Abstract
In the last few years, the intercellular trafficking of regulatory proteins has emerged as a novel mechanism of cell-to-cell communication in plant development. Here I present a review of the documented cases of transcription factors movement in plants and examine the common themes underlying these different examples.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
van den Berg C, Willemsen V, Hage W et al. Cell fate in the Arabidopsis root meristem determined by directional signalling. Nature 1995; 378:62–65.
Fletcher JC, Brand U, Running MP et al. Signaling of cell fate decisions by CLAVATA3 in Arabidopsis shoot meristems. Science 1999; 283:1911–1914.
Heinlein M, Epel BL. Macromolecular transport and signaling through plasmodesmata. Int Rev Cytol 2004; 235:93–164.
Lucas WJ, Lee J-Y. Plasmodesmata as a supracellular control network in plants. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2004; 5:712.
Lucas WJ, Bouche-Pillon S, Jackson DP et al. Selective trafficking of KNOTTED1 homeodomain protein and its mRNA through plasmodesmata. Science 1995; 270:1980–1983.
Kim JY, Yuan Z, Cilia M et al. Intercellular trafficking of a KNOTTED1 green fluorescent protein fusion in the leaf and shoot meristem of Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002; 99:4103–4108.
Kim JY, Yuan Z, Jackson D. Developmental regulation and significance of KNOX protein trafficking in Arabidopsis. Development 2003; 130:4351–4362.
Vollbrecht E, Veit B, Sinha N et al. The developmental gene Knotted-1 is a member of a maize homeobox gene family. Nature 1991; 350:241–243.
Jackson D, Hake S. Morphogenesis on the move: Cell-to-cell trafficking of plant regulatory proteins. Curr Opin Genet Dev 1997; 7:495–500.
Jackson D, Veit B, Hake S. Expression of maizel KNOTTED1 related homeobox genes in the shoot apical meristem predicts patterns of morphogenesis in the vegetative shoot. Development 1994; 120:405–413.
Kim JY, Rim Y, Wang J et al. A novel cell-to-cell trafficking assay indicates that the KNOX homeodomain is necessary and sufficient for intercellular protein and mRNA trafficking. Genes Dev 2005; 19:788–793.
Kim M, Canio W, Kessler S et al. Developmental changes due to long-distance movement of a homeobox fusion transcript in tomato. Science 2001; 293:287–289.
Cassiday LA, Maher LJ. Having it both ways: Transcription factors that bind DNA and RNA. Nucl Acids Res 2002; 30:4118–4126.
Dubnau J, Struhl G. RNA recognition and translational regulation by a homeodomain protein. Nature 1996; 379:694–699.
Rivera-Pomar R, Niessing D, Schmiddt-ott U et al. RNA binding and translational regulation by Bicoid. Nature 1996; 379:746–748.
Chan SK, Struhl G. Sequence-specific RNA binding by bicoid. Nature 1997; 388:634.
Niessing D, Driever W, Sprenger F et al. Homeodomain position 54 specifies transcriptional versus translational control by Bicoid. Mol Cell 2000; 5:395–401.
Niessing D, Dostatni N, H Jc et al. Sequence interval within the PEST motif of Bicoid is important for translational repression of caudal mRNA in the anterior region of the Drosophila embryo. EMBO J 1999; 18:1966–1973.
Perbal MC, Haughn G, Saedler H et al. Noncell-autonomous function of the Antirrhinum floral homeotic proteins DEFICIENS and GLOBOSA is exerted by their polar cell-to-cell trafficking. Development 1996; 122:3433–3441.
Sessions A, Yanofsky MF, Weigel D. Cell-cell signaling and movement by the floral transcription factors LEAFY and APETALA1. Science 2000; 289:779–782.
Weigel D, Alvarez J, Smyth DR et al. LEAFY controls floral meristem identity in Arabidopsis. Cell 1992; 69:843–859.
Lohmann JU, Weigel D. Building beauty: The genetic control of floral patterning. Dev Cell 2002; 2:135–142.
Wu X, Dinneny JR, Crawford KM et al. Modes of intercellular transcription factor movement in the Arabidopsis apex. Development 2003; 130:3735–3745.
Helariutta Y, Fukaki H, Wysocka-Diller J et al. The SHORT-ROOT gene controls radial patterning of the Arabidopsis root through radial signaling. Cell 2000; 101:555–567.
Nakajima K, Sena G, Nawy T et al. Intercellular movement of the putative transcription factor SHR in root patterning. Nature 2001; 413:307–311.
Gallagher KL, Paquette AJ, Nakajima K et al. Mechanisms regulating SHORT-ROOT intercellular movement. Curr Biol 2004; 14:1847.
Sena G, Jung JW, Benfey PN. A broad competence to respond to SHORT ROOT revealed by tissue-specific ectopic expression. Development 2004; 131:2817–2826.
Pesch M, Hülskamp M. Creating a two-dimensional pattern de novo during Arabidopsis trichome and root hair initiation. Curr Opin Gen Dev 2004; 14:422–427.
Wada T, Kurata T, Tominaga R et al. Role of a positive regulator of root hair development, CAPRICE, in Arabidopsis root epidermal cell differentiation. Development 2002; 129:5409–5419.
Esch JJ, Chen M, Sanders M et al. A contradictory GLABRA3 allele helps define gene interactions controlling trichome development in Arabidopsis. Development 2003; 130:5885–5894.
Crawford KM, Zambryski PC. Subcellular localization determines the availability of nontargeted proteins to plasmodesmatal transport. Curr Biol 2000; 10:1032–1040.
Honma T, Goto K. Complexes of MADS-box proteins are sufficient to convert leaves into floral organs. Nature 2001; 409:525.
Gisel A, Barella S, Hempel FD et al. Temporal and spatial regulation of symplastic trafficking during development in Arabidopsis thaliana apices. Development 1999; 126:1879–1889.
Kim I, Cho E, Crawford K et al. Cell-to-cell movement of GFP during embryogenesis and early seedling development in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2005; 102:2227–2231.
Rinne PL, van der Schoot C. Symplasmic fields in the tunica of the shoot apical meristem coordinate morphogenetic events. Development 1998; 125:1477–1485.
Jenik PD, Irish VF. The Arabidopsis floral homeotic gene APETALA3 differentially regulates intercellular signaling required for petal and stamen development. Development 2001; 128:13–23.
Efremova N, Perbal M-C, Yephremov A et al. Epidermal control of floral organ identity by class B homeotic genes in Antirrhinum and Arabidopsis. Development 2001; 128:2661–2671.
Itoh H, Ueguchi-Tanaka M, Sato Y et al. The gibberellin signaling pathway is regulated by the appearance and disappearance of SLENDER RICE1 in nuclei. Plant Cell 2002; 14:57–70.
Lee J-Y, Yoo B-C, Lucas WJ. Parallels between nuclear-pore and plasmodesmal trafficking of information molecules. Planta 2000; 210:177.
Lee JY, Yoo BC, Rojas MR et al. Selective trafficking of noncell-autonomous proteins mediated by NtNCAPPl. Science 2003; 299:392–396.
Parcy F, Nilsson O, Busch MA et al. A genetic framework for floral patterning. Nature 1998; 395:561–566.
Yoo AS, Bais C, Greenwald I. Crosstalk between the EGFR and LIN-12/Notch pathways in C. elegans vulval development. Science 2004; 303:663–666.
Prochiantz A, Joliot A. Can transcription factors function as cell-cell signalling molecules? Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2003; 4:814–819.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2006 Landes Bioscience and Springer Science+Business Media
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Maizel, A. (2006). Cell-Cell Movements of Transcription Factors in Plants. In: Cell-Cell Channels. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46957-7_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46957-7_12
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-36058-4
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-46957-7
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesBiomedical and Life Sciences (R0)