The procambium specification gene Oshox1 promotes polar auxin transport capacity and reduces its sensitivity toward inhibition.
The auxin-inducible homeobox gene Oshox1 of rice (Oryza sativa) is a positive regulator of procambial cell fate commitment, and its overexpression reduces the sensitivity of polar auxin transport (PAT) to the PAT inhibitor 1-N-naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA). Here, we show that wild-type rice leaves formed under conditions of PAT inhibition display vein hypertrophy, reduced distance between longitudinal veins, and increased distance between transverse veins, providing experimental evidence for a role of PAT in vascular patterning in a monocot species. Furthermore, we show that Oshox1 overexpression confers insensitivity to these PAT inhibitor-induced vascular-patterning defects. Finally, we show that in the absence of any overt phenotypical change, Oshox1 overexpression specifically reduces the affinity of the NPA-binding protein toward NPA and enhances PAT and its sensitivity toward auxin. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that Oshox1 promotes fate commitment of procambial cells by increasing their auxin conductivity properties and stabilizing this state against modulations of PAT by an endogenous NPA-like molecule.
Scarpella
Enrico
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Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Leiden University, Clusius Laboratory, P.O. Box 9505, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Boot
Kees J M
KJ
Rueb
Saskia
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Meijer
Annemarie H
AH
D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D018519:Meristem / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D012275:Oryza / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010797:Phthalimides / Q000494:pharmacology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D010940:Plant Proteins; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology
D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; C106325:Oshox1 protein, Oryza sativa; D010797:Phthalimides; D010940:Plant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; C002687:alpha-naphthylphthalamic acid