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Ma X, Zhang B, Liu C, Tong B, Guan T, Xia D. Expression of a populus histone deacetylase gene 84KHDA903 in tobacco enhances drought tolerance. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 265:1-11. [PMID: 29223330 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play a key role in regulating plant growth, development and stress responses. However, functions of HDACs in woody plants are largely unknown. In this study, a novel gene encoding a RPD3/HDA1-type histone deacetylase was cloned from 84K poplar (Populus alba×Populus glandulosa) and designated as 84KHDA903. The 84KHDA903 encodes a protein composed of 500 amino acid residues, which contains a conserved HDAC domain. Transient expression of 84KHDA903 in onion epidermal cells suggested that it was exclusively localized in nucleus. The 84KHDA903 exhibited different expression patterns under drought, salt and ABA treatments. The expression of 84KHDA903 was responsive to drought and ABA but not to salt. To understand the function of 84KHDA903 in stress responses, the 84KHDA903 gene was transformed into tobacco. The expression of 84KHDA903 in tobacco increased the tolerance of transgenic seeds to mannitol but not to salt. In adult stage, the 84KHDA903-expressing tobacco exhibited drought tolerance and showed strong capacity to recover after drought. During the recovery period, the stress-responsive genes including NtDREB4, NtDREB3 and NtLEA5 were induced to be highly expressed in the 84KHDA903 transgenic plants in contrast to wild-type plants. Taken together, for the first time, we reported a RPD3/HDA1-type histone deacetylase from poplar, 84KHDA903, which acted as a positive regulator in drought stress responses.
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (Northeast Forestry University), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (Northeast Forestry University), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (Northeast Forestry University), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (Northeast Forestry University), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (Northeast Forestry University), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (Northeast Forestry University), Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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Wang Y, Hu Q, Wu Z, Wang H, Han S, Jin Y, Zhou J, Zhang Z, Jiang J, Shen Y, Shi H, Yang W. HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 represses pathogen defence responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:2972-2986. [PMID: 28770584 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant defence mechanisms are suppressed in the absence of pathogen attack to prevent wasted energy and growth inhibition. However, how defence responses are repressed is not well understood. Histone deacetylase 6 (HDA6) is a negative regulator of gene expression, and its role in pathogen defence response in plants is not known. In this study, a novel allele of hda6 (designated as shi5) with spontaneous defence response was isolated from a forward genetics screening in Arabidopsis. The shi5 mutant exhibited increased resistance to hemibiotrophic bacterial pathogen Pst DC3000, constitutively activated expression of pathogen-responsive genes including PR1, PR2, etc. and increased histone acetylation levels at the promoters of most tested genes that were upregulated in shi5. In both wild type and shi5 plants, the expression and histone acetylation of these genes were upregulated by pathogen infection. HDA6 was found to bind to the promoters of these genes under both normal growth conditions and pathogen infection. Our research suggests that HDA6 is a general repressor of pathogen defence response and plays important roles in inhibiting and modulating the expression of pathogen-responsive genes in Arabidopsis.
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- Yizhong Wang
- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 43009, Hubei, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 43009, Hubei, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 43009, Hubei, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 43009, Hubei, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 43009, Hubei, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 43009, Hubei, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 43009, Hubei, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 43009, Hubei, P.R. China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 43009, Hubei, P.R. China
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Li W, Nguyen KH, Chu HD, Ha CV, Watanabe Y, Osakabe Y, Leyva-González MA, Sato M, Toyooka K, Voges L, Tanaka M, Mostofa MG, Seki M, Seo M, Yamaguchi S, Nelson DC, Tian C, Herrera-Estrella L, Tran LSP. The karrikin receptor KAI2 promotes drought resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1007076. [PMID: 29131815 PMCID: PMC5703579 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Drought causes substantial reductions in crop yields worldwide. Therefore, we set out to identify new chemical and genetic factors that regulate drought resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Karrikins (KARs) are a class of butenolide compounds found in smoke that promote seed germination, and have been reported to improve seedling vigor under stressful growth conditions. Here, we discovered that mutations in KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2 (KAI2), encoding the proposed karrikin receptor, result in hypersensitivity to water deprivation. We performed transcriptomic, physiological and biochemical analyses of kai2 plants to understand the basis for KAI2-regulated drought resistance. We found that kai2 mutants have increased rates of water loss and drought-induced cell membrane damage, enlarged stomatal apertures, and higher cuticular permeability. In addition, kai2 plants have reduced anthocyanin biosynthesis during drought, and are hyposensitive to abscisic acid (ABA) in stomatal closure and cotyledon opening assays. We identified genes that are likely associated with the observed physiological and biochemical changes through a genome-wide transcriptome analysis of kai2 under both well-watered and dehydration conditions. These data provide evidence for crosstalk between ABA- and KAI2-dependent signaling pathways in regulating plant responses to drought. A comparison of the strigolactone receptor mutant d14 (DWARF14) to kai2 indicated that strigolactones also contributes to plant drought adaptation, although not by affecting cuticle development. Our findings suggest that chemical or genetic manipulation of KAI2 and D14 signaling may provide novel ways to improve drought resistance.
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- Weiqiang Li
- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Center for Regenerative Therapies, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 105, Germany
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- Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
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- Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio)/Unidad de Genómica Avanzada, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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Barrero-Gil J, Salinas J. CBFs at the Crossroads of Plant Hormone Signaling in Cold Stress Response. MOLECULAR PLANT 2017; 10:542-544. [PMID: 28323054 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- Javier Barrero-Gil
- Departamento de Biología Medioambiental, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Medioambiental, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Kalubi KN, Mehes-Smith M, Spiers G, Omri A. Variation in whole DNA methylation in red maple (Acer rubrum) populations from a mining region: association with metal contamination and cation exchange capacity (CEC) in podzolic soils. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2017; 26:405-414. [PMID: 28204976 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-017-1773-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Although a number of publications have provided convincing evidence that abiotic stresses such as drought and high salinity are involved in DNA methylation reports on the effects of metal contamination, pH, and cation exchange on DNA modifications are limited. The main objective of the present study is to determine the relationship between metal contamination and Cation exchange capacity (CEC) on whole DNA modifications. Metal analysis confirms that nickel and copper are the main contaminants in sampled sites within the Greater Sudbury Region (Ontario, Canada) and liming has increased soil pH significantly even after 30 years following dolomitic limestone applications. The estimated CEC values varied significantly among sites, ranging between 1.8 and 10.5 cmol(+) kg-1, with a strong relationship being observed between CEC and pH (r = 0.96**). Cation exchange capacity, significantly lower in highly metal contaminated sites compared to both reference and less contaminated sites, was higher in the higher organic matter limed compared to unlimed sites. There was a significant variation in the level of cytosine methylation among the metal-contaminated sites. Significant and strong negative correlations between [5mdC]/[dG] and bioavailable nickel (r = -0.71**) or copper (r = -0.72**) contents were observed. The analysis of genomic DNA for adenine methylation in this study showed a very low level of [6N-mdA]/dT] in Acer rubrum plants analyzed ranging from 0 to 0.08%. Significant and very strong positive correlation was observed between [6N-mdA]/dT] and soil bioavailable nickel (r = 0.78**) and copper (r = 0.88**) content. This suggests that the increased bioavailable metal levels associated with contamination by nickel and copper particulates are associated with cytosine and adenine methylation.
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- K N Kalubi
- Biomolecular Sciences Program, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada
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Characterization and Expression Analysis of Common Bean Histone Deacetylase 6 during Development and Cold Stress Response. Int J Genomics 2017; 2017:2502691. [PMID: 28127547 PMCID: PMC5239983 DOI: 10.1155/2017/2502691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are important regulators of gene transcription thus controlling multiple cellular processes. Despite its essential role in plants, HDA6 is yet to be validated in common bean. In this study, we show that HDA6 is involved in plant development and stress response. Differential expression of HDA6 was determined in various tissues and the expression was seen to be upregulated with plant age (seedling < flowering < maturity). Higher expression was observed in flowers and pods than in stem, leaf, and root. Upregulation of HDA6 gene during cold stress implies its prominent role in abiotic stress. Furthermore, the HDA6 gene was isolated from three common bean genotypes and sequence analyses revealed homology with functionally characterized homologs in model species. The 53 kDa translated product was detected using an HDA6 specific antibody and recombinant protein overexpressed in Escherichia coli showed HDAC activity in vitro. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the agriculturally important crop common bean describing the functional characterization and biological role of HDA6.
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Peng M, Ying P, Liu X, Li C, Xia R, Li J, Zhao M. Genome-Wide Identification of Histone Modifiers and Their Expression Patterns during Fruit Abscission in Litchi. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:639. [PMID: 28496451 PMCID: PMC5406457 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Modifications to histones, including acetylation and methylation processes, play crucial roles in the regulation of gene expression in plant development as well as in stress responses. However, limited information on the enzymes catalyzing histone acetylation and methylation in non-model plants is currently available. In this study, several histone modifier (HM) types, including six histone acetyltransferases (HATs), 11 histone deacetylases (HDACs), 48 histone methyltransferases (HMTs), and 22 histone demethylases (HDMs), are identified in litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn. cv. Feizixiao) based on similarities in their sequences to homologs in Arabidopsis (A. thaliana), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), and rice (Oryza sativa). Phylogenetic analyses reveal that HM enzymes can be grouped into four HAT, two HDAC, two HMT, and two HDM subfamilies, respectively, while further expression profile analyses demonstrate that 17 HMs were significantly altered during fruit abscission in two field treatments. Analyses reveal that these genes exhibit four distinct patterns of expression in response to fruit abscission, while an in vitro assay was used to confirm the HDAC activity of LcHDA2, LcHDA6, and LcSRT2. Our findings are the first in-depth analysis of HMs in the litchi genome, and imply that some are likely to play important roles in fruit abscission in this commercially important plant.
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- Manjun Peng
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, China Litchi Research Center, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
- Guangdong Litchi Engineering Research Center, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, China Litchi Research Center, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
- Guangdong Litchi Engineering Research Center, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, China Litchi Research Center, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
- Guangdong Litchi Engineering Research Center, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, China Litchi Research Center, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
- Guangdong Litchi Engineering Research Center, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, China Litchi Research Center, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
- Guangdong Litchi Engineering Research Center, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Jianguo Li
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, China Litchi Research Center, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
- Guangdong Litchi Engineering Research Center, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou, China
- Minglei Zhao
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Luo M, Cheng K, Xu Y, Yang S, Wu K. Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress Regulated by Histone Deacetylases. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:2147. [PMID: 29326743 PMCID: PMC5737090 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.02147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In eukaryotic cells, histone acetylation and deacetylation play an important role in the regulation of gene expression. Histone acetylation levels are modulated by histone acetyltransferases and histone deacetylases (HDACs). Recent studies indicate that HDACs play essential roles in the regulation of gene expression in plant response to environmental stress. In this review, we discussed the recent advance regarding the plant HDACs and their functions in the regulation of abiotic stress responses. The role of HDACs in autophagy was also discussed.
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- Ming Luo
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Ming Luo, Keqiang Wu,
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- College of Life Science, Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Life Science, Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Ming Luo, Keqiang Wu,
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Jha UC, Bohra A, Jha R. Breeding approaches and genomics technologies to increase crop yield under low-temperature stress. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:1-35. [PMID: 27878342 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-2073-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Improved knowledge about plant cold stress tolerance offered by modern omics technologies will greatly inform future crop improvement strategies that aim to breed cultivars yielding substantially high under low-temperature conditions. Alarmingly rising temperature extremities present a substantial impediment to the projected target of 70% more food production by 2050. Low-temperature (LT) stress severely constrains crop production worldwide, thereby demanding an urgent yet sustainable solution. Considerable research progress has been achieved on this front. Here, we review the crucial cellular and metabolic alterations in plants that follow LT stress along with the signal transduction and the regulatory network describing the plant cold tolerance. The significance of plant genetic resources to expand the genetic base of breeding programmes with regard to cold tolerance is highlighted. Also, the genetic architecture of cold tolerance trait as elucidated by conventional QTL mapping and genome-wide association mapping is described. Further, global expression profiling techniques including RNA-Seq along with diverse omics platforms are briefly discussed to better understand the underlying mechanism and prioritize the candidate gene (s) for downstream applications. These latest additions to breeders' toolbox hold immense potential to support plant breeding schemes that seek development of LT-tolerant cultivars. High-yielding cultivars endowed with greater cold tolerance are urgently required to sustain the crop yield under conditions severely challenged by low-temperature.
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- Uday Chand Jha
- Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, 208024, India.
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- Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, 208024, India.
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- Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, 208024, India
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Buszewicz D, Archacki R, Palusiński A, Kotliński M, Fogtman A, Iwanicka-Nowicka R, Sosnowska K, Kuciński J, Pupel P, Olędzki J, Dadlez M, Misicka A, Jerzmanowski A, Koblowska MK. HD2C histone deacetylase and a SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complex interact and both are involved in mediating the heat stress response in Arabidopsis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:2108-22. [PMID: 27083783 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Studies in yeast and animals have revealed that histone deacetylases (HDACs) often act as components of multiprotein complexes, including chromatin remodelling complexes (CRCs). However, interactions between HDACs and CRCs in plants have yet to be demonstrated. Here, we present evidence for the interaction between Arabidopsis HD2C deacetylase and a BRM-containing SWI/SNF CRC. Moreover, we reveal a novel function of HD2C as a regulator of the heat stress response. HD2C transcript levels were strongly induced in plants subjected to heat treatment, and the expression of selected heat-responsive genes was up-regulated in heat-stressed hd2c mutant, suggesting that HD2C acts to down-regulate heat-activated genes. In keeping with the HDAC activity of HD2C, the altered expression of HD2C-regulated genes coincided in most cases with increased histone acetylation at their loci. Microarray transcriptome analysis of hd2c and brm mutants identified a subset of commonly regulated heat-responsive genes, and the effect of the brm hd2c double mutation on the expression of these genes was non-additive. Moreover, heat-treated 3-week-old hd2c, brm and brm hd2c mutants displayed similar rates of growth retardation. Taken together, our findings suggest that HD2C and BRM act in a common genetic pathway to regulate the Arabidopsis heat stress response.
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- Daniel Buszewicz
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, 00-927, Warsaw, Poland
- Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
- Laboratory of Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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Reversible histone acetylation and deacetylation at the N-terminus of histone tails play a crucial role in regulation of gene activity. Hyperacetylation of histones relaxes chromatin structure and is associated with transcriptional activation, whereas hypoacetylation of histones induces chromatin compaction and gene repression. Histone acetylation and deacetylation are catalyzed by histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs), respectively. Emerging evidences revealed that plant HATs and HDACs play essential roles in regulation of gene expression in plant development and plant responses to environmental stresses. Furthermore, HATs and HDACs were shown to interact with various chromatin-remodeling factors and transcription factors involved in transcriptional regulation of multiple developmental processes.
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Asensi-Fabado MA, Amtmann A, Perrella G. Plant responses to abiotic stress: The chromatin context of transcriptional regulation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2016; 1860:106-122. [PMID: 27487458 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The ability of plants to cope with abiotic environmental stresses such as drought, salinity, heat, cold or flooding relies on flexible mechanisms for re-programming gene expression. Over recent years it has become apparent that transcriptional regulation needs to be understood within its structural context. Chromatin, the assembly of DNA with histone proteins, generates a local higher-order structure that impacts on the accessibility and effectiveness of the transcriptional machinery, as well as providing a hub for multiple protein interactions. Several studies have shown that chromatin features such as histone variants and post-translational histone modifications are altered by environmental stress, and they could therefore be primary stress targets that initiate transcriptional stress responses. Alternatively, they could act downstream of stress-induced transcription factors as an integral part of transcriptional activity. A few experimental studies have addressed this 'chicken-and-egg' problem in plants and other systems, but to date the causal relationship between dynamic chromatin changes and transcriptional responses under stress is still unclear. In this review we have collated the existing information on concurrent epigenetic and transcriptional responses of plants to abiotic stress, and we have assessed the evidence using a simple theoretical framework of causality scenarios. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Plant Gene Regulatory Mechanisms and Networks, edited by Dr. Erich Grotewold and Dr. Nathan Springer.
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- Plant Science Group, MCSB, MVLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G128QQ, UK
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- Plant Science Group, MCSB, MVLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G128QQ, UK.
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Lee WK, Cho MH. Telomere-binding protein regulates the chromosome ends through the interaction with histone deacetylases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:4610-24. [PMID: 26857545 PMCID: PMC4889915 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes. Many telomere-binding proteins bind to telomeric repeat sequences and further generate T-loops in animals. However, it is not clear if they regulate telomere organization using epigenetic mechanisms and how the epigenetic molecules are involved in regulating the telomeres. Here, we show direct interactions between the telomere-binding protein, AtTRB2 and histone deacetylases, HDT4 and HDA6, in vitro and in vivo AtTRB2 mediates the associations of HDT4 and HDA6 with telomeric repeats. Telomere elongation is found in AtTRB2, HDT4 and HDA6 mutants over generations, but also in met1 and cmt3 DNA methyltransferases mutants. We also characterized HDT4 as an Arabidopsis H3K27 histone deacetylase. HDT4 binds to acetylated peptides at residue K27 of histone H3 in vitro, and deacetylates this residue in vivo Our results suggest that AtTRB2 also has a role in the regulation of telomeric chromatin as a possible scaffold protein for recruiting the epigenetic regulators in Arabidopsis, in addition to its telomere binding and length regulation activity. Our data provide evidences that epigenetic molecules associate with telomeres by direct physical interaction with telomere-binding proteins and further regulate homeostasis of telomeres in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Won Kyung Lee
- Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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Wang HLV, Chekanova JA. Small RNAs: essential regulators of gene expression and defenses against environmental stresses in plants. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2016; 7:356-81. [PMID: 26924473 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2015] [Revised: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Eukaryotic genomes produce thousands of diverse small RNAs (smRNAs), which play vital roles in regulating gene expression in all conditions, including in survival of biotic and abiotic environmental stresses. SmRNA pathways intersect with most of the pathways regulating different steps in the life of a messenger RNA (mRNA), starting from transcription and ending at mRNA decay. SmRNAs function in both nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments; the regulation of mRNA stability and translation in the cytoplasm and the epigenetic regulation of gene expression in the nucleus are the main and best-known modes of smRNA action. However, recent evidence from animal systems indicates that smRNAs and RNA interference (RNAi) also participate in the regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing, one of the most crucial steps in the fast, efficient global reprogramming of gene expression required for survival under stress. Emerging evidence from bioinformatics studies indicates that a specific class of plant smRNAs, induced by various abiotic stresses, the sutr-siRNAs, has the potential to target regulatory regions within introns and thus may act in the regulation of splicing in response to stresses. This review summarizes the major types of plant smRNAs in the context of their mechanisms of action and also provides examples of their involvement in regulation of gene expression in response to environmental cues and developmental stresses. In addition, we describe current advances in our understanding of how smRNAs function in the regulation of pre-mRNA splicing. WIREs RNA 2016, 7:356-381. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1340 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Hsiao-Lin V Wang
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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Rosales R, Romero I, Fernandez-Caballero C, Escribano MI, Merodio C, Sanchez-Ballesta MT. Low Temperature and Short-Term High-CO2 Treatment in Postharvest Storage of Table Grapes at Two Maturity Stages: Effects on Transcriptome Profiling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1020. [PMID: 27468290 PMCID: PMC4942463 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Table grapes (Vitis vinifera cv. Cardinal) are highly perishable and their quality deteriorates during postharvest storage at low temperature mainly because of sensitivity to fungal decay and senescence of rachis. The application of a 3-day CO2 treatment (20 kPa CO2 + 20 kPa O2 + 60 kPa N2) at 0°C reduced total decay and retained fruit quality in early and late-harvested table grapes during postharvest storage. In order to study the transcriptional responsiveness of table grapes to low temperature and high CO2 levels in the first stage of storage and how the maturity stage affect these changes, we have performed a comparative large-scale transcriptional analysis using the custom-made GrapeGen GeneChip®. In the first stage of storage, low temperature led to a significantly intense change in grape skin transcriptome irrespective of fruit maturity, although there were different changes within each stage. In the case of CO2 treated samples, in comparison to fruit at time zero, only slight differences were observed. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that major modifications in the transcriptome profile of early- and late-harvested grapes stored at 0°C are linked to biotic and abiotic stress-responsive terms. However, in both cases there is a specific reprogramming of the transcriptome during the first stage of storage at 0°C in order to withstand the cold stress. Thus, genes involved in gluconeogenesis, photosynthesis, mRNA translation and lipid transport were up-regulated in the case of early-harvested grapes, and genes related to protein folding stability and intracellular membrane trafficking in late-harvested grapes. The beneficial effect of high CO2 treatment maintaining table grape quality seems to be an active process requiring the induction of several transcription factors and kinases in early-harvested grapes, and the activation of processes associated to the maintenance of energy in late-harvested grapes.
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Park H, Kim WY, Pardo J, Yun DJ. Molecular Interactions Between Flowering Time and Abiotic Stress Pathways. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 327:371-412. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Quantification and Gene Expression Analysis of Histone Deacetylases in Common Bean during Rust Fungal Inoculation. Int J Genomics 2015; 2015:153243. [PMID: 26824033 PMCID: PMC4707378 DOI: 10.1155/2015/153243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play an important role in plant growth, development, and defense processes and are one of the primary causes of epigenetic modifications in a genome. There was only one study reported on epigenetic modifications of the important legume crop, common bean, and its interaction with the fungal rust pathogen Uromyces appendiculatus prior to this project. We measured the total active HDACs levels in leaf tissues and observed expression patterns for the selected HDAC genes at 0, 12, and 84 hours after inoculation in mock inoculated and inoculated plants. Colorimetric analysis showed that the total amount of HDACs present in the leaf tissue decreased at 12 hours in inoculated plants compared to mock inoculated control plants. Gene expression analyses indicated that the expression pattern of gene PvSRT1 is similar to the trend of total active HDACs in this time course experiment. Gene PvHDA6 showed increased expression in the inoculated plants during the time points measured. This is one of the first attempts to study expression levels of HDACs in economically important legumes in the context of plant pathogen interactions. Findings from our study will be helpful to understand trends of total active HDACs and expression patterns of these genes under study during biotic stress.
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Environmental conditions can change the activity of plant genes via epigenetic effects that alter the competence of genetic information to be expressed. This may provide a powerful strategy for plants to adapt to environmental change. However, as epigenetic changes do not modify DNA sequences and are therefore reversible, only those epi-mutations that are transmitted through the germline can be expected to contribute to a long-term adaptive response. The major challenge for the investigation of epigenetic adaptation theories is therefore to identify genomic loci that undergo epigenetic changes in response to environmental conditions, which alter their expression in a heritable way and which improve the plant's ability to adapt to the inducing conditions. This review focuses on the role of DNA methylation as a prominent epigenetic mark that controls chromatin conformation, and on its potential in mediating expression changes in response to environmental signals.
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- Peter Meyer
- Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Understanding of the roles that HIGH EXPRESSION OF OSMOTICALLY RESPONSIVE GENE 1 (HOS1) plays in the plant's ability to sense and respond to environmental signals has grown dramatically. Mechanisms through which HOS1 affects plant development have been uncovered, and the broader consequences of hos1 on the plant's ability to perceive and respond to its environment have been investigated. As such, it has been possible to place HOS1 as a key integrator of temperature information in response to both acute signals and cues that indicate time of year into developmental processes that are essential for plant survival. This review summarizes knowledge of HOS1's form and function, and contextualizes this information so that it is relevant for better understanding the processes of cold signalling, flowering time, and nuclear pore complex function more broadly.
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- Dana R MacGregor
- John Innes Centre, Department of Crop Genetics, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UH, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Department of Crop Genetics, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UH, UK
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Kim JM, Sasaki T, Ueda M, Sako K, Seki M. Chromatin changes in response to drought, salinity, heat, and cold stresses in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:114. [PMID: 25784920 PMCID: PMC4345800 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Chromatin regulation is essential to regulate genes and genome activities. In plants, the alteration of histone modification and DNA methylation are coordinated with changes in the expression of stress-responsive genes to adapt to environmental changes. Several chromatin regulators have been shown to be involved in the regulation of stress-responsive gene networks under abiotic stress conditions. Specific histone modification sites and the histone modifiers that regulate key stress-responsive genes have been identified by genetic and biochemical approaches, revealing the importance of chromatin regulation in plant stress responses. Recent studies have also suggested that histone modification plays an important role in plant stress memory. In this review, we summarize recent progress on the regulation and alteration of histone modification (acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and SUMOylation) in response to the abiotic stresses, drought, high-salinity, heat, and cold in plants.
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- Jong-Myong Kim
- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology, Kawaguchi, Japan
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- *Correspondence: Motoaki Seki, Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan e-mail:
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Howe GT, Horvath DP, Dharmawardhana P, Priest HD, Mockler TC, Strauss SH. Extensive Transcriptome Changes During Natural Onset and Release of Vegetative Bud Dormancy in Populus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:989. [PMID: 26734012 PMCID: PMC4681841 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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To survive winter, many perennial plants become endodormant, a state of suspended growth maintained even in favorable growing environments. To understand vegetative bud endodormancy, we collected paradormant, endodormant, and ecodormant axillary buds from Populus trees growing under natural conditions. Of 44,441 Populus gene models analyzed using NimbleGen microarrays, we found that 1,362 (3.1%) were differentially expressed among the three dormancy states, and 429 (1.0%) were differentially expressed during only one of the two dormancy transitions (FDR p-value < 0.05). Of all differentially expressed genes, 69% were down-regulated from paradormancy to endodormancy, which was expected given the lower metabolic activity associated with endodormancy. Dormancy transitions were accompanied by changes in genes associated with DNA methylation (via RNA-directed DNA methylation) and histone modifications (via Polycomb Repressive Complex 2), confirming and extending knowledge of chromatin modifications as major features of dormancy transitions. Among the chromatin-associated genes, two genes similar to SPT (SUPPRESSOR OF TY) were strongly up-regulated during endodormancy. Transcription factor genes and gene sets that were atypically up-regulated during endodormancy include a gene that seems to encode a trihelix transcription factor and genes associated with proteins involved in responses to ethylene, cold, and other abiotic stresses. These latter transcription factors include ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 3 (EIN3), ETHYLENE-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN (EBP), ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR (ERF), ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 10 (ZAT10), ZAT12, and WRKY DNA-binding domain proteins. Analyses of phytohormone-associated genes suggest important changes in responses to ethylene, auxin, and brassinosteroids occur during endodormancy. We found weaker evidence for changes in genes associated with salicylic acid and jasmonic acid, and little evidence for important changes in genes associated with gibberellins, abscisic acid, and cytokinin. We identified 315 upstream sequence motifs associated with eight patterns of gene expression, including novel motifs and motifs associated with the circadian clock and responses to photoperiod, cold, dehydration, and ABA. Analogies between flowering and endodormancy suggest important roles for genes similar to SQUAMOSA-PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL), DORMANCY ASSOCIATED MADS-BOX (DAM), and SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1 (SOC1).
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- Glenn T. Howe
- Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR, USA
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- Biosciences Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research ServiceFargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR, USA
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR, USA
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSaint Louis, MO, USA
- Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University in Saint LouisSaint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR, USA
- Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSaint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR, USA
- *Correspondence: Steven H. Strauss,
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van Zanten M, Zöll C, Wang Z, Philipp C, Carles A, Li Y, Kornet NG, Liu Y, Soppe WJJ. HISTONE DEACETYLASE 9 represses seedling traits in Arabidopsis thaliana dry seeds. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 80:475-88. [PMID: 25146719 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant life is characterized by major phase changes. We studied the role of histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity in the transition from seed to seedling in Arabidopsis. Pharmacological inhibition of HDAC stimulated germination of freshly harvested seeds. Subsequent analysis revealed that histone deacetylase 9 (hda9) mutant alleles displayed reduced seed dormancy and faster germination than wild-type plants. Transcriptome meta-analysis comparisons between the hda9 dry seed transcriptome and published datasets demonstrated that transcripts of genes that are induced during imbibition in wild-type prematurely accumulated in hda9-1 dry seeds. This included several genes associated with photosynthesis and photoautotrophic growth such as RuBisCO and RuBisCO activase (RCA). Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated enhanced histone acetylation levels at their loci in young hda9-1 seedlings. Our observations suggest that HDA9 negatively influences germination and is involved in the suppression of seedling traits in dry seeds, probably by transcriptional repression via histone deacetylation. Accordingly, HDA9 transcript is abundant in dry seeds and becomes reduced during imbibition in wild-type seeds. The proposed function of HDA9 is opposite to that of its homologous genes HDA6 and HDA19, which have been reported to repress embryonic properties in germinated seedlings.
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- Martijn van Zanten
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-weg 10, 50829, Cologne, Germany; Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padulaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Nakaminami K, Matsui A, Nakagami H, Minami A, Nomura Y, Tanaka M, Morosawa T, Ishida J, Takahashi S, Uemura M, Shirasu K, Seki M. Analysis of differential expression patterns of mRNA and protein during cold-acclimation and de-acclimation in Arabidopsis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:3602-11. [PMID: 25277243 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.039081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Overwintering plants are capable of exhibiting high levels of cold tolerance, which is acquired through the process of cold acclimation (CA). In contrast to CA, the acquired freezing tolerance is rapidly reduced during cold de-acclimation (DA) and plants resume growth after sensing warm temperatures. In order to better understand plant growth and development, and to aid in the breeding of cold-tolerant plants, it is important to decipher the functional mechanisms of the DA process. In this study, we performed comparative transcriptomic and proteomic analyses during CA and DA. As revealed by shotgun proteomics, we identified 3987 peptides originating from 1569 unique proteins and the corresponding mRNAs were analyzed. Among the 1569 genes, 658 genes were specifically induced at the transcriptional level during the process of cold acclimation. In order to investigate the relationship between mRNA and the corresponding protein expression pattern, a Pearson correlation was analyzed. Interestingly, 199 genes showed a positive correlation of mRNA and protein expression pattern, indicating that both their transcription and translation occurred during CA. However, 226 genes showed a negative correlation of mRNA and protein expression pattern, indicating that their mRNAs were transcribed during CA and were stored for the subsequent DA step. Under this scenario, those proteins were specifically increased during DA without additional transcription of mRNA. In order to confirm the negative correlation of mRNA and protein expression patterns, qRT-PCR and western blot analyses were performed. Mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase 1 (mMDH1) exhibited a negative correlation of mRNA and protein levels, which was characterized by CA-specific mRNA induction and protein accumulation specifically during DA. These data indicate that the expression of specific mRNAs and subsequent accumulation of corresponding proteins are not always in accordance under low temperature stress conditions in plants.
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- Kentaro Nakaminami
- From the ‡Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- From the ‡Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- §Plant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN CSRS, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- ¶Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- §Plant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN CSRS, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- From the ‡Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- From the ‡Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- From the ‡Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- From the ‡Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- ¶Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- ‖Plant Immunity Research Group, RIKEN CSRS, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- From the ‡Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan; ‡‡CREST, JST, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan **Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 244-0813, Japan;
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tasiRNA-ARF pathway moderates floral architecture in Arabidopsis plants subjected to drought stress. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:303451. [PMID: 25243128 PMCID: PMC4160631 DOI: 10.1155/2014/303451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In plants, miRNAs and siRNAs, such as transacting siRNAs (ta-siRNAs), affect their targets through distinct regulatory mechanisms. In this study, the expression profiles of small RNAs (smRNAs) in Arabidopsis plants subjected to drought, cold, and high-salinity stress were analyzed using 454 DNA sequencing technology. Expression of three groups of ta-siRNAs (TAS1, TAS2, and TAS3) and their precursors was downregulated in Arabidopsis plants subjected to drought and high-salinity stress. Analysis of ta-siRNA synthesis mutants and mutated ARF3-overexpressing plants that escape the tasiRNA-ARF target indicated that self-pollination was hampered by short stamens in plants under drought and high-salinity stress. Microarray analysis of flower buds of rdr6 and wild-type plants under drought stress and nonstressed conditions revealed that expression of floral development- and auxin response-related genes was affected by drought stress and by the RDR6 mutation. The overall results of the present study indicated that tasiRNA-ARF is involved in maintaining the normal morphogenesis of flowers in plants under stress conditions through fine-tuning expression changes of floral development-related and auxin response-related genes.
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Epigenetics refers to heritable changes in patterns of gene expression that occur without alterations in DNA sequence. The epigenetic mechanisms involve covalent modifications of DNA and histones, which affect transcriptional activity of chromatin. Since chromatin states can be propagated through mitotic and meiotic divisions, epigenetic mechanisms are thought to provide heritable 'cellular memory'. Here, we review selected examples of epigenetic memory in plants and briefly discuss underlying mechanisms.
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- Mayumi Iwasaki
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Roles, and establishment, maintenance and erasing of the epigenetic cytosine methylation marks in plants. J Genet 2014; 92:629-66. [PMID: 24371187 DOI: 10.1007/s12041-013-0273-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Heritable information in plants consists of genomic information in DNA sequence and epigenetic information superimposed on DNA sequence. The latter is in the form of cytosine methylation at CG, CHG and CHH elements (where H = A, T orC) and a variety of histone modifications in nucleosomes. The epialleles arising from cytosine methylation marks on the nuclear genomic loci have better heritability than the epiallelic variation due to chromatin marks. Phenotypic variation is increased manifold by epiallele comprised methylomes. Plants (angiosperms) have highly conserved genetic mechanisms to establish, maintain or erase cytosine methylation from epialleles. The methylation marks in plants fluctuate according to the cell/tissue/organ in the vegetative and reproductive phases of plant life cycle. They also change according to environment. Epialleles arise by gain or loss of cytosine methylation marks on genes. The changes occur due to the imperfection of the processes that establish and maintain the marks and on account of spontaneous and stress imposed removal of marks. Cytosine methylation pattern acquired in response to abiotic or biotic stress is often inherited over one to several subsequent generations.Cytosine methylation marks affect physiological functions of plants via their effect(s) on gene expression levels. They also repress transposable elements that are abundantly present in plant genomes. The density of their distribution along chromosome lengths affects meiotic recombination rate, while their removal increases mutation rate. Transposon activation due to loss of methylation causes rearrangements such that new gene regulatory networks arise and genes for microRNAs may originate. Cytosine methylation dynamics contribute to evolutionary changes. This review presents and discusses the available evidence on origin, removal and roles of cytosine methylation and on related processes, such as RNA directed DNA methylation, imprinting, paramutation and transgenerational memory in plants.
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Liu X, Yang S, Zhao M, Luo M, Yu CW, Chen CY, Tai R, Wu K. Transcriptional repression by histone deacetylases in plants. MOLECULAR PLANT 2014; 7:764-72. [PMID: 24658416 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssu033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Reversible histone acetylation and deacetylation at the N-terminus of histone tails play crucial roles in regulation of eukaryotic gene activity. Acetylation of core histones usually induces an 'open' chromatin structure and is associated with gene activation, whereas deacetylation of histone is often correlated with 'closed' chromatin and gene repression. Histone deacetylation is catalyzed by histone deacetylases (HDACs). A growing number of studies have demonstrated the importance of histone deacetylation/acetylation on genome stability, transcriptional regulation, and development in plants. Furthermore, HDACs were shown to interact with various chromatin remolding factors and transcription factors involved in transcriptional repression in multiple developmental processes. In this review, we summarized recent findings on the transcriptional repression mediated by HDACs in plants.
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- Xuncheng Liu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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Kim JM, To TK, Tanaka M, Endo TA, Matsui A, Ishida J, Robertson FC, Toyoda T, Seki M. Highly reproducible ChIP-on-chip analysis to identify genome-wide protein binding and chromatin status in Arabidopsis thaliana. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1062:405-26. [PMID: 24057379 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-580-4_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Gene activity is regulated via chromatin dynamics in eukaryotes. In plants, alterations of histone modifications are correlated with gene regulation for development, vernalization, and abiotic stress responses. Using ChIP, ChIP-on-chip, and ChIP-seq analyses, the direct binding regions of transcription factors and alterations of histone modifications can be identified on a genome-wide level. We have established reliable and reproducible ChIP and ChIP-on-chip methods that have been optimized for the Arabidopsis model system. These methods are not only useful for identifying the direct binding of transcription factors and chromatin status but also for scanning the regulatory network in Arabidopsis.
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- Jong-Myong Kim
- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Japan
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Yuan L, Liu X, Luo M, Yang S, Wu K. Involvement of histone modifications in plant abiotic stress responses. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 55:892-901. [PMID: 24034164 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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As sessile organisms, plants encounter various environmental stimuli including abiotic stresses during their lifecycle. To survive under adverse conditions, plants have evolved intricate mechanisms to perceive external signals and respond accordingly. Responses to various stresses largely depend on the plant capacity to modulate the transcriptome rapidly and specifically. A number of studies have shown that the molecular mechanisms driving the responses of plants to environmental stresses often depend on nucleosome histone post-translational modifications including histone acetylation, methylation, ubiquitination, and phosphorylation. The combined effects of these modifications play an essential role in the regulation of stress responsive gene expression. In this review, we highlight our current understanding of the epigenetic mechanisms of histone modifications and their roles in plant abiotic stress response.
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- Lianyu Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Ma X, Lv S, Zhang C, Yang C. Histone deacetylases and their functions in plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2013; 32:465-78. [PMID: 23408190 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1393-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2012] [Revised: 01/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Histone deacetylases (HDACs) mediate histone deacetylation and act in concert with histone acetyltransferases to regulate dynamic and reversible histone acetylation which modifies chromatin structure and function, affects gene transcription, thus, controlling multiple cellular processes. HDACs are widely distributed in almost all eukaryotes, and there have been many researches focusing on plant HDACs recently. An increasing number of HDAC genes have been identified and characterized in a variety of plant species and the functions of certain HDACs have been studied. The present studies indicate that HDACs play a key role in regulating plant growth, development and stress responses. This paper reviews recent findings on HDACs and their functions in plants, especially their roles in development and stress responses.
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- Xujun Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding (Northeast Forestry University), 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, China
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Popova OV, Dinh HQ, Aufsatz W, Jonak C. The RdDM pathway is required for basal heat tolerance in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2013; 6:396-410. [PMID: 23376771 PMCID: PMC3603006 DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Heat stress affects epigenetic gene silencing in Arabidopsis. To test for a mechanistic involvement of epigenetic regulation in heat-stress responses, we analyzed the heat tolerance of mutants defective in DNA methylation, histone modifications, chromatin-remodeling, or siRNA-based silencing pathways. Plants deficient in NRPD2, the common second-largest subunit of RNA polymerases IV and V, and in the Rpd3-type histone deacetylase HDA6 were hypersensitive to heat exposure. Microarray analysis demonstrated that NRPD2 and HDA6 have independent roles in transcriptional reprogramming in response to temperature stress. The misexpression of protein-coding genes in nrpd2 mutants recovering from heat correlated with defective epigenetic regulation of adjacent transposon remnants which involved the loss of control of heat-stress-induced read-through transcription. We provide evidence that the transcriptional response to temperature stress, at least partially, relies on the integrity of the RNA-dependent DNA methylation pathway.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail , tel. +43 1 790449850, fax +43 1 790449001
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Gutzat R, Mittelsten Scheid O. Epigenetic responses to stress: triple defense? CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 15:568-73. [PMID: 22960026 PMCID: PMC3508409 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Stressful conditions for plants can originate from numerous physical, chemical and biological factors, and plants have developed a plethora of survival strategies including developmental and morphological adaptations, specific signaling and defense pathways as well as innate and acquired immunity. While it has become clear in recent years that many stress responses involve epigenetic components, we are far from understanding the mechanisms and molecular interactions. Extending our knowledge is fundamental, not least for plant breeding and conservation biology. This review will highlight recent insights into epigenetic stress responses at the level of signaling, chromatin modification, and potentially heritable consequences.
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Le DT, Aldrich DL, Valliyodan B, Watanabe Y, Ha CV, Nishiyama R, Guttikonda SK, Quach TN, Gutierrez-Gonzalez JJ, Tran LSP, Nguyen HT. Evaluation of candidate reference genes for normalization of quantitative RT-PCR in soybean tissues under various abiotic stress conditions. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46487. [PMID: 23029532 PMCID: PMC3460875 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Quantitative RT-PCR can be a very sensitive and powerful technique for measuring differential gene expression. Changes in gene expression induced by abiotic stresses are complex and multifaceted, which make determining stably expressed genes for data normalization difficult. To identify the most suitable reference genes for abiotic stress studies in soybean, 13 candidate genes collected from literature were evaluated for stability of expression under dehydration, high salinity, cold and ABA (abscisic acid) treatments using delta CT and geNorm approaches. Validation of reference genes indicated that the best reference genes are tissue- and stress-dependent. With respect to dehydration treatment, the Fbox/ABC, Fbox/60s gene pairs were found to have the highest expression stability in the root and shoot tissues of soybean seedlings, respectively. Fbox and 60s genes are the most suitable reference genes across dehydrated root and shoot tissues. Under salt stress the ELF1b/IDE and Fbox/ELF1b are the most stably expressed gene pairs in roots and shoots, respectively, while 60s/Fbox is the best gene pair in both tissues. For studying cold stress in roots or shoots, IDE/60s and Fbox/Act27 are good reference gene pairs, respectively. With regard to gene expression analysis under ABA treatment in either roots, shoots or across these tissues, 60s/ELF1b, ELF1b/Fbox and 60s/ELF1b are the most suitable reference genes, respectively. The expression of ELF1b/60s, 60s/Fbox and 60s/Fbox genes was most stable in roots, shoots and both tissues, respectively, under various stresses studied. Among the genes tested, 60s was found to be the best reference gene in different tissues and under various stress conditions. The highly ranked reference genes identified from this study were proved to be capable of detecting subtle differences in expression rates that otherwise would be missed if a less stable reference gene was used.
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- Dung Tien Le
- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- National Center for Soybean Biotechnology and Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- National Center for Soybean Biotechnology and Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- National Center for Soybean Biotechnology and Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- National Center for Soybean Biotechnology and Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- National Center for Soybean Biotechnology and Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- National Center for Soybean Biotechnology and Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Kim JM, To TK, Seki M. An epigenetic integrator: new insights into genome regulation, environmental stress responses and developmental controls by histone deacetylase 6. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 53:794-800. [PMID: 22253092 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Histone acetylation ranks with DNA methylation as one of major epigenetic modifications in eukaryotes. Deacetylation of histone N-terminal tails is intimately correlated with gene silencing and heterochromatin formation. In Arabidopsis, histone deacetylase 6 (HDA6) is a well-studied histone deacetylase that functions in gene silencing. Recently, it has been reported that HDA6 cooperates with DNA methylation on its direct target locus in the gene silencing mechanism. HDA6 has the multifaceted role in regulation of genome maintenance, development and environmental stress responses in plants. Elucidation of HDA6 function provides important information for understanding of epigenetic regulation in plants. In this review, we highlight recent progress in elucidating the HDA6-mediated gene silencing mechanisms and deciphering the biological function of HDA6.
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- Jong-Myong Kim
- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Kim JM, To TK, Ishida J, Matsui A, Kimura H, Seki M. Transition of chromatin status during the process of recovery from drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 53:847-56. [PMID: 22505693 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Changes in chromatin status are correlated with gene regulation of biological processes such as development and stress responses in plants. In this study, we focused on the transition of chromatin status toward gene repression during the process of recovery from drought stress of drought-inducible genes (RD20, RD29A and AtGOLS2) and a rehydration-inducible gene (ProDH). In response to drought, RNA polymerase II was recruited on the drought-inducible genes and rapidly disappeared after rehydration, although mRNA levels of these genes were maintained to some degree after rehydration, suggesting that the transcriptional activities of these genes were rapidly inactivated by rehydration treatment. Histone H3K9ac was enriched by drought and rapidly removed from these regions by rehydration. In contrast, histone H3K4me3 was gradually decreased by rehydration but was maintained at low levels after rehydration, suggesting that H3K4me3 functions as an epigenetic mark of stress memory. These results show that the transcriptional activity and chromatin status are rapidly changed from an active to inactive mode during the recovery process. Our results demonstrate that histone modifications are correlated with the inactivation of drought-inducible genes during the recovery process by rehydration.
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- Jong-Myong Kim
- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Kanagawa, Japan
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Alinsug MV, Chen FF, Luo M, Tai R, Jiang L, Wu K. Subcellular localization of class II HDAs in Arabidopsis thaliana: nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of HDA15 is driven by light. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30846. [PMID: 22363501 PMCID: PMC3281883 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2011] [Accepted: 12/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Class II histone deacetylases in humans and other model organisms undergo nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. This unique functional regulatory mechanism has been well elucidated in eukaryotic organisms except in plant systems. In this study, we have paved the baseline evidence for the cytoplasmic and nuclear localization of Class II HDAs as well as their mRNA expression patterns. RT-PCR analysis on the different vegetative parts and developmental stages reveal that Class II HDAs are ubiquitously expressed in all tissues with minimal developmental specificity. Moreover, stable and transient expression assays using HDA-YFP/GFP fusion constructs indicate cytoplasmic localization of HDA5, HDA8, and HDA14 further suggesting their potential for nuclear transport and deacetylating organellar and cytoplasmic proteins. Organelle markers and stains confirm HDA14 to abound in the mitochondria and chloroplasts while HDA5 localizes in the ER. HDA15, on the other hand, shuttles in and out of the nucleus upon light exposure. In the absence of light, it is exported out of the nucleus where further re-exposition to light treatments signals its nuclear import. Unlike HDA5 which binds with 14-3-3 proteins, HDA15 fails to interact with these chaperones. Instead, HDA15 relies on its own nuclear localization and export signals to navigate its subcellular compartmentalization classifying it as a Class IIb HDA. Our study indicates that nucleocytoplasmic shuttling is indeed a hallmark for all eukaryotic Class II histone deacetylases.
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- Malona V. Alinsug
- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Life Sciences, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Nishiyama R, Le DT, Watanabe Y, Matsui A, Tanaka M, Seki M, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LSP. Transcriptome analyses of a salt-tolerant cytokinin-deficient mutant reveal differential regulation of salt stress response by cytokinin deficiency. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32124. [PMID: 22355415 PMCID: PMC3280229 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Soil destruction by abiotic environmental conditions, such as high salinity, has resulted in dramatic losses of arable land, giving rise to the need of studying mechanisms of plant adaptation to salt stress aimed at creating salt-tolerant plants. Recently, it has been reported that cytokinins (CKs) regulate plant environmental stress responses through two-component systems. A decrease in endogenous CK levels could enhance salt and drought stress tolerance. Here, we have investigated the global transcriptional change caused by a reduction in endogenous CK content under both normal and salt stress conditions. Ten-day-old Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type (WT) and CK-deficient ipt1,3,5,7 plants were transferred to agar plates containing either 0 mM (control) or 200 mM NaCl and maintained at normal growth conditions for 24 h. Our experimental design allowed us to compare transcriptome changes under four conditions: WT-200 mM vs. WT-0 mM, ipt1,3,5,7-0 mM vs. WT-0 mM, ipt1,3,5,7-200 mM vs. ipt1,3,5,7-0 mM and ipt1,3,5,7-200 mM vs. WT-200 mM NaCl. Our results indicated that the expression of more than 10% of all of the annotated Arabidopsis genes was altered by CK deficiency under either normal or salt stress conditions when compared to WT. We found that upregulated expression of many genes encoding either regulatory proteins, such as NAC, DREB and ZFHD transcription factors and the calcium sensor SOS3, or functional proteins, such as late embryogenesis-abundant proteins, xyloglucan endo-transglycosylases, glycosyltransferases, glycoside hydrolases, defensins and glyoxalase I family proteins, may contribute to improved salt tolerance of CK-deficient plants. We also demonstrated that the downregulation of photosynthesis-related genes and the upregulation of several NAC genes may cause the altered morphological phenotype of CK-deficient plants. This study highlights the impact of CK regulation on the well-known stress-responsive signaling pathways, which regulate plant adaptation to high salinity as well as other environmental stresses.
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- Rie Nishiyama
- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Agricultural Genetics Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Science, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Luo M, Liu X, Singh P, Cui Y, Zimmerli L, Wu K. Chromatin modifications and remodeling in plant abiotic stress responses. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2011; 1819:129-36. [PMID: 21708299 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2011.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2011] [Revised: 05/22/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Sensing environmental changes and initiating a gene expression response are important for plants as sessile autotrophs. The ability of epigenetic status to alter rapidly and reversibly could be a key component to the flexibility of plant responses to the environment. The involvement of epigenetic mechanisms in the response to environmental cues and to different types of abiotic stresses has been documented. Different environmental stresses lead to altered methylation status of DNA as well as modifications of nucleosomal histones. Understanding how epigenetic mechanisms are involved in plant response to environmental stress is highly desirable, not just for a better understanding of molecular mechanisms of plant stress response but also for possible application in the genetic manipulation of plants. In this review, we highlight our current understanding of the epigenetic mechanisms of chromatin modifications and remodeling, with emphasis on the roles of specific modification enzymes and remodeling factors in plant abiotic stress responses. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Plant gene regulation in response to abiotic stress.
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- Ming Luo
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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