defined concept of homologous organs Richard Owen, 1843 defined concept of homologous organs Homeotic transformations of organs in plants… “Metamorphosis of Plants” Published by Johan Goethe, 1790
Wild type. APETALA1: PISTILLATA : AGAMOUS: "A" class "B" class "C" class
Wild type. APETALA1: PISTILLATA : AGAMOUS: "A" class "B" class "C" class
AP1 mRNA AG1 mRNA AP1 in AG1 mutant
~550 MYA
plena Shp1/2 Plena clade Ag Far AG clade
Central zone adaxial abaxial apical basal phyllotaxy
Abaxial domain Adaxial domain
adaxial abaxial Lateral primordia formation/polarity: abaxial identity: crabsclaw, YABBY, KANADI - arabidopsis adaxial identity: phantastica - Antirrhinum roughsheath - maize phabulosa - arabidopsis
Wild type Phb McConnell and Barton. 1998. Development 125:2935 1. Ad/ab polarity is needed for lateral expansion 2. Adaxial cells determine initiation of the axial meristem Wild type Phb
Wild Type phabulosa
Dominant Phabulosa/Phavulota mutations HomeoBox- Zipper DNA binding domain START Sterol binding domain
WT Phb
Triple knockout phenotype: Emery et al. 2003. Current Biology, Vol. 13, 1768–1774, Dominant Phb phenotype
Abaxial domain Adaxial domain Boundary required for Later growth of leaf blade Abaxial domain Adaxial domain
Abaxial determinants: Development 126, 4117-4128 (1999) Members of the YABBYgene family specify abaxial cell fate in Arabidopsis Kellee R. Siegfried1,*, Yuval Eshed1, Stuart F. Baum1, Denichiro Otsuga2, Gary N. Drews2 and John L. Bowman1,‡ KANADI regulates organ polarity in Arabidopsis Randall A. Kerstetter, Krista Bollman, R. Alexandra Taylor, Kirsten Bomblies & R. Scott Poethig 2001 Nature 411:706-8
Dominant Phabulosa/Phavulota mutations HomeoBox- Zipper DNA binding domain START Sterol binding domain
Carrington and Ambros 2003, Science 301:337
PTGS pathway in eukaryotes Carpel Factory (DCL1) Adapted from Williams and Rubin 2001, PNAS
Jacobsen et al. 1998. Development 126:5231
AGO is a component of the RISC RNA induced silencing complex Kidner and Martienssen, Nature. 2004 Mar 4;428(6978):81-4 Argonaut phenotypes AGO is a component of the RISC RNA induced silencing complex
miR165 WT PHB WT miR165 ago PHB ago
Abaxial domain Adaxial domain Boundary required for Later growth of leaf blade Abaxial domain Adaxial domain
Asymmetric expression of YAB3 requires KANADI function
PHABULOSA expression in the radialized (adaxialized) KANADI triple mutant
In tomato, YABBY is restricted to cytoplasmic dense cells at the margins of the ad/ab boundary
Emery et al. 2003. Current Biology, Vol. 13, 1768–1774,
Bohmert et al EMBO J 17:170-180
Meristem initiation/maintenance: Knotted -maize shoot apical meristemless -arabidopsis Meristem size: clavata1 clavata2 clavata3 Lateral organ polarity: Abaxial genes: crabsclaw, YABBY Kanadi Adaxial genes: phabulosa Phavoluta Revoluta Organ number and polarity: Carpel Factory Argonaute
Dominant Phabulosa/Phavulota mutations HomeoBox- Zipper DNA binding domain START Sterol binding domain
Bohmert et al EMBO J 17:170-180
adaxial abaxial Lateral primordia formation/polarity: abaxial identity: crabsclaw, YABBY, KANADI - arabidopsis adaxial identity: phantastica - Antirrhinum roughsheath - maize phabulosa - arabidopsis
Carrington and Ambros 2003, Science 301:337
Wild type. APETALA1: PISTILLATA : AGAMOUS: "A" class "B" class "C" class
AP1 mRNA AG1 mRNA AP1 in AG1 mutant
Dominant Phabulosa/Phavulota mutations HomeoBox- Zipper DNA binding domain START Sterol binding domain
Phv Adaxial domain Domain boundary Required for lateral growth
WT clv3 clv3 Fletcher et al. 1999. Science 283:1911-14
KANADI expression in the abaxial domain
Development 126, 4117-4128 (1999) Members of the YABBYgene family specify abaxial cell fate in Arabidopsis Kellee R. Siegfried1,*, Yuval Eshed1, Stuart F. Baum1, Denichiro Otsuga2, Gary N. Drews2 and John L. Bowman1,‡
Development 126, 4117-4128 (1999) Members of the YABBYgene family specify abaxial cell fate in Arabidopsis Kellee R. Siegfried1,*, Yuval Eshed1, Stuart F. Baum1, Denichiro Otsuga2, Gary N. Drews2 and John L. Bowman1,‡
Current Biology 2001, 11:1251–1260 Establishment of polarity in lateral organs of plants Yuval Eshed*, Stuart F. Baum, John V. Perea and John L. Bowman