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Phloem-transported cytokinin regulates polar auxin transport and maintains vascular pattern in the root meristem

Bishopp, Anthony, Lehesranta, Satu, Vaten, Anne, Help, Hanna, El-Showk, Sedeer, Scheres, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5400-9578, Helariutta, Kerttuli, Mahonen, Ari Pekka, Sakakibara, Hitoshi and Helariutta, Ykä 2011. Phloem-transported cytokinin regulates polar auxin transport and maintains vascular pattern in the root meristem. Current Biology 21 (11) , pp. 927-932. 10.1016/j.cub.2011.04.049

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Abstract

Cytokinin phytohormones regulate a variety of developmental processes in the root such as meristem size, vascular pattern, and root architecture [1, 2 and 3]. Long-distance transport of cytokinin is supported by the discovery of cytokinins in xylem and phloem sap [4] and by grafting experiments between wild-type and cytokinin biosynthesis mutants [5]. Acropetal transport of cytokinin (toward the shoot apex) has also been implicated in the control of shoot branching [6]. However, neither the mode of transport nor a developmental role has been shown for basipetal transport of cytokinin (toward the root apex). In this paper, we combine the use of a new technology that blocks symplastic connections in the phloem with a novel approach to visualize radiolabeled hormones in planta to examine the basipetal transport of cytokinin. We show that this occurs through symplastic connections in the phloem. The reduction of cytokinin levels in the phloem leads to a destabilization of the root vascular pattern in a manner similar to mutants affected in auxin transport or cytokinin signaling [7]. Together, our results demonstrate a role for long-distance basipetal transport of cytokinin in controlling polar auxin transport and maintaining the vascular pattern in the root meristem.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0960-9822
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2022 09:13
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/57694

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