Roots are very sensitive to hypoxia and adapt effectively to a reduced availability of oxygen in the soil. However, the site of the root where oxygen availability is sensed and how roots acclimate to hypoxia remain unclear. In this study, we found that the root apex transition zone plays central roles in both sensing and adapting to root hypoxia. The exposure of cells of the root apex to hypoxia is sufficient to achieve hypoxic acclimation of the entire root; particularly relevant in this respect is that, of the entire root apex, the transition zone cells show the highest demand for oxygen and also emit the largest amount of nitric oxide (NO). Local rot apex-specific oxygen deprivation dramatically inhibits the oxygen influx peak in the transition zone and simultaneously stimulates a local increase of NO emission. The hypoxia-induced efflux of NO is strictly associated with the transition zone and is essential for hypoxic acclimation of the entire root.

Local Root Apex Hypoxia Induces NO-Mediated Hypoxic Acclimation of the Entire Root / Mugnai S;Azzarello E;Baluska F;Mancuso S. - In: PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 0032-0781. - STAMPA. - 53:(2012), pp. 912-920. [10.1093/pcp/pcs034]

Local Root Apex Hypoxia Induces NO-Mediated Hypoxic Acclimation of the Entire Root.

MUGNAI, SERGIO;AZZARELLO, ELISA;MANCUSO, STEFANO
2012

Abstract

Roots are very sensitive to hypoxia and adapt effectively to a reduced availability of oxygen in the soil. However, the site of the root where oxygen availability is sensed and how roots acclimate to hypoxia remain unclear. In this study, we found that the root apex transition zone plays central roles in both sensing and adapting to root hypoxia. The exposure of cells of the root apex to hypoxia is sufficient to achieve hypoxic acclimation of the entire root; particularly relevant in this respect is that, of the entire root apex, the transition zone cells show the highest demand for oxygen and also emit the largest amount of nitric oxide (NO). Local rot apex-specific oxygen deprivation dramatically inhibits the oxygen influx peak in the transition zone and simultaneously stimulates a local increase of NO emission. The hypoxia-induced efflux of NO is strictly associated with the transition zone and is essential for hypoxic acclimation of the entire root.
2012
53
912
920
Mugnai S;Azzarello E;Baluska F;Mancuso S
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