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Xu T, Zhou H, Feng J, Guo M, Huang H, Yang P, Zhou J. Involvement of HSP70 in BAG9-mediated thermotolerance in Solanum lycopersicum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 207:108353. [PMID: 38219426 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108353] [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: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Because of a high sensitivity to high temperature, both the yield and quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are severely restricted by heat stress. The Bcl-2-associated athanogene (BAG) proteins, a family of multi-functional co-chaperones, are involved in plant growth, development, and stress tolerance. We have previously demonstrated that BAG9 positively regulates thermotolerance in tomato. However, the BAG9-mediated mechanism of thermotolerance in tomato has remained elusive. In the present study, we report that BAG9 interacts with heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in vitro and in vivo. Silencing HSP70 decreased thermotolerance of tomato plants, as reflected by the phenotype, relative electrolyte leakage and malondialdehyde. Furthermore, the photosystem activities, activities of antioxidant enzymes and expression of key genes encoding antioxidant enzymes were reduced in HSP70-silenced plants under heat stress. Additionally, silencing HSP70 decreased thermotolerance of overexpressing BAG9 plants, which was related to decreased photosynthetic rate, increased damage to photosystem I and photosystem II, decreased activity of antioxidant enzymes, and decreased expression of key genes encoding antioxidant enzymes. Taken together, the present study identified that HSP70 is involved in BAG9-mediated thermotolerance by protecting the photosystem stability and improving the efficiency of the antioxidant system in tomato. This knowledge can be helpful to breed improved crop cultivars that are better equipped with thermotolerance.
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- Tong Xu
- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China; Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China; Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Agricultural Experiment Station, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China; Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China; Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plants Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Ren W, Ding B, Dong W, Yue Y, Long X, Zhou Z. Unveiling HSP40/60/70/90/100 gene families and abiotic stress response in Jerusalem artichoke. Gene 2024; 893:147912. [PMID: 37863300 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are essential for plant growth, development, and stress adaptation. However, their roles in Jerusalem artichoke are largely unexplored. Using bioinformatics, we classified 143 HSP genes into distinct families: HSP40 (82 genes), HSP60 (22 genes), HSP70 (29 genes), HSP90 (6 genes), and HSP100 (4 genes). Our analysis covered their traits, evolution, and structures. Using RNA-seq data, we uncovered unique expression patterns of these HSP genes across growth stages and tissues. Notably, HSP40, HSP60, HSP70, HSP90, and HSP100 families each had specific roles. We also studied how these gene families responded to various stresses, from extreme temperatures to drought and salinity, revealing intricate expression dynamics. Remarkably, HSP40 showed remarkable flexibility, while HSP60, HSP70, HSP90, and HSP100 responded specifically to stress types. Moreover, our analysis unveiled significant correlations between gene pairs under stress, implying cooperative interactions. qRT-PCR validation underscored the significance of particular genes such as HtHSP60-7, HtHSP90-5, HtHSP100-2, and HtHSP100-3 in responding to stress. In summary, our study advances the understanding of how HSP gene families collectively manage stresses in Jerusalem artichoke. This provides insights into specific gene functions and broader plant stress responses.
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- Wencai Ren
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Ding Y, Zhou M, Wang K, Qu A, Hu S, Jiang Q, Yi K, Wang F, Cai C, Zhu C, Chen Z. Rice DST transcription factor negatively regulates heat tolerance through ROS-mediated stomatal movement and heat-responsive gene expression. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1068296. [PMID: 36798712 PMCID: PMC9927019 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1068296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Plants are frequently subjected to a broad spectrum of abiotic stresses including drought, salinity and extreme temperatures and have evolved both common and stress-specific responses to promote fitness and survival. Understanding the components and mechanisms that underlie both common and stress-specific responses can enable development of crop plants tolerant to different stresses. Here, we report a rice heat stress-tolerant 1 (hst1) mutant with increased heat tolerance. HST1 encodes the DST transcription factor, which also regulates drought and salinity tolerance. Increased heat tolerance of hst1 was associated with suppressed expression of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging peroxidases and increased ROS levels, which reduced water loss by decreasing stomatal aperture under heat stress. In addition, increased ROS levels enhanced expression of genes encoding heat shock protein (HSPs) including HSP80, HSP74, HSP58 and small HSPs. HSPs promote stabilization of proteins and protein refolding under heat stress and accordingly mutation of HST1 also improved reproductive traits including pollen viability and seed setting under high temperature. These results broaden the negative roles of DST in abiotic stress tolerance and provide important new insights into DST-regulated tolerance to diverse abiotic stresses through both shared and stress-specific mechanisms.
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- Yanfei Ding
- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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Ding F, Li F, Zhang B. A plastid-targeted heat shock cognate 70-kDa protein confers osmotic stress tolerance by enhancing ROS scavenging capability. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1012145. [PMID: 36275553 PMCID: PMC9581120 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1012145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Osmotic stress severely affects plant growth and development, resulting in massive loss of crop quality and quantity worldwide. The 70-kDa heat shock proteins (HSP70s) are highly conserved molecular chaperones that play essential roles in cellular processes including abiotic stress responses. However, whether and how plastid-targeted heat shock cognate 70 kDa protein (cpHSC70-1) participates in plant osmotic stress response remain elusive. Here, we report that the expression of cpHSC70-1 is significantly induced upon osmotic stress treatment. Phenotypic analyses reveal that the plants with cpHSC70-1 deficiency are sensitive to osmotic stress and the plants overexpressing cpHSC70-1 exhibit enhanced tolerance to osmotic stress. Consistently, the expression of the stress-responsive genes is lower in cphsc70-1 mutant but higher in 35S:: cpHSC70-1 lines than that in wild-type plants when challenged with osmotic stress. Further, the cphsc70-1 plants have less APX and SOD activity, and thus more ROS accumulation than the wild type when treated with mannitol, but the opposite is observed in the overexpression lines. Overall, our data reveal that cpHSC70-1 is induced and functions positively in plant response to osmotic stress by promoting the expression of the stress-responsive genes and reducing ROS accumulation.
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- Feng Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- School of Landscape and Ecological Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- School of Landscape and Ecological Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, China
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Berka M, Kopecká R, Berková V, Brzobohatý B, Černý M. Regulation of heat shock proteins 70 and their role in plant immunity. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:1894-1909. [PMID: 35022724 PMCID: PMC8982422 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Heat shock proteins 70 (HSP70s) are steadily gaining more attention in the field of plant biotic interactions. Though their regulation and activity in plants are much less well characterized than are those of their counterparts in mammals, accumulating evidence indicates that the role of HSP70-mediated defense mechanisms in plant cells is indispensable. In this review, we summarize current knowledge of HSP70 post-translational control in plants. We comment on the phytohormonal regulation of HSP70 expression and protein abundance, and identify a prominent role for cytokinin in HSP70 control. We outline HSP70s' subcellular localizations, chaperone activity, and chaperone-mediated protein degradation. We focus on the role of HSP70s in plant pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity and effector-triggered immunity, and discuss the contribution of different HSP70 subfamilies to plant defense against pathogens.
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- Miroslav Berka
- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, CZ-61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, CZ-61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, CZ-61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, CZ-61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, CZ-61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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Identifying key genes involved in yellow leaf variation in 'Menghai Huangye' based on biochemical and transcriptomic analysis. Funct Integr Genomics 2022; 22:251-260. [PMID: 35211836 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-022-00829-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Albino tea plants generally have higher theanine, which causes their tea leaves to taste fresher, and they are an important mutant for the breeding of tea plant varieties. Earlier, we reported an albino germplasm, 'Menghai Huangye' (MHHY), from Yunnan Province and found that it has a lower chlorophyll content during the yellowing stage, but the mechanism underlying low chlorophyll and the yellowing phenotype is still unclear. In this study, the pigment contents of MHHY_May (yellowing, low chlorophyll), MHHY_July (regreening, normal chlorophyll), and YK10_May (green leaves, normal chlorophyll) were determined, and the results showed that the lower chlorophyll content might be an important reason for the formation of the yellowing phenotype of MHHY. Through transcriptome sequencing, we obtained 654 candidates for differentially expressed genes (DEGs), among which 4 genes were related to chlorophyll synthesis, 10 were photosynthesis-related, 34 were HSP family genes, and 19 were transcription factor genes. In addition, we analysed the transcription levels of the key candidate genes in MHHY_May and MHHY_July and found that they are consistent with the expression trends in MHHY_May and YK10_May, which further indicates that the candidate differential genes we identified are likely to be key candidate factors involved in the low chlorophyll content and yellowing of MHHY. In summary, our findings will assist in revealing the low chlorophyll content of MHHY and the formation mechanism of yellowing tea plants and will be applied to the selection and breeding of albino tea cultivars in the future.
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Gan Y, Kou Y, Yan F, Wang X, Wang H, Song X, Zhang M, Zhao X, Jia R, Ge H, Yang S. Comparative Transcriptome Profiling Analysis Reveals the Adaptive Molecular Mechanism of Yellow-Green Leaf in Rosa beggeriana 'Aurea'. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:845662. [PMID: 35401615 PMCID: PMC8987444 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.845662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Rosa beggeriana 'Aurea' is a yellow-green leaf (yl) mutant and originated from Rosa beggeriana Schrenk by 60Co-γ irradiation, which is an important ornamental woody species. However, the molecular mechanism of the yl mutant remains unknown. Herein, comparative transcriptome profiling was performed between the yl type and normal green color type (WT) by RNA sequencing. A total of 3,372 significantly differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, consisting of 1,585 upregulated genes and 1,787 downregulated genes. Genes that took part in metabolic of biological process (1,090), membrane of cellular component (728), catalytic (1,114), and binding of molecular function (840) were significantly different in transcription level. DEGs involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis, carotenoids biosynthesis, cutin, suberine, wax biosynthesis, photosynthesis, chloroplast development, photosynthesis-antenna proteins, photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII) components, CO2 fixation, ribosomal structure, and biogenesis related genes were downregulated. Meanwhile, linoleic acid metabolism, siroheme biosynthesis, and carbon source of pigments biosynthesis through methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathways were upregulated. Moreover, a total of 147 putative transcription factors were signification different expression, involving NAC, WRKY, bHLH, MYB and AP2/ERF, C2H2, GRAS, and bZIP family gene. Our results showed that the disturbed pigments biosynthesis result in yl color by altering the ratio of chlorophylls and carotenoids in yl mutants. The yl mutants may evoke other metabolic pathways to compensate for the photodamage caused by the insufficient structure and function of chloroplasts, such as enhanced MEP pathways and linoleic acid metabolism against oxidative stress. This research can provide a reference for the application of leaf color mutants in the future.
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- Ying Gan
- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center of China for Flowers Improvement, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Davoudi M, Song M, Zhang M, Chen J, Lou Q. Long-distance control of pumpkin rootstock over cucumber scion under drought stress as revealed by transcriptome sequencing and mobile mRNAs identifications. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2022; 9:uhab033. [PMID: 35043177 PMCID: PMC8854630 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhab033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Grafting with pumpkin rootstock is commonly used not only to improve the quality of cucumber fruits but also to confer biotic or abiotic stress tolerance. However, the molecular mechanism of grafted cucumbers to drought stress and the possible roles of mobile mRNAs to improve stress tolerance have remained obscure. Hence, we conducted transcriptome sequencing and combined it with morpho-physiological experiments to compare the response of homografts (cucumber as scion and rootstock) (C) and heterografts (cucumber as scion and pumpkin as rootstock) (P) to drought stress. After applying drought stress, homografts and heterografts expressed 2960 and 3088 genes in response to drought stress, respectively. The identified DEGs in heterografts under drought stress were categorized into different stress-responsive groups, such as carbohydrate metabolism (involved in osmotic adjustment by sugar accumulation), lipid and cell wall metabolism (involved in cell membrane integrity by a reduction in lipid peroxidation), redox homeostasis (increased antioxidant enzymes activities), phytohormone (increased ABA content), protein kinases and transcription factors (TFs) using MapMan software. Earlier and greater H2O2 accumulation in xylem below the graft union was accompanied by leaf ABA accumulation in heterografts in response to drought stress. Greater leaf ABA helped heterografted cucumbers to sense and respond to drought stress earlier than homografts. The timely response of heterografts to drought stress led to maintain higher water content in the leaves even in the late stage of drought stress. The identified mobile mRNAs (mb-mRNAs) in heterografts were mostly related to photosynthesis which would be the possible reason for improved chlorophyll content and maximum photochemical efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm). The existence of some stress-responsive pumpkin (rootstock) mRNAs in cucumber (scion), such as heat shock protein (HSP70, a well-known stress-responsive gene), led to the higher proline accumulation than homografts. The expression of the mobile and immobile stress-responsive mRNAs and timely response of heterografts to drought stress could improve drought tolerance in pumpkin-rooted plants.
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- Marzieh Davoudi
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang Street 13 No.1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang Street 13 No.1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang Street 13 No.1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang Street 13 No.1, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang Street 13 No.1, Nanjing 210095, China
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Yu C, Rong M, Liu Y, Sun P, Xu Y, Wei J. Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of HSP70 Gene Family in Aquilaria sinensis (Lour.) Gilg. Genes (Basel) 2021; 13:genes13010008. [PMID: 35052349 PMCID: PMC8774897 DOI: 10.3390/genes13010008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) gene family perform a fundamental role in protecting plants against biotic and abiotic stresses. Aquilaria sinensis is a classic stress-induced medicinal plant, producing a valuable dark resin in a wood matrix, known as agarwood, in response to environmental stresses. The HSP70 gene family has been systematic identified in many plants, but there is no comprehensive analysis at the genomic level in A. sinensis. In this study, 15 putative HSP70 genes were identified in A. sinensis through genome-wide bioinformatics analysis. Based on their phylogenetic relationships, the 15 AsHSP70 were grouped into six sub-families that with the conserved motifs and gene structures, and the genes were mapped onto six separate linkage groups. A qRT-PCR analysis showed that the relative expression levels of all the AsHSP70 genes were up-regulated by heat stress. Subcellular localization of all HSP70s was predicted, and three were verified by transiently expressed in Arabidopsis protoplasts. Based on the expression profiles in different tissues and different layers treated with Agar-Wit, we predict AsHSP70 genes are involved in different stages of agarwood formation. The systematic identification and expression analysis of HSP70s gene family imply some of them may play important roles in the formation of agarwood. Our findings not only provide a foundation for further study their biological function in the later research in A. sinensis, but also provides a reference for the analysis of HSPs in other species.
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- Cuicui Yu
- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education and National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China; (C.Y.); (M.R.); (Y.L.); (P.S.)
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education and National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China; (C.Y.); (M.R.); (Y.L.); (P.S.)
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education and National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China; (C.Y.); (M.R.); (Y.L.); (P.S.)
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education and National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China; (C.Y.); (M.R.); (Y.L.); (P.S.)
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education and National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China; (C.Y.); (M.R.); (Y.L.); (P.S.)
- Correspondence: (Y.X.); (J.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education and National Engineering Laboratory for Breeding of Endangered Medicinal Materials, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China; (C.Y.); (M.R.); (Y.L.); (P.S.)
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Conservation and Development of Southern Medicine, Key Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Agarwood Sustainable Utilization, Hainan Branch of the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Haikou 570311, China
- Correspondence: (Y.X.); (J.W.)
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Yang Y, Zhu X, Cui R, Wang R, Li H, Wang J, Chen H, Zhang D. Identification of soybean phosphorous efficiency QTLs and genes using chlorophyll fluorescence parameters through GWAS and RNA-seq. PLANTA 2021; 254:110. [PMID: 34716824 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03760-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Soybean phosphorous efficiency QTLs were identified and candidate genes were predicted using chlorophyll fluorescence parameters through GWAS and RNA-seq. Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient element for crop growth and development, lack of P uptake seriously affects yield in various crops. Photosynthesis is the basis of crop production, while it is very sensitive to P deficiency. It is of great importance to study the genetic relationship between photosynthesis and P efficiency to provide genetic insight for soybean improvement. In this study, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed using 292,035 SNPs and the ratios of four main chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of 219 diverse soybean accessions under P deficiency and normal P across three experiments. In total, 52 SNPs in 12 genomic regions were detected in association with the four main chlorophyll fluorescence parameters under sufficient or deficient P levels. Combined it with RNA-seq analysis, we predicted three candidate genes for the significant genomic regions. For example, the expression level of the candidate gene (Glyma.18g092900) in P deficiency tolerant accession was three times higher than that of P deficiency sensitive one under phosphorous deficiency condition. This study provides insight into genetic links between photosynthetic and phosphorous efficiency and further functional analysis will provide valuable information for understanding the underlying genetic mechanism to facilitate marker-assisted breeding in soybean.
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- Yuming Yang
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Xuke Seed Industry Co., Ltd, Xuchang, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou National Subcenter for Soybean Improvement, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.
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Jeran N, Rotasperti L, Frabetti G, Calabritto A, Pesaresi P, Tadini L. The PUB4 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Is Responsible for the Variegated Phenotype Observed upon Alteration of Chloroplast Protein Homeostasis in Arabidopsis Cotyledons. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12091387. [PMID: 34573369 PMCID: PMC8464772 DOI: 10.3390/genes12091387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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During a plant's life cycle, plastids undergo several modifications, from undifferentiated pro-plastids to either photosynthetically-active chloroplasts, ezioplasts, chromoplasts or storage organelles, such as amyloplasts, elaioplasts and proteinoplasts. Plastid proteome rearrangements and protein homeostasis, together with intracellular communication pathways, are key factors for correct plastid differentiation and functioning. When plastid development is affected, aberrant organelles are degraded and recycled in a process that involves plastid protein ubiquitination. In this study, we have analysed the Arabidopsis gun1-102 ftsh5-3 double mutant, lacking both the plastid-located protein GUN1 (Genomes Uncoupled 1), involved in plastid-to-nucleus communication, and the chloroplast-located FTSH5 (Filamentous temperature-sensitive H5), a metalloprotease with a role in photosystem repair and chloroplast biogenesis. gun1-102 ftsh5-3 seedlings show variegated cotyledons and true leaves that we attempted to suppress by introgressing second-site mutations in genes involved in: (i) plastid translation, (ii) plastid folding/import and (iii) cytosolic protein ubiquitination. Different phenotypic effects, ranging from seedling-lethality to partial or complete suppression of the variegated phenotype, were observed in the corresponding triple mutants. Our findings indicate that Plant U-Box 4 (PUB4) E3 ubiquitin ligase plays a major role in the target degradation of damaged chloroplasts and is the main contributor to the variegated phenotype observed in gun1-102 ftsh5-3 seedlings.
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Zhang Y, Lai X, Yang S, Ren H, Yuan J, Jin H, Shi C, Lai Z, Xia G. Functional analysis of tomato CHIP ubiquitin E3 ligase in heat tolerance. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1713. [PMID: 33462308 PMCID: PMC7814054 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81372-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Plants have evolved genetic and physiological mechanisms to mitigate the adverse effects of high temperature. CARBOXYL TERMINUS OF THE HSC70-INTERACTING PROTEINS (CHIP) is a conserved chaperone-dependent ubiquitin E3 ligase that targets misfolded proteins. Here, we report functional analysis of the SlCHIP gene from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in heat tolerance. SlCHIP encodes a CHIP protein with three tandem tetracopeptide repeat (TPR) motifs and a C-terminal U box domain. Phylogenetic analysis of CHIP homologs from animals, spore-bearing and seed plants revealed a tree topology similar to the evolutionary tree of the organisms. Expression of SlCHIP was induced under high temperature and was also responsive to plant stress hormones. Silencing of SlCHIP in tomato reduced heat tolerance based on increased heat stress symptoms, reduced photosynthetic activity, elevated electrolyte leakage and accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates. The accumulated protein aggregates in SlCHIP-silenced plants were still highly ubiquitinated, suggesting involvement of other E3 ligases in ubiquitination. SlCHIP restored the heat tolerance of Arabidopsis chip mutant to the wild type levels. These results indicate that tomato SlCHIP plays a critical role in heat stress responses most likely by targeting degradation of misfolded proteins that are generated during heat stress.
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- Yan Zhang
- Department of Landscape and Horticulture, Ecology College, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China.
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- Department of Landscape and Horticulture, Ecology College, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Landscape and Horticulture, Ecology College, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Landscape and Horticulture, Ecology College, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Landscape and Horticulture, Ecology College, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Landscape and Horticulture, Ecology College, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Landscape and Horticulture, Ecology College, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Landscape and Horticulture, Ecology College, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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Zhu D, Luo F, Zou R, Liu J, Yan Y. Integrated physiological and chloroplast proteome analysis of wheat seedling leaves under salt and osmotic stresses. J Proteomics 2021; 234:104097. [PMID: 33401000 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.104097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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In this study, we performed an integrated physiological and chloroplast proteome analysis of wheat seedling leaves under salt and osmotic stresses by label-free based quantitative proteomic approach. Both salt and osmotic stresses significantly increased the levels of abscisic acid and methyl jasmonate and led to damages of chloroplast ultrastructure. Main parameters of chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange showed a significant decline under both stresses. Quantitative proteomic analysis identified 194 and 169 chloroplast-localized differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs) responsive to salt and osmotic stresses, respectively. The abundance of main DAPs involved in light-dependent reaction were increased under salt stress, but decreased in response to osmotic stress. On the contrary, salt stress induced a significant upregulation of the DAPs associated with Calvin cycle, transcription and translation, amino acid metabolism, carbon and nitrogen metabolism, and some of them exhibited a downregulation under osmotic stress. In particular, both treatments significantly upregulated the DAPs involved in plastoglobule development, protein folding and proteolysis, hormone and vitamin synthesis. Finally, we proposed a putative synergistic responsive network of wheat chloroplast proteome under salt and osmotic stresses, aiming to provide new insights into the underlying response and defense mechanisms of wheat chloroplast proteome in response to abiotic stresses. SIGNIFICANCE: Salt and osmotic stresses are the two most common abiotic stresses that severely affect crop growth and productivity. As the main site of photosynthesis of plant cells, the chloroplast also plays important role in plant tolerance to abiotic stress. However, the response of chloroplast proteome to salt and osmotic is still poorly understood by using the traditional two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) method due to a poor resolution of chloroplast protein separation and low throughput identification of differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs). In this study, we employed label-free based quantitative proteomic approach to perform an integrated physiological and large-scale chloroplast proteome analysis of wheat seedling leaves under salt and osmotic stresses, which laid a solid foundation for future studies into the response and defense mechanisms of wheat chloroplast in response to abiotic stresses.
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- Dong Zhu
- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
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Genome-wide identification, classification and expression analysis of the Hsf and Hsp70 gene families in maize. Gene 2020; 770:145348. [PMID: 33333230 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.145348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Heat shock factors (Hsfs) and heat shock proteins (Hsps) play a critical role in the molecular mechanisms such as plant development and defense against abiotic. As an important food crop, maize is vulnerable to adverse environment such as heat stress and water logging, which leads to a decline in yield and quality. To date, very little is known regarding the structure and function of Hsf and Hsp genes in maize. Although some Hsf and Hsp genes have been characterized in maize, analysis of the entire Hsf and Hsp70 gene families were not completed following Maize (B73) Genome Sequencing Project. Therefore, studying their molecular mechanism and revealing their biological function in plant stress resistance process will contribute to reveal important theoretical significance and application value for improving corn yield and quality. In this study, we have identified 25 ZmHsf and 22 ZmHsp70 genes in maize. The structural characteristics and phylogenetic relationships of the Hsf and Hsp70 gene families of Arabidopsis thaliana, rice and maize were compared. The final 25 ZmHsf proteins and 22 ZmHsp70 proteins were divided into three and four subfamilies, respectively. In addition, chromosomal localization indicated that the ZmHsf and ZmHsp70 genes were unevenly distributed on the chromosome, and the gene structure map revealed the characteristics of their structures. Finally, transcriptome analysis indicated that most of the ZmHsf and ZmHsp70 genes showed different expression patterns at different developmental stages of maize. Further, by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and quantitative real-time PCR analysis, all 25 ZmHsf and 22 ZmHsp70 genes were confirmed to respond to heat stress treatment, indicating that they have potential effects in heat stress response. The analyses performed by combining co-expression network with protein-protein interaction network among the members of the Hsf and Hsp70 gene families in maize further enabled us to recognize components involved in the regulatory network associated with hsfs and hsp70s complex. The predicted subcellular location revealed that maize Hsp70 proteins exhibited a various subcellular distribution, which may be associated with functional diversification in heat stress response. Taken together, our study provides comprehensive information on the members of Hsf and Hsp70 gene families and will help in elucidating their exact function in maize.
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Wang JY, Chen JD, Wang SL, Chen L, Ma CL, Yao MZ. Repressed Gene Expression of Photosynthetic Antenna Proteins Associated with Yellow Leaf Variation as Revealed by Bulked Segregant RNA-seq in Tea Plant Camellia sinensis. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:8068-8079. [PMID: 32633946 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The young leaves and shoots of albino tea cultivars are usually characterized as having a yellow or pale color, high amino acid, and low catechin. Increasing attention has been paid to albino tea cultivars in recent years because their tea generally shows high umami and reduced astringency. However, the genetic mechanism of yellow-leaf variation in albino tea cultivar has not been elucidated clearly. In this study, bulked segregant RNA-seq (BSR-seq) was performed on bulked yellow- and green-leaf hybrid progenies from a leaf color variation population. A total of 359 and 1134 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in the yellow and green hybrid bulked groups (Yf vs Gf) and parent plants (Yp vs Gp), respectively. The significantly smaller number of DEGs in Yf versus Gf than in Yp versus Gp indicated that individual differences could be reduced within the same hybrid progeny. Analysis of Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes revealed that the photosynthetic antenna protein was most significantly enriched in either the bulked groups or their parents. Interaction was found among light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b -binding proteins (LHC), heat shock proteins (HSPs), and enzymes involved in cuticle formation. Combined with the transcriptomic expression profile, results showed that the repressed genes encoding LHC were closely linked to aberrant chloroplast development in yellow-leaf tea plants. Furthermore, the photoprotection and light stress response possessed by genes involved in HSP protein interaction and cuticle formation were discussed. The expression profile of DEGs was verified via quantitative real-time PCR analysis of the bulked samples and other F1 individuals. In summary, using BSR-seq on a hybrid population eliminated certain disturbing effects of genetic background and individual discrepancy, thereby helping this study to intensively focus on the key genes controlling leaf color variation in yellow-leaf tea plants.
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- Jun-Ya Wang
- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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Tabassum R, Dosaka T, Ichida H, Morita R, Ding Y, Abe T, Katsube-Tanaka T. FLOURY ENDOSPERM11-2 encodes plastid HSP70-2 involved with the temperature-dependent chalkiness of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 103:604-616. [PMID: 32215974 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The frequent occurrence of chalky rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains becomes a serious problem as a result of climate change. The molecular mechanism underlying chalkiness is largely unknown, however. In this study, the temperature-sensitive floury endosperm11-2 (flo11-2) mutant was isolated from ion beam-irradiated rice of 1116 lines. The flo11-2 mutant showed significantly higher chalkiness than the wild type grown under a mean temperature of 28°C, but similar levels of chalkiness to the wild type grown under a mean temperature of 24°C. Whole-exome sequencing of the flo11-2 mutant showed three causal gene candidates, including Os12g0244100, which encodes the plastid-localized 70-kDa heat shock protein 2 (cpHSP70-2). The cpHSP70-2 of the flo11-2 mutant has an amino acid substitution on the 259th aspartic acid with valine (D259V) in the conserved Motif 5 of the ATPase domain. Transgenic flo11-2 mutants that express the wild-type cpHSP70-2 showed significantly lower chalkiness than the flo11-2 mutant. Moreover, the accumulation level of cpHSP70-2 was negatively correlated with the chalky ratio, indicating that cpHSP70-2 is a causal gene for the chalkiness of the flo11-2 mutant. The intrinsic ATPase activity of recombinant cpHSP70-2 was lower by 23% at Vmax for the flo11-2 mutant than for the wild type. The growth of DnaK-defective Escherichia coli cells complemented with DnaK with the D201V mutation (equivalent to the D259V mutation) was severely reduced at 37°C, but not in the wild-type DnaK. The results indicate that the lowered cpHSP70-2 function is involved with the chalkiness of the flo11-2 mutant.
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- Rehenuma Tabassum
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
- Department of Crop Botany and Tea Production Technology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Structural and Functional Heat Stress Responses of Chloroplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11060650. [PMID: 32545654 PMCID: PMC7349189 DOI: 10.3390/genes11060650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Temperature elevations constitute a major threat to plant performance. In recent years, much was learned about the general molecular mode of heat stress reaction of plants. The current research focuses on the integration of the knowledge into more global networks, including the reactions of cellular compartments. For instance, chloroplast function is central for plant growth and survival, and the performance of chloroplasts is tightly linked to the general status of the cell and vice versa. We examined the changes in photosynthesis, chloroplast morphology and proteomic composition posed in Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts after a single or repetitive heat stress treatment over a period of two weeks. We observed that the acclimation is potent in the case of repetitive application of heat stress, while a single stress results in lasting alterations. Moreover, the physiological capacity and its adjustment are dependent on the efficiency of the protein translocation process as judged from the analysis of mutants of the two receptor units of the chloroplast translocon, TOC64, and TOC33. In response to repetitive heat stress, plants without TOC33 accumulate Hsp70 proteins and plants without TOC64 have a higher content of proteins involved in thylakoid structure determination when compared to wild-type plants.
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Widely Targeted Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of a Novel Albino Tea Mutant of “Rougui”. FORESTS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/f11020229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Albino tea mutants with specific shoot colors (white or yellow) have received increasing attention from researchers due to their unique phenotypes, beneficial metabolites, and special flavor. In this study, novel natural yellow leaf mutants of the same genetic background of “Rougui” were obtained, and the transcriptome and metabolite profiles of the yellow leaf mutant (YR) and original green cultivar (GR) were investigated. A total of 130 significantly changed metabolites (SCMs) and 55 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in YR compared to GR. The leaf coloration of YR was primarily affected by pigment metabolism including of chlorophyll, carotenoids, and flavonoids, and the co-expression of three heat shock proteins (HSPs) and four heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) may also regulate leaf coloration by affecting chloroplast biogenesis. Of the 130 SCMs, 103 showed clearly increased abundance in YR, especially nucleotides and amino acids and their derivatives and flavonoids, suggesting that YR may be an ideal albino tea germplasm for planting and breeding. Our results may help to characterize the leaf coloration and metabolic mechanism of albino tea germplasm.
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Vyse K, Penzlin J, Sergeant K, Hincha DK, Arora R, Zuther E. Repair of sub-lethal freezing damage in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:35. [PMID: 31959104 PMCID: PMC6971927 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-2247-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND The detrimental effects of global climate change direct more attention to the survival and productivity of plants during periods of highly fluctuating temperatures. In particular in temperate climates in spring, temperatures can vary between above-zero and freezing temperatures, even during a single day. Freeze-thaw cycles cause cell membrane lesions that can lead to tissue damage and plant death. Whereas the processes of cold acclimation and freeze-thaw injury are well documented, not much is known about the recovery of plants after a freezing event. We therefore addressed the following questions: i. how does the severity of freezing damage influence repair; ii. how are respiration and content of selected metabolites influenced during the repair process; and iii. how do transcript levels of selected genes respond during repair? RESULTS We have investigated the recovery from freezing to sub-lethal temperatures in leaves of non-acclimated and cold acclimated Arabidopsis thaliana plants over a period of 6 days. Fast membrane repair and recovery of photosynthesis were observed 1 day after recovery (1D-REC) and continued until 6D-REC. A substantial increase in respiration accompanied the repair process. In parallel, concentrations of sugars and proline, acting as compatible solutes during freezing, remained unchanged or declined, implicating these compounds as carbon and nitrogen sources during recovery. Similarly, cold-responsive genes were mainly down regulated during recovery of cold acclimated leaves. In contrast, genes involved in cell wall remodeling and ROS scavenging were induced during recovery. Interestingly, also the expression of genes encoding regulatory proteins, such as 14-3-3 proteins, was increased suggesting their role as regulators of repair processes. CONCLUSIONS Recovery from sub-lethal freezing comprised membrane repair, restored photosynthesis and increased respiration rates. The process was accompanied by transcriptional changes including genes encoding regulatory proteins redirecting the previous cold response to repair processes, e.g. to cell wall remodeling, maintenance of the cellular proteome and to ROS scavenging. Understanding of processes involved in repair of freeze-thaw injury increases our knowledge on plant survival in changing climates with highly fluctuating temperatures.
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- Kora Vyse
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362, Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50010, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
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Berka M, Luklová M, Dufková H, Berková V, Novák J, Saiz-Fernández I, Rashotte AM, Brzobohatý B, Černý M. Barley Root Proteome and Metabolome in Response to Cytokinin and Abiotic Stimuli. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:590337. [PMID: 33250914 PMCID: PMC7673457 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.590337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cytokinin is a phytohormone involved in the regulation of diverse developmental and physiological processes in plants. Its potential in biotechnology and for development of higher-yield and more resilient plants has been recognized, yet the molecular mechanisms behind its action are far from understood. In this report, the roots of barley seedlings were explored as a new source to reveal as yet unknown cytokinin-responsive proteins for crop improvement. Here we found significant differences reproducibly observed for 178 proteins, for which some of the revealed cytokinin-responsive pathways were confirmed in metabolome analysis, including alterations phenylpropanoid pathway, amino acid biosynthesis and ROS metabolism. Bioinformatics analysis indicated a significant overlap between cytokinin response and response to abiotic stress. This was confirmed by comparing proteome and metabolome profiles in response to drought, salinity or a period of temperature stress. The results illustrate complex abiotic stress response in the early development of model crop plant and confirm an extensive crosstalk between plant hormone cytokinin and response to temperature stimuli, water availability or salinity stress.
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- Miroslav Berka
- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
- Central European Institute of Technology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
- *Correspondence: Martin Černý,
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Su H, Xing M, Liu X, Fang Z, Yang L, Zhuang M, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Lv H. Genome-wide analysis of HSP70 family genes in cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) reveals their involvement in floral development. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:369. [PMID: 31088344 PMCID: PMC6518785 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5757-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Heat shock proteins have important functions in regulating plant growth and response to abiotic stress. HSP70 family genes have been described in several plant species, but a comprehensive analysis of the HSP70 family genes in cabbage has not been reported to date, especially their roles in floral development. RESULTS In this study, we identified 52 BoHSP70 genes in cabbage. The gene structures, motifs, and chromosome locations of the BoHSP70 genes were analyzed. The genes were divided into seven classes using a phylogenetic analysis. An expression analysis showed that the BoHSP70 genes were highly expressed in actively growing tissues, including buds and calluses. In addition, six BoHSP70 genes were highly expressed in the binuclear-pollen-stage buds of a male fertile line compared with its near isogenic sterile line. These results were further verified using qRT-PCR. Subcellular localization analysis of the bud-specific gene BoHSP70-5 showed that it was localized in the cytoplasm. CONCLUSIONS Our results help to elucidate the involvement of the BoHSP70 family genes in cabbage floral development and establish the groundwork for future research on the functions of these genes.
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- Henan Su
- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100081 China
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Chen X, Shi L, Chen Y, Zhu L, Zhang D, Xiao S, Aharoni A, Shi J, Xu J. Arabidopsis HSP70-16 is required for flower opening under normal or mild heat stress temperatures. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:1190-1204. [PMID: 30426513 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 11/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Sepals play important roles in protecting inner floral organs from various stresses and in guaranteeing timely flower opening. However, the exact role of sepals in coordinating interior and exterior signals remains elusive. In this study, we functionally characterized a heat shock protein gene, Arabidopsis HSP70-16, in flower opening and mild heat stress response, using combined genetics with anatomic, physiological, chemical, and molecular analyses. We showed that HSP70-16 is required for flower opening and mild heat response. Mutation of HSP70-16 led to a significant reduction in seed setting rate under 22°C, which was more severe at 27°C. Mutation of HSP70-16 also caused postgenital fusion at overlapping tips of two lateral sepals, leading to failed flower opening, abnormal floral organ formation, and impaired fertilization and seed setting. Chemical and anatomic analyses confirmed specific chemical and morphological changes of cuticle property in mutant lateral sepals, and qRT-PCR data indicated that expression levels of different sets of cuticle regulatory and biosynthetic genes were altered in mutants grown at both 22°C and 27°C temperatures. This study provides a link between thermal and developmental perception signals and expands the understanding of the roles of sepal in plant development and heat response.
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- Xu Chen
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources (Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden), Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Völz R, Kim SK, Mi J, Rawat AA, Veluchamy A, Mariappan KG, Rayapuram N, Daviere JM, Achard P, Blilou I, Al-Babili S, Benhamed M, Hirt H. INDETERMINATE-DOMAIN 4 (IDD4) coordinates immune responses with plant-growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007499. [PMID: 30677094 PMCID: PMC6345439 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INDETERMINATE DOMAIN (IDD)/ BIRD proteins are a highly conserved plant-specific family of transcription factors which play multiple roles in plant development and physiology. Here, we show that mutation in IDD4/IMPERIAL EAGLE increases resistance to the hemi-biotrophic pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, indicating that IDD4 may act as a repressor of basal immune response and PAMP-triggered immunity. Furthermore, the idd4 mutant exhibits enhanced plant-growth indicating IDD4 as suppressor of growth and development. Transcriptome comparison of idd4 mutants and IDD4ox lines aligned to genome-wide IDD4 DNA-binding studies revealed major target genes related to defense and developmental-biological processes. IDD4 is a phospho-protein that interacts and becomes phosphorylated on two conserved sites by the MAP kinase MPK6. DNA-binding studies of IDD4 after flg22 treatment and with IDD4 phosphosite mutants show enhanced binding affinity to ID1 motif-containing promoters and its function as a transcriptional regulator. In contrast to the IDD4-phospho-dead mutant, the IDD4 phospho-mimicking mutant shows altered susceptibility to PstDC3000, salicylic acid levels and transcriptome reprogramming. In summary, we found that IDD4 regulates various hormonal pathways thereby coordinating growth and development with basal immunity.
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- Ronny Völz
- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg 12 Rue Général Zimmer, Strasbourg cedex, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg 12 Rue Général Zimmer, Strasbourg cedex, France
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University Paris-Sud, University of Évry Val d'Essonne, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cite, University of Paris-Saclay, UMR9213 Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Paris Saclay, Essonne, France
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.,Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France.,Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Sabzehzari M, Naghavi MR. Phyto-miRNAs-based regulation of metabolites biosynthesis in medicinal plants. Gene 2019; 682:13-24. [PMID: 30267812 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.09.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Medicinal plants, are known to produce a wide range of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) applied as insecticides, drugs, dyes and toxins in agriculture, medicine, industry and bio-warfare plus bio-terrorism, respectively. However, production of PSMs is usually in small quantities, so we need to find novel ways to increase both quantity and quality of them. Fortunately, biotechnology suggests several options through which secondary metabolism in plants can be engineered in innovative ways to: 1) over-produce the useful metabolites, 2) down-produce the toxic metabolites, 3) produce the new metabolites. Among the ways, RNA interference (RNAi) technology which involves gene-specific regulation by small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) have been recently emerged as a promising tool for plant biotechnologist, not only to decipher the function of plant genes, but also for development of the plants with improved and novel traits through manipulation of both desirable and undesirable genes. Among sncRNAs, miRNAs have been recorded various regulatory roles in plants such as development, signal transduction, response to environmental stresses, metabolism. Certainly, the use of miRNAs in metabolic engineering requires identification of miRNAs involved in metabolites biosynthesis, understanding of the biosynthetic pathways, as well as the identification of key points of the pathways in which the miRNAs have their own effect. Thus, we firstly consider these three issues on metabolic engineering of medicinal plants. Our review shows, application of miRNAs can open a novel perspective to metabolic engineering of medicinal plants.
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- M Sabzehzari
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran.
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Su PH, Lin HY, Lai YH. Two Arabidopsis Chloroplast GrpE Homologues Exhibit Distinct Biological Activities and Can Form Homo- and Hetero-Oligomers. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1719. [PMID: 32038688 PMCID: PMC6987454 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Flowering plants have evolved two distinct clades of chloroplast GrpE homologues (CGEs), which are the nucleotide exchange factor for Hsp70. In Arabidopsis, they are named AtCGE1 (At5g17710) and AtCGE2 (At1g36390). Characterization of their corresponding T-DNA insertion mutants revealed that there is no visible change in phenotype except a defect in protein import in an AtCGE2-knockout mutant under normal growth conditions. However, the embryo development of an AtCGE1-knockout mutant was arrested early at the globular stage. An AtCGE1-knockdown mutant, harboring a T-DNA insertion in the 5'-UTR region, exhibited growth retardation and protein import defect, and its mutant phenotypes became more severe when AtCGE2 was further knocked out. Sub-organellar distribution implied that AtCGE2 might be important for membrane biology due to its preferential association with chloroplast membranes. Biochemical studies and complementation tests showed that only AtCGE1, but not AtCGE2, can effectively rescue the heat-sensitive phenotype of Escherichia coli grpE mutant and robustly stimulate the refolding of denatured luciferase by DnaK. Interestingly, AtCGE1 and AtCGE2 are tending to form heterocomplexes, which exhibit comparable co-chaperone activity to AtCGE1 homocomplexes. Our data indicate that AtCGE1 is the principle functional homologue of GrpE. The possibility that AtCGE2 has a subsidiary or regulatory function through homo- and/or hetero-oligomerization is discussed.
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- Pai-Hsiang Su
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Pai-Hsiang Su,
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- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
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Roomi S, Masi A, Conselvan GB, Trevisan S, Quaggiotti S, Pivato M, Arrigoni G, Yasmin T, Carletti P. Protein Profiling of Arabidopsis Roots Treated With Humic Substances: Insights Into the Metabolic and Interactome Networks. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1812. [PMID: 30619394 PMCID: PMC6299182 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Background and Aim: Humic substances (HSs) influence the chemical and physical properties of the soil, and are also known to affect plant physiology and nutrient uptake. This study aimed to elucidate plant metabolic pathways and physiological processes influenced by HS activity. Methods: Arabidopsis roots were treated with HS for 8 h. Quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomics analysis of root proteins was performed using the iTRAQ (Isobaric Tag for Relative and Absolute Quantification) technique. Out of 902 protein families identified and quantified for HS treated vs. untreated roots, 92 proteins had different relative content. Bioinformatic tools such as STRING, KEGG, IIS and Cytoscape were used to interpret the biological function, pathway analysis and visualization of network amongst the identified proteins. Results: From this analysis it was possible to evaluate that all of the identified proteins were functionally classified into several categories, mainly redox homeostasis, response to inorganic substances, energy metabolism, protein synthesis, cell trafficking, and division. Conclusion: In the present study an overview of the metabolic pathways most modified by HS biological activity is provided. Activation of enzymes of the glycolytic pathway and up regulation of ribosomal protein indicated a stimulation in energy metabolism and protein synthesis. Regulation of the enzymes involved in redox homeostasis suggest a pivotal role of reactive oxygen species in the signaling and modulation of HS-induced responses.
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- Sohaib Roomi
- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Proteomics Center, University of Padua and Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padua, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Zhang S, Ai G, Li M, Ye Z, Zhang J. Tomato LrgB regulates heat tolerance and the assimilation and partitioning of carbon. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 274:309-319. [PMID: 30080617 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The impact of extreme and sustained high temperatures on plant growth has become increasingly prominent. Heat shock cognate 70-kDa proteins play an important role in plant heat tolerance. In this study, we identified and characterized the tomato ortholog of LrgB (SlLrgB), and demonstrate that it interacts with Hsc70.1. Similar to other genes that encode chloroplast-localized proteins, the expression of SlLrgB is upregulated in green tissues and suppressed by heat shock. Functional analyses utilizing transgenic plants indicate that SlLrgB contributes to chlorophyll metabolism. Both the overexpression and the RNA interference-mediated suppression of SlLrgB led to chlorotic leaves, reduced plant height, smaller size and decreases in pigment levels in ripening fruits. However, the starch levels in the SlLrgB-RNAi lines were significantly increased and the heat tolerance of SlLrgB-RNAi was obvious elevated. Downregulating the expression of Hsc70.1 by VIGS in tomato led to retarded growth, chlorotic leaves, and increased expression of SlLrgB. Based on these data, we suggest that SlLrgB regulates chlorophyll metabolism and the assimilation and partitioning of carbon. We also suggest that Hsc70.1 and SlLrgB contribute to heat tolerance and that Hsc70.1 negatively regulates SlLrgB.
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- Shiwen Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; National Center for Vegetable Improvement (Central China), Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; National Center for Vegetable Improvement (Central China), Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Wu H, Shi N, An X, Liu C, Fu H, Cao L, Feng Y, Sun D, Zhang L. Candidate Genes for Yellow Leaf Color in Common Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) and Major Related Metabolic Pathways according to Transcriptome Profiling. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19061594. [PMID: 29843474 PMCID: PMC6032196 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The photosynthetic capacity and efficiency of a crop depends on the biosynthesis of photosynthetic pigments and chloroplast development. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms of chloroplast development and chlorophyll (Chl) biosynthesis in common wheat because of its huge and complex genome. Ygm, a spontaneous yellow-green leaf color mutant of winter wheat, exhibits reduced Chl contents and abnormal chloroplast development. Thus, we searched for candidate genes associated with this phenotype. Comparative transcriptome profiling was performed using leaves from the yellow leaf color type (Y) and normal green color type (G) of the Ygm mutant progeny. We identified 1227 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in Y compared with G (i.e., 689 upregulated genes and 538 downregulated genes). Gene ontology and pathway enrichment analyses indicated that the DEGs were involved in Chl biosynthesis (i.e., magnesium chelatase subunit H (CHLH) and protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) genes), carotenoid biosynthesis (i.e., β-carotene hydroxylase (BCH) genes), photosynthesis, and carbon fixation in photosynthetic organisms. We also identified heat shock protein (HSP) genes (sHSP, HSP70, HSP90, and DnaJ) and heat shock transcription factor genes that might have vital roles in chloroplast development. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of the relevant DEGs confirmed the RNA-Seq results. Moreover, measurements of seven intermediate products involved in Chl biosynthesis and five carotenoid compounds involved in carotenoid-xanthophyll biosynthesis confirmed that CHLH and BCH are vital enzymes for the unusual leaf color phenotype in Y type. These results provide insights into leaf color variation in wheat at the transcriptional level.
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- Huiyu Wu
- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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Heer K, Behringer D, Piermattei A, Bässler C, Brandl R, Fady B, Jehl H, Liepelt S, Lorch S, Piotti A, Vendramin G, Weller M, Ziegenhagen B, Büntgen U, Opgenoorth L. Linking dendroecology and association genetics in natural populations: Stress responses archived in tree rings associate with SNP genotypes in silver fir (Abies albaMill.). Mol Ecol 2018; 27:1428-1438. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- K. Heer
- Faculty of Biology, Conservation Biology; Philipps-University Marburg; Marburg Germany
- Department of Ecology; Faculty of Biology; Philipps-University Marburg; Marburg Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Conservation Biology; Philipps-University Marburg; Marburg Germany
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- Department of Geography; University of Cambridge; Cambridge UK
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences; Marche Polytechnic University; Ancona Italy
- Dendro Science; Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Bavarian Forest National Park; Grafenau Germany
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- Department of Ecology; Faculty of Biology; Philipps-University Marburg; Marburg Germany
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- INRA; UR Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes; Avignon France
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- Bavarian Forest National Park; Grafenau Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Conservation Biology; Philipps-University Marburg; Marburg Germany
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- Department of Ecology; Faculty of Biology; Philipps-University Marburg; Marburg Germany
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- National Research Council; Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources; Firenze Italy
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- National Research Council; Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources; Firenze Italy
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- Department of Ecology; Faculty of Biology; Philipps-University Marburg; Marburg Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Conservation Biology; Philipps-University Marburg; Marburg Germany
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- Department of Geography; University of Cambridge; Cambridge UK
- Dendro Science; Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Birmensdorf Switzerland
- CzechGlobe, Global Change Research Institute CAS and Masaryk University; Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology; Faculty of Biology; Philipps-University Marburg; Marburg Germany
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Song M, Wei Q, Wang J, Fu W, Qin X, Lu X, Cheng F, Yang K, Zhang L, Yu X, Li J, Chen J, Lou Q. Fine Mapping of CsVYL, Conferring Virescent Leaf Through the Regulation of Chloroplast Development in Cucumber. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:432. [PMID: 29681911 PMCID: PMC5897749 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Leaf color mutants in higher plants are ideal materials for investigating the structure and function of photosynthetic system. In this study, we identified a cucumber vyl (virescent-yellow leaf) mutant in the mutant library, which exhibited reduced pigment contents and delayed chloroplast development process. F2 and BC1 populations were constructed from the cross between vyl mutant and cucumber inbred line 'Hazerd' to identify that the vyl trait is controlled by a simply recessive gene designated as CsVYL. The CsVYL gene was mapped to a 3.8 cM interval on chromosome 4 using these 80 F2 individuals and BSA (bulked segregation analysis) approach. Fine genetic map was conducted with 1542 F2 plants and narrowed down the vyl locus to an 86.3 kb genomic region, which contains a total of 11 genes. Sequence alignment between the wild type (WT) and vyl only identified one single nucleotide mutation (C→T) in the first exon of gene Csa4G637110, which encodes a DnaJ-like zinc finger protein. Gene Expression analysis confirmed the differences in transcription level of Csa4G637110 between wild type and mutant plants. Map-based cloning of the CsVYL gene could accelerate the study of chloroplast development and chlorophyll synthesis of cucumber.
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Jiang T, Oh ES, Bonea D, Zhao R. HSP90C interacts with PsbO1 and facilitates its thylakoid distribution from chloroplast stroma in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0190168. [PMID: 29281724 PMCID: PMC5745004 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Arabidopsis plastidic HSP90C is an HSP90 family molecular chaperone that is required for chloroplast development and function. To understand the mechanism of action of HSP90C within the chloroplast, we conducted a yeast two-hybrid screening and revealed it interacts directly with the photosystem II extrinsic protein PsbO1, which performs a canonical function in the thylakoid lumen. To understand the biological significance of HSP90C-PsbO1 interaction, we investigated the role of HSP90C in modulating the stromal and thylakoid distribution of PsbO1GFP fusion protein. Fusion to GFP significantly delays the PsbO1 thylakoid transport and induces a variegation phenotype. Overexpression of HSP90C promotes the thylakoid distribution of PsbO1GFP and alleviates the leaf variegation. By tracking the chloroplast maturation during photomorphogenesis, we observed PsbO1GFP tends to form distinct fluorescent clusters within the stroma with delayed thylakoid membrane biogenesis, while HSP90C overexpression corrects these adverse effects. We also demonstrated that active HSP90C function is specifically required for stable accumulation of mature PsbO1GFP in thylakoid by using specific inhibitor geldanamycin. This study therefore not only identified novel HSP90C interactors, but also reports for the first time that PsbO1 enroute from the cytoplasm to thylakoid lumen is tightly regulated by the HSP90C chaperone complex in plastid stroma; whereas the proper HSP90C homeostasis is also critical for chloroplast maturation and function.
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- Tim Jiang
- Departments of Biological Sciences and Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Biological Sciences and Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Biological Sciences and Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Biological Sciences and Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Hidalgo D, Georgiev M, Marchev A, Bru-Martínez R, Cusido RM, Corchete P, Palazon J. Tailoring tobacco hairy root metabolism for the production of stilbenes. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17976. [PMID: 29269790 PMCID: PMC5740106 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18330-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Tobacco hairy root (HR) cultures, which have been widely used for the heterologous production of target compounds, have an innate capacity to bioconvert exogenous t-resveratrol (t-R) into t-piceatannol (t-Pn) and t-pterostilbene (t-Pt). We established genetically engineered HR carrying the gene encoding stilbene synthase (STS) from Vitis vinifera and/or the transcription factor (TF) AtMYB12 from Arabidopsis thaliana, in order to generate a holistic response in the phenylpropanoid pathway and coordinate the up-regulation of multiple metabolic steps. Additionally, an artificial microRNA for chalcone synthase (amiRNA CHS) was utilized to arrest the normal flux through the endogenous chalcone synthase (CHS) enzyme, which would otherwise compete for precursors with the STS enzyme imported for the flux deviation. The transgenic HR were able to biosynthesize the target stilbenes, achieving a production of 40 μg L-1 of t-R, which was partially metabolized into t-Pn and t-Pt (up to 2.2 μg L-1 and 86.4 μg L-1, respectively), as well as its glucoside piceid (up to 339.7 μg L-1). Major metabolic perturbations were caused by the TF AtMYB12, affecting both primary and secondary metabolism, which confirms the complexity of biotechnological systems based on seed plant in vitro cultures for the heterologous production of high-value molecules.
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- Diego Hidalgo
- Laboratori de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Group of Plant Cell Biotechnology and Metabolomics, The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Plovdiv, 4000, Bulgaria
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- Group of Plant Cell Biotechnology and Metabolomics, The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Plovdiv, 4000, Bulgaria
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- Plant Proteomics and Functional Genomics Group, Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Laboratori de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, University of Salamanca, E-37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Laboratori de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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Integrated physiological and proteomic analysis reveals underlying response and defense mechanisms of Brachypodium distachyon seedling leaves under osmotic stress, cadmium and their combined stresses. J Proteomics 2017; 170:1-13. [PMID: 28986270 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2017.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Drought stress, a major abiotic stress, commonly occurs in metal-contaminated environments and affects crop growth and yield. In this study, we performed the first integrated phenotypic, physiological, and proteomic analysis of Brachypodium distachyon L. seedling leaves under polyethylene glycol (PEG) mock osmotic stress, cadmium (Cd2+), and their combined stresses. Combined osmotic and Cd2+ stress had more significant effects than each individual stress on seedling growth, and the physiological traits and ultrastructures of leaves. Totally 117 differentially accumulated protein (DAP) spots detected by two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) were identified, and representing 89 unique proteins under individual and combined stresses. These DAPs were involved in photosynthesis/respiration (34%), energy and carbon metabolism (21%), stress/defense/detoxification (13%), protein folding and degradation (12%), and amino acid metabolism (7%). Principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that DAPs from the Cd2+ and combined stresses grouped much closer than those from osmotic stress, indicating Cd2+ and combined stresses resulted in more changes to the leaf proteome than osmotic stress alone. Protein-protein interaction analyses showed that a 14-3-3 centered sub-network could play important roles in responses to abiotic stresses. An overview pathway of proteome metabolic changes in Bd21 seedling leaves under combined stresses is proposed, representing a synergistic responsive network and underlying response and defense mechanisms. SIGNIFICANCE Drought stress is one of the major abiotic stresses, which commonly occurs in metal-contaminated environments, and affects crop growth and yield performance. We performed the first integrated phenotypic, physiological and proteomic analysis of Brachypodium distachyon L. seedling leaves under drought (PEG), cadmium (Cd2+) and their combined stresses.
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Wen F, Wu X, Li T, Jia M, Liu X, Li P, Zhou X, Ji X, Yue X. Genome-wide survey of heat shock factors and heat shock protein 70s and their regulatory network under abiotic stresses in Brachypodium distachyon. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0180352. [PMID: 28683139 PMCID: PMC5500289 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The heat shock protein 70s (Hsp70s) and heat shock factors (Hsfs) play key roles in protecting plant cells or tissues from various abiotic stresses. Brachypodium distachyon, recently developed an excellent model organism for functional genomics research, is related to the major cereal grain species. Although B. distachyon genome has been fully sequenced, the information of Hsf and Hsp70 genes and especially the regulatory network between Hsfs and Hsp70s remains incomplete. Here, a total of 24 BdHsfs and 29 BdHsp70s were identified in the genome by bioinformatics analysis and the regulatory network between Hsfs and Hsp70s were performed in this study. Based on highly conserved domain and motif analysis, BdHsfs were grouped into three classes, and BdHsp70s divided into six groups, respectively. Most of Hsf proteins contain five conserved domains: DBD, HR-A/B region, NLS and NES motifs and AHA domain, while Hsp70 proteins have three conserved domains: N-terminal nucleotide binding domain, peptide binding domain and a variable C-terminal lid region. Expression data revealed a large number of BdHsfs and BdHsp70s were induced by HS challenge, and a previous heat acclimation could induce the acquired thermotolerance to help seedling suffer the severe HS challenge, suggesting that the BdHsfs and BdHsp70s played a role in alleviating the damage by HS. The comparison revealed that, most BdHsfs and BdHsp70s genes responded to multiple abiotic stresses in an overlapping relationship, while some of them were stress specific response genes. Moreover, co-expression relationships and predicted protein-protein interaction network implied that class A and B Hsfs played as activator and repressors, respectively, suggesting that BdHsp70s might be regulated by both the activation and the repression mechanisms under stress condition. Our genomics analysis of BdHsfs and BdHsp70s provides important evolutionary and functional characterization for further investigation of the accurate regulatory mechanisms among Hsfs and Hsp70s in herbaceous plants.
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- Feng Wen
- School of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China
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- Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Shanghai Chenshan Botanic Garden, Songjiang, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China
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Li Z, Long R, Zhang T, Wang Z, Zhang F, Yang Q, Kang J, Sun Y. Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the drought tolerance gene MsHSP70 from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2017; 130:387-396. [PMID: 28150171 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-017-0905-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a ubiquitously expressed class of protective proteins that play a key role in plant response to stressful conditions. This study aimed to characterize and investigate the function of an HSP gene in alfalfa (Medicago sativa). MsHSP70, which contains a 2028-bp open reading frame, was identified through homology cloning. MsHSP70 shares high sequence identity (94.47%) with HSP70 from Medicago truncatula. Expression analysis of MsHSP70 in alfalfa organs revealed a relatively higher expression level in aerial organs such as flowers, stems and leaves than in roots. MsHSP70 was induced by heat shock, abscisic acid (ABA) and hydrogen peroxide. Transgenic Arabidopsis seedlings overexpressing MsHSP70 were hyposensitive to polyethylene glycol (PEG) and ABA treatments, suggesting that exogenous expression of MsHSP70 enhanced Arabidopsis tolerance to these stresses. Examination of physiological indexes related to drought and ABA stress demonstrated that in comparison with non-transgenic plants, T3 transgenic Arabidopsis plants had an increased proline content, higher superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, and decreased malondialdehyde (MDA) content. Furthermore, higher relative water content (RWC) was detected in transgenic plants compared with non-transgenic plants under drought stress. These findings clearly indicate that molecular manipulation of MsHSP70 in plants can have substantial effects on stress tolerance.
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- Zhenyi Li
- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agriculture University, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
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Leng L, Liang Q, Jiang J, Zhang C, Hao Y, Wang X, Su W. A subclass of HSP70s regulate development and abiotic stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2017; 130:349-363. [PMID: 28004282 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-016-0900-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Members of the HSP70 family function as molecular chaperones to maintain cellular homeostasis and help plants cope with environmental stimuli. However, due to functional redundancy and lack of effective chemical inhibitors, our knowledge of functions of individual HSP70s has remained limited. Here, we confirmed a subclass of HSP70s, including HSP70-1, -2, -3, -4, and -5, localized to the cytosol and nucleus in Arabidopsis thaliana. Histochemical analyses of promoter:GUS reporter lines showed that HSP70-1, -2, -3, and -4 genes were widely expressed, but HSP70-5 was not. In addition, individual HSP70 showed not only similar but also distinct transcriptions when treated by different abiotic stresses and phytohormones. No apparent phenotype was observed when individual HSP70 genes were overexpressed or knocked-out/down, but the double mutant hsp70-1 hsp70-4 and triple mutant hsp70-2 hsp70-4 hsp70-5 plants exhibited developmental phenotypes with shortened specific growth periods, curly and round leaves, twisted petioles, thin stems, and short siliques. Moreover, both mutants were hypersensitive to heat, cold, high glucose, salt and osmotic stress, but hyposensitive to abscisic acid. Genes related to flowering, and the cytokinin, brassinosteroid, and abscisic acid signaling pathways were differentially expressed in both mutants. Our studies suggest that, the individual HSP70 possibly performs both redundant and specific functions with the other members in the cytosolic/nuclear HSP70 subclass, and apart from enabling plants to cope with abiotic stresses, this subclass of cytosolic/nuclear HSP70 proteins also participates in diverse developmental processes and signaling pathways.
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- Linna Leng
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Room 421, School of Life Science Building, No. 2005, Songhu Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Room 421, School of Life Science Building, No. 2005, Songhu Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Room 421, School of Life Science Building, No. 2005, Songhu Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Room 421, School of Life Science Building, No. 2005, Songhu Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Room 421, School of Life Science Building, No. 2005, Songhu Road, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Room 421, School of Life Science Building, No. 2005, Songhu Road, Shanghai, 200438, China.
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Ma C, Cao J, Li J, Zhou B, Tang J, Miao A. Phenotypic, histological and proteomic analyses reveal multiple differences associated with chloroplast development in yellow and variegated variants from Camellia sinensis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33369. [PMID: 27633059 PMCID: PMC5025893 DOI: 10.1038/srep33369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Leaf colour variation is observed in several plants. We obtained two types of branches with yellow and variegated leaves from Camellia sinensis. To reveal the mechanisms that underlie the leaf colour variations, combined morphological, histological, ionomic and proteomic analyses were performed using leaves from abnormal branches (variants) and normal branches (CKs). The measurement of the CIE-Lab coordinates showed that the brightness and yellowness of the variants were more intense than the CKs. When chloroplast profiles were analysed, HY1 (branch with yellow leaves) and HY2 (branch with variegated leaves) displayed abnormal chloroplast structures and a reduced number and size compared with the CKs, indicating that the abnormal chloroplast development might be tightly linked to the leaf colour variations. Moreover, the concentration of elemental minerals was different between the variants and the CKs. Furthermore, DEPs (differentially expressed proteins) were identified in the variants and the CKs by a quantitative proteomics analysis using the label-free approach. The DEPs were significantly involved in photosynthesis and included PSI, PSII, cytochrome b6/f complex, photosynthetic electron transport, LHC and F-type ATPase. Our results suggested that a decrease in the abundance of photosynthetic proteins might be associated with the changes of leaf colours in tea plants.
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- Chengying Ma
- Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Resources Innovation &Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Resources Innovation &Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute of Apicultural Research/Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Resources Innovation &Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Resources Innovation &Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Resources Innovation &Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Das A, Eldakak M, Paudel B, Kim DW, Hemmati H, Basu C, Rohila JS. Leaf Proteome Analysis Reveals Prospective Drought and Heat Stress Response Mechanisms in Soybean. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 2016:6021047. [PMID: 27034942 PMCID: PMC4808539 DOI: 10.1155/2016/6021047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Drought and heat are among the major abiotic stresses that affect soybean crops worldwide. During the current investigation, the effect of drought, heat, and drought plus heat stresses was compared in the leaves of two soybean varieties, Surge and Davison, combining 2D-DIGE proteomic data with physiology and biochemical analyses. We demonstrated how 25 differentially expressed photosynthesis-related proteins affect RuBisCO regulation, electron transport, Calvin cycle, and carbon fixation during drought and heat stress. We also observed higher abundance of heat stress-induced EF-Tu protein in Surge. It is possible that EF-Tu might have activated heat tolerance mechanisms in the soybean. Higher level expressions of heat shock-related protein seem to be regulating the heat tolerance mechanisms. This study identifies the differential expression of various abiotic stress-responsive proteins that regulate various molecular processes and signaling cascades. One inevitable outcome from the biochemical and proteomics assays of this study is that increase of ROS levels during drought stress does not show significant changes at the phenotypic level in Davison and this seems to be due to a higher amount of carbonic anhydrase accumulation in the cell which aids the cell to become more resistant to cytotoxic concentrations of H2O2.
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- Aayudh Das
- Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USA
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- Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
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- Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
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- National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do 55365, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, USA
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- Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, USA
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- Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
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Yu J, Zhang J, Zhao Q, Liu Y, Chen S, Guo H, Shi L, Dai S. Proteomic Analysis Reveals the Leaf Color Regulation Mechanism in Chimera Hosta "Gold Standard" Leaves. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:346. [PMID: 27005614 PMCID: PMC4813207 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17030346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Leaf color change of variegated leaves from chimera species is regulated by fine-tuned molecular mechanisms. Hosta "Gold Standard" is a typical chimera Hosta species with golden-green variegated leaves, which is an ideal material to investigate the molecular mechanisms of leaf variegation. In this study, the margin and center regions of young and mature leaves from Hosta "Gold Standard", as well as the leaves from plants after excess nitrogen fertilization were studied using physiological and comparative proteomic approaches. We identified 31 differentially expressed proteins in various regions and development stages of variegated leaves. Some of them may be related to the leaf color regulation in Hosta "Gold Standard". For example, cytosolic glutamine synthetase (GS1), heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), and chloroplastic elongation factor G (cpEF-G) were involved in pigment-related nitrogen synthesis as well as protein synthesis and processing. By integrating the proteomics data with physiological results, we revealed the metabolic patterns of nitrogen metabolism, photosynthesis, energy supply, as well as chloroplast protein synthesis, import and processing in various leaf regions at different development stages. Additionally, chloroplast-localized proteoforms involved in nitrogen metabolism, photosynthesis and protein processing implied that post-translational modifications were crucial for leaf color regulation. These results provide new clues toward understanding the mechanisms of leaf color regulation in variegated leaves.
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- Juanjuan Yu
- Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
- Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center, Northeast Forestry University, Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration in Oil Field, Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
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- Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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- Food Engineering College, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150028, China.
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
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- Development Center of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
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Tang T, Liu P, Zheng G, Li W. Two phases of response to long-term moderate heat: Variation in thermotolerance between Arabidopsis thaliana and its relative Arabis paniculata. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2016; 122:81-90. [PMID: 26782026 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2016.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2015] [Revised: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Long-term moderate heat is often experienced by plants and will become even more common in the future due to global warming. However, the responses of plants to this stress have not been characterised. In the present study, growth between Arabidopsis thaliana and its relative Arabis paniculata upon long-term exposure to moderate heat was compared. It was found that the latter was more tolerant than the former, and the patterns of physiological and biochemical responses of both plants presented two phases. The early phase involved no significant visible morphological and physiological changes. It occurred during the first third of the heat treatment and was extended when the stress was attenuated. During the later phase, the plants died or were damaged. Heat shock proteins were dramatically induced at the early phase and gradually decreased at the later phase in A. thaliana. By contrast, the levels were induced and maintained in A. paniculata. Profiling of membrane lipids found that the two plants exhibited opposite patterns of lipid remodelling at the early phase: A. paniculata synthesised phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol and showed a rapid decrease in the degree of lipid unsaturation, while A. thaliana degraded its lipids at the early phase and showed an accelerated degradation at the later phase. These biochemical adjustments during the early phase could favor the thermotolerance of A. paniculata. These results suggest that this species could thus be a model for the study of resistance to long-term moderate heat, through a strategy by which plants can adapt to long-term moderate heat.
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- Ting Tang
- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China; Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
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Fan M, Gao S, Ren J, Yang Q, Li H, Yang C, Ye Z. Overexpression of SlRBZ Results in Chlorosis and Dwarfism through Impairing Chlorophyll, Carotenoid, and Gibberellin Biosynthesis in Tomato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:907. [PMID: 27446137 PMCID: PMC4916219 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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ZFPs play important roles in many biological processes, including plant development, stress response, and phytohormone response. RanBP2-type zinc finger transcription factors have been characterized in animals and humans. However, their functions remain largely unknown in plants. In this study, we identified a RanBP2-type zinc finger protein gene (SlRBZ) in tomato. SlRBZ was constitutively expressed in roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. The SlRBZ-GFP fused protein was localized in the nucleus. Overexpression of SlRBZ resulted in chlorosis and dwarf phenotypes in tomato. Determination of physiological index showed that chlorophyll, carotenoid, and GAs contents were evidently decreased in transgenic plants. Furthermore, the qRT-PCR and RNA-Seq analyses demonstrated that the transcription of the genes involved in these biosynthesis pathways obviously decreased in SlRBZ-OE plants. In addition, ultrastructural observation by transmission electron microscopy indicated that plastids could not develop into mature chloroplasts with normal chloroplast membrane and thylakoid membrane system in SlRBZ-OE plants. The results suggest that overexpression of SlRBZ may impair the biosynthesis of chlorophyll, carotenoid, and gibberellin through blocking chloroplast development, resulting in chlorosis and dwarfism in tomato.
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- Mingqin Fan
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic Improvement (Central Region), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
- School of Biology and Food Engineering, Fuyang Teachers CollegeFuyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic Improvement (Central Region), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic Improvement (Central Region), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic Improvement (Central Region), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic Improvement (Central Region), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic Improvement (Central Region), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Changxian Yang
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic Improvement (Central Region), MOA, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan, China
- Zhibiao Ye
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Choudhary MK, Nomura Y, Shi H, Nakagami H, Somers DE. Circadian Profiling of the Arabidopsis Proteome Using 2D-DIGE. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1007. [PMID: 27462335 PMCID: PMC4940426 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Clock-generated biological rhythms provide an adaptive advantage to an organism, resulting in increased fitness and survival. To better elucidate the plant response to the circadian system, we surveyed protein oscillations in Arabidopsis seedlings under constant light. Using large-scale two-dimensional difference in gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) the abundance of more than 1000 proteins spots was reproducibly resolved quantified and profiled across a circadian time series. A comparison between phenol-extracted samples and RuBisCO-depleted extracts identified 71 and 40 rhythmically-expressed proteins, respectively, and between 30 and 40% of these derive from non-rhythmic transcripts. These included proteins influencing transcriptional regulation, translation, metabolism, photosynthesis, protein chaperones, and stress-mediated responses. The phasing of maximum expression for the cyclic proteins was similar for both datasets, with a nearly even distribution of peak phases across the time series. STRING clustering analysis identified two interaction networks with a notable number of oscillating proteins: plastid-based and cytosolic chaperones and 10 proteins involved in photosynthesis. The oscillation of the ABA receptor, PYR1/RCAR11, with peak expression near dusk adds to a growing body of evidence that intimately ties ABA signaling to the circadian system. Taken together, this study provides new insights into the importance of post-transcriptional circadian control of plant physiology and metabolism.
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- Mani K. Choudhary
- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and TechnologyPohang, South Korea
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- Plant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceYokohama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA
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- Plant Proteomics Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceYokohama, Japan
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- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, Pohang University of Science and TechnologyPohang, South Korea
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH, USA
- *Correspondence: David E. Somers
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Kunze M, Berger J. The similarity between N-terminal targeting signals for protein import into different organelles and its evolutionary relevance. Front Physiol 2015; 6:259. [PMID: 26441678 PMCID: PMC4585086 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The proper distribution of proteins between the cytosol and various membrane-bound compartments is crucial for the functionality of eukaryotic cells. This requires the cooperation between protein transport machineries that translocate diverse proteins from the cytosol into these compartments and targeting signal(s) encoded within the primary sequence of these proteins that define their cellular destination. The mechanisms exerting protein translocation differ remarkably between the compartments, but the predominant targeting signals for mitochondria, chloroplasts and the ER share the N-terminal position, an α-helical structural element and the removal from the core protein by intraorganellar cleavage. Interestingly, similar properties have been described for the peroxisomal targeting signal type 2 mediating the import of a fraction of soluble peroxisomal proteins, whereas other peroxisomal matrix proteins encode the type 1 targeting signal residing at the extreme C-terminus. The structural similarity of N-terminal targeting signals poses a challenge to the specificity of protein transport, but allows the generation of ambiguous targeting signals that mediate dual targeting of proteins into different compartments. Dual targeting might represent an advantage for adaptation processes that involve a redistribution of proteins, because it circumvents the hierarchy of targeting signals. Thus, the co-existence of two equally functional import pathways into peroxisomes might reflect a balance between evolutionary constant and flexible transport routes.
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- Markus Kunze
- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
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Zhu X, Liang S, Yin J, Yuan C, Wang J, Li W, He M, Wang J, Chen W, Ma B, Wang Y, Qin P, Li S, Chen X. The DnaJ OsDjA7/8 is essential for chloroplast development in rice (Oryza sativa). Gene 2015. [PMID: 26210810 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.07.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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DnaJ proteins belong to chaperones of Hsp40 family that ubiquitously participate in various cellular processes. Previous studies have shown chloroplast-targeted DnaJs are involved in the development of chloroplast in some plant species. However, little is known about the function of DnaJs in rice, one of the main staple crops. In this study, we characterized a type I DnaJ protein OsDjA7/8. We found that the gene OsDjA7/8 was expressed in all collected tissues, with a priority in the vigorous growth leaf. Subcellular localization revealed that the protein OsDjA7/8 was mainly distributed in chloroplast. Reduced expression of OsDjA7/8 in rice led to albino lethal at the seedling stage. Transmission electron microscopy observation showed that the chloroplast structures were abnormally developed in the plants silenced for OsDjA7/8. In addition, the transcriptional expression of the genes tightly associated with the development of chloroplast was deeply reduced in the plants silenced for OsDjA7/8. Collectively, our study reveals that OsDjA7/8 encodes a chloroplast-localized protein and is essential for chloroplast development and differentiation in rice.
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- Xiaobo Zhu
- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China.
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Trösch R, Mühlhaus T, Schroda M, Willmund F. ATP-dependent molecular chaperones in plastids--More complex than expected. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:872-88. [PMID: 25596449 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 01/03/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Plastids are a class of essential plant cell organelles comprising photosynthetic chloroplasts of green tissues, starch-storing amyloplasts of roots and tubers or the colorful pigment-storing chromoplasts of petals and fruits. They express a few genes encoded on their organellar genome, called plastome, but import most of their proteins from the cytosol. The import into plastids, the folding of freshly-translated or imported proteins, the degradation or renaturation of denatured and entangled proteins, and the quality-control of newly folded proteins all require the action of molecular chaperones. Members of all four major families of ATP-dependent molecular chaperones (chaperonin/Cpn60, Hsp70, Hsp90 and Hsp100 families) have been identified in plastids from unicellular algae to higher plants. This review aims not only at giving an overview of the most current insights into the general and conserved functions of these plastid chaperones, but also into their specific plastid functions. Given that chloroplasts harbor an extreme environment that cycles between reduced and oxidized states, that has to deal with reactive oxygen species and is highly reactive to environmental and developmental signals, it can be presumed that plastid chaperones have evolved a plethora of specific functions some of which are just about to be discovered. Here, the most urgent questions that remain unsolved are discussed, and guidance for future research on plastid chaperones is given. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Chloroplast Biogenesis.
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- Raphael Trösch
- TU Kaiserslautern, Molecular Biotechnology & Systems Biology, Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 23, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany; HU Berlin, Institute of Biology, Chausseestraße 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany; TU Kaiserslautern, Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes, Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 23, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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- TU Kaiserslautern, Molecular Biotechnology & Systems Biology, Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 23, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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- TU Kaiserslautern, Molecular Biotechnology & Systems Biology, Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 23, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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- TU Kaiserslautern, Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes, Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 23, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Oh SE, Yeung C, Babaei-Rad R, Zhao R. Cosuppression of the chloroplast localized molecular chaperone HSP90.5 impairs plant development and chloroplast biogenesis in Arabidopsis. BMC Res Notes 2014; 7:643. [PMID: 25216779 PMCID: PMC4168064 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND HSP90.5 is a chloroplast localized HSP90 family molecular chaperone in Arabidopsis, and it has been implicated in plant abiotic stress resistance, photomorphogenesis and nuclear-encoded protein import into the chloroplast. However, how these processes are controlled by HSP90 is not well understood. To understand the role of HSP90.5 in chloroplast function and biogenesis, in this study, we generated transgenic Arabidopsis plants that overexpress a C-terminally FLAG-tagged HSP90.5. By characterizing three HSP90.5 cosuppression lines, we demonstrated the essential role of HSP90.5 in plant growth and chloroplast biogenesis. RESULTS Immunoblotting and quantitative PCR analyses revealed three independent HSP90.5 cosuppressing transgenic lines. All three cosuppression lines displayed a certain degree of variegated phenotype in photosynthetic tissues, and the cosuppression did not affect the expression of cytosolic HSP90 isoforms. HSP90.5 cosuppression was shown to be developmentally regulated and occurred mostly at late developmental stage in adult leaves and inflorescence tissues. HSP90.5 cosuppression also caused significantly reduced rosette leaf growth, transient starch storage, but did not affect rosette leaf initiation or inflorescence production, although the fertility was reduced. Isolation of chloroplasts and size exclusion chromatography analysis indicated that the FLAG at the HSP90.5 C-terminus does not affect its proper chloroplast localization and dimerization. Finally, transmission electron microscopy indicated that chloroplast development in HSP90.5 cosuppression leaves was significantly impaired and the integrity of chloroplast is highly correlated to the expression level of HSP90.5. CONCLUSION We thoroughly characterized three HSP90.5 cosuppression lines, and demonstrated that properly controlled expression of HSP90.5 is required for plant growth and development in many tissues, and especially essential for chloroplast thylakoid formation. Since the homozygote of HSP90.5 knockout mutant is embryonically lethal, this study provides transgenic lines that mimic the conditional knockout line or siRNA line of the essential HSP90.5 gene in Arabidopsis.
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- Saehong E Oh
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario M1C 1A4 Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario M1C 1A4 Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario M1C 1A4 Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario M1C 1A4 Canada
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Tiwari M, Sharma D, Trivedi PK. Artificial microRNA mediated gene silencing in plants: progress and perspectives. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 86:1-18. [PMID: 25022825 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0224-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Homology based gene silencing has emerged as a convenient approach for repressing expression of genes in order to study their functions. For this purpose, several antisense or small interfering RNA based gene silencing techniques have been frequently employed in plant research. Artificial microRNAs (amiRNAs) mediated gene silencing represents one of such techniques which can utilize as a potential tool in functional genomics. Similar to microRNAs, amiRNAs are single-stranded, approximately 21 nt long, and designed by replacing the mature miRNA sequences of duplex within pre-miRNAs. These amiRNAs are processed via small RNA biogenesis and silencing machinery and deregulate target expression. Holding to various refinements, amiRNA technology offers several advantages over other gene silencing methods. This is a powerful and robust tool, and could be applied to unravel new insight of metabolic pathways and gene functions across the various disciplines as well as in translating observations for improving favourable traits in plants. This review highlights general background of small RNAs, improvements made in RNAi based gene silencing, implications of amiRNA in gene silencing, and describes future themes for improving value of this technology in plant science.
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- Manish Tiwari
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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Janská A, Aprile A, Cattivelli L, Zámečník J, de Bellis L, Ovesná J. The up-regulation of elongation factors in the barley leaf and the down-regulation of nucleosome assembly genes in the crown are both associated with the expression of frost tolerance. Funct Integr Genomics 2014; 14:493-506. [PMID: 24838952 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-014-0377-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2013] [Revised: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We report a series of microarray-based leaf and crown transcriptome comparisons involving three barley cultivars (cvs. Luxor, Igri and Atlas 68) which express differing degrees of frost tolerance. The transcripts were obtained following the exposure of seedlings to low (above and below zero) temperatures, aiming to identify those genes and signalling/metabolic pathways which are associated with frost tolerance. Both the leaves and the crowns responded to low temperature by the up-regulation of a suite of abscisic acid (ABA)-responsive genes, most of which have already been recognized as components of the plant low temperature response. The inter-cultivar comparison indicated that genes involved in maintaining the leaf's capacity to synthesize protein and to retain chloroplast activity were important for the expression of frost tolerance. In the crown, the repression of genes associated with nucleosome assembly and transposon regulation were the most relevant transcriptional changes associated with frost tolerance, highlighting the role of gene repression in the cold acclimation response.
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- Anna Janská
- Department of Molecular Biology, Crop Research Institute, v.v.i., Drnovská 507, 161 06, Prague 6, Czech Republic,
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Oelze ML, Muthuramalingam M, Vogel MO, Dietz KJ. The link between transcript regulation and de novo protein synthesis in the retrograde high light acclimation response of Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:320. [PMID: 24884362 PMCID: PMC4034770 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Efficient light acclimation of photosynthetic cells is a basic and important property of plants. The process of acclimation depends on transformation of retrograde signals in gene expression, transcript accumulation and de novo protein synthesis. While signalling cues, transcriptomes and some involved players have been characterized, an integrated view is only slowly emerging, and information on the translational level is missing. Transfer of low (8 μmol quanta.m-2.s-1) or normal light (80 μmol quanta.m-2.s-1) acclimated 30 d old Arabidopsis thaliana plants to high light (800 μmol quanta.m-2.s-1) triggers retrograde signals. Using this established approach, we sought to link transcriptome data with de novo synthesized proteins by in vivo labelling with 35S methionine and proteome composition. Results De novo synthesized protein and proteome patterns could reliably be matched with newly annotated master gels. Each molecular level could be quantified for a set of 41 proteins. Among the proteins preferentially synthesized in plants transferred to high light were enzymes including carbonic anhydrase, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase, O-acetyl serine thiol lyase, and chaperones, while low rates upon transfer to high light were measured for e.g. dehydroascorbate reductase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and CuZn superoxide dismutase, and opposite responses between 10-fold and 100-fold light increment for e.g. glutamine synthetase and phosphoglycerate kinase. Conclusions The results prove the hypothesis that transcript abundance is poorly linked to de novo protein synthesis due to profound regulation at the level of translation. This vertical systems biology approach enables to quantitatively and kinetically link the molecular levels for scrutinizing signal processing and response generation.
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- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology - W5-134, University of Bielefeld, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany.
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