Predicting essential components of signal transduction networks: a dynamic model of guard cell abscisic acid signaling

Details Predicting essential components of signal transduction networks: a dynamic model of guard cell abscisic acid signaling Predicting essential components of signal transduction networks: a dynamic model of guard cell abscisic acid signaling

2006-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0610012v1

PLoS Biology 4 (10), e312 (2006)

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Molecular Networks

17 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1371/journal.pbio.0040312

Plants both lose water and take in carbon dioxide through microscopic stomatal pores, each of which is regulated by a surrounding pair of guard cells. During drought, the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) inhibits stomatal opening and promotes stomatal closure, thereby promoting water conservation. Here we synthesize experimental results into a consistent guard cell signal transduction network for ABA-induced stomatal closure, and develop a dynamic model of this process. Our model captures the regulation of more than forty identified network components, and accords well with previous experimental results at both the pathway and whole cell physiological level. Our analysis reveals the novel predictions that the disruption of membrane depolarizability, anion efflux, actin cytoskeleton reorganization, cytosolic pH increase, the phosphatidic acid pathway or of K+ efflux through slowly activating K+ channels at the plasma membrane lead to the strongest reduction in ABA responsiveness. Initial experimental analysis assessing ABA-induced stomatal closure in the presence of cytosolic pH clamp imposed by the weak acid butyrate is consistent with model prediction. Our method can be readily applied to other biological signaling networks to identify key regulatory components in systems where quantitative information is limited.

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