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Title: Crucial roles of sucrose and microRNA399 in systemic signaling of P deficiency: a tale of two team players?

Author
item LIU, JUNQI - University Of Minnesota
item Vance, Carroll

Submitted to: Plant Signaling and Behavior
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/13/2010
Publication Date: 12/1/2010
Citation: Liu, J., Vance, C.P. 2010. Crucial roles of sucrose and microRNA399 in systemic signaling of P deficiency: a tale of two team players? Plant Signaling and Behavior. 12(5):1-5.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been recognized as important regulators in plant response to nutrient deficiencies. Of particular interest is the discovery that miR399 functions systemically in the maintenance of phosphate (Pi) homeostasis in response to external Pi fluctuation. Recent studies have further implicated both miR399 and sugars (mainly sucrose) as potential signal molecules in the shoot-to-root communication of phosphorus (P) status. Given that both miR399 and sucrose are transported via the phloem, their potential interaction (or cross-talk) along the signaling pathway is especially appealing for further exploration. In this mini-review, we highlight recent progress in unraveling crucial roles of both sucrose and miR399 in P-deficiency signaling. In particular, we further discuss recent findings that photosynthetic carbon (C) assimilation and subsequent partitioning, by overriding signaling of low external Pi, act as a checkpoint upstream of miR399 for the onset of a systemic P-deficiency status.