Dual regulation of <i>ETTIN</i> (<i>ARF3</i>) gene expression by AS1-AS2, which maintains the DNA methylation level, is involved in stabilization of leaf adaxial-abaxial partitioning in <i>Arabidopsis</i>

  • Mayumi Iwasaki
    Plant Biology Research Center, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
  • Hiro Takahashi
    Plant Biology Research Center, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
  • Hidekazu Iwakawa
    Plant Biology Research Center, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
  • Ayami Nakagawa
    Plant Biology Research Center, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
  • Takaaki Ishikawa
    Plant Biology Research Center, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
  • Hirokazu Tanaka
    Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043 Japan.
  • Yoko Matsumura
    Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
  • Irena Pekker
    Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
  • Yuval Eshed
    Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
  • Simon Vial-Pradel
    Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
  • Toshiro Ito
    Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Yuichiro Watanabe
    Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
  • Yoshihisa Ueno
    Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
  • Hiroshi Fukazawa
    Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
  • Shoko Kojima
    Plant Biology Research Center, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.
  • Yasunori Machida
    Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
  • Chiyoko Machida
    Plant Biology Research Center, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan.

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<jats:p>Leaf primordia are generated at the periphery of the shoot apex, developing into flat symmetric organs with adaxial-abaxial polarity, in which the indeterminate state is repressed. Despite the crucial role of the ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 (AS1)-AS2 nuclear-protein complex in leaf adaxial-abaxial polarity specification, information on mechanisms controlling their downstream genes has remained elusive. We systematically analyzed transcripts by microarray and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays and performed genetic rescue of as1 and as2 phenotypic abnormalities, which identified a new target gene, ETTIN (ETT)/AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 (ARF3), which encodes an abaxial factor acting downstream of the AS1-AS2 complex. While the AS1-AS2 complex represses ETT by direct binding of AS1 to the ETT promoter, it also indirectly activates miR390- and RDR6-dependent post-transcriptional gene silencing to negatively regulate both ETT and ARF4 activities. Furthermore, AS1-AS2 maintains the status of DNA methylation in the ETT coding region. In agreement, filamentous leaves formed in as1 and as2 plants treated with a DNA methylation inhibitor were rescued by loss of ETT and ARF4 activities. We suggest that negative transcriptional, post-transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of the ARFs by AS1-AS2 is important for stabilizing early leaf partitioning into abaxial and adaxial domains.</jats:p>

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  • Development

    Development 140 (9), 1958-1969, 2013-05-01

    The Company of Biologists

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