Then water enters through osmosis, generating high pressure at the source. Front. Access for free at openstax.org. Hansen Although the phloem and xylem play different roles in the plant, they also depend heavily on each other. This generates a strong water potential gradient across the mesophyll that buffers the xylem and phloem against water stress. Correspondence to For the least resistant phloem (Figure 5D, R1), phloem pressure slightly decreased with soil water potential, because the xylem water potential was decreasing at a greater rate than phloem osmotic potential (e.g., Supplementary Figure 3, green line). CPlantBox, a whole-plant modelling framework for the simulation of water-and carbon-related processes. Hackel, A., Schauer, N., Carrari, F., Fernie, A. R., Grimm, B., and Khn, C. (2006). doi: 10.1093/jxb/erq018, Delrot, S., and Bonnemain, J. L. (1980). The fact that conductance is very high in cucurbits is important in the sense that it sets an attainable upper limit for comparative purposes with other plants. Plant Cell Environ. (2013). Figure 5. - True A leaf is an example of a "source," and a fruit is an example of a "sink." - True Sugars move from companion cells to "source" cells and from "sink" cells to companion cells. Y (2011b). Dreyer, I., Gomez-Porras, J. L. & Riedelsberger, J. Plant Biol. Figure 1. R 72, 16. (2012). Structure and function of leaf minor veins in trees and herbs. At the beginning of each timestep, m was calculated from the change in mesophyll volume over the previous timestep (Eqs 2a, 3). Three putative sucrose transporters are differentially expressed in grapevine tissues. Douglas Trees 20, 6778. Amiard In these cases a mechanism known as the polymer trap mechanism was proposed by Robert Turgeon. Plant J. An obvious advantage to high phloem pressure is that it defends plants. These treatments showed that a decline in phloem pressure upregulated sucrose loading in castor bean leaf discs (Smith and Milburn, 1980) and sucrose unloading in bean seed coats (Patrick, 1994). (1980). 2), 113117 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01034-5. This effect was intensified for the drier simulation. The sugar concentration of the assimilate near sinks, where phloem loading occurs, is highest. A recent resurgence of interest in this field may lead to a fundamental reassessment of the function of phloem pressure in transport physiology. The advantages in maintaining an uninterrupted supply of nutrients and phloem water to meristematic zones, and the pressure needed for effective regulation, are obvious. FEBS Lett. Plants need an energy source to grow. Windt A proposed drought response equation added to the mnch-horwitz theory of phloem transport. Mesophyll water flow was then calculated by integrating the mesophyll vulnerability curve over water potential, bounded by the new m and the x from the previous timestep (Eqs 2, 3). 588, 39893997. 2 is a phosphorylation target for protein kinase MdCIPK22 in response to drought. These model findings are bolstered by empirical evidence supporting pressure-regulated behavior and the discovery of molecular mechanisms that could dynamically adjust sucrose loading during drought. For example, the highest leaves will send sugars upward to the growing shoot tip, whereas lower leaves will direct sugars downward to the roots. (1974). Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants, the other being phloem. Patrick, J. W. & Tyerman, S. D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants (eds. (2006). This process is termed translocation, and is accomplished by a process called phloem loading and unloading. Figure 3. The plant water status component calculated the leaf mesophyll and xylem water potentials (m and x) from an input soil water potential (s), gas exchange and hydraulics. Plant Physiol. A., and Holbrook, N. M. (2013). Am. Li-Qing Chen. 147, 93100. Gymnosperms are particularly puzzling in many respects and deserve more attention. Photosynthetica 54, 567571. Natl. Figure 7. The excessive turgor in the phloem of small plants suggests that this pressure has additional functions especially suited to the herbaceous growth habit. Plant Biol. (Manhattan, 2004. These equations follow Jensen et al. Although these transformations increased loading rates (Lu et al., 2020), the impacts on growth and viability varied by species. A recent resurgence of interest in this field may lead to a fundamental reassessment of the function of phloem pressure in transport physiology. Keywords: carbon transport, drought, phloem resistance, phloem loading (apoplasmic, symplasmic), viscosity limit, phloem anatomy, molecular regulation, Citation: Stanfield RC and Bartlett MK (2022) Coordination Between Phloem Loading and Structure Maintains Carbon Transport Under Drought. Formats available It was proposed by Ernst Mnch, a German plant physiologist, in 1930. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpt123. (, Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. M Water moves by osmosis from the nearby xylem in the same leaf vein. A continuing problem in this field is that only fragmentary information is available for individual species and we are therefore forced into making generalities about an ideal plant when it is clear that each parameter, such as sieve pore width, is part of a species-specific adaptive strategy. 214, 481498. Natl. 53, 912917. WF Also, the very high turgor in the phloem of herbs suggests that pressure has functions beyond that of sap conduction. C doi: 10.1007/s00425-013-1849-5, Nikinmaa, E., Hltt, T., Hari, P., Kolari, P., Mkel, A., Sevanto, S., et al. doi: 10.1105/tpc.109.070094, Muller, O., Cohu, C. M., Stewart, J. J., Protheroe, J. The products of photosynthesis (mainly the sugar sucrose) are a major component of the substance found in the phloem, called assimilate. Lee A high concentration of organic substances, particularly sugar, inside cells of the phloem at a source, such as a leaf, creates a diffusion gradient (osmotic gradient) that draws water into the cells from the adjacent xylem. Hydrostatic pressure moves the sucrose and other substances through the sieve tube cells, towards a sink. Reducing the maximum loading rate by half (VmaxL) reduced sucrose output to sinks (Figure 6A) in comparison to the non-regulated loading, but lowered phloem pressures to reasonable bounds (Figure 6C, red dashed lines). The solid black line within each 3D space specifies the maximum sucrose output at a particular VmaxL and . Annu. The determinants of leaf turgor loss point and prediction of drought tolerance of species and biomes: a global meta-analysis. For example, it has been suggested that the phloem consists of relays or functional units and that solutes are transported energetically from one unit to the next, providing a boost in pressure at intervals along the transport pathway (Lang, 1979; Aikman, 1980). It could be argued that turgor measured in stems of trees appears low because it is measured distantly from the leaves in which it is generated. Vein loading: the role of the symplast in intercellular transport of carbohydrate between the mesophyll and minor veins of tobacco leaves. Sci. Maintenance of this hydrostatic pressure difference requires coordination of phloem loading and unloading, especially of the major osmotic compounds3. Knoblauch, J., Mullendore, D. L., Jensen, K. H. & Knoblauch, M. Plant Physiol. Photosynthates (mainly sucrose) move from sources to sinks through the plant's phloem. Jensen, K. H. (2019). 65, 757770. C is either Cm, the sucrose concentration in the mesophyll outside the loading zone, or CpU, the sucrose concentration in the unloading phloem zone. In this regard, techniques in microfluidics may better approximate reality than the more macroscopic approaches used to date (Jensen et al., 2009a). According to Mnch (1927), long-distance transport is driven by osmotically generated hydrostatic pressure (phloem pressure). Opin. Funct. Plant J. (B,D) Using pressure downregulated loading, sucrose output slightly improved as the soil dried for lower Rp values (R1 and R2) but started to decline with higher values (R3R5). A biochemical model of photosynthetic CO 2 assimilation in leaves of C 3 species. To deepen the mystery, it appears that many tree species do not take advantage of active phloem loading mechanisms to elevate pressure at the source ends of the sieve tubes (Reidel et al., 2009; Rennie and Turgeon, 2009). Plant Biotechnol. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. It enters the companion cell cytoplasm as well as the inside of the sieve tube through secondary active transport. We developed an integrated xylem-phloem-stomatal model to test this hypothesis by quantifying the joint impacts of transporter kinetics, phloem anatomy, and plant water status on sucrose export to sinks. Thus, in this study, we prevented unloading from having a confounding effect on viscosity limitation by assuming VmaxU was 20% greater than VmaxL (see Supplementary Figure 1 on the consequence of loading limitation on phloem pressure). Since viscosity limitation is caused by excessive resistance along the transport pathway, the structural resistance of the sieve tube is expected to impact the risk of transport failure. Plant Biol. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02572.x, Hao, P., Liu, C., Wang, Y., Chen, R., Tang, M., Du, B., et al. Many models have demonstrated an important role for the coupling of phloem sucrose loading rate with photosynthesis to maintain phloem transport in response to drought stress (Daudet et al., 2002; Hltt et al., 2009; Nikinmaa et al., 2013; Huang et al., 2018). Once the seed germinates, however, starches stored in the seed break down, act as a source for the growing seedling structures. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M501785200, Muries, B., Carvajal, M., and del Carmen Martnez-Ballesta, M. (2013). The new mesophyll flow and gs values were then supplied to Eq. 64, 83108. Plant Physiol. 17, 625637. 156, 832843. A. et al. 1) Positive pressure pump (the root: a minor factor) 2) Negative pressure pump (leaf transpiration: a major factor- primary way water gets to plant) Positive pressure pump (a) Endoderm cells (a single layer around xylem/phloem tissue in the root) secrete wax on their surfaces, forming a Casparian strip (a thin "barrier" to all ion/water flow). AJE Conceptually, the model was divided into three components: plant water status, gas exchange and phloem transport (Figure 2). Phloem resistance and volume had strong interactive effects on sugar export, with small volumes exacerbating viscosity limitations for high resistances (see Results, Figure 3). The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.787837/full#supplementary-material, Ainsworth, E. A., and Bush, D. R. (2011). Transport in a coordinated soil-root-xylem-phloem leaf system. Curr. 59, 311321. Planta 186, 212. Unloading at the sink end of the phloem tube occurs by either diffusion or active transport of sucrose molecules from an area of high concentration to one of low concentration. The sieve elements are separated by sieve plates, which contain large pores that allow fluid to flow through the phloem. 146, 18101820. the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in We used the intermediate value from tobacco as our default unless otherwise noted (Table 3). AE This causes water to move into the sieve-tube element by osmosis, creating pressure that pushes the sap down the tube. eLife 5, e15341 (2016). Attribution Learning Objectives Distinguish between sources and sinks and provide examples of each. The phloem builds pressure at the source by drawing in water from the xylem, making plant water status important to carbon transport. Because hydrostatic pressure in the phloem is affected by local water potential, xylem water potential affects carbon partitioning. Our study also suggests that lowering phloem pathway resistance in coordination with increasing maximum loading rate would lower pressure induced downregulation and increase sucrose output substantially (Figure 7). doi: 10.3732/ajb.1600422, Stanfield, R. C., Schulte, P. J., Randolph, K. E., and Hacke, U. G. (2019). The leaf accounts for at least 30% of whole-plant hydraulic resistance, with the mesophyll tissue accounting for about half of this resistance (Sack and Holbrook, 2006; Scoffoni et al., 2011). Together with xylem (tissue that conducts water and minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant), phloem is found in all vascular plants, including the seedless club mosses, ferns, and horsetails, as well as all angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (plants with seeds unenclosed in an ovary). Thus, upregulation could be beneficial during drought if resistance is below thresholds for viscosity limitation, allowing greater osmotic strength to compensate for the lowered xylem water potentials. According to the pressure-flow hypothesis, assimilate moves due to osmosis of water to and from the xylem. Sieve tubes of protophloem are unable to stretch with the elongating tissues and are torn and destroyed as the plant ages. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.11.003, Mullendore, D. L., Windt, C. W., Van As, H., and Knoblauch, M. (2010). (2016). Phloem transport and drought. Rennie (2011). Sucrose transporters and plasmodesmal regulation in passive phloem loading. doi: 10.1007/s10265-014-0676-5, Scoffoni, C., Rawls, M., McKown, A., Cochard, H., and Sack, L. (2011). Sci. MR and JavaScript. We first varied and VmaxL independently, and then together, to identify the combinations that (1) maximized sucrose export and (2) obtained viable loading zone pressures (see model assumptions #8) for different resistances (R2 and R4) and soil moisture scenarios (s = 0.001 and 1 MPa). We also tested whether regulating loading rates in response to pressure would protect the phloem from viscosity limitations, by reducing loading before reaching excessive concentrations and pressures. This page was last edited on 14 January 2021, at 01:55. (, Gould (2013), where v is calculated from vw, the viscosity of pure water at 20C, and Sf, the mass fraction of sucrose in the phloem (w/w), and is calculated as a linear function of phloem sucrose concentration. Transgenic studies have tested upregulating these transporters as a strategy to improve crop performance, but with mixed success; these manipulations improved vegetative growth and grain yield in some species and not others (Leggewie et al., 2003; Dasgupta et al., 2014; Wang et al., 2015; Lu et al., 2020). This page is not available in other languages. The phloem, a miracle of ingenuity. Phloem is composed of various specialized cells called sieve elements, phloem fibres, and phloem parenchyma cells. This has been evidenced by water stress upregulating most (but not all) sucrose transporter subfamilies involved in phloem loading in some species (Medici et al., 2014; Xu et al., 2018). Organic molecules such as sugars, amino acids, certain hormones, and even messenger RNAs are transported in the phloem through sieve tube elements. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.03.039. C http://bcs.whfreeman.com/webpub/Ektron/Hillis%20Principles%20of%20Life2e/Animated%20Tutorials/pol2e_at_2504_The_Pressure_Flow_Model/pol2e_at_2504_The_Pressure_Flow_Model.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pressure_flow_hypothesis&oldid=1000194898, The sucrose is actively transported to the. 4:207. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00207, Lu, M. Z., Snyder, R., Grant, J., and Tegeder, M. (2020). It is also possible that advances in the theory of flow through tubes with the dimensions and biological attributes of living phloem may lead to a reconciliation between measurements and calculations. 41m ago. B In our simulations, export was maximized at phloem volumes that were small enough for rapid loading, but large enough to avoid viscosity limitations (Figure 3). Leaf hydraulics. While this is a passive process, it ultimately results from the active transport of sugars during phloem loading and unloading. No phytoplasmas have been seen in the xylem. Nearly half of surveyed angiosperm species, including important crops, use sucrose transporter proteins to actively load sugar into the phloem. Interestingly, in high light conditions, photosynthesis and SUC2 phosphorylation were significantly increased, while SUC2 transcript remained stable (Xu et al., 2020). Curated and authored by Melissa Ha using 30.5 Transport of Water and Solutes in Plants from Biology 2e by OpenStax (licensed CC-BY). The first pathway called apoplastic phloem loading, occurs when the regular parenchyma cells of phloem are not connected to the companion cells. Optimal concentration for sugar transport in plants. Impact of interspecific competition and drought on the allocation of new assimilates in trees. M J Dong (7) Structural resistance was calculated from sieve element dimensions compiled from the literature for stem tissue in active loaders (Liesche et al., 2017; Jensen, 2019). Thank you for visiting nature.com. This assumption has some empirical support, as unloading fluxes from the roots of pea plants (Pisum sativum) are 95.8% higher than in active loading rates from this species (Wimmers and Turgeon, 1991; Liesche, 2017). Sucrose loading transporters (SUTs or SUCs) are under dynamic regulation, especially in response to environmental stress (Ainsworth and Bush, 2011; Bush, 2020). In seeds and bulbs, food is stored in polymers (such as starch) that are converted by metabolic processes into sucrose for newly developing plants. Similarly, we found that reducing sink limitations would minimize the buildup of sucrose that would encourage viscosity limitation (Supplementary Figure 1). Plant Cell Environ. H Nearly half of surveyed angiosperm species, including important crops, use sucrose transporter proteins to actively load sugar into the phloem. Sieve-tube elements and vessel elements are commonly involved in the transport of phloem sap. In this case, sucrose must exist the regular parenchyma cells and enter the apoplast. Wm is the mesophyll water volume (Eq. Modeling the hydrodynamics of phloem sieve plates. Sucrose is a signal molecule in assimilate partitioning. (2) Unloading did not constrain sucrose export, and all sucrose that reached the unloading zone was exported in the same timestep (i.e., the maximum unloading rate VmaxU >> VmaxL). Plants need an energy source to grow. Stomatal conductance (gs) was then calculated from the new m (Eq. doi: 10.1104/pp.59.5.953, Frost, C. J., Nyamdari, B., Tsai, C. J., and Harding, S. A. doi: 10.1111/pbi.13003, Medici, A., Laloi, M., and Atanassova, R. (2014). Plant Biol. As a result, water moves from the phloem by osmosis and is then transpired or recycled via the xylem back into the phloem sap. doi: 10.1111/pce.13414, Tamas, I. Figure 2. The species used in the model simulations are indicated from R1R5 in order of increasing pathway resistance. Sucrose transport in the pre-phloem path. Another interesting interaction in phloem anatomy that was highlighted here was the relationship between phloem volume and resistance. PubMedGoogle Scholar. 176, 930945. Structures that produce or release sugars for the growing plant are referred to as sources. Evidence for active phloem loading in the minor veins of sugar beet. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.238410, Daudet, F. A., Lacointe, A., Gaudillere, J. P., and Cruiziat, P. (2002). Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher. Several studies from willow (Salixspp.) Article The expected pressure drop (p) along the sieve tube equals Uk 1 (Mullendore et al., 2010) where U is axial flow velocity and is sap viscosity. Phloem, or bast, fibres are flexible long sclerenchyma cells that make up the soft fibres (e.g., flax and hemp) of commerce. Difference of osmotic pressure gradient along the direction of flow between the source and the sink. We calculated gs from the assumption that mesophyll water stress induced stomatal closure: where gmax is the maximum stomatal conductance, ags is the shape parameter for this relationship, and gs 50 is the mesophyll water potential inducing 50% stomatal closure. Thompson, M. V., and Wolniack, S. M. (2008). As a consequence, the hydrostatic pressure at the end of STs in the sinks is reduced. Adv. Manipulation of sucrose phloem and embryo loading affects pea leaf metabolism, carbon and nitrogen partitioning to sinks as well as seed storage pools. doi: 10.1104/pp.67.3.560. To simplify the model, we made the following assumptions: (1) The simulated plant used active phloem loading and unloading, which captures the mechanisms driving crop production in many economically important species [e.g., grapevine (Zhang et al., 2006), tomato (Hackel et al., 2006), and kiwi (Gould et al., 2013)]. 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