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Jin T, Chen J, Zhu L, Zhao Y, Guo J, Huang Y. Comparative mapping combined with homology-based cloning of the rice genome reveals candidate genes for grain zinc and iron concentration in maize. BMC Genet 2015; 16:17. [PMID: 25888360 PMCID: PMC4377022 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-015-0176-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Grain zinc and iron concentration is a complex trait that is controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTL) and is important for maintaining body health. Despite the substantial effort that has been put into identifying QTL for grain zinc and iron concentration, the integration of independent QTL is useful for understanding the genetic foundation of traits. The number of QTL for grain zinc and iron concentration is relatively low in a single species. Therefore, combined analysis of different genomes may help overcome this challenge. RESULTS As a continuation of our work on maize, meta-analysis of QTL for grain zinc and iron concentration in rice was performed to identify meta-QTL (MQTL). Based on MQTL in rice and maize, comparative mapping combined with homology-based cloning was performed to identify candidate genes for grain zinc and iron concentration in maize. In total, 22 MQTL in rice, 4 syntenic MQTL-related regions, and 3 MQTL-containing candidate genes in maize (ortho-mMQTL) were detected. Two maize orthologs of rice, GRMZM2G366919 and GRMZM2G178190, were characterized as natural resistance-associated macrophage protein (NRAMP) genes and considered to be candidate genes. Phylogenetic analysis of NRAMP genes among maize, rice, and Arabidopsis thaliana further demonstrated that they are likely responsible for the natural variation of maize grain zinc and iron concentration. CONCLUSIONS Syntenic MQTL-related regions and ortho-mMQTL are prime areas for future investigation as well as for marker-assisted selection breeding programs. Furthermore, the combined method using the rice genome that was used in this study can shed light on other species and help direct future quantitative trait research. In conclusion, these results help elucidate the molecular mechanism that underlies grain zinc and iron concentration in maize.
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- Tiantian Jin
- Hebei Branch of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, People's Republic of China.
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- Hebei Branch of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, People's Republic of China.
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- Hebei Branch of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, People's Republic of China.
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- Hebei Branch of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, People's Republic of China.
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- Hebei Branch of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, People's Republic of China.
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- Hebei Branch of Chinese National Maize Improvement Center, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, People's Republic of China.
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Li D, Xu X, Hu X, Liu Q, Wang Z, Zhang H, Wang H, Wei M, Wang H, Liu H, Li C. Genome-Wide Analysis and Heavy Metal-Induced Expression Profiling of the HMA Gene Family in Populus trichocarpa. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:1149. [PMID: 26779188 PMCID: PMC4688379 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The heavy metal ATPase (HMA) family plays an important role in transition metal transport in plants. However, this gene family has not been extensively studied in Populus trichocarpa. We identified 17 HMA genes in P. trichocarpa (PtHMAs), of which PtHMA1-PtHMA4 belonged to the zinc (Zn)/cobalt (Co)/cadmium (Cd)/lead (Pb) subgroup, and PtHMA5-PtHMA8 were members of the copper (Cu)/silver (Ag) subgroup. Most of the genes were localized to chromosomes I and III. Gene structure, gene chromosomal location, and synteny analyses of PtHMAs indicated that tandem and segmental duplications likely contributed to the expansion and evolution of the PtHMAs. Most of the HMA genes contained abiotic stress-related cis-elements. Tissue-specific expression of PtHMA genes showed that PtHMA1 and PtHMA4 had relatively high expression levels in the leaves, whereas Cu/Ag subgroup (PtHMA5.1- PtHMA8) genes were upregulated in the roots. High concentrations of Cu, Ag, Zn, Cd, Co, Pb, and Mn differentially regulated the expression of PtHMAs in various tissues. The preliminary results of the present study generated basic information on the HMA family of Populus that may serve as foundation for future functional studies.
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- Dandan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- Library of Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin, China
- *Correspondence: Chenghao Li
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Peñarrubia L, Romero P, Carrió-Seguí A, Andrés-Bordería A, Moreno J, Sanz A. Temporal aspects of copper homeostasis and its crosstalk with hormones. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:255. [PMID: 25941529 PMCID: PMC4400860 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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To cope with the dual nature of copper as being essential and toxic for cells, plants temporarily adapt the expression of copper homeostasis components to assure its delivery to cuproproteins while avoiding the interference of potential oxidative damage derived from both copper uptake and photosynthetic reactions during light hours. The circadian clock participates in the temporal organization of coordination of plant nutrition adapting metabolic responses to the daily oscillations. This timely control improves plant fitness and reproduction and holds biotechnological potential to drive increased crop yields. Hormonal pathways, including those of abscisic acid, gibberellins, ethylene, auxins, and jasmonates are also under direct clock and light control, both in mono and dicotyledons. In this review, we focus on copper transport in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa and the presumable role of hormones in metal homeostasis matching nutrient availability to growth requirements and preventing metal toxicity. The presence of putative hormone-dependent regulatory elements in the promoters of copper transporters genes suggests hormonal regulation to match special copper requirements during plant development. Spatial and temporal processes that can be affected by hormones include the regulation of copper uptake into roots, intracellular trafficking and compartmentalization, and long-distance transport to developing vegetative and reproductive tissues. In turn, hormone biosynthesis and signaling are also influenced by copper availability, which suggests reciprocal regulation subjected to temporal control by the central oscillator of the circadian clock. This transcriptional regulatory network, coordinates environmental and hormonal signaling with developmental pathways to allow enhanced micronutrient acquisition efficiency.
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- Lola Peñarrubia
- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, ValenciaSpain
- *Correspondence: Lola Peñarrubia, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, Avenida Doctor Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, ValenciaSpain
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, ValenciaSpain
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, ValenciaSpain
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, ValenciaSpain
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Valencia, ValenciaSpain
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Aibara I, Miwa K. Strategies for Optimization of Mineral Nutrient Transport in Plants: Multilevel Regulation of Nutrient-Dependent Dynamics of Root Architecture and Transporter Activity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 55:2027-36. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Billard V, Ourry A, Maillard A, Garnica M, Coquet L, Jouenne T, Cruz F, Garcia-Mina JM, Yvin JC, Etienne P. Copper-deficiency in Brassica napus induces copper remobilization, molybdenum accumulation and modification of the expression of chloroplastic proteins. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109889. [PMID: 25333918 PMCID: PMC4198169 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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During the last 40 years, crop breeding has strongly increased yields but has had adverse effects on the content of micronutrients, such as Fe, Mg, Zn and Cu, in edible products despite their sufficient supply in most soils. This suggests that micronutrient remobilization to edible tissues has been negatively selected. As a consequence, the aim of this work was to quantify the remobilization of Cu in leaves of Brassica napus L. during Cu deficiency and to identify the main metabolic processes that were affected so that improvements can be achieved in the future. While Cu deficiency reduced oilseed rape growth by less than 19% compared to control plants, Cu content in old leaves decreased by 61.4%, thus demonstrating a remobilization process between leaves. Cu deficiency also triggered an increase in Cu transporter expression in roots (COPT2) and leaves (HMA1), and more surprisingly, the induction of the MOT1 gene encoding a molybdenum transporter associated with a strong increase in molybdenum (Mo) uptake. Proteomic analysis of leaves revealed 33 proteins differentially regulated by Cu deficiency, among which more than half were located in chloroplasts. Eleven differentially expressed proteins are known to require Cu for their synthesis and/or activity. Enzymes that were located directly upstream or downstream of Cu-dependent enzymes were also differentially expressed. The overall results are then discussed in relation to remobilization of Cu, the interaction between Mo and Cu that occurs through the synthesis pathway of Mo cofactor, and finally their putative regulation within the Calvin cycle and the chloroplastic electron transport chain.
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- Vincent Billard
- Normandie Université, Caen, France
- UNICAEN, UMR 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et nutritions N, C, S, Caen, France
- INRA, UMR 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et nutritions N, C, S, Caen, France
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- Normandie Université, Caen, France
- UNICAEN, UMR 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et nutritions N, C, S, Caen, France
- INRA, UMR 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et nutritions N, C, S, Caen, France
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- Normandie Université, Caen, France
- UNICAEN, UMR 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et nutritions N, C, S, Caen, France
- INRA, UMR 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et nutritions N, C, S, Caen, France
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- Timac Agro Spain, Poligono de Arazuri-Orcoyen, Orcoyen, Spain
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- Plateforme de protéomique PISSARO, UMR6270 CNRS Faculté des Sciences de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Plateforme de protéomique PISSARO, UMR6270 CNRS Faculté des Sciences de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Centre de Recherche International en Agroscience, CRIAS-TAI, Groupe Roullier, Dinard, France
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- Centre de Recherche International en Agroscience, CRIAS-TAI, Groupe Roullier, Dinard, France
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- Normandie Université, Caen, France
- UNICAEN, UMR 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et nutritions N, C, S, Caen, France
- INRA, UMR 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et nutritions N, C, S, Caen, France
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Yamaji N, Ma JF. The node, a hub for mineral nutrient distribution in graminaceous plants. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 19:556-63. [PMID: 24953837 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Revised: 05/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Mineral elements, including both essential and toxic elements, are delivered to different tissues after they are taken up from the roots, but the mechanism (or mechanisms) underlying the distribution remains poorly understood. In graminaceous plants, this distribution occurs in nodes, which have a complex, well-organized vascular system. A transfer of mineral elements between different vascular bundles is required, especially for preferential distribution to developing tissues that have low transpiration but high nutrient requirements. This intervascular transfer is mediated by various transporters localized at different cells in the node. In this opinion article, we propose four modes of distribution for different mineral elements: xylem-switch, phloem-tropic, phloem-kickback, and minimum-shift, based on specific molecular transport processes identified in the nodes mainly of rice (Oryza sativa). We also discuss the prospects for future studies on mineral nutrient distribution in the nodes.
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- Naoki Yamaji
- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Chuo 2-20-1, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Chuo 2-20-1, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan.
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Álvarez-Fernández A, Díaz-Benito P, Abadía A, López-Millán AF, Abadía J. Metal species involved in long distance metal transport in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:105. [PMID: 24723928 PMCID: PMC3971170 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The mechanisms plants use to transport metals from roots to shoots are not completely understood. It has long been proposed that organic molecules participate in metal translocation within the plant. However, until recently the identity of the complexes involved in the long-distance transport of metals could only be inferred by using indirect methods, such as analyzing separately the concentrations of metals and putative ligands and then using in silico chemical speciation software to predict metal species. Molecular biology approaches also have provided a breadth of information about putative metal ligands and metal complexes occurring in plant fluids. The new advances in analytical techniques based on mass spectrometry and the increased use of synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy have allowed for the identification of some metal-ligand species in plant fluids such as the xylem and phloem saps. Also, some proteins present in plant fluids can bind metals and a few studies have explored this possibility. This study reviews the analytical challenges researchers have to face to understand long-distance metal transport in plants as well as the recent advances in the identification of the ligand and metal-ligand complexes in plant fluids.
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- Plant Nutrition Department, Aula Dei Experimental Station (CSIC)Zaragoza, Spain
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Khan MA, Castro-Guerrero N, Mendoza-Cozatl DG. Moving toward a precise nutrition: preferential loading of seeds with essential nutrients over non-essential toxic elements. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:51. [PMID: 24600463 PMCID: PMC3929903 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plants and seeds are the main source of essential nutrients for humans and livestock. Many advances have recently been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms by which plants take up and accumulate micronutrients such as iron, zinc, copper and manganese. Some of these mechanisms, however, also facilitate the accumulation of non-essential toxic elements such as cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As). In humans, Cd and As intake has been associated with multiple disorders including kidney failure, diabetes, cancer and mental health issues. Recent studies have shown that some transporters can discriminate between essential metals and non-essential elements. Furthermore, sequestration of non-essential elements in roots has been described in several plant species as a key process limiting the translocation of non-essential elements to aboveground edible tissues, including seeds. Increasing the concentration of bioavailable micronutrients (biofortification) in grains while lowering the accumulation of non-essential elements will likely require the concerted action of several transporters. This review discusses the most recent advances on mineral nutrition that could be used to preferentially enrich seeds with micronutrients and also illustrates how precision breeding and transport engineering could be used to enhance the nutritional value of crops by re-routing essential and non-essential elements to separate sink tissues (roots and seeds).
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- *Correspondence: David G. Mendoza-Cozatl, Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, MO 65211, USA e-mail:
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