Identification of cambium stem cell factors and their positioning mechanism

Gugan Eswaran, Xixi Zhang, Jacob Pieter Rutten, Jingyi Han, Hiroyuki Iida, Jennifer López Ortiz, Riikka Mäkilä, Brecht Wybouw, Benjamin Planterose Jiménez, Leo Vainio, Alexis Porcher, Marina Leal Gavarron, Jing Zhang, Tiina Blomster, Xin Wang, David Dolan, Ondřej Smetana, Siobhán M. Brady, Melis Kucukoglu Topcu, Kirsten ten TusscherJ. Peter Etchells, Ari Pekka Mähönen

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Wood constitutes the largest reservoir of terrestrial biomass. Composed of xylem, it arises from one side of the vascular cambium, a bifacial stem cell niche that also produces phloem on the opposing side. It is currently unknown which molecular factors endow cambium stem cell identity. Here we show that TRACHEARY ELEMENT DIFFERENTIATION INHIBITORY FACTOR (TDIF) ligand–activated PHLOEM INTERCALATED WITH XYLEM (PXY) receptors promote the expression of CAMBIUM-EXPRESSED AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE (CAIL) transcription factors to define cambium stem cell identity in the Arabidopsis root. By sequestrating the phloem-originated TDIF, xylem-expressed PXY confines the TDIF signaling front, resulting in the activation of CAIL expression and stem cell identity in only a narrow domain. Our findings show how signals emanating from cells on opposing sides ensure robust yet dynamically adjustable positioning of a bifacial stem cell layer.

Originalspråkengelska
TidskriftScience
Volym386
Nummer6722
Sidor (från-till)646-653
Antal sidor8
ISSN0036-8075
DOI
StatusPublicerad - 8 nov. 2024
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