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ArticleNature plants2023

Gibberellins promote polar auxin transport to regulate stem cell fate decisions in cambium.

Riikka Mäkilä, Brecht Wybouw, Ondřej Smetana, Leo Vainio, Anna Solé-Gil, Munan Lyu, Lingling Ye, Xin Wang, Riccardo Siligato, Mark K Jenness and 2 more

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Article in Nature plants, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
27.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Riikka MäkiläOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8547-0452
Brecht WybouwOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8783-4646
Ondřej SmetanaOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Leo VainioOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Anna Solé-GilOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Munan LyuOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Lingling YeOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Xin WangOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Riccardo SiligatoOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1310-2757
Mark K JennessDepartment of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Angus S MurphyDepartment of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5649-7413
Ari Pekka MähönenOrganismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. AriPekka.Mahonen@helsinki.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6051-866X
University of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) 316544Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) 346141EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 819422U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-FG02-06ER15804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular cambium contains bifacial stem cells, which produce secondary xylem to one side and secondary phloem to the other. However, how these fate decisions are regulated is unknown. Here we show that the positioning of an auxin signalling maximum within the cambium determines the fate of stem cell daughters. The position is modulated by gibberellin-regulated, PIN1-dependent polar auxin transport. Gibberellin treatment broadens auxin maximum from the xylem side of the cambium towards the phloem. As a result, xylem-side stem cell daughter preferentially differentiates into xylem, while phloem-side daughter retains stem cell identity. Occasionally, this broadening leads to direct specification of both daughters as xylem, and consequently, adjacent phloem-identity cell reverts to being stem cell. Conversely, reduced gibberellin levels favour specification of phloem-side stem cell daughter as phloem. Together, our data provide a mechanism by which gibberellin regulates the ratio of xylem and phloem production.

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CambiumGibberellinsCell DifferentiationIndoleacetic AcidsStem CellsXylemGibberellinsIndoleacetic Acids

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PMID36997686
PMCPMC10119023
OpenAlexW4362459803

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