First published online February 3, 2006; 10.1105/tpc.105.040303
The Plant Cell 18:651-664 (2006)
© 2006 American Society of Plant Biologists
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Transcriptome Profiling, Molecular Biological, and Physiological Studies Reveal a Major Role for Ethylene in Cotton Fiber Cell Elongation[W],[OA]
Yong-Hui Shia,
Sheng-Wei Zhua,b,
Xi-Zeng Maoa,
Jian-Xun Fenga,
Yong-Mei Qina,
Liang Zhangc,
Jing Chengc,
Li-Ping Weia,
Zhi-Yong Wangb,d and
Yu-Xian Zhua,e,1
a National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
b Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
c CapitalBio Corporation, Beijing 102206, China
d Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, California 94305
e National Plant Gene Research Center, Beijing 100101, China
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail zhuyx{at}water.pku.edu.cn; fax 86-10-6275-4427.
Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) produces the most widely used natural fibers, yet the regulatory mechanisms governing fiber cell elongation are not well understood. Through sequencing of a cotton fiber cDNA library and subsequent microarray analysis, we found that ethylene biosynthesis is one of the most significantly upregulated biochemical pathways during fiber elongation. The 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid Oxidase1-3 (ACO1-3) genes responsible for ethylene production were expressed at significantly higher levels during this growth stage. The amount of ethylene released from cultured ovules correlated with ACO expression and the rate of fiber growth. Exogenously applied ethylene promoted robust fiber cell expansion, whereas its biosynthetic inhibitor L-(2-aminoethoxyvinyl)-glycine (AVG) specifically suppressed fiber growth. The brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthetic pathway was modestly upregulated during this growth stage, and treatment with BR or its biosynthetic inhibitor brassinazole (BRZ) also promoted or inhibited, respectively, fiber growth. However, the effect of ethylene treatment was much stronger than that of BR, and the inhibitory effect of BRZ on fiber cells could be overcome by ethylene, but the AVG effect was much less reversed by BR. These results indicate that ethylene plays a major role in promoting cotton fiber elongation. Furthermore, ethylene may promote cell elongation by increasing the expression of sucrose synthase, tubulin, and expansin genes.
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