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Alignment between PIN1 Polarity and Microtubule Orientation in the Shoot Apical Meristem Reveals a Tight Coupling between Morphogenesis and Auxin Transport

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Author

  • Marcus G. Heisler
  • Olivier Hamant
  • Pawel Krupinski
  • Magalie Uyttewaal
  • Carolyn Ohno
  • Henrik Jönsson
  • Jan Traas
  • Elliot M. Meyerowitz

Summary, in English

Morphogenesis during multicellular development is regulated by intercellular signaling molecules as well as by the mechanical properties of individual cells. In particular, normal patterns of organogenesis in plants require coordination between growth direction and growth magnitude. How this is achieved remains unclear. Here we show that in Arabidopsis thaliana, auxin patterning and cellular growth are linked through a correlated pattern of auxin efflux carrier localization and cortical microtubule orientation. Our experiments reveal that both PIN1 localization and microtubule array orientation are likely to respond to a shared upstream regulator that appears to be biomechanical in nature. Lastly, through mathematical modeling we show that such a biophysical coupling could mediate the feedback loop between auxin and its transport that underlies plant phyllotaxis.

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Publication/Series

PLoS Biology

Volume

8

Issue

10

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1545-7885