Influence of cytokinins on the expression of phosphate starvation responsive genes in Arabidopsis
Influence of cytokinins on the expression of phosphate starvation responsive genes in Arabidopsis
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-313x.2000.00893.x
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发表时间:
2000-12-01
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7.2
通讯作者:
Paz-Ares, J
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作者:
Martín, AC;del Pozo, JC;Paz-Ares, J
The increase in the ratio of root growth to shoot growth that occurs in response to phosphate (Pi) deprivation is paralleled by a decrease in cytokinin levels under the same conditions. However, the role of cytokinin in the rescue system for Pi starvation remains largely unknown. We have isolated a gene from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtlPS1) that is induced by Pi starvation, and studied the effect of cytokinin on its expression in response to Pi deprivation. AtlPS1 belongs to the TPSI1/Mt4 family, the members of which are specifically induced by Pi starvation, and the RNAs of which contain only short, non-conserved open reading frames. Pi deprivation induces AtlPS1 expression in all cells of wild-type plants, whereas in the pho1 mutant grown on Pi-rich soils, AtlPS1 expression in the root was delimited by the endodermis. This supports the view that pho1 is impaired in xylem loading of Pi, and that long-distance signals controlling the Pi starvation responses act via negative control. Exogenous cytokinins repress the expression of AtlPS1 and other Pi starvation-responsive genes in response to Pi deprivation. However, cytokinins did not repress the increase in root-hair number and length induced by Pi starvation, a response dependent on local Pi concentration rather than on whole-plant Pi status. Our results raise the possibility that cytokinins may be involved in the negative modulation of long-distance, systemically controlled Pi starvation responses, which are dependent on whole-plant Pi status.