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ArticleNature plants2025

Stem cell regulators drive a G1 duration gradient during plant root development.

Clara Echevarría, Bénédicte Desvoyes, Marco Marconi, José Manuel Franco-Zorrilla, Laura Lee, Masaaki Umeda, Robert Sablowski, Kenneth D Birnbaum, Krzysztof Wabnik, Crisanto Gutierrez

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Article in Nature plants, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cyclin' Through the Root: Developmental Control of Cell Cycle Progression in theAnnual review of cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  3. Cell cycle in plant development and reprogramming.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2026
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  9. A Journey to the Core of the Plant Cell Cycle.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Clara Echevarría *Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain.
Bénédicte Desvoyes *Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain. bdesvoyes@cbm.csic.es.ORCID 0000-0001-7116-9821
Marco MarconiCentro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, UPM-INIA-CSIC, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3457-1384
José Manuel Franco-ZorrillaCentro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6769-7349
Laura LeeDepartment of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2821-7469
Masaaki UmedaGraduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3934-7936
Robert SablowskiCell and Developmental Biology Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1732-2909
Kenneth D BirnbaumDepartment of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8423-6859
Krzysztof WabnikCentro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, UPM-INIA-CSIC, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain. k.wabnik@upm.es.ORCID 0000-0001-7263-0560
Crisanto GutierrezCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain. cgutierrez@cbm.csic.es.ORCID 0000-0001-8905-8222

Funding

Regeneration of Complex Patterns in PlantsR35GM136362 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI Kenneth David Birnbaum · 2020 to 2026
$3.1M
Center for Selective C-H Functionalization, National Science Foundation IOS-1934388EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 2018-AdG_833617Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc.) R35GM136362NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136362RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/J004588/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organogenesis relies on the coordination of cell proliferation with developmental programs. In meristems, where new plant organs initiate, the cell proliferation potential depends on stem cell regulators, but the mechanisms linking their local activity with the cell cycle machinery remain unknown. Here we show a positional gradient of G1 duration in the Arabidopsis root meristem spanning from ~2 h near the meristem boundary to more than 20 h in the early stem cell derivatives. Mutations in the stem cell regulatory PLETHORA (PLT) genes and the cell cycle RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED 1 gene shortened G1 duration, abolishing the G1 duration gradient, whereas PLT2 overexpression increased G1 duration. Data-driven computer modelling supported the presence of an incoherent feed-forward loop. We found that PLT genes are drivers with simultaneous and opposing roles in maintaining stem cell activity and inhibiting G1 progression through a cascade involving the CDK inhibitor KRP5, a PLT target and RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED 1. The G1 duration gradient is developmentally regulated and established after the emergence of lateral roots from the primary root and correlates with increased tolerance to genome damage. Our study establishes a previously undescribed proximal-distal G1 duration gradient during root development that is shaped by the balanced activity of stem cell maintenance and cell cycle regulators.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsG1 PhasePlant RootsStem CellsGene Expression Regulation, PlantMeristemTranscription FactorsArabidopsis ProteinsPLT2 protein, ArabidopsisTranscription Factors

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PMID40968137
PMCPMC12537498

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