Cytokinin-induced changes in CLAVATA1 and WUSCHEL expression temporally coincide with altered floral development in Arabidopsis

Application of the cytokinin N 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) to the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana Landsberg erecta (L.) Heynh. induced aberrant flower development, including an increase in floral organ number resembling the clavata ( clv) mutant phenotype. Transcriptome analysis of BAP-t...

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Published in:Plant science (Limerick) 2006-06, Vol.170 (6), p.1111-1117
Main Authors: Lindsay, Donna L., Sawhney, Vipen K., Bonham-Smith, Peta C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
apical meristems
Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis thaliana
benzyladenine
Biological and medical sciences
Biology and morphogenesis of the reproductive apparatus. Photoperiodism, vernalisation
CLAVATA
Cytokinins
Flower development
flowering
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
gene expression regulation
homeodomain proteins
messenger RNA
phenotype
Plant physiology and development
plant proteins
protein kinases
receptor-like protein kinase
reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
Shoot apical meristem
shoot meristems
transcriptome
Vegetative and sexual reproduction, floral biology, fructification
WUSCHEL
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Summary:Application of the cytokinin N 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) to the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana Landsberg erecta (L.) Heynh. induced aberrant flower development, including an increase in floral organ number resembling the clavata ( clv) mutant phenotype. Transcriptome analysis of BAP-treated populations indicated that expression of CLV1, a gene encoding a receptor-like kinase involved in organ differentiation and stem-cell maintenance in shoot and floral apical meristems, was significantly reduced by the exogenous cytokinin. Time course analysis by RT-PCR of transcript levels in BAP-treated plants during flower development showed a decline and subsequent recovery of CLV1 and a concurrent increase in WUSCHEL ( WUS), consistent with the known suppression of WUS by CLV. WUS encodes a homeodomain protein linked to shoot meristem proliferation. The temporal coincidence of aberrant floral phenotype with changes in transcript levels of CLV1 and WUS suggests that cytokinins regulate flower development through genes controlling shoot apical meristem activity.
ISSN:0168-9452
1873-2259
DOI:10.1016/j.plantsci.2006.01.015