Rigal, A. et al., 2012. Plant Physiology
The AINTEGUMENTA LIKE1 homeotic transcription factor PtAIL1 controls the formation of adventitious root primordia in Poplar
Adeline Rigal, Yordan S. Yordanov, Irene Perrone, Anna Karlberg, Emilie Tisserant, Catherine Bellini, Victor B. Busov, Francis Martin, Annegret Kohler, Rishi Bhalerao,Valérie Legué
17 October 2012, Plant Physiology 160(4): 1996-2006; doi: 10.1104/pp.112.204453
Abstract
Adventitious rooting is an essential but sometimes rate-limiting step in the clonal multiplication of elite tree germplasm, because the ability to form roots declines rapidly with age in mature adult plant tissues. In spite of the importance of adventitious rooting, the mechanism behind this developmental process remains poorly understood. We have described the transcriptional profiles that are associated with the developmental stages of adventitious root formation in the model tree poplar (Populus trichocarpa). Transcriptome analyses indicate a highly specific temporal induction of the AINTEGUMENTA LIKE1 (PtAIL1) transcription factor of the AP2 family during adventitious root formation. Transgenic poplar samples that overexpressed PtAIL1 were able to grow an increased number of adventitious roots, whereas RNA interference mediated the down-expression of PtAIL1 expression, which led to a delay in adventitious root formation. Microarray analysis showed that the expression of 15 genes, including the transcription factors AGAMOUS-Like6 and MYB36, was overexpressed in the stem tissues that generated root primordia in PtAIL1– overexpressing plants, whereas their expression was reduced in the RNA interference lines. These results demonstrate that PtAIL1 is a positive regulator of poplar rooting that acts early in the development of adventitious roots.
Citation
Rigal A, Yordanov YS, Perrone I, Karlberg A, Tisserant E, Bellni C, Busov VB, Martin F, Kohler A, Bhalerao R, and Legué V. The AINTEGUMENTA LIKE1 homeotic transcription factor PtAIL1 controls the formation of adventitious root primordia in Poplar. Plant Physiol. 2012 Dec;160(4):1996-2006. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.204453.
