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Li T, Jia W, Peng S, Guo Y, Liu J, Zhang X, Li P, Zhang H, Xu R. Endogenous cAMP elevation in Brassica napus causes changes in phytohormone levels. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2024; 19:2310963. [PMID: 38314783 PMCID: PMC10854363 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2024.2310963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
Abstract
In higher plants, the regulatory roles of cAMP (cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate) signaling remain elusive until now. Cellular cAMP levels are generally much lower in higher plants than in animals and transiently elevated for triggering downstream signaling events. Moreover, plant adenylate cyclase (AC) activities are found in different moonlighting multifunctional proteins, which may pose additional complications in distinguishing a specific signaling role for cAMP. Here, we have developed rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) transgenic plants that overexpress an inducible plant-origin AC activity for generating high AC levels much like that in animal cells, which served the genetic model disturbing native cAMP signaling as a whole in plants. We found that overexpression of the soluble AC activity had significant impacts on the contents of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and stress phytohormones, i.e. jasmonic acid (JA), abscisic acid (ABA), and salicylic acid (SA) in the transgenic plants. Acute induction of the AC activity caused IAA overaccumulation, and upregulation of TAA1 and CYP83B1 in the IAA biosynthesis pathways, but also simultaneously the hyper-induction of PR4 and KIN2 expression indicating activation of JA and ABA signaling pathways. We observed typical overgrowth phenotypes related to IAA excess in the transgenic plants, including significant increases in plant height, internode length, width of leaf blade, petiole length, root length, and fresh shoot biomass, as well as the precocious seed development, as compared to wild-type plants. In addition, we identified a set of 1465 cAMP-responsive genes (CRGs), which are most significantly enriched in plant hormone signal transduction pathway, and function mainly in relevance to hormonal, abiotic and biotic stress responses, as well as growth and development. Collectively, our results support that cAMP elevation impacts phytohormone homeostasis and signaling, and modulates plant growth and development. We proposed that cAMP signaling may be critical in configuring the coordinated regulation of growth and development in higher plants.
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- Tianming Li
- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Domingo G, Marsoni M, Davide E, Fortunato S, de Pinto MC, Bracale M, Molla G, Gehring C, Vannini C. The cAMP-dependent phosphorylation footprint in response to heat stress. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2024; 43:137. [PMID: 38713285 PMCID: PMC11076351 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-024-03213-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE cAMP modulates the phosphorylation status of highly conserved phosphosites in RNA-binding proteins crucial for mRNA metabolism and reprogramming in response to heat stress. In plants, 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (3',5'-cAMP) is a second messenger that modulates multiple cellular targets, thereby participating in plant developmental and adaptive processes. Although its role in ameliorating heat-related damage has been demonstrated, mechanisms that govern cAMP-dependent responses to heat have remained elusive. Here we analyze the role cAMP-dependent phosphorylation during prolonged heat stress (HS) with a view to gain insight into processes that govern plant responses to HS. To do so, we performed quantitative phosphoproteomic analyses in Nicotiana tabacum Bright Yellow-2 cells grown at 27 °C or 35 °C for 3 days overexpressing a molecular "sponge" that reduces free intracellular cAMP levels. Our phosphorylation data and analyses reveal that the presence of cAMP is an essential factor that governs specific protein phosphorylation events that occur during prolonged HS in BY-2 cells. Notably, cAMP modulates HS-dependent phosphorylation of proteins that functions in mRNA processing, transcriptional control, vesicular trafficking, and cell cycle regulation and this is indicative for a systemic role of the messenger. In particular, changes of cAMP levels affect the phosphorylation status of highly conserved phosphosites in 19 RNA-binding proteins that are crucial during the reprogramming of the mRNA metabolism in response to HS. Furthermore, phosphorylation site motifs and molecular docking suggest that some proteins, including kinases and phosphatases, are conceivably able to directly interact with cAMP thus further supporting a regulatory role of cAMP in plant HS responses.
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- Guido Domingo
- Biotechnology and Life Science Department, University of Insubria, Via Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy.
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- Biotechnology and Life Science Department, University of Insubria, Via Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Biotechnology and Life Science Department, University of Insubria, Via Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza Umberto I, 70121, Bari, Italy
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- Biotechnology and Life Science Department, University of Insubria, Via Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Biotechnology and Life Science Department, University of Insubria, Via Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Biotechnology and Life Science Department, University of Insubria, Via Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy.
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Diogo-Jr R, de Resende Von Pinho EV, Pinto RT, Zhang L, Condori-Apfata JA, Pereira PA, Vilela DR. Maize heat shock proteins-prospection, validation, categorization and in silico analysis of the different ZmHSP families. STRESS BIOLOGY 2023; 3:37. [PMID: 37981586 PMCID: PMC10482818 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-023-00104-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Among the plant molecular mechanisms capable of effectively mitigating the effects of adverse weather conditions, the heat shock proteins (HSPs), a group of chaperones with multiple functions, stand out. At a time of full progress on the omic sciences, they look very promising in the genetic engineering field, especially in order to conceive superior genotypes, potentially tolerant to abiotic stresses (AbSts). Recently, some works concerning certain families of maize HSPs (ZmHSPs) were published. However, there was still a lack of a study that, with a high degree of criteria, would fully conglomerate them. Using distinct but complementary strategies, we have prospected as many ZmHSPs candidates as possible, gathering more than a thousand accessions. After detailed data mining, we accounted for 182 validated ones, belonging to seven families, which were subcategorized into classes with potential for functional parity. In them, we identified dozens of motifs with some degree of similarity with proteins from different kingdoms, which may help explain some of their still poorly understood means of action. Through in silico and in vitro approaches, we compared their expression levels after controlled exposure to several AbSts' sources, applied at diverse tissues, on varied phenological stages. Based on gene ontology concepts, we still analyzed them from different perspectives of term enrichment. We have also searched, in model plants and close species, for potentially orthologous genes. With all these new insights, which culminated in a plentiful supplementary material, rich in tables, we aim to constitute a fertile consultation source for those maize researchers attracted by these interesting stress proteins.
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- Rubens Diogo-Jr
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, (47907), USA.
- Department of Agriculture, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, (37200-900), Brazil.
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences at Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Ribeirao Preto, SP, (14040-901), Brazil
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, (47907), USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, (47907), USA
- Faculty of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodriguez de Mendoza de Amazonas (UNTRM), Chachapoyas, AM, (01001), Peru
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- Department of Agriculture, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, (37200-900), Brazil
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- Department of Agriculture, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, (37200-900), Brazil
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Lee S, Jang G, Choi Y, Park G, Park S, Kwon G, Je B, Park Y. Identification of Candidate Genes for Rind Color and Bloom Formation in Watermelon Fruits Based on a Quantitative Trait Locus-Seq. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:2739. [PMID: 36297763 PMCID: PMC9611755 DOI: 10.3390/plants11202739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Watermelon fruit rind color (RC) and bloom formation (BF) affect product value and consumer preference. However, information on the candidate gene(s) for additional loci involved in dark green (DG) RC and the genetic control of BF and its major chemical components is lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to identify loci controlling RC and BF using QTL-seq of the F2 population derived by crossing 'FD061129' with light-green rind and bloom and 'SIT55616RN' with DG rind and bloomless. Phenotypic evaluation of the F1 and 219 F2 plants indicated the genetic control of two complementary dominant loci, G1 and G2, for DG and a dominant locus, Bf, for BF. QTL-seq identified a genomic region on Chr.6 for G1, Chr.8 for G2, and Chr.1 for Bf. G1 and G2 helped determine RC with possible environmental effects. Chlorophyll a-b binding protein gene-based CAPS (RC-m5) at G1 matched the highest with the RC phenotype. In the 1.4 cM Bf map interval, two additional gene-based CAPS markers were designed, and the CAPS for a nonsynonymous SNP in Cla97C01G020050, encoding a CSC1-like protein, cosegregated with the BF trait in 219 F2 plants. Bloom powder showed a high Ca2+ concentration (16,358 mg·kg-1), indicating that the CSC1-like protein gene is possibly responsible for BF. Our findings provide valuable information for marker-assisted selection for RC and BF and insights into the functional characterization of genes governing these watermelon-fruit-related traits.
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- Siyoung Lee
- Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, Korea
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cAMP Is a Promising Regulatory Molecule for Plant Adaptation to Heat Stress. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12060885. [PMID: 35743916 PMCID: PMC9225146 DOI: 10.3390/life12060885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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With gradual warming or increased frequency and magnitude of high temperature, heat stress adversely affects plant growth and eventually reduces plant productivity and quality. Plants have evolved complex mechanisms to sense and respond to heat stress which are crucial to avoiding cell damage and maintaining cellular homeostasis. Recently, 33″,55″-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) has been proved to be an important signaling molecule participating in plant adaptation to heat stress by affecting multi-level regulatory networks. Significant progress has been made on many fronts of cAMP research, particularly in understanding the downstream signaling events that culminate in the activation of stress-responsive genes, mRNA translation initiation, vesicle trafficking, the ubiquitin-proteasome system, autophagy, HSPs-assisted protein processing, and cellular ion homeostasis to prevent heat-related damage and to preserve cellular and metabolic functions. In this present review, we summarize recent works on the genetic and molecular mechanisms of cAMP in plant response to heat stress which could be useful in finding thermotolerant key genes to develop heat stress-resistant varieties and that have the potential for utilizing cAMP as a chemical regulator to improve plant thermotolerance. New directions for future studies on cAMP are discussed.
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