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Mathematical modeling and experimental validation of the spatial distribution of boron in the root of arabidopsis thaliana identify high boron accumulation in the tip and predict a distinct root tip uptake function

Shimotohno, A., Sotta, N., Sato, T., De Ruvo, M., Maree, A.F.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2689-2484, Grieneisen, V.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6780-8301 and Fujiwara, T. 2015. Mathematical modeling and experimental validation of the spatial distribution of boron in the root of arabidopsis thaliana identify high boron accumulation in the tip and predict a distinct root tip uptake function. Plant and Cell Physiology 56 (4) , pp. 620-630. 10.1093/pcp/pcv016

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Abstract

Boron, an essential micronutrient, is transported in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana mainly by two different types of transporters, BORs and NIPs (nodulin26-like intrinsic proteins). Both are plasma membrane localized, but have distinct transport properties and patterns of cell type-specific accumulation with different polar localizations, which are likely to affect boron distribution. Here, we used mathematical modeling and an experimental determination to address boron distributions in the root. A computational model of the root is created at the cellular level, describing the boron transporters as observed experimentally. Boron is allowed to diffuse into roots, in cells and cell walls, and to be transported over plasma membranes, reflecting the properties of the different transporters. The model predicts that a region around the quiescent center has a higher concentration of soluble boron than other portions. To evaluate this prediction experimentally, we determined the boron distribution in roots using laser ablation-inductivity coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The analysis indicated that the boron concentration is highest near the tip and is lower in the more proximal region of the meristem zone, similar to the pattern of soluble boron distribution predicted by the model. Our model also predicts that upward boron flux does not continuously increase from the root tip toward the mature region, indicating that boron taken up in the root tip is not efficiently transported to shoots. This suggests that root tip-absorbed boron is probably used for local root growth, and that instead it is the more mature root regions which have a greater role in transporting boron toward the shoots.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0032-0781
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 11 March 2019
Date of Acceptance: 26 January 2015
Last Modified: 05 May 2023 10:36
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/119518

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