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The CLAVATA signaling pathway mediating stem cell fate in shoot meristems requires Ca2+ as a secondary cytosolic messenger
Authors:Hsuan Chou  Yingfang Zhu  Yi Ma  Gerald A. Berkowitz
Affiliation:Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Abstract:CLAVATA1 (CLV1) is a receptor protein expressed in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) that translates perception of a non‐cell‐autonomous CLAVATA3 (CLV3) peptide signal into altered stem cell fate. CLV3 reduces expression of WUSCHEL (WUS) and FANTASTIC FOUR 2 (FAF2) in the SAM. Expression of WUS and FAF2 leads to maintenance of undifferentiated stem cells in the SAM. CLV3 binding to CLV1 inhibits expression of these genes and controls stem cell fate in the SAM through an unidentified signaling pathway. Cytosolic Ca2+ elevations, cyclic nucleotide (cGMP)‐activated Ca2+ channels, and cGMP have been linked to signaling downstream of receptors similar to CLV1. Hence, we hypothesized that cytosolic Ca2+ elevation mediates the CLV3 ligand/CLV1 receptor signaling that controls meristem stem cell fate. CLV3 application to Arabidopsis seedlings results in elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ and cGMP. CLV3 control of WUS was prevented in a genotype lacking a functional cGMP‐activated Ca2+ channel. In wild‐type plants, CLV3 inhibition of WUS and FAF2 expression was impaired by treatment with either a Ca2+ channel blocker or a guanylyl cyclase inhibitor. When CLV3‐dependent repression of WUS is blocked, altered control of stem cell fate leads to an increase in SAM size; we observed a larger SAM size in seedlings treated with the Ca2+ channel blocker. These results suggest that the CLV3 ligand/CLV1 receptor system initiates a signaling cascade that elevates cytosolic Ca2+, and that this cytosolic secondary messenger is involved in the signal transduction cascade linking CLV3/CLV1 to control of gene expression and stem cell fate in the SAM.
Keywords:Ca2+ signaling  CLAVATA signaling peptide  CLAVATA receptor  cyclic nucleotide‐gated cation channels  cGMP     Arabidopsis thaliana   
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