Different Pathways Are Involved in Phosphate and Iron Stress-Induced Alterations of Root Epidermal Cell Development1

AUTOR(ES)

Schmidt, Wolfgang

FONTE

American Society of Plant Physiologists

RESUMO

Low bioavailability of phosphorus (P) and iron (Fe) induces morphogenetic changes in roots that lead to a higher surface-to-volume ratio. In Arabidopsis, an enlargement in the absorptive surface area is achieved by an increase in the length and frequency of hairs in roots of Fe- and P-deficient plants. The extra root hairs are often located in positions that are occupied with non-hair cells under normal conditions, i.e. over a tangential wall of underlying cortical cells. An involvement of auxin and ethylene in root epidermis cell development of Fe- and P-deficient plants was inferred from phenotypical analysis of hormone-related Arabidopsis mutants and from the application of substances that interfere with either synthesis, transport, or perception of the hormones. Application of the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid or the auxin analog 2,4-D caused a marked increase in root hair density in plants of all growth types and confers a phenotype characteristic of ethylene-overproducing mutants. Hormone insensitivity and application of hormone antagonists inhibited the initiation of extranumerary root hairs induced by Fe deficiency, but did not counteract the formation of extra hairs in response to P deprivation. A model is presented summarizing putative pathways for alterations in root epidermal cell patterning induced by environmental stress.

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