title: Cell signalling by microRNA165/6 directs gene dose-dependent root cell fate.
abstract: A key question in developmental biology is how cells exchange positional information for proper patterning during organ development. In plant roots the radial tissue organization is highly conserved with a central vascular cylinder in which two water conducting cell types, protoxylem and metaxylem, are patterned centripetally. We show that this patterning occurs through crosstalk between the vascular cylinder and the surrounding endodermis mediated by cell-to-cell movement of a transcription factor in one direction and microRNAs in the other. SHORT ROOT, produced in the vascular cylinder, moves into the endodermis to activate SCARECROW. Together these transcription factors activate MIR165a and MIR166b. Endodermally produced microRNA165/6 then acts to degrade its target mRNAs encoding class III homeodomain-leucine zipper transcription factors in the endodermis and stele periphery. The resulting differential distribution of target mRNA in the vascular cylinder determines xylem cell types in a dosage-dependent manner.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology/Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland.
authors.forename: Annelie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carlsbecker
authors.forename: Ji-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Christina J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dettmer
authors.forename: Satu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lehesranta
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ove
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lindgren
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moreno-Risueno
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vatén
authors.forename: Siripong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thitamadee
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campilho
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sebastian
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: Ykä
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Helariutta
authors.forename: Philip N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Benfey
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019521:Body Patterning; D019070:Cell Lineage; D002465:Cell Movement; D004707:Endoderm / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D018628:Gene Dosage; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D038081:Organogenesis; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D034443:RNA Transport; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D052584:Xylem / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D035683:MicroRNAs; D018749:RNA, Plant; C100978:SCR protein, Arabidopsis; C410510:SHORT ROOT protein, Arabidopsis; D014157:Transcription Factors
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