Interaction of auxin, light, and mechanical stress in orienting microtubules in relation to tropic curvature in the epidermis of maize coleoptiles

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作者
Fischer, K [1 ]
Schopfer, P [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FREIBURG,INST BIOL 2,D-79104 FREIBURG,GERMANY
关键词
auxin; blue light; cell growth; red light; mechanical stress; microtubule orientation; Zea mays; LEAF SHEATH-CELLS; PISUM-SATIVUM-L; CORTICAL MICROTUBULES; ABSCISIC-ACID; COLD STABILITY; EPICOTYL CELLS; DWARF PEA; REORIENTATION; GIBBERELLIN; ORIENTATION;
D O I
10.1007/BF01281064
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Q94 [植物学];
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071001 ;
摘要
Changes in the orientation of cortical microtubules (longitudinal vs. transverse with respect to the long cell axis) at the outer epidermal wall of maize coleoptile segments were induced by auxin, red or blue light, and mechanical stresses (cell extension or compression produced by bending). Immunofluorescent techniques were used for the quantitative determination of frequency distributions of microtubule orientation. Detailed kinetic studies showed that microtubule reorientations are temporally correlated with the simultaneously measured changes in growth rare elicited by auxin, red light, or blue light. Growth inhibition induced by depletion of endogenous auxin produces a longitudinal microtubule pattern that can be changed into a transverse pattern in a dose-dependent manner by applying exogenous auxin. A mid-point pattern with equal frequencies of longitudinal and transverse microtubules was adjusted at 2 mu mol/l auxin. Bending stress applied under these conditions adjusts permanent, maximally longitudinal and transverse microtubule orientations at the compressed and extended segment sides, respectively, quantitatively mimicking the responses to differential flank growth during phototropic and gravitropic curvature. During tropic curvature the changes in microtubule pattern reflect the distribution of growth rather than the distribution of auxin. The microtubule pattern responds to auxin-dependent growth changes and mechanical stress in a synergistic manner, confirming the functional equivalence of these factors in affecting microtubule orientation. Similar results were obtained when segment growth was altered by blue or red light instead of auxin in the presence or absence of mechanical stress. It is concluded from these results that growth changes, elicited by auxin, light, etc., and mechanical stress affect microtubule orientation through a common signal perception and transduction chain.
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