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Integration of pluripotency pathways regulates stem cell maintenance in the Arabidopsis shoot meristem.


ABSTRACT: In the shoot meristem, both WUSCHEL (WUS) and SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM), two transcription factors with overlapping spatiotemporal expression patterns, are essential for maintaining stem cells in an undifferentiated state. Despite their importance, it remains unclear how these two pathways are integrated to coordinate stem cell development. Here, we show that the WUS and STM pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana converge through direct interaction between the WUS and STM proteins. STM binds to the promoter of CLAVATA3 (CLV3) and enhances the binding of WUS to the same promoter through the WUS-STM interaction. Both the heterodimerization and simultaneous binding of WUS and STM at two sites on the CLV3 promoter are required to regulate CLV3 expression, which in turn maintains a constant number of stem cells. Furthermore, the expression of STM depends on WUS, and this WUS-activated STM expression enhances the WUS-mediated stem cell activity. Our data provide a framework for understanding how spatial expression patterns within the shoot meristem are translated into regulatory units of stem cell homeostasis.

SUBMITTER: Su YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7486707 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Integration of pluripotency pathways regulates stem cell maintenance in the <i>Arabidopsis</i> shoot meristem.

Su Ying Hua YH   Zhou Chao C   Li Ying Ju YJ   Yu Yang Y   Tang Li Ping LP   Zhang Wen Jie WJ   Yao Wang Jinsong WJ   Huang Rongfeng R   Laux Thomas T   Zhang Xian Sheng XS  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200824 36


In the shoot meristem, both WUSCHEL (WUS) and SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM), two transcription factors with overlapping spatiotemporal expression patterns, are essential for maintaining stem cells in an undifferentiated state. Despite their importance, it remains unclear how these two pathways are integrated to coordinate stem cell development. Here, we show that the WUS and STM pathways in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> converge through direct interaction between the WUS and STM proteins. STM binds to  ...[more]

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