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ELIFE
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.63335
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Swiss National Science Foundation [EPM-PBLAP3-142757]
- European Molecular Biology Organization [ALTF-878-2013]
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The study reveals the antagonistic effects of ethylene and glucose signaling on the self-renewing capacity of stomatal lineage stem cells, providing a framework for understanding cell behavior in the stomatal lineage. The research suggests that developmental information may be encoded in both the spatial and temporal asymmetries of polarity proteins.
Asymmetric and self-renewing divisions build and pattern tissues. In the Arabidopsis stomatal lineage, asymmetric cell divisions, guided by polarly localized cortical proteins, generate most cells on the leaf surface. Systemic and environmental signals modify tissue development, but the mechanisms by which plants incorporate such cues to regulate asymmetric divisions are elusive. In a screen for modulators of cell polarity, we identified CONSTITUTIVE TRIPLE RESPONSE1, a negative regulator of ethylene signaling. We subsequently revealed antagonistic impacts of ethylene and glucose signaling on the self-renewing capacity of stomatal lineage stem cells. Quantitative analysis of cell polarity and fate dynamics showed that developmental information may be encoded in both the spatial and temporal asymmetries of polarity proteins. These results provide a framework for a mechanistic understanding of how nutritional status and environmental factors tune stem-cell behavior in the stomatal lineage, ultimately enabling flexibility in leaf size and cell-type composition.
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