Root Apex Transition Zone As Oscillatory Zone

Baluška, Frantǐsek; Mancuso, Stefano

doi:10.3389/fpls.2013.00354

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“…The position of the PD/TD boundary is particularly difficult to establish because it fluctuates in time within a cell file and, additionally, is frequently different among different files of cells of the same type or different types (Baluska and Mancuso, 2013;Ivanov and Dubrovsky, 2013). Because of this, the PD/ TD boundary can only be approximated with a certain error, which should be estimated (Ivanov and Dubrovsky, 2013).…”

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Longitudinal zonation pattern inArabidopsisroot tip defined by a multiple structural change algorithm

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Ivanov

Ransom-Rodríguez

et al. 2016

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Background and Aims The Arabidopsis thaliana root is a key experimental system in developmental biology. Despite its importance, we are still lacking an objective and broadly applicable approach for identification of number and position of developmental domains or zones along the longitudinal axis of the root apex or boundaries between them, which is essential for understanding the mechanisms underlying cell proliferation, elongation and differentiation dynamics during root development.Methods We used a statistics approach, the multiple structural change algorithm (MSC), for estimating the number and position of developmental transitions in the growing portion of the root apex. Once the positions of the transitions between domains and zones were determined, linear models were used to estimate the critical size of dividing cells (L critD ) and other parameters.Key Results The MSC approach enabled identification of three discrete regions in the growing parts of the root that correspond to the proliferation domain (PD), the transition domain (TD) and the elongation zone (EZ). Simultaneous application of the MSC approach and G2-to-M transition (CycB1;1DB:GFP) and endoreduplication (pCCS52A1:GUS) molecular markers confirmed the presence and position of the TD. We also found that the MADS-box gene XAANTAL1 (XAL1) is required for the wild-type (wt) PD increase in length during the first 2 weeks of growth. Contrary to wt, in the xal1 loss-of-function mutant the increase and acceleration of root growth were not detected. We also found alterations in L critD in xal1 compared with wt, which was associated with longer cell cycle duration in the mutant.Conclusions The MSC approach is a useful, objective and versatile tool for identification of the PD, TD and EZ and boundaries between them in the root apices and can be used for the phenotyping of different genetic backgrounds, experimental treatments or developmental changes within a genotype. The tool is publicly available at www.ibiologia.com.mx/MSC_analysis.

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Longitudinal zonation pattern inArabidopsisroot tip defined by a multiple structural change algorithm

Pacheco-Escobedo

Ivanov

Ransom-Rodríguez

et al. 2016

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“…In particular, the apical part (distal) of this region seems to be characterized mainly by cells that optionally can reenter the cell cycle, whereas cells of the basal (proximal) part of this zone are able to readily enter into the fast cell elongation region. 42,44,45 This developmental feature could be differentially regulated at the opposite root flanks, providing the root apices with an effective mechanism to re-orientate growth in response to environmental stimuli. 44 The transition zone is a unique zone being competent for integration of diverse endogenous and exogenous signals, and translating them into adaptive differential growth responses.…”

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NO signaling is a key component of the root growth response to nitrate inZea maysL.

Trevisan

Manoli

Quaggiotti

2014

Plant Signaling & Behavior

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To search for nutrients and water, roots need to efficiently explore large soil volumes. To this aim they generate complex root systems, allowing them to maximize their resource allocation efficiency. 1 Despite the vital importance of roots, the difficulty in accessing intact root systems for analysis, particularly under field conditions, have slowed down the breeding programs for plant's adaptation to environmental restrictions. 2,3 The capacity of plants to take up nutrients and water is mainly determined by changes in the architecture of the root system. 1 Three major processes affect the overall architecture of the root system: the rate of cell division, the rate of cell differentiation, and the extent of expansion and elongation of cells. [4][5][6] Disturbs in any of these 3 processes can affect the whole root-system architecture and the capacity of plants to survive and develop in adverse environments (Giehl et al. 7 and references therein).The root system results from the coordinated control of both genetic endogenous programs (regulating growth and organogenesis) and the action of abiotic and biotic environmental stimuli. 8,9 The dynamic control of the overall root system architecture (RSA) throughout time finally determines root plasticity and allows plants to efficiently adapt to environmental constraints. 10 The soil-environment from which plants extract nutrients and water is extremely heterogeneous, both spatially and temporally. 11 Among the nutrients present in soil, nitrate (NO 3 − ) may vary by an order of magnitude within centimeters or over the course of a day. 12 The effects of NO 3 − on the root system are complex and depend on several factors, such as the concentration available to the plant, the endogenous nitrogen status and the sensitivity of the species. 10,13,14 A considerable part of the studies aimed to unravel the mechanisms controlling RSA growth and development in response to nitrate have been focused on lateral roots (LR), 8,13,[15][16][17][18][19][20] while the nitrate-regulation of the primary root growth is still unclear. Beside NO 3 − , auxin has been demonstrated to strongly affect and control the LR development, [21][22][23][24] and an increasing number of studies suggests an overlap between auxin and NO 3 − signaling pathways in controlling LR development. [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] NO 3 -has a Doubtful Role in Regulating the Growth of Primary RootsDespite the high amount of reports published on nitrate effects on root elongation, the lack of univocal results makes it difficult to clearly decipher this response ( Table 1). In Arabidopsis thaliana, inhibition of primary root growth has been observed when nitrate is applied homogeneously at high concentrations (50 mM) for 7 d, but not in a range between 0.1 and 10 mM. 35 On the contrary, in this same species Linkohr et al. 36 showed an inhibition of primary root elongation with the increase of nitrate concentration already beyond 0.01 mM, but in this case seedlings were IAA, indole-3-acetic acid; SNP, sodium n...

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“…It has also been demonstrated that plants have complex sensory systems which feed into their adaptive behavior [37–39]. Tropisms of plant organs, such as gravitropism and phototropism, are based on cellular-based sensory events that are spatially separated from motoric zones [37,39,40]. Rapid electrical and slower chemical cell-cell communications, accomplished across plant synapses, are inter-linking and integrate sensory-motoric circuits of plant organs.…”

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Senomic view of the cell: SenomeversusGenome

Baluška

Miller

2018

Communicative & Integrative Biology

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In the legacy of Thomas Henry Huxley, and his ‘epigenetic’ philosophy of biology, cells are proposed to represent a trinity of three memory-storing media: Senome, Epigenome, and Genome that together comprise a cell-wide informational architecture. Our current preferential focus on the Genome needs to be complemented by a similar focus on the Epigenome and a here proposed Senome, representing the sum of all the sensory experiences of the cognitive cell and its sensing apparatus. Only then will biology be in a position to embrace the whole complexity of the eukaryotic cell, understanding its true nature which allows the communicative assembly of cells in the form of sentient multicellular organisms.

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Root Apex Transition Zone As Oscillatory Zone

Cited by 118 publications

References 248 publications

Longitudinal zonation pattern inArabidopsisroot tip defined by a multiple structural change algorithm

Longitudinal zonation pattern inArabidopsisroot tip defined by a multiple structural change algorithm

NO signaling is a key component of the root growth response to nitrate inZea maysL.

Senomic view of the cell: SenomeversusGenome

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