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Auxin synthesis gene tms1 driven by tuber-specific promoter alters hormonal status of transgenic potato plants and their responses to exogenous phytohormones

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Ectopic auxin overproduction in transgenic potato leads to enhanced productivity accompanied with concerted and occasional changes in hormonal status, and causing altered response of transformants to exogenous auxin or cytokinin.

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Previously, we generated potato transformants expressing Agrobacterium-derived auxin synthesis gene tms1 driven by tuber-specific patatin gene promoter (B33-promoter). Here, we studied the endogenous hormonal status and the response to exogenous phytohormones in tms1 transformants cultured in vitro. Adding indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) or kinetin to culture medium affected differently tuberization of tms1-transformed and control plants, depending also on sucrose content in the medium. Exogenous phytohormones ceased to stimulate the tuber initiation in transformants at high (5–8%) sucrose concentration, while in control plants the stimulation was observed in all experimental settings. Furthermore, exogenous auxin partly inhibited the tuber initiation, and exogenous cytokinin reduced the average tuber weight in most transformants at high sucrose content. The elevated auxin level in tubers of the transformants was accompanied with a decrease in content of cytokinin bases and their ribosides in tubers and most shoots. No concerted changes in contents of abscisic, jasmonic, salicylic acids and gibberellins in tubers were detected. The data on hormonal status indicated that the enhanced productivity of tms1 transformants was due to auxin and not mediated by other phytohormones. In addition, exogenous cytokinin was shown to upregulate the expression of genes encoding orthologs of auxin receptors. Overall, the results showed that tms1 expression and local increase in IAA level in transformants affect both the balance of endogenous cytokinins and the dynamics of tuberization in response to exogenous hormones (auxin, cytokinin), the latter reaction depending also on the carbohydrate supply. We introduce a basic model for the hormonal network controlling tuberization.

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The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Grant No. 14-14-01095. We appreciate the assistance of E. M. Savelieva from IPP RAS in the preparation of the manuscript for publication.

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    1. Laboratory of Signaling Systems, Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, Moscow, 127276, Russia

      Oksana O. Kolachevskaya, Irina A. Getman, Sergey N. Lomin & Georgy A. Romanov

    2. Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

      Lidiya I. Sergeeva & Kristyna Floková

    3. Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Branch of Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Pushchino, 142290, Russia

      Valeriya V. Alekseeva, Elena B. Rukavtsova & Yaroslav I. Buryanov

    4. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

      Georgy A. Romanov

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    Kolachevskaya, O.O., Sergeeva, L.I., Floková, K. et al. Auxin synthesis gene tms1 driven by tuber-specific promoter alters hormonal status of transgenic potato plants and their responses to exogenous phytohormones. Plant Cell Rep 36, 419–435 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-016-2091-y

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