mutations in BRIP1/2 subunits of the BAS complex disrupt root meristem development by decreasing PIN genes expression, affecting auxin transport, and downregulating essential root genes PLT. Switch defective/sucrose non-fermentable (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complexes play vital roles in plant development. BRAHMA-interacting proteins1 (BRIP1) and BRIP2 are subunits of BRAHMA (BRM)-associated SWI/SNF complex (BAS) in plants; however, their role and underlying regulatory mechanism in root development are still unknown. Here, we show that brip1 brip2 double mutants have a significantly shortened root meristem and an irregular arrangement in a portion of the root stem cell niche. The mutations in BRIP1 and BRIP2 cause decreased expression of the PIN-FORMED (PIN) genes, which in turn reduces the transport of auxin at the root tip, leading to the disruption of the accurate establishment of normal auxin concentration gradients in the stem cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiments indicated that BRIP1 and BRIP2 directly bind to the PINs. Furthermore, we found a significant down-regulation in the expression of key root development genes, PLETHORA (PLT), in brip1 brip2. The brip1 brip2 plt1 plt2 quadruple mutations do not show further exacerbation in the short-root phenotype compared to plt1 plt2 double mutants. Using a dexamethasone (DEX)-inducible PLT2 transgenic line, we showed that acute overexpression of PLT2 partially rescues root meristem defects of brip1 brip2, suggesting that BRIP1 and BRIP2 act in part through the PLT1/2 pathway. Taken together, our results identify the critical role and the underlying mechanism of BRIP1/2 in maintaining the development of root meristem through the regulation of auxin output and expression of PLTs.
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- Xin Song
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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Mira MM, El-Khateeb EA, Youssef MS, Ciacka K, So K, Duncan RW, Hill RD, Stasolla C. Arabidopsis root apical meristem survival during waterlogging is determined by phytoglobin through nitric oxide and auxin. Planta 2023; 258:86. [PMID: 37747517 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04239-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Over-expression of phytoglobin mitigates the degradation of the root apical meristem (RAM) caused by waterlogging through changes in nitric oxide and auxin distribution at the root tip. Plant performance to waterlogging is ameliorated by the over-expression of the Arabidopsis Phytoglobin 1 (Pgb1) which also contributes to the maintenance of a functional RAM. Hypoxia induces accumulation of ROS and damage in roots of wild type plants; these events were preceded by the exhaustion of the RAM resulting from the loss of functionality of the WOX5-expressing quiescent cells (QCs). These phenotypic deviations were exacerbated by suppression of Pgb1 and attenuated when the same gene was up-regulated. Genetic and pharmacological studies demonstrated that degradation of the RAM in hypoxic roots is attributed to a reduction in the auxin maximum at the root tip, necessary for the specification of the QC. This reduction was primarily caused by alterations in PIN-mediated auxin flow but not auxin synthesis. The expression and localization patterns of several PINs, including PIN1, 2, 3 and 4, facilitating the basipetal translocation of auxin and its distribution at the root tip, were altered in hypoxic WT and Pgb1-suppressing roots but mostly unchanged in those over-expressing Pgb1. Disruption of PIN1 and PIN2 signal in hypoxic roots suppressing Pgb1 initiated in the transition zone at 12 h and was specifically associated to the absence of Pgb1 protein in the same region. Exogenous auxin restored a functional RAM, while inhibition of the directional auxin flow exacerbated the degradation of the RAM. The regulation of root behavior by Pgb1 was mediated by nitric oxide (NO) in a model consistent with the recognized function of Pgbs as NO scavengers. Collectively, this study contributes to our understanding of the role of Pgbs in preserving root meristem function and QC niche during conditions of stress, and suggests that the root transition zone is most vulnerable to hypoxia.
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- Mohammed M Mira
- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada.
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Shtin M, Polverari L, Svolacchia N, Bertolotti G, Unterholzner SJ, Di Mambro R, Costantino P, Dello Ioio R, Sabatini S. The Mutual Inhibition between PLETHORAs and ARABIDOPSIS RESPONSE REGULATORs Controls Root Zonation. Plant Cell Physiol 2023; 64:317-324. [PMID: 36611272 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcad001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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During organogenesis, a key step toward the development of a functional organ is the separation of cells into specific domains with different activities. Mutual inhibition of gene expression has been shown to be sufficient to establish and maintain these domains during organogenesis in several multicellular organisms. Here, we show that the mutual inhibition between the PLETHORA transcription factors (PLTs) and the ARABIDOPSIS RESPONSE REGULATORs (ARRs) transcription factors is sufficient to separate cell division and cell differentiation during root organogenesis. In particular, we show that ARR1 suppresses PLT activities and that PLTs suppress ARR1 and ARR12 by targeting their proteins for degradation via the KISS ME DEADLY 2 F-box protein. These findings reveal new important aspects of the complex process of root zonation and development.
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- Margaryta Shtin
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome 'Sapienza', via dei Sardi 70, Rome 00185, Italy
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazzale Università 5, Bolzano 39100, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome 'Sapienza', via dei Sardi 70, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome 'Sapienza', via dei Sardi 70, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome 'Sapienza', via dei Sardi 70, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazzale Università 5, Bolzano 39100, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, via L. Ghini, 13, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome 'Sapienza', via dei Sardi 70, Rome 00185, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome 'Sapienza', via dei Sardi 70, Rome 00185, Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, via L. Ghini, 13, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'Charles Darwin', University of Rome 'Sapienza', via dei Sardi 70, Rome 00185, Italy
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Hoermayer L, Friml J, Glanc M. Automated Time-Lapse Imaging and Manipulation of Cell Divisions in Arabidopsis Roots by Vertical-Stage Confocal Microscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2382:105-14. [PMID: 34705235 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1744-1_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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The analysis of dynamic cellular processes such as plant cytokinesis stands and falls with live-cell time-lapse confocal imaging. Conventional approaches to time-lapse imaging of cell division in Arabidopsis root tips are tedious and have low throughput. Here, we describe a protocol for long-term time-lapse simultaneous imaging of multiple root tips on a vertical-stage confocal microscope with automated root tracking. We also provide modifications of the basic protocol to implement this imaging method in the analysis of genetic, pharmacological or laser ablation wounding-mediated experimental manipulations. Our method dramatically improves the efficiency of cell division time-lapse imaging by increasing the throughput, while reducing the person-hour requirements of such experiments.
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Gong F, Yao Z, Liu Y, Sun M, Peng X. H 2O 2 response gene 1/2 are novel sensors or responders of H 2O 2 and involve in maintaining embryonic root meristem activity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Sci 2021; 310:110981. [PMID: 34315597 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.110981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Signal molecule hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) plays critical roles in various processes of plant development. However, H2O2 signaling network, especially the responders that sense and respond to the H2O2 signal remain largely unknown. Here we report two homologous genes H2O2 Response Gene 1 and 2 (HRG1/2) in Arabidopsis that could quickly respond to exogenous or endogenous H2O2. Knockdown of HRG1/2 facilitated seed germination while overexpression of HRG1/2 greatly retarded seed germination. ROS level in HRG1 overexpression roots was significantly lower than that in HRG1/2 mutants after H2O2 treatment. The expression level of enzymatic antioxidant DHAR3 was upregulated in HRG1 overexpression plants, suggesting that DHAR3 is downstream of HRG1. That the root meristem length and cell number were significantly reduced in hrg1-1 and hrg2-1 plants upon H2O2 treatment compared to that of HRG1 overexpression plants also approves the idea that HRGs function in H2O2 removal. Further evolutionary analysis indicates that this is a dicotyledon-specific pathway responsive to H2O2. Together, this work reveals HRG1/2 as novel H2O2 responders involved in ROS scavenging to ensure embryonic root meristem activity. These findings provide valuable clues for the of H2O2 signaling and root meristem regulation.
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- Feng Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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Meiotic and somatic recombination share a common set of factors. Thus, the analysis of somatic DNA repair in meiotic mutant lines should be of special interest. Growth defects of mutant plants induced by specific genotoxins can thereby hint to DNA repair functions of the affected proteins. Here, we describe two kinds of approaches to characterize deficiencies in DNA repair in mutant lines of Arabidopsis thaliana, after genotoxin treatment.
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Mounier T, Navarro-Sanz S, Bureau C, Antoine L, Varoquaux F, Durandet F, Périn C. A fast, efficient and high-throughput procedure involving laser microdissection and RT droplet digital PCR for tissue-specific expression profiling of rice roots. BMC Mol Cell Biol 2020; 21:92. [PMID: 33302866 PMCID: PMC7727186 DOI: 10.1186/s12860-020-00312-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background In rice, the cortex and outer tissues play a key role in submergence tolerance. The cortex differentiates into aerenchyma, which are air-containing cavities that allow the flow of oxygen from shoots to roots, whereas exodermis suberification and sclerenchyma lignification limit oxygen loss from the mature parts of roots by forming a barrier to root oxygen loss (ROL). The genes and their networks involved in the cellular identity and differentiation of these tissues remain poorly understood. Identification and characterization of key regulators of aerenchyma and ROL barrier formation require determination of the specific expression profiles of these tissues. Results We optimized an approach combining laser microdissection (LM) and droplet digital RT-PCR (ddRT-PCR) for high-throughput identification of tissue-specific expression profiles. The developed protocol enables rapid (within 3 days) extraction of high-quality RNA from root tissues with a low contamination rate. We also demonstrated the possibility of extracting RNAs from paraffin blocks stored at 4 °C without any loss of quality. We included a detailed troubleshooting guide that should allow future users to adapt the proposed protocol to other tissues and/or species. We demonstrated that our protocol, which combines LM with ddRT-PCR, can be used as a complementary tool to in situ hybridization for tissue-specific characterization of gene expression even with a low RNA concentration input. We illustrated the efficiency of the proposed approach by validating three of four potential tissue-specific candidate genes detailed in the RiceXpro database. Conclusion The detailed protocol and the critical steps required to optimize its use for other species will democratize tissue-specific transcriptome approaches combining LM with ddRT-PCR for analyses of plants.
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- Thibault Mounier
- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- IAGE Company, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- IAGE Company, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Zhang Y, Tian YY, Wang LF, Li YH, Li TT, Liu WC. WDR5a functions in cadmium-inhibited root meristem growth by regulating nitric oxide accumulation in Arabidopsis. Planta 2020; 252:78. [PMID: 33033954 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03486-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Cadmium stress induces WDR5a expression to promote NO accumulation to repress root meristem growth via suppressing auxin transport and synthesis in Arabidopsis. Nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS)-like activity plays a vital role in toxic cadmium (Cd)-induced NO production and inhibition of root meristem growth, while factor(s) regulating NOS-like activity and root meristem growth in plant response to Cd has not been identified yet. Here, we report that WD40 repeat 5a (WDR5a) functions in Cd-induced NOS-like activity, NO accumulation and root meristem growth suppression. We found that wdr5a-1 mutant root has increased root meristem growth with lower NOS-like activity and NO accumulation than wild type upon Cd exposure, and exogenous NO donors sodium nitroprusside or nitrosoglutathione can restore its reduced Cd sensitivity. In addition, Cd activates WDR5a expression in roots, and overexpressing WDR5a results in increased NO accumulation and suppressed root meristem growth similar to Cd-stressed wild-type roots, while scavenging NO or inhibiting NOS-like activity significantly reverts these effects of Cd. Furthermore, WDR5a acts in Cd-repressed auxin accumulation through reducing the levels of auxin efflux carriers PIN1/3/7 and biosynthetic enzyme TAA1, and reduced sensitivity of wdr5a-1 root meristem to Cd can be partially reverted by inhibiting TAA1 activity pharmaceutically or mutating TAA1 genetically. This study identified WDR5a as a key factor modulating NO accumulation and root meristem growth in plant response to Cd.
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- Yu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Nanyang Vocational College of Agriculture, Nanyang, 473000, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, 222005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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Li T, Kang X, Lei W, Yao X, Zou L, Zhang D, Lin H. SHY2 as a node in the regulation of root meristem development by auxin, brassinosteroids, and cytokinin. J Integr Plant Biol 2020; 62:1500-1517. [PMID: 32239656 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In multicellular organisms, the balance between cell division and differentiation determines organ size, and represents a central unknown in developmental biology. In Arabidopsis roots, this balance is mediated between cytokinin and auxin through a regulatory circuit converging on the IAA3/SHORT HYPOCOTYL 2 (SHY2) gene. Here, we show that crosstalk between brassinosteroids (BRs) and auxin occurs in the vascular transition zone to promote root meristem development. We found that BR increases root meristem size by up-regulating expression of the PINFORMED 7 (PIN7) gene and down-regulating expression of the SHY2 gene. In addition, BES1 could directly bind to the promoter regions of both PIN7 and SHY2, indicating that PIN7 and SHY2 mediate the BR-induced growth of the root meristem by serving as direct targets of BES1. Moreover, the PIN7 overexpression and loss-of-function SHY2 mutant were sensitive to the effects of BR and could partially suppress the short-root phenotypes associated with deficient BR signaling. Interestingly, BRs could inhibit the accumulation of SHY2 protein in response to cytokinin. Taken together, these findings suggest that a complex equilibrium model exists in which regulatory interactions among BRs, auxin, and cytokinin regulate optimal root growth.
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- Taotao Li
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
- School of Life Science and Engineering, Henan University of Urban Construction, Pingdingshan, 467044, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- Ecological Security and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, 621000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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Méndez-Gómez M, Castro-Mercado E, Peña-Uribe CA, la Cruz HRD, López-Bucio J, García-Pineda E. Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 lipopolysaccharides induce target of rapamycin signaling and growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Plant Physiol 2020; 253:153270. [PMID: 32919283 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The Target of Rapamycin (TOR) protein kinase plays a pivotal role in metabolism and gene expression, which enables cell proliferation, growth and development. Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are a class of complex glycolipids present in the cell surface of Gram-negative bacteria and mediate plant-bacteria interactions. In this study, we examined whether LPS from Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 affect Arabidopsis thaliana growth via a mechanism involving TOR. A. thaliana plants were treated with LPS and plant growth and development were analyzed in mature plants. Morphological and molecular changes as well as TOR expression and activity were analyzed in root tissues. LPS increased total fresh weight, root length and TOR::GUS expression in the root meristem. Phosphorylation of S6k protein, a downstream target of TOR, increased following LPS treatment, which correlated with increased or decreased expression of CycB1;1::GUS protein upon treatment with LPS or TOR inhibitor AZD-8055, respectively. Long term LPS treatment further increased the rosette size as well as the number of stems and siliques per plant, indicating an overall phytostimulant effect for these signaling molecules. Taken together, the results suggest that A. brasilense LPS play probiotic roles in plants influencing TOR-mediated processes.
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- Manuel Méndez-Gómez
- Instituto De Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, UMSNH, Morelia, Michoacán, CP 58195, Mexico
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- Instituto De Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, UMSNH, Morelia, Michoacán, CP 58195, Mexico
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- Instituto De Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, UMSNH, Morelia, Michoacán, CP 58195, Mexico
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- Instituto De Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, UMSNH, Morelia, Michoacán, CP 58195, Mexico
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- Instituto De Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, UMSNH, Morelia, Michoacán, CP 58195, Mexico
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- Instituto De Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, UMSNH, Morelia, Michoacán, CP 58195, Mexico.
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Han TT, Liu WC, Lu YT. General control non-repressible 20 (GCN20) functions in root growth by modulating DNA damage repair in Arabidopsis. BMC Plant Biol 2018; 18:274. [PMID: 30419826 PMCID: PMC6233562 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1444-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Most ABC transporters are engaged in transport of various compounds, but its subfamily F lacks transmembrane domain essential for chemical transportation. Thus the function of subfamily F remains further elusive. RESULTS Here, we identified General Control Non-Repressible 20 (GCN20), a member of subfamily F, as new factor for DNA damage repair in root growth. While gcn20-1 mutant had a short primary root with reduced meristem size and cell number, similar primary root lengths were assayed in both wild-type and GCN20::GCN20 gcn20-1 plants, indicating the involvement of GCN20 in root elongation. Further experiments with EdU incorporation and comet assay demonstrated that gcn20-1 displays increased cell cycle arrest at G2/M checkpoint and accumulates more damaged DNA. This is possible due to impaired ability of DNA repair in gcn20-1 since gcn20-1 seedlings are hypersensitive to DNA damage inducers MMC and MMS compared with the wild type plants. This note was further supported by the observation that gcn20-1 is more sensitive than the wild type when subjected to UV treatment in term of changes of both fresh weight and survival rate. CONCLUSIONS Our study indicates that GCN20 functions in primary root growth by modulating DNA damage repair in Arabidopsis. Our study will be useful to understand the functions of non-transporter ABC proteins in plant growth.
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- Tong-Tong Han
- 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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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072 China
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Bureau C, Lanau N, Ingouff M, Hassan B, Meunier AC, Divol F, Sevilla R, Mieulet D, Dievart A, Périn C. A protocol combining multiphoton microscopy and propidium iodide for deep 3D root meristem imaging in rice: application for the screening and identification of tissue-specific enhancer trap lines. Plant Methods 2018; 14:96. [PMID: 30386414 PMCID: PMC6206838 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-018-0364-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The clear visualization of 3D organization at the cellular level in plant tissues is needed to fully understand plant development processes. Imaging tools allow the visualization of the main fluorophores and in vivo growth monitoring. Confocal microscopy coupled with the use of propidium iodide (PI) counter-staining is one of the most popular tools used to characterize the structure of root meristems in A. thaliana. However, such an approach is relatively ineffective in species with more complex and thicker root systems. RESULTS We adapted a PI counter-staining protocol to visualize the internal 3D architecture of rice root meristems using multiphoton microscopy. This protocol is simple and compatible with the main fluorophores (CFP, GFP and mCherry). The efficiency and applicability of this protocol were demonstrated by screening a population of 57 enhancer trap lines. We successfully characterized GFP expression in all of the lines and identified 5 lines with tissue-specific expression. CONCLUSIONS All of these resources are now available for the rice community and represent critical tools for future studies of root development.
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- Charlotte Bureau
- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- UMR DIADE, Université de Montpellier, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- INSERM U1051, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- UMR Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, INRA, Campus INRA/SupAgro, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CIRAD, UMR-AGAP, Université de Montpellier, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Araniti F, Bruno L, Sunseri F, Pacenza M, Forgione I, Bitonti MB, Abenavoli MR. The allelochemical farnesene affects Arabidopsis thaliana root meristem altering auxin distribution. Plant Physiol Biochem 2017; 121:14-20. [PMID: 29078092 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.10.005] [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: 07/23/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Farnesene is a sesquiterpene with semiochemical activity involved in interspecies communication. This molecule, known for its phytotoxic potential and its effects on root morphology and anatomy, caused anisotropic growth, bold roots and a "left-handedness" phenotype. These clues suggested an alteration of auxin distribution, and for this reason, the aim of the present study was to evaluate its effects on: i) PIN-FORMED proteins (PIN) distribution, involved in polar auxin transport; ii) PIN genes expression iii) apical meristem anatomy of primary root, in 7 days old Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings treated with farnesene 250 μM. The following GFP constructs: pSCR::SCR-GFP, pDR5::GFP,pPIN1::PIN1-GFP, pPIN2::PIN2-GFP, pPIN3::PIN3-GFP, pPIN4::PIN4-GFP and pPIN7::PIN7-GFP were used to evaluate auxin distribution. Farnesene caused a reduction in meristematic zone size, an advancement in transition zone, suggesting a premature exit of cells from the meristematic zone, a reduction in cell division and an impairment between epidermal and cortex cells. The auxin-responsive reporter pDR5::GFP highlighted that auxin distribution was impaired in farnesene-treated roots, where auxin distribution appeared maximum in the quiescent center and columella initial cells, without extending to mature columella cells. This finding was further confirmed by the analysis on PIN transport proteins distribution, assessed on individual constructs, which showed an extreme alteration mainly dependent on the PIN 3, 4 and 7, involved in pattern specification during root development and auxin redistribution. Finally, farnesene treatment caused a down-regulation of all the auxin transport genes studied. We propose that farnesene affected auxin transport and distribution causing the alteration of root meristem, and consequently the left-handedness phenotype.
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- Fabrizio Araniti
- Dipartimento di AGRARIA, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Feo di Vito, I-89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST), Università della Calabria, 87040 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di AGRARIA, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Feo di Vito, I-89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST), Università della Calabria, 87040 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST), Università della Calabria, 87040 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST), Università della Calabria, 87040 Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
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- Dipartimento di AGRARIA, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Feo di Vito, I-89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
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Xue T, Liu Z, Dai X, Xiang F. Primary root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana is inhibited by the miR159 mediated repression of MYB33, MYB65 and MYB101. Plant Sci 2017; 262:182-189. [PMID: 28716415 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [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: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Organ growth is a fundamental developmental process basing on cell proliferation and differentiation. The growth of the plant root is sustained by the activity of the root meristem, a process controlled in part by various transcription factors. Here, the miR159 has been identified as a post transcriptional repressor of root growth, on the basis that the mir159ab double mutant developed a larger meristem than did the wild type, and that it formed longer roots. In the mutant, the abundance of MYB33, MYB65 and MYB101 transcript was substantially increased. When MYB33, MYB65 and MYB101 were replaced by the miR159-resistant forms mMYB33, mMYB65 and mMYB101 respectively, the root meristem was similarly enlarged and the growth of the primary root enhanced. MYB65 activity promoted cell division in the root meristem by accelerating the cell cycle. The data suggest that miR159 acts as a key repressor of the primary root's growth, acting through its repression of MYB65 and consequent blocking of the cell cycle.
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- Tao Xue
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Cell Engineering and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Li K, Kamiya T, Fujiwara T. Differential Roles of PIN1 and PIN2 in Root Meristem Maintenance Under Low-B Conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol 2015; 56:1205-14. [PMID: 25814435 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Boron (B) is an essential element for plants; its deficiency causes rapid cessation of root elongation. In addition, B influences auxin accumulation in plants. To assess the importance of auxin transport in B-dependent root elongation, Arabidopsis thaliana pin1-pin4 mutants were grown under low-B conditions. Among them, only the pin2/eir1-1 mutant showed a significantly shorter root under low-B conditions than under control conditions. Moreover, the root meristem size of pin2/eir1-1 was reduced under low-B conditions. Among the PIN-FORMED (PIN) family, PIN1 and PIN2 are important for root meristem growth/maintenance under normal conditions. To investigate the differential response of pin1 and pin2 mutants under low-B conditions, the effect of low-B on PIN1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) and PIN2-GFP accumulation and localization was examined. Low-B did not affect PIN2-GFP, while it reduced the accumulation of PIN1-GFP. Moreover, no signal from DII-VENUS, an auxin sensor, was detected under the low-B condition in the stele of wild-type root meristems. Taken together, these results indicate that under low-B conditions PIN1 is down-regulated and PIN2 plays an important role in root meristem maintenance.
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- Ke Li
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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Zhu J, Zhang KX, Wang WS, Gong W, Liu WC, Chen HG, Xu HH, Lu YT. Low temperature inhibits root growth by reducing auxin accumulation via ARR1/12. Plant Cell Physiol 2015; 56:727-36. [PMID: 25552473 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [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: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/28/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plants exhibit reduced root growth when exposed to low temperature; however, how low temperature modulates root growth remains to be understood. Our study demonstrated that low temperature reduces both meristem size and cell number, repressing the division potential of meristematic cells by reducing auxin accumulation, possibly through the repressed expression of PIN1/3/7 and auxin biosynthesis-related genes, although the experiments with exogenous auxin application also suggest the involvement of other factor(s). In addition, we verified that ARABIDOPSIS RESPONSE REGULATOR 1 (ARR1) and ARR12 are involved in low temperature-mediated inhibition of root growth by showing that the roots of arr1-3 arr12-1 seedlings were less sensitive than wild-type roots to low temperature, in terms of changes in root length and meristem cell number. Furthermore, low temperature reduced the levels of PIN1/3 transcripts and the auxin level to a lesser extent in arr1-3 arr12-1 roots than in wild-type roots, suggesting that cytokinin signaling is involved in the low-temperature-mediated reduction of auxin accumulation. Taken together, our data suggest that low temperature inhibits root growth by reducing auxin accumulation via ARR1/12.
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- Jiang Zhu
- 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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- 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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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, Hubei Province, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, 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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Kinoshita A, ten Hove CA, Tabata R, Yamada M, Shimizu N, Ishida T, Yamaguchi K, Shigenobu S, Takebayashi Y, Iuchi S, Kobayashi M, Kurata T, Wada T, Seo M, Hasebe M, Blilou I, Fukuda H, Scheres B, Heidstra R, Kamiya Y, Sawa S. A plant U-box protein, PUB4, regulates asymmetric cell division and cell proliferation in the root meristem. Development 2015; 142:444-53. [PMID: 25605779 DOI: 10.1242/dev.113167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The root meristem (RM) is a fundamental structure that is responsible for postembryonic root growth. The RM contains the quiescent center (QC), stem cells and frequently dividing meristematic cells, in which the timing and the frequency of cell division are tightly regulated. In Arabidopsis thaliana, several gain-of-function analyses have demonstrated that peptide ligands of the Clavata3 (CLV3)/embryo surrounding region-related (CLE) family are important for maintaining RM size. Here, we demonstrate that a plant U-box E3 ubiquitin ligase, PUB4, is a novel downstream component of CLV3/CLE signaling in the RM. Mutations in PUB4 reduced the inhibitory effect of exogenous CLV3/CLE peptide on root cell proliferation and columella stem cell maintenance. Moreover, pub4 mutants grown without exogenous CLV3/CLE peptide exhibited characteristic phenotypes in the RM, such as enhanced root growth, increased number of cortex/endodermis stem cells and decreased number of columella layers. Our phenotypic and gene expression analyses indicated that PUB4 promotes expression of a cell cycle regulatory gene, CYCD6;1, and regulates formative periclinal asymmetric cell divisions in endodermis and cortex/endodermis initial daughters. These data suggest that PUB4 functions as a global regulator of cell proliferation and the timing of asymmetric cell division that are important for final root architecture.
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- Atsuko Kinoshita
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, Wageningen 6703HA, The Netherlands
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biology and Institute for Genome Science and Policy Center for Systems Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Functional Genomics Facility, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Functional Genomics Facility, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResource Center, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResource Center, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, NAIST, Ikoma 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biosphere Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan Division of Evolutionary Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands Plant Developmental Biology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6700AP, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands Plant Developmental Biology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6700AP, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Genetics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands Plant Developmental Biology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6700AP, The Netherlands
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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