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Plant homeodomain proteins provide a mechanism for how leaves grow wide.


ABSTRACT: The mechanisms whereby leaf anlagen undergo proliferative growth and expansion to form wide, flat leaves are unclear. The maize gene NARROWSHEATH1 (NS1) is a WUSCHEL-related homeobox3 (WOX3) homolog expressed at the margins of leaf primordia, and is required for mediolateral outgrowth. To investigate the mechanisms of NS1 function, we used chromatin immunoprecipitation and laser-microdissection RNA-seq of leaf primordial margins to identify gene targets bound and modulated by NS1. Microscopic analyses of cell division and gene expression in expanding leaves, and reverse genetic analyses of homologous NS1 target genes in Arabidopsis, reveal that NS1 controls mediolateral outgrowth by repression of a growth inhibitor and promotion of cell division at primordial leaf margins. Intriguingly, homologous WOX gene products are expressed in stem cell-organizing centers and traffic to adjoining cells to activate stem-cell identity non-autonomously. In contrast, WOX3/NS1 does not traffic, and stimulates cell divisions in the same cells in which it is transcribed.

SUBMITTER: Conklin PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7595687 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Plant homeodomain proteins provide a mechanism for how leaves grow wide.

Conklin Phillip A PA   Johnston Robyn R   Conlon Brianne R BR   Shimizu Rena R   Scanlon Michael J MJ  

Development (Cambridge, England) 20201021 20


The mechanisms whereby leaf anlagen undergo proliferative growth and expansion to form wide, flat leaves are unclear. The maize gene <i>NARROWSHEATH1</i> (<i>NS1</i>) is a <i>WUSCHEL-related homeobox3</i> (<i>WOX3</i>) homolog expressed at the margins of leaf primordia, and is required for mediolateral outgrowth. To investigate the mechanisms of NS1 function, we used chromatin immunoprecipitation and laser-microdissection RNA-seq of leaf primordial margins to identify gene targets bound and modu  ...[more]

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