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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 183, Issue 4, Pages 1780-1793Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00243
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- University of Lausanne
- Swiss National Science Foundation [310030B_179558]
- Human Frontier Science Program organization [RPG0054-2013]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-12-BSV6-0005]
- University of Buenos Aires [20020100100437]
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica of Argentina [PICT-2018-01695]
- European Commission Marie Curie fellowships [H2020-MSCA-IF-2017-796283, H2020-MSCA-IF-2017-796443]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [310030B_179558] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-12-BSV6-0005] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
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Persistent low blue light in natural canopy shade relieves the inhibitory effect of cryptochrome1 on PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR4, enhancing phototropism in de-etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings. Shade-avoiding plants, including Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), display a number of growth responses, such as elongation of stem-like structures and repositioning of leaves, elicited by shade cues, including a reduction in the blue and red portions of the solar spectrum and a low-red to far-red ratio. Shade also promotes phototropism of de-etiolated seedlings through repression of phytochrome B, presumably to enhance capture of unfiltered sunlight. Here we show that both low blue light and a low-red to far-red light ratio are required to rapidly enhance phototropism in Arabidopsis seedlings. However, prolonged low blue light treatments are sufficient to promote phototropism through reduced cryptochrome1 (cry1) activation. The enhanced phototropic response ofcry1mutants in the lab and in response to natural canopies depends onPHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORs(PIFs). In favorable light conditions, cry1 limits the expression ofPIF4, while in low blue light, PIF4 expression increases, which contributes to phototropic enhancement. The analysis of quantitative DII-Venus, an auxin signaling reporter, indicates that low blue light leads to enhanced auxin signaling in the hypocotyl and, upon phototropic stimulation, a steeper auxin signaling gradient across the hypocotyl. We conclude that phototropic enhancement by canopy shade results from the combined activities of phytochrome B and cry1 that converge on PIF regulation.
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