Root zone-specific localization of AMTs determines ammonium transport pathways and nitrogen allocation to shoots.
Root zone-specific localization of AMTs determines ammonium transport pathways and nitrogen allocation to shoots.
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10.1371/journal.pbio.2006024
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2018-10
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影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
von Wirén N
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Duan F;Giehl RFH;Geldner N;Salt DE;von Wirén N
In plants, nutrient provision of shoots depends on the uptake and transport of nutrients across the root tissue to the vascular system. Nutrient delivery to the vasculature is mediated via the apoplastic transport pathway (ATP), which uses the free space in the cell walls and is controlled by apoplastic barriers and nutrient transporters at the endodermis, or via the symplastic transport pathway (STP). However, the relative importance of these transport routes remains elusive. Here, we show that the STP, mediated by the epidermal ammonium transporter 1;3 (AMT1;3), dominates the radial movement of ammonium across the root tissue when external ammonium is low, whereas apoplastic transport controlled by AMT1;2 at the endodermis prevails at high external ammonium. Then, AMT1;2 favors nitrogen (N) allocation to the shoot, revealing a major importance of the ATP for nutrient partitioning to shoots. When an endodermal bypass was introduced by abolishing Casparian strip (CS) formation, apoplastic ammonium transport decreased. By contrast, symplastic transport was increased, indicating synergism between the STP and the endodermal bypass. We further establish that the formation of apoplastic barriers alters the cell type–specific localization of AMTs and determines STP and ATP contributions. These results show how radial transport pathways vary along the longitudinal gradient of the root axis and contribute to nutrient partitioning between roots and shoots. Radial transport of nutrients from the soil to the vascular system of plant roots occurs via the symplastic transport pathway (STP) and apoplastic transport pathway (ATP). Nutrients move along the STP when crossing the plasma membrane of outer cells and moving to xylem through the cytoplasmic continuum formed by plasmodesmata. Nutrients following the ATP, in turn, initially move passively through the extracellular space but are eventually taken up by endodermal cells, in which Casparian strips (CSs) prevent further apoplastic movement. We assessed the contribution of these transport pathways to radial transport in roots and nutrient provision to shoots by expressing cell type–specific ammonium transporters in a CS-defective mutant. Our study reveals that i) symplastic transport is more efficient at low external ammonium supply; ii) when endodermal cells become sealed by the deposition of suberin lamellae, the expression of ammonium transporters shifts to cortical cells; and iii) apoplastic transport depends on a functional apoplastic barrier at the endodermis, favoring nitrogen (N) partitioning to shoots at high external ammonium.
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影响因子:
7.7
作者:
Pfister A;Barberon M;Alassimone J;Kalmbach L;Lee Y;Vermeer JE;Yamazaki M;Li G;Maurel C;Takano J;Kamiya T;Salt DE;Roppolo D;Geldner N
通讯作者:
Geldner N
影响因子:
7.4
作者:
Giehl, Ricardo F. H.;von Wiren, Nicolaus
通讯作者:
von Wiren, Nicolaus
影响因子:
7.4
作者:
Loqué, D;Ludewig, U;von Wirén, N
通讯作者:
von Wirén, N
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0910772107
发表时间:
2010-03-16
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
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通讯作者:
Geldner, Niko
影响因子:
56.9
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通讯作者:
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