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Un reostato molecular ajusta el flujo de auxina para promover la diferenciación del protofloema de la raíz

P Marhava¹, A E L Bassukas², M Zourelidou²

¹Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

|June 8, 2018

Resumen

La hormona vegetal auxina regula el desarrollo. Los investigadores encontraron que las proteínas BREVIS RADIX (BRX) y PROTEIN KINASE ASOCIADAS CON BRX (PAX) modulan el flujo de auxina, controlando el tiempo de diferenciación del elemento de tamiz del protofloema en las raíces de Arabidopsis.

Área de la Ciencia:

Biología vegetal
Fisiología molecular de las plantas
Biología del desarrollo

Sus antecedentes:

Los gradientes de auxina son cruciales para el desarrollo de las plantas, particularmente en el mantenimiento de las células madre de las raíces.
El tiempo de diferenciación celular varía, con elementos de tamiz de protofloema (PPSE) que se diferencian antes que las células vecinas.
Es esencial comprender los mecanismos moleculares que controlan la diferenciación celular diferencial.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar los mecanismos moleculares subyacentes al tiempo diferencial de la diferenciación PPSE.
Aclarar el papel de BREVIS RADIX (BRX) y PROTEIN KINASE ASOCIADO CON BRX (PAX) en el transporte de auxinas y el desarrollo de la PPSE.
Para determinar cómo interactúan BRX y PAX para regular los gradientes de auxina e influir en el destino celular.

Principales métodos:

Análisis del desarrollo de las raíces de Arabidopsis en entornos de tipo silvestre y mutantes (brx, pax).
Estudios de co-localización de las proteínas BRX, PAX y PIN-FORMED.
Ensayos bioquímicos para evaluar la actividad de PAX y el papel regulador de BRX en el eflujo de auxina.
Investigando la regulación de la localización y actividad de BRX y PAX por auxina.

Principales resultados:

La diferenciación PPSE está asociada con un endurecimiento localizado del gradiente de auxina postmeristemático.
Las proteínas BRX y PAX están localizadas polarmente con las proteínas PIN en el desarrollo de PPSEs.
Las mutaciones en brx y pax perjudican la diferenciación de PPSE, destacando sus roles críticos.
PAX activa el eflujo de auxina mediado por PIN, mientras que BRX amortigua esta actividad, actuando como un reóstato molecular.
Auxin regula negativamente la asociación de la membrana plasmática BRX y promueve la actividad PAX, creando un ciclo de retroalimentación.

Conclusiones:

BRX y PAX funcionan como un reostato molecular para ajustar el flujo de auxina a través del desarrollo de PPSEs.
Esta regulación por BRX y PAX es crítica para el tiempo preciso de diferenciación de PPSE.
Los hallazgos revelan un nuevo mecanismo que controla el tiempo de diferenciación celular en respuesta a los gradientes de auxina.

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