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Auxin Involvement in Ceratopteris Gametophyte Meristem Regeneration
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Auxin Involvement in Ceratopteris Gametophyte Meristem Regeneration

Kelley A. Withers, Athena Kvamme, Christopher E. Youngstrom, Rebekah M. Yarvis, Rachel Orpano, Gabriel P. Simons, Erin E. Irish and Chi-Lien Cheng
International journal of molecular sciences, Vol.24(21), 15832
10/31/2023
DOI: 10.3390/ijms242115832
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242115832View
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Abstract

Growth and development of the Ceratopteris hermaphroditic gametophytes are dependent on cell proliferation in the marginal meristem, which when destroyed will regenerate at a new location on the body margin. We established a laser ablation method to destroy a single initial cell in the meristem. Ablation caused the cessation of cell proliferation accompanied by the disappearance of the expression of an auxin synthesis gene (CrTAA2) and a cell proliferation marker gene (CrWOXB). New meristem regeneration occurred within a predictable distance from the original two days post-ablation, signified by cell proliferation and the expression of CrTAA2. Treatment with the naturally occurring auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), synthetic auxin 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), or the transport inhibitor naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA) altered positioning of the original marginal meristem toward the apex of the gametophyte. IAA altered positioning of the regenerated meristem after damaging the original meristem. A model of auxin involvement in the positioning of the marginal meristem in Ceratopteris is presented to encompass these results.

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