Dual-sensing genetically encoded fluorescent indicators resolve the 22 spatiotemporal coordination of cytosolic abscisic acid and second messenger 23 dynamics in Arabidopsis 24 SHORT TITLE 25 Coordination of signaling compound fluxes in roots 26 Rainer Waadt et al. -Coordination of signaling compound fluxes in roots 2 27 ABSTRACT 28 Deciphering signal transduction processes is crucial for understanding 29 how plants sense and respond to environmental changes. Various chemical 30 compounds function as central messengers within deeply intertwined signaling 31 networks. How such compounds act in concert remains to be elucidated. We 32 have developed dual-sensing genetically encoded fluorescent indicators (2-In-1-33 GEFIs) for multiparametric in vivo analyses of the phytohormone abscisic acid 34 (ABA), Ca 2+ , protons (H + ), chloride (anions), the glutathione redox potential (E GSH ) 35 and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ). Simultaneous analyses of two signaling 36 compounds in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) roots revealed that ABA 37 treatment and uptake did not trigger rapid cytosolic Ca 2+ or H + fluxes. Glutamate, 38 ATP, Arabidopsis PLANT ELICITOR PEPTIDE (AtPEP1) and glutathione disulfide 39 (GSSG) treatments induced rapid spatiotemporally overlapping cytosolic Ca 2+ , H + 40 and anion fluxes, but except for GSSG only weakly affected the cytosolic redox 41 state. Overall, 2-In-1-GEFIs enable complementary high-resolution in vivo 42 analyses of signaling compound dynamics and facilitate an advanced 43 understanding of the spatiotemporal coordination of signal transduction 44 processes in Arabidopsis. 45 46 198 Supplemental Movie 3). These experiments established the functionality of both 2-In-1-199 GEFIs and revealed that ABA does not trigger rapid cytosolic Ca 2+ or pH changes in 200 roots. 201 Auxin, ATP and glutamate treatments trigger spatiotemporally overlapping fluxes 202 of Ca 2+ , H + and Cl -203 Rainer Waadt et al. -Coordination of signaling compound fluxes in roots 8 Next, we used R-GECO1-GSL-E 2 GFP to simultaneously monitor Ca 2+ , H + and Cl -204 fluxes. Because anions, such as Cl -, quench the fluorescence of E 2 GFP and because its 205 excitation ratiometric pH readout is Clindependent, E 2 GFP provides a means to 206 simultaneously assess cytosolic H + and Clchanges (Bizzarri et al., 2006; Arosio et al., 207 2010). In response to 1 µM IAA, R-GECO1 reported biphasic Ca 2+ signals in the root 208 elongation zone that travelled to neighboring regions. Subsequent 1 mM ATP 209 treatments triggered Ca 2+ signals in the calyptra and meristematic zone that proceeded 210 shootward (Figure 4A left). Interestingly, both Ca 2+ signals coincided with a cytosolic 211 acidification reported by E 2 GFP (Figure 4A middle, Supplemental Movie 4). IAA also 212 induced a Clinflux, indicated by a E 2 GFP fluorescence emission decrease in the entire 213 imaged root, with a maximum decrease in the meristematic zone (Figure 4A right). ATP 214 however induced Clinflux in the upper elongation zone and above, but Clefflux ...