Testing the polar auxin transport model with a selective plasma membrane H+-ATPase inhibitor
Testing the polar auxin transport model with a selective plasma membrane H+-ATPase inhibitor
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用选择性质膜 H~ -ATPase 抑制剂测试极性生长素转运模型
DOI:
10.1111/jipb.13256
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发表时间:
2022-05-27
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Lei, Xiaoguang
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作者:
Yang, Yongqing;Liu, Xiaohui;Lei, Xiaoguang
Auxin is unique among plant hormones in that its function requires polarized transport across plant cells. A chemiosmotic model was proposed to explain how polar auxin transport is derived by the H+ gradient across the plasma membrane (PM) established by PM H+-adenosine triphosphatases (ATPases). However, a classical genetic approach by mutations in PM H+-ATPase members did not result in the ablation of polar auxin distribution, possibly due to functional redundancy in this gene family. To confirm the crucial role of PM H+-ATPases in the polar auxin transport model, we employed a chemical genetic approach. Through a chemical screen, we identified protonstatin-1 (PS-1), a selective small-molecule inhibitor of PM H+-ATPase activity that inhibits auxin transport. Assays with transgenic plants and yeast strains showed that the activity of PM H+-ATPases affects auxin uptake as well as acropetal and basipetal polar auxin transport. We propose that PS-1 can be used as a tool to interrogate the function of PM H+-ATPases. Our results support the chemiosmotic model in which PM H+-ATPase itself plays a fundamental role in polar auxin transport.