Brassinosteroid‐BZR1/2‐WAT1 module determines the high level of auxin signalling in vascular cambium during wood formation
- 11 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Phytologist
- Vol. 230 (4), 1503-1516
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17265
Abstract
The tight regulation of local auxin homeostasis and signalling maxima in xylem precursor cells specifies the organizing activity of the vascular cambium and consequently promotes xylem differentiation and wood formation. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the local auxin signalling maxima in the vascular cambium are largely unknown. Here, we reveal that brassinosteroid (BR)‐activated WALLS ARE THIN1 (WAT1) facilitates wood formation by enhancing local auxin signalling in the vascular cambium in Solanum lycopersicum. Growth defects and low auxin signalling readouts in the BR‐deficient tomato cultivar, Micro‐Tom, were associated with a novel recessive allele, Slwat1‐copi, created by the insertion of a retrotransposon in the last exon of the SlWAT1 locus. Molecular and genetic studies by generating the gain‐ and loss‐of‐function tomato mutants revealed that SlWAT1 is a critical regulator for fine‐tuning local auxin homeostasis and signalling outputs in vascular cambium to facilitate secondary growth. Finally, we discovered that BR‐regulated SlBZR1/2 directly activation of downstream auxin responses by SlWAT1 upregulation in xylem precursor cells to facilitate xylem differentiation and subsequent wood formation. Our data suggest that the BR‐SlBZR1/2–WAT1 signalling network contributes to the high level of auxin signalling in the vascular cambium for secondary growth.Keywords
Funding Information
- Rural Development Administration (PJ01349002, PJ01482004)
- National Research Foundation (NRF‐2020R1C1C1008494)
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