Lateral Inhibition by a Peptide Hormone-Receptor Cascade during Arabidopsis Lateral Root Founder Cell Formation

Koichi Toyokura, Tatsuaki Goh, Hidefumi Shinohara, Akinori Shinoda, Yuki Kondo, Yoshie Okamoto, Takeo Uehara, Koichi Fujimoto, Yoko Okushima, Yoshifumi Ikeyama, Keiji Nakajima, Tetsuro Mimura, Masao Tasaka, Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi, Hidehiro Fukaki

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Abstract

In plants, the position of lateral roots (LRs) depends on initiation sites induced by auxin. The domain of high auxin response responsible for LR initiation stretches over several cells, but only a pair of pericycle cells (LR founder cells) will develop into LRs. In this work, we identified a signaling cascade controlling LR formation through lateral inhibition. It comprises a peptide hormone TARGET OF LBD SIXTEEN 2 (TOLS2), its receptor RLK7, and a downstream transcription factor PUCHI. TOLS2 is expressed at the LR founder cells and inhibits LR initiation. Time-lapse imaging of auxin-responsive DR5:LUCIFERASE reporter expression revealed that occasionally two pairs of LR founder cells are specified in close proximity even in wild-type and that one of them exists only transiently and disappears in an RLK7-dependent manner. We propose that the selection of LR founder cells by the peptide hormone-receptor cascade ensures proper LR spacing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)64-75.e5
JournalDevelopmental Cell
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Jan 7

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Molecular Biology
  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Cell Biology

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