Plant embryogenesis requires AUX/LAX-mediated auxin influx

Robert, Hélène S, Grunewald, Wim, Sauer, Michael, Cannoot, Bernard, Soriano, Mercedes, Swarup, Ranjan, Weijers, Dolf, Bennett, Malcolm J., Boutilier, Kim and Friml, Jiri (2015) Plant embryogenesis requires AUX/LAX-mediated auxin influx. Development, 142 (4). pp. 702-711. ISSN 1477-9129

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Abstract

The plant hormone auxin and its directional transport are known to play a crucial role in defining the embryonic axis and subsequent development of the body plan. Although the role of PIN auxin efflux transporters has been clearly assigned during embryonic shoot and root specification, the role of the auxin influx carriers AUX1 and LIKE-AUX1 (LAX) proteins is not well established. Here, we used chemical and genetic tools on Brassica napus microspore-derived embryos and Arabidopsis thaliana zygotic embryos, and demonstrate that AUX1, LAX1 and LAX2 are required for both shoot and root pole formation, in concert with PIN efflux carriers. Furthermore, we uncovered a positive-feedback loop between MONOPTEROS (ARF5)-dependent auxin signalling and auxin transport. This MONOPTEROS-dependent transcriptional regulation of auxin influx (AUX1, LAX1 and LAX2) and auxin efflux (PIN1 and PIN4) carriers by MONOPTEROS helps to maintain proper auxin transport to the root tip. These results indicate that auxin-dependent cell specification during embryo development requires balanced auxin transport involving both influx and efflux mechanisms, and that this transport is maintained by a positive transcriptional feedback on auxin signalling.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/744975
Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana embryogenesis, Auxin transport, AUX1, LIKE-AUX1 (LAX), MONOPTEROS (ARF5), PIN, Brassica napus, Microspore
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Biosciences
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.115832
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 24 Oct 2016 12:20
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:02
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/37865

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