First published online November 30, 2006; 10.1105/tpc.106.040790
The Plant Cell 18:3058-3072 (2006)
© 2006 American Society of Plant Biologists
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The POLARIS Peptide of Arabidopsis Regulates Auxin Transport and Root Growth via Effects on Ethylene Signaling[OA]
Paul M. Chilleya,
Stuart A. Cassona,
Petr Tarkowskib,
Nathan Hawkinsc,
Kevin L.-C. Wangd,1,
Patrick J. Husseya,
Mike Bealec,
Joseph R. Eckerd,
Göran K. Sandbergb and
Keith Lindseya,2
a Integrative Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
b Umea Plant Science Center, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Umea S-0901-83, Sweden
c Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
d Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Carlsbad, California 92009-8711
2 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail keith.lindsey{at}durham.ac.uk; fax 44-191-334-1201.
The rate and plane of cell division and anisotropic cell growth are critical for plant development and are regulated by diverse mechanisms involving several hormone signaling pathways. Little is known about peptide signaling in plant growth; however, Arabidopsis thaliana POLARIS (PLS), encoding a 36–amino acid peptide, is required for correct root growth and vascular development. Mutational analysis implicates a role for the peptide in hormone responses, but the basis of PLS action is obscure. Using the Arabidopsis root as a model to study PLS action in plant development, we discovered a link between PLS, ethylene signaling, auxin homeostasis, and microtubule cytoskeleton dynamics. Mutation of PLS results in an enhanced ethylene-response phenotype, defective auxin transport and homeostasis, and altered microtubule sensitivity to inhibitors. These defects, along with the short-root phenotype, are suppressed by genetic and pharmacological inhibition of ethylene action. PLS expression is repressed by ethylene and induced by auxin. Our results suggest a mechanism whereby PLS negatively regulates ethylene responses to modulate cell division and expansion via downstream effects on microtubule cytoskeleton dynamics and auxin signaling, thereby influencing root growth and lateral root development. This mechanism involves a regulatory loop of auxin–ethylene interactions.
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