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Rosspopoff O, Chelysheva L, Saffar J, Lecorgne L, Gey D, Caillieux E, Colot V, Roudier F, Hilson P, Berthomé R, Da Costa M, Rech P. Direct conversion of root primordium into shoot meristem relies on timing of stem cell niche development. Development 2017; 144:1187-1200. [PMID: 28174250 DOI: 10.1242/dev.142570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To understand how the identity of an organ can be switched, we studied the transformation of lateral root primordia (LRP) into shoot meristems in Arabidopsis root segments. In this system, the cytokinin-induced conversion does not involve the formation of callus-like structures. Detailed analysis showed that the conversion sequence starts with a mitotic pause and is concomitant with the differential expression of regulators of root and shoot development. The conversion requires the presence of apical stem cells, and only LRP at stages VI or VII can be switched. It is engaged as soon as cell divisions resume because their position and orientation differ in the converting organ compared with the undisturbed emerging LRP. By alternating auxin and cytokinin treatments, we showed that the root and shoot organogenetic programs are remarkably plastic, as the status of the same plant stem cell niche can be reversed repeatedly within a set developmental window. Thus, the networks at play in the meristem of a root can morph in the span of a couple of cell division cycles into those of a shoot, and back, through transdifferentiation.
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- Olga Rosspopoff
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles 78000, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPCM Université Paris 06, UFR 927, Paris F-75005, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles 78000, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles 78000, France.,Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris F-75205, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPCM Université Paris 06, UFR 927, Paris F-75005, France
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- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, UMS 2700, OMSI, Paris F-75231, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS UMR8197, INSERM U1024, Paris F-75005, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS UMR8197, INSERM U1024, Paris F-75005, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS UMR8197, INSERM U1024, Paris F-75005, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles 78000, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, INPT, Castanet-Tolosan F-31126, France.,CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR2594, Castanet-Tolosan 31326, France.,Plant Genomics Research Unit, UMR INRA 1165 - CNRS 8114 - UEVE, 2, CP5708, Evry Cedex 91057, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles 78000, France .,Sorbonne Universités, UPCM Université Paris 06, UFR 927, Paris F-75005, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles 78000, France .,Sorbonne Universités, UPCM Université Paris 06, UFR 927, Paris F-75005, France
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Birnbaum KD, Roudier F. Epigenetic memory and cell fate reprogramming in plants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 4:15-20. [PMID: 28316791 PMCID: PMC5350078 DOI: 10.1002/reg2.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Plants have a high intrinsic capacity to regenerate from adult tissues, with the ability to reprogram adult cell fates. In contrast, epigenetic mechanisms have the potential to stabilize cell identity and maintain tissue organization. The question is whether epigenetic memory creates a barrier to reprogramming that needs to be erased or circumvented in plant regeneration. Early evidence suggests that, while chromatin dynamics impact gene expression in the meristem, a lasting constraint on cell fate is not established until late stages of plant cell differentiation. It is not yet clear whether the plasticity of plant cells arises from the ability of cells to erase identity memory or to deploy cells that may exhibit cellular specialization but still lack an epigenetic restriction on cell fate alteration.
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- Kenneth D Birnbaum
- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology New York University 12 Waverly Place, New York NY 10003 USA
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 8197 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1024 Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris Cedex 05 France; Laboratoire de Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 5667, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) UMR 879, Ecole Normale Supérieure de LyonUniversité Lyon 1 (UCBL) 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 France
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Mozgová I, Muñoz-Viana R, Hennig L. PRC2 Represses Hormone-Induced Somatic Embryogenesis in Vegetative Tissue of Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006562. [PMID: 28095419 PMCID: PMC5283764 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Many plant cells can be reprogrammed into a pluripotent state that allows ectopic organ development. Inducing totipotent states to stimulate somatic embryo (SE) development is, however, challenging due to insufficient understanding of molecular barriers that prevent somatic cell dedifferentiation. Here we show that Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2)-activity imposes a barrier to hormone-mediated transcriptional reprogramming towards somatic embryogenesis in vegetative tissue of Arabidopsis thaliana. We identify factors that enable SE development in PRC2-depleted shoot and root tissue and demonstrate that the establishment of embryogenic potential is marked by ectopic co-activation of crucial developmental regulators that specify shoot, root and embryo identity. Using inducible activation of PRC2 in PRC2-depleted cells, we demonstrate that transient reduction of PRC2 activity is sufficient for SE formation. We suggest that modulation of PRC2 activity in plant vegetative tissue combined with targeted activation of developmental pathways will open possibilities for novel approaches to cell reprogramming. Somatic embryogenesis provides the strongest support for plant cell totipotency but reprogramming of non-reproductive tissue is problematic or even impossible in many plant species. Here we show that the activity of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) constitutes a major barrier to hormone-mediated establishment of embryogenic competence in plant vegetative tissue. We identify a conservative set of transcription factors whose expression coincides with the establishment of embryogenic competence in vegetative tissue, among which are key developmental regulators of root, shoot and embryo development. We show that lowering the PRC2-imposed barrier combined with activating hormone treatments establishes embryogenic competence in different tissue types, which opens possibilities for novel strategies to plant cell identity reprogramming.
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- Iva Mozgová
- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
- Institute of Microbiology, Centre Algatech, Opatovický mlýn, Třeboň, Czech Republic
- * E-mail: (IM); (LH)
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- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
- * E-mail: (IM); (LH)
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Li X, Han JD, Fang YH, Bai SN, Rao GY. Expression Analyses of Embryogenesis-Associated Genes during Somatic Embryogenesis of Adiantum capillus-veneris L. In vitro: New Insights into the Evolution of Reproductive Organs in Land Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:658. [PMID: 28496454 PMCID: PMC5406782 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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An efficient in vitro regeneration system via somatic embryogenesis (SE) was developed for a fern species Adiantum capillus-veneris. Adventitious shoots, green globular bodies (GGBs) and calli were obtained with the maximal induction rate on the Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium of low concentrations of 6-benzyladenine (BA) (0-1.0 mg/L), 2.0 mg/L BA without 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 0.5 mg/L 2,4-D and 0.5-1.0 mg/L 6-BA, respectively. Cyto-morphological and histological changes in the shoot development via calli and GGBs were examined. For a better understanding of these developmental events, expression patterns of six genes, AcLBD16, AcAGL, AcBBM, AcWUS, AcRKD, and AcLEC1, were characterized during SE. AcBBM and AcLEC1 were ubiquitously expressed in direct SE (adventitious shoots and GGBs) the maximal expression of AcBBM in mature GGBs, and the high expression of AcLEC1 in GGB initiation and adventitious shoots. During the indirect SE, AcLBD16, AcLEC1, AcRKD, and AcWUS were highly expressed in mature calli. Additionally, phylogenetic analyses showed that AcWUS, AcBBM, AcLBD, AcAGL, AcRKD, and their homologs of other green plants formed monophyletic clades, respectively. Some of these gene families, however, diversified rapidly with the occurrence of embryophytes, suggesting that embryogenesis-associated genes could experience a rapid evolution with the colonization of plants to terrestrial environments. Expression and phylogenetic analyses of those embryogenesis-associated genes by the aid of in vitro regeneration system of A. capillus-veneris provide new insights into the evolution of reproductive organs in land plants.
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- Xia Li
- RDFZ XiShan SchoolBeijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking UniversityBeijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking UniversityBeijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking UniversityBeijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking UniversityBeijing, China
- *Correspondence: Guang-Yuan Rao
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Oliva M, Butenko Y, Hsieh TF, Hakim O, Katz A, Smorodinsky NI, Michaeli D, Fischer RL, Ohad N. FIE, a nuclear PRC2 protein, forms cytoplasmic complexes in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:6111-6123. [PMID: 27811080 PMCID: PMC5100023 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are evolutionarily conserved chromatin modifiers that regulate developmental pathways in plants. PcGs form nuclear multi-subunit Polycomb Repressive Complexes (PRCs). The PRC2 complex mediates gene repression via methylation of lysine 27 on histone H3, which consequently leads to chromatin condensation. In Arabidopsis thaliana, several PRC2 complexes with different compositions were identified, each controlling a particular developmental program.The core subunit FIE is crucial for PRC2 function throughout the plant life cycle, yet accurate information on its spatial and temporal localization was absent. This study focused on identifying FIE accumulation patterns, using microscopy and biochemical approaches. Analysing endogenous FIE and transgenic gFIE-green fluorescent protein fusion protein (gFIE-GFP) showed that FIE accumulates in the nuclei of every cell type examined. Interestingly, gFIE-GFP, as well as the endogenous FIE, also localized to the cytoplasm in all examined tissues. In both vegetative and reproductive organs, FIE formed cytoplasmic high-molecular-mass complexes, in parallel to the nuclear PRC2 complexes. Moreover, size-exclusion chromatography and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays indicated that in inflorescences FIE formed a cytoplasmic complex with MEA, a PRC2 histone methyltransferase subunit. In contrast, CLF and SWN histone methyltransferases were strictly nuclear. Presence of PRC2 subunits in cytoplasmic complexes has not been previously described in plants. Our findings are in agreement with accumulating evidence demonstrating cytoplasmic localization and function of PcGs in metazoa. The cytosolic accumulation of PRC2 components in plants supports the model that PcGs have alternative non-nuclear functions that go beyond chromatin methylation.
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- Moran Oliva
- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plant, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
- Department of Ornamental Horticulture and Plant Biotechnology, Agriculture Research Organization, The Volcani Center, PO Box 6, Beit Dagan, 50250, Israel
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plant, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Plants for Human Health Institute, and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plant, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plant, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Department of Cell Research and Immunology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plant, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plant, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
- The Manna Center Program for Food Safety and Security, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Israel
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Gutierrez C. 25 Years of Cell Cycle Research: What's Ahead? TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 21:823-833. [PMID: 27401252 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We have reached 25 years since the first molecular approaches to plant cell cycle. Fortunately, we have witnessed an enormous advance in this field that has benefited from using complementary approaches including molecular, cellular, genetic and genomic resources. These studies have also branched and demonstrated the functional relevance of cell cycle regulators for virtually every aspect of plant life. The question is - where are we heading? I review here the latest developments in the field and briefly elaborate on how new technological advances should contribute to novel approaches that will benefit the plant cell cycle field. Understanding how the cell division cycle is integrated at the organismal level is perhaps one of the major challenges.
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- Crisanto Gutierrez
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Nicolas Cabrera 1, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Neuhof M, Levin M, Rechavi O. Vertically- and horizontally-transmitted memories - the fading boundaries between regeneration and inheritance in planaria. Biol Open 2016; 5:1177-88. [PMID: 27565761 PMCID: PMC5051648 DOI: 10.1242/bio.020149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The Weismann barrier postulates that genetic information passes only from the germline to the soma and not in reverse, thus providing an obstacle to the inheritance of acquired traits. Certain organisms such as planaria – flatworms that can reproduce through asymmetric fission – avoid the limitations of this barrier, thus blurring the distinction between the processes of inheritance and development. In this paper, we re-evaluate canonical ideas about the interaction between developmental, genetic and evolutionary processes through the lens of planaria. Biased distribution of epigenetic effects in asymmetrically produced parts of a regenerating organism could increase variation and therefore affect the species' evolution. The maintenance and fixing of somatic experiences, encoded via stable biochemical or physiological states, may contribute to evolutionary processes in the absence of classically defined generations. We discuss different mechanisms that could induce asymmetry between the two organisms that eventually develop from the regenerating parts, including one particularly fascinating source – the potential capacity of the brain to produce long-lasting epigenetic changes. Summary: In this hypothesis paper we re-evaluate canonical ideas about the interaction between developmental, genetic and evolutionary processes through the lens of planaria, an invertebrate model organism which challenges fundamental assumptions regarding reproduction.
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- Moran Neuhof
- Department of Neurobiology, Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Allen Discovery Center, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4600, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Allen Discovery Center, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4600, Medford, MA 02155, USA Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Fatihi A, Boulard C, Bouyer D, Baud S, Dubreucq B, Lepiniec L. Deciphering and modifying LAFL transcriptional regulatory network in seed for improving yield and quality of storage compounds. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 250:198-204. [PMID: 27457996 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Revised: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Increasing yield and quality of seed storage compounds in a sustainable way is a key challenge for our societies. Genome-wide analyses conducted in both monocot and dicot angiosperms emphasized drastic transcriptional switches that occur during seed development. In Arabidopsis thaliana, a reference species, genetic and molecular analyses have demonstrated the key role of LAFL (LEC1, ABI3, FUS3, and LEC2) transcription factors (TFs), in controlling gene expression programs essential to accomplish seed maturation and the accumulation of storage compounds. Here, we summarize recent progress obtained in the characterization of these LAFL proteins, their regulation, partners and target genes. Moreover, we illustrate how these evolutionary conserved TFs can be used to engineer new crops with altered seed compositions and point out the current limitations. Last, we discuss about the interest of investigating further the environmental and epigenetic regulation of this network for the coming years.
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- Abdelhak Fatihi
- IJPB, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France.
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- IJPB, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'ENS, CNRS UMR8197, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230, Paris cedex 05, France
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- IJPB, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France
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- IJPB, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France
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- IJPB, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026, Versailles Cedex, France.
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Guan Y, Li SG, Fan XF, Su ZH. Application of Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:938. [PMID: 27446166 PMCID: PMC4919339 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Somatic embryogenesis is a developmental process where a plant somatic cell can dedifferentiate to a totipotent embryonic stem cell that has the ability to give rise to an embryo under appropriate conditions. This new embryo can further develop into a whole plant. In woody plants, somatic embryogenesis plays a critical role in clonal propagation and is a powerful tool for synthetic seed production, germplasm conservation, and cryopreservation. A key step in somatic embryogenesis is the transition of cell fate from a somatic cell to embryo cell. Although somatic embryogenesis has already been widely used in a number of woody species, propagating adult woody plants remains difficult. In this review, we focus on molecular mechanisms of somatic embryogenesis and its practical applications in economic woody plants. Furthermore, we propose a strategy to improve the process of somatic embryogenesis using molecular means.
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- Forestry and Fruit Tree Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural SciencesShanghai, China
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Efroni I, Mello A, Nawy T, Ip PL, Rahni R, DelRose N, Powers A, Satija R, Birnbaum KD. Root Regeneration Triggers an Embryo-like Sequence Guided by Hormonal Interactions. Cell 2016; 165:1721-1733. [PMID: 27212234 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.04.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Revised: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Plant roots can regenerate after excision of their tip, including the stem cell niche. To determine which developmental program mediates such repair, we applied a combination of lineage tracing, single-cell RNA sequencing, and marker analysis to test different models of tissue reassembly. We show that multiple cell types can reconstitute stem cells, demonstrating the latent potential of untreated plant cells. The transcriptome of regenerating cells prior to stem cell activation resembles that of an embryonic root progenitor. Regeneration defects are more severe in embryonic than in adult root mutants. Furthermore, the signaling domains of the hormones auxin and cytokinin mirror their embryonic dynamics and manipulation of both hormones alters the position of new tissues and stem cell niche markers. Our findings suggest that plant root regeneration follows, on a larger scale, the developmental stages of embryonic patterning and is guided by spatial information provided by complementary hormone domains.
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- Idan Efroni
- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; New York Genome Center, New York, NY 10013, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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Ikeuchi M, Ogawa Y, Iwase A, Sugimoto K. Plant regeneration: cellular origins and molecular mechanisms. Development 2016; 143:1442-51. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.134668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 276] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Compared with animals, plants generally possess a high degree of developmental plasticity and display various types of tissue or organ regeneration. This regenerative capacity can be enhanced by exogenously supplied plant hormones in vitro, wherein the balance between auxin and cytokinin determines the developmental fate of regenerating organs. Accumulating evidence suggests that some forms of plant regeneration involve reprogramming of differentiated somatic cells, whereas others are induced through the activation of relatively undifferentiated cells in somatic tissues. We summarize the current understanding of how plants control various types of regeneration and discuss how developmental and environmental constraints influence these regulatory mechanisms.
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- Momoko Ikeuchi
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Horst NA, Katz A, Pereman I, Decker EL, Ohad N, Reski R. A single homeobox gene triggers phase transition, embryogenesis and asexual reproduction. NATURE PLANTS 2016; 2:15209. [PMID: 27250874 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plants characteristically alternate between haploid gametophytic and diploid sporophytic stages. Meiosis and fertilization respectively initiate these two different ontogenies(1). Genes triggering ectopic embryo development on vegetative sporophytic tissues are well described(2,3); however, a genetic control of embryo development from gametophytic tissues remains elusive. Here, in the moss Physcomitrella patens we show that ectopic overexpression of the homeobox gene BELL1 induces embryo formation and subsequently reproductive diploid sporophytes from specific gametophytic cells without fertilization. In line with this, BELL1 loss-of-function mutants have a wild-type phenotype, except that their egg cells are bigger and unable to form embryos. Our results identify BELL1 as a master regulator for the gametophyte-to-sporophyte transition in P. patens and provide mechanistic insights into the evolution of embryos that can generate multicellular diploid sporophytes. This developmental innovation facilitated the colonization of land by plants about 500 million years ago(4) and thus shaped our current ecosystems.
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- Nelly A Horst
- Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
- The Manna Center Program for Food Safety &Security, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS - Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- FRIAS - Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Ikeuchi M, Iwase A, Sugimoto K. Control of plant cell differentiation by histone modification and DNA methylation. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 28:60-7. [PMID: 26454697 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
How cells differentiate and acquire diverse arrays of determined states in multicellular organisms is a fundamental and yet unanswered question in biology. Molecular genetic studies over the last few decades have identified many transcriptional regulators that activate or repress gene expression to promote cell differentiation in plant development. What has recently emerged as an additional important regulatory layer is the control at the epigenetic level by which locus-specific DNA methylation and histone modification alter the chromatin state and limit the expression of key developmental regulators to specific windows of time and space. Accumulating evidence suggests that histone acetylation is commonly linked with active transcription and this mechanism is adopted to control sequential progression of cell differentiation. Histone H3 trimethylation at lysine 27 and DNA methylation are both associated with gene repression, and these mechanisms are often utilised to promote and/or maintain the differentiated status of plant cells.
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- Momoko Ikeuchi
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.
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- Kenneth D Birnbaum
- Kenneth D. Birnbaum is at the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, 12 Waverly Place, Room 606, New York, New York 10003, USA
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