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ArticlePlant physiology2025

The trehalose 6-phosphate pathway coordinates dynamic changes at the shoot apical meristem in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Magdalena Musialak-Lange, Katharina Fiddeke, Annika Franke, Friedrich Kragler, Christin Abel, Vanessa Wahl

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Magdalena Musialak-LangeDepartment of Metabolic Networks, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam 14476, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0388-8960
Katharina FiddekeDepartment of Metabolic Networks, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam 14476, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-8882-6292
Annika FrankeDepartment of Metabolic Networks, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam 14476, Germany.
Friedrich KraglerDepartment of Metabolic Networks, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam 14476, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5308-2976
Christin AbelDepartment of Metabolic Networks, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam 14476, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8608-0763
Vanessa WahlDepartment of Metabolic Networks, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam 14476, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7421-8801

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BMBF 031B0191DFG SPP1530: WA3639/1-2Max Planck Society
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Abstract

A plant's stem cell population in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) is maintained by WUSCHEL (WUS) and CLAVATA3 (CLV3). SAM size is dynamic and undergoes a more than 2-fold expansion upon transition to reproductive growth. The mechanism controlling this doming is largely unknown; however, coinciding increased trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P) levels suggest a participation of the T6P pathway in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Moreover, lines misexpressing or with reduced expression of TREHALOSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE1 (TPS1) have smaller and larger SAMs, respectively. Here, we show that TREHALOSE PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASEJ (TPPJ) is directly regulated by WUS. Changing TPPJ transcript levels in the outer layer affects SAM size and flowering time, and its reduction in the late-flowering clv3 mutant restores wild-type flowering. This is associated with altered mature microRNA156 abundance and expression of the SQUAMOSA PROMOTER-BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE genes SPL3, SPL4, SPL5, and SPL9. Furthermore, SPL4 is controlled by WUS, while SPL4 directly represses WUS, establishing negative feedback regulation. This feedback loop is important for age pathway-induced flowering involving the T6P pathway and suggests dynamic feedback regulations between central meristem maintenance and flowering time regulators with sugar signaling throughout development.

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ArabidopsisMeristemSugar PhosphatesTrehaloseArabidopsis ProteinsFlowersGene Expression Regulation, PlantGlucosyltransferasesHomeodomain ProteinsMicroRNAsMutationPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesPlant ShootsArabidopsis ProteinsGlucosyltransferasesHomeodomain ProteinsMicroRNAsMirn156 microRNA, ArabidopsisPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesSugar PhosphatesTrehalosetrehalose-6-phosphatetrehalose-phosphataseWUSCHEL protein, Arabidopsis

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PMID40638795
PMCPMC12415856

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