title: Identification of Arabidopsis mutants impaired in the systemic regulation of root nitrate uptake by the nitrogen status of the plant.
abstract: Nitrate uptake by the roots is under systemic feedback repression by high nitrogen (N) status of the whole plant. The NRT2.1 gene, which encodes a NO(3)(-) transporter involved in high-affinity root uptake, is a major target of this N signaling mechanism. Using transgenic Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants expressing the pNRT2.1::LUC reporter gene (NL line), we performed a genetic screen to isolate mutants altered in the NRT2.1 response to high N provision. Three hni (for high nitrogen insensitive) mutants belonging to three genetic loci and related to single and recessive mutations were selected. Compared to NL plants, these mutants display reduced down-regulation of both NRT2.1 expression and high-affinity NO(3)(-) influx under repressive conditions. Split-root experiments demonstrated that this is associated with an almost complete suppression of systemic repression of pNRT2.1 activity by high N status of the whole plant. Other mechanisms related to N and carbon nutrition regulating NRT2.1 or involved in the control of root SO(4)(-) uptake by the plant sulfur status are not or are slightly affected. The hni mutations did not lead to significant changes in total N and NO(3)(-) contents of the tissues, indicating that hni mutants are more likely regulatory mutants rather than assimilatory mutants. Nevertheless, hni mutations induce changes in amino acid, organic acid, and sugars pools, suggesting a possible role of these metabolites in the control of NO(3)(-) uptake by the plant N status. Altogether, our data indicate that the three hni mutants define a new class of N signaling mutants specifically impaired in the systemic feedback repression of root NO(3)(-) uptake.
authors.affiliation: Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR 5004, INRA-CNRS-Sup Agro-UM2, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, F-34060 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Girin
authors.forename: El-Sayed
authors.initials: el-S
authors.lastname: El-Kafafi
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Widiez
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erban
authors.forename: Hans-Michael
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hubberten
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kopka
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoefgen
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gojon
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lepetit
mesh_terms: D027321:Anion Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D013455:Sulfur / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D027321:Anion Transport Proteins; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D009566:Nitrates; D009584:Nitrogen; D013455:Sulfur; C477335:NRT2.1 protein, Arabidopsis
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