Trichome patterning control involves TTG1 interaction with SPL transcription factors

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• 作者：Eugenia Ioannidi ; Stamatis Rigas ; Dikran Tsitsekian…
• 关键词：Arabidopsis ; Cistus creticus ; Flavonoids ; Root ; hairs ; Trichomes ; TTG1/GL2 pathway
• 刊名：Plant Molecular Biology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：92
• 期：6
• 页码：675-687
• 全文大小：3,182 KB
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Plant Sciences
  Biochemistry
  Plant Pathology
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-5028
• 卷排序：92

文摘

Epidermal cell differentiation is a paramount and conserved process among plants. In Arabidopsis, a ternary complex formed by MYB, bHLH transcription factors and TTG1 modulates unicellular trichome morphogenesis. The formation of multicellular glandular trichomes of the xerophytic shrub Cistus creticus that accumulate labdane-type diterpenes, has attained much attention renowned for its medicinal properties. Here, we show that C. creticus TTG1 (CcTTG1) interacts with the SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPLA/B) proteins, putative homologs of AtSPL4/5 that in turn interact with AtTTG1. These interactions occur between proteins from evolutionarily distant species supporting the conserved function of TTG1-SPL complex. Overexpression of AtSPL4 and AtSPL5 decreased the expression of GLABRA2 (AtGL2), the major regulator of trichome morphogenesis, resulting in trichome reduction on the adaxial surface of cauline leaves, thereby illuminating the significance of TTG1-SPLs interactions in trichome formation control. AtGL2 and AtSPL4 have opposite expression patterns during early stages of leaf development. We postulate an antagonistic effect between SPLs and the heterogeneous MYB-bHLH factors binding to TTG1. Hence, the SPLs potentially rearrange the complex, attenuating its transcriptional activity to control trichome distribution.