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A drought stress-induced MYB transcription factor regulates pavement cell shape in leaves of European aspen (Populus tremula)
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden; Department of Grassland Science, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China.
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Plant Physiology. Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5249-604X
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.
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2026 (English)In: New Phytologist, ISSN 0028-646X, E-ISSN 1469-8137, Vol. 251, no 5, p. 2688-2705Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
  • Leaf pavement cells of many plant species develop jigsaw puzzle-like shapes in which neighboring cells interdigitate, providing an ideal model for the study of cell shape regulation. Such shapes are likely to reduce tissue-wide mechanical stress, which is influenced by environmental conditions, such as drought stress.
  • We analyzed pavement cell shape complexity in a natural population of European aspen (Populus tremula) genotypes and used a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify a candidate gene in cell shape regulation, Potra2n8c18226, encoding the transcription factor MYB305a. We subsequently validated a role for MYB305a in regulating aspen leaf pavement cell shape.
  • We then demonstrated that drought stress strongly induces MYB305a promoter expression in these cells and provided evidence that MYB305a plays a role in regulating pavement cell shape in response to drought. Finally, we observed correlations of pavement cell shape complexity with water-use efficiency and average precipitation at the original sampling sites, in the natural aspen population.
  • Taken together, our results suggest climatic variables affect shape complexity of pavement cells in aspen leaf and provide a foundation for future mechanistic studies on this process, by implicating the involvement of the transcription factor MY305a.
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John Wiley & Sons, 2026. Vol. 251, no 5, p. 2688-2705
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cell shape, drought, European aspen (Populus tremula), GWAS, leaf pavement cells
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-256747DOI: 10.1111/nph.71399ISI: 001810955300001PubMedID: 42402693Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105043728469OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-256747DiVA, id: diva2:2087110
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Swedish Research Council, VR-2020-03420The Kempe Foundations, JCK-1732The Kempe Foundations, JCK-1912Knut and Alice Wallenberg FoundationVinnovaEU, European Research Council, ERC-2024-SyG STARMORPH 101166880Available from: 2026-07-17 Created: 2026-07-17 Last updated: 2026-09-09Bibliographically approved

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