# DORN1/P2K1 and purino-calcium signalling in plants: making waves with extracellular ATP

Elsa Matthus, Jian Sun, Limin Wang, Madhura Bhat, Amirah Mohammad-Sidik, Katie Wilkins, Nathalie Leblanc-Fournier, Valérie Legué, Bruno Moulia, Gary Stacey, et al.

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RESEARCH IN CONTEXT

# DORN1/P2K1 and purino-calcium signalling in plants: making waves with extracellular ATP

Elsa Matthus<fnref n="1" />, Jian Sun<fnref n="1" />,², Limin Wang<fnref n="1" />, Madhura G. Bhat<fnref n="1" />, Amirah B. Mohammad-Sidik<fnref n="1" />, Katie A. Wilkins<fnref n="1" />, Nathalie Leblanc-Fournier³, Valérie Legué³, Bruno Moulia³, Gary Stacey⁴ and Julia M. Davies<fnref n="1" />*

Received: 30 April 2019 Returned for revision: 11 June 2019 Editorial decision: 31 July 2019

* **Background and Aims** Extracellular ATP governs a range of plant functions, including cell viability, adaptation and cross-kingdom interactions. Key functions of extracellular ATP in leaves and roots may involve an increase in cytosolic free calcium as a second messenger ('calcium signature'). The main aim here was to determine to what extent leaf and root calcium responses require the DORN1/P2K1 extracellular ATP receptor in *Arabidopsis thaliana*. The second aim was to test whether extracellular ATP can generate a calcium wave in the root.

* **Methods** Leaf and root responses to extracellular ATP were reviewed for their possible links to calcium signalling and DORN1/P2K1. Leaves and roots of wild type and *dorn1* plants were tested for cytosolic calcium increase in response to ATP, using aequorin. The spatial abundance of DORN1/P2K1 in the root was estimated using green fluorescent protein. Wild type roots expressing GCaMP3 were used to determine the spatial variation of cytosolic calcium increase in response to extracellular ATP.

* **Key Results** Leaf and root ATP-induced calcium signatures differed markedly. The leaf signature was only partially dependent on DORN1/P2K1, while the root signature was fully dependent. The distribution of DORN1/P2K1 in the root supports a key role in the generation of the apical calcium signature. Root apical and sub-apical calcium signatures may operate independently of each other but an apical calcium increase can drive a sub-apical increase, consistent with a calcium wave.

* **Conclusion** DORN1 could underpin several calcium-related responses but it may not be the only receptor for extracellular ATP in Arabidopsis. The root has the capacity for a calcium wave, triggered by extracellular ATP at the apex.

**Keywords:** *Arabidopsis*, ATP, calcium, DORN1, P2K1, reactive oxygen species, root, wave.

INTRODUCTION

ATP is the universal cellular energy currency. In plant cells, cytosolic ATP occurs at 0.5–2 mM (Gout *et al.*, 2014; De Col *et al.*, 2017). Whilst the mechanisms of ATP release into the plant cell’s extracellular space remain under investigation (Kim *et al.*, 2006; Song *et al.*, 2006; Rieder and Neuhaus, 2011; Wu *et al.*, 2011), accumulation of extracellular ATP (eATP) to nanomolar levels occurs during growth and possibly to higher levels in response to abiotic and biotic stimuli (Jeter *et al.*, 2004; Kim *et al.*, 2006; Song *et al.*, 2006; Weerasinghe *et al.*, 2009; Clark *et al.*, 2010; Dark *et al.*, 2011; Zhu *et al.*, 2017; Nizam *et al.*, 2019). Levels of eATP are controlled through ATP-hydrolysing enzymes such as nucleotidases and most possibly by apyrases, although results on the latter are contended (Wu *et al.*, 2007; Riewe *et al.*, 2008; Lim *et al.*, 2014; Massalski *et al.*, 2015; Nizam *et al.*, 2019). Damage to the plasma membrane rapidly releases large amounts

of intracellular ATP into the extracellular space (Song *et al.*, 2006; Weerasinghe *et al.*, 2009; Dark *et al.*, 2011). Extracellular ATP has therefore been termed a 'danger signal' (Choi *et al.*, 2014a). Basal levels of eATP are, however, needed for optimal plant growth, with both depletion and augmentation of eATP triggering plant stress responses and too low or high a level promoting cell death (Chivasa *et al.*, 2005; Kim *et al.*, 2006; Clark *et al.*, 2010; Sun *et al.*, 2012; Jia *et al.*, 2019). Thus, eATP has the hallmarks of a tightly regulated plant cell regulator.

eATP causes accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), nitric oxide (NO), Ca²⁺ and phosphatidic acid, all of which are significant plant signalling intermediates (Demidchik *et al.*, 2003a, 2009; Tonón *et al.*, 2010; Salmi *et al.*, 2013; Clark and Roux, 2018; Q. W. Wang *et al.*, 2019a). These may be involved in the changes in gene expression and protein abundance upon eATP perception (Jeter *et al.*, 2004; Demidchik *et al.*, 2009; Choi *et al.*, 2014b; Lim *et al.*, 2014; Lang *et al.*, 2017; Tripathi *et al.*, 2018;

<footnote n="1">¹Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK, ²Institute of Integrative Plant Biology, School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China, ³Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France and ⁴Divisions of Plant Science and Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.</footnote>

<footnote>* For correspondence. E-mail jmd32@cam.ac.uk</footnote>
Jewell *et al.*, 2019). Studies to date on *Arabidopsis thaliana* seedlings support enrichment of defence- and wound-response genes in the suite regulated by eATP (*Choi et al.*, 2014b; *Tripathi et al.*, 2018; *Jewell et al.*, 2019). The use of Arabidopsis receptor and signalling mutants has revealed that subsets of the eATP-regulated genes also require input from the jasmonate, ethylene and salicylic acid pathways (*Tripathi et al.*, 2018; *Jewell et al.*, 2019). The receptor on which eATP research currently hinges was identified through a forward genetic screen as a plasma membrane-spanning legume-like lectin serine-threonine receptor kinase termed 'DOes not Respond to Nucleotides¹' (DORN1; *Choi et al.*, 2014b). The first higher plant eATP receptor, DORN1 (also known as P2K1 to align with animal purino-receptor nomenclature) has been characterized previously as LecRK1-9, which is a regulatory component of the plasma membrane-cell wall continuum and is important for pathogen resistance (*Bouwmeester et al.*, 2011; *Balagué et al.*, 2017; *Tripathi et al.*, 2018).

DORN1 came to light as an eATP receptor through its role in increasing cytosolic free $Ca^{2+}$ ($[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$) in seedlings (*Choi et al.*, 2014b). This ability to direct $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ as a second messenger is pivotal to plant purino signalling. Elevation of $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ in plants is held to be stimulus-specific with the distinct spatio-temporal patterns of $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ elevation ('signatures') generated by the combined activities of plasma, and endomembrane $Ca^{2+}$-transport proteins and $Ca^{2+}$-binding proteins (*McAinsh and Pittman*, 2009). A signature can generate a specific transcriptional response, for example through $Ca^{2+}$-dependent transcription factors such as CAMTAs (*Lenzoni et al.*, 2018). Whole seedlings of Arabidopsis generate a robust $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signature in response to eATP that requires DORN1 (*Jeter et al.*, 2004; *Choi et al.*, 2014a,b; *Nizam et al.*, 2019). Critically, the DORN1-dependent eATP-regulated transcriptome runs in part through CAMTA3 (*Jewell et al.*, 2019), linking the eATP signal to transcriptional output via $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$. Further resolution of this signalling cascade requires deconstruction of the seedling's eATP-$[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signature. Roots are known to contribute to the overall $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signature of the seedling (*Demidchik et al.*, 2003a, 2009, 2011; *Rincón-Zachary et al.*, 2010; *Tanaka et al.*, 2010; *Loro et al.*, 2012, 2016; *Costa et al.*, 2017, *Matthus et al.*, 2019) but whether DORN1 operates in the $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signatures of only roots or leaves as well is unknown. In this review, the breakthrough finding of DORN1 as an eATP receptor will be placed into the context and mechanisms of plant purine signalling (spanning growth, stress responses, wounding and cross kingdom interactions) with new data supporting the operation of DORN1 in both leaf and root $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ elevation. The mechanistic basis of leaf and root $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signals will be discussed and the ability of eATP to generate systemic, rather than only local, signals through $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ increase will be explored. Connections will be made to other signalling pathways, the many 'black boxes' of plant purine signalling will be examined for content, and future directions for this emerging research area will be suggested.

## Leaf eATP: implications for abiotic stress and wounding

*Hou et al.* (2018) reported that hypertonic salt stress increases Arabidopsis leaf eATP and that eATP may then protect

photosystem II (PSII) activity. The *dorn1-3* mutant was compromised in eATP protection of PSII (*Hou et al.*, 2018), which suggests that eATP effects on PSII may run through $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ as a second messenger. Applying gadolinium or lanthanum as blockers of plasma membrane $Ca^{2+}$ influx channels inhibits eATP stimulation of PSII activity (*Feng et al.*, 2015), from which an eATP-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ increase in leaves can be inferred. More recently, *Hou et al.* (2019) found that DORN1 is needed for the protective effects of eATP on PSII under high light. Whether eATP affects $Ca^{2+}$ signalling in the chloroplast itself also remains to be determined. Certainly, eATP causes a plastidial $Ca^{2+}$ increase in roots (*Loro et al.*, 2016). Additionally, in leaves DORN1 is implicated in transducing the eATP signal induced in response to cadmium stress (*Hou et al.*, 2017). This would be an interesting test case for the involvement of $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$, as cadmium can interfere with $Ca^{2+}$ transport and signalling due to its similar size (*Wilkins et al.*, 2016).

Given that eATP increases on wounding, and governs wound-induced/jasmonate-dependent transcription through DORN1 (*Choi et al.*, 2014b; *Tripathi et al.*, 2018; *Jewell et al.*, 2019), it is timely to consider this receptor's position in wound-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signalling. Blocking plasma membrane $Ca^{2+}$ influx channels impairs eATP induction of the jasmonate-dependent transcripts implicated in leaf wounding and necrotroph attack (*Tripathi et al.*, 2018), potentially putting DORN1 upstream of channel opening. Leaf wounding (including by insect feeding) triggers a local $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ elevation (*Kiep et al.*, 2015; *Vincent et al.*, 2017) and a vascular $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ 'wave' that signals to other leaves, evoking a distal transcriptional response (*Kiep et al.*, 2015; *Nguyen et al.*, 2018; *Toyota et al.*, 2018). The local $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signal involves two glutamate receptor-like $Ca^{2+}$ influx channels (GLR 3.3 and 3.6; *Vincent et al.*, 2017) and the TPC1 (two pore channel1) vacuolar $Ca^{2+}$ release channel (*Kiep et al.*, 2015; *Vincent et al.*, 2017), while the wave is underpinned by GLR 3.3 and 3.6 (*Nguyen et al.*, 2018; *Toyota et al.*, 2018). At present, there is some doubt as to whether those GLRs operate at the plasma membrane (*Toyota et al.*, 2018) or in endomembranes (*Nguyen et al.*, 2018) in the vascular $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ wave. Termination of the wound-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signal is mediated in part by the plasma membrane ACA8 $Ca^{2+}$-ATPase $Ca^{2+}$ efflux pump (*Costa et al.*, 2017).

Leaf wounding causes accumulation of extracellular glutamate (*Toyota et al.*, 2018). It may be that DORN1 plays a part in the local wound $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signal or wave, especially given the finding that glutamate can cause eATP accumulation (*Song et al.*, 2006; *Dark et al.*, 2011). This could also help to explain the occurrence of apyrase in caterpillar saliva, which can suppress plant jasmonate-dependent wounding responses (*Wu et al.*, 2012). The caterpillar apyrase could hydrolyse plant eATP to prevent a $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$-driven wound response, a scenario supported by the finding that insect oral secretions suppress wound-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ elevation in leaves (*Kiep et al.*, 2015). Recent work on kidney bean (*Phaseolus vulgaris*) leaves suggests that local wound-induced eATP elevation causes ROS elevation not only locally but also in other leaves, potentially through an ROS 'wave' (Q. W. *Wang et al.*, 2019a). In Arabidopsis roots, $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ and ROS work together in wave propagation for abiotic stress signalling (*Evans et al.*, 2016). High-resolution studies (using leaf cell-specific aequorin lines; *Marti et al.*, 2013) or more sensitive $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ reporters are needed to determine the
spatial extent of DORN1's operation in leaf eATP $Ca^{2+}$ signa-
tures and waves. Cell-specific lines would be particularly rele-
vant to testing for DORN1's role in guard cells.

DORN1 and eATP operate in stomatal aperture regulation

Guard cells use [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt as a second messenger in aperture control (a system that involves plasma membrane NADPH oxidases and Ca²⁺ channels; Jezec and Blatt, 2017), and are now known to respond to eATP. Clark et al. (2011) reported eATP-induced production of ROS and NO with closure of Arabidopsis stomata in the light, but opening in the dark. Perhaps high light-driven ATP production results in greater eATP to close stomata and protect from evapotranspiration. Certainly, light levels control the triggering of cell death by eATP depletion in tobacco (Nicotinia tabacum; Chivasa et al., 2009). eATP promotion of stomatal opening was found to require the heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit (GPA1) and plasma membrane NADPH oxidases RBOHD and F, with plasma membrane Ca²⁺ influx detected (Hao et al., 2012). In Vicia faba guard cells, plasma membrane Ca²⁺ channel activity was enhanced by eATP, which also promoted opening (Wang et al., 2014).

Stomatal closure by eATP involves DORN1. *dorn1* mutants do not close in response to eATP yet can still close when challenged by abscisic acid (ABA) (*Chen et al.*, 2017), even though exogenous ABA can induce eATP accumulation by guard cells (*Clark et al.*, 2011). The RBOHD NADPH oxidase is a common component of both eATP and ABA pathways (*Kwak et al.*, 2003; *Chen et al.*, 2017). RBOHD directly interacts with DORN1 and eATP-induced stomatal closure fails in *rbohD* mutants (*Chen et al.*, 2017). A recent transcriptional study of the *rbohD* mutant under high light stress found that some eATP-dependent transcripts were misregulated, also indicating that eATP signalling may run through this NADPH oxidase (*Zandalinas et al.*, 2019). The DORN1 pathway is also proposed to operate in stomatal closure in response to pathogen attack (*Chen et al.*, 2017). Whether DORN1 can contribute to the guard cell [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt oscillations that occur in defence signalling (*Thor et al.*, 2014) could be tested using ratiometric fluorescence imaging of [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt.

Clearly, understanding how eATP can induce both stomatal opening and closure (potentially through RBOHD) requires further investigation, with the premise of dose-dependency (Clark et al., 2011) as a logical entry point. The mechanism of release of ATP to the extracellular space is central to further work in this area. Guard cell eATP accumulation is impaired in Arabidopsis mutants lacking the MRP4/5 ABC transporters (Wang et al., 2015). These have been proposed to be at the plasma membrane, suggesting that they mediate efflux of ATP (Wang et al., 2015). This could in turn relate to the impaired guard cell plasma membrane $Ca^{2+}$ channel activity of the *mrp5* mutant (Suh et al., 2007), with the possibility that the channel lesion is due to lower eATP levels leading to a failure in channel activation. However, a green fluorescent protein (GFP) localization study using MRP5's native promoter (rather than constitutive expression) revealed its vacuolar origin, and heterologous expression showed MRP5 to be an inositol hexakisphosphate ($IP_6$) transporter (Nagy et al., 2009). As $IP_6$ regulates endomembrane $Ca^{2+}$ release (Lemtiri-Chlieh et al.,

2003) and plasma membrane K⁺ influx (Lemtiri-Chlieh et al., 2000), a more complicated picture of guard cell eATP accumulation emerges that potentially involves inositol signalling and with a black box still at the plasma membrane for ATP efflux.

eATP *at work in roots: growth and navigation*

Ratiometric imaging has revealed that cytosolic ATP (as the MgATP²⁻ species) is heterogeneously distributed through the Arabidopsis root (de Col et al., 2017). This is true also for eATP, with greatest levels at the root cap and root cell expansion points, particularly the root hair apex (Kim et al., 2006; Weerasinghe et al., 2009). High concentrations of exogenous (experimentally applied) ATP inhibit root elongation, probably through elevation of auxin, disruption of vesicular trafficking and increased cell wall lignification (Tang et al., 2003; Liu et al., 2012; Lim et al., 2014; Deng et al., 2015; Yang et al., 2015; Zhu et al., 2018). Prolonged exposure to high exogenous ATP (0.8 mM for 12 h) causes root cell death (Deng et al., 2015), so *in planta* eATP must be tightly regulated. Downregulation of apoplastic apyrase (which could elevate eATP) increases potato (*Solanum tuberosum*) tuber number and alters their shape (Riewe et al., 2008). eATP concentration appears critical to growth regulation of root hairs, with 7.25–25 µM exogenously added ATP or ADP stimulating elongation but ≥150 µM inhibiting elongation (Clark et al., 2010; Terrile et al., 2010). It is tempting to speculate that the low cytosolic MgATP²⁻ that correlates with high root hair growth rate (de Col et al., 2017) reflects release of ATP to the apex to drive elongation. Chelation of extracellular Ca²⁺ or application of plasma membrane Ca²⁺ channel inhibitors lowers root cell eATP levels and indicates a reliance on Ca²⁺ influx (Kim et al., 2006). It may be that plasma membrane mechanosensitive Ca²⁺-permeable channels are responsible for the influx, opening in response to membrane stretch during cell expansion. As increased [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt can stimulate exocytosis (Carroll et al., 1998), release of ATP as possible cargo of exocytotic vesicles (Yang et al., 2015) would help explain why root cell eATP levels are lowered by the exocytosis inhibitor brefeldin A (Kim et al., 2006). The growth effects of eATP on root hairs involve the production of NO and ROS, with RBOHD and F implicated in the latter (Clark et al., 2010). Whether DORN1 is the root hair eATP receptor remains unknown. Neither is it clear yet whether extracellular purine nucleotides affect root hair [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt, even though the latter is an important component of elongation and is increased by ROS (Foreman et al., 2003). Lew and Dearnaley (2000) found that eATP and eADP could depolarize the plasma membrane potential of Arabidopsis root hairs, which would be consistent with Ca²⁺ influx, but when testing eADP found no effect on [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt.

Touch causes a transient, asymmetric increase in root eATP (Weerasinghe et al., 2009; Dark et al., 2011). Subjecting Arabidopsis roots to a mechanical stress typical of that experienced on growth through soil leads to increased concentrations of eATP, approximately 60 nM at 1 min after application (Weerasinghe et al., 2009), with higher levels on the side touched. The distal elongation zone was the most responsive root part, with both heterotrimeric G protein alpha (GPA1) and beta subunits (AGB1) found to be necessary for limiting the refractory period of eATP accumulation on repeated stimulation
(Weerasinghe et al., 2009). As mechanical stress increases root [Ca²⁺]cyt (Legué et al., 1997), it is again reasonable to invoke the involvement of plasma membrane mechanosensitive Ca²⁺ channels as operating upstream of eATP release. Alternatively, as members of the MSL family of mechansosensitive channels are anion-permeable (Basu and Haswell, 2017), perhaps they underpin the efflux of anionic ATP species. The site of eATP accumulation and local concentration may well help to direct the root's growth response after contact with an obstacle. The Arabidopsis *gpalagb1* mutant is impaired in touch-induced obstacle avoidance (Weerasinghe et al., 2009), implying the need for tight control of eATP in mechanosensing. DORN1 has yet to be placed in this phenomenon.

Mechanosensing also has a place in root skewing and waving, which occurs when roots grow on a vertical or tilted surface and involves contact of the root apex with the sub-stratum (Yang et al., 2015). Exogenous ATP enhances root skewing of Arabidopsis and this requires the activity of the predominant plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase, AHA2 (Tang et al., 2003; Haruta and Sussman, 2012; Yang et al., 2015). Skewing can also be increased by raising eATP through mutation of the apyrases that would normally hydrolyse ATP to regulate its levels (Yang et al., 2015). Antagonists of animal purinoceptors prevent skewing by exogenous ATP (Yang et al., 2015) but there are as yet no reports for the involvement of the plant purinoceptor, DORN1. A root will also grow away from high exogenous ATP, supporting the premise that eATP distribution and dose in planta are critical to growth regulation. This avoidance response requires extracellular Ca²⁺ (implying Ca²⁺ influx) and GPA1 to effect an asymmetric distribution of the PIN2 auxin transporter and accumulation of inhibitory levels of auxin at the opposite side of the root to the eATP (Zhu et al., 2018). This results in the root 'bending' away from the eATP and occurs independently of DORN1 (Zhu et al., 2018), implying the existence of other eATP receptors.

### eATP at work in roots: symbiosis, mutualism and adaptation

Few studies have addressed whether eATP operates in root symbioses. Tanaka et al. (2015) proposed that legumes contain a specific type of extracellular apyrase. In soybean (*Glycine max*), silencing of the GS52 extracellular apyrase suppressed nodule development and maturation (Govindarajulu et al., 2009). This could be offset by the application of ADP as the product of apyrase activity. The *Dolichos biflorus* LNP root hair extracellular apyrase binds to the *Rhizobium* lipo-chitin Nod factor and inhibiting the activity of this apyrase impairs both root hair deformation and nodulation (Kalsi and Etzler, 2000). As eATP accumulates at the apex of *Medicago truncatula* root hairs (Kim et al., 2006), this suggests that eATP concentrations at the root hair apex must be lowered (or those of eADP increased) to allow symbiotic signalling. Sensing the presence of fungi could involve eATP. A fungal polysaccharide extract caused eATP accumulation by *Salvia miltiorrhiza* hairy root culture (Wu et al., 2011). In that study, eATP accumulation was prevented by anion channel antagonists, implicating efflux through plasma membrane anion channels. Whether symbionts (or pathogens) export ATP or ADP to communicate with or confound the plant root will be a challenging but interesting line of

enquiry. Very little is known of eATP in fungal biology (Cai, 2012). For example, inhibiting the activity of ecto-nucleotidases of the rice blast fungus *Magnaporthe oryzae* inhibited germination of conidia and appresorium formation, implicating eATP as a regulator (Long et al., 2015). Recently, eATP levels of Arabidopsis and barley (*Hordeum vulgare*) roots were found to increase in the early (biotrophic) phase of colonization by the endophytic fungus *Serendipita indica* (formerly known as *Piriformospora indica*) (Nizam et al., 2019). The fungus secretes an ecto-5'-nucleotidase with which to lower eATP levels and permit greater colonization. The inability to sense eATP in the Arabidopsis *dorn1-3* mutant also allows extensive colonization (Nizam et al., 2019). eATP activates conidiation in *Trichoderma viride*; conidiation is a wound response and intriguingly can be mimicked by eATP, acting upstream of [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation (Medina-Castellanos et al., 2014, 2018). eATP as a wound signal therefore appears ancient and conserved.

Wounding of roots can be envisaged to occur through herbivory, and indeed mechanical wounding of Arabidopsis roots causes a transient increase in eATP (Dark et al., 2011). As extracellular glutamate can also induce eATP accumulation by Arabidopsis roots (Dark et al., 2011), there may be parallels to be drawn with the herbivore-induced GLR-eATP-DORN1 signalling hypothesized in a previous section. Experimentally, it will be important in further exploration to mimic herbivore-induced wounding of roots accurately to deduce membrane-based signalling. Gross mechanical damage of a root is not appropriate as the resultant ionic fluxes (including of Ca²⁺) are insensitive to channel blockers, indicating catastrophic membrane damage (Meyer and Weisenseel, 1997).

Abiotic stresses are good stimuli of eATP accumulation by roots. Copper stress causes eATP accumulation by wheat (*Triticum aestivum*) roots and protects against cell death (Jia et al., 2019). Cold, salt and hyperosmotic stress all cause transient increases in Arabidopsis root eATP, as does ABA which would imply the involvement of eATP in acute and longer term stress responses (Dark et al., 2011; Deng et al., 2015). Additionally, salt stress increases eATP of *Glycyrrhiza uralensis* (licorice) roots (Lang et al., 2014). For salt stress, eATP can play a positive role in Na⁺/K⁺ homeostasis in *Populus euphratica* suspension cells (Sun et al., 2012) and also for mangrove and licorice roots (Lang et al., 2014, 2017). Cold, salt, hyperosmotic stress and ABA all cause elevation of [Ca²⁺]cyt in Arabidopsis roots as a second messenger in adaption (Wilkins et al., 2016). Could eATP be a part of this? Salt-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation in *dorn1* seedlings did not differ from that in the wild type, leading to the conclusion that this receptor had no part to play (Choi et al., 2014b). However, these measurements were made with aequorin and would be the average of a variety of cell populations, potentially masking root cell-specific responses. In the next sections, the evidence for eATP elevation of root cell [Ca²⁺]cyt will be reviewed and DORN1 hypothetically placed in that context.

### eATP increases Ca²⁺ in specific root regions and multiple compartments of Arabidopsis root cells

The first demonstration of [Ca²⁺]cyt increase by extracellular purine nucleotides was in excised Arabidopsis roots, using
aequorin (Demidchik et al., 2003a). Since then, exogenous ATP has come to be used as a standard stimulus to test the efficacy of more powerful genetically encoded [Ca²⁺]cyt indicators in roots and the resolution of different imaging methods (Rincón-Zachary et al., 2010; Krebs et al., 2012; Loro et al., 2012, 2016; Bonza et al., 2013; Waadt et al., 2017; Kelner et al., 2018). Such reporters have resolved spatially distinct regions of [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation in Arabidopsis roots that are superfused experimentally with ATP (Rincón-Zachary et al., 2010; Loro et al., 2016; Waadt et al., 2017; Matthus et al., 2019). The initial [Ca²⁺]cyt response occurs at the apex, with a significant contribution by the lateral root cap and meristem, followed by sub-apical elevation (Rincón-Zachary et al., 2010; Tanaka et al., 2010; Shi et al., 2015; Behera et al., 2018; Matthus et al., 2019). With two spatially and temporally distinct [Ca²⁺]cyt elevations evident at the root apex, the question becomes ‘does DORN1 underpin them both?’. Using such reporters, non-synchronized single-cell [Ca²⁺]cyt oscillations have been found to underlie the ‘averaged’ signal that aequorin generates (Tanaka et al., 2010; Krebs et al., 2012; Costa et al., 2017). Yellow Cameleon 3.6 (YC3.6) targeted to the plasma membrane revealed differing [Ca²⁺]cyt increases within a single cell, suggesting hotspots of local [Ca²⁺]cyt maxima (Krebs et al., 2012).

Targeting reporters to various subcellular compartments has also uncovered links between cytosolic and organellar Ca²⁺ dynamics upon eATP perception. Targeting YC3.6 to the nucleus revealed non-synchronous oscillations in nuclear-free [Ca²⁺] in response to eATP that lagged behind the [Ca²⁺]cyt response (measured in different plants) by 7 min (Krebs et al., 2012), while another nuclear targeted YC3.6 reported much faster Ca²⁺ increases in response to eATP (Loro et al., 2012). However, dual targeting of GECO reporters to both the nucleus and the cytoplasm enabling simultaneous measurements from both compartments revealed only a [Ca²⁺]cyt response to eATP in Arabidopsis root elongation zone cells (Kelner et al., 2018).

eATP treatment has also prompted [Ca²⁺] increases in root mitochondria, plastids and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (Loro et al., 2012, 2016; Bonza et al., 2013). Mitochondrial, plastid and ER increases in [Ca²⁺] were found to be strictly related to increases of [Ca²⁺]cyt, i.e. the larger the [Ca²⁺]cyt increase, the larger the mitochondrial/plastid/ER increase (Loro et al., 2012, 2016; Bonza et al., 2013). Recovery of mitochondrial Ca²⁺ levels back to pre-stimulus values was much slower (more than 20 min) than the cytosol, ER and plastids (Loro et al., 2012, 2016; Bonza et al., 2013). Therefore, each compartment has its own Ca²⁺ signature, implying signal specificity and distinct operations of Ca²⁺ transporters and binding proteins. So far, it has been found that an increase in mitochondrial free Ca²⁺ is regulated by the MICU Ca²⁺ transporter (Wagner et al., 2015). The coordination of these various signatures downstream of eATP perception promises to be a fascinating area for future research.

At the mechanistic level, antagonists of plasma membrane Ca²⁺ influx channels or chelation of extracellular Ca²⁺ abolishes almost all of the eATP- or eADP-induced elevation of Arabidopsis root [Ca²⁺]cyt (Demidchik et al., 2003a, 2009, 2011; Loro et al., 2016; Behera et al., 2018). This implies that the apoplast is the predominant source of Ca²⁺, but it does not rule out any downstream involvement of intracellular Ca²⁺ stores which might rely on an initial trigger of apoplastic Ca²⁺. Inhibition of intracellular phospholipase C signalling was shown

to affect only the later stages of [Ca²⁺]cyt signalling in response to eATP, leading the authors to conclude that both intracellular and apoplastic Ca²⁺ stores were involved in generating the later signal (Tanaka et al., 2010). As none of the organelle-targeted Ca²⁺ reporters showed a decrease of [Ca²⁺] upon onset of the [Ca²⁺]cyt response, it was reasoned that the organelles examined so far do not function as the Ca²⁺ source for the observed initial [Ca²⁺]cyt increases (e.g. Bonza et al., 2013). However, the involvement of other organelles such as the vacuole and Golgi in roots remains to be tested. It is noteworthy that salt-stress-induced vacuolar Ca²⁺ release in Populus euphratica suspension cells requires eATP and Ca²⁺ influx across the plasma membrane (Zhang et al., 2015). If the root vacuole were involved, then TPC1 would be a likely candidate for mediating Ca²⁺ efflux to the cytosol as its cytosol-facing EF hands would respond to increased [Ca²⁺]cyt to enable Ca²⁺-induced Ca²⁺ release. Alternatively, the vacuole could be responding to cyclical ADPR (adenosine diphosphate-ribose). This is known to promote Ca²⁺ efflux from the guard cell vacuole (Leckie et al., 1998) and is synthesized in response to NO increase (AbdulAwal et al., 2016). Root NO can increase in response to eATP and may rely on Ca²⁺ influx across the plasma membrane (Wu and Wu, 2008; Clark et al., 2010).

## Signalling components at the root plasma membrane

Patch clamp electrophysiology has shown that both eATP and eADP can stimulate hyperpolarization-activated Ca²⁺ channels (HACCs) in the plasma membrane of Arabidopsis mature epidermal cells that could mediate the [Ca²⁺]cyt increase (Demidchik et al., 2009, 2011; Shang et al., 2009). These results are supported by studies using extracellular ion-selective microelectrodes, which have shown net Ca²⁺ influx to the root epidermis induced by eATP and eADP (Demidchik et al., 2009, 2011). Root plasma membrane HACC activation by eATP also requires the heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit (Zhu et al., 2018). A more recent patch clamp analysis demonstrated that DORN1 is required for eATP activation of a root elongation zone plasma membrane channel conductance that could permit Ca²⁺ influx to the cytosol at hyperpolarized membrane voltage (Wang et al., 2018). The need for a hyperpolarized (very negative) membrane voltage to permit eATP-activated Ca²⁺ influx is supported by a study on seedlings of the Arabidopsis aha2 mutant, expressing aequorin. As mentioned previously, AHA2 is the root's predominant plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase that generates the majority of the hyperpolarized membrane potential. AHA2's absence caused significant diminution of the eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt response (Haruta and Sussman, 2012).

eATP rapidly triggers production of both intra- and extracellular ROS in roots (Kim et al., 2006; Demidchik et al., 2009, 2011). Blocking plasma membrane Ca²⁺ channels with Gd³⁺ can effectively abolish eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt increase in Arabidopsis roots but only inhibits intracellular ROS accumulation by approximately 50 % (Demidchik et al., 2003a, 2009). This implies that plasma membrane Ca²⁺ channel activity lies downstream of DORN1 and is required for a significant proportion of the ROS produced. The interaction of DORN1 with RBOHD (Chen et al., 2017) may yet help to explain the involvement of ROS in the root eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt signature.
To date, only the RBOHC isoform is implicated experimentally for roots and some intracellular ROS accumulation was still observed in response to eATP in roots of the Arabidopsis *rbohc* mutant (*Demidchik et al., 2009*), potentially pointing to the activation of other isoforms. Certainly, RBOH D and F are expressed in roots and operate in $Ca^{2+}$-based ABA and salt stress signalling (*Wilkins et al., 2016*).

Modelling studies suggest that the ‘decay time’ of a calcium signature plays an important role in the regulation of gene expression (*Lenzoni et al., 2018*). However, very little is known mechanistically about how the eATP-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ increase might be limited or terminated. The heterotrimeric G protein beta subunit AGB1 negatively regulates eATP-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ increase in Arabidopsis seedlings, but its role in roots is unknown (*Tanaka et al., 2010*). In contrast, the plasma membrane $Ca^{2+}$-ATPase exporters ACA8 and ACA10 have been shown to play a role in ending the $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ signal, through $Ca^{2+}$ imaging of mutant roots (*Costa et al., 2017*; *Behera et al., 2018*). Whether post-translational modification of DORN1 or its retrieval from the plasma membrane plays a part remains unknown.

### The eADP conundrum and DORN1-independent channel activation

A conundrum evident in the literature is that eADP can evoke extracellular superoxide anion production by roots, but unlike eATP it cannot induce intracellular ROS accumulation (*Kim et al., 2006; Demidchik et al., 2009, 2011*). The inability of eADP to evoke intracellular ROS accumulation has also been noted in leaves (*Song et al., 2006*). eADP and eATP are not always equivalent in effect. eADP has also been found to fail in inhibiting endocytosis (*Deng et al., 2015*). It can, however, promote nodule formation in soybean roots whereas eATP does not (*Govindarajulu et al., 2009*). For ROS, it has been suggested previously that eADP may somehow prevent entry of extracellular $H_2O_2$ into the cytosol (*Wang et al., 2018*). At fine resolution, differences appear between eADP and eATP in their relationship with root $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ increase. Protoplasts from Arabidopsis mature epidermis expressing aequorin show an eADP-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ increase that is resistant to the reductant dithiothreitol (*Dark et al., 2011*). This suggests that, in contrast to eATP, there is no oxidation-dependent component. Furthermore, the eATP-activated $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ increase in such protoplasts is enhanced by neutral extracellular pH but this does not occur with eADP (*Demidchik et al., 2011*). Patch clamping has shown that eADP can activate HACC activity in Arabidopsis plasma membrane from the mature epidermis, independently of G protein activity (*Demidchik et al., 2009*). This appears to be in contrast to the GPA1-dependent eATP-activated HACC reported by Zhu *et al.* (2018). Finally, in patch clamp trials, the DORN1-dependent eATP-activated plasma membrane $Ca^{2+}$ influx pathway in the elongation zone did not respond to eADP, even at a concentration orders of magnitude above DORN1's $K_d$ (*Wang et al., 2018*). This begs the question of whether there is a DORN1-independent eADP pathway in some epidermal cells. There is no a priori argument against a cell's having more than one type of purinoreceptor. As described earlier, the Arabidopsis root's eATP avoidance response is independent of DORN1

*(Zhu et al., 2018)*. Indeed, given the evidence for multiple purinoreceptors in mammals, it might be considered surprising if plants do not also contain multiple eATP/eADP receptors. Further patch clamp analysis at the single channel rather than population level is now needed, combined with high-resolution single cell imaging of DORN1 mutants.

### Interplay of eATP with other signals

In animals, eATP can modulate other signalling pathways by interacting with their receptors (*Kim et al., 2018*). Recently, ATP has been identified as a hydrotrope, capable of maintaining protein solubility and preventing protein aggregates (*Patel et al., 2017*). Whether it operates in this way outside of the plant plasma membrane is an interesting possibility. As such, the interplay between eATP and other regulators in plants is an understudied area of interest. eATP can still increase root $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ after $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ has been previously elevated by auxin or glutamate (*Costa et al., 2013*; *Waadt et al., 2017*; *Behera et al., 2018*) but it is not clear whether such pre-exposure to these regulators has an effect on the eATP $Ca^{2+}$ signature or requires DORN1. In sensory synapses, eATP can cause glutamate release through purinergic receptor activation (*Gu and MacDermott, 1997*) and while glutamate can cause eATP accumulation in plants (*Dark et al., 2011*), the reverse case has not been reported. This could have consequences for our understanding of glutamate-based regulation of wound signalling or other processes such as carbon/nitrogen balance and root development (*Toyota et al., 2018; Wudick et al., 2018*). eATP has been found to modulate animal N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-type glutamate receptors, acting as a competitive antagonist of glutamate binding and a positive modulator at a separate allosteric site (*Kloda et al., 2004*). Plant GLRs have significant structural homology with NMDA receptors (*Wudick et al., 2018*), and it will be interesting to see whether eATP can influence their activity. There may also be an intricate relationship between eATP, salicylic acid and ethylene given that treating Arabidopsis roots with ethylene weakens the eATP-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ elevation (*Waadt et al., 2017*). This may prove relevant to the coordination of growth and immune responses and it will be interesting to see whether ethylene lowers DORN1 abundance.

### Testing DORN1's involvement and the possibility of an eATP 'wave'

This review of extracellular purines and $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ in leaves and roots provides a prima facie case for DORN1's underpinning eATP- and eADP-induced $[Ca^{2+}]_{cyt}$ in a variety of processes, but has also highlighted instances where DORN1 may be redundant. A critical first step in understanding the extent of DORN1's involvement is to move from whole seedling studies to leaves and roots. To address this, aequorin-expressing seedlings of wild type Arabidopsis and its *dorn1-1* mutant have been dissected. DORN1's abundance at the Arabidopsis root apex has been examined through GFP as a first test of whether it is present in root regions that undergo spatially discrete
eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt elevations. Finally, the relationship between the two spatially distinct eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt elevations at the root apex have been examined to test whether they are independent of each other and could form the basis of an eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt 'wave'.

## MATERIALS AND METHODS

### Plant materials and growth conditions

Arabidopsis Col-0, *dorn1-1* and *dorn1-3* constitutively expressing cytosolic (apo)aequorin were as described by Choi *et al.* (2014b) and the DORN1-GFP line was as described by Choi *et al.* (2014a). Arabidopsis expressing cytosolic GCaMP3 was as described by Vincent *et al.* (2017). Plants were grown on half-strength MS medium (Duchefa), solidified with 0.8 % (w/v) bactoagar (BD Biosciences), as described by Matthus *et al.* (2019).

### Measurement of [Ca²⁺]cyt with aequorin

An individual leaf or root from seedlings constitutively expressing cytosolic (apo)aequorin was treated with 10 µM coelenterazine (NanoLight Technology) as described by Matthus *et al.* (2019) with the exception that roots were bathed in 10 mM CaCl₂, 0.1 mM KCl, 2 mM MES/Tris, pH 5.8. Recordings of luminescence from individual leaves or roots were made with a plate reader as described by Matthus *et al.* (2019). Control solution for leaves was liquid half-strength MS medium with 1.175 mM MES, adjusted to pH 5.6 using Tris. This was used for roots by Matthus *et al.* (2019), allowing some comparison. Control solution for roots was 10 mM CaCl₂, 0.1 mM KCl, 2 mM MES/Tris, pH 5.8 (Laohavisit *et al.*, 2013). Test treatments were with adenosine 5'-triphosphate disodium salt trihydrate (ATP; Melford) or adenosine 5'-diphosphate disodium salt dehydrate (ADP; Melford) dissolved in control solution and buffered back to the original pH. Estimation of [Ca²⁺]cyt was as described by Matthus *et al.* (2019).

### Measurement of [Ca²⁺]cyt with GCaMP3 and DORN1 abundance with GFP

A 10-d-old Arabidopsis Col-0 seedling (expressing cytosolic GCaMP3; Vincent *et al.*, 2017) was placed across a gap in the growth medium agar. Twenty seconds after the start of image acquisition, 3 µL of control or 1 mM ATP solution was applied to the root tip. Then at 295 s, 3 µL of control or 1 mM ATP solution was applied to the mature zone. In a separate set of experiments, the application was reversed, with eATP's being added to the mature zone first then the root tip. Images were taken for 495 s in total. Images were captured with a Leica M205 FA stereo microscope, with a DFC365FX camera (Leica) and a Sola SE365 light source (Lumencor), which allowed excitation at 470/40 nm and using a GFP-ET filter collected emission at 525/50 nm, with a 500 ms exposure time, a gain of 2.0 and 30× magnification. The software LAS X (Leica) was used to control the microscope, light source and camera. ImageJ Fiji was used

to process the GCaMP3 GFP signal intensities. Z-axis profiles were plotted for each region of interest, and background signal was subtracted. The protocol for normalizing GFP fluorescence (ΔF/F₀) was taken from Vincent *et al.* (2017). For DORN1-GFP determination, root tips were imaged on a Leica SP5 DM6000B confocal microscope, using a 20× objective (HC PL APO 20×/0.7). GFP was excited at 488 nm using an argon laser, set to 30 % laser power. GFP fluorescence emission was measured at 500–540 nm. Throughout the experiments the settings were kept constant (pinhole: 221.91 µm, gain set to 600 and speed of scanning to 400 Hz). Brightfield images were also taken of every imaged root section.

## RESULTS

### Leaf eATP-dependent [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation requires DORN1

The Arabidopsis leaf eATP [Ca²⁺]cyt signature has not been shown in the literature. Here, addition of control solution caused a brief monophasic [Ca²⁺]cyt increase due to mechanical disturbance ('touch response') in 11-d-old and 14-d-old Col-0 leaves (Fig. 1A, B). In contrast, eATP caused a sustained [Ca²⁺]cyt increase in Col-0, regardless of plant age (Fig. 1A, B). This [Ca²⁺]cyt signature had a markedly different time course and lower magnitude than the typically biphasic root [Ca²⁺]cyt response (Demidchik *et al.*, 2003a; Matthus *et al.*, 2019). Baseline [Ca²⁺]cyt was not recovered during the recording. The whole seedling eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt increase appears to be entirely dependent on DORN1, as loss of function mutants do not respond (Choi *et al.*, 2014b). Results here show that this is not as clear cut for leaves. Those of the *dorn1-1* kinase-domain mutant (Fig. 1B, D) and the *dorn1-3* ATP-binding-domain mutant (Fig. 1D) still supported a significant eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt increase, but not to the same level as the Col-0 wild type. At the level of resolution afforded by aequorin, DORN1 therefore appears important to the leaf's eATP-dependent [Ca²⁺]cyt response but is potentially partially redundant.

### The root eATP-induced and eADP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt signatures are DORN1-dependent

No studies to date have tested whether *dorn1* mutants can sustain eATP- or eADP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation in their roots. Figure 2A shows that single excised roots of Col-0 and *dorn1-1* did not differ in their baseline [Ca²⁺]cyt, and were indistinguishable in their response to control solution. Addition of 0.1 mM ATP caused an initial touch response in both genotypes but only Col-0 then sustained the typical root biphasic [Ca²⁺]cyt response after the initial touch response (Matthus *et al.*, 2019) (Fig. 2B). It is interesting to note that a biphasic response to eATP was sustained by Col-0 in the much simplified assay solution used here (10 mM CaCl₂, 0.1 mM KCl; Laohavisit *et al.*, 2013) compared to the nutrient solution used by Matthus *et al.* (2019). This suggests a robust signalling system that remains unperturbed by environmental changes. The first and second peak [Ca²⁺]cyt elevations of Col-0 were significantly greater than the [Ca²⁺]cyt of *dorn1-1* at the equivalent time point (Fig. 2B) and the total [Ca²⁺]cyt
<figure><img src="image_3.png" /></figure>

FIG. 1. DORN1 governs the leaf eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt increase. (A) Mean ± s.e.m. [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt time course of individual excised leaves from 11-d-old *Arabidopsis thaliana* Col-0 constitutively expressing cytosolic aequorin. Plants were grown on solidified half-strength MS medium then leaves were assayed in liquid medium as described by Matthus *et al.* (2019). Control medium or with 1 mM ATP (pH 5.6) was added at 35 s (black triangle); *n* = 15–19 leaves in three independent trials. (B) As (A) but with 14-d-old Col-0 leaves, at pH 5.8. (C) Response of 14-d-old *dorn1-1* leaves. (D) Total [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt mobilized (estimated as the area under the curve, after subtraction of mean pre-stimulus baseline) in response to control medium (grey points) or 1 mM ATP (green points) by 14-d-old Col-0, *dorn1-1* and *dorn1-3* leaves; Col-0 *n* = 14–17, *dorn1-1* *n* = 16–17, *dorn1-3* *n* = 18 in three independent trials. Each dot represents an individual data point, and the thick black line denotes the median. Different lower-case letters describe groups with significant statistical difference (*P* ≤ 0.05), while data points with the same letter indicate no statistical significance (*P* ≥ 0.05; Welch's two sample *t*-test).

mobilized by eATP was also significantly greater in Col-0 (Fig. 2E). Addition of 1 mM ATP to Col-0 gave a less distinct biphasic [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt increase compared to 0.1 mM (in agreement with an earlier study by Demidchik *et al.*, 2003a) but this was still significantly greater than *dorn1-1* (Fig. 2C, E). The Col-0 response to 1 mM ADP was also biphasic and significantly greater than *dorn1-1* (Fig. 2D, E). Critically, while Col-0 [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt responses to purine nucleotides were all significantly higher than to control solution, those of *dorn1-1* were not (Fig. 2E) indicating that at this level of resolution (and in contrast to leaves; Fig. 1) the DORN1 receptor is essential.

*DORN1 abundance declines as root cells mature but is evident in trichoblasts*

A GFP study previously confirmed DORN1's plasma mem-
brane localization (Choi *et al.*, 2014a). The same construct was
used here. Abundance of DORN1 in the root epidermis de-
clined as the cells matured from the transition zone (Fig. 3A, D,
G), through to the elongation zone (Fig. 3B, E, G) and mature
zone (Fig. 3C, F, G). Abundance was greatest in the first apical
millimetre of root, which corresponds to the region that sup-
ports the apical and initial [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt increase by eATP (Matthus
et al., 2019). Of additional note is the appearance of DORN1 in
the trichoblasts of the mature zone epidermis (Fig. 3F), which
has not been reported previously.

eATP may generate a [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt wave in the root

Superfusion of a root with eATP causes apical and then sub-
apical [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt responses that have the appearance of a Ca²⁺
wave (noted by, for example, Rincón-Zachary *et al.*, 2010; Loro
*et al.*, 2016; Matthus *et al.*, 2019). However, the sub-apical
[Ca²⁺]ᵣyt increases could simply be the result of direct cellular
responses to eATP that are delayed in time rather than a con-
sequence of the initial apical increase. Hence, it is unknown if
eATP induces a Ca²⁺ wave which propagates away from locally
treated areas. Here, a single root expressing cytosolic GCaMP3
(Vincent *et al.*, 2017) was placed over a gap in the underlying
agar medium. The gap started after approximately the first
millimetre of the root apex, so that it began after the region
supporting the first [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt increase in response to eATP noted
by Matthus *et al.* (2019) and after the greatest abundance of
DORN1 (Fig. 3). eATP or control solution was applied sequen-
tially to the root apex and then the mature region (Fig. 4A);
the gap in the agar prevented capillarity-driven ATP movement
between test regions (judged by previously testing fluorescein
movement).

Regions of interest ('Roi') A, B and C were set for quantification of the GCaMP3 signal and corresponded to the apex, the region over the air gap and the mature zone respectively (Fig. 4A). Application of control solution did not lead to a fluorescence increase (Fig. 4B-J). Applying eATP first to the root apex ('Phase 1') revealed an immediate, largely monophasic fluorescence increase in the apex that recovered within 180 s (Roi
<figure><img src="image_4.png" /><figcaption>FIG. 2. DORN1 governs the root eATP-induced and eADP-induced [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt increase. (A) Mean ± s.e.m. [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt time course of individual excised roots from 7-d-old *Arabidopsis thaliana* Col-0 and *dorn1-1* constitutively expressing cytosolic aequorin. Control medium (10 mM CaCl₂, 0.1 mM KCl, 2 mM Tris/MES, pH 5.8) was added at 35 s (black triangle). No significant difference between genotypes was found. (B) Response of Col-0 and *dorn1-1* to 0.1 mM ATP. (C) Response to 1 mM ATP. (D) Response to 1 mM ADP. (E) Total [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt mobilized (estimated as the area under the curve, after subtraction of mean pre-stimulus baseline) in response to control medium, 0.1 or 1 mM ATP, 1 mM ADP. *n* = 9–15 roots per genotype and treatment in three independent trials. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) with *post-hoc* Tukey test was used to assess statistical differences. Significance levels (*P*-values) in B–D: *** (<0.001); D: different lower-case letters indicate *P* < 0.05.</figcaption></figure>

A; Fig. 4B, E, H). This resembled the apical [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt increase reported by Tanaka et al. (2010) and Matthus et al. (2019) using YC3.6. Lower but significant transient increases were later also detected in Roi B (over the air gap) and Roi C (mature zone) (Fig. 4C–J). This indicated that local application of eATP

<figure><img src="image_5.png" /><figcaption>FIG. 3. DORN1 abundance declines as primary root cells mature. (A–F) Confocal microscopy images of the different zones of 14-d-old *Arabidopsis* root expressing a DORN1-GFP fusion from the native promoter. Epidermis in the transition zone (TZ) is marked by brown rectangle, elongation zone (EZ) by pink, and mature zone (MZ) by yellow. Scale bar = 100 µm for all. (G) Background-subtracted DORN1-GFP fluorescence of epidermis in the transition zone (TZ, brown), elongation zone (EZ, pink) and mature zone (MZ, yellow) of 14-d-old *Arabidopsis* roots. GFP-signal was measured from the plasma membrane of epidermal cells and normalized to cells not expressing GFP; *n* = 24 (TZ/MZ) and *n* = 44 (EZ) from six individual plants. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) with *post-hoc* Tukey test was used to assess statistical differences, and different letters indicate significant difference (*P* < 0.001).</figcaption></figure>

treatment to the apical root tip triggered a [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt increase in tissue that did *not* come in contact with the treatment, travelling ~0.3–0.5 mm of untreated tissue before being detected in Roi C. A second eATP addition to the mature zone (‘Phase 2’) evoked a significant fluorescence increase there (Roi C; Fig. 4D, G, J) that did not evoke an increase at the apex (Fig. 4A, E, H).

In a separate set of experiments, eATP was first added to the mature zone of the root (‘Phase 1’, Roi C) followed by application to the apex (‘Phase 2’, Roi A; Fig. 5A–G). Application to the mature zone caused a significant increase in [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt there compared to control solution (Fig. 5G, J) but although [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt increased in the root above the air gap (Roi B), it was not significant (Fig. 5F, I). The apex (Roi A) did not respond
<figure><img src="image_6.png" /><figcaption>FIG. 4. Localized ATP application causes spatially distinct [Ca²⁺]ᵢcyt elevation in the root. (A) A 10-d-old *Arabidopsis* Col-0 seedling (expressing cytosolic GCaMP3; Vincent *et al.*, 2017) was placed across a gap in the growth medium agar; scale bar: 1 mm. Twenty seconds after the start of image acquisition, 3 µL of control or 1 mM ATP solution was applied to the root tip (indicated by purple '1'), and at 295 s to the mature zone (indicated by purple '2'), and then imaged for in total 495 s. Regions of interest used for analysis ('Roi') are annotated with white boxes. (B–D) Mean ± s.e.m. GFP fluorescence intensity, background-subtracted. (E–G) Normalized mean ± s.e.m. GFP fluorescence (ΔF/F₀; Vincent *et al.*, 2017). (H–J) Extracted normalized fluorescence maxima (ΔFₘₐₓ/F₀) for 'Phase 1' (20–295 s) and 'Phase 2' (300–495 s). Data shown in (B, E, H) represent Roi A; (C, F, I) represent Roi B; and (D, G, J) represent Roi C. Data are from three independent trials, with *n* = 3 individual roots for control treatments and *n* = 6–9 individual roots per ATP treatment. Significance levels (*P*-values, Welch's two sample *t*-test) in H–J: *** (<0.001), n.s. (>0.05). Assay medium as in Fig. 1A.</figcaption></figure>

significantly when eATP was added to the mature zone. This
confirms the previous result (Fig. 4E, H) that addition of eATP
to the mature zone fails to evoke an apical response. When
eATP was subsequently added to the apex ('Phase 2', Roi A), a
significant [Ca²⁺]ᵢcyt elevation occurred there. This showed that

this region was competent to respond to a local stimulus (Fig.
5E, H) and perhaps was not in a refractory period that prevented
it from responding to the eATP that had previously been added
to the mature zone. Moreover, in contrast to the previous ex-
periment in which eATP was added to the apex first (Fig. 4C–J),
<figure><img src="image_7.png" /><figcaption>FIG. 5. Localized ATP application to the mature zone causes spatially distinct [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt elevation in the root. (A) A 10-d-old *Arabidopsis* Col-0 seedling (expressing cytosolic GCaMP3; Vincent *et al.*, 2017) was placed across a gap in the growth medium agar; scale bar: 1 mm. Twenty seconds after the start of image acquisition, 3 µL of control or 1 mM ATP solution was applied to the mature zone (indicated by orange '1'), and at 295 s to the root tip (indicated by orange '2'), and then imaged for in total 495 s. Regions of interest used for analysis ('Roi') are annotated with white boxes. (B–D) Mean ± s.e.m. GFP fluorescence intensity, background-subtracted. (E–G) Normalized mean ± s.e.m. GFP fluorescence (ΔF/F₀; Vincent *et al.*, 2017). (H–J) Extracted normalized fluorescence maxima (ΔF_max/F₀) for 'Phase 1' (20–295 s) and 'Phase 2' (300–495 s). Data shown in (B, E, H) represent Roi A; (C, F, I) represent Roi B; and (D, G, J) represent Roi C. Data are from three independent trials, with *n* = 3 individual roots for control treatments and *n* = 6–9 individual roots per ATP treatment. Significance levels (*P*-values, Welch's two-sample *t*-test) in H–J: *** (<0.001), n.s. (≥0.05). Assay medium as in Fig. 1A.</figcaption></figure>

in this case addition of eATP to the apex *after* its addition to
the mature zone did *not* cause significant [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt elevation in
Roi B over the air gap or in the Roi C mature zone (Fig. 5E–J).
Perhaps these zones were in a refractory period that prevented
their response.

DISCUSSION

Leaf and root [Ca²⁺]ᵣyt signatures differ

The findings presented here clearly show that Arabidopsis leaf
and root eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt signatures differ in their time courses and amplitude. Seedling responses would be an average of these. The leaf [Ca²⁺]cyt response qualitatively resembled that reported for eATP-treated *Nicotiana benthamiana* leaf discs (DeFalco et al., 2017). Furthermore, while the root signature appears to be entirely dependent on DORN1, other receptors may be operating in the leaf. This may be of use in the identification of other receptors and also in further studies on the possible roles of DORN1 in leaf purino-signalling. Certainly, the results here support the premise that eATP could affect response to cadmium, PSII activity and leaf jasmonate-dependent transcription through a [Ca²⁺]cyt increase (Feng et al., 2015; Hou et al., 2017, 2018). More detailed, higher resolution studies on cell-specific [Ca²⁺]cyt responses are now needed for leaves and roots, such as those performed with YC3.6 on root responses to auxin (Shi et al., 2015).

*An eATP-induced root wave?*

So far, exogenous ATP has been applied by superfusion of roots or their total immersion. This does not allow us to distinguish between local or systemic effects of eATP perception. For example, locally applied salt treatment of Arabidopsis roots led to increases in [Ca²⁺]cyt, which propagated away and into areas of the plant that had not been in direct contact with the salt treatment, termed a 'Ca²⁺ wave' (Choi et al., 2014c). Wave propagation involved both RBOHD and TPC1 (Evans et al., 2016). A resultant transcriptional response was evident in the leaves. The same study found no such signal propagation upon mechanical stimulation, H₂O₂ or cold treatment, and did not test for the response to eATP (Choi et al., 2014c). The results in Fig. 4 show that application of eATP to the root apex results in a sub-apical [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation, consistent with a wave. However, the results in Fig. 5 show that this fails if the sub-apical region has already responded to a direct application of eATP, suggesting that there is a refractory period for the sub-apical response to apical stimulation. Furthermore, apical and mature region responses to eATP can be generated independently of one another and the mature region can still respond even though DORN1 abundance is lower there (Fig. 3). The response of the mature region to direct application of eATP may implicate the operation of another eATP sensing mechanism. The loss of DORN1 as the epidermis matures could also help to explain why eATP- and eADP-dependent net fluxes of Ca²⁺ and K⁺ also decline as the epidermis ages (Demidchik et al., 2011). However, it should be noted that receptor abundance may not positively correlate with the magnitude of the response; much would depend on the levels of signal amplification and positive feedback downstream of the receptor. The results in Figures 4 and 5 suggest strongly that a reverse Ca²⁺ wave (sub-apical to apical) cannot be generated. Whether eATP application to the apex results in a systemic transcriptional response now needs to be examined.

*Placing DORN1 in the context of root ROS*

Activation of RBOHs could be directly by DORN1-dependent phosphorylation and/or through their cytosolic EF

hands (Takeda et al., 2008) responding to an initial [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation caused by DORN1-dependent plasma membrane Ca²⁺ channels. The latter would be consistent with the inhibitory effects of Gd³⁺ on eATP-induced ROS accumulation (Demidchik et al., 2009). RBOHs would produce an extracellular superoxide anion that could readily be converted to H₂O₂ and from that to hydroxyl radicals (Richards et al., 2015). From the guard cell paradigm, H₂O₂ could then enter into the cytosol through aquaporins (Rodrigues et al., 2017) to be detected as part of the intracellular ROS accumulation. Both of those ROS are known to activate Arabidopsis root epidermal plasma membrane Ca²⁺ channels (Demidchik et al., 2003b, 2007; Foreman et al., 2003). This would place some part of the plasma membrane Ca²⁺ influx downstream of RBOH activation in the eATP cascade, potentially acting to amplify the initial [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation. This would be consistent with the inhibition of the eATP-activated HACC by the reductant dithiothreitol in mature epidermal plasma membrane (Demidchik et al., 2009). As emerging root hairs are capable of ROS- and [Ca²⁺]cyt-dependent growth (Foreman et al., 2003), the finding that DORN1 is present in trichoblasts suggests that DORN1 could be involved in root hair elongation through ROS- and [Ca²⁺]cyt-signalling.

*Plasma membrane calcium channel candidates*

The finding that DORN1 can underpin both purine nucleotide-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt increases in roots and leaves justifies this receptor as a logical starting point in the search for the proteins mediating plasma membrane Ca²⁺ fluxes. Direct phosphorylation of plasma membrane Ca²⁺ channels by DORN1 is a distinct possibility but, with channels likely to have a low copy number, approaches such as pull-down assays may not be fruitful in their identification. Publicly available protein–protein interaction data (MIND database; Jones et al., 2014) revealed few interaction partners of DORN1, as only one uncharacterized leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase (At3g02880) was found to interact reliably. However, Chen et al. (2017) reported that in total 23 peptides were phosphorylated by DORN1 upon eATP perception, one of which was the RBOHD NADPH oxidase (the remaining 22 peptides were not further identified).

By extension of the leaf wound response, the root plasma membrane Ca²⁺ influx channels underpinning what may be a Ca²⁺ wave in the root could include GLR3.3 and 3.6 (Vincent et al., 2017). Members of the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (CNGC) family could also be involved, although so far Arabidopsis CNGC14 has been reported not to be involved in lateral root cap eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation (Shi et al., 2015). Annexins could also participate as channel regulators or unconventional ROS-activated channels and have been proposed to operate downstream of RBOHD (Laohavisit and Davies, 2011; Laohavisit et al., 2012; Zandalinas et al., 2019). Recently, Arabidopsis Annexin4 expressed in HEK cells was found to support [Ca²⁺]cyt elevation in response to eATP (Ma et al., 2019) but the operation of this annexin in planta in eATP signalling was not reported. Work needs to extend beyond Arabidopsis, as the legume root hair plasma membrane Ca²⁺ channels implicated in eATP/ADP-related symbiotic signalling remain to be discovered. Candidate root hair channel genes have been identified
in *Medicago* and patch clamping the root hair apical plasma
membrane of this legume is now firmly established (L. *Wang
et al.*, 2019b) as a platform for such studies. Genes encoding the
*Nicotiana tabacum* pollen plasma membrane eATP-activated
channels also require identification (*Wu et al.*, 2018).

CONCLUSIONS

Overall, DORN1 still provides an important experimental
gateway into the further dissection of purine–calcium
signalling in roots and leaves. However, comparisons with
animal purino-signalling and some plant studies (including
this) suggest that it is unlikely that DORN1 is the only purine
nucleotide receptor in Arabidopsis. Other receptors may lie
outside the lectin kinase family and may not even rely on the
presence of an ATP-binding pocket. Novel ATP-binding sites
have been reported for Arabidopsis peptides using acyl-ATP
probes (Villamor *et al.*, 2013). Future studies also need to
consider as yet unexplored areas of the plant. For example,
as mechanical stress can result in release of ATP, does this
occur during development of the shoot apical meristem? Does
this link to its mechanically induced [Ca²⁺]cyt increase that is
mediated by Ca²⁺ influx (Li *et al.*, 2019)? While major break-
throughs on eATP signalling have come from Arabidopsis,
it remains imperative that other plants (particularly monocot
crops) continue to be studied. Apart from Arabidopsis, only
tobacco has been reported to sustain an eATP-induced [Ca²⁺]cyt
signature (DeFalco *et al.*, 2017). [Ca²⁺]cyt indicators have been
introduced into *Medicago* and rice (Behera *et al.*, 2015; Kelner
et al., 2018) but as yet there are no reports of the effect of
eATP. At present, another potential eATP receptor has been
identified in *Camelina sativa* as an orthologue of DORN1
 csLecRK-I.9; Li *et al.*, 2016), but this is another brassica. Are
there other DORNs?

FUNDING

This work was supported by: UK Biotechnology and Biological
Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (BB/J014540/1); the
framework of the 3rd call of the ERA-NET for Coordinating
Action in Plant Sciences, with funding from the BBSRC (BB/
S004637/1), US National Science Foundation (grant 1826803)
and the ANR; Jiangsu Normal University; Science and
Engineering Research Board (India); University of Cambridge
Commonwealth, European and International Trust; University
of Cambridge Broodbank Trust; and Yayasan DayaDiri.
Research reported from the Stacey laboratory was supported
by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the
National Institutes of Health (grant no. R01GM121445), as
well as by the Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program Systems
and Synthetic Agrobiotech Center, Rural Development
Administration, Republic of Korea www.rda.go.kr/foreign/ten/
index.jsp (grant no. PJ01116604 to G.S.).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We thank Dr Adeeba Dark for technical support and Prof. A. A.
R. Webb for the gift of Arabidopsis expressing GCaMP3.

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