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2. Post- embryonic root organogenesis in cereals: branching out from model plants
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Orman-Ligeza, B, Parizot, B, Gantet, Pascal, Beeckman, T, Bennett, MJ, Draye, X, LMI RICE, and University of sciences and technologies of hanoi (USTH)
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[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
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- 2013
3. Comparative transcriptomics as a tool for the identification of root branching genes in maize
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Tom Beeckman, Rui-Guang Zhen, Cristian Forestan, Philippe Fonteyne, Boris Parizot, Bryan D. McKersie, Jens Hollunder, Leentje Jansen, Ianto Roberts, Charlotte Van Quickenborne, Jansen L., Hollunder J., Roberts I., Forestan C., Fonteyne P., Van Quickenborne C., Zhen R.-G., Mckersie B., Parizot B., and Beeckman T.
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Indoleacetic Acid ,Arabidopsis thaliana ,Arabidopsis ,Plant Science ,Root system ,Genome ,Plant Roots ,Zea mays ,Transcriptome ,Zea may ,Auxin ,Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ,Botany ,Gene ,Plant Proteins ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,biology ,Indoleacetic Acids ,Gene Expression Profiling ,fungi ,Lateral root ,Cell Cycle ,Plant Protein ,food and beverages ,Plant Root ,biology.organism_classification ,Maize ,chemistry ,Evolutionary biology ,Comparative transcriptomic ,Lateral root initiation ,Arabidopsi ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Cell Division ,Biotechnology - Abstract
The root system is fundamental for plant development, is crucial for overall plant growth and is recently being recognized as the key for future crop productivity improvement. A major determinant of root system architecture is the initiation of lateral roots. While knowledge of the genetic and molecular mechanisms regulating lateral root initiation has mainly been achieved in the dicotyledonous plant Arabidopsis thaliana, only scarce data are available for major crop species, generally monocotyledonous plants. The existence of both similarities and differences at the morphological and anatomical level between plant species from both clades raises the question whether regulation of lateral root initiation may or may not be conserved through evolution. Here, we performed a targeted genome-wide transcriptome analysis during lateral root initiation both in primary and in adventitious roots of Zea mays and found evidence for the existence of common transcriptional regulation. Further, based on a comparative analysis with Arabidopsis transcriptome data, a core of genes putatively conserved across angiosperms could be identified. Therefore, it is plausible that common regulatory mechanisms for lateral root initiation are at play in maize and Arabidopsis, a finding that might encourage the extrapolation of knowledge obtained in Arabidopsis to crop species at the level of root system architecture. © 2013 Society for Experimental Biology, Association of Applied Biologists and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
4. Nitrate and ammonium, the yin and yang of nitrogen uptake: a time-course transcriptomic study in rice.
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Pélissier PM, Parizot B, Jia L, De Knijf A, Goossens V, Gantet P, Champion A, Audenaert D, Xuan W, Beeckman T, and Motte H
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Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plants and a major determinant of plant growth and crop yield. Plants acquire nitrogen mainly in the form of nitrate and ammonium. Both nitrogen sources affect plant responses and signaling pathways in a different way, but these signaling pathways interact, complicating the study of nitrogen responses. Extensive transcriptome analyses and the construction of gene regulatory networks, mainly in response to nitrate, have significantly advanced our understanding of nitrogen signaling and responses in model plants and crops. In this study, we aimed to generate a more comprehensive gene regulatory network for the major crop, rice, by incorporating the interactions between ammonium and nitrate. To achieve this, we assessed transcriptome changes in rice roots and shoots over an extensive time course under single or combined applications of the two nitrogen sources. This dataset enabled us to construct a holistic co-expression network and identify potential key regulators of nitrogen responses. Next to known transcription factors, we identified multiple new candidates, including the transcription factors OsRLI and OsEIL1, which we demonstrated to induce the primary nitrate-responsive genes OsNRT1.1b and OsNIR1 . Our network thus serves as a valuable resource to obtain novel insights in nitrogen signaling., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Pélissier, Parizot, Jia, De Knijf, Goossens, Gantet, Champion, Audenaert, Xuan, Beeckman and Motte.)
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- 2024
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5. Interspecies co-expression analysis of lateral root development using inducible systems in rice, Medicago, and Arabidopsis.
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Motte H, Parizot B, Xuan W, Chen Q, Maere S, Bensmihen S, and Beeckman T
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- Medicago genetics, Medicago metabolism, Plant Roots metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant genetics, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Arabidopsis metabolism, Oryza genetics, Oryza metabolism, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism
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Lateral roots are crucial for plant growth and development, making them an important target for research aiming to improve crop yields and food security. However, their endogenous ontogeny and, as it were, stochastic appearance challenge their study. Lateral Root Inducible Systems (LRIS) can be used to overcome these challenges by inducing lateral roots massively and synchronously. The combination of LRISs with transcriptomic approaches significantly advanced our insights in the molecular control of lateral root formation, in particular for Arabidopsis. Despite this success, LRISs have been underutilized for other plant species or for lateral root developmental stages later than the initiation. In this study, we developed and/or adapted LRISs in rice, Medicago, and Arabidopsis to perform RNA-sequencing during time courses that cover different developmental stages of lateral root formation and primordium development. As such, our study provides three extensive datasets of gene expression profiles during lateral root development in three different plant species. The three LRISs are highly effective but timing and spatial distribution of lateral root induction vary among the species. Detailed characterization of the stages in time and space in the respective species enabled an interspecies co-expression analysis to identify conserved players involved in lateral root development, as illustrated for the AUX/IAA and LBD gene families. Overall, our results provide a valuable resource to identify potentially conserved regulatory mechanisms in lateral root development, and as such will contribute to a better understanding of the complex regulatory network underlying lateral root development., (© 2023 Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2023
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6. Cellular and gene expression patterns associated with root bifurcation in Selaginella.
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Motte H, Fang T, Parizot B, Smet W, Yang X, Poelmans W, Walker L, Njo M, Bassel GW, and Beeckman T
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- Meristem metabolism, Transcriptome genetics, Plant Roots metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Selaginellaceae genetics
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The roots of lycophytes branch through dichotomy or bifurcation, during which the root apex splits into two daughter roots. This is morphologically distinct from lateral root (LR) branching in the extant euphyllophytes, with LRs developing along the root axis at different distances from the apex. Although the process of root bifurcation is poorly understood, such knowledge can be important, because it may represent an evolutionarily ancient strategy that roots recruited to form new stem cells or meristems. In this study, we examined root bifurcation in the lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii. We characterized an in vitro developmental time frame based on repetitive apex bifurcations, allowing us to sample different stages of dichotomous root branching and analyze the root meristem and root branching in S. moellendorffii at the microscopic and transcriptomic level. Our results showed that, in contrast to previous assumptions, initial cells (ICs) in the root meristem are mostly not tetrahedral but rather show an irregular shape. Tracking down the early stages of root branching argues for the occurrence of a symmetric division of the single IC, resulting in two apical stem cells that initiate root meristem bifurcation. Moreover, we generated a S. moellendorffii root branching transcriptome that resulted in the delineation of a subset of core meristem genes. The occurrence of multiple putative orthologs of meristem genes in this dataset suggests the presence of conserved pathways in the control of meristem and root stem cell establishment or maintenance., (© American Society of Plant Biologists 2022. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2022
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7. CROWN ROOTLESS1 binds DNA with a relaxed specificity and activates OsROP and OsbHLH044 genes involved in crown root formation in rice.
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Gonin M, Jeong K, Coudert Y, Lavarenne J, Hoang GT, Bes M, To HTM, Thiaw MN, Do TV, Moukouanga D, Guyomarc'h S, Bellande K, Brossier JR, Parizot B, Nguyen HT, Beeckman T, Bergougnoux V, Rouster J, Sallaud C, Laplaze L, Champion A, and Gantet P
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- DNA metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant genetics, Plant Proteins genetics, Plant Proteins metabolism, Plant Roots metabolism, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism, Oryza metabolism
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In cereals, the root system is mainly composed of post-embryonic shoot-borne roots, named crown roots. The CROWN ROOTLESS1 (CRL1) transcription factor, belonging to the ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2-LIKE/LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES DOMAIN (ASL/LBD) family, is a key regulator of crown root initiation in rice (Oryza sativa). Here, we show that CRL1 can bind, both in vitro and in vivo, not only the LBD-box, a DNA sequence recognized by several ASL/LBD transcription factors, but also another not previously identified DNA motif that was named CRL1-box. Using rice protoplast transient transactivation assays and a set of previously identified CRL1-regulated genes, we confirm that CRL1 transactivates these genes if they possess at least a CRL1-box or an LBD-box in their promoters. In planta, ChIP-qPCR experiments targeting two of these genes that include both a CRL1- and an LBD-box in their promoter show that CRL1 binds preferentially to the LBD-box in these promoter contexts. CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutation of these two CRL1-regulated genes, which encode a plant Rho GTPase (OsROP) and a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor (OsbHLH044), show that both promote crown root development. Finally, we show that OsbHLH044 represses a regulatory module, uncovering how CRL1 regulates specific processes during crown root formation., (© 2022 The Authors. The Plant Journal published by Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2022
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8. Translational profile of developing phellem cells in Arabidopsis thaliana roots.
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Leal AR, Barros PM, Parizot B, Sapeta H, Vangheluwe N, Andersen TG, Beeckman T, and Oliveira MM
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- Cambium genetics, Cell Wall, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Plant Roots, Transcription Factors genetics, Arabidopsis genetics
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The phellem is a specialized boundary tissue providing the first line of defense against abiotic and biotic stresses in organs undergoing secondary growth. Phellem cells undergo several differentiation steps, which include cell wall suberization, cell expansion, and programmed cell death. Yet, the molecular players acting particularly in phellem cell differentiation remain poorly described, particularly in the widely used model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Using specific marker lines we followed the onset and progression of phellem differentiation in A. thaliana roots and further targeted the translatome of newly developed phellem cells using translating ribosome affinity purification followed by mRNA sequencing (TRAP-SEQ). We showed that phellem suberization is initiated early after phellogen (cork cambium) division. The specific translational landscape was organized in three main domains related to energy production, synthesis and transport of cell wall components, and response to stimulus. Novel players in phellem differentiation related to suberin monomer transport and assembly as well as novel transcription regulators were identified. This strategy provided an unprecedented resolution of the translatome of developing phellem cells, giving a detailed and specific view on the molecular mechanisms acting on cell differentiation in periderm tissues of the model plant Arabidopsis., (© 2022 Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2022
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9. Two phylogenetically unrelated peptide-receptor modules jointly regulate lateral root initiation via a partially shared signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Jourquin J, Fernandez AI, Parizot B, Xu K, Grunewald W, Mamiya A, Fukaki H, and Beeckman T
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- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases genetics, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, Peptides metabolism, Signal Transduction, Arabidopsis metabolism, Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism
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Peptide-receptor signaling is an important system for intercellular communication, regulating many developmental processes. A single process can be controlled by several distinct signaling peptides. However, since peptide-receptor modules are usually studied separately, their mechanistic interactions remain largely unexplored. Two phylogenetically unrelated peptide-receptor modules, GLV6/GLV10-RGI and TOLS2/PIP2-RLK7, independently described as inhibitors of lateral root initiation, show striking similarities between their expression patterns and gain- and loss-of-function phenotypes, suggesting a common function during lateral root spacing and initiation. The GLV6/GLV10-RGI and TOLS2/PIP2-RLK7 modules trigger similar transcriptional changes, likely in part via WRKY transcription factors. Their overlapping set of response genes includes PUCHI and PLT5, both required for the effect of GLV6/10, as well as TOLS2, on lateral root initiation. Furthermore, both modules require the activity of MPK6 and can independently trigger MPK3/MPK6 phosphorylation. The GLV6/10 and TOLS2/PIP2 signaling pathways seem to converge in the activation of MPK3/MPK6, leading to the induction of a similar transcriptional response in the same target cells, thereby regulating lateral root initiation through a (partially) common mechanism. Convergence of signaling pathways downstream of phylogenetically unrelated peptide-receptor modules adds an additional, and hitherto unrecognized, level of complexity to intercellular communication networks in plants., (© 2021 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2021 New Phytologist Foundation.)
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- 2022
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10. Genetic Variability of Arabidopsis thaliana Mature Root System Architecture and Genome-Wide Association Study.
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Deja-Muylle A, Opdenacker D, Parizot B, Motte H, Lobet G, Storme V, Clauw P, Njo M, and Beeckman T
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Root system architecture (RSA) has a direct influence on the efficiency of nutrient uptake and plant growth, but the genetics of RSA are often studied only at the seedling stage. To get an insight into the genetic blueprint of a more mature RSA, we exploited natural variation and performed a detailed in vitro study of 241 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions using large petri dishes. A comprehensive analysis of 17 RSA traits showed high variability among the different accessions, unveiling correlations between traits and conditions of the natural habitat of the plants. A sub-selection of these accessions was grown in water-limiting conditions in a rhizotron set-up, which revealed that especially the spatial distribution showed a high consistency between in vitro and ex vitro conditions, while in particular, a large root area in the lower zone favored drought tolerance. The collected RSA phenotype data were used to perform genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which stands out from the previous studies by its exhaustive measurements of RSA traits on more mature Arabidopsis accessions used for GWAS. As a result, we found not only several genes involved in the lateral root (LR) development or auxin signaling pathways to be associated with RSA traits but also new candidate genes that are potentially involved in the adaptation to the natural habitats., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Deja-Muylle, Opdenacker, Parizot, Motte, Lobet, Storme, Clauw, Njo and Beeckman.)
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- 2022
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11. Periodic root branching is influenced by light through an HY1-HY5-auxin pathway.
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Duan X, Xu S, Xie Y, Li L, Qi W, Parizot B, Zhang Y, Chen T, Han Y, Van Breusegem F, Beeckman T, Shen W, and Xuan W
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- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Plant Roots genetics, Plant Roots metabolism, Arabidopsis genetics, Arabidopsis metabolism, Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism
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The spacing of lateral roots (LRs) along the main root in plants is driven by an oscillatory signal, often referred to as the "root clock" that represents a pre-patterning mechanism that can be influenced by environmental signals. Light is an important environmental factor that has been previously reported to be capable of modulating the root clock, although the effect of light signaling on the LR pre-patterning has not yet been fully investigated. In this study, we reveal that light can activate the transcription of a photomorphogenic gene HY1 to maintain high frequency and amplitude of the oscillation signal, leading to the repetitive formation of pre-branch sites. By grafting and tissue-specific complementation experiments, we demonstrated that HY1 generated in the shoot or locally in xylem pole pericycle cells was sufficient to regulate LR branching. We further found that HY1 can induce the expression of HY5 and its homolog HYH, and act as a signalosome to modulate the intracellular localization and expression of auxin transporters, in turn promoting auxin accumulation in the oscillation zone to stimulate LR branching. These fundamental mechanistic insights improve our understanding of the molecular basis of light-controlled LR formation and provide a genetic interconnection between shoot- and root-derived signals in regulating periodic LR branching., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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12. Early "Rootprints" of Plant Terrestrialization: Selaginella Root Development Sheds Light on Root Evolution in Vascular Plants.
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Fang T, Motte H, Parizot B, and Beeckman T
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Roots provide multiple key functions for plants, including anchorage and capturing of water and nutrients. Evolutionarily, roots represent a crucial innovation that enabled plants to migrate from aquatic to terrestrial environment and to grow in height. Based on fossil evidence, roots evolved at least twice independently, once in the lycophyte clade and once in the euphyllophyte (ferns and seed plants) clade. In lycophytes, roots originated in a stepwise manner. Despite their pivotal position in root evolution, it remains unclear how root development is controlled in lycophytes. Getting more insight into lycophyte root development might shed light on how genetic players controlling the root meristem and root developmental processes have evolved. Unfortunately, genetic studies in lycophytes are lagging behind, lacking advanced biotechnological tools, partially caused by the limited economic value of this clade. The technology of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) at least enabled transcriptome studies, which could enhance the understanding or discovery of genes involved in the root development of this sister group of euphyllophytes. Here, we provide an overview of the current knowledge on root evolution followed by a survey of root developmental events and how these are genetically and hormonally controlled, starting from insights obtained in the model seed plant Arabidopsis and where possible making a comparison with lycophyte root development. Second, we suggest possible key genetic regulators in root development of lycophytes mainly based on their expression profiles in Selaginella moellendorffii and phylogenetics. Finally, we point out challenges and possible future directions for research on root evolution., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 Fang, Motte, Parizot and Beeckman.)
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- 2021
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13. Rice plants respond to ammonium stress by adopting a helical root growth pattern.
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Jia L, Xie Y, Wang Z, Luo L, Zhang C, Pélissier PM, Parizot B, Qi W, Zhang J, Hu Z, Motte H, Luo L, Xu G, Beeckman T, and Xuan W
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- Arabidopsis physiology, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Nitrogen metabolism, Oryza growth & development, Plant Roots growth & development, Plant Roots physiology, Stress, Physiological, Ammonium Compounds metabolism, Oryza physiology, Plant Growth Regulators metabolism, Signal Transduction
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High levels of ammonium nutrition reduce plant growth and different plant species have developed distinct strategies to maximize ammonium acquisition while alleviating ammonium toxicity through modulating root growth. To date, the mechanisms underlying plant tolerance or sensitivity towards ammonium remain unclear. Rice (Oryza sativa) uses ammonium as its main N source. Here we show that ammonium supply restricts rice root elongation and induces a helical growth pattern, which is attributed to root acidification resulting from ammonium uptake. Ammonium-induced low pH triggers the asymmetric distribution of auxin in rice root tips through changes in auxin signaling, thereby inducing a helical growth response. Blocking auxin signaling completely inhibited this root response. In contrast, this root response is not activated in ammonium-treated Arabidopsis. Acidification of Arabidopsis roots leads to the protonation of indole-3-acetic acid and dampening of the intracellular auxin signaling levels that are required for maintaining root growth. Our study suggests a different mode of action by ammonium on the root pattern and auxin response machinery in rice versus Arabidopsis, and the rice-specific helical root response towards ammonium is an expression of the ability of rice to moderate auxin signaling and root growth to utilize ammonium while confronting acidic stress., (© 2020 Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2020
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14. GOLVEN peptide signalling through RGI receptors and MPK6 restricts asymmetric cell division during lateral root initiation.
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Fernandez AI, Vangheluwe N, Xu K, Jourquin J, Claus LAN, Morales-Herrera S, Parizot B, De Gernier H, Yu Q, Drozdzecki A, Maruta T, Hoogewijs K, Vannecke W, Peterson B, Opdenacker D, Madder A, Nimchuk ZL, Russinova E, and Beeckman T
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- Blotting, Western, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Plant Growth Regulators metabolism, Plant Growth Regulators physiology, Signal Transduction, Arabidopsis Proteins physiology, Cell Division, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins physiology, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases physiology, Peptides physiology, Plant Roots growth & development
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During lateral root initiation, lateral root founder cells undergo asymmetric cell divisions that generate daughter cells with different sizes and fates, a prerequisite for correct primordium organogenesis. An excess of the GLV6/RGF8 peptide disrupts these initial asymmetric cell divisions, resulting in more symmetric divisions and the failure to achieve lateral root organogenesis. Here, we show that loss-of-function GLV6 and its homologue GLV10 increase asymmetric cell divisions during lateral root initiation, and we identified three members of the RGF1 INSENSITIVE/RGF1 receptor subfamily as likely GLV receptors in this process. Through a suppressor screen, we found that MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE6 is a downstream regulator of the GLV pathway. Our data indicate that GLV6 and GLV10 act as inhibitors of asymmetric cell divisions and signal through RGF1 INSENSITIVE receptors and MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE6 to restrict the number of initial asymmetric cell divisions that take place during lateral root initiation.
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- 2020
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15. Exploiting natural variation in root system architecture via genome-wide association studies.
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Deja-Muylle A, Parizot B, Motte H, and Beeckman T
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- Phenotype, Plant Roots genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Quantitative Trait Loci
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Root growth and development has become an important research topic for breeders and researchers based on a growing need to adapt plants to changing and more demanding environmental conditions worldwide. Over the last few years, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) became an important tool to identify the link between traits in the field and their genetic background. Here we give an overview of the current literature concerning GWASs performed on root system architecture (RSA) in plants. We summarize which root traits and approaches have been used for GWAS, mentioning their respective success rate towards a successful gene discovery. Furthermore, we zoom in on the current technical hurdles in root phenotyping and GWAS, and discuss future possibilities in this field of research., (© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2020
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16. The evolutionary trajectory of root stem cells.
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Motte H, Parizot B, Fang T, and Beeckman T
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- Biological Evolution, Meristem, Stem Cells, Embryophyta, Plant Roots
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Root stem cells are crucial for the establishment of roots and are therefore a major evolutionary innovation that enabled land plants to spread on land. Despite their importance, not too much is known about the origin and the molecular players installing and maintaining them. Although still fragmentary, the recent availability of new data for early land plants can be used to identify and analyze the conservation of key regulators of root meristems. In this review, we evaluate the possible conservation of important root stem cell regulators to suggest pathways that might have been important at the origin of roots., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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17. Root Branching Is Not Induced by Auxins in Selaginella moellendorffii .
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Fang T, Motte H, Parizot B, and Beeckman T
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Angiosperms develop intensively branched root systems that are accommodated with the high capacity to produce plenty of new lateral roots throughout their life-span. Root branching can be dynamically regulated in response to edaphic conditions and provides the plants with a soil-mining potential. This highly specialized branching capacity has most likely been key in the colonization success of the present flowering plants on our planet. The initiation, formation and outgrowth of branching roots in Angiosperms are dominated by the plant hormone auxin. Upon auxin treatment root branching through the formation of lateral roots can easily be induced. In this study, we questioned whether this strong branching-inducing action of auxin is part of a conserved mechanism that was already active in the earliest diverging lineage of vascular plants with roots. In Selaginella, an extant representative species of this early clade of root forming plants, components of the canonical auxin signaling pathway are retrieved in its genome. Although we observed a clear physiological response and an indirect effect on root branching, we were not able to directly induce root branching in this species by application of different auxins. We conclude that the structural and developmental difference of the Selaginella root, which branches via bifurcation of the root meristem, or the absence of an auxin-mediated root development program, is most likely causative for the absence of an auxin-induced branching mechanism.
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- 2019
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18. The Xerobranching Response Represses Lateral Root Formation When Roots Are Not in Contact with Water.
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Orman-Ligeza B, Morris EC, Parizot B, Lavigne T, Babé A, Ligeza A, Klein S, Sturrock C, Xuan W, Novák O, Ljung K, Fernandez MA, Rodriguez PL, Dodd IC, De Smet I, Chaumont F, Batoko H, Périlleux C, Lynch JP, Bennett MJ, Beeckman T, and Draye X
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- Adaptation, Psychological physiology, Arabidopsis genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Edible Grain growth & development, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant genetics, Meristem metabolism, Organogenesis, Plant, Plant Growth Regulators metabolism, Plants, Genetically Modified, Signal Transduction, Transcription Factors metabolism, Water metabolism, Abscisic Acid metabolism, Edible Grain metabolism, Plant Roots metabolism
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Efficient soil exploration by roots represents an important target for crop improvement and food security [1, 2]. Lateral root (LR) formation is a key trait for optimizing soil foraging for crucial resources such as water and nutrients. Here, we report an adaptive response termed xerobranching, exhibited by cereal roots, that represses branching when root tips are not in contact with wet soil. Non-invasive X-ray microCT imaging revealed that cereal roots rapidly repress LR formation as they enter an air space within a soil profile and are no longer in contact with water. Transcript profiling of cereal root tips revealed that transient water deficit triggers the abscisic acid (ABA) response pathway. In agreement with this, exogenous ABA treatment can mimic repression of LR formation under transient water deficit. Genetic analysis in Arabidopsis revealed that ABA repression of LR formation requires the PYR/PYL/RCAR-dependent signaling pathway. Our findings suggest that ABA acts as the key signal regulating xerobranching. We conclude that this new ABA-dependent adaptive mechanism allows roots to rapidly respond to changes in water availability in their local micro-environment and to use internal resources efficiently., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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19. NAC Transcription Factors ANAC087 and ANAC046 Control Distinct Aspects of Programmed Cell Death in the Arabidopsis Columella and Lateral Root Cap.
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Huysmans M, Buono RA, Skorzinski N, Radio MC, De Winter F, Parizot B, Mertens J, Karimi M, Fendrych M, and Nowack MK
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- Arabidopsis genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Meristem genetics, Plant Roots genetics, Transcription Factors genetics, Arabidopsis metabolism, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Meristem metabolism, Plant Roots metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism
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Programmed cell death in plants occurs both during stress responses and as an integral part of regular plant development. Despite the undisputed importance of developmentally controlled cell death processes for plant growth and reproduction, we are only beginning to understand the underlying molecular genetic regulation. Exploiting the Arabidopsis thaliana root cap as a cell death model system, we identified two NAC transcription factors, the little-characterized ANAC087 and the leaf-senescence regulator ANAC046, as being sufficient to activate the expression of cell death-associated genes and to induce ectopic programmed cell death. In the root cap, these transcription factors are involved in the regulation of distinct aspects of programmed cell death. ANAC087 orchestrates postmortem chromatin degradation in the lateral root cap via the nuclease BFN1. In addition, both ANAC087 and ANAC046 redundantly control the onset of cell death execution in the columella root cap during and after its shedding from the root tip. Besides identifying two regulators of developmental programmed cell death, our analyses reveal the existence of an actively controlled cell death program in Arabidopsis columella root cap cells., (© 2018 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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20. RBOH-mediated ROS production facilitates lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis.
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Orman-Ligeza B, Parizot B, de Rycke R, Fernandez A, Himschoot E, Van Breusegem F, Bennett MJ, Périlleux C, Beeckman T, and Draye X
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- Cell Wall metabolism, Cell Wall physiology, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant physiology, Arabidopsis metabolism, Arabidopsis physiology, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Arabidopsis Proteins physiology, Plant Roots metabolism, Plant Roots physiology, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism
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Lateral root (LR) emergence represents a highly coordinated process in which the plant hormone auxin plays a central role. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been proposed to function as important signals during auxin-regulated LR formation; however, their mode of action is poorly understood. Here, we report that Arabidopsis roots exposed to ROS show increased LR numbers due to the activation of LR pre-branch sites and LR primordia (LRP). Strikingly, ROS treatment can also restore LR formation in pCASP1:shy2-2 and aux1 lax3 mutant lines in which auxin-mediated cell wall accommodation and remodeling in cells overlying the sites of LR formation is disrupted. Specifically, ROS are deposited in the apoplast of these cells during LR emergence, following a spatiotemporal pattern that overlaps the combined expression domains of extracellular ROS donors of the RESPIRATORY BURST OXIDASE HOMOLOGS (RBOH). We also show that disrupting (or enhancing) expression of RBOH in LRP and/or overlying root tissues decelerates (or accelerates) the development and emergence of LRs. We conclude that RBOH-mediated ROS production facilitates LR outgrowth by promoting cell wall remodeling of overlying parental tissues., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing or financial interests., (© 2016. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.)
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- 2016
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21. Cyclic programmed cell death stimulates hormone signaling and root development in Arabidopsis.
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Xuan W, Band LR, Kumpf RP, Van Damme D, Parizot B, De Rop G, Opdenacker D, Möller BK, Skorzinski N, Njo MF, De Rybel B, Audenaert D, Nowack MK, Vanneste S, and Beeckman T
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- Arabidopsis cytology, Arabidopsis metabolism, Plant Epidermis cytology, Plant Epidermis growth & development, Plant Epidermis metabolism, Plant Root Cap cytology, Plant Root Cap metabolism, Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand genetics, Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand metabolism, Signal Transduction, Soil, Water metabolism, Apoptosis, Arabidopsis growth & development, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Plant Root Cap growth & development
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The plant root cap, surrounding the very tip of the growing root, perceives and transmits environmental signals to the inner root tissues. In Arabidopsis thaliana, auxin released by the root cap contributes to the regular spacing of lateral organs along the primary root axis. Here, we show that the periodicity of lateral organ induction is driven by recurrent programmed cell death at the most distal edge of the root cap. We suggest that synchronous bursts of cell death in lateral root cap cells release pulses of auxin to surrounding root tissues, establishing the pattern for lateral root formation. The dynamics of root cap turnover may therefore coordinate primary root growth with root branching in order to optimize the uptake of water and nutrients from the soil., (Copyright © 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science.)
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- 2016
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22. Lateral Root Inducible System in Arabidopsis and Maize.
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Crombez H, Roberts I, Vangheluwe N, Motte H, Jansen L, Beeckman T, and Parizot B
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- Biological Transport, Indoleacetic Acids pharmacology, Plant Development, Arabidopsis growth & development, Plant Roots growth & development, Seedlings growth & development, Zea mays growth & development
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Lateral root development contributes significantly to the root system, and hence is crucial for plant growth. The study of lateral root initiation is however tedious, because it occurs only in a few cells inside the root and in an unpredictable manner. To circumvent this problem, a Lateral Root Inducible System (LRIS) has been developed. By treating seedlings consecutively with an auxin transport inhibitor and a synthetic auxin, highly controlled lateral root initiation occurs synchronously in the primary root, allowing abundant sampling of a desired developmental stage. The LRIS has first been developed for Arabidopsis thaliana, but can be applied to other plants as well. Accordingly, it has been adapted for use in maize (Zea mays). A detailed overview of the different steps of the LRIS in both plants is given. The combination of this system with comparative transcriptomics made it possible to identify functional homologs of Arabidopsis lateral root initiation genes in other species as illustrated here for the CYCLIN B1;1 (CYCB1;1) cell cycle gene in maize. Finally, the principles that need to be taken into account when an LRIS is developed for other plant species are discussed.
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- 2016
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23. OsMADS26 Negatively Regulates Resistance to Pathogens and Drought Tolerance in Rice.
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Khong GN, Pati PK, Richaud F, Parizot B, Bidzinski P, Mai CD, Bès M, Bourrié I, Meynard D, Beeckman T, Selvaraj MG, Manabu I, Genga AM, Brugidou C, Nang Do V, Guiderdoni E, Morel JB, and Gantet P
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- Adaptation, Physiological genetics, Base Sequence, Gene Expression Profiling methods, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, In Situ Hybridization, Magnaporthe physiology, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Oryza microbiology, Plant Diseases microbiology, Plants, Genetically Modified, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Xanthomonas physiology, Disease Resistance genetics, Droughts, MADS Domain Proteins genetics, Oryza genetics, Plant Diseases genetics, Plant Proteins genetics
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Functional analyses of MADS-box transcription factors in plants have unraveled their role in major developmental programs (e.g. flowering and floral organ identity) as well as stress-related developmental processes, such as abscission, fruit ripening, and senescence. Overexpression of the rice (Oryza sativa) MADS26 gene in rice has revealed a possible function related to stress response. Here, we show that OsMADS26-down-regulated plants exhibit enhanced resistance against two major rice pathogens: Magnaporthe oryzae and Xanthomonas oryzae. Despite this enhanced resistance to biotic stresses, OsMADS26-down-regulated plants also displayed enhanced tolerance to water deficit. These phenotypes were observed in both controlled and field conditions. Interestingly, alteration of OsMADS26 expression does not have a strong impact on plant development. Gene expression profiling revealed that a majority of genes misregulated in overexpresser and down-regulated OsMADS26 lines compared with control plants are associated to biotic or abiotic stress response. Altogether, our data indicate that OsMADS26 acts as an upstream regulator of stress-associated genes and thereby, a hub to modulate the response to various stresses in the rice plant., (© 2015 American Society of Plant Biologists. All Rights Reserved.)
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- 2015
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24. Expanding the repertoire of secretory peptides controlling root development with comparative genome analysis and functional assays.
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Ghorbani S, Lin YC, Parizot B, Fernandez A, Njo MF, Van de Peer Y, Beeckman T, and Hilson P
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- Conserved Sequence, Gene Expression Profiling, Microsatellite Repeats, Peptides metabolism, Phylogeny, Plant Proteins metabolism, Plant Roots genetics, Plant Roots growth & development, Genome, Plant, Genomics methods, Peptides genetics, Plant Development genetics, Plant Proteins genetics
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Plant genomes encode numerous small secretory peptides (SSPs) whose functions have yet to be explored. Based on structural features that characterize SSP families known to take part in postembryonic development, this comparative genome analysis resulted in the identification of genes coding for oligopeptides potentially involved in cell-to-cell communication. Because genome annotation based on short sequence homology is difficult, the criteria for the de novo identification and aggregation of conserved SSP sequences were first benchmarked across five reference plant species. The resulting gene families were then extended to 32 genome sequences, including major crops. The global phylogenetic pattern common to the functionally characterized SSP families suggests that their apparition and expansion coincide with that of the land plants. The SSP families can be searched online for members, sequences and consensus (http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/webtools/PlantSSP/). Looking for putative regulators of root development, Arabidopsis thaliana SSP genes were further selected through transcriptome meta-analysis based on their expression at specific stages and in specific cell types in the course of the lateral root formation. As an additional indication that formerly uncharacterized SSPs may control development, this study showed that root growth and branching were altered by the application of synthetic peptides matching conserved SSP motifs, sometimes in very specific ways. The strategy used in the study, combining comparative genomics, transcriptome meta-analysis and peptide functional assays in planta, pinpoints factors potentially involved in non-cell-autonomous regulatory mechanisms. A similar approach can be implemented in different species for the study of a wide range of developmental programmes., (© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology.)
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- 2015
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25. Root Cap-Derived Auxin Pre-patterns the Longitudinal Axis of the Arabidopsis Root.
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Xuan W, Audenaert D, Parizot B, Möller BK, Njo MF, De Rybel B, De Rop G, Van Isterdael G, Mähönen AP, Vanneste S, and Beeckman T
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- Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase genetics, Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase metabolism, Arabidopsis genetics, Arabidopsis metabolism, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Body Patterning, F-Box Proteins genetics, F-Box Proteins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Indoles metabolism, Plant Roots genetics, Plant Roots metabolism, Plants, Genetically Modified, Receptors, Cell Surface genetics, Receptors, Cell Surface metabolism, Arabidopsis growth & development, Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Plant Roots growth & development
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During the exploration of the soil by plant roots, uptake of water and nutrients can be greatly fostered by a regular spacing of lateral roots (LRs). In the Arabidopsis root, a regular branching pattern depends on oscillatory gene activity to create prebranch sites, patches of cells competent to form LRs. Thus far, the molecular components regulating the oscillations still remain unclear. Here, we show that a local auxin source in the root cap, derived from the auxin precursor indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), modulates the oscillation amplitude, which in turn determines whether a prebranch site is created or not. Moreover, transcriptome profiling identified novel and IBA-regulated components of root patterning, such as the MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED KINASE REGULATOR4 (MAKR4) that converts the prebranch sites into a regular spacing of lateral organs. Thus, the spatiotemporal patterning of roots is fine-tuned by the root cap-specific conversion pathway of IBA to auxin and the subsequent induction of MAKR4., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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26. Identification of potential transcriptional regulators of actinorhizal symbioses in Casuarina glauca and Alnus glutinosa.
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Diédhiou I, Tromas A, Cissoko M, Gray K, Parizot B, Crabos A, Alloisio N, Fournier P, Carro L, Svistoonoff S, Gherbi H, Hocher V, Diouf D, Laplaze L, and Champion A
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- Alnus microbiology, Bacterial Proteins metabolism, DNA, Bacterial genetics, DNA, Bacterial metabolism, DNA, Complementary genetics, DNA, Complementary metabolism, Frankia metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Plant Roots metabolism, Plant Roots microbiology, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Bacterial Proteins genetics, Frankia genetics, Magnoliopsida microbiology, Symbiosis genetics
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Background: Trees belonging to the Casuarinaceae and Betulaceae families play an important ecological role and are useful tools in forestry for degraded land rehabilitation and reforestation. These functions are linked to their capacity to establish symbiotic relationships with a nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium of the genus Frankia. However, the molecular mechanisms controlling the establishment of these symbioses are poorly understood. The aim of this work was to identify potential transcription factors involved in the establishment and functioning of actinorhizal symbioses., Results: We identified 202 putative transcription factors by in silico analysis in 40 families in Casuarina glauca (Casuarinaceae) and 195 in 35 families in Alnus glutinosa (Betulaceae) EST databases. Based on published transcriptome datasets and quantitative PCR analysis, we found that 39% and 26% of these transcription factors were regulated during C. glauca and A. glutinosa-Frankia interactions, respectively. Phylogenetic studies confirmed the presence of common key transcription factors such as NSP, NF-YA and ERN-related proteins involved in nodule formation in legumes, which confirm the existence of a common symbiosis signaling pathway in nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbioses. We also identified an actinorhizal-specific transcription factor belonging to the zinc finger C1-2i subfamily we named CgZF1 in C. glauca and AgZF1 in A. glutinosa., Conclusions: We identified putative nodulation-associated transcription factors with particular emphasis on members of the GRAS, NF-YA, ERF and C2H2 families. Interestingly, comparison of the non-legume and legume TF with signaling elements from actinorhizal species revealed a new subgroup of nodule-specific C2H2 TF that could be specifically involved in actinorhizal symbioses. In silico identification, transcript analysis, and phylogeny reconstruction of transcription factor families paves the way for the study of specific molecular regulation of symbiosis in response to Frankia infection.
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- 2014
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27. Comparative transcriptomics as a tool for the identification of root branching genes in maize.
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Jansen L, Hollunder J, Roberts I, Forestan C, Fonteyne P, Van Quickenborne C, Zhen RG, McKersie B, Parizot B, and Beeckman T
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- Arabidopsis cytology, Arabidopsis drug effects, Arabidopsis growth & development, Cell Cycle, Cell Division, Gene Expression Profiling, Plant Proteins genetics, Plant Roots cytology, Plant Roots drug effects, Plant Roots growth & development, Zea mays cytology, Zea mays drug effects, Zea mays growth & development, Arabidopsis genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Indoleacetic Acids pharmacology, Plant Roots genetics, Zea mays genetics
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The root system is fundamental for plant development, is crucial for overall plant growth and is recently being recognized as the key for future crop productivity improvement. A major determinant of root system architecture is the initiation of lateral roots. While knowledge of the genetic and molecular mechanisms regulating lateral root initiation has mainly been achieved in the dicotyledonous plant Arabidopsis thaliana, only scarce data are available for major crop species, generally monocotyledonous plants. The existence of both similarities and differences at the morphological and anatomical level between plant species from both clades raises the question whether regulation of lateral root initiation may or may not be conserved through evolution. Here, we performed a targeted genome-wide transcriptome analysis during lateral root initiation both in primary and in adventitious roots of Zea mays and found evidence for the existence of common transcriptional regulation. Further, based on a comparative analysis with Arabidopsis transcriptome data, a core of genes putatively conserved across angiosperms could be identified. Therefore, it is plausible that common regulatory mechanisms for lateral root initiation are at play in maize and Arabidopsis, a finding that might encourage the extrapolation of knowledge obtained in Arabidopsis to crop species at the level of root system architecture., (© 2013 Society for Experimental Biology, Association of Applied Biologists and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2013
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28. Post-embryonic root organogenesis in cereals: branching out from model plants.
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Orman-Ligeza B, Parizot B, Gantet PP, Beeckman T, Bennett MJ, and Draye X
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- Arabidopsis growth & development, Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Edible Grain growth & development, F-Box Proteins genetics, F-Box Proteins metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Hordeum growth & development, Plant Proteins genetics, Plant Proteins metabolism, Plant Roots growth & development, Plant Roots physiology, Receptors, Cell Surface genetics, Receptors, Cell Surface metabolism, Seedlings growth & development, Seedlings physiology, Signal Transduction, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism, Zea mays growth & development, Arabidopsis physiology, Edible Grain physiology, Hordeum physiology, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Plant Growth Regulators metabolism, Zea mays physiology
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The root architecture of higher plants is amazingly diverse. In this review, we compare the lateral root developmental programme in cereals and Arabidopsis thaliana. In cereals, cells in the endodermis are recruited to form the new root cap and overlying cortical cells divide to facilitate the emergence of the lateral root primordium. The TIR1/ABF2 auxin receptors and the AUX/IAA, ARF, and LBD transcriptional regulatory proteins are conserved in cereals and Arabidopsis. Several elements of this regulatory network are common to lateral and crown roots in cereals. Also, the ground meristem from which crown roots differentiate shows similarities with the root pericycle. Studies in cereals promise to give complementary insights into the mechanisms regulating the development of post-embryonic roots in plants., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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29. Inducible system for lateral roots in Arabidopsis thaliana and maize.
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Jansen L, Parizot B, and Beeckman T
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- Arabidopsis genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Plant Roots genetics, Signal Transduction, Zea mays genetics, Arabidopsis growth & development, Arabidopsis metabolism, Plant Roots growth & development, Plant Roots metabolism, Zea mays growth & development, Zea mays metabolism
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The study of biological processes contributing to plant growth can be complicated by the small number of cells involved and by the brief and sudden appearance of some crucial developmental steps. Given such troublesome circumstances, methods to monitor the timing or to increase the number of concerned cells can be of great advantage to researchers. Lateral root initiation is a process taking place endogenously in a discrete number of cells of the parent root. It represents the onset of the formation of a new meristem and provides the below ground part of the plant the ability to react on environmental conditions such as nutrient and water availability. Insights into the underlying mechanisms of this developmental event can be of major importance to provide means of improving tolerance to nutrient and water deficient conditions. The exact timing and site of lateral root initiation are, however, impossible to predict, hampering exhaustive studies of the sequence of events directing this process. Here, we present a method to synchronize the induction of lateral roots in Arabidopsis thaliana and maize. By initially preventing the formation of laterals in young seedlings and subsequently inducing lateral root initiation, this method not only allows controlling the process in time but also enlarges significantly the population of cells involved, opening up the way to systems biology approaches.
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- 2013
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30. A role for the root cap in root branching revealed by the non-auxin probe naxillin.
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De Rybel B, Audenaert D, Xuan W, Overvoorde P, Strader LC, Kepinski S, Hoye R, Brisbois R, Parizot B, Vanneste S, Liu X, Gilday A, Graham IA, Nguyen L, Jansen L, Njo MF, Inzé D, Bartel B, and Beeckman T
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- Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, RNA, Messenger genetics, Arabidopsis growth & development, Plant Proteins physiology, Plant Roots growth & development
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The acquisition of water and nutrients by plant roots is a fundamental aspect of agriculture and strongly depends on root architecture. Root branching and expansion of the root system is achieved through the development of lateral roots and is to a large extent controlled by the plant hormone auxin. However, the pleiotropic effects of auxin or auxin-like molecules on root systems complicate the study of lateral root development. Here we describe a small-molecule screen in Arabidopsis thaliana that identified naxillin as what is to our knowledge the first non-auxin-like molecule that promotes root branching. By using naxillin as a chemical tool, we identified a new function for root cap-specific conversion of the auxin precursor indole-3-butyric acid into the active auxin indole-3-acetic acid and uncovered the involvement of the root cap in root branching. Delivery of an auxin precursor in peripheral tissues such as the root cap might represent an important mechanism shaping root architecture.
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- 2012
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31. In silico analyses of pericycle cell populations reinforce their relation with associated vasculature in Arabidopsis.
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Parizot B, Roberts I, Raes J, Beeckman T, and De Smet I
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- Arabidopsis genetics, Arabidopsis metabolism, Cluster Analysis, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Genes, Plant, Nucleotide Motifs, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Phloem genetics, Phloem metabolism, Phloem physiology, Plant Cells metabolism, Plant Roots metabolism, Plant Roots physiology, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism, Transcriptome, Xylem genetics, Xylem metabolism, Xylem physiology, Arabidopsis physiology, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Plant Cells physiology, Plant Roots cytology
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In Arabidopsis, lateral root initiation occurs in a subset of pericycle cells at the xylem pole that will divide asymmetrically to give rise to a new lateral root organ. While lateral roots never develop at the phloem pole, it is unclear how the interaction with xylem and phloem poles determines the distinct pericycle identities with different competences. Nevertheless, pericycle cells at these poles are marked by differences in size, by ultrastructural features and by specific proteins and gene expression. Here, we provide transcriptional evidence that pericycle cells are intimately associated with their vascular tissue instead of being a separate concentric layer. This has implications for the identification of cell- and tissue-specific promoters that are necessary to drive and/or alter gene expression locally, avoiding pleiotropic effects. We were able to identify a small set of genes that display specific expression in the phloem or xylem pole pericycle cells, and we were able to identify motifs that are likely to drive expression in either one of those tissues.
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- 2012
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32. Analyzing lateral root development: how to move forward.
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De Smet I, White PJ, Bengough AG, Dupuy L, Parizot B, Casimiro I, Heidstra R, Laskowski M, Lepetit M, Hochholdinger F, Draye X, Zhang H, Broadley MR, Péret B, Hammond JP, Fukaki H, Mooney S, Lynch JP, Nacry P, Schurr U, Laplaze L, Benfey P, Beeckman T, and Bennett M
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- Models, Theoretical, Plant Roots growth & development
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Roots are important to plants for a wide variety of processes, including nutrient and water uptake, anchoring and mechanical support, storage functions, and as the major interface between the plant and various biotic and abiotic factors in the soil environment. Therefore, understanding the development and architecture of roots holds potential for the manipulation of root traits to improve the productivity and sustainability of agricultural systems and to better understand and manage natural ecosystems. While lateral root development is a traceable process along the primary root and different stages can be found along this longitudinal axis of time and development, root system architecture is complex and difficult to quantify. Here, we comment on assays to describe lateral root phenotypes and propose ways to move forward regarding the description of root system architecture, also considering crops and the environment.
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- 2012
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33. Heart of endosymbioses: transcriptomics reveals a conserved genetic program among arbuscular mycorrhizal, actinorhizal and legume-rhizobial symbioses.
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Tromas A, Parizot B, Diagne N, Champion A, Hocher V, Cissoko M, Crabos A, Prodjinoto H, Lahouze B, Bogusz D, Laplaze L, and Svistoonoff S
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- Fabaceae genetics, Gene Expression, Genes, Bacterial, Genes, Fungal, Genes, Plant, Mycorrhizae genetics, Rhizobium genetics, Transcriptome, Fabaceae physiology, Mycorrhizae physiology, Rhizobium physiology, Symbiosis
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To improve their nutrition, most plants associate with soil microorganisms, particularly fungi, to form mycorrhizae. A few lineages, including actinorhizal plants and legumes are also able to interact with nitrogen-fixing bacteria hosted intracellularly inside root nodules. Fossil and molecular data suggest that the molecular mechanisms involved in these root nodule symbioses (RNS) have been partially recycled from more ancient and widespread arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. We used a comparative transcriptomics approach to identify genes involved in establishing these 3 endosymbioses and their functioning. We analysed global changes in gene expression in AM in the actinorhizal tree C. glauca. A comparison with genes induced in AM in Medicago truncatula and Oryza sativa revealed a common set of genes induced in AM. A comparison with genes induced in nitrogen-fixing nodules of C. glauca and M. truncatula also made it possible to define a common set of genes induced in these three endosymbioses. The existence of this core set of genes is in accordance with the proposed recycling of ancient AM genes for new functions related to nodulation in legumes and actinorhizal plants.
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- 2012
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34. Auxin-dependent cell cycle reactivation through transcriptional regulation of Arabidopsis E2Fa by lateral organ boundary proteins.
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Berckmans B, Vassileva V, Schmid SP, Maes S, Parizot B, Naramoto S, Magyar Z, Alvim Kamei CL, Koncz C, Bögre L, Persiau G, De Jaeger G, Friml J, Simon R, Beeckman T, and De Veylder L
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- Arabidopsis cytology, Arabidopsis genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, E2F Transcription Factors metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant genetics, Gene Knockout Techniques, Mutagenesis, Insertional, Plant Roots cytology, Plant Roots genetics, Plant Vascular Bundle cytology, Plant Vascular Bundle genetics, Plant Vascular Bundle physiology, Plants, Genetically Modified, Promoter Regions, Genetic genetics, Signal Transduction physiology, Nicotiana genetics, Nicotiana metabolism, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcription Factors metabolism, Transcriptional Activation, Arabidopsis physiology, Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Cell Cycle physiology, E2F Transcription Factors genetics, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Plant Roots physiology
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Multicellular organisms depend on cell production, cell fate specification, and correct patterning to shape their adult body. In plants, auxin plays a prominent role in the timely coordination of these different cellular processes. A well-studied example is lateral root initiation, in which auxin triggers founder cell specification and cell cycle activation of xylem pole-positioned pericycle cells. Here, we report that the E2Fa transcription factor of Arabidopsis thaliana is an essential component that regulates the asymmetric cell division marking lateral root initiation. Moreover, we demonstrate that E2Fa expression is regulated by the LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARY DOMAIN18/LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARY DOMAIN33 (LBD18/LBD33) dimer that is, in turn, regulated by the auxin signaling pathway. LBD18/LBD33 mediates lateral root organogenesis through E2Fa transcriptional activation, whereas E2Fa expression under control of the LBD18 promoter eliminates the need for LBD18. Besides lateral root initiation, vascular patterning is disrupted in E2Fa knockout plants, similarly as it is affected in auxin signaling and lbd mutants, indicating that the transcriptional induction of E2Fa through LBDs represents a general mechanism for auxin-dependent cell cycle activation. Our data illustrate how a conserved mechanism driving cell cycle entry has been adapted evolutionarily to connect auxin signaling with control of processes determining plant architecture.
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- 2011
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35. A novel aux/IAA28 signaling cascade activates GATA23-dependent specification of lateral root founder cell identity.
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De Rybel B, Vassileva V, Parizot B, Demeulenaere M, Grunewald W, Audenaert D, Van Campenhout J, Overvoorde P, Jansen L, Vanneste S, Möller B, Wilson M, Holman T, Van Isterdael G, Brunoud G, Vuylsteke M, Vernoux T, De Veylder L, Inzé D, Weijers D, Bennett MJ, and Beeckman T
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- GATA Transcription Factors genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Molecular Sequence Data, Plant Development, Plant Proteins genetics, Plant Roots cytology, Two-Hybrid System Techniques, GATA Transcription Factors metabolism, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Plant Proteins metabolism, Plant Roots growth & development, Plants anatomy & histology, Plants genetics, Signal Transduction
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Background: Lateral roots are formed at regular intervals along the main root by recurrent specification of founder cells. To date, the mechanism by which branching of the root system is controlled and founder cells become specified remains unknown., Results: Our study reports the identification of the auxin regulatory components and their target gene, GATA23, which control lateral root founder cell specification. Initially, a meta-analysis of lateral root-related transcriptomic data identified the GATA23 transcription factor. GATA23 is expressed specifically in xylem pole pericycle cells before the first asymmetric division and is correlated with oscillating auxin signaling maxima in the basal meristem. Also, functional studies revealed that GATA23 controls lateral root founder cell identity. Finally, we show that an Aux/IAA28-dependent auxin signaling mechanism in the basal meristem controls GATA23 expression., Conclusions: We have identified the first molecular components that control lateral root founder cell identity in the Arabidopsis root. These include an IAA28-dependent auxin signaling module in the basal meristem region that regulates GATA23 expression and thereby lateral root founder cell specification and root branching patterns., (Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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36. VisuaLRTC: a new view on lateral root initiation by combining specific transcriptome data sets.
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Parizot B, De Rybel B, and Beeckman T
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- Algorithms, Arabidopsis metabolism, Cell Cycle, Gene Expression Profiling, Multigene Family, Organ Specificity, Arabidopsis growth & development, Indoleacetic Acids metabolism, Plant Roots growth & development
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Lateral root initiation and development has been increasingly studied over the last two decades. This postembryonic organogenic process guarantees the spatial development and plasticity of the root system in response to environmental cues and is crucial for the plant's growth and development. Several independent large-scale transcriptome studies in different species resulted in a wealth of data that can be instructive to understand this process at the molecular level. Here, we present an easy and flexible spreadsheet tool, called Visual Lateral Root Transcriptome Compendium, that combines publicly available data sets involved in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) lateral root development and links them with additional information on tissue-specific expression and cell cycle involvement, thus allowing the extraction of novel information from existing data sets in a visual and user-friendly manner. We believe that this tool will be valuable not only for root biologists but also for a broader range of scientists as it enables a fast indication of the potential involvement of a given gene during de novo organogenesis.
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- 2010
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37. Diarch symmetry of the vascular bundle in Arabidopsis root encompasses the pericycle and is reflected in distich lateral root initiation.
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Parizot B, Laplaze L, Ricaud L, Boucheron-Dubuisson E, Bayle V, Bonke M, De Smet I, Poethig SR, Helariutta Y, Haseloff J, Chriqui D, Beeckman T, and Nussaume L
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- Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Cell Differentiation, Cell Division, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Mutation, Trans-Activators genetics, Trans-Activators metabolism, Arabidopsis cytology, Arabidopsis growth & development, Plant Roots cytology, Plant Roots growth & development
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The outer tissues of dicotyledonous plant roots (i.e. epidermis, cortex, and endodermis) are clearly organized in distinct concentric layers in contrast to the diarch to polyarch vascular tissues of the central stele. Up to now, the outermost layer of the stele, the pericycle, has always been regarded, in accordance with the outer tissue layers, as one uniform concentric layer. However, considering its lateral root-forming competence, the pericycle is composed of two different cell types, with one subset of cells being associated with the xylem, showing strong competence to initiate cell division, whereas another group of cells, associated with the phloem, appears to remain quiescent. Here, we established, using detailed microscopy and specific Arabidopsis thaliana reporter lines, the existence of two distinct pericycle cell types. Analysis of two enhancer trap reporter lines further suggests that the specification between these two subsets takes place early during development, in relation with the determination of the vascular tissues. A genetic screen resulted in the isolation of mutants perturbed in pericycle differentiation. Detailed phenotypical analyses of two of these mutants, combined with observations made in known vascular mutants, revealed an intimate correlation between vascular organization, pericycle fate, and lateral root initiation potency, and illustrated the independence of pericycle differentiation and lateral root initiation from protoxylem differentiation. Taken together, our data show that the pericycle is a heterogeneous cell layer with two groups of cells set up in the root meristem by the same genetic pathway controlling the diarch organization of the vasculature.
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- 2008
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38. Cytokinins act directly on lateral root founder cells to inhibit root initiation.
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Laplaze L, Benkova E, Casimiro I, Maes L, Vanneste S, Swarup R, Weijers D, Calvo V, Parizot B, Herrera-Rodriguez MB, Offringa R, Graham N, Doumas P, Friml J, Bogusz D, Beeckman T, and Bennett M
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- Agrobacterium tumefaciens genetics, Alkyl and Aryl Transferases genetics, Alkyl and Aryl Transferases metabolism, Arabidopsis embryology, Arabidopsis genetics, Arabidopsis Proteins genetics, Benzyl Compounds, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant drug effects, Indoleacetic Acids pharmacology, Kinetin pharmacology, Models, Biological, Plant Roots embryology, Plant Roots genetics, Plants, Genetically Modified, Purines, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Xylem genetics, Xylem metabolism, Arabidopsis drug effects, Arabidopsis Proteins metabolism, Cytokinins pharmacology, Plant Roots drug effects
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In Arabidopsis thaliana, lateral roots are formed from root pericycle cells adjacent to the xylem poles. Lateral root development is regulated antagonistically by the plant hormones auxin and cytokinin. While a great deal is known about how auxin promotes lateral root development, the mechanism of cytokinin repression is still unclear. Elevating cytokinin levels was observed to disrupt lateral root initiation and the regular pattern of divisions that characterizes lateral root development in Arabidopsis. To identify the stage of lateral root development that is sensitive to cytokinins, we targeted the expression of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens cytokinin biosynthesis enzyme isopentenyltransferase to either xylem-pole pericycle cells or young lateral root primordia using GAL4-GFP enhancer trap lines. Transactivation experiments revealed that xylem-pole pericycle cells are sensitive to cytokinins, whereas young lateral root primordia are not. This effect is physiologically significant because transactivation of the Arabidopsis cytokinin degrading enzyme cytokinin oxidase 1 in lateral root founder cells results in increased lateral root formation. We observed that cytokinins perturb the expression of PIN genes in lateral root founder cells and prevent the formation of an auxin gradient that is required to pattern lateral root primordia.
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- 2007
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39. GAL4-GFP enhancer trap lines for genetic manipulation of lateral root development in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Laplaze L, Parizot B, Baker A, Ricaud L, Martinière A, Auguy F, Franche C, Nussaume L, Bogusz D, and Haseloff J
- Subjects
- Arabidopsis growth & development, Base Sequence, DNA Primers, DNA-Binding Proteins, Green Fluorescent Proteins metabolism, Mutagenesis, Insertional, Plant Roots growth & development, Plants, Genetically Modified genetics, Plants, Genetically Modified growth & development, Plants, Genetically Modified metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins metabolism, Transcription Factors metabolism, Arabidopsis genetics, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Green Fluorescent Proteins genetics, Recombinant Fusion Proteins metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins genetics, Transcription Factors genetics
- Abstract
Lateral root development occurs throughout the life of the plant and is responsible for the plasticity of the root system. In Arabidopsis thaliana, lateral root founder cells originate from pericycle cells adjacent to xylem poles. In order to study the mechanisms of lateral root development, a population of Arabidopsis GAL4-GFP enhancer trap lines were screened and two lines were isolated with GAL4 expression in root xylem-pole pericycle cells (J0121), i.e. in cells competent to become lateral root founder cells, and in young lateral root primordia (J0192). These two enhancer trap lines are very useful tools with which to study the molecular and cellular bases of lateral root development using targeted gene expression. These lines were used for genetic ablation experiments by targeting the expression of a toxin-encoding gene. Moreover, the molecular bases of the enhancer trap expression pattern were characterized. These results suggest that the lateral-root-specific GAL4 expression pattern in J0192 is due to a strong enhancer in the promoter of the LOB-domain protein gene LBD16.
- Published
- 2005
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