Differential regulation of the NO3- and NH4+ transporter genes AtNrt2.1 and AtAmt1.1 in Arabidopsis: relation with long-distance and local controls by N status of the plant
| Autor: | X, Gansel, S, Muños, P, Tillard, A, Gojon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Nitrates
Arabidopsis Proteins Nitrogen Anion Transport Proteins Arabidopsis Nitrate Transporters Blotting Northern Plant Roots Quaternary Ammonium Compounds Gene Expression Regulation Plant RNA Plant Isotope Labeling Biomass RNA Messenger Carrier Proteins Cation Transport Proteins Plant Proteins Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology. 26(2) |
| ISSN: | 0960-7412 |
| Popis: | Regulation of root N uptake by whole-plant signalling of N status was investigated at the molecular level in Arabidopsis thaliana plants through expression analysis of AtNrt2.1 and AtAmt1.1. These two genes encode starvation-induced high-affinity NO3- and NH4+ transporters, respectively. Split-root experiments indicate that AtNrt2.1 expression is controlled by shoot-to-root signals of N demand. Together with 15NO3- influx, the steady-state transcript level of this gene is increased in NO3--fed roots in response to N deprivation of another portion of the root system. Thus AtNrt2.1 is the first identified molecular target of the long-distance signalling informing the roots of the whole plant's N status. In contrast, AtAmt1.1 expression is predominantly dependent on the local N status of the roots, as it is mostly stimulated in the portion of the root system directly experiencing N starvation. The same behaviour was found for NH4+ influx, suggesting that the NH4+ uptake system is much less efficient than the NO3- uptake system, to compensate for a spatial restriction of N availability. Other major differences were found between the regulations of AtNrt2.1 and AtAmt1.1 expression. AtNrt2.1 is strongly upregulated by moderate level of N limitation, while AtAmt1.1 transcript level is markedly increased only under severe N deficiency. Unlike AtNrt2.1, AtAmt1.1 expression is not stimulated in a nitrate reductase-deficient mutant after transfer to NO3- as sole N source, indicating that NO3- per se acts as a signal repressing transcription of AtAmt1.1. These results reveal two fundamentally different types of mechanism involved in the feedback regulation of root N acquisition by the N status of the plant. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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