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The hormonal regulation of axillary bud growth in Arabidopsis

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Abstract

Apically derived auxin has long been known to inhibit lateral bud growth, but since it appears not to enter the bud, it has been proposed that its inhibitory effect is mediated by a second messenger. Candidates include the plant hormones ethylene, cytokinin and abscisic acid. We have developed a new assay to study this phenomenon using the model plant Arabidopsis. The assay allows study of the effects of both apical and basal hormone applications on the growth of buds on excised nodal sections. We have shown that apical auxin can inhibit the growth of small buds, but larger buds were found to have lost competence to respond. We have used the assay with nodes from wild-type and hormone-signalling mutants to test the role of ethylene, cytokinin and abscisic acid in bud inhibition by apical auxin. Our data eliminate ethylene as a second messenger for auxin-mediated bud inhibition. Similarly, abscisic acid signalling is not to be required for auxin action, although basally applied abscisic can enhance inhibition by apical auxin and apically applied abscisic acid can reduce it. By contrast, basally applied cytokinin was found to release lateral buds from inhibition by apical auxin, while apically applied cytokinin dramatically increased the duration of inhibition. These results are consistent with cytokinin acting independently to regulate bud growth, rather than as a second messenger for auxin. However, in the absence of cytokinin-signalling mutants, a role for cytokinin as a second messenger for auxin cannot be ruled out.

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    The etr1 mutant is ethylene-insensitive.

    “the ethylene-insensitive mutant etr1”
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    The abi1-1 and abi2-1 mutants are ABA-insensitive.

    “the ABA-insensitive mutants abi1-1 and abi2-1”
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    AVG inhibits ethylene biosynthesis.

    “the ethylene biosynthesis inhibitor, aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG)”
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    The etr1, abi1, and abi2 mutants used are specific and effective in blocking ethylene action and ABA signalling, respectively, in the assayed buds.

    “Our own data, from experiments with AVG and the etr1 mutant, demonstrate that ethylene biosynthesis and ethylene action, respectively, are not required for inhibition of bud outgrowth by apical auxin.”
    “Buds from the ABA-insensitive mutants abi1 and abi2 have a wild-type response to apical NAA in the assay.”
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    The excised nodal section assay reproduces the hormonal regulation of axillary bud growth in intact Arabidopsis plants.

    “The assay that we have developed, combined with the wide range of Arabidopsis mutants available, is proving a valuable method for investigating the roles of different hormones in the inhibition and outgrowth of lateral buds in Arabidopsis.”
    “A comparison of the rates of lateral bud outgrowth from the lowest node of intact Arabidopsis plants (Columbia ecotype) and from the same node on excised untreated sections.”
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    The hormone concentrations used in the assay (e.g., 1 mM NAA, 3 mM ABA) are within a physiological range and their effects reflect natural hormonal roles.

    “However, it is also possible that one or more of the observed responses to ABA may be non-physiological, due perhaps to the concentration of the mixed isomers used and/or contact with ectopic tissues.”
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  1. Hillman J., 1984, Hormonal Plant Physiology, 127
  2. Russell W., 1988, Plant Growth Substances, 419
  3. Tucker D.J., 1980, Apical dominance. A personal view., Br. Plant Growth Regul. Group News Bull., 4, 1

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Authors
Chatfield, S. P., Stirnberg, P., Forde, B. G., & Leyser, O.
Affiliations
  • University of York (GB)
  • Lancaster University (GB)
Corresponding author
Leyser, Ottoline
Venue
The Plant Journal
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2000-10
Volume
24
Issue
2
Pages
159-169
ISSN
  • 0960-7412 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-313X
OpenAlex
W2070702008
Cited by
284
References
54
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Plant Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) (submittedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Directorate for Biological Sciences
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation
Keywords
axillary bud outgrowth, cytokinins, ethylene, abscisic acid, second messengers, Arabidopsis thaliana
MeSH terms
Abscisic Acid, Cytokinins, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Interactions, Ethylenes, Indoleacetic Acids, Plant Growth Regulators, Arabidopsis, Plant Shoots

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