Spatiotemporal regulation of cell-cycle genes by SHORTROOT links patterning and growth

Sozzani, R., Cui, H., Moreno-Risueno, M. A., Busch, W., Van Norman, J. M., Vernoux, T., Brady, S. M., Dewitte, Walter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-1686, Murray, James Augustus Henry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-3839 and Benfey, P. N. 2010. Spatiotemporal regulation of cell-cycle genes by SHORTROOT links patterning and growth. Nature 466 (7302) , pp. 128-132. 10.1038/nature09143

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Abstract

The development of multicellular organisms relies on the coordinated control of cell divisions leading to proper patterning and growth1, 2, 3. The molecular mechanisms underlying pattern formation, particularly the regulation of formative cell divisions, remain poorly understood. In Arabidopsis, formative divisions generating the root ground tissue are controlled by SHORTROOT (SHR) and SCARECROW (SCR)4, 5, 6. Here we show, using cell-type-specific transcriptional effects of SHR and SCR combined with data from chromatin immunoprecipitation-based microarray experiments, that SHR regulates the spatiotemporal activation of specific genes involved in cell division. Coincident with the onset of a specific formative division, SHR and SCR directly activate a D-type cyclin; furthermore, altering the expression of this cyclin resulted in formative division defects. Our results indicate that proper pattern formation is achieved through transcriptional regulation of specific cell-cycle genes in a cell-type- and developmental-stage-specific context. Taken together, we provide evidence for a direct link between developmental regulators, specific components of the cell-cycle machinery and organ patterning.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	stem cells; developmental biology; plant sciences
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	0028-0836
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 09:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/22248

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