生长素极性运输研究进展

高等植物的生长发育受激素的广泛调控,其中生长素的作用尤为独特,因为生长素在植物组织内的浓度梯度是由其极性运输维持的,而正是激素在植物组织的相对含量决定了该组织的发育命运。高等植物体内存在可运输的化学信使的概念首先由Ｄａｒｗｉｎ父子提出。通过对金丝鸟木亡草（Ｐｈａｌａｒｉｓｃａ ｎａｒｉｅｎｓｉｓ）幼苗的向光性的研究,他们认为植物的向光性受到一种可运输的物质的调控［1］。后来发现这一物质是生长素,在自然界中主要存在的形式是ＩＡＡ。到本世纪 30年代,禾谷类植物中的生长素的极性运输得到证实,后来发现所有…     

A Role for Auxin in Flower Development

Auxin has long been implicated in many aspects of plant growth and development including flower development. However, the exact roles of auxin in flower development have not been well defined until the recent identification of auxin biosynthesis mutants. Auxin is necessary for the inltiation of floral primordia, and the disruption of auxin biosynthesis, polar auxin transport or auxin signaling leads to the failure of flower formation. Auxin also plays an essential role in specifying the number and Identity of floral organs. Further analysis of the relationship between the auxin pathways and the known flower development genes will provide critical information regarding mechanisms of organogenesis and pattern formation in plants.     

生长素极性运输研究进展

Recent advances in dissecting polar auxin transport, i.e., the physiological characteristics and regulation of polar auxin transport, the chemiosmotic hypothesis for polar auxin transport, and the role of polar auxin transport in plant growth and development were reviewed. The authors here focus on the progress of new supports-isolation and function analysis of the genes encoding putative auxin carriers, for the old model of polar auxin transport.     

肌动蛋白微丝与生长素浓度梯度分布

生长素参与植物生长发育的各个阶段,如胚胎发生、发育,营养器官发生与形态建成,极性与轴向的建立,维管组织分化,生殖器官的发育等。虽然生长素在植物的各组织器官和细胞中发挥着重要的作用,植物内源生长素的生物合成却是在特异的组织——细胞快速分裂的幼嫩组织中完成的,然后通过韧皮部或受严格控制的细胞—细胞运输系统运送至植物各个部分。生长素的极性运输导致其积累在某些局部组织和细胞内,形成特定梯度分布。生长素对植物生长发育众多方面的调节正是依赖于这一特性。该文综述了近年来有关植物生长发育过程中生长素浓度梯度的形成和相应的生理功能,以及细胞骨架中的微丝参与调控生长素极性运输的研究工作。     

The effect of zeatin and iso-pentenyladenine on IAA transport from the shoot to the root of Pinus pinea seedlings

The tips of the tap roots of Pinus pinea seedlings were dipped in zeatin or iso-pentenyladenine solutions. Immediately after cytokinin application to the root tip or after a 24 h lag phase, [2-¹⁴C]IAA was applied to the shoot apex. Treating with zeatin resulted in an increase in [2-¹⁴C]IAA transport from the shoot to the root. Iso-pentenyladenine also caused a slight increase in transport of radioactivity to the root but this was less pronounced compared to the results obtained with zeatin. With zeatin treatment increasing amounts of radioactivity accumulated in the lateral root emerging zone of the tap root (Section III). This was in sharp contrast to the treatment with iso-pentenyladenine where little radioactivity accumulated in this section of the root. Recovery of radioactivity 48 h after applying [2-¹⁴C]IAA showed that 33% of the recovered radioactivity co-chromatographed with authentic IAA. The implications of the effect of different cytokinins on the distribution of radioactivity along the tap root of Pinus pinea following [2-¹⁴C]IAA application to the shoot are discussed.Abbreviations Z zeatin - iP iso-pentenyladenine - TCL thin-layer chromatography     

生长素介导环境信号调控植物的生长发育

植物是一类营固着生活的自养型生物, 如何更好地适应周围环境对植物的生存至关重要。生长素是调控植物生长发育的重要激素之一。近年来的研究发现, 生长素不仅能够响应内在的发育信号, 而且能够介导各种环境信号, 参与植物生长发育和生长反应的调控。该文主要从光信号、温度信号、重力信号、营养元素和金属离子信号等方面重点阐述生长素如何介导上述各种不同的环境信号, 从而调控植物的生长发育。     

生长素在微生物调控根发育过程中的作用

很多微生物通过分泌生长素和生长素前体与植物建立了有益的关系并改变植物根系的形态结构,此外,微生物分泌的其他代谢产物也能改变植物生长素信号通路。因此,生长素和生长素信号通路在微生物调控植物根系发育的过程中起着至关重要的作用。该文从生长素合成、生长素信号和生长素极性运输3个方面总结了生长素在微生物调控植物根系发育过程中的作用,主要包括微生物增加了植物内源生长素的含量、增强了生长素的信号和调控PIN蛋白的表达水平,进而如何调控植物生理和分子水平来适应微生物对其根系的改变,为进一步开展该方面的研究奠定了基础。     

生长素对拟南芥叶片发育调控的研究进展

叶片（包括子叶）是茎端分生组织产生的第一类侧生器官,在植物发育中具有重要地位。早期叶片发育包括三个主要过程：叶原基的起始,叶片腹背性的建立和叶片的延展。大量证据表明叶片发育受到体内遗传机制和体外环境因子的双重调节。植物激素,尤其是生长素在协调体内外调节机制中起着不可或缺的作用。生长素的稳态调控、极性运输和信号转导影响叶片发育的全过程。本文着重介绍生长素在叶片生长发育和形态建成中的调控作用,试图了解复杂叶片发育调控网络。     

生长素响应因子与植物的生长发育

生长素响应因子(Auxin response factor, ARF)作为一类调控生长素响应基因表达的转录因子, 是生长素研究的重要内容。它可与生长素响应基因启动子区域内的生长素响应元件结合, 促进或抑制基因的表达。文章介绍了植物体内ARF家族的分子生物学近年来的研究进展, 同时也讨论了ARF转录因子的结构、ARF基因的表达调控、ARF在植物生长发育及信号转导中的作用以及ARF对靶基因的调控机制等内容。植物ARF成员都有一定的同源性, 大多含有4个结构域, 在多种组织和器官中都有表达, 其表达受到转录及转录后调控, 并且在介导生长素与其它激素之间相互作用方面扮演重要角色。     

Polar auxin transport – old questions and new concepts?

Polar auxin transport controls multiple aspects of plant development including differential growth, embryo and root patterning and vascular tissue differentiation. Identification of proteins involved in this process and availability of new tools enabling `visualization' of auxin and auxin routes in planta largely contributed to the significant progress that has recently been made. New data support classical concepts, but several recent findings are likely to challenge our view on the mechanism of auxin transport. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the polar auxin transport field. It starts with classical models resulting from physiological studies, describes the genetic contributions and discusses the molecular basis of auxin influx and efflux. Finally, selected questions are presented in the context of developmental biology, integrating available data from different fields.     

Pleiotropic effects of ZmLAZY1 on the auxin-mediated responses to gravity and light in maize shoot and inflorescences

Auxin has been found to control both gravitropism and inflorescence development in plant. Auxin transport has also been demonstrated to be responsible for tropism. Maize, a key agricultural crop, has distinct male (tassel) and female (ear) inflorescence, and this morphogenesis depends on auxin maximum and gradient. The classic maize mutant lazy plant1 (la1) has defective gravitropic response. The mechanism underlining maize gravitropism remains unclear. Recently, we isolated the ZmLA1 gene by map-based cloning, and our findings suggest that ZmLA1 might mediate the crosstalk between shoot gravitropism and inflorescence development by regulating auxin transport, auxin signaling, and auxin-mediated light response in maize. Here, we propose a model describing the ZmLA1-mediated complex interactions among auxin, gravity, light, and inflorescent development.     

The Control of Lateral Root Development in Cultured Pea Seedlings. II. Root Fasciation Induced by Auxin Inhibitors

Lateral root development in cultured seedlings of Pisum sativum (cv. Alaska) was modified by the application of auxin transport inhibitors or antagonists. When applied either to replace the root tip or beneath the cotyledonary node, two auxin transport inhibitors, 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA) and 3,3a-dihydro-2-(p-methoxyphenyl)-8H-pyrazolo[5,1-α]isoindol-8-one (DPX-1840), increased cell division activity opposite the protoxylem poles. This resulted in the formation of masses of cells, which we are calling root primordial masses (RPMs), 2 to 3 days after treatment. RPMs differed from lateral root primordia in that they lacked apical organization. Some roots however developed both RPMs and lateral roots indicating that both structures were similar in terms of the timing and location of cell division in the pericycle and endodermis leading to their initiation. Removal of the auxin transport inhibitors allowed many of the RPMs to organize later into lateral root primordia and to emerge in clusters. When the auxin, indoleacetic acid (IAA) was added to the growth medium along with DPX-1840, 3 ranks of RPMs now in the form of fasciated lateral roots emerged from the primary root. The auxin antagonist, p-chlorophenoxy-isobutyric acid (PCIB), also induced RPM formation. In contrast to DPX-1840 treatment, the addition of IAA during PCIB treatment caused normal lateral root development.     

植物侧根发育的研究进展

侧根是植物根系的重要组成部分,其发生和发育受到内源植物激素和外界环境因素的共同影响。生长素在侧根发生起始、侧根原基的发育和侧根突破母体表皮等阶段均发挥关键作用。研究侧根的发育和形态解剖结构以及信号调控途径等,都具有重要的理论和实践意义。本文结合近年来的研究进展,综述了拟南芥和水稻侧根发育的详细过程和影响因素,重点关注生长素在侧根原基发生和发育过程中的作用。