Auxin-dependent patterning and gamete specification in the Arabidopsis female gametophyte

• Autores: Pagnussat, Gabriela Carolina; Alandete Saez, Monica; Bowman, John L.; Sundaresan, Venkatesan
• Año de publicación: 2009
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Auxin; Gametophyte; Development; Arabidopsis
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

The female reproductive unit of flowering plants, the haploid female gametophyte, is highly reduced relative to other land plants. We show that patterning of the Arabidopsis female gametophyte depends on an asymmetric distribution of the hormone auxin during its syncitial development. Furthermore, this auxin gradient is correlated with location-specific auxin biosynthesis, rather than auxin efflux that directs patterning in the diploid sporophytic tissues comprising the rest of the plant. Manipulation of auxin responses or synthesis induces switching of gametic and nongametic cell identities and specialized nonreproductive cells to exhibit attributes presumptively lost during angiosperm evolution. These findings may account for the unique egg cell specification characteristic of angiosperms and the formation of seeds with single diploid embryos while containing endosperm that can have variable numbers of parental haploid genomes.
Fil: Pagnussat, Gabriela Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas; Argentina. University of California at Davis; Estados Unidos
Fil: Alandete Saez, Monica. University of California at Davis; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bowman, John L.. University of California at Davis; Estados Unidos. Monash University; Australia
Fil: Sundaresan, Venkatesan. University of California at Davis; Estados Unidos