The Roles of Plant Hormones and Their Interactions with Regulatory Genes in Determining Meristem Activity

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 20; no. 16; p. 4065
• Main Authors: Lee, Ze Hong, Hirakawa, Takeshi, Yamaguchi, Nobutoshi, Ito, Toshiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 20.08.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Adenosine; AGAMOUS; Arabidopsis - cytology; Arabidopsis - metabolism; Arabidopsis Proteins - genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins - metabolism; Arabidopsis thaliana; auxin; Biological activity; Biosynthesis; Cell division; Cell fate; CLAVATA; cytokinin; Cytokinins; Cytokinins - metabolism; floral meristem; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant - genetics; Gene regulation; Genes; Homeostasis; Hormones; Indoleacetic Acids - metabolism; Kinases; Ligands; Meristem - cytology; Meristem - metabolism; Meristems; Mutation; Organs; Phytohormones; Proteins; Review; Roles; Seeds; shoot apical meristem; Signal transduction; Stem cells; Transcription; WUSCHEL; Arabidopsis thaliana; floral meristem; cytokinin; auxin; shoot apical meristem; WUSCHEL; CLAVATA; AGAMOUS
• ISSN: 1422-0067; 1661-6596; 1422-0067
• DOI: 10.3390/ijms20164065

Plants, unlike animals, have developed a unique system in which they continue to form organs throughout their entire life cycle, even after embryonic development. This is possible because plants possess a small group of pluripotent stem cells in their meristems. The shoot apical meristem (SAM) plays a key role in forming all of the aerial structures of plants, including floral meristems (FMs). The FMs subsequently give rise to the floral organs containing reproductive structures. Studies in the past few decades have revealed the importance of transcription factors and secreted peptides in meristem activity using the model plant . Recent advances in genomic, transcriptomic, imaging, and modeling technologies have allowed us to explore the interplay between transcription factors, secreted peptides, and plant hormones. Two different classes of plant hormones, cytokinins and auxins, and their interaction are particularly important for controlling SAM and FM development. This review focuses on the current issues surrounding the crosstalk between the hormonal and genetic regulatory network during meristem self-renewal and organogenesis.