Proline-rich protein-like PRPL1 controls elongation of root hairs in Arabidopsis thaliana
2014
Boron, Agnieszka Karolina | van Orden, Jurgen | Markakis, Marios Nektarios | Mouille, Gregory | Adriaensen, Dirk | Verbelen, Jean-Pierre | Hoefte, Herman | Vissenberg, Kris | Department of. Biology, Plant Growth and Development ; University of Antwerp (UA) | Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech | Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology ; University of Antwerp (UA) | Laboratory of Plant Growth and Development, Department of Biology ; University of Antwerp (UA) | Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme - Belgian State - Belgian Science Policy IUAP VI/33, French 'Agence Nationale de Recherche BLAN08-1_332764
The synthesis and composition of cell walls is dynamically adapted in response to many developmental and environmental signals. In this respect, cell wall proteins involved in controlling cell elongation are critical for cell development. Transcriptome analysis identified a gene in Arabidopsis thaliana, which was named proline-rich protein-like, AtPRPL1, based on sequence similarities from a phylogenetic analysis. The most resemblance was found to AtPRP1 and AtPRP3 from Arabidopsis, which are known to be involved in root hair growth and development. In A. thaliana four proline-rich cell wall protein genes, playing a role in building up the cross-connections between cell wall components, can be distinguished. AtPRPL1 is a small gene that in promoter:: GUS (beta-glucuronidase) analysis has high expression in trichoblast cells and in the collet. Chemical or mutational interference with root hair formation inhibited this expression. Altered expression levels in knock-out or overexpression lines interfered with normal root hair growth and etiolated hypocotyl development, but Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) analysis did not identify consistent changes in cell wall composition of root hairs and hypocotyl. Co-localization analysis of the AtPRPL1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein and different red fluorescent protein (RFP)-labelled markers confirmed the presence of AtPRPL1-GFP in small vesicles moving over the endoplasmic reticulum. Together, these data indicate that the AtPRPL1 protein is involved in the cell's elongation process. How exactly this is achieved remains unclear at present.
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