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ArticleThe Plant cell2014

Brassinosteroid regulates cell elongation by modulating gibberellin metabolism in rice.

Hongning Tong, Yunhua Xiao, Dapu Liu, Shaopei Gao, Linchuan Liu, Yanhai Yin, Yun Jin, Qian Qian, Chengcai Chu

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Article in The Plant cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 200 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Hongning TongState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Yunhua XiaoState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Dapu LiuState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Shaopei GaoState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Linchuan LiuState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Yanhai YinDepartment of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011.
Yun JinInstitute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Qian QianState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310006, China.
Chengcai ChuState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China ccchu@genetics.ac.cn.
State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics · CNInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology · CNChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitute of Microbiology · CNIowa State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brassinosteroid (BR) and gibberellin (GA) are two predominant hormones regulating plant cell elongation. A defect in either of these leads to reduced plant growth and dwarfism. However, their relationship remains unknown in rice (Oryza sativa). Here, we demonstrated that BR regulates cell elongation by modulating GA metabolism in rice. Under physiological conditions, BR promotes GA accumulation by regulating the expression of GA metabolic genes to stimulate cell elongation. BR greatly induces the expression of D18/GA3ox-2, one of the GA biosynthetic genes, leading to increased GA1 levels, the bioactive GA in rice seedlings. Consequently, both d18 and loss-of-function GA-signaling mutants have decreased BR sensitivity. When excessive active BR is applied, the hormone mostly induces GA inactivation through upregulation of the GA inactivation gene GA2ox-3 and also represses BR biosynthesis, resulting in decreased hormone levels and growth inhibition. As a feedback mechanism, GA extensively inhibits BR biosynthesis and the BR response. GA treatment decreases the enlarged leaf angles in plants with enhanced BR biosynthesis or signaling. Our results revealed a previously unknown mechanism underlying BR and GA crosstalk depending on tissues and hormone levels, which greatly advances our understanding of hormone actions in crop plants and appears much different from that in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionBrassinosteroidsCell EnlargementGene Expression Regulation, PlantGibberellinsModels, BiologicalMutationOryzaPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant LeavesPlant ProteinsSeedlingsBrassinosteroidsGibberellinsPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant Proteins

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