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Plant Physiol ; 175(3): 1254-1268, 2017 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28894019

ABSTRACT

The mechanisms of root iron uptake and the transcriptional networks that control root-level regulation of iron uptake have been well studied, but the mechanisms by which shoots signal iron status to the roots remain opaque. Here, we characterize an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) double mutant, yellow stripe1-like yellow stripe3-like (ysl1ysl3), which has lost the ability to properly regulate iron deficiency-influenced gene expression in both roots and shoots. In spite of markedly low tissue levels of iron, the double mutant does not up- and down-regulate iron deficiency-induced and -repressed genes. We have used grafting experiments to show that wild-type roots grafted to ysl1ysl3 shoots do not initiate iron deficiency-induced gene expression, indicating that the ysl1ysl3 shoots fail to send an appropriate long-distance signal of shoot iron status to the roots. We present a model to explain how impaired iron localization in leaf veins results in incorrect signals of iron sufficiency being sent to roots and affecting gene expression there. Improved understanding of the mechanism of long-distance iron signaling will allow improved strategies for the engineering of staple crops to accumulate additional bioavailable iron in edible parts, thus improving the iron nutrition of the billions of people worldwide whose inadequate diet causes iron deficiency anemia.


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Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Arabidopsis/metabolism , Azetidinecarboxylic Acid/analogs & derivatives , Iron/metabolism , Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism , Signal Transduction , Arabidopsis/drug effects , Arabidopsis/genetics , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Azetidinecarboxylic Acid/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects , Glucuronidase/metabolism , Iron/pharmacology , Models, Biological , Mutation/genetics , Phloem/metabolism , Plant Exudates/metabolism , Plant Roots/drug effects , Plant Roots/metabolism , Seedlings/drug effects , Seedlings/metabolism , Signal Transduction/drug effects , Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission
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