Plant Cell Advance Online Publication Published on November 13, 2003; 10.1105/tpc.015685
Received July 22, 2003
Accepted September 17, 2003
Ethylene Regulates Arabidopsis Development via the Modulation of DELLA Protein Growth
Repressor Function
Patrick Achard 1, Wim H. Vriezen 2, Dominique Van Der Straeten 2, and Nicholas P. Harberd 1*
1 John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
2
Department of Molecular Genetics, Ghent University, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nicholas.harberd{at}bbsrc.ac.uk.
Phytohormones regulate plant development via a poorly understood signal response
network. Here, we show that the phytohormone ethylene regulates plant development
at least in part via alteration of the properties of DELLA protein nuclear growth
repressors, a family of proteins first identified as gibberellin (GA) signaling components.
This conclusion is based on the following experimental observations. First, ethylene
inhibited Arabidopsis root growth in a DELLA-dependent manner. Second, ethylene delayed
the GA-induced disappearance of the DELLA protein repressor of ga1-3 from root cell
nuclei via a constitutive triple response-dependent signaling pathway. Third, the
ethylene-promoted "apical hook" structure of etiolated seedling hypocotyls
was dependent on the relief of DELLA-mediated growth restraint. Ethylene, auxin,
and GA responses now can be attributed to effects on DELLA function, suggesting that
DELLA plays a key integrative role in the phytohormone signal response network.
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