Cytokinin-induced expression of OSH1 in a shoot-regenerating rice callus
Masashi Naruse1, Honami Takahashi1, Nori Kurata2
1Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8572, Japan.
Abstract:
The expression of a KNOX class 1 gene OSH1 is induced by cytokinin during regeneration of shoots from callus in Oryza sativa L. (rice). This cytokinin-induced expression was enhanced by overexpression of homologues of cytokinin-signalling phosphorelay genes such as a histidine kinase gene OHK3, a phosphotransmitter gene OHP2 and a response regulator gene ORR1 in cultured cells. Regionally overlapped expression of these genes and OSH1 was observed in shoot apex. These results suggest that these cytokinin-signalling genes are positive regulators of the expression of OSH1, and mediate the OSH expression upon shoot regeneration from callus in rice.
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