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V-ATPase activity in the TGN/EE is required for exocytosis and recycling in Arabidopsis

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In plants, vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) activity acidifies both the trans-Golgi network/early endosome (TGN/EE) and the vacuole. This dual V-ATPase function has impeded our understanding of how the pH homeostasis within the plant TGN/EE controls exo- and endocytosis. Here, we show that the weak V-ATPase mutant deetiolated3 (det3) displayed a pH increase in the TGN/EE, but not in the vacuole, strongly impairing secretion and recycling of the brassinosteroid receptor and the cellulose synthase complexes to the plasma membrane, in contrast to mutants lacking tonoplast-localized V-ATPase activity only. The brassinosteroid insensitivity and the cellulose deficiency defects in det3 were tightly correlated with reduced Golgi and TGN/EE motility. Thus, our results provide strong evidence that acidification of the TGN/EE, but not of the vacuole, is indispensable for functional secretion and recycling in plants.

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Figure 1: pH in the TGN/EE of det3 is increased.
Figure 2: Reduced Golgi and TGN/EE motilities in det3.
Figure 3: Endocytic trafficking from TGN/EE to the vacuole is delayed in det3.
Figure 4: Secretion of BRI1 in det3 is reduced.
Figure 5: BRI1 recycling from TGN/EE to PM is reduced in det3.
Figure 6: Delivery of CesA complexes to the PM is impaired in det3.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Yanhai Yin (Iowa State University, Ames, USA) for providing the anti-BES1 antibody, Niko Geldner (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) for sharing pBRI1:BRI1-GFP and pHS:BRI1-YFP lines, Daniël Van Damme (VIB-Ghent University, Belgium) for advice in microscopy, and Martine De Cock (Ghent University, Belgium) for help in preparing the manuscript. This work was supported by the Marie Curie Initial Training Network ‘BRAVISSIMO’ (grant no. PITN-GA-2008-215118) to E.R., the Odysseus program of the Research Foundation-Flanders to J.F., the Max-Planck Gesellschaft to A.D., Y.Z., L.N. and S.P., the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7 2007–2013) under Grant Agreement 263916 (WallTrac, Marie Curie Initial Training Network) to P.K. and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB1101 and TPA02) to K.S. Y.L. is indebted to the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) for a postdoctoral fellowship.

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  2. Yu Luo, Stefan Scholl, Anett Doering and Staffan Persson: These authors contributed equally to this work

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    Yu Luo, Niloufer G. Irani, Simone Di Rubbo, Isabelle Van Houtte, Evelien Mylle & Eugenia Russinova

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Y.L., S.S., A.D., N.G.I., L.N., J.F, K.S., S.P. and E.R. conceived the study and designed the experiments. Y.L. performed all BR-related work, A.D., Y.Z. and P.K. performed all CesA-related work, S.S. constructed the pH sensor and did all pH measurements, N.G.I. did the AFCS uptake, Y.L., A.D., Y.Z., N.G.I., S.D.R. and I.V.H. generated materials, Y.-D. S. and K.S. did the TEM, Y.L., A.D., Y.Z., N.G.I., L.N., P.K., E.M., and V.B. did imaging, J.W. performed the chemical synthesis of AFCS, Y.L., A.D., N.G.I., S.D.R., K.S., S.P. and E.R. wrote the manuscript. All authors commented on the results and the manuscript.

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Luo, Y., Scholl, S., Doering, A. et al. V-ATPase activity in the TGN/EE is required for exocytosis and recycling in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants 1, 15094 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.94

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