TY - JOUR
T1 - Integration of hormonal signaling networks and mobile microRNAs is required for vascular patterning in Arabidopsis roots
AU - Muraro, D.
AU - Mellor, N.
AU - Pound, M. P.
AU - Help, H.
AU - Lucas, M.
AU - Chopard, J.
AU - Byrne, H. M.
AU - Godin, C.
AU - Hodgman, T. C.
AU - King, J. R.
AU - Pridmore, T. P.
AU - Helariutta, Y.
AU - Bennett, M. J.
AU - Bishopp, A.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUK-013-04
Acknowledgements: We thank Leah Band for helpful comments. We acknowledge the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for funding. H. M. B. was funded, in part, by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Award KUK-013-04, J.R.K. was funded by the Royal Society and Wolfson Foundation, and A. B. was funded by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. J.G and C. G. were funded by the Institut de Biologie Computationnelle de Montpellier and the Morphogenetics Inria Project-Lab.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.
PY - 2013/12/31
Y1 - 2013/12/31
N2 - As multicellular organisms grow, positional information is continually needed to regulate the pattern in which cells are arranged. In the Arabidopsis root, most cell types are organized in a radially symmetric pattern; however, a symmetry-breaking event generates bisymmetric auxin and cytokinin signaling domains in the stele. Bidirectional cross-talk between the stele and the surrounding tissues involving a mobile transcription factor, SHORT ROOT (SHR), and mobile microRNA species also determines vascular pattern, but it is currently unclear how these signals integrate. We use a multicellular model to determine a minimal set of components necessary for maintaining a stable vascular pattern. Simulations perturbing the signaling network show that, in addition to the mutually inhibitory interaction between auxin and cytokinin, signaling through SHR, microRNA165/6, and PHABULOSA is required to maintain a stable bisymmetric pattern. We have verified this prediction by observing loss of bisymmetry in shr mutants. The model reveals the importance of several features of the network, namely the mutual degradation of microRNA165/6 and PHABULOSA and the existence of an additional negative regulator of cytokinin signaling. These components form a plausible mechanism capable of patterning vascular tissues in the absence of positional inputs provided by the transport of hormones from the shoot.
AB - As multicellular organisms grow, positional information is continually needed to regulate the pattern in which cells are arranged. In the Arabidopsis root, most cell types are organized in a radially symmetric pattern; however, a symmetry-breaking event generates bisymmetric auxin and cytokinin signaling domains in the stele. Bidirectional cross-talk between the stele and the surrounding tissues involving a mobile transcription factor, SHORT ROOT (SHR), and mobile microRNA species also determines vascular pattern, but it is currently unclear how these signals integrate. We use a multicellular model to determine a minimal set of components necessary for maintaining a stable vascular pattern. Simulations perturbing the signaling network show that, in addition to the mutually inhibitory interaction between auxin and cytokinin, signaling through SHR, microRNA165/6, and PHABULOSA is required to maintain a stable bisymmetric pattern. We have verified this prediction by observing loss of bisymmetry in shr mutants. The model reveals the importance of several features of the network, namely the mutual degradation of microRNA165/6 and PHABULOSA and the existence of an additional negative regulator of cytokinin signaling. These components form a plausible mechanism capable of patterning vascular tissues in the absence of positional inputs provided by the transport of hormones from the shoot.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/598640
UR - http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1221766111
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84892589763&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1221766111
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1221766111
M3 - Article
C2 - 24381155
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 111
SP - 857
EP - 862
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
IS - 2
ER -