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Dual control: Plant peptide hormone generates distinct cell structures for water flow

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January 23, 2019
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Researchers from Osaka University, in collaboration with laboratories in China, Germany and Japan, discover how a single plant peptide hormone controls the development of two different cell types that are central to the flow of water through the plant

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Osaka, Japan – Water flow through plants is critical to our food supply: without proper water flow, plants cannot carry out photosynthesis, or grow or reliably produce flowers, fruit or seeds. Water flows within specialized structures from the roots, through the stem to the leaves, where its evaporation is regulated by microscopic pores called stomata. All the water-conducting structures are produced by tightly controlled developmental sequences: cells must divide to produce the necessary cell types in the correct place at the right time. But many details of how these complex developmental processes are controlled remain unclear.

Osaka University researchers, in collaboration with laboratories in China, Germany, and Japan, have revealed a key piece in the jigsaw of mechanisms that control plant cell development. The team found that a peptide hormone is the signaling molecule that controls the development of two completely different types of cells, both of which are involved in creating the cellular structures for water flow. The hormone does this by binding to two distinct receptors in the two locations. The team recently published their findings in Nature Plants.

The team used the small plant Arabidopsis (Thale cress), which grows and reproduces rapidly and has a smaller, simpler genome than most crop plants. Their research methods included genetic modification, studying the plant’s anatomy by microscopy using fluorescent dyes, and producing mutant plants using the latest gene editing technologies.

The researchers showed that the genes encoding the peptide hormone CLE9/10 are active in cells that lead to the development of stomata in the leaf and also in cells that are precursors of water-conducting vessels (the xylem) in the root.

“In the primordial cells in leaves, binding of CLE9/10 to a protein receptor controls the number of stomatal pores,” said lead author Pingping Qian. “But in the roots, it binds to a different protein receptor, and there it controls the production of xylem vessels.”

As well as identifying these two different receptors, the study also revealed that a co-receptor protein is involved in the leaf signaling system.

“In animals, there are examples of signaling molecules that are perceived by multiple receptors,” says corresponding author Tatsuo Kakimoto. “This study shows that the same types of signaling systems operate in plants. It is interesting that the two developmental processes, involving distinct receptors in different parts of the plant, generate completely different structures that are both essential for water flow. These results have implications for understanding how multiple processes in plant development are coordinated.”

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The article, “The CLE9/10 secretory peptide regulates stomatal and vascular development through distinct receptors” was published in Nature Plants at DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0317-4.

About Osaka University

Osaka University was founded in 1931 as one of the seven imperial universities of Japan and now has expanded to one of Japan’s leading comprehensive universities. The University has now embarked on open research revolution from a position as Japan’s most innovative university and among the most innovative institutions in the world according to Reuters 2015 Top 100 Innovative Universities and the Nature Index Innovation 2017. The university’s ability to innovate from the stage of fundamental research through the creation of useful technology with economic impact stems from its broad disciplinary spectrum.

Website: https://resou.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/top

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Original Source

https://resou.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/research/2018/20181217_1

Related Journal Article

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0317-4

Tags: BiochemistryBiologyCell BiologyGenesPlant Sciences
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