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Published on June 23, 2006; 10.1104/pp.106.083212

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Received May 7, 2006
Returned for revision May 30, 2006
Accepted June 15, 2006

RCN1-regulated phosphatase activity and EIN2 modulate hypocotyl gravitropism by a mechanism that does not require ethylene signaling

Gloria K. Muday *, Shari R. Brady , Cristiana Argueso , Jean Deruère , Joseph J. Kieber , and Alison DeLong

Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912

* Corresponding author; email: muday{at}wfu.edu.

The rcn1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana has altered auxin transport, gravitropism, and ethylene response, providing an opportunity to analyze the interplay between ethylene and auxin in control of seedling growth. Roots of rcn1 seedlings were previously shown to have altered auxin transport, growth, and gravitropism, while rcn1 hypocotyl elongation exhibited enhanced ethylene response. We have characterized auxin transport and gravitropism phenotypes of rcn1 hypocotyls and have explored the roles of auxin and ethylene in controlling these phenotypes. As in roots, auxin transport is increased in etiolated rcn1 hypocotyls. Hypocotyl gravity response is accelerated, although overall elongation is reduced, in etiolated rcn1 hypocotyls. Etiolated, but not light-grown, rcn1 seedlings also overproduce ethylene, and mutations conferring ethylene insensitivity restore normal hypocotyl elongation to rcn1. Auxin transport is unaffected by treatment with the ethylene precursor ACC in etiolated hypocotyls of wild-type and rcn1 seedlings. Surprisingly, the ein2-1 and ein2-5 mutations dramatically reduce gravitropic bending in hypocotyls. However, the etr1-3 mutation and silver treatments do not significantly affect hypocotyl gravity response. Furthermore, neither the etr1 nor the ein2 mutation abrogates the accelerated gravitropism observed in rcn1 hypocotyls, indicating that both wild-type gravity response and enhanced gravity response in rcn1 do not require an intact ethylene signaling pathway. We therefore conclude that the RCN1 protein affects overall hypocotyl elongation via negative regulation of ethylene synthesis in etiolated seedlings, and that RCN1 and EIN2 modulate hypocotyl gravitropism and ethylene responses through independent pathways.




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