Local Positive Feedback Regulation Determines Cell Shape in Root Hair Cells
2008
Takeda, Seiji | Gapper, Catherine | Kaya, Hidetaka | Bell, Elizabeth | Kuchitsu, Kazuyuki | Dolan, Liam
The specification and maintenance of growth sites are tightly regulated during cell morphogenesis in all organisms. ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 2 reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (RHD2 NADPH) oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) stimulate a Ca²⁺ influx into the cytoplasm that is required for root hair growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that Ca²⁺, in turn, activated the RHD2 NADPH oxidase to produce ROS at the growing point in the root hair. Together, these components could establish a means of positive feedback regulation that maintains an active growth site in expanding root hair cells. Because the location and stability of growth sites predict the ultimate form of a plant cell, our findings demonstrate how a positive feedback mechanism involving RHD2, ROS, and Ca²⁺ can determine cell shape.
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