Takuya Furuichi

Prof. Dr. Takuya Furuichi

Faculty of Human Life Sciences, Hagoromo University of International Studies, Hamadera-minamimachi, Sakai, Osaka 592-8344, Japan

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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31 March 2022 in Plants
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MNMasataka Nakano
Masataka Nakano
Takuya FuruichiTakuya Furuichi
Takuya Furuichi
MSMasahiro Sokabe
Masahiro Sokabe
HIHidetoshi Iida
Hidetoshi Iida
SYSachiko Yano
Sachiko Yano
Hitoshi TatsumiHitoshi Tatsumi
Hitoshi Tatsumi
The International Space Station (ISS) provides a precious opportunity to study plant growth and development under microgravity (micro-G) conditions. In this study, four lines of Arabidopsis seeds (wild type, wild-type MCA1-GFP, mca1-knockout, and MCA1-overexpressed) were cultured on a nylon lace mesh placed on Gelrite-solidified MS-medium in the Japanese experiment module KIBO on the ISS, and the entanglement of roots with the mesh was examined under micro-G and 1-G conditions. We found that root entanglement with the mesh was enhanced, and root coiling was induced under the micro-G condition. This behavior was less pronounced in mca1-knockout seedlings, although MCA1-GFP distribution at the root tip of the seedlings was nearly the same in micro-G-grown seedlings and the ground control seedlings. Possible involvement of MCA1 in the root entanglement is discussed.