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CURRENT BIOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 9, Pages 788-792Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.03.044
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- RIKEN Special Postdoctoral Researchers Program [K23253]
- Toray Science Foundation
- [18GS0313]
- [19060002]
- [17207005]
- [18657020]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24570060, 25113002] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Coordinated proliferation between clonally distinct cells via inter-cell-layer signaling largely determines the size and shape of plant organs [1-4]. Nonetheless, the signaling mechanism underlying this coordination in leaves remains elusive because of a lack of understanding of the signaling molecule (or molecules) involved. ANGUSTIFOLIA3 (AN3, also called GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR1) encodes a putative transcriptional coactivator with homology to human synovial sarcoma translocation protein [5-7]. AN3 transcripts accumulate in mesophyll cells but are not detectable in leaf epidermal cells [8]. However, we found here that in addition to mesophyll cells [5, 6], epidermal cells of an3 leaves show defective proliferation. This spatial difference between the accumulation pattern of AN3 transcripts and an3 leaf phenotype is explained by AN3 protein movement across cell layers. AN3 moves into epidermal cells after being synthesized within mesophyll cells and helps control epidermal cell proliferation. Interference with AN3 movement results in abnormal leaf size and shape, indicating that AN3 signaling is indispensable for normal leaf development. AN3 movement does not require type II chaperonin activity, which is needed for movement of some mobile proteins [9]. Taking these findings together, we present a novel model emphasizing the role of mesophyll cells as a signaling source coordinating proliferation between clonally independent leaf cells.
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