Plant growth promotion by the interaction of a novel synthetic small molecule with GA‐DELLA function

Synthesized small molecules are useful as tools to investigate hormonal signaling involved in plant growth and development. They are also important as agrochemicals to promote beneficial properties of crops in the field. We describe here the synthesis and mode of action of a novel growth‐promoting c...

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Autores principales: Sukiran, Nur Afiqah, Pollastri, Susanna, Steel, Patrick G., Knight, Marc R.
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9039627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35492684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pld3.398
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author Sukiran, Nur Afiqah
Pollastri, Susanna
Steel, Patrick G.
Knight, Marc R.
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Pollastri, Susanna
Steel, Patrick G.
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description Synthesized small molecules are useful as tools to investigate hormonal signaling involved in plant growth and development. They are also important as agrochemicals to promote beneficial properties of crops in the field. We describe here the synthesis and mode of action of a novel growth‐promoting chemical, A1. A1 stimulates enhanced growth in both shoot and root tissues of plants, acting by increasing both dry and fresh weight. This suggests that A1 not only promotes uptake of water but also increases production of cellular material. A1 treatment of Arabidopsisleads to the degradation of DELLA growth‐inhibitory proteins suggesting that A1‐mediated growth promotion is dependent upon this mechanism. We performed genetic analysis to confirm this and further dissect the mechanism of A1 action upon growth in Arabidopsis. A quintuple dellamutant was insensitive to A1, confirming that the mode of action was indeed via a DELLA‐dependent mechanism. The ga1‐5gibberellin synthesis mutant was similarly insensitive, suggesting that to promote growth in ArabidopsisA1 requires the presence of endogenous gibberellins. This was further suggested by the observation that double mutants of GID1 gibberellin receptor genes were insensitive to A1. Taken together, our data suggest that A1 acts to enhance sensitivity to endogenous gibberellins thus leading to observed enhanced growth via DELLA degradation. A1 and related compounds will be useful to identify novel signaling components involved in plant growth and development, and as agrochemicals suitable for a wide range of crop species.
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spelling pubmed-90396272022-04-28 Plant growth promotion by the interaction of a novel synthetic small molecule with GA‐DELLA function Sukiran, Nur Afiqah Pollastri, Susanna Steel, Patrick G. Knight, Marc R. Plant Direct Original Research Synthesized small molecules are useful as tools to investigate hormonal signaling involved in plant growth and development. They are also important as agrochemicals to promote beneficial properties of crops in the field. We describe here the synthesis and mode of action of a novel growth‐promoting chemical, A1. A1 stimulates enhanced growth in both shoot and root tissues of plants, acting by increasing both dry and fresh weight. This suggests that A1 not only promotes uptake of water but also increases production of cellular material. A1 treatment of Arabidopsisleads to the degradation of DELLA growth‐inhibitory proteins suggesting that A1‐mediated growth promotion is dependent upon this mechanism. We performed genetic analysis to confirm this and further dissect the mechanism of A1 action upon growth in Arabidopsis. A quintuple dellamutant was insensitive to A1, confirming that the mode of action was indeed via a DELLA‐dependent mechanism. The ga1‐5gibberellin synthesis mutant was similarly insensitive, suggesting that to promote growth in ArabidopsisA1 requires the presence of endogenous gibberellins. This was further suggested by the observation that double mutants of GID1 gibberellin receptor genes were insensitive to A1. Taken together, our data suggest that A1 acts to enhance sensitivity to endogenous gibberellins thus leading to observed enhanced growth via DELLA degradation. A1 and related compounds will be useful to identify novel signaling components involved in plant growth and development, and as agrochemicals suitable for a wide range of crop species. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9039627/ /pubmed/35492684 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pld3.398 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Plant Direct published by American Society of Plant Biologists and the Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Sukiran, Nur Afiqah
Pollastri, Susanna
Steel, Patrick G.
Knight, Marc R.
Plant growth promotion by the interaction of a novel synthetic small molecule with GA‐DELLA function
title Plant growth promotion by the interaction of a novel synthetic small molecule with GA‐DELLA function
title_full Plant growth promotion by the interaction of a novel synthetic small molecule with GA‐DELLA function
title_fullStr Plant growth promotion by the interaction of a novel synthetic small molecule with GA‐DELLA function
title_full_unstemmed Plant growth promotion by the interaction of a novel synthetic small molecule with GA‐DELLA function
title_short Plant growth promotion by the interaction of a novel synthetic small molecule with GA‐DELLA function
title_sort plant growth promotion by the interaction of a novel synthetic small molecule with ga‐della function
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9039627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35492684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pld3.398
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