Hormonal control of the shoot stem-cell niche.
The classic phytohormones cytokinin and auxin play essential roles in the maintenance of stem-cell systems embedded in shoot and root meristems, and exhibit complex functional interactions. Here we show that the activity of both hormones directly converges on the promoters of two A-type ARABIDOPSIS RESPONSE REGULATOR (ARR) genes, ARR7 and ARR15, which are negative regulators of cytokinin signalling and have important meristematic functions. Whereas ARR7 and ARR15 expression in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) is induced by cytokinin, auxin has a negative effect, which is, at least in part, mediated by the AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR5/MONOPTEROS (MP) transcription factor. Our results provide a mechanistic framework for hormonal control of the apical stem-cell niche and demonstrate how root and shoot stem-cell systems differ in their response to phytohormones.
Zhao
Zhong
Z
Department of Stem Cell Biology, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Andersen
Stig U
SU
Ljung
Karin
K
Dolezal
Karel
K
Miotk
Andrej
A
Schultheiss
Sebastian J
SJ
Lohmann
Jan U
JU
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003583:Cytokinins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D018519:Meristem / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D018517:Plant Roots; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D055153:Stem Cell Niche / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
C470377:ARR15 protein, Arabidopsis; C507238:ARR7 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D003583:Cytokinins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; C111371:MONOPTEROS protein, Arabidopsis; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D014157:Transcription Factors