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Stem-piped light activates phytochrome B to trigger light responses in Arabidopsis thaliana roots

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Lee, Hyo-Jun; Ha, Jun-Ho; Kim, Sang-Gyu; Choi, Han-Kyu; Kim, Zee Hwan; Han, Yun-Jeong; Kim, Jeong-Il; Oh, Youngjoo; Fragoso, Variluska; Shin, Kwangsoo; Hyeon, Taeghwan; Choi, Hong-Gu; Oh, Kyung-Hwan; Baldwin, Ian T.; Park, Chung-Mo

Issue Date
2016-11
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Citation
Science Signaling, Vol.9 No.452, p. ra106
Abstract
The roles of photoreceptors and their associated signaling mechanisms have been extensively studied in plant photomorphogenesis with a major focus on the photoresponses of the shoot system. Accumulating evidence indicates that light also influences root growth and development through the light-induced release of signaling molecules that travel from the shoot to the root. We explored whether aboveground light directly influences the root system of Arabidopsis thaliana. Light was efficiently conducted through the stems to the roots, where photoactivated phytochrome B (phyB) triggered expression of ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) and accumulation of HY5 protein, a transcription factor that promotes root growth in response to light. Stimulation of HY5 in response to illumination of only the shoot was reduced when root tissues carried a loss-of-function mutation in PHYB, and HY5 mutant roots exhibited alterations in root growth and gravitropism in response to shoot illumination. These findings demonstrate that the underground roots directly sense stem-piped light to monitor the aboveground light environment during plant environmental adaptation.
ISSN
1945-0877
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/165976
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.aaf6530
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