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Liu Y, Huang W, Xian Z, Hu N, Lin D, Ren H, Chen J, Su D, Li Z. Overexpression of SlGRAS40 in Tomato Enhances Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses and Influences Auxin and Gibberellin Signaling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1659. [PMID: 29018467 PMCID: PMC5622987 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Abiotic stresses are major environmental factors that inhibit plant growth and development impacting crop productivity. GRAS transcription factors play critical and diverse roles in plant development and abiotic stress. In this study, SlGRAS40, a member of the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) GRAS family, was functionally characterized. In wild-type (WT) tomato, SlGRAS40 was upregulated by abiotic stress induced by treatment with D-mannitol, NaCl, or H2O2. Transgenic tomato plants overexpressing SlGRAS40 (SlGRAS40-OE) were more tolerant of drought and salt stress than WT. SlGRAS40-OE plants displayed pleiotropic phenotypes reminiscent of those resulting from altered auxin and/or gibberellin signaling. A comparison of WT and SlGRAS40-OE transcriptomes showed that the expression of a large number of genes involved in hormone signaling and stress responses were modified. Our study of SlGRAS40 protein provides evidence of how another GRAS plays roles in resisting abiotic stress and regulating auxin and gibberellin signaling during vegetative and reproductive growth in tomato.
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Bennett T, Liang Y, Seale M, Ward S, Müller D, Leyser O. Strigolactone regulates shoot development through a core signalling pathway. Biol Open 2016; 5:1806-1820. [PMID: 27793831 PMCID: PMC5200909 DOI: 10.1242/bio.021402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Strigolactones are a recently identified class of hormone that regulate multiple aspects of plant development. The DWARF14 (D14) α/β fold protein has been identified as a strigolactone receptor, which can act through the SCFMAX2 ubiquitin ligase, but the universality of this mechanism is not clear. Multiple proteins have been suggested as targets for strigolactone signalling, including both direct proteolytic targets of SCFMAX2, and downstream targets. However, the relevance and importance of these proteins to strigolactone signalling in many cases has not been fully established. Here we assess the contribution of these targets to strigolactone signalling in adult shoot developmental responses. We find that all examined strigolactone responses are regulated by SCFMAX2 and D14, and not by other D14-like proteins. We further show that all examined strigolactone responses likely depend on degradation of SMXL proteins in the SMXL6 clade, and not on the other proposed proteolytic targets BES1 or DELLAs. Taken together, our results suggest that in the adult shoot, the dominant mode of strigolactone signalling is D14-initiated, MAX2-mediated degradation of SMXL6-related proteins. We confirm that the BRANCHED1 transcription factor and the PIN-FORMED1 auxin efflux carrier are plausible downstream targets of this pathway in the regulation of shoot branching, and show that BRC1 likely acts in parallel to PIN1. Summary: Strigolactones signal through D14 to regulate shoot development by targeting SMXL6-clade proteins, but not BES1 or DELLA proteins, for degradation. BRC1 and PIN1 plausibly act downstream to regulate branching.
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- Tom Bennett
- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK .,Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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Waadt R, Hsu PK, Schroeder JI. Abscisic acid and other plant hormones: Methods to visualize distribution and signaling. Bioessays 2016; 37:1338-49. [PMID: 26577078 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201500115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The exploration of plant behavior on a cellular scale in a minimal invasive manner is key to understanding plant adaptations to their environment. Plant hormones regulate multiple aspects of growth and development and mediate environmental responses to ensure a successful life cycle. To monitor the dynamics of plant hormone actions in intact tissue, we need qualitative and quantitative tools with high temporal and spatial resolution. Here, we describe a set of biological instruments (reporters) for the analysis of the distribution and signaling of various plant hormones. Furthermore, we provide examples of their utility for gaining novel insights into plant hormone action with a deeper focus on the drought hormone abscisic acid.
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- Rainer Waadt
- Centre for Organismal Studies, Plant Developmental Biology, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section and Centre for Food and Fuel for the 21st Century, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section and Centre for Food and Fuel for the 21st Century, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section and Centre for Food and Fuel for the 21st Century, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Henning JA, Weston DJ, Pelletier DA, Timm CM, Jawdy SS, Classen AT. Root bacterial endophytes alter plant phenotype, but not physiology. PeerJ 2016; 4:e2606. [PMID: 27833797 PMCID: PMC5101591 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Plant traits, such as root and leaf area, influence how plants interact with their environment and the diverse microbiota living within plants can influence plant morphology and physiology. Here, we explored how three bacterial strains isolated from the Populus root microbiome, influenced plant phenotype. We chose three bacterial strains that differed in predicted metabolic capabilities, plant hormone production and metabolism, and secondary metabolite synthesis. We inoculated each bacterial strain on a single genotype of Populus trichocarpa and measured the response of plant growth related traits (root:shoot, biomass production, root and leaf growth rates) and physiological traits (chlorophyll content, net photosynthesis, net photosynthesis at saturating light-Asat, and saturating CO2-Amax). Overall, we found that bacterial root endophyte infection increased root growth rate up to 184% and leaf growth rate up to 137% relative to non-inoculated control plants, evidence that plants respond to bacteria by modifying morphology. However, endophyte inoculation had no influence on total plant biomass and photosynthetic traits (net photosynthesis, chlorophyll content). In sum, bacterial inoculation did not significantly increase plant carbon fixation and biomass, but their presence altered where and how carbon was being allocated in the plant host.
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- Jeremiah A. Henning
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee–Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee–Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Wild M, Davière JM, Regnault T, Sakvarelidze-Achard L, Carrera E, Lopez Diaz I, Cayrel A, Dubeaux G, Vert G, Achard P. Tissue-Specific Regulation of Gibberellin Signaling Fine-Tunes Arabidopsis Iron-Deficiency Responses. Dev Cell 2016; 37:190-200. [PMID: 27093087 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 02/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Iron is an essential element for most living organisms. Plants acquire iron from the rhizosphere and have evolved different biochemical and developmental responses to adapt to a low-iron environment. In Arabidopsis, FIT encodes a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that activates the expression of iron-uptake genes in root epidermis upon iron deficiency. Here, we report that the gibberellin (GA)-signaling DELLA repressors contribute substantially in the adaptive responses to iron-deficient conditions. When iron availability decreases, DELLAs accumulate in the root meristem, thereby restraining root growth, while being progressively excluded from epidermal cells in the root differentiation zone. Such DELLA exclusion from the site of iron acquisition relieves FIT from DELLA-dependent inhibition and therefore promotes iron uptake. Consistent with this mechanism, expression of a non-GA-degradable DELLA mutant protein in root epidermis interferes with iron acquisition. Hence, spatial distribution of DELLAs in roots is essential to fine-tune the adaptive responses to iron availability.
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- Michael Wild
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, Associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, Associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, Associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, Associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-UPV, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-UPV, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CNRS/CEA/University Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CNRS/CEA/University Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CNRS/CEA/University Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, Associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France.
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Yu R, Wang J, Xu L, Wang Y, Wang R, Zhu X, Sun X, Luo X, Xie Y, Everlyne M, Liu L. Transcriptome Profiling of Taproot Reveals Complex Regulatory Networks during Taproot Thickening in Radish (Raphanus sativus L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1210. [PMID: 27597853 PMCID: PMC4992731 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops worldwide. Taproot thickening represents a critical developmental period that determines yield and quality in radish life cycle. To isolate differentially expressed genes (DGEs) involved in radish taproot thickening process and explore the molecular mechanism underlying taproot development, three cDNA libraries from radish taproot collected at pre-cortex splitting stage (L1), cortex splitting stage (L2), and expanding stage (L3) were constructed and sequenced by RNA-Seq technology. More than seven million clean reads were obtained from the three libraries, from which 4,717,617 (L1, 65.35%), 4,809,588 (L2, 68.24%) and 4,973,745 (L3, 69.45%) reads were matched to the radish reference genes, respectively. A total of 85,939 transcripts were generated from three libraries, from which 10,450, 12,325, and 7392 differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) were detected in L1 vs. L2, L1 vs. L3, and L2 vs. L3 comparisons, respectively. Gene Ontology and pathway analysis showed that many DEGs, including EXPA9, Cyclin, CaM, Syntaxin, MADS-box, SAUR, and CalS were involved in cell events, cell wall modification, regulation of plant hormone levels, signal transduction and metabolisms, which may relate to taproot thickening. Furthermore, the integrated analysis of mRNA-miRNA revealed that 43 miRNAs and 92 genes formed 114 miRNA-target mRNA pairs were co-expressed, and three miRNA-target regulatory networks of taproot were constructed from different libraries. Finally, the expression patterns of 16 selected genes were confirmed using RT-qPCR analysis. A hypothetical model of genetic regulatory network associated with taproot thickening in radish was put forward. The taproot formation of radish is mainly attributed to cell differentiation, division and expansion, which are regulated and promoted by certain specific signal transduction pathways and metabolism processes. These results could provide new insights into the complex molecular mechanism underlying taproot thickening and facilitate genetic improvement of taproot in radish.
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- Rugang Yu
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
- School of Life Science, Huaibei Normal UniversityHuaibei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State UniversityFargo, ND, USA
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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Cheng F, Cheng Z, Meng H, Tang X. The Garlic Allelochemical Diallyl Disulfide Affects Tomato Root Growth by Influencing Cell Division, Phytohormone Balance and Expansin Gene Expression. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1199. [PMID: 27555862 PMCID: PMC4977361 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Diallyl disulfide (DADS) is a volatile organosulfur compound derived from garlic (Allium sativum L.), and it is known as an allelochemical responsible for the strong allelopathic potential of garlic. The anticancer properties of DADS have been studied in experimental animals and various types of cancer cells, but to date, little is known about its mode of action as an allelochemical at the cytological level. The current research presents further studies on the effects of DADS on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seed germination, root growth, mitotic index, and cell size in root meristem, as well as the phytohormone levels and expression profile of auxin biosynthesis genes (FZYs), auxin transport genes (SlPINs), and expansin genes (EXPs) in tomato root. The results showed a biphasic, dose-dependent effect on tomato seed germination and root growth under different DADS concentrations. Lower concentrations (0.01-0.62 mM) of DADS significantly promoted root growth, whereas higher levels (6.20-20.67 mM) showed inhibitory effects. Cytological observations showed that the cell length of root meristem was increased and that the mitotic activity of meristematic cells in seedling root tips was enhanced at lower concentrations of DADS. In contrast, DADS at higher concentrations inhibited root growth by affecting both the length and division activity of meristematic cells. However, the cell width of the root meristem was not affected. Additionally, DADS increased the IAA and ZR contents of seedling roots in a dose-dependent manner. The influence on IAA content may be mediated by the up-regulation of FZYs and PINs. Further investigation into the underlying mechanism revealed that the expression levels of tomato EXPs were significantly affected by DADS. The expression levels of EXPB2 and beta-expansin precursor were increased after 3 d, and those of EXP1, EXPB3 and EXLB1 were increased after 5 d of DADS treatment (0.41 mM). This result suggests that tomato root growth may be regulated by multiple expansin genes at different developmental stages. Therefore, we conclude that the effects of DADS on the root growth of tomato seedlings are likely caused by changes associated with cell division, phytohormones, and the expression levels of expansin genes.
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- Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
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Bouain N, Doumas P, Rouached H. Recent Advances in Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Regulating the Root System Response to Phosphate Deficiency in Arabidopsis. Curr Genomics 2016; 17:308-4. [PMID: 27499680 PMCID: PMC4955032 DOI: 10.2174/1389202917666160331201812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Revised: 06/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is the major form of P taken up from the soil by plant roots. It is well established that under Pi deficiency condition, plant roots undergo striking morphological changes; mainly a reduction in primary root length while increase in lateral root length as well as root hair length and density. This typical phenotypic change reflects complex interactions with other nutrients such as iron, and involves the activity of a large spectrum of plant hormones. Although, several key proteins involved in the regulation of root growth under Pi-deficiency have been identified in Arabidopsis, how plants adapt roots system architecture in response to Pi availability remains an open question. In the current post-genomic era, state of the art technologies like high-throughput phenotyping and sequencing platforms,"omics" methods, together with the widespread use of system biology and genome-wide association studies will help to elucidate the genetic architectures of root growth on different Pi regimes. It is clear that the large-scale characterization of molecular systems will improve our understanding of nutrient stress phenotype and biology. Herein, we summarize the recent advances and future directions towards a better understanding of Arabidopsis root developmental programs functional under Pi deficiency. Such a progress is necessary to devise strategies to improve the Pi use efficiency in plants that is an important issue for agriculture.
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- Nadia Bouain
- INRA, UMR Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Campus INRA/SupAgro, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 2,France
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- INRA, UMR Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Campus INRA/SupAgro, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 2,France
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- INRA, UMR Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Campus INRA/SupAgro, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 2,France
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Tian H, Qi T, Li Y, Wang C, Ren C, Song S, Huang H. Regulation of the WD-repeat/bHLH/MYB complex by gibberellin and jasmonate. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2016; 11:e1204061. [PMID: 27351386 PMCID: PMC5022416 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2016.1204061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The phytohormones gibberellin (GA) and jasmonate (JA) regulate various aspects of plant development, growth and defense. Previous studies showed that both DELLA repressors in GA pathway and JA-ZIM domain (JAZ) proteins in JA pathway interact with and repress the WD-repeat/bHLH/MYB transcriptional complex to inhibit trichome initiation, and GA and JA respectively induce DELLAs and JAZs degradation to synergistically enhance trichome formation. In this study, we showed that the DELLA protein RGA and JAZ1 competitively bind to ENHANCER OF GLABRA3 (EGL3), a bHLH component of the WD-repeat/bHLH/MYB complex. GA and JA differently affect the expression and protein stability of the components of the WD-repeat/bHLH/MYB complex, and EGL3 and GL3 repress the expression of JAZ genes as a feedback. The novel findings help to understand the mechanism of the WD-repeat/bHLH/MYB complex in GA/JA-regulated trichome formation.
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- Haixia Tian
- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, P.R. China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, P.R. China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China
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Rowe JH, Topping JF, Liu J, Lindsey K. Abscisic acid regulates root growth under osmotic stress conditions via an interacting hormonal network with cytokinin, ethylene and auxin. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 211:225-39. [PMID: 26889752 PMCID: PMC4982081 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Understanding the mechanisms regulating root development under drought conditions is an important question for plant biology and world agriculture. We examine the effect of osmotic stress on abscisic acid (ABA), cytokinin and ethylene responses and how they mediate auxin transport, distribution and root growth through effects on PIN proteins. We integrate experimental data to construct hormonal crosstalk networks to formulate a systems view of root growth regulation by multiple hormones. Experimental analysis shows: that ABA-dependent and ABA-independent stress responses increase under osmotic stress, but cytokinin responses are only slightly reduced; inhibition of root growth under osmotic stress does not require ethylene signalling, but auxin can rescue root growth and meristem size; osmotic stress modulates auxin transporter levels and localization, reducing root auxin concentrations; PIN1 levels are reduced under stress in an ABA-dependent manner, overriding ethylene effects; and the interplay among ABA, ethylene, cytokinin and auxin is tissue-specific, as evidenced by differential responses of PIN1 and PIN2 to osmotic stress. Combining experimental analysis with network construction reveals that ABA regulates root growth under osmotic stress conditions via an interacting hormonal network with cytokinin, ethylene and auxin.
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- James H. Rowe
- The Integrative Cell Biology LaboratorySchool of Biological and Biomedical SciencesDurham UniversitySouth RoadDurhamDH1 3LEUK
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- The Integrative Cell Biology LaboratorySchool of Biological and Biomedical SciencesDurham UniversitySouth RoadDurhamDH1 3LEUK
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- The Integrative Cell Biology LaboratorySchool of Biological and Biomedical SciencesDurham UniversitySouth RoadDurhamDH1 3LEUK
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- The Integrative Cell Biology LaboratorySchool of Biological and Biomedical SciencesDurham UniversitySouth RoadDurhamDH1 3LEUK
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Lee K, Park OS, Seo PJ. RNA-Seq Analysis of the Arabidopsis Transcriptome in Pluripotent Calli. Mol Cells 2016; 39:484-94. [PMID: 27215197 PMCID: PMC4916400 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2016.0049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Plant cells have a remarkable ability to induce pluripotent cell masses and regenerate whole plant organs under the appropriate culture conditions. Although the in vitro regeneration system is widely applied to manipulate agronomic traits, an understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying callus formation is starting to emerge. Here, we performed genome-wide transcriptome profiling of wild-type leaves and leaf explant-derived calli for comparison and identified 10,405 differentially expressed genes (> two-fold change). In addition to the well-defined signaling pathways involved in callus formation, we uncovered additional biological processes that may contribute to robust cellular dedifferentiation. Particular emphasis is placed on molecular components involved in leaf development, circadian clock, stress and hormone signaling, carbohydrate metabolism, and chromatin organization. Genetic and pharmacological analyses further supported that homeostasis of clock activity and stress signaling is crucial for proper callus induction. In addition, gibberellic acid (GA) and brassinosteroid (BR) signaling also participates in intricate cellular reprogramming. Collectively, our findings indicate that multiple signaling pathways are intertwined to allow reversible transition of cellular differentiation and dedifferentiation.
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- Kyounghee Lee
- Department of Bioactive Material Sciences and Research Center of Bioactive Materials, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756,
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756,
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- Department of Bioactive Material Sciences and Research Center of Bioactive Materials, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756,
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756,
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Sorty AM, Meena KK, Choudhary K, Bitla UM, Minhas PS, Krishnani KK. Effect of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria Associated with Halophytic Weed (Psoralea corylifolia L) on Germination and Seedling Growth of Wheat Under Saline Conditions. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2016; 180:872-882. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-016-2139-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bai L, Deng H, Zhang X, Yu X, Li Y. Gibberellin Is Involved in Inhibition of Cucumber Growth and Nitrogen Uptake at Suboptimal Root-Zone Temperatures. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0156188. [PMID: 27213554 PMCID: PMC4877016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Suboptimal temperature stress often causes heavy yield losses of vegetables by suppressing plant growth during winter and early spring. Gibberellin acid (GA) has been reported to be involved in plant growth and acquisition of mineral nutrients. However, no studies have evaluated the role of GA in the regulation of growth and nutrient acquisition by vegetables under conditions of suboptimal temperatures in greenhouse. Here, we investigated the roles of GA in the regulation of growth and nitrate acquisition of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants under conditions of short-term suboptimal root-zone temperatures (Tr). Exposure of cucumber seedlings to a Tr of 16°C led to a significant reduction in root growth, and this inhibitory effect was reversed by exogenous application of GA. Expression patterns of several genes encoding key enzymes in GA metabolism were altered by suboptimal Tr treatment, and endogenous GA concentrations in cucumber roots were significantly reduced by exposure of cucumber plants to 16°C Tr, suggesting that inhibition of root growth by suboptimal Tr may result from disruption of endogenous GA homeostasis. To further explore the mechanism underlying the GA-dependent cucumber growth under suboptimal Tr, we studied the effect of suboptimal Tr and GA on nitrate uptake, and found that exposure of cucumber seedlings to 16°C Tr led to a significant reduction in nitrate uptake rate, and exogenous application GA can alleviate the down-regulation by up regulating the expression of genes associated with nitrate uptake. Finally, we demonstrated that N accumulation in cucumber seedlings under suboptimal Tr conditions was improved by exogenous application of GA due probably to both enhanced root growth and nitrate absorption activity. These results indicate that a reduction in endogenous GA concentrations in roots due to down-regulation of GA biosynthesis at transcriptional level may be a key event to underpin the suboptimal Tr-induced inhibition of root growth and nitrate uptake. These findings may have important practical implications in effective mitigation of suboptimal temperature-induced vegetable loss under greenhouse conditions.
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- Longqiang Bai
- The Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
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- The Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- The Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- * E-mail: (XY); (YL)
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- The Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- * E-mail: (XY); (YL)
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Shi H, Wei Y, Wang Q, Reiter RJ, He C. Melatonin mediates the stabilization of DELLA proteins to repress the floral transition in Arabidopsis. J Pineal Res 2016; 60:373-9. [PMID: 26887824 DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Precise floral transition from vegetative growth phase to reproductive growth phase is very important in plant life cycle. In flowering genetic pathways, DELLA proteins are master transcriptional regulators of gibberelic acid (GA) pathway, and FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) is a core repressor of vernalization pathway as well as downstream of DELLAs. As a crucial messenger in plants, the possible involvement of melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) in flowering and underlying molecular mechanism are unknown in Arabidopsis. In this study, we found that exogenous melatonin treatment delayed floral transition in Arabidopsis. Exogenous melatonin treatment conferred protein stabilizations of DELLAs [REPRESSOR of ga1-3 (RGA) and RGA-LIKE3 (RGL3)], without regulating the transcripts of DELLAs and endogenous GA level. Notably, exogenous melatonin delayed plant flowering and DELLA-activated transcripts of FLC were alleviated in della mutants, and those were exacerbated in DELLA overexpressing plants. Taken together, this study provides direct link between melatonin and floral transition, and indicates the novel involvement of DELLAs-activated FLC in melatonin-mediated flowering in Arabidopsis.
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- Haitao Shi
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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Matías-Hernández L, Aguilar-Jaramillo AE, Cigliano RA, Sanseverino W, Pelaz S. Flowering and trichome development share hormonal and transcription factor regulation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:1209-19. [PMID: 26685187 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Gibberellins (GAs) and cytokinins (CKs) are plant hormones that act either synergistically or antagonistically during the regulation of different developmental processes. In Arabidopsis thaliana, GAs and CKs overlap in the positive regulation of processes such as the transition from the vegetative to the reproductive phase and the development of epidermal adaxial trichomes. Despite the fact that both developmental processes originate in the rosette leaves, they occur separately in time and space. Here we review how, as genetic and molecular mechanisms are being unraveled, both processes might be closely related. Additionally, this shared genetic network is not only dependent on GA and CK hormone signaling but is also strictly controlled by specific clades of transcription factor families. Some key flowering genes also control other rosette leaf developmental processes such as adaxial trichome formation. Conversely, most of the trichome activator genes, which belong to the MYB, bHLH and C2H2 families, were found to positively control the floral transition. Furthermore, three MADS floral organ identity genes, which are able to convert leaves into floral structures, are also able to induce trichome proliferation in the flower. These data lead us to propose that the spatio-temporal regulation and integration of diverse signals control different developmental processes, such as floral induction and trichome formation, which are intimately connected through similar genetic pathways.
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- Luis Matías-Hernández
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) 08193 Barcelona, Spain Sequentia Biotech, Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Sequentia Biotech, Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) 08193 Barcelona, Spain ICREA (Institució Catalana de Recerca i EstudisAvançats), Barcelona, Spain
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Li Z, Zhang J, Liu Y, Zhao J, Fu J, Ren X, Wang G, Wang J. Exogenous auxin regulates multi-metabolic network and embryo development, controlling seed secondary dormancy and germination in Nicotiana tabacum L. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:41. [PMID: 26860357 PMCID: PMC4748683 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0724-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Auxin was recognized as a secondary dormancy phytohormone, controlling seed dormancy and germination. However, the exogenous auxin-controlled seed dormancy and germination remain unclear in physiological process and gene network. RESULTS Tobacco seeds soaked in 1000 mg/l auxin solution showed markedly decreased germination compared with that in low concentration of auxin solutions and ddH2O. Using an electron microscope, observations were made on the seeds which did not unfold properly in comparison to those submerged in ddH2O. The radicle traits measured by WinRHIZO, were found to be also weaker than the other treatment groups. Quantified by ELISA, there was no significant difference found in β-1,3glucanase activity and abscisic acid (ABA) content between the seeds imbibed in gradient concentration of auxin solution and those soaked in ddH2O. However, gibberellic acid (GA) and auxin contents were significantly higher at the time of exogenous auxin imbibition and were gradually reduced at germination. RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), revealed that the transcriptome of auxin-responsive dormancy seeds were more similar to that of the imbibed seeds when compared with primary dormancy seeds by principal component analysis. The results of gene differential expression analysis revealed that auxin-controlled seed secondary dormancy was associated with flavonol biosynthetic process, gibberellin metabolic process, adenylyl-sulfate reductase activity, thioredoxin activity, glutamate synthase (NADH) activity and chromatin regulation. In addition, auxin-responsive germination responded to ABA, auxin, jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) mediated signaling pathway (red, far red and blue light), glutathione and methionine (Met) metabolism. CONCLUSIONS In this study, exogenous auxin-mediated seed secondary dormancy is an environmental model that prevents seed germination in an unfavorable condition. Seeds of which could not imbibe normally, and radicles of which also could not develop normally and emerge. To complete the germination, seeds of which would stimulate more GA synthesis to antagonize the stimulation of exogenous auxin. Exogenous auxin regulates multi-metabolic networks controlling seed secondary dormancy and germination, of which the most important thing was that we found the auxin-responsive seed secondary dormancy refers to epigenetic regulation and germination to enhance Met pathway. Therefore, this study uncovers a previously unrecognized transcriptional regulatory networks and physiological development process of seed dormancy and germination with superfluous auxin signal activate.
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- Zhenhua Li
- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100094, China.
- Molecular Genetics Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, GuiYang, 550081, China.
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- Molecular Genetics Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, GuiYang, 550081, China.
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- Institute of Tobacco, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China.
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- Molecular Genetics Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, GuiYang, 550081, China.
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Molecular Genetics Key Laboratory of China Tobacco, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, GuiYang, 550081, China.
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100094, China.
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Plaza-Wüthrich S, Blösch R, Rindisbacher A, Cannarozzi G, Tadele Z. Gibberellin Deficiency Confers Both Lodging and Drought Tolerance in Small Cereals. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:643. [PMID: 27242844 PMCID: PMC4865506 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] and finger millet [Eleusine coracana Gaertn] are staple cereal crops in Africa and Asia with several desirable agronomic and nutritional properties. Tef is becoming a life-style crop as it is gluten-free while finger millet has a low glycemic index which makes it an ideal food for diabetic patients. However, both tef and finger millet have extremely low grain yields mainly due to moisture scarcity and susceptibility of the plants to lodging. In this study, the effects of gibberellic acid (GA) inhibitors particularly paclobutrazol (PBZ) on diverse physiological and yield-related parameters were investigated and compared to GA mutants in rice (Oryza sativa L.). The application of PBZ to tef and finger millet significantly reduced the plant height and increased lodging tolerance. Remarkably, PBZ also enhanced the tolerance of both tef and finger millet to moisture deficit. Under moisture scarcity, tef plants treated with PBZ did not exhibit drought-related symptoms and their stomatal conductance was unaltered, leading to higher shoot biomass and grain yield. Semi-dwarf rice mutants altered in GA biosynthesis, were also shown to have improved tolerance to dehydration. The combination of traits (drought tolerance, lodging tolerance and increased yield) that we found in plants with altered GA pathway is of importance to breeders who would otherwise rely on extensive crossing to introgress each trait individually. The key role played by PBZ in the tolerance to both lodging and drought calls for further studies using mutants in the GA biosynthesis pathway in order to obtain candidate lines which can be incorporated into crop-breeding programs to create lodging tolerant and climate-smart crops.
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of BernBern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of BernBern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of BernBern, Switzerland
- Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa UniversityAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
- *Correspondence: Zerihun Tadele,
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Somssich M, Khan GA, Persson S. Cell Wall Heterogeneity in Root Development of Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1242. [PMID: 27582757 PMCID: PMC4987334 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plant cell walls provide stability and protection to plant cells. During growth and development the composition of cell walls changes, but provides enough strength to withstand the turgor of the cells. Hence, cell walls are highly flexible and diverse in nature. These characteristics are important during root growth, as plant roots consist of radial patterns of cells that have diverse functions and that are at different developmental stages along the growth axis. Young stem cell daughters undergo a series of rapid cell divisions, during which new cell walls are formed that are highly dynamic, and that support rapid anisotropic cell expansion. Once the cells have differentiated, the walls of specific cell types need to comply with and support different cell functions. For example, a newly formed root hair needs to be able to break through the surrounding soil, while endodermal cells modify their walls at distinct positions to form Casparian strips between them. Hence, the cell walls are modified and rebuilt while cells transit through different developmental stages. In addition, the cell walls of roots readjust to their environment to support growth and to maximize nutrient uptake. Many of these modifications are likely driven by different developmental and stress signaling pathways. However, our understanding of how such pathways affect cell wall modifications and what enzymes are involved remain largely unknown. In this review we aim to compile data linking cell wall content and re-modeling to developmental stages of root cells, and dissect how root cell walls respond to certain environmental changes.
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- Marc Somssich
- School of Biosciences, University of MelbourneMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of LausanneLausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Biosciences, University of MelbourneMelbourne, VIC, Australia
- *Correspondence: Staffan Persson,
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Belz RG. Investigating a Potential Auxin-Related Mode of Hormetic/Inhibitory Action of the Phytotoxin Parthenin. J Chem Ecol 2016; 42:71-83. [PMID: 26686984 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-015-0662-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Revised: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Parthenin is a metabolite of Parthenium hysterophorus and is believed to contribute to the weed's invasiveness via allelopathy. Despite the potential of parthenin to suppress competitors, low doses stimulate plant growth. This biphasic action was hypothesized to be auxin-like and, therefore, an auxin-related mode of parthenin action was investigated using two approaches: joint action experiments with Lactuca sativa, and dose-response experiments with auxin/antiauxin-resistant Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes. The joint action approach comprised binary mixtures of subinhibitory doses of the auxin 3-indoleacetic acid (IAA) mixed with parthenin or one of three reference compounds [indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA), 2-(p-chlorophenoxy)-2-methylpropionic acid (PCIB)]. The reference compounds significantly interacted with IAA at all doses, but parthenin interacted only at low doses indicating that parthenin hormesis may be auxin-related, in contrast to its inhibitory action. The genetic approach investigated the response of four auxin/antiauxin-resistant mutants and a wildtype to parthenin or two reference compounds (IAA, PCIB). The responses of mutant plants to the reference compounds confirmed previous reports, but differed from the responses observed for parthenin. Parthenin stimulated and inhibited all mutants independent of resistance. This provided no indication for an auxin-related action of parthenin. Therefore, the hypothesis of an auxin-related inhibitory action of parthenin was rejected in two independent experimental approaches, while the hypothesis of an auxin-related stimulatory effect could not be rejected.
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- Regina G Belz
- Agroecology Unit, Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, 70593, Germany.
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Wang GL, Que F, Xu ZS, Wang F, Xiong AS. Exogenous gibberellin altered morphology, anatomic and transcriptional regulatory networks of hormones in carrot root and shoot. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 15:290. [PMID: 26667233 PMCID: PMC4678581 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0679-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gibberellins stimulate cell elongation and expansion during plant growth and development. Carrot is a root plant with great value and undergoes obvious alteration in organ size over the period of plant growth. However, the roles of gibberellins in carrot remain unclear. RESULTS To investigate the effects of gibberelliins on the growth of carrot, we treated carrot plants with gibberellic acid 3 (GA3) or paclobutrazol (a gibberellin inhibitor). The results found that GA3 dramatically reduced the root growth but stimulated the shoot growth of carrot. It also significantly promoted xylem development in the tuberous root of carrot. In addition, transcript levels of genes related to gibberellins, auxin, cytokinins, abscisic acid and brassinolides were altered in response to increased or reduced gibberellins. CONCLUSIONS The inhibited tuberous root growth but enhanced shoot growth in plants treated with GA3 can be principally attributed to the changes in the xylem development of carrot roots. Negative feedback regulation mechanism of gibberellin biosynthesis also occurred in response to altered gibberellin accumulation. Gibberellins may interact with other hormones to regulate carrot plant growth through crosstalk mechanisms. This study provided novel insights into the functions of gibberellins in the growth and development of carrot.
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- Guang-Long Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Cai XT, Xu P, Wang Y, Xiang CB. Activated expression of AtEDT1/HDG11 promotes lateral root formation in Arabidopsis mutant edt1 by upregulating jasmonate biosynthesis. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 57:1017-30. [PMID: 25752924 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Root architecture is crucial for plants to absorb water and nutrients. We previously reported edt1 (edt1D) mutant with altered root architecture that contributes significantly to drought resistance. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well understood. Here we report one of the mechanisms underlying EDT1/HDG11-conferred altered root architecture. Root transcriptome comparison between the wild type and edt1D revealed that the upregulated genes involved in jasmonate biosynthesis and signaling pathway were enriched in edt1D root, which were confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR. Further analysis showed that EDT1/HDG11, as a transcription factor, bound directly to the HD binding sites in the promoters of AOS, AOC3, OPR3, and OPCL1, which encode four key enzymes in JA biosynthesis. We found that the jasmonic acid level was significantly elevated in edt1D root compared with that in the wild type subsequently. In addition, more auxin accumulation was observed in the lateral root primordium of edt1D compared with that of wild type. Genetic analysis of edt1D opcl1 double mutant also showed that HDG11 was partially dependent on JA in regulating LR formation. Taken together, overexpression of EDT1/HDG11 increases JA level in the root of edt1D by directly upregulating the expressions of several genes encoding JA biosynthesis enzymes to activate auxin signaling and promote lateral root formation.
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- Xiao-Teng Cai
- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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Zaman M, Kurepin LV, Catto W, Pharis RP. Enhancing crop yield with the use of N-based fertilizers co-applied with plant hormones or growth regulators. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2015; 95:1777-1785. [PMID: 25267003 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Revised: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Crop yield, vegetative or reproductive, depends on access to an adequate supply of essential mineral nutrients. At the same time, a crop plant's growth and development, and thus yield, also depend on in situ production of plant hormones. Thus optimizing mineral nutrition and providing supplemental hormones are two mechanisms for gaining appreciable yield increases. Optimizing the mineral nutrient supply is a common and accepted agricultural practice, but the co-application of nitrogen-based fertilizers with plant hormones or plant growth regulators is relatively uncommon. Our review discusses possible uses of plant hormones (gibberellins, auxins, cytokinins, abscisic acid and ethylene) and specific growth regulators (glycine betaine and polyamines) to enhance and optimize crop yield when co-applied with nitrogen-based fertilizers. We conclude that use of growth-active gibberellins, together with a nitrogen-based fertilizer, can result in appreciable and significant additive increases in shoot dry biomass of crops, including forage crops growing under low-temperature conditions. There may also be a potential for use of an auxin or cytokinin, together with a nitrogen-based fertilizer, for obtaining additive increases in dry shoot biomass and/or reproductive yield. Further research, though, is needed to determine the potential of co-application of nitrogen-based fertilizers with abscisic acid, ethylene and other growth regulators.
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- Mohammad Zaman
- Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited New Zealand, Private Bag 12503, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga, 3143, New Zealand
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- Department of Biology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B7
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- Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited New Zealand, Private Bag 12503, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga, 3143, New Zealand
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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Rossi M, Trupiano D, Tamburro M, Ripabelli G, Montagnoli A, Chiatante D, Scippa GS. MicroRNAs expression patterns in the response of poplar woody root to bending stress. PLANTA 2015; 242:339-351. [PMID: 25963516 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2311-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The paper reports for the first time, in poplar woody root, the expression of five mechanically-responsive miRNAs. The observed highly complex expression pattern of these miRNAs in the bent root suggest that their expression is not only regulated by tension and compression forces highlighting their role in several important processes, i.e., lateral root formation, lignin deposition, and response to bending stress. Mechanical stress is one of the major abiotic stresses significantly affecting plant stability, growth, survival, and reproduction. Plants have developed complex machineries to detect mechanical perturbations and to improve their anchorage. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding RNAs (18-24 nucleotides long), have been shown to regulate various stress-responsive genes, proteins and transcription factors, and play a crucial role in counteracting adverse conditions. Several mechanical stress-responsive miRNAs have been identified in the stem of Populus trichocarpa plants subjected to bending stress. However, despite the pivotal role of woody roots in plant anchorage, molecular mechanisms regulating poplar woody root responses to mechanical stress have still been little investigated. In the present paper, we investigate the spatial and temporal expression pattern of five mechanically-responsive miRNAs in three regions of bent poplar woody taproot and unstressed controls by quantitative RT-PCR analysis. Alignment of the cloned and sequenced amplified fragments confirmed that their nucleotide sequences are homologous to the mechanically-responsive miRNAs identified in bent poplar stem. Computational analysis identified putative target genes for each miRNA in the poplar genome. Additional miRNA target sites were found in several mechanical stress-related factors previously identified in poplar root and a subset of these was further analyzed for expression at the mRNA or protein level. Integrating the results of miRNAs expression patterns and target gene functions with our previous morphological and proteomic data, we concluded that the five miRNAs play crucial regulatory roles in reaction woody formation and lateral root development in mechanically-stressed poplar taproot.
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- Miriam Rossi
- Dipartimento di Bioscienze e Territorio, University of Molise, C.da Fonte Lappone, 86090, Pesche (IS), Italy
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Hossain MA, Bhattacharjee S, Armin SM, Qian P, Xin W, Li HY, Burritt DJ, Fujita M, Tran LSP. Hydrogen peroxide priming modulates abiotic oxidative stress tolerance: insights from ROS detoxification and scavenging. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:420. [PMID: 26136756 PMCID: PMC4468828 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 333] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Plants are constantly challenged by various abiotic stresses that negatively affect growth and productivity worldwide. During the course of their evolution, plants have developed sophisticated mechanisms to recognize external signals allowing them to respond appropriately to environmental conditions, although the degree of adjustability or tolerance to specific stresses differs from species to species. Overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS; hydrogen peroxide, H2O2; superoxide, [Formula: see text]; hydroxyl radical, OH(⋅) and singlet oxygen, (1)O2) is enhanced under abiotic and/or biotic stresses, which can cause oxidative damage to plant macromolecules and cell structures, leading to inhibition of plant growth and development, or to death. Among the various ROS, freely diffusible and relatively long-lived H2O2 acts as a central player in stress signal transduction pathways. These pathways can then activate multiple acclamatory responses that reinforce resistance to various abiotic and biotic stressors. To utilize H2O2 as a signaling molecule, non-toxic levels must be maintained in a delicate balancing act between H2O2 production and scavenging. Several recent studies have demonstrated that the H2O2-priming can enhance abiotic stress tolerance by modulating ROS detoxification and by regulating multiple stress-responsive pathways and gene expression. Despite the importance of the H2O2-priming, little is known about how this process improves the tolerance of plants to stress. Understanding the mechanisms of H2O2-priming-induced abiotic stress tolerance will be valuable for identifying biotechnological strategies to improve abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. This review is an overview of our current knowledge of the possible mechanisms associated with H2O2-induced abiotic oxidative stress tolerance in plants, with special reference to antioxidant metabolism.
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- Mohammad A. Hossain
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityMymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Department of Crop Production and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Shiraz UniversityShiraz, Iran
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- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka UniversityToyonaka, Japan
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- School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa UniversityTakamatsu, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceYokohama, Japan
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Sun P, Xiao X, Duan L, Guo Y, Qi J, Liao D, Zhao C, Liu Y, Zhou L, Li X. Dynamic transcriptional profiling provides insights into tuberous root development in Rehmannia glutinosa. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:396. [PMID: 26113849 PMCID: PMC4461823 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Rehmannia glutinosa, an herb of the Scrophulariaceae family, is widely cultivated in the Northern part of China. The tuberous root has well-known medicinal properties; however, yield and quality are threatened by abiotic and biotic stresses. Understanding the molecular process of tuberous root development may help identify novel targets for its control. In the present study, we used Illumina sequencing and de novo assembly strategies to obtain a reference transcriptome that is relevant to tuberous root development. We then conducted RNA-seq quantification analysis to determine gene expression profiles of the adventitious root (AR), thickening adventitious root (TAR), and the developing tuberous root (DTR). Expression profiling identified a total of 6794 differentially expressed unigenes during root development. Bioinformatics analysis and gene expression profiling revealed changes in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, starch and sucrose metabolism, and plant hormone biosynthesis during root development. Moreover, we identified and allocated putative functions to the genes involved in tuberous root development, including genes related to major carbohydrate metabolism, hormone metabolism, and transcription regulation. The present study provides the initial description of gene expression profiles of AR, TAR, and DTR, which facilitates identification of genes of interest. Moreover, our work provides insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying tuberous root development and may assist in the design and development of improved breeding schemes for different R. glutinosa varieties through genetic manipulation.
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- Peng Sun
- Center for Medicinal Plant Cultivation, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural UniversityBeijing, China
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijing, China
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural UniversityBeijing, China
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- Center for Medicinal Plant Cultivation, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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- Center for Medicinal Plant Cultivation, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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- Center for Medicinal Plant Cultivation, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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- Center for Medicinal Plant Cultivation, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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- Center for Medicinal Plant Cultivation, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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- Center for Medicinal Plant Cultivation, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical SciencesBeijing, China
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Regnault T, Davière JM, Wild M, Sakvarelidze-Achard L, Heintz D, Carrera Bergua E, Lopez Diaz I, Gong F, Hedden P, Achard P. The gibberellin precursor GA12 acts as a long-distance growth signal in Arabidopsis. NATURE PLANTS 2015; 1:15073. [PMID: 27250008 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The gibberellin (GA) phytohormones play important roles in plant growth and development, promoting seed germination, elongation growth and reproductive development(1). Over the years, substantial progress has been made in understanding the regulation of GA signalling and metabolism, which ensures appropriate levels of GAs for growth and development(2). Moreover, an additional level of regulation may reside in the transport of GAs from production sites to recipient tissues that require GAs for growth. Although there is considerable evidence suggesting the existence of short- and long-distance movement of GAs in plants(3-8), the nature and the biological properties of this transport are not yet understood. Here, we combine biochemical and conventional micrografting experiments in Arabidopsis thaliana to show that the GA precursor GA12, although biologically inactive by itself, is the major mobile GA signal over long distances. Quantitative analysis of endogenous GAs in xylem and phloem exudates further indicates that GA12 moves through the plant vascular system. Finally, we demonstrate that GA12 is functional in recipient tissues, supporting growth via the activation of the GA signalling cascade. Collectively, these results reveal the existence of long-range transport of endogenous GA12 in plants that may have implications for the control of developmental phase transitions and the adaptation to adverse environments.
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- Thomas Regnault
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67084, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67084, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67084, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67084, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67084, France
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-UPV, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-UPV, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, associé avec l'Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67084, France
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Kim H, Cha HC. Effect of Gibberellin on the Adventitious Root Formation from the Leaves-derived Calli in Persicaria perfoliata. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.5352/jls.2015.25.4.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Chen X, Lu S, Wang Y, Zhang X, Lv B, Luo L, Xi D, Shen J, Ma H, Ming F. OsNAC2 encoding a NAC transcription factor that affects plant height through mediating the gibberellic acid pathway in rice. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 82:302-14. [PMID: 25754802 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Plant height and flowering time are key agronomic traits affecting yield in rice (Oryza sativa). In this study, we investigated the functions in rice growth and development of OsNAC2, encoding a NAC transcription factor in rice. Transgenic plants that constitutively expressed OsNAC2 had shorter internodes, shorter spikelets, and were more insensitive to gibberellic acid (GA(3)). In addition, the levels of GAs decreased in OsNAC2 overexpression plants, compared with the wild-type. Moreover, flowering was delayed for approximately 5 days in transgenic lines. The transcription of Hd3a, a flowering-time related gene, was suppressed in transgenic lines. In addition, transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing OsNAC2 were also more insensitive to GA(3). The expression levels of GA biosynthetic genes OsKO2 and OsKAO were repressed. The expression of OsSLRL, encoding a repressor in the GA signal pathway, and OsEATB, which encodes a repressor of GA biosynthesis, were both enhanced. Western blotting indicated that DELLA also accumulated at the protein level. Dual-luciferase reporter analyses, yeast one-hybrid assays and ChIP-qPCR suggested that OsNAC2 directly interacted with the promoter of OsEATB and OsKO2. Taken together, we proposed that OsNAC2 is a negative regulator of the plant height and flowering time, which acts by directly regulating key genes of the GA pathway in rice.
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- Xu Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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Tang X, Huang L, Zhang W, Jiang R, Zhong H. Photo-catalytic activities of plant hormones on semiconductor nanoparticles by laser-activated electron tunneling and emitting. Sci Rep 2015; 5:8893. [PMID: 25749635 PMCID: PMC4352873 DOI: 10.1038/srep08893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Understanding of the dynamic process of laser-induced ultrafast electron tunneling is still very limited. It has been thought that the photo-catalytic reaction of adsorbents on the surface is either dependent on the number of resultant electron-hole pairs where excess energy is lost to the lattice through coupling with phonon modes, or dependent on irradiation photon wavelength. We used UV (355 nm) laser pulses to excite electrons from the valence band to the conduction band of titanium dioxide (TiO₂), zinc oxide (ZnO) and bismuth cobalt zinc oxide (Bi₂O₃)₀.₀₇(CoO)₀.₀₃(ZnO)₀.₉ semiconductor nanoparticles with different photo catalytic properties. Photoelectrons are extracted, accelerated in a static electric field and eventually captured by charge deficient atoms of adsorbed organic molecules. A time-of-flight mass spectrometer was used to detect negative molecules and fragment ions generated by un-paired electron directed bond cleavages. We show that the probability of electron tunneling is determined by the strength of the static electric field and intrinsic electron mobility of semiconductors. Photo-catalytic dissociation or polymerization reactions of adsorbents are highly dependent on the kinetic energy of tunneling electrons as well as the strength of laser influx. By using this approach, photo-activities of phytohormones have been investigated.
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- Xuemei Tang
- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, P. R. China
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Li G, Zhu C, Gan L, Ng D, Xia K. GA(3) enhances root responsiveness to exogenous IAA by modulating auxin transport and signalling in Arabidopsis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2015; 34:483-94. [PMID: 25540118 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1728-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Revised: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We used auxin-signalling mutants, auxin transport mutants, and auxin-related marker lines to show that exogenously applied GA enhances auxin-induced root inhibition by affecting auxin signalling and transport. Variation in root elongation is valuable when studying the interactions of phytohormones. Auxins influence the biosynthesis and signalling of gibberellins (GAs), but the influence of GAs on auxins in root elongation is poorly understood. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of GA3 on Arabidopsis root elongation in the presence of auxin. Root elongation was inhibited in roots treated with both IAA and GA3, compared to IAA alone, and the effect was dose dependent. Further experiments showed that GA3 could modulate auxin signalling based on root elongation in auxin-signalling mutants and the expression of auxin-responsive reporters. The GA3-enhanced inhibition of root elongation observed in the wild type was not found in the auxin-signalling mutants tir1-1 and axr1-3. GA3 increased DR5::GUS expression in the root meristem and elongation zones, and IAA2::GUS in the columella. The DR5rev::GFP signal was enhanced in columella cells of the root caps and in the elongation zone in GA3-treated seedling roots. A reduction was observed in the stele of PAC-treated roots. We also examined the effect of GA3 on auxin transport. The enhanced responsiveness caused by GA3 was not observed in the auxin influx mutant aux1-7 or the efflux mutant eir1-1. Additional molecular data demonstrated that GA3 could promote auxin transport via AUX1 and PIN proteins. However, GA3-induced PIN gene expression did not fully explain GA-enhanced PIN protein accumulation. These results suggest that GA3 is involved in auxin-mediated primary root elongation by modulating auxin signalling and transport, and thus enhances root responsiveness to exogenous IAA.
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- Guijun Li
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Malekpoor Mansoorkhani F, Seymour G, Swarup R, Moeiniyan Bagheri H, Ramsey R, Thompson A. Environmental, developmental, and genetic factors controlling root system architecture. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2015; 30:95-112. [DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2014.995912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Rainer Waadt
- University of Heidelberg, Centre for Organismal Studies, Plant Developmental Biology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Takeda N, Handa Y, Tsuzuki S, Kojima M, Sakakibara H, Kawaguchi M. Gibberellins interfere with symbiosis signaling and gene expression and alter colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Lotus japonicus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 167:545-57. [PMID: 25527715 PMCID: PMC4326748 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.247700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza is a mutualistic plant-fungus interaction that confers great advantages for plant growth. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi enter the host root and form symbiotic structures that facilitate nutrient supplies between the symbionts. The gibberellins (GAs) are phytohormones known to inhibit AM fungal infection. However, our transcriptome analysis and phytohormone quantification revealed GA accumulation in the roots of Lotus japonicus infected with AM fungi, suggesting that de novo GA synthesis plays a role in arbuscular mycorrhiza development. We found pleiotropic effects of GAs on the AM fungal infection. In particular, the morphology of AM fungal colonization was drastically altered by the status of GA signaling in the host root. Exogenous GA treatment inhibited AM hyphal entry into the host root and suppressed the expression of Reduced Arbuscular Mycorrhization1 (RAM1) and RAM2 homologs that function in hyphal entry and arbuscule formation. On the other hand, inhibition of GA biosynthesis or suppression of GA signaling also affected arbuscular mycorrhiza development in the host root. Low-GA conditions suppressed arbuscular mycorrhiza-induced subtilisin-like serine protease1 (SbtM1) expression that is required for AM fungal colonization and reduced hyphal branching in the host root. The reduced hyphal branching and SbtM1 expression caused by the inhibition of GA biosynthesis were recovered by GA treatment, supporting the theory that insufficient GA signaling causes the inhibitory effects on arbuscular mycorrhiza development. Most studies have focused on the negative role of GA signaling, whereas our study demonstrates that GA signaling also positively interacts with symbiotic responses and promotes AM colonization of the host root.
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- Naoya Takeda
- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., Y.H., M.Ka.);Department of Basic Biology, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., S.T., M.Ka.); andPlant Productivity Systems Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan (M.Ko., H.S.)
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., Y.H., M.Ka.);Department of Basic Biology, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., S.T., M.Ka.); andPlant Productivity Systems Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan (M.Ko., H.S.)
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., Y.H., M.Ka.);Department of Basic Biology, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., S.T., M.Ka.); andPlant Productivity Systems Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan (M.Ko., H.S.)
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., Y.H., M.Ka.);Department of Basic Biology, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., S.T., M.Ka.); andPlant Productivity Systems Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan (M.Ko., H.S.)
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., Y.H., M.Ka.);Department of Basic Biology, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., S.T., M.Ka.); andPlant Productivity Systems Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan (M.Ko., H.S.)
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- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., Y.H., M.Ka.);Department of Basic Biology, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan (N.T., S.T., M.Ka.); andPlant Productivity Systems Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan (M.Ko., H.S.)
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Dolferus R. To grow or not to grow: a stressful decision for plants. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 229:247-261. [PMID: 25443851 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Revised: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Progress in improving abiotic stress tolerance of crop plants using classic breeding and selection approaches has been slow. This has generally been blamed on the lack of reliable traits and phenotyping methods for stress tolerance. In crops, abiotic stress tolerance is most often measured in terms of yield-capacity under adverse weather conditions. "Yield" is a complex trait and is determined by growth and developmental processes which are controlled by environmental signals throughout the life cycle of the plant. The use of model systems has allowed us to gradually unravel how plants grow and develop, but our understanding of the flexibility and opportunistic nature of plant development and its capacity to adapt growth to environmental cues is still evolving. There is genetic variability for the capacity to maintain yield and productivity under abiotic stress conditions in crop plants such as cereals. Technological progress in various domains has made it increasingly possible to mine that genetic variability and develop a better understanding about the basic mechanism of plant growth and abiotic stress tolerance. The aim of this paper is not to give a detailed account of all current research progress, but instead to highlight some of the current research trends that may ultimately lead to strategies for stress-proofing crop species. The focus will be on abiotic stresses that are most often associated with climate change (drought, heat and cold) and those crops that are most important for human nutrition, the cereals.
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- Rudy Dolferus
- CSIRO, Agriculture Flagship, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Xu H, Liu Q, Yao T, Fu X. Shedding light on integrative GA signaling. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 21:89-95. [PMID: 25061896 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Gibberellic acid (GA) regulates a diversity of processes associated with plant growth and development. The DELLA proteins act as repressors of GA signaling, and are destabilized by GA. Although it is known that GA signaling integrates various endogenous and environmental signals, the molecular basis of their modulation of plant growth and development is only now beginning to be understood. The current suggestion is that the DELLA proteins act as one possible quantitative modulator of plant growth, achieved by integrating multiple environmental and hormonal signals via protein-protein interactions. This review discusses recent elaborations of the de-repression model proposed to describe the GA response, and focuses on integrative networks thought to regulate plant growth, development and the adaptation to a fluctuating environment.
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- Hao Xu
- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
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Guo W, Cong Y, Hussain N, Wang Y, Liu Z, Jiang L, Liang Z, Chen K. The remodeling of seedling development in response to long-term magnesium toxicity and regulation by ABA-DELLA signaling in Arabidopsis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 55:1713-26. [PMID: 25074907 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Little information is available about signaling response to magnesium toxicity (MgT) in plants. This study presents the first evidence that abscisic acid (ABA) and DELLA proteins participate in signaling response to long-term MgT in Arabidopsis thaliana (Landsberg erecta). Morphological, physiological, and molecular characteristics of a wild-type and two Arabidopsis mutants, ABA-insensitive mutant abi1-1 and constitutive elevated GA response mutant quadruple-DELLA (DELLA-Q: gai-t6 rga-t2 rgl1-1 rgl2-1) were monitored under MgT and normal magnesium conditions. Two weeks of MgT treatment strongly influenced the growth of young plants, but growth inhibition of the DELLA-Q and abi1-1 mutants was less than that of the wild-type plants. Exogenous ABA further inhibited the growth of the DELLA-Q mutants, similar to that of the wild-type. Both ABA and MgT also promoted DELLA protein RGA accumulation in the nuclei. Transcriptional analysis supported these results and revealed that a complex signaling network has responded to MgT in Arabidopsis. DELLA enhancement, which depends on ABI1, contributed to the remodeling growth and development of young seedlings.
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- Wanli Guo
- College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Xiasha Campus, Hangzhou, 310018 China These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yu-Hang-Tang Road, Hangzhou 310058 China These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yu-Hang-Tang Road, Hangzhou 310058 China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yu-Hang-Tang Road, Hangzhou 310058 China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yu-Hang-Tang Road, Hangzhou 310058 China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 866 Yu-Hang-Tang Road, Hangzhou 310058 China
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- College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Xiasha Campus, Hangzhou, 310018 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Area, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100 China
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Etemadi M, Gutjahr C, Couzigou JM, Zouine M, Lauressergues D, Timmers A, Audran C, Bouzayen M, Bécard G, Combier JP. Auxin perception is required for arbuscule development in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 166:281-92. [PMID: 25096975 PMCID: PMC4149713 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.246595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Most land plant species live in symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. These fungi differentiate essential functional structures called arbuscules in root cortical cells from which mineral nutrients are released to the plant. We investigated the role of microRNA393 (miR393), an miRNA that targets several auxin receptors, in arbuscular mycorrhizal root colonization. Expression of the precursors of the miR393 was down-regulated during mycorrhization in three different plant species: Solanum lycopersicum, Medicago truncatula, and Oryza sativa. Treatment of S. lycopersicum, M. truncatula, and O. sativa roots with concentrations of synthetic auxin analogs that did not affect root development stimulated mycorrhization, particularly arbuscule formation. DR5-GUS, a reporter for auxin response, was preferentially expressed in root cells containing arbuscules. Finally, overexpression of miR393 in root tissues resulted in down-regulation of auxin receptor genes (transport inhibitor response1 and auxin-related F box) and underdeveloped arbuscules in all three plant species. These results support the conclusion that miR393 is a negative regulator of arbuscule formation by hampering auxin perception in arbuscule-containing cells.
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- Mohammad Etemadi
- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5546, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (M.E., J.-M.C., D.L., G.B., J.-P.C.);Institut National Polytechnique-Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits, F-52627 Auzeville, France (M.E., M.Z., C.A., M.B.);Faculty of Biology, Genetics, University of Munich, 82152 Martinsried, Germany (C.G.); andLaboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 441/2594 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France (A.T.)
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Okushima Y, Shimizu K, Ishida T, Sugimoto K, Umeda M. Differential regulation of B2-type CDK accumulation in Arabidopsis roots. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2014; 33:1033-40. [PMID: 24573537 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1581-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 01/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The accumulation of the mitotic B2-type CDK is tightly controlled by multiple pathways in Arabidopsis roots. Root growth depends on cell proliferation in the apices, which determines the root meristem size. The expression of B2-type cyclin-dependent kinase (CDKB2) is known to be restricted to dividing cells in the meristematic region, and therefore, the mechanisms controlling CDKB2 accumulation may be associated with those determining the meristem size. We investigated how CDKB2 expression is controlled in distinct zones of Arabidopsis roots. We found that CDKB2;1 expression was induced by a member of the PLETHORA (PLT) family of transcription factors, which are known to mediate auxin signaling and maintain the undifferentiated state of meristematic cells. When the root meristem was treated with an auxin antagonist, the CDKB2;1 level was reduced not only by transcriptional suppression but also by proteasome-mediated protein degradation. This indicates that auxin promotes CDKB2 accumulation at both mRNA and protein levels in the meristem. In the elongation and differentiation zones, on the other hand, neither the ubiquitin-proteasome system nor the PLT-mediated transcriptional regulation is associated with CDKB2;1 accumulation. Both CDKB2;1 and HIGH PLOIDY2 (HPY2), a SUMO E3 ligase, were ectopically accumulated in the stele when treated with exogenous auxin, suggesting the possibility that CDKB2;1 accumulation is dependent on HPY2-mediated sumoylation, which is usually maintained by a higher auxin level in the meristem. Our results demonstrate that the CDKB2 level is tightly controlled by multiple pathways to maintain the mitotic activity in developing roots.
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- Yoko Okushima
- Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Takayama 8916-5, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
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Habets MEJ, Offringa R. PIN-driven polar auxin transport in plant developmental plasticity: a key target for environmental and endogenous signals. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 203:362-377. [PMID: 24863651 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plants master the art of coping with environmental challenges in two ways: on the one hand, through their extensive defense systems, and on the other, by their developmental plasticity. The plant hormone auxin plays an important role in a plant's adaptations to its surroundings, as it specifies organ orientation and positioning by regulating cell growth and division in response to internal and external signals. Important in auxin action is the family of PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin transport proteins that generate auxin maxima and minima by driving polar cell-to-cell transport of auxin through their asymmetric subcellular distribution. Here, we review how regulatory proteins, the cytoskeleton, and membrane trafficking affect PIN expression and localization. Transcriptional regulation of PIN genes alters protein abundance, provides tissue-specific expression, and enables feedback based on auxin concentrations and crosstalk with other hormones. Post-transcriptional modification, for example by PIN phosphorylation or ubiquitination, provides regulation through protein trafficking and degradation, changing the direction and quantity of the auxin flow. Several plant hormones affect PIN abundance, resulting in another means of crosstalk between auxin and these hormones. In conclusion, PIN proteins are instrumental in directing plant developmental responses to environmental and endogenous signals.
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- Myckel E J Habets
- Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden, the Netherlands
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De Bruyne L, Höfte M, De Vleesschauwer D. Connecting growth and defense: the emerging roles of brassinosteroids and gibberellins in plant innate immunity. MOLECULAR PLANT 2014; 7:943-959. [PMID: 24777987 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssu050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Brassinosteroids (BRs) and gibberellins (GAs) are two groups of phytohormones that regulate many common developmental processes throughout the plant life cycle. Fueled by large-scale 'omics' technologies and the burgeoning field of plant computational biology, the past few years have witnessed paradigm-shifting advances in our understanding of how BRs and GA are perceived and their signals transduced. Accumulating evidence also implicates BR and GA in the coordination and integration of plant immune responses. Similarly to other growth regulators, BR and GA play ambiguous roles in molding pathological outcomes, the effects of which may depend not only on the pathogen's lifestyle and infection strategy, but also on specialized features of each interaction. Analysis of the underpinning molecular mechanisms points to a crucial role of GA-inhibiting DELLA proteins and the BR-regulated transcription factor BZR1. Acting at the interface of developmental and defense signaling, these proteins likely serve as central hubs for pathway crosstalk and signal integration, allowing appropriate modulation of plant growth and defense in response to various stimuli. In this review, we outline the latest discoveries dealing with BR and GA modulation of plant innate immunity and highlight interactions between BR and GA signaling, plant defense, and microbial virulence.
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- Lieselotte De Bruyne
- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Bourion V, Martin C, de Larambergue H, Jacquin F, Aubert G, Martin-Magniette ML, Balzergue S, Lescure G, Citerne S, Lepetit M, Munier-Jolain N, Salon C, Duc G. Unexpectedly low nitrogen acquisition and absence of root architecture adaptation to nitrate supply in a Medicago truncatula highly branched root mutant. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:2365-80. [PMID: 24706718 PMCID: PMC4036509 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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To complement N2 fixation through symbiosis, legumes can efficiently acquire soil mineral N through adapted root architecture. However, root architecture adaptation to mineral N availability has been little studied in legumes. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of nitrate availability on root architecture in Medicago truncatula and assessed the N-uptake potential of a new highly branched root mutant, TR185. The effects of varying nitrate supply on both root architecture and N uptake were characterized in the mutant and in the wild type. Surprisingly, the root architecture of the mutant was not modified by variation in nitrate supply. Moreover, despite its highly branched root architecture, TR185 had a permanently N-starved phenotype. A transcriptome analysis was performed to identify genes differentially expressed between the two genotypes. This analysis revealed differential responses related to the nitrate acquisition pathway and confirmed that N starvation occurred in TR185. Changes in amino acid content and expression of genes involved in the phenylpropanoid pathway were associated with differences in root architecture between the mutant and the wild type.
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- INRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France
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- INRA, UMR518 MIA, F-75231 Paris, France AgroParisTech, UMR MIA, F-75231 Paris, France INRA, UMR1165 URGV, F-91057 Evry, France UEVE, UMR URGV, F-91057 Evry, France CNRS, ERL8196 UMR URGV, F-91057 Evry, France
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- INRA, UMR1165 URGV, F-91057 Evry, France UEVE, UMR URGV, F-91057 Evry, France CNRS, ERL8196 UMR URGV, F-91057 Evry, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA/AgroParisTech, F-78026 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA/AgroParisTech, F-78026 Versailles, France
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- USC1342 INRA, UMR113 IRD-CIRAD-SupAgro-UM2, Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Campus de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- INRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France
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Bergonci T, Ribeiro B, Ceciliato PH, Guerrero-Abad JC, Silva-Filho MC, Moura DS. Arabidopsis thaliana RALF1 opposes brassinosteroid effects on root cell elongation and lateral root formation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:2219-30. [PMID: 24620000 PMCID: PMC3991750 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Rapid alkalinization factor (RALF) is a peptide signal that plays a basic role in cell biology and most likely regulates cell expansion. In this study, transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana lines with high and low levels of AtRALF1 transcripts were used to investigate this peptide's mechanism of action. Overexpression of the root-specific isoform AtRALF1 resulted in reduced cell size. Conversely, AtRALF1 silencing increased root length by increasing the size of root cells. AtRALF1-silenced plants also showed an increase in the number of lateral roots, whereas AtRALF1 overexpression produced the opposite effect. In addition, four AtRALF1-inducible genes were identified: two genes encoding proline-rich proteins (AtPRP1 and AtPRP3), one encoding a hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein (AtHRPG2), and one encoding a xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (TCH4). These genes were expressed in roots and involved in cell-wall rearrangement, and their induction was concentration dependent. Furthermore, AtRALF1-overexpressing plants were less sensitive to exogenous brassinolide (BL); upon BL treatment, the plants showed no increase in root length and a compromised increase in hypocotyl elongation. In addition, the treatment had no effect on the number of emerged lateral roots. AtRALF1 also induces two brassinosteroid (BR)-downregulated genes involved in the BR biosynthetic pathway: the cytochrome P450 monooxygenases CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHISM AND DWARFISM (CPD) and DWARF4 (DWF4). Simultaneous treatment with both AtRALF1 and BL caused a reduction in AtRALF1-inducible gene expression levels, suggesting that these signals may compete for components shared by both pathways. Taken together, these results indicate an opposing effect of AtRALF1 and BL, and suggest that RALF's mechanism of action could be to interfere with the BR signalling pathway.
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- Tábata Bergonci
- Laboratório de Bioquímica de Proteínas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418–900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica de Proteínas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418–900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica de Proteínas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418–900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica de Proteínas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418–900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Plantas, Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418–900, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioquímica de Proteínas, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, SP, 13418–900, Brazil
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Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate nitrogen-use efficiency in rice. Nat Genet 2014; 46:652-6. [PMID: 24777451 DOI: 10.1038/ng.2958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The drive toward more sustainable agriculture has raised the profile of crop plant nutrient-use efficiency. Here we show that a major rice nitrogen-use efficiency quantitative trait locus (qNGR9) is synonymous with the previously identified gene DEP1 (DENSE AND ERECT PANICLES 1). The different DEP1 alleles confer different nitrogen responses, and genetic diversity analysis suggests that DEP1 has been subjected to artificial selection during Oryza sativa spp. japonica rice domestication. The plants carrying the dominant dep1-1 allele exhibit nitrogen-insensitive vegetative growth coupled with increased nitrogen uptake and assimilation, resulting in improved harvest index and grain yield at moderate levels of nitrogen fertilization. The DEP1 protein interacts in vivo with both the Gα (RGA1) and Gβ (RGB1) subunits, and reduced RGA1 or enhanced RGB1 activity inhibits nitrogen responses. We conclude that the plant G protein complex regulates nitrogen signaling and modulation of heterotrimeric G protein activity provides a strategy for environmentally sustainable increases in rice grain yield.
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Duca M, Port A, Orozco-Cardenas M, Lovatt C. Gibberellin-Induced Gene Expression Associated with Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Sunflower. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2008.10817536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Curaba J, Singh MB, Bhalla PL. miRNAs in the crosstalk between phytohormone signalling pathways. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:1425-38. [PMID: 24523503 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Phytohormones are signal molecules produced within the plant that control its growth and development through the regulation of gene expression. Interaction between different phytohormone pathways is essential in coordinating tissue outgrowth in response to environmental changes, such as the adaptation of root development to water deficit or the initiation of seed germination during imbibition. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as key regulators of phytohormone response pathways in planta by affecting their metabolism, distribution, and perception. Here we review current knowledge on the miRNA-mediated regulations involved in phytohormone crosstalk. We focus on the miRNAs exhibiting regulatory links with more than one phytohormone pathway and discuss their possible implication in coordinating multiple phytohormone responses during specific developmental processes.
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- Julien Curaba
- Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Claeys H, De Bodt S, Inzé D. Gibberellins and DELLAs: central nodes in growth regulatory networks. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 19:231-9. [PMID: 24182663 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Gibberellins (GAs) are growth-promoting phytohormones that were crucial in breeding improved semi-dwarf varieties during the green revolution. However, the molecular basis for GA-induced growth stimulation is poorly understood. In this review, we use light-regulated hypocotyl elongation as a case study, combined with a meta-analysis of available transcriptome data, to discuss the role of GAs as central nodes in networks connecting environmental inputs to growth. These networks are highly tissue-specific, with dynamic and rapid regulation that mostly occurs at the protein level, directly affecting the activity and transcription of effectors. New systems biology approaches addressing the role of GAs in growth should take these properties into account, combining tissue-specific interactomics, transcriptomics and modeling, to provide essential knowledge to fuel a second green revolution.
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- Hannes Claeys
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium.
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Qi T, Huang H, Wu D, Yan J, Qi Y, Song S, Xie D. Arabidopsis DELLA and JAZ proteins bind the WD-repeat/bHLH/MYB complex to modulate gibberellin and jasmonate signaling synergy. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:1118-33. [PMID: 24659329 PMCID: PMC4001373 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.121731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Integration of diverse environmental and endogenous signals to coordinately regulate growth, development, and defense is essential for plants to survive in their natural habitat. The hormonal signals gibberellin (GA) and jasmonate (JA) antagonistically and synergistically regulate diverse aspects of plant growth, development, and defense. GA and JA synergistically induce initiation of trichomes, which assist seed dispersal and act as barriers to protect plants against insect attack, pathogen infection, excessive water loss, and UV irradiation. However, the molecular mechanism underlying such synergism between GA and JA signaling remains unclear. In this study, we revealed a mechanism for GA and JA signaling synergy and identified a signaling complex of the GA pathway in regulation of trichome initiation. Molecular, biochemical, and genetic evidence showed that the WD-repeat/bHLH/MYB complex acts as a direct target of DELLAs in the GA pathway and that both DELLAs and JAZs interacted with the WD-repeat/bHLH/MYB complex to mediate synergism between GA and JA signaling in regulating trichome development. GA and JA induce degradation of DELLAs and JASMONATE ZIM-domain proteins to coordinately activate the WD-repeat/bHLH/MYB complex and synergistically and mutually dependently induce trichome initiation. This study provides deep insights into the molecular mechanisms for integration of different hormonal signals to synergistically regulate plant development.
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Ramaiah M, Jain A, Raghothama KG. Ethylene Response Factor070 regulates root development and phosphate starvation-mediated responses. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 164:1484-98. [PMID: 24394776 PMCID: PMC3938635 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.231183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Inorganic phosphate (Pi) availability is a major factor determining growth and consequently the productivity of crops. However, it is one of the least available macronutrients due to its high fixation in the rhizospheres. To overcome this constraint, plants have developed adaptive responses to better acquire, utilize, and recycle Pi. Molecular determinants of these adaptive mechanisms include transcription factors (TFs) that play a major role in transcriptional control, thereby regulating genome-scale networks. In this study, we have characterized the biological role of Arabidopsis thaliana Ethylene Response Factor070 (AtERF070), a Pi starvation-induced TF belonging to the Apetala2/Ethylene Response Factor family of TFs in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). It is localized to the nucleus and induced specifically in Pi-deprived roots and shoots. RNA interference-mediated suppression of AtERF070 led to augmented lateral root development resulting in higher Pi accumulation, whereas there were reductions in both primary root length and lateral root number in 12-d-old transgenic seedlings overexpressing AtERF070. When the overexpressing lines were grown to maturity under greenhouse conditions, they revealed a stunted bushy appearance that could be rescued by gibberellic acid application. Furthermore, a number of Pi starvation-responsive genes were modulated in AtERF070-overexpressing and RNA interference lines, thereby suggesting a potential role for this TF in maintaining Pi homeostasis.
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- Madhuvanthi Ramaiah
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907–1165 (M.R., K.G.R.); and
- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India (A.J.)
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907–1165 (M.R., K.G.R.); and
- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India (A.J.)
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Li Y, Van den Ende W, Rolland F. Sucrose induction of anthocyanin biosynthesis is mediated by DELLA. MOLECULAR PLANT 2014; 7:570-2. [PMID: 24243681 DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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- Yi Li
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, KU Leuven Department of Biology, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Porth I, Klápště J, McKown AD, La Mantia J, Hamelin RC, Skyba O, Unda F, Friedmann MC, Cronk QC, Ehlting J, Guy RD, Mansfield SD, El-Kassaby YA, Douglas CJ. Extensive functional pleiotropy of REVOLUTA substantiated through forward genetics. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 164:548-54. [PMID: 24309192 PMCID: PMC3912088 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.228783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In plants, genes may sustain extensive pleiotropic functional properties by individually affecting multiple, distinct traits. We discuss results from three genome-wide association studies of approximately 400 natural poplar (Populus trichocarpa) accessions phenotyped for 60 ecological/biomass, wood quality, and rust fungus resistance traits. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the poplar ortholog of the class III homeodomain-leucine zipper transcription factor gene REVOLUTA (PtREV) were significantly associated with three specific traits. Based on SNP associations with fungal resistance, leaf drop, and cellulose content, the PtREV gene contains three potential regulatory sites within noncoding regions at the gene's 3' end, where alternative splicing and messenger RNA processing actively occur. The polymorphisms in this region associated with leaf abscission and cellulose content are suggested to represent more recent variants, whereas the SNP associated with leaf rust resistance may be more ancient, consistent with REV's primary role in auxin signaling and its functional evolution in supporting fundamental processes of vascular plant development.
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