ArticlePlant physiology2001
Possible role of root border cells in detection and avoidance of aluminum toxicity.
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- Effects of Elevated Aluminum Concentration and Distribution on Root Damage, Cell Wall Polysaccharides, and Nutrient Uptake in Different TolerantInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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- Root exudates contribute to belowground ecosystem hotspots: A review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Salt stress of two rice varieties: root border cell response and multi-logistic quantification.Protoplasma · 2021Article
- Root-Derived Proteases as a Plant Tool to Access Soil Organic Nitrogen; Current Stage of Knowledge and Controversies.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- Shedding the Last Layer: Mechanisms of Root Cap Cell Release.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- In vitro characterization of root extracellular trap and exudates of three Sahelian woody plant species.Planta · 2019Article
- Aluminum Alters the Histology and Pectin Cell Wall Composition of Barley Roots.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- Use of rhodizonic acid for rapid detection of root border cell trapping of lead and reversal of trapping with DNase.Applications in plant sciences · 2019Article
- Aluminum Responsive Genes in Flax (BioMed research international · 2019Article
- QTL mapping for aluminum tolerance in RIL population of soybean (Glycine max L.) by RAD sequencing.PloS one · 2019Article
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- Plant Immunity Is Compartmentalized and Specialized in Roots.Frontiers in plant science · 2018Review
- The Brassicaceae species Heliophila coronopifolia produces root border-like cells that protect the root tip and secrete defensin peptides.Annals of botany · 2017Article
- Aluminum, a Friend or Foe of Higher Plants in Acid Soils.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Review
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Abstract
Root border cells are living cells that surround root apices of most plant species and are involved in production of root exudates. We tested predictions of the hypothesis that they participate in detection and avoidance of aluminum (Al) toxicity by comparing responses of two snapbean (Phaseolus vulgaris) cultivars (cv Dade and cv Romano) known to differ in Al resistance at the whole-root level. Root border cells of these cultivars were killed by excess Al in agarose gels or in simple salt solutions. Percent viability of Al-sensitive cv Romano border cells exposed in situ for 96 h to 200 microM total Al in an agarose gel was significantly less than that of cv Dade border cells; similarly, relative viability of harvested cv Romano border cells was significantly less than that of cv Dade cells after 24 h in 25 microM total Al in a simple salt solution. These results indicate that Al-resistance mechanisms that operate at the level of whole roots also operate at the cellular level in border cells. Al induced a thicker mucilage layer around detached border cells of both cultivars. Cultivar Dade border cells produced a thicker mucilage layer in response to 25 microM Al compared with that of cv Romano cells after 8 h of treatment and this phenomenon preceded that of observed cultivar differences in relative cell viability. Release of an Al-binding mucilage by border cells could play a role in protecting root tips from Al-induced cellular damage.
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