Water fluxes pattern growth and identity in shoot meristems

Juan Alonso-Serra (), Ibrahim Cheddadi, Annamaria Kiss, Guillaume Cerutti, Marianne Lang, Sana Dieudonné, Claire Lionnet, Christophe Godin and Olivier Hamant ()
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Juan Alonso-Serra: Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INRAE, CNRS, INRIA 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364
Ibrahim Cheddadi: Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INRAE, CNRS, INRIA 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364
Annamaria Kiss: Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INRAE, CNRS, INRIA 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364
Guillaume Cerutti: Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INRAE, CNRS, INRIA 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364
Marianne Lang: Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INRAE, CNRS, INRIA 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364
Sana Dieudonné: Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INRAE, CNRS, INRIA 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364
Claire Lionnet: Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INRAE, CNRS, INRIA 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364
Christophe Godin: Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INRAE, CNRS, INRIA 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364
Olivier Hamant: Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCBL, INRAE, CNRS, INRIA 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract In multicellular organisms, tissue outgrowth creates a new water sink, modifying local hydraulic patterns. Although water fluxes are often considered passive by-products of development, their contribution to morphogenesis remains largely unexplored. Here, we mapped cell volumetric growth across the shoot apex in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that, as organs grow, a subpopulation of cells at the organ-meristem boundary shrinks. Growth simulations using a model that integrates hydraulics and mechanics revealed water fluxes and predicted a water deficit for boundary cells. In planta, a water-soluble dye preferentially allocated to fast-growing tissues and failed to enter the boundary domain. Cell shrinkage next to fast-growing domains was also robust to different growth conditions and different topographies. Finally, a molecular signature of water deficit at the boundary confirmed our conclusion. Taken together, we propose that the differential sink strength of emerging organs prescribes the hydraulic patterns that define boundary domains at the shoot apex.

Date: 2024
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