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An auxin-driven polarized transport model for phyllotaxis

Författare

  • Henrik Jönsson
  • M Heisler
  • BE Shapiro
  • EM Meyerowitz
  • E Mjolsness

Summary, in English

Recent studies show that plant organ positioning may be mediated by localized concentrations of the plant hormone auxin. Auxin patterning in the shoot apical meristem is in turn brought about by the subcellular polar distribution of the putative auxin efflux mediator, PIN1. However, the question of what signals determine PIN1 polarization and how this gives rise to regular patterns of auxin concentration remains unknown. Here we address these questions by using mathematical modeling combined with confocal imaging. We propose a model that is based on the assumption that auxin influences the polarization of its own efflux within the meristem epidermis. We show that such a model is sufficient to create regular spatial patterns of auxin concentration on systems with static and dynamic cellular connectivities, the latter governed by a mechanical model. We also optimize parameter values for the PIN1 dynamics by using a detailed auxin transport model, for which parameter values are taken from experimental estimates, together with a template consisting of cell and wall compartments as well as PIN1 concentrations quantitatively extracted from confocal data. The model shows how polarized transport can drive the formation of regular patterns.

Publiceringsår

2006

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

1633-1638

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Volym

103

Issue

5

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

National Academy of Sciences

Ämne

  • Biophysics

Nyckelord

  • meristern
  • formation
  • pattern
  • dynamical model
  • Arabidopsis thaliana
  • computable plant

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1091-6490