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van Dijk K, Ding Y, Malkaram S, Riethoven JJM, Liu R, Yang J, Laczko P, Chen H, Xia Y, Ladunga I, Avramova Z, Fromm M. Dynamic changes in genome-wide histone H3 lysine 4 methylation patterns in response to dehydration stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 10:238. [PMID: 21050490 PMCID: PMC3095321 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND The molecular mechanisms of genome reprogramming during transcriptional responses to stress are associated with specific chromatin modifications. Available data, however, describe histone modifications only at individual plant genes induced by stress. We have no knowledge of chromatin modifications taking place at genes whose transcription has been down-regulated or on the genome-wide chromatin modification patterns that occur during the plant's response to dehydration stress. RESULTS Using chromatin immunoprecipitation and deep sequencing (ChIP-Seq) we established the whole-genome distribution patterns of histone H3 lysine 4 mono-, di-, and tri-methylation (H3K4me1, H3K4me2, and H3K4me3, respectively) in Arabidopsis thaliana during watered and dehydration stress conditions. In contrast to the relatively even distribution of H3 throughout the genome, the H3K4me1, H3K4me2, and H3K4me3 marks are predominantly located on genes. About 90% of annotated genes carry one or more of the H3K4 methylation marks. The H3K4me1 and H3K4me2 marks are more widely distributed (80% and 84%, respectively) than the H3K4me3 marks (62%), but the H3K4me2 and H3K4me1 levels changed only modestly during dehydration stress. By contrast, the H3K4me3 abundance changed robustly when transcripts levels from responding genes increased or decreased. In contrast to the prominent H3K4me3 peaks present at the 5'-ends of most transcribed genes, genes inducible by dehydration and ABA displayed atypically broader H3K4me3 distribution profiles that were present before and after the stress. CONCLUSIONS A higher number (90%) of annotated Arabidopsis genes carry one or more types of H3K4me marks than previously reported. During the response to dehydration stress the changes in H3K4me1, H3K4me2, and H3K4me3 patterns show different dynamics and specific patterns at up-regulated, down-regulated, and unaffected genes. The different behavior of each methylation mark during the response process illustrates that they have distinct roles in the transcriptional response of implicated genes. The broad H3K4me3 distribution profiles on nucleosomes of stress-induced genes uncovered a specific chromatin pattern associated with many of the genes involved in the dehydration stress response.
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- Karin van Dijk
- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
- Creighton University, Department of Biology, 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
- Microsoft, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
- Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology, 1901 Vine St., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
- Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA
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Epigenetic research is at the forefront of plant biology and molecular genetics. Studies on higher plants underscore the significant role played by epigenetics in both plant development and stress response. Relatively recent advances in analytical methodology have allowed for a significant expansion of what is known about genome-wide mapping of DNA methylation and histone modifications. In this review, we explore the different modification patterns in plant epigenetics, and the key factors involved in the epigenetic process, in order to illustrate various putative mechanisms. Experimental technology to exploit these modifications, and proposed focus areas for future plant epigenetic research, are also presented.
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- Ming Chen
- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Vance CP. Quantitative trait loci, epigenetics, sugars, and microRNAs: quaternaries in phosphate acquisition and use. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 154:582-8. [PMID: 20921189 PMCID: PMC2949005 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.161067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2010] [Accepted: 07/01/2010] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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- Carroll P Vance
- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Agronomy and Plant Genetics Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA.
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Chen LT, Luo M, Wang YY, Wu K. Involvement of Arabidopsis histone deacetylase HDA6 in ABA and salt stress response. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2010; 61:3345-53. [PMID: 20519338 PMCID: PMC2905197 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2010] [Revised: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Histone modifications play an important role in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression. All histone modifications are reversible, which may therefore provide a flexible way for regulating gene expression during the plant's development and during the plant response to environmental stimuli. The reversible acetylation and deacetylation of specific lysine residues on core histones are catalysed by histone acetyltransferases and histone deacetylases (HDAs). HDA6 is an RPD3-type histone deacetylase in Arabidopsis. The Arabidopsis HDA6 mutant, axe1-5, and HDA6 RNA-interfering plants displayed a phenotype that was hypersensitive to ABA and salt stress. Compared with wild-type plants, the expression of the ABA and abiotic stress-responsive genes, ABI1, ABI2, KAT1, KAT2, DREB2A, RD29A, and RD29B, was decreased in axe1-5 and HDA6 RNA-interfering plants when treated with ABA or salt stress. It was found that both ABA and salt stress could enrich the gene activation markers, histone H3K9K14 acetylation, and H3K4 trimethylation, but decrease the gene repression marker, H3K9 dimethylation, of the ABA and abiotic stress-responsive genes. Our study indicates that HDA6-involved histone modifications modulate seed germination and the salt stress response, as well as ABA- and salt stress-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis.
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- Li-Ting Chen
- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail:
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Kim JM, To TK, Nishioka T, Seki M. Chromatin regulation functions in plant abiotic stress responses. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2010; 33:604-11. [PMID: 19930132 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02076.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plants respond and adapt to drought, cold and high-salinity stress in order to survive. Molecular and genomic studies have revealed that many stress-inducible genes with various functions and signalling factors, such as transcription factors, protein kinases and protein phosphatases, are involved in the stress responses. Recent studies have revealed the coordination of the gene expression and chromatin regulation in response to the environmental stresses. Several histone modifications are dramatically altered on the stress-responsive gene regions under drought stress conditions. Several chromatin-related proteins such as histone modification enzymes, linker histone H1 and components of chromatin remodeling complex influence the gene regulation in the stress responses. This review briefly describes chromatin regulation in response to drought, cold and high-salinity stress.
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- Jong-Myong Kim
- RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Pérez-Cadahía B, Drobic B, Davie JR. H3 phosphorylation: dual role in mitosis and interphase. Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 87:695-709. [PMID: 19898522 DOI: 10.1139/o09-053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Chromatin condensation and subsequent decondensation are processes required for proper execution of various cellular events. During mitosis, chromatin compaction is at its highest, whereas relaxation of chromatin is necessary for DNA replication, repair, recombination, and gene transcription. Since histone proteins are directly complexed with DNA in the form of a nucleosome, great emphasis is put on deciphering histone post-translational modifications that control the chromatin condensation state. Histone H3 phosphorylation is a mark present in mitosis, where chromatin condensation is necessary, and in transcriptional activation of genes, when chromatin needs to be decondensed. There are four characterized phospho residues within the H3 N-terminal tail during mitosis: Thr3, Ser10, Thr11, and Ser28. Interestingly, H3 phosphorylated at Ser10, Thr11, and Ser28 has been observed on genomic regions of transcriptionally active genes. Therefore, H3 phosphorylation is involved in processes requiring opposing chromatin states. The level of H3 phosphorylation is mediated by opposing actions of specific kinases and phosphatases during mitosis and gene transcription. The cellular contexts under which specific residues on H3 are phosphorylated in mitosis and interphase are known to some extent. However, the functional consequences of H3 phosphorylation are still unclear.
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- Beatriz Pérez-Cadahía
- Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E0V9, Canada
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Cutler SR, Rodriguez PL, Finkelstein RR, Abrams SR. Abscisic acid: emergence of a core signaling network. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 61:651-79. [PMID: 20192755 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042809-112122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1718] [Impact Index Per Article: 122.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates numerous developmental processes and adaptive stress responses in plants. Many ABA signaling components have been identified, but their interconnections and a consensus on the structure of the ABA signaling network have eluded researchers. Recently, several advances have led to the identification of ABA receptors and their three-dimensional structures, and an understanding of how key regulatory phosphatase and kinase activities are controlled by ABA. A new model for ABA action has been proposed and validated, in which the soluble PYR/PYL/RCAR receptors function at the apex of a negative regulatory pathway to directly regulate PP2C phosphatases, which in turn directly regulate SnRK2 kinases. This model unifies many previously defined signaling components and highlights the importance of future work focused on defining the direct targets of SnRK2s and PP2Cs, dissecting the mechanisms of hormone interactions (i.e., cross talk) and defining connections between this new negative regulatory pathway and other factors implicated in ABA signaling.
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- Sean R Cutler
- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
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Cheng Y, Qi Y, Zhu Q, Chen X, Wang N, Zhao X, Chen H, Cui X, Xu L, Zhang W. New changes in the plasma-membrane-associated proteome of rice roots under salt stress. Proteomics 2009; 9:3100-14. [PMID: 19526560 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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To gain a better understanding of salt stress responses in plants, we used a proteomic approach to investigate changes in rice (Oryza sativa) root plasma-membrane-associated proteins following treatment with 150 mmol/L NaCl. With or without a 48 h salt treatment, plasma membrane fractions from root tip cells of a salt-sensitive rice cultivar, Wuyunjing 8, were purified by PEG aqueous two-phase partitioning, and plasma-membrane-associated proteins were separated by IEF/SDS-PAGE using an optimized rehydration buffer. Comparative analysis of three independent biological replicates revealed that the expressions of 18 proteins changed by more than 1.5-fold in response to salt stress. Of these proteins, nine were up-regulated and nine were down-regulated. MS analysis indicated that most of these membrane-associated proteins are involved in important physiological processes such as membrane stabilization, ion homeostasis, and signal transduction. In addition, a new leucine-rich-repeat type receptor-like protein kinase, OsRPK1, was identified as a salt-responding protein. Immuno-blots indicated that OsRPK1 is also induced by cold, drought, and abscisic acid. Using immuno-histochemical techniques, we determined that the expression of OsRPK1 was localized in the plasma membrane of cortex cells in roots. The results suggest that different rice cultivars might have different salt stress response mechanisms.
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- Yanwei Cheng
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China
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Bond DM, Wilson IW, Dennis ES, Pogson BJ, Jean Finnegan E. VERNALIZATION INSENSITIVE 3 (VIN3) is required for the response of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings exposed to low oxygen conditions. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 59:576-87. [PMID: 19392705 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03891.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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VERNALIZATION INSENSITIVE 3 (VIN3), which is required for the vernalization-mediated epigenetic repression of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) in Arabidopsis thaliana, is quantitatively induced in response to low temperatures. We found that hypoxic conditions also induce VIN3 in a quantitative manner but high salt, high temperatures and osmotic stress do not. Inhibition of mitochondrial respiration did not induce VIN3 expression, consistent with the lack of VIN3 induction in response to other stresses that affect the rate of mitochondrial respiration. De novo protein synthesis is required for VIN3 induction during hypoxic conditions; this situation is not the case for VIN3 induction by low temperatures, indicating that different mechanisms act to induce VIN3 expression in response to cold and hypoxic conditions. Without VIN3 activity, fewer seedlings survived following a 72-h period of hypoxic treatment, indicating that VIN3 is required for the survival of Arabidopsis thaliana in response to hypoxic stress. Complementation of the vin3 mutant with a VIN3 transgene restored the wild-type response to low oxygen and confirmed the role of VIN3 in protecting both shoots and roots during low oxygen conditions. Loss of VIN3 protein did not affect the transcriptional regulation of genes known to be important in the response to low oxygen stress, which suggests that there is a novel mechanism to combat hypoxia that involves VIN3. This mechanism is likely to involve chromatin remodelling and may be similar to the role of VIN3 in the epigenetic repression of FLC during the vernalization response.
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Wu T, Yuan T, Tsai SN, Wang C, Sun SM, Lam HM, Ngai SM. Mass spectrometry analysis of the variants of histone H3 and H4 of soybean and their post-translational modifications. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 9:98. [PMID: 19643030 PMCID: PMC2732622 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2009] [Accepted: 07/31/2009] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Histone modifications and histone variants are of importance in many biological processes. To understand the biological functions of the global dynamics of histone modifications and histone variants in higher plants, we elucidated the variants and post-translational modifications of histones in soybean, a legume plant with a much bigger genome than that of Arabidopsis thaliana. RESULTS In soybean leaves, mono-, di- and tri-methylation at Lysine 4, Lysine 27 and Lysine 36, and acetylation at Lysine 14, 18 and 23 were detected in HISTONE H3. Lysine 27 was prone to being mono-methylated, while tri-methylation was predominant at Lysine 36. We also observed that Lysine 27 methylation and Lysine 36 methylation usually excluded each other in HISTONE H3. Although methylation at HISTONE H3 Lysine 79 was not reported in A. thaliana, mono- and di-methylated HISTONE H3 Lysine 79 were detected in soybean. Besides, acetylation at Lysine 8 and 12 of HISTONE H4 in soybean were identified. Using a combination of mass spectrometry and nano-liquid chromatography, two variants of HISTONE H3 were detected and their modifications were determined. They were different at positions of A31F41S87S90 (HISTONE variant H3.1) and T31Y41H87L90 (HISTONE variant H3.2), respectively. The methylation patterns in these two HISTONE H3 variants also exhibited differences. Lysine 4 and Lysine 36 methylation were only detected in HISTONE H3.2, suggesting that HISTONE variant H3.2 might be associated with actively transcribing genes. In addition, two variants of histone H4 (H4.1 and H4.2) were also detected, which were missing in other organisms. In the histone variant H4.1 and H4.2, the amino acid 60 was isoleucine and valine, respectively. CONCLUSION This work revealed several distinct variants of soybean histone and their modifications that were different from A. thaliana, thus providing important biological information toward further understanding of the histone modifications and their functional significance in higher plants.
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- Tao Wu
- Department of Biology and State (China) Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China
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- Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Biology and State (China) Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China
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- Department of Biology and State (China) Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China
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- Department of Biology and State (China) Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China
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- Department of Biology and State (China) Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China
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- Department of Biology and State (China) Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China
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Liu ZQ, Gao J, Dong AW, Shen WH. A truncated Arabidopsis NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN 1, AtNAP1;3T, alters plant growth responses to abscisic acid and salt in the Atnap1;3-2 mutant. MOLECULAR PLANT 2009; 2:688-699. [PMID: 19825649 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssp026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Chromatin remodeling is thought to have crucial roles in plant adaptive response to environmental stimulus. Here, we report that, in Arabidopsis, the evolutionarily conserved histone chaperone, NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN 1 (NAP1), is involved in plant response to abscisic acid (ABA), a phytohormone important in stress adaptation. We show that simultaneous loss-of-function of AtNAP1;1, AtNAP1;2, and AtNAP1;3 (the triple mutant m123-1) caused a slight hypersensitive response to ABA in seedling growth. Strikingly, the other triple mutant m123-2 containing a different mutant allele of AtNAP1;3, the Atnap1;3-2 allele, showed a hyposensitive response to ABA and a decreased tolerance to salt stress. This ABA-hyposensitive and salt response phenotype specifically associated with the Atnap1;3-2 mutant allele. We show that this mutant allele produced a truncated protein, AtNAP1;3T, which lacks 34 amino acids at the C-terminus compared to the wild-type protein AtNAP1;3. We further show that the heterozygous plants containing the Atnap1;3-2 mutant allele as well as transgenic plants overexpressing AtNAP1;3T exhibit ABA-hyposensitive phenotype. It thus indicates that AtNAP1;3T functions as a dominant negative factor in ABA response. The expression of some ABA-responsive genes, including genes encoding protein kinases and transcription regulators, was found perturbed in the mutant and in the AtNAP1;3T transgenic plants. Taken together, our study uncovered AtNAP1 proteins as positive regulators and AtNAP1;3T as a negative regulator in ABA signaling pathways, providing a novel link of chromatin remodeling to hormonal and stress responses.
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MESH Headings
- Abscisic Acid/pharmacology
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/physiology
- Arabidopsis/drug effects
- Arabidopsis/genetics
- Arabidopsis/growth & development
- Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics
- Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism
- Arabidopsis Proteins/physiology
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Chromatin/isolation & purification
- Chromatin/physiology
- Epigenesis, Genetic/genetics
- Epigenesis, Genetic/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/genetics
- Models, Biological
- Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1/genetics
- Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1/metabolism
- Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1/physiology
- Plants, Genetically Modified/drug effects
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/growth & development
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Salts/pharmacology
- Seedlings/drug effects
- Seedlings/genetics
- Seedlings/growth & development
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- Zi-Qiang Liu
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes (IBMP) du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg (UdS), 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cédex, France; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes (IBMP) du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg (UdS), 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cédex, France; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China.
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes (IBMP) du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg (UdS), 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cédex, France.
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Demidov D, Hesse S, Tewes A, Rutten T, Fuchs J, Ashtiyani RK, Lein S, Fischer A, Reuter G, Houben A. Aurora1 phosphorylation activity on histone H3 and its cross-talk with other post-translational histone modifications in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 59:221-30. [PMID: 19582900 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03861.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The enzymological properties of AtAurora1, a kinase responsible for the cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation of histone H3 at S10, and its cross-talk with other post-translational histone modifications, were determined. In vitro phosphorylation of H3S10 by AtAurora1 is strongly increased by K9 acetylation, and decreased by K14 acetylation and T11 phosphorylation. However, S10 phosphorylation activity is unaltered by mono-, di- or trimethylation of K9. An interference of H3K9 dimethylation by SUVR4 occurs by a pre-existing phosphorylation at S10. Hence, cross-talk in plants exists between phosphorylation of H3S10 and methylation, acetylation or phosphorylation of neighbouring amino acid residues. AtAurora1 undergoes autophosphorylation in vivo regardless of the presence of substrate, and forms dimers in planta. Of the three ATP-competitive Aurora inhibitors tested, Hesperadin was most effective in reducing the in vivo kinase activity of AtAurora1. Hesperadin consistently inhibited histone H3S10 phosphorylation during mitosis in Arabidopsis cells, but did not affect other H3 post-translational modifications, suggesting a specific inhibition of AtAurora in vivo. Inactivation of AtAurora also caused lagging chromosomes in a number of anaphase cells, but, unlike the situation in mammalian cells, Hesperadin did not influence the microtubule dynamics in dividing cells.
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- Dmitri Demidov
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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Chinnusamy V, Zhu JK. Epigenetic regulation of stress responses in plants. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 12:133-9. [PMID: 19179104 PMCID: PMC3139470 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 644] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2008] [Revised: 12/09/2008] [Accepted: 12/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Gene expression driven by developmental and stress cues often depends on nucleosome histone post-translational modifications and sometimes on DNA methylation. A number of studies have shown that these DNA and histone modifications play a key role in gene expression and plant development under stress. Most of these stress-induced modifications are reset to the basal level once the stress is relieved, while some of the modifications may be stable, that is, may be carried forward as 'stress memory' and may be inherited across mitotic or even meiotic cell divisions. Epigenetic stress memory may help plants more effectively cope with subsequent stresses. Comparative studies on stress-responsive epigenomes and transcriptomes will enhance our understanding of stress adaptation of plants.
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- Viswanathan Chinnusamy
- Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
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Granot G, Sikron-Persi N, Li Y, Grafi G. Phosphorylated H3S10 occurs in distinct regions of the nucleolus in differentiated leaf cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2009; 1789:220-4. [PMID: 19135559 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2008] [Revised: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 12/09/2008] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Serine 10 phosphorylation of histone H3 (H3S10ph) has long been considered a mitotic marker, which is often associated with chromosome condensation both in plants and animals. Yet, in animal cells, H3S10ph was found associated with transcriptional activation of genes. Here we extend this view to plant cells showing that H3S10ph not only occurs in dividing cells during mitosis, but also in differentiated mesophyll cells. In these cells H3S10ph displayed a peculiar localization within the nucleolus where it was restricted to specific domains reminiscent of fibrillar centers. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis showed that H3S10ph is associated with ribosomal DNAs. Thus, in plants H3S10ph appears to be associated with two structurally differing nuclear sites engaged in gene silencing (mitotic centromeres) and in gene transcription (nucleolus).
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- Gila Granot
- French Associates Institute for Dryland Agriculture and Biotechnology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion 84990, Israel
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Kim JM, To TK, Ishida J, Morosawa T, Kawashima M, Matsui A, Toyoda T, Kimura H, Shinozaki K, Seki M. Alterations of Lysine Modifications on the Histone H3 N-Tail under Drought Stress Conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 49:1580-8. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The MUT9p kinase phosphorylates histone H3 threonine 3 and is necessary for heritable epigenetic silencing in Chlamydomonas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:6486-91. [PMID: 18420823 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711310105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Changes in chromatin organization are emerging as key regulators in nearly every aspect of DNA-templated metabolism in eukaryotes. Histones undergo many, largely reversible, posttranslational modifications that affect chromatin structure. Some modifications, such as trimethylation of histone H3 on Lys 4 (H3K4me3), correlate with transcriptional activation, whereas others, such as methylation of histone H3 on Lys 27 (H3K27me), are associated with silent chromatin. Posttranslational histone modifications may also be involved in the inheritance of chromatin states. Histone phosphorylation has been implicated in a variety of cellular processes but, because of the dynamic nature of this modification, its potential role in long-term gene silencing has remained relatively unexplored. We report here that a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant defective in a Ser/Thr protein kinase (MUT9p), which phosphorylates histones H3 and H2A, shows deficiencies in the heritable repression of transgenes and transposons. Moreover, based on chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses, phosphorylated H3T3 (H3T3ph) and monomethylated H3K4 (H3K4me1) are inversely correlated with di/trimethylated H3K4 and associate preferentially with silenced transcription units. Conversely, the loss of those marks in mutant strains correlates with the transcriptional reactivation of transgenes and transposons. Our results suggest that H3T3ph and H3K4me1 function as reinforcing epigenetic marks for the silencing of euchromatic loci in Chlamydomonas.
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