Paper · 2025 · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

OsPIN1b, OsPIN1c, and OsPIN9 mediate shoot-to-root auxin transport to activate cutting-induced compensatory root growth

Han-Qing Wang; Xing-Yu Zhao; Ying-Ying Xiong; et al.

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Abstract

Plant roots are often severed during transplanting, but plants can recover from partial root loss through compensatory growth. However, the mechanisms regulating this compensatory growth are not fully understood. Here, we showed that cutting rice (Oryza sativa L.) seminal roots induces high auxin accumulation around the incision site. This auxin accumulation enhanced the expression of the transcription factor WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX10 (OsWOX10) and promoted lateral root (LR) primordia development into long and thick L-type LRs, thus compensating for the partial loss of seminal roots. Removing the coleoptile or blocking shoot-to-root auxin transport inhibited auxin accumulation around the incision site and abolished compensatory LR growth. Three auxin efflux proteins, OsPIN1b, OsPIN1c, and OsPIN9, are expressed in the root vasculature and epidermis in the root tip meristem zone, and redundantly control shoot-to-root auxin transport and root tip auxin distribution. Knocking out all 3 PIN genes caused severe growth inhibition and loss of gravitropism, as well as diminished cutting-induced auxin accumulation and compensatory LR growth, whereas knockout of 1 or 2 genes had little effect. Soil transplanting experiments showed that weakened compensatory LR growth hinders plant growth and nutrient absorption after cutting. Jasmonic acid, reactive oxygen species, and cytosolic calcium signaling, which are important for wounding responses, were not involved in compensatory LR growth. Our study reveals that OsPIN1b, OsPIN1c, and OsPIN9 mediate shoot-to-root auxin transport, and that auxin accumulation around the incision site triggers compensatory LR growth after physical damage to rice roots.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Cutting rice seminal roots induced auxin accumulation at the incision site.

Organ / stage
seminal rootse0
Treatment
cuttinge0
Outcome
auxin accumulatione0
Direction
highe0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“cutting rice (Oryza sativa L.) seminal roots induces high auxin accumulation around the incision site”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Auxin accumulation enhanced OsWOX10 expression.

Gene
OsWOX10e0
Compound
auxine0
Outcome
expressione0
Direction
enhancede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“This auxin accumulation enhanced the expression of the transcription factor WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX10 (OsWOX10)”

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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Auxin accumulation promoted lateral root primordia into long thick L-type roots.

Compound
auxine1
Outcome
lateral root (LR) primordia development into long and thick L-type LRse0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“promoted lateral root (LR) primordia development into long and thick L-type LRs”

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“This auxin accumulation”

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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Removing the coleoptile inhibited auxin accumulation at the incision.

Treatment
Removing the coleoptilee0
Outcome
auxin accumulatione0
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inhibitede0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Removing the coleoptile or blocking shoot-to-root auxin transport inhibited auxin accumulation around the incision site”

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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Blocking shoot-to-root auxin transport inhibited auxin accumulation.

Treatment
blocking shoot-to-root auxin transporte0
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auxin accumulatione0
Direction
inhibitede0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“blocking shoot-to-root auxin transport inhibited auxin accumulation around the incision site”

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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Removing the coleoptile abolished compensatory lateral root growth.

Treatment
Removing the coleoptilee0
Outcome
compensatory LR growthe0
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abolishede0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Removing the coleoptile or blocking shoot-to-root auxin transport inhibited auxin accumulation around the incision site and abolished compensatory LR growth”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 592–748 · show in text ↑
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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Blocking auxin transport abolished compensatory lateral root growth.

Treatment
blocking shoot-to-root auxin transporte0
Outcome
compensatory LR growthe0
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abolishede0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“blocking shoot-to-root auxin transport inhibited auxin accumulation around the incision site and abolished compensatory LR growth”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 619–748 · show in text ↑
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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 242–264 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

OsPIN1b, OsPIN1c, and OsPIN9 were expressed in root vasculature and epidermis.

Gene
OsPIN1b, OsPIN1c, and OsPIN9e0
Outcome
expressed in the root vasculature and epidermise0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“OsPIN1b, OsPIN1c, and OsPIN9, are expressed in the root vasculature and epidermis in the root tip meristem zone”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 779–890 · show in text ↑
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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The three PIN proteins redundantly control shoot-to-root auxin transport and root tip auxin distribution.

Gene
OsPIN1b, OsPIN1c, and OsPIN9e0
Outcome
shoot-to-root auxin transport and root tip auxin distributione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“OsPIN1b, OsPIN1c, and OsPIN9, are expressed in the root vasculature and epidermis in the root tip meristem zone, and redundantly control shoot-to-root auxin transport and root tip auxin distribution”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 779–977 · show in text ↑
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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Triple PIN knockout caused severe growth inhibition and loss of gravitropism.

Treatment
Knocking out all 3 PIN genese0
Outcome
growth inhibition and loss of gravitropisme0
Direction
inhibitione0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Knocking out all 3 PIN genes caused severe growth inhibition and loss of gravitropism”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 979–1064 · show in text ↑
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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 242–264 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Triple PIN knockout diminished cutting induced auxin accumulation and compensatory lateral root growth.

Treatment
Knocking out all 3 PIN genese0
Outcome
cutting-induced auxin accumulation and compensatory LR growthe0
Direction
diminishede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Knocking out all 3 PIN genes caused severe growth inhibition and loss of gravitropism, as well as diminished cutting-induced auxin accumulation and compensatory LR growth”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 979–1149 · show in text ↑
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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 242–264 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Knockout of one or two PIN genes had little effect.

Treatment
knockout of 1 or 2 genese0
Outcome
little effecte0
Direction
little effecte0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“knockout of 1 or 2 genes had little effect”

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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Weakened compensatory lateral root growth hindered plant growth and nutrient absorption after cutting.

Organ / stage
LRe0
Outcome
plant growth and nutrient absorptione0
Direction
hinderse0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“weakened compensatory LR growth hinders plant growth and nutrient absorption after cutting”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1246–1336 · show in text ↑
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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Jasmonic acid, reactive oxygen species, and cytosolic calcium signaling were not involved in compensatory lateral root growth.

Compound
Jasmonic acide0
Outcome
compensatory LR growthe0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Jasmonic acid, reactive oxygen species, and cytosolic calcium signaling, which are important for wounding responses, were not involved in compensatory LR growth”

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“rice (Oryza sativa L.)”

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