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Wang JJ, Gao J, Li W, Liu JX. CCaP1/CCaP2/CCaP3 interact with plasma membrane H +-ATPases and promote thermo-responsive growth by regulating cell wall modification in Arabidopsis. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2024; 5:100880. [PMID: 38486455 PMCID: PMC11287188 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100880] [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: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Arabidopsis plants adapt to warm temperatures by promoting hypocotyl growth primarily through the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor PIF4 and its downstream genes involved in auxin responses, which enhance cell division. In the current study, we discovered that cell wall-related calcium-binding protein 2 (CCaP2) and its paralogs CCaP1 and CCaP3 function as positive regulators of thermo-responsive hypocotyl growth by promoting cell elongation in Arabidopsis. Interestingly, mutations in CCaP1/CCaP2/CCaP3 do not affect the expression of PIF4-regulated classic downstream genes. However, they do noticeably reduce the expression of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase genes, which are involved in cell wall modification. We also found that CCaP1/CCaP2/CCaP3 are predominantly localized to the plasma membrane, where they interact with the plasma membrane H+-ATPases AHA1/AHA2. Furthermore, we observed that vanadate-sensitive H+-ATPase activity and cell wall pectin and hemicellulose contents are significantly increased in wild-type plants grown at warm temperatures compared with those grown at normal growth temperatures, but these changes are not evident in the ccap1-1 ccap2-1 ccap3-1 triple mutant. Overall, our findings demonstrate that CCaP1/CCaP2/CCaP3 play an important role in controlling thermo-responsive hypocotyl growth and provide new insights into the alternative pathway regulating hypocotyl growth at warm temperatures through cell wall modification mediated by CCaP1/CCaP2/CCaP3.
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- Jing-Jing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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Zhu X, Wang H. Revisiting the role and mechanism of ELF3 in circadian clock modulation. Gene 2024; 913:148378. [PMID: 38490512 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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The gene encoding EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3) is necessary for photoperiodic flowering and the normal regulation of circadian rhythms. It provides important information at the cellular level to uncover the biological mechanisms that improve plant growth and development. ELF3 interactions with transcription factors such as BROTHER OF LUX ARRHYTHMO (BOA), LIGHT-REGULATED WD1 (LWD1), PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4), PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 7 (PIF7), and LUX ARRHYTHMO (LUX) suggest a role in evening complex (EC) independent pathways, demanding further investigation to elucidate the EC-dependent versus EC-independent mechanisms. The ELF3 regulation of flowering time about photoperiod and temperature variations can also optimize crop cultivation across diverse latitudes. In this review paper, we summarize how ELF3's role in the circadian clock and light-responsive flowering control in crops offers substantial potential for scientific advancement and practical applications in biotechnology and agriculture. Despite its essential role in crop adaptation, very little is known in many important crops. Consequently, comprehensive and targeted research is essential for extrapolating ELF3-related insights from Arabidopsis to other crops, utilizing both computational and experimental methodologies. This research should prioritize investigations into ELF3's protein-protein interactions, post-translational modifications, and genomic targets to elucidate its contribution to accurate circadian clock regulation.
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- Xingzun Zhu
- College of Landscape Architecture, Changchun University, No.1 Weixinglu Changchun, Jilin, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Tonghua Normal University, Tonghua, 950, Yucai Road, China.
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Yuan L, Avello P, Zhu Z, Lock SCL, McCarthy K, Redmond EJ, Davis AM, Song Y, Ezer D, Pitchford JW, Quint M, Xie Q, Xu X, Davis SJ, Ronald J. Complex epistatic interactions between ELF3, PRR9, and PRR7 regulate the circadian clock and plant physiology. Genetics 2024; 226:iyad217. [PMID: 38142447 PMCID: PMC10917503 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
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Circadian clocks are endogenous timekeeping mechanisms that coordinate internal physiological responses with the external environment. EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3), PSEUDO RESPONSE REGULATOR (PRR9), and PRR7 are essential components of the plant circadian clock and facilitate entrainment of the clock to internal and external stimuli. Previous studies have highlighted a critical role for ELF3 in repressing the expression of PRR9 and PRR7. However, the functional significance of activity in regulating circadian clock dynamics and plant development is unknown. To explore this regulatory dynamic further, we first employed mathematical modeling to simulate the effect of the prr9/prr7 mutation on the elf3 circadian phenotype. These simulations suggested that simultaneous mutations in prr9/prr7 could rescue the elf3 circadian arrhythmia. Following these simulations, we generated all Arabidopsis elf3/prr9/prr7 mutant combinations and investigated their circadian and developmental phenotypes. Although these assays could not replicate the results from the mathematical modeling, our results have revealed a complex epistatic relationship between ELF3 and PRR9/7 in regulating different aspects of plant development. ELF3 was essential for hypocotyl development under ambient and warm temperatures, while PRR9 was critical for root thermomorphogenesis. Finally, mutations in prr9 and prr7 rescued the photoperiod-insensitive flowering phenotype of the elf3 mutant. Together, our results highlight the importance of investigating the genetic relationship among plant circadian genes.
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- Li Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Department of Mathematics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) 06108, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Mathematics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) 06108, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Bower Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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Shen T, Xu F, Chen D, Yan R, Wang Q, Li K, Zhang G, Ni L, Jiang M. A B-box transcription factor OsBBX17 regulates saline-alkaline tolerance through the MAPK cascade pathway in rice. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 241:2158-2175. [PMID: 38098211 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Rice OsBBX17 encodes a B-box zinc finger transcription factor in which the N-terminal B-box structural domain interacts with OsMPK1. In addition, it directly binds to the G-box of OsHAK2 and OsHAK7 promoters and represses their transcription. Under saline-alkaline conditions, the expression of OsBBX17 was inhibited. Meanwhile, activation of the OsMPK1-mediated mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade pathway caused OsMPK1 to interact with OsBBX17 and phosphorylate OsBBX17 at the Thr-95 site. It reduced OsBBX17 DNA-binding activity and enhanced saline-alkaline tolerance by deregulating transcriptional repression of OsHAK2 and OsHAK7. Genetic assays showed that the osbbx17-KO had an excellent saline-alkaline tolerance, whereas the opposite was in OsBBX17-OE. In addition, overexpression of OsMPK1 significantly improved saline-alkaline tolerance, but knockout of OsMPK1 caused an increased sensitivity. Further overexpression of OsBBX17 in the osmpk1-KO caused extreme saline-alkaline sensitivity, even a quick death. OsBBX17 was validated in saline-alkaline tolerance from two independent aspects, transcriptional level and post-translational protein modification, unveiling a mechanistic framework by which OsMPK1-mediated phosphorylation of OsBBX17 regulates the transcription of OsHAK2 and OsHAK7 to enhance the Na+ /K+ homeostasis, which partially explains light on the molecular mechanisms of rice responds to saline-alkaline stress via B-box transcription factors for the genetic engineering of saline-alkaline tolerant crops.
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- Tao Shen
- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Li S, Guo S, Gao X, Wang X, Liu Y, Wang J, Li X, Zhang J, Fu B. Genome-wide identification of B-box zinc finger (BBX) gene family in Medicago sativa and their roles in abiotic stress responses. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:110. [PMID: 38267840 PMCID: PMC10809573 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10036-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND B-box (BBX) family is a class of zinc finger transcription factors (TFs) that play essential roles in regulating plant growth, development, as well as abiotic stress. However, no systematic analysis of BBX genes has yet been conducted in alfalfa (Medica go sativa L.), and their functions have not been elucidated up to now. RESULTS In this study, 28 MsBBX genes were identified from the alfalfa genome, which were clustered into 4 subfamilies according to an evolutionary tree of BBX proteins. Exon-intron structure and conserved motif analysis reflected the evolutionary conservation of MsBBXs in alfalfa. Collinearity analysis showed that segmental duplication promoted the expansion of the MsBBX family. Analysis of cis-regulatory elements suggested that the MsBBX genes possessed many growth/development-, light-, phytohormone-, and abiotic stress-related elements. MsBBX genes were differentially expressed in leaves, flowers, pre-elongated stems, elongated stems, roots and nodules, and most MsBBXs were remarkably induced by drought, salt and various plant growth regulators (ABA, JA, and SA). Further functional verification demonstrated that overexpressing of the MsBBX11 gene clearly promoted salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis by regulating growth and physiological processes of seedlings. CONCLUSIONS This research provides insights into further functional research and regulatory mechanisms of MsBBX family genes under abiotic stress of alfalfa.
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- Shuxia Li
- College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China.
- Ningxia Grassland and Animal Husbandry Engineering Technology Research Center, Yinchuan, China.
- Key Laboratory for Model Innovation in Forage Production Efficiency, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yinchuan, China.
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- Fujian Xinnong Dazheng Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China
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- College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China
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- Inner Mongolia Pratacultural Technology Innovation Center Co., Ltd, Hohhot, China
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- College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China
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- College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China
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- College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China
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- College of Forestry and Prataculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China.
- Ningxia Grassland and Animal Husbandry Engineering Technology Research Center, Yinchuan, China.
- Key Laboratory for Model Innovation in Forage Production Efficiency, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yinchuan, China.
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Lee S, Busch W. Assessing Temperature Responses in Roots. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2795:37-42. [PMID: 38594525 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3814-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Due to global warming, it is important to understand how plants respond to high ambient temperature. Plant growth responses to high ambient temperature are termed thermomophogenesis and have been explored for more than a decade. However, this was mostly focused on the above-ground part of plants, the shoot. In this chapter, we describe a simple method to assess root growth phenotype to high ambient temperatures. In principle, this protocol can be applied for any other treatments to test overall seedling growth.
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- Sanghwa Lee
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Sui C, Cheng S, Wang D, Lv L, Meng H, Du M, Li J, Su P, Guo S. Systematic identification and characterization of the soybean ( Glycine max) B-box transcription factor family. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2022.2155570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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- Chao Sui
- Liaocheng University Crop Germplasm Innovation Research Institute, Agricultural Science and Engineering School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, PR China
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- Liaocheng University Crop Germplasm Innovation Research Institute, Agricultural Science and Engineering School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, PR China
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- Liaocheng University Crop Germplasm Innovation Research Institute, Agricultural Science and Engineering School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, PR China
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- Liaocheng University Crop Germplasm Innovation Research Institute, Agricultural Science and Engineering School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, PR China
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- Liaocheng University Crop Germplasm Innovation Research Institute, Agricultural Science and Engineering School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, PR China
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- Liaocheng University Crop Germplasm Innovation Research Institute, Agricultural Science and Engineering School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, PR China
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- Liaocheng University Crop Germplasm Innovation Research Institute, Agricultural Science and Engineering School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, PR China
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- Liaocheng University Crop Germplasm Innovation Research Institute, Agricultural Science and Engineering School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, PR China
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- Liaocheng University Crop Germplasm Innovation Research Institute, Agricultural Science and Engineering School, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, PR China
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Jin Y, Luo X, Li Y, Peng X, Wu L, Yang G, Xu X, Pei Y, Li W, Zhang W. Fine mapping and analysis of candidate genes for qBT2 and qBT7.2 locus controlling bolting time in radish (Raphanus sativus L.). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 137:4. [PMID: 38085292 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04503-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Two major QTLs for bolting time in radish were mapped to chromosome 02 and 07 in a 0.37 Mb and 0. 52 Mb interval, RsFLC1 and RsFLC2 is the critical genes. Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is an important vegetable crop of Cruciferae. The premature bolting and flowering reduces the yield and quality of the fleshy root of radish. However, the molecular mechanism underlying bolting and flowering in radish remains unknown. In YZH (early bolting) × XHT (late bolting) F2 population, a high-density genetic linkage map was constructed with genetic distance of 2497.74 cM and an average interval of 2.31 cM. A total of nine QTLs for bolting time and two QTLs for flowering time were detected. Three QTLs associated with bolting time in radish were identified by QTL-seq using radish GDE (early bolting) × GDL (late bolting) F2 population. Fine mapping narrowed down qBT2 and qBT7.2 to an 0.37 Mb and 0.52 Mb region on chromosome 02 and 07, respectively. RNA-seq and qRT-PCR analysis showed that RsFLC1 and RsFLC2 were the candidate gene for qBT7.2 and qBT2 locus, respectively. Subcellular localization exhibited that RsFLC1 and RsFLC2 were mainly expressed in the nucleus. A 1856-bp insertion in the first intron of RsFLC1 was responsible for bolting time. Overexpression of RsFLC2 in Arabidopsis was significantly delayed flowering. These findings will provide new insights into the exploring the molecular mechanism of late bolting and promote the marker-assisted selection for breeding late-bolting varieties in radish.
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- Yueyue Jin
- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
- Institute of Vegetable Industry Technology Research, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
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- Guizhou Institute of Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
- Institute of Vegetable Industry Technology Research, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
- Institute of Vegetable Industry Technology Research, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
- Institute of Vegetable Industry Technology Research, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
- Institute of Vegetable Industry Technology Research, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
- Institute of Vegetable Industry Technology Research, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
- Institute of Vegetable Industry Technology Research, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
- Guizhou Higher Education Facility Vegetable Engineering Reseach Centre, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China.
- Institute of Vegetable Industry Technology Research, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, Guizhou, China.
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Bianchimano L, De Luca MB, Borniego MB, Iglesias MJ, Casal JJ. Temperature regulation of auxin-related gene expression and its implications for plant growth. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2023; 74:7015-7033. [PMID: 37422862 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Twenty-five years ago, a seminal paper demonstrated that warm temperatures increase auxin levels to promote hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Here we highlight recent advances in auxin-mediated thermomorphogenesis and identify unanswered questions. In the warmth, PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) and PIF7 bind the YUCCA8 gene promoter and, in concert with histone modifications, enhance its expression to increase auxin synthesis in the cotyledons. Once transported to the hypocotyl, auxin promotes cell elongation. The meta-analysis of expression of auxin-related genes in seedlings exposed to temperatures ranging from cold to hot shows complex patterns of response. Changes in auxin only partially account for these responses. The expression of many SMALL AUXIN UP RNA (SAUR) genes reaches a maximum in the warmth, decreasing towards both temperature extremes in correlation with the rate of hypocotyl growth. Warm temperatures enhance primary root growth, the response requires auxin, and the hormone levels increase in the root tip but the impacts on cell division and cell expansion are not clear. A deeper understanding of auxin-mediated temperature control of plant architecture is necessary to face the challenge of global warming.
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- Luciana Bianchimano
- Fundación Instituto Leloir and IIBBA-CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires C1405BWE, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Av. San Martín 4453, Buenos Aires C1417DSE, Argentina
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Av. San Martín 4453, Buenos Aires C1417DSE, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir and IIBBA-CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires C1405BWE, Argentina
- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Av. San Martín 4453, Buenos Aires C1417DSE, Argentina
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Yang X, Guan H, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Su W, Song S, Liu H, Chen R, Hao Y. Extra- and intranuclear heat perception and triggering mechanisms in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1276649. [PMID: 37860244 PMCID: PMC10582638 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1276649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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The escalating impact of global warming on crop yield and quality poses a significant threat to future food supplies. Breeding heat-resistant crop varieties holds promise, but necessitates a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying plant heat tolerance. Recent studies have shed light on the initial events of heat perception in plants. In this review, we provide a comprehensive summary of the recent progress made in unraveling the mechanisms of heat perception and response in plants. Calcium ion (Ca2+), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and nitric oxide (NO) have emerged as key participants in heat perception. Furthermore, we discuss the potential roles of the NAC transcription factor NTL3, thermo-tolerance 3.1 (TT3.1), and Target of temperature 3 (TOT3) as thermosensors associated with the plasma membrane. Additionally, we explore the involvement of cytoplasmic HISTONE DEACETYLASE 9 (HDA9), mRNA encoding the phytochrome-interacting factor 7 (PIF7), and chloroplasts in mediating heat perception. This review also highlights the role of intranuclear transcriptional condensates formed by phytochrome B (phyB), EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3), and guanylate-binding protein (GBP)-like GTPase 3 (GBPL3) in heat perception. Finally, we raise the unresolved questions in the field of heat perception that require further investigation in the future.
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- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Song J, Lin R, Tang M, Wang L, Fan P, Xia X, Yu J, Zhou Y. SlMPK1- and SlMPK2-mediated SlBBX17 phosphorylation positively regulates CBF-dependent cold tolerance in tomato. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 239:1887-1902. [PMID: 37322592 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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B-box (BBX) proteins are an important class of zinc finger transcription factors that play a critical role in plant growth and stress response. However, the mechanisms of how BBX proteins participate in the cold response in tomato remain unclear. Here, using approaches of reverse genetics, biochemical and molecular biology we characterized a BBX transcription factor, SlBBX17, which positively regulates cold tolerance in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Overexpressing SlBBX17 enhanced C-repeat binding factor (CBF)-dependent cold tolerance in tomato plants, whereas silencing SlBBX17 increased plant susceptibility to cold stress. Crucially, the positive role of SlBBX17 in CBF-dependent cold tolerance was dependent on ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5). SlBBX17 physically interacted with SlHY5 to directly promote the protein stability of SlHY5 and subsequently increased the transcriptional activity of SlHY5 on SlCBF genes under cold stress. Further experiments showed that cold-activated mitogen-activated protein kinases, SlMPK1 and SlMPK2, also physically interact with and phosphorylate SlBBX17 to enhance the interaction between SlBBX17 and SlHY5, leading to enhanced CBF-dependent cold tolerance. Collectively, the study unveiled a mechanistic framework by which SlMPK1/2-SlBBX17-SlHY5 regulated transcription of SlCBFs to enhance cold tolerance, thereby shedding light on the molecular mechanisms of how plants respond to cold stress via multiple transcription factors.
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- Jianing Song
- Department of Horticulture, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plants Growth and Development, Agricultural Ministry of China, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plants Growth and Development, Agricultural Ministry of China, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Somers DE. HSP90 in morphogenesis: taking the heat and keeping the dark. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 239:1157-1159. [PMID: 37292049 PMCID: PMC10524854 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This article is a Commentary on Zeng et al. (2023), 239: 1253–1265.
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- David E. Somers
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Zhou D, Wang X, Wang X, Mao T. PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 regulates microtubule organization to mediate high temperature-induced hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:2044-2061. [PMID: 36781395 PMCID: PMC10226600 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Hypocotyl elongation is an important morphological response during plant thermomorphogenesis. Multiple studies indicate that the transcription factor PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) is a key regulator of high temperature-induced hypocotyl elongation. However, the underlying cellular mechanisms regarding PIF4-mediated hypocotyl elongation are largely unclear. In this study, we found that PIF4 regulates the PLANT U-BOX TYPE E3 UBIQUITIN LIGASE 31 (PUB31)-SPIRAL1 (SPR1) module and alters cortical microtubule reorganization to promote hypocotyl cell elongation during Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) thermomorphogenesis. SPR1 loss-of-function mutants exhibit much shorter hypocotyls when grown at 28 °C, indicating a positive role for SPR1 in high ambient temperature-induced hypocotyl elongation. High ambient temperature induces SPR1 expression in a PIF4-dependent manner, and stabilizes SPR1 protein to mediate microtubule reorganization. Further investigation showed that PUB31 interacts with and ubiquitinates SPR1. In particular, the ubiquitinated effect on SPR1 was moderately decreased at high temperature, which was due to the direct binding of PIF4 to the PUB31 promoter and down-regulating its expression. Thus, this study reveals a mechanism in which PIF4 induces SPR1 expression and suppresses PUB31 expression, resulting in the accumulation and stabilization of SPR1 protein, and further promoting hypocotyl cell elongation by altering cortical microtubule organization during Arabidopsis thermomorphogenesis.
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- Dingding Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Li S, Ou C, Wang F, Zhang Y, Ismail O, Elaziz YSA, Edris S, Jiang S, Li H. Mutant Ppbbx24-delgene positively regulates light-induced anthocyanin accumulation in the red pear.. [DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.19.541476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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AbstractAnthocyanins are pigments and nutrients in red pears regulated by BBX family genes. Herein, we characterized a 14-nucleotide deletion mutation in the coding region of thePpBBX24gene from ‘Red Zaosu’ pear (Pyrus pyrifoliaWhite Pear Group), namedPpbbx24-del. Genetic and biochemical approaches were used to compare the roles of PpBBX24 and Ppbbx24-del in anthocyanin accumulation.Ppbbx24-delplayed a positive role in anthocyanin biosynthesis of the ‘Red Zaosu’ pear peel by light treatment. Functional analyses based on overexpression in tobacco and transient overexpression in pear fruit peels showed thatPpbbx24-delpromoted anthocyanin accumulation. Cyanidin and peonidin were major differentially expressed anthocyanins, and transcript levels of some structural genes in the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway were significantly increased. Protein interaction assays showed that PpBBX24 was located in the nucleus and interacted with PpHY5, whereas Ppbbx24-del was colocalized in the nucleoplasm and did not interact with PpHY5. PpHY5 and Ppbbx24-del had positive regulatory effects on the expression ofPpCHS,PpCHI, andPpMYB10when acting alone, but had cumulative effects on gene activation when acting simultaneously. Alone, PpBBX24 had no significant effect on the expression ofPpCHS,PpCHI, orPpMYB10, whereas it inhibited the activation effects of PpHY5 on downstream genes when it existed with PpHY5. Our study demonstrated that mutant Ppbbx24-del positively regulates the anthocyanin accumulation in pear. The results of this study clarify the mechanism and enrich the regulatory network of anthocyanin biosynthesis, which lays a theoretical foundation forPpbbx24-deluse to create red pear cultivars.
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Xu H, Wang X, Wei J, Zuo Y, Wang L. The Regulatory Networks of the Circadian Clock Involved in Plant Adaptation and Crop Yield. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:plants12091897. [PMID: 37176955 PMCID: PMC10181312 DOI: 10.3390/plants12091897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Global climatic change increasingly threatens plant adaptation and crop yields. By synchronizing internal biological processes, including photosynthesis, metabolism, and responses to biotic and abiotic stress, with external environmental cures, such as light and temperature, the circadian clock benefits plant adaptation and crop yield. In this review, we focus on the multiple levels of interaction between the plant circadian clock and environmental factors, and we summarize recent progresses on how the circadian clock affects yield. In addition, we propose potential strategies for better utilizing the current knowledge of circadian biology in crop production in the future.
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- Hang Xu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun 130032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Seo D, Park J, Park J, Hwang G, Seo PJ, Oh E. ZTL regulates thermomorphogenesis through TOC1 and PRR5. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2023; 46:1442-1452. [PMID: 36655421 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Plants adapt to high temperature stresses through thermomorphogenesis, a process that includes stem elongation and hyponastic leaf growth. Thermomorphogenesis is gated by the circadian clock through two evening-expressed clock components, TIMING OF CAB EXPRESSION1 (TOC1) and PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATORS5 (PRR5). These proteins directly interact with and inhibit PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR4 (PIF4), a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that promotes thermoresponsive growth. PIF4-mediated thermoresponsive growth is positively regulated by ZEITLUPE (ZTL), a central clock component, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this are poorly understood. Here, we show that ZTL regulates thermoresponsive growth through TOC1 and PRR5. Genetic analyses reveal that ZTL regulates PIF4 activity as well as PIF4 expression. In Arabidopsis thaliana, ztl mutants exhibit highly accumulated TOC1 and PRR5 and unresponsive expression of PIF4 target genes under exposure to high temperatures. Mutations in TOC1 and PRR5 restore thermoactivation of PIF4 target genes and thermoresponsive growth in ztl mutants. We also show that the molecular chaperone heat-shock protein 90 promotes thermoresponsive growth through the ZTL-TOC1/PRR5 signaling module. Further, we show that ZTL protein stability is increased at high temperatures. Taken together, our results demonstrate that ZTL-mediated degradation of TOC1 and PRR5 enhances the sensitivity of hypocotyl growth to high temperatures.
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- Dain Seo
- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Medina-Fraga AL, Chinen LA, Demkura PV, Lichy MZ, Gershenzon J, Ballaré CL, Crocco CD. AtBBX29 integrates photomorphogenesis and defense responses in Arabidopsis. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2023:10.1007/s43630-023-00391-8. [PMID: 36807054 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-023-00391-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Light is an environmental signal that modulates plant defenses against attackers. Recent research has focused on the effects of light on defense hormone signaling; however, the connections between light signaling pathways and the biosynthesis of specialized metabolites involved in plant defense have been relatively unexplored. Here, we show that Arabidopsis BBX29, a protein that belongs to the B-Box transcription factor (TF) family, integrates photomorphogenic signaling with defense responses by promoting flavonoid, sinapate and glucosinolate accumulation in Arabidopsis leaves. AtBBX29 transcript levels were up regulated by light, through photoreceptor signaling pathways. Genetic evidence indicated that AtBBX29 up-regulates MYB12 gene expression, a TF known to induce genes related to flavonoid biosynthesis in a light-dependent manner, and MYB34 and MYB51, which encode TFs involved in the regulation of glucosinolate biosynthesis. Thus, bbx29 knockout mutants displayed low expression levels of key genes of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway, and the opposite was true in BBX29 overexpression lines. In agreement with the transcriptomic data, bbx29 mutant plants accumulated lower levels of kaempferol glucosides, sinapoyl malate, indol-3-ylmethyl glucosinolate (I3M), 4-methylsulfinylbutyl glucosinolate (4MSOB) and 3-methylthiopropyl glucosinolate (3MSP) in rosette leaves compared to the wild-type, and showed increased susceptibility to the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea and to the herbivore Spodoptera frugiperda. In contrast, BBX29 overexpressing plants displayed increased resistance to both attackers. In addition, we found that AtBBX29 plays an important role in mediating the effects of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation on plant defense against B. cinerea. Taken together, these results suggest that AtBBX29 orchestrates the accumulation of specific light-induced metabolites and regulates Arabidopsis resistance against pathogens and herbivores.
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- Ana L Medina-Fraga
- Facultad de Agronomía, IFEVA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Agronomía, IFEVA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Agronomía, IFEVA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Agronomía, IFEVA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Facultad de Agronomía, IFEVA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- IIBIO, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional de San Martín, B1650HMP, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Agronomía, IFEVA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Department of Plant Sciences, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Zeng Y, Wang J, Huang S, Xie Y, Zhu T, Liu L, Li L. HSP90s are required for hypocotyl elongation during skotomorphogenesis and thermomorphogenesis via the COP1-ELF3-PIF4 pathway in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023. [PMID: 36707919 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Light and temperature are two key environmental signals that share several molecular components that, in turn, regulate plant growth. Darkness and high ambient temperatures promote skoto- and thermomorphogenesis, including stem elongation. Heat shock proteins 90 (HSP90s) facilitate the adaptation of organisms to various adverse environmental stimuli. Here, we showed that HSP90s are required for hypocotyl elongation during both skoto- and thermomorphogenesis. When HSP90s activities are impaired by the knockdown of HSP90s expression or the application of HSP90 inhibitors, the expression levels and protein abundance of PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) markedly decreased. EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3) deficiency was resistant to the inhibition of HSP90s activities. Furthermore, HSP90s interacted with and destabilized ELF3. In the CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) mutant, the changes in endogenous PIF4 and ELF3 protein levels caused by the inhibition of HSP90s activities were abolished. HSP90s enhanced the interaction between COP1 and ELF3, reduced ELF3 functional effects on PIF4 and modulated hypocotyl elongation during skoto- and thermomorphogenesis. Our results indicated that HSP90s participate in light and temperature signalling via the COP1-ELF3-PIF4 module to regulate hypocotyl growth in changing environments.
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- Yue Zeng
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plants Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plants Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plants Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plants Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plants Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plants Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plants Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Cao J, Yuan J, Zhang Y, Chen C, Zhang B, Shi X, Niu R, Lin F. Multi-layered roles of BBX proteins in plant growth and development. STRESS BIOLOGY 2023; 3:1. [PMID: 37676379 PMCID: PMC10442040 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-022-00080-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Light and phytohormone are external and internal cues that regulate plant growth and development throughout their life cycle. BBXs (B-box domain proteins) are a group of zinc finger proteins that not only directly govern the transcription of target genes but also associate with other factors to create a meticulous regulatory network to precisely regulate numerous aspects of growth and developmental processes in plants. Recent studies demonstrate that BBXs play pivotal roles in light-controlled plant growth and development. Besides, BBXs have been documented to regulate phytohormone-mediated physiological procedures. In this review, we summarize and highlight the multi-faced role of BBXs, with a focus in photomorphogenesis, photoperiodic flowering, shade avoidance, abiotic stress, and phytohormone-mediated growth and development in plant.
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- Jing Cao
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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Li W, Tian YY, Li JY, Yuan L, Zhang LL, Wang ZY, Xu X, Davis SJ, Liu JX. A competition-attenuation mechanism modulates thermoresponsive growth at warm temperatures in plants. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 237:177-191. [PMID: 36028981 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Global warming has profound impact on growth and development, and plants constantly adjust their internal circadian clock to cope with external environment. However, how clock-associated genes fine-tune thermoresponsive growth in plants is little understood. We found that loss-of-function mutation of REVEILLE5 (RVE5) reduces the expression of circadian gene EARLY FLOWERING 4 (ELF4) in Arabidopsis, and confers accelerated hypocotyl growth under warm-temperature conditions. Both RVE5 and CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED 1 (CCA1) accumulate at warm temperatures and bind to the same EE cis-element presented on ELF4 promoter, but the transcriptional repression activity of RVE5 is weaker than that of CCA1. The binding of CCA1 to ELF4 promoter is enhanced in the rve5-2 mutant at warm temperatures, and overexpression of ELF4 in the rve5-2 mutant background suppresses the rve5-2 mutant phenotype at warm temperatures. Therefore, the transcriptional repressor RVE5 finetunes ELF4 expression via competing at a cis-element with the stronger transcriptional repressor CCA1 at warm temperatures. Such a competition-attenuation mechanism provides a balancing system for modulating the level of ELF4 and thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth under warm-temperature conditions.
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- Wei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Xuefen D, Wei X, Wang B, Xiaolin Z, Xian W, Jincheng L. Genome-wide identification and expression pattern analysis of quinoa BBX family. PeerJ 2022; 10:e14463. [PMID: 36523472 PMCID: PMC9745916 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BBX is a transcription factor encoding zinc finger protein that plays a key role in plant growth and development as well as in responding to abiotic stresses. However, in quinoa, which is known as a "super grain" and has extremely high nutritional value, this gene family has not yet been thoroughly studied. In this study, in order to fully understand the family function of the BBX in quinoa, a total of 31 BBX members were identified by bioinformatics methods. These BBX members were mainly acidic proteins, and most of their secondary structures were random coil s, 31 CqBBX members were unevenly distributed on 17 chromosomes, and the analysis of replication events found that quinoa BBX genes produced a total of 14 pairs of gene replication. The BBX genes were divided into five subfamilies according to phylogenetics, and its gene structure and conserved motif were basically consistent with the classification of its phylogenetic tree. In addition, a total of 43 light response elements, hormone response elements, tissue-specific expression response elements, and abiotic stress response elements were found in the promoter region, involving stress elements such as drought and low temperature. Finally, the expression patterns of CqBBX genes in different tissues and abiotic stresses were studied by combining transcriptome data and qRT-PCR , and all 13 genes responded to drought, salt, and low-temperature stress to varying degrees. This study is the first comprehensive study of the BBX family of quinoa, and its results provide important clues for further analysis of the function of the abiotic stress response.
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- Du Xuefen
- Gansu Agricultural University, Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu, Lanzhou, China,Gansu Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Agricultural University, Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu, Lanzhou, China,Gansu Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu, Lanzhou, China,Gansu Agricultural University, College of Agronomy, Gansu, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Agricultural University, Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu, Lanzhou, China,Gansu Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Agricultural University, Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu, Lanzhou, China,Gansu Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu, Lanzhou, China,Gansu Agricultural University, College of Agronomy, Gansu, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Agricultural University, Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu, Lanzhou, China,Gansu Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Agricultural University, Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu, Lanzhou, China,Gansu Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu, Lanzhou, China
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Bajracharya A, Xi J, Grace KF, Bayer EE, Grant CA, Clutton CH, Baerson SR, Agarwal AK, Qiu Y. PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4/HEMERA-mediated thermosensory growth requires the Mediator subunit MED14. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 190:2706-2721. [PMID: 36063057 PMCID: PMC9706435 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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While moderately elevated ambient temperatures do not trigger stress responses in plants, they do substantially stimulate the growth of specific organs through a process known as thermomorphogenesis. The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) plays a central role in regulating thermomorphogenetic hypocotyl elongation in various plant species, including Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Although it is well known that PIF4 and its co-activator HEMERA (HMR) promote plant thermosensory growth by activating genes involved in the biosynthesis and signaling of the phytohormone auxin, the detailed molecular mechanism of such transcriptional activation is not clear. In this report, we investigated the role of the Mediator complex in the PIF4/HMR-mediated thermoresponsive gene expression. Through the characterization of various mutants of the Mediator complex, a tail subunit named MED14 was identified as an essential factor for thermomorphogenetic hypocotyl growth. MED14 was required for the thermal induction of PIF4 target genes but had a marginal effect on the levels of PIF4 and HMR. Further transcriptomic analyses confirmed that the expression of numerous PIF4/HMR-dependent, auxin-related genes required MED14 at warm temperatures. Moreover, PIF4 and HMR physically interacted with MED14 and both were indispensable for the association of MED14 with the promoters of these thermoresponsive genes. While PIF4 did not regulate MED14 levels, HMR was required for the transcript abundance of MED14. Taken together, these results unveil an important thermomorphogenetic mechanism, in which PIF4 and HMR recruit the Mediator complex to activate auxin-related growth-promoting genes when plants sense moderate increases in ambient temperature.
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- Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
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- National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
- Division of Pharmacology, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
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Qin W, Wang N, Yin Q, Li H, Wu AM, Qin G. Activation tagging identifies WRKY14 as a repressor of plant thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2022; 15:1725-1743. [PMID: 36155833 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Increases in recorded high temperatures around the world are causing plant thermomorphogenesis and decreasing crop productivity. PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) is a central positive regulator of plant thermomorphogenesis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying PIF4-regulated thermomorphogenesis remain largely unclear. In this study, we identified ABNORMAL THERMOMORPHOGENESIS 1 (ABT1) as an important negative regulator of PIF4 and plant thermomorphogenesis. Overexpression of ABT1 in the activation tagging mutant abt1-D caused shorter hypocotyls and petioles under moderately high temperature (HT). ABT1 encodes WRKY14, which belongs to subgroup II of the WRKY transcription factors. Overexpression of ABT1/WRKY14 or its close homologs, including ABT2/WRKY35, ABT3/WRKY65, and ABT4/WRKY69in transgenic plants caused insensitivity to HT, whereas the quadruple mutant abt1 abt2 abt3 abt4 exhibited greater sensitivity to HT. ABTs were expressed in hypocotyls, cotyledons, shoot apical meristems, and leaves, but their expression were suppressed by HT. Biochemical assays showed that ABT1 can interact with TCP5, a known positive regulator of PIF4, and interrupt the formation of the TCP5-PIF4 complex and repress its transcriptional activation activity. Genetic analysis showed that ABT1 functioned antagonistically with TCP5, BZR1, and PIF4 in plant thermomorphogenesis. Taken together, our results identify ABT1/WRKY14 as a critical repressor of plant thermomorphogenesis and suggest that ABT1/WRKY14, TCP5, and PIF4 may form a sophisticated regulatory module to fine-tune PIF4 activity and temperature-dependent plant growth.
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- Wenqi Qin
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.
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Rajpal VR, Rathore P, Mehta S, Wadhwa N, Yadav P, Berry E, Goel S, Bhat V, Raina SN. Epigenetic variation: A major player in facilitating plant fitness under changing environmental conditions. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:1020958. [PMID: 36340045 PMCID: PMC9628676 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1020958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Recent research in plant epigenetics has increased our understanding of how epigenetic variability can contribute to adaptive phenotypic plasticity in natural populations. Studies show that environmental changes induce epigenetic switches either independently or in complementation with the genetic variation. Although most of the induced epigenetic variability gets reset between generations and is short-lived, some variation becomes transgenerational and results in heritable phenotypic traits. The short-term epigenetic responses provide the first tier of transient plasticity required for local adaptations while transgenerational epigenetic changes contribute to stress memory and help the plants respond better to recurring or long-term stresses. These transgenerational epigenetic variations translate into an additional tier of diversity which results in stable epialleles. In recent years, studies have been conducted on epigenetic variation in natural populations related to various biological processes, ecological factors, communities, and habitats. With the advent of advanced NGS-based technologies, epigenetic studies targeting plants in diverse environments have increased manifold to enhance our understanding of epigenetic responses to environmental stimuli in facilitating plant fitness. Taking all points together in a frame, the present review is a compilation of present-day knowledge and understanding of the role of epigenetics and its fitness benefits in diverse ecological systems in natural populations.
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- Vijay Rani Rajpal
- Department of Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
- *Correspondence: Vijay Rani Rajpal, , ; Shailendra Goel, ; Vishnu Bhat, ; Soom Nath Raina,
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- School of Agricultural Sciences, K.R. Mangalam University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- University School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
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- Maharishi Kanad Bhawan, Delhi School of Climate Change and Sustainability, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
- *Correspondence: Vijay Rani Rajpal, , ; Shailendra Goel, ; Vishnu Bhat, ; Soom Nath Raina,
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
- *Correspondence: Vijay Rani Rajpal, , ; Shailendra Goel, ; Vishnu Bhat, ; Soom Nath Raina,
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- *Correspondence: Vijay Rani Rajpal, , ; Shailendra Goel, ; Vishnu Bhat, ; Soom Nath Raina,
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Lira BS, Oliveira MJ, Shiose L, Vicente MH, Souza GPC, Floh EIS, Purgatto E, Nogueira FTS, Freschi L, Rossi M. SlBBX28 positively regulates plant growth and flower number in an auxin-mediated manner in tomato. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 110:253-268. [PMID: 35798935 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01298-1] [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: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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SlBBX28 is a positive regulator of auxin metabolism and signaling, affecting plant growth and flower number in tomato B-box domain-containing proteins (BBXs) comprise a family of transcription factors that regulate several processes, such as photomorphogenesis, flowering, and stress responses. For this reason, attention is being directed toward the functional characterization of these proteins, although knowledge in species other than Arabidopsis thaliana remains scarce. Particularly in the tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, only three out of 31 SlBBX proteins have been functionally characterized to date. To deepen the understanding of the role of these proteins in tomato plant development and yield, SlBBX28, a light-responsive gene, was constitutively silenced, resulting in plants with smaller leaves and fewer flowers per inflorescence. Moreover, SlBBX28 knockdown reduced hypocotyl elongation in darkness-grown tomato. Analyses of auxin content and responsiveness revealed that SlBBX28 promotes auxin-mediated responses. Altogether, the data revealed that SlBBX28 promotes auxin production and signaling, ultimately leading to proper hypocotyl elongation, leaf expansion, and inflorescence development, which are crucial traits determining tomato yield.
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- Bruno Silvestre Lira
- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz', Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Bian Y, Chu L, Lin H, Qi Y, Fang Z, Xu D. PIFs- and COP1-HY5-mediated temperature signaling in higher plants. STRESS BIOLOGY 2022; 2:35. [PMID: 37676326 PMCID: PMC10441884 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-022-00059-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Plants have to cope with the surrounding changing environmental stimuli to optimize their physiological and developmental response throughout their entire life cycle. Light and temperature are two critical environmental cues that fluctuate greatly during day-night cycles and seasonal changes. These two external signals coordinately control the plant growth and development. Distinct spectrum of light signals are perceived by a group of wavelength-specific photoreceptors in plants. PIFs and COP1-HY5 are two predominant signaling hubs that control the expression of a large number of light-responsive genes and subsequent light-mediated development in plants. In parallel, plants also transmit low or warm temperature signals to these two regulatory modules that precisely modulate the responsiveness of low or warm temperatures. The core component of circadian clock ELF3 integrates signals from light and warm temperatures to regulate physiological and developmental processes in plants. In this review, we summarize and discuss recent advances and progresses on PIFs-, COP1-HY5- and ELF3-mediated light, low or warm temperature signaling, and highlight emerging insights regarding the interactions between light and low or warm temperature signal transduction pathways in the control of plant growth.
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- Yeting Bian
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, National Center for Soybean Improvement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Bandara WW, Wijesundera WSS, Hettiarachchi C. Rice and Arabidopsis BBX proteins: toward genetic engineering of abiotic stress resistant crops. 3 Biotech 2022; 12:164. [PMID: 36092969 PMCID: PMC9452616 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-022-03228-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Productivity of crop plants are enormously affected by biotic and abiotic stresses. The co-occurrence of several abiotic stresses may lead to death of crop plants. Hence, it is the responsibility of plant scientists to develop crop plants equipped with multistress tolerance pathways. A subgroup of zinc finger transcription factor family, known as B-box (BBX) proteins, play a key role in light and hormonal regulation pathways. In addition, BBX proteins act as key regulatory proteins in many abiotic stress regulatory pathways, including Ultraviolet-B (UV-B), salinity, drought, heat and cold, and heavy metal stresses. Most of the BBX proteins identified in Arabidopsis and rice respond to more than one abiotic stress. Considering the requirement of improving rice for multistress tolerance, this review discusses functionally characterized Arabidopsis and rice BBX proteins in the development of abiotic stress responses. Furthermore, it highlights the participation of BBX proteins in multistress regulation and crop improvement through genetic engineering.
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Tian YY, Li W, Wang MJ, Li JY, Davis SJ, Liu JX. REVEILLE 7 inhibits the expression of the circadian clock gene EARLY FLOWERING 4 to fine-tune hypocotyl growth in response to warm temperatures. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 64:1310-1324. [PMID: 35603836 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The circadian clock maintains the daily rhythms of plant growth and anticipates predictable ambient temperature cycles. The evening complex (EC), comprising EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3), ELF4, and LUX ARRHYTHMO, plays an essential role in suppressing thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth by negatively regulating PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) activity and its downstream targets in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, how EC activity is attenuated by warm temperatures remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that warm temperature-induced REVEILLE 7 (RVE7) fine-tunes thermoresponsive growth in Arabidopsis by repressing ELF4 expression. RVE7 transcript and RVE7 protein levels increased in response to warm temperatures. Under warm temperature conditions, an rve7 loss-of-function mutant had shorter hypocotyls, while overexpressing RVE7 promoted hypocotyl elongation. PIF4 accumulation and downstream transcriptional effects were reduced in the rve7 mutant but enhanced in RVE7 overexpression plants under warm conditions. RVE7 associates with the Evening Element in the ELF4 promoter and directly represses its transcription. ELF4 is epistatic to RVE7, and overexpressing ELF4 suppressed the phenotype of the RVE7 overexpression line under warm temperature conditions. Together, our results identify RVE7 as an important regulator of thermoresponsive growth that functions (in part) by controlling ELF4 transcription, highlighting the importance of ELF4 for thermomorphogenesis in plants.
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- Ying-Ying Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO105DD, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Murcia G, Nieto C, Sellaro R, Prat S, Casal JJ. Hysteresis in PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 and EARLY-FLOWERING 3 dynamics dominates warm daytime memory in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:2188-2204. [PMID: 35234947 PMCID: PMC9134080 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Despite the identification of temperature sensors and downstream components involved in promoting stem growth by warm temperatures, when and how previous temperatures affect current plant growth remain unclear. Here we show that hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis thaliana during the night responds not only to the current temperature but also to preceding daytime temperatures, revealing a short-term memory of previous conditions. Daytime temperature affected the levels of PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) and LONG HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) in the nucleus during the next night. These factors jointly accounted for the observed growth kinetics, whereas nighttime memory of prior daytime temperature was impaired in pif4 and hy5 mutants. PIF4 promoter activity largely accounted for the temperature-dependent changes in PIF4 protein levels. Notably, the decrease in PIF4 promoter activity triggered by cooling required a stronger temperature shift than the increase caused by warming, representing a typical hysteretic effect; this hysteretic pattern required EARLY-FLOWERING 3 (ELF3). Warm temperatures promoted the formation of nuclear condensates of ELF3 in hypocotyl cells during the afternoon but not in the morning. These nuclear speckles showed poor sensitivity to subsequent cooling. We conclude that ELF3 achieves hysteresis and drives the PIF4 promoter into the same behavior, enabling a short-term memory of daytime temperature conditions.
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Plant Molecular Genetics, CNB-CSIC, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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Xu X, Yuan L, Yang X, Zhang X, Wang L, Xie Q. Circadian clock in plants: Linking timing to fitness. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 64:792-811. [PMID: 35088570 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Endogenous circadian clock integrates cyclic signals of environment and daily and seasonal behaviors of organisms to achieve spatiotemporal synchronization, which greatly improves genetic diversity and fitness of species. This review addresses recent studies on the plant circadian system in the field of chronobiology, covering topics on molecular mechanisms, internal and external Zeitgebers, and hierarchical regulation of physiological outputs. The architecture of the circadian clock involves the autoregulatory transcriptional feedback loops, post-translational modifications of core oscillators, and epigenetic modifications of DNA and histones. Here, light, temperature, humidity, and internal elemental nutrients are summarized to illustrate the sensitivity of the circadian clock to timing cues. In addition, the circadian clock runs cell-autonomously, driving independent circadian rhythms in various tissues. The core oscillators responds to each other with biochemical factors including calcium ions, mineral nutrients, photosynthetic products, and hormones. We describe clock components sequentially expressed during a 24-h day that regulate rhythmic growth, aging, immune response, and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Notably, more data have suggested the circadian clock links chrono-culture to key agronomic traits in crops.
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- Xiaodong Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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Veciana N, Martín G, Leivar P, Monte E. BBX16 mediates the repression of seedling photomorphogenesis downstream of the GUN1/GLK1 module during retrograde signalling. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 234:93-106. [PMID: 35043407 PMCID: PMC9305768 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Plastid-to-nucleus retrograde signalling (RS) initiated by dysfunctional chloroplasts impact photomorphogenic development. We have previously shown that the transcription factor GLK1 acts downstream of the RS regulator GUN1 in photodamaging conditions to regulate not only the well established expression of photosynthesis-associated nuclear genes (PhANGs) but also to regulate seedling morphogenesis. Specifically, the GUN1/GLK1 module inhibits the light-induced phytochrome-interacting factor (PIF)-repressed transcriptional network to suppress cotyledon development when chloroplast integrity is compromised, modulating the area exposed to potentially damaging high light. However, how the GUN1/GLK1 module inhibits photomorphogenesis upon chloroplast damage remained undefined. Here, we report the identification of BBX16 as a novel direct target of GLK1. BBX16 is induced and promotes photomorphogenesis in moderate light and is repressed via GUN1/GLK1 after chloroplast damage. Additionally, we showed that BBX16 represents a regulatory branching point downstream of GUN1/GLK1 in the regulation of PhANG expression and seedling development upon RS activation. The gun1 phenotype in lincomycin and the gun1-like phenotype of GLK1OX are markedly suppressed in gun1bbx16 and GLK1OXbbx16. This study identified BBX16 as the first member of the BBX family involved in RS, and defines a molecular bifurcation mechanism operated by GLK1/BBX16 to optimise seedling de-etiolation, and to ensure photoprotection in unfavourable light conditions.
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- Nil Veciana
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UBCampus UAB, Bellaterra08193BarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UBCampus UAB, Bellaterra08193BarcelonaSpain
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- Laboratory of BiochemistryInstitut Químic de SarriàUniversitat Ramon Llull08017BarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UBCampus UAB, Bellaterra08193BarcelonaSpain
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)08028BarcelonaSpain
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Crystal structure of a tandem B-box domain from Arabidopsis CONSTANS. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 599:38-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Liu Y, Zhang XW, Liu X, Zheng PF, Su L, Wang GL, Wang XF, Li YY, You CX, An JP. Phytochrome interacting factor MdPIF7 modulates anthocyanin biosynthesis and hypocotyl growth in apple. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:2342-2363. [PMID: 34983053 PMCID: PMC8968312 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Light affects many physiological and developmental processes of plants by regulating the expression and activity of light-responsive proteins. Among them, phytochrome interacting factors (PIFs) play pivotal roles in the regulation of anthocyanin accumulation and hypocotyl growth. However, the molecular mechanism is not well understood, especially in woody plants, such as apple (Malus × domestica). In this study, we identified a light-responsive PIF protein, MdPIF7, in apple and investigated the molecular mechanism of its regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis and hypocotyl growth. We found that overexpression of MdPIF7 decreased anthocyanin accumulation in transgenic apple materials and promoted hypocotyl elongation in ectopically expressed Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Further investigation showed that MdPIF7 functioned by interacting with B-box 23 (MdBBX23), a positive regulator of anthocyanin biosynthesis in apple and hypocotyl growth inhibition in ectopically expressed Arabidopsis, and attenuating the transcriptional activation of MdBBX23 on LONG HYPOCOTYL 5 (MdHY5). In addition, MdPIF7 interacted with basic region leucine zipper 44 (MdbZIP44) and ethylene response factor 38 (MdERF38), two positive regulators of anthocyanin biosynthesis, and it negatively regulated MdbZIP44- and MdERF38-promoted anthocyanin accumulation by interfering with the interaction between MdbZIP44/MdERF38 and MdMYB1. Taken together, our results reveal that MdPIF7 regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in apple and hypocotyl growth in ectopically expressed Arabidopsis through MdPIF7-MdBBX23-MdHY5 and MdPIF7-MdbZIP44/MdERF38-MdMYB1 modules. Our findings enrich the functional studies of PIF proteins and provide insights into the molecular mechanism of PIF-mediated anthocyanin biosynthesis and hypocotyl growth.
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- Beijing Academy of Forestry and Pomology Sciences, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Academy of Grape, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan 250100, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, Shandong, China
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Li X, Liang T, Liu H. How plants coordinate their development in response to light and temperature signals. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:955-966. [PMID: 34904672 PMCID: PMC8894937 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Light and temperature change constantly under natural conditions and profoundly affect plant growth and development. Light and warmer temperatures promote flowering, higher light intensity inhibits hypocotyl and petiole elongation, and warmer temperatures promote hypocotyl and petiole elongation. Moreover, exogenous light and temperature signals must be integrated with endogenous signals to fine-tune phytohormone metabolism and plant morphology. Plants perceive and respond to light and ambient temperature using common sets of factors, such as photoreceptors and multiple light signal transduction components. These highly structured signaling networks are critical for plant survival and adaptation. This review discusses how plants respond to variable light and temperature conditions using common elements to coordinate their development. Future directions for research on light and temperature signaling pathways are also discussed.
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- Xu Li
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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Xu X, Yuan L, Xie Q. The circadian clock ticks in plant stress responses. STRESS BIOLOGY 2022; 2:15. [PMID: 37676516 PMCID: PMC10441891 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-022-00040-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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The circadian clock, a time-keeping mechanism, drives nearly 24-h self-sustaining rhythms at the physiological, cellular, and molecular levels, keeping them synchronized with the cyclic changes of environmental signals. The plant clock is sensitive to external and internal stress signals that act as timing cues to influence the circadian rhythms through input pathways of the circadian clock system. In order to cope with environmental stresses, many core oscillators are involved in defense while maintaining daily growth in various ways. Recent studies have shown that a hierarchical multi-oscillator network orchestrates the defense through rhythmic accumulation of gene transcripts, alternative splicing of mRNA precursors, modification and turnover of proteins, subcellular localization, stimuli-induced phase separation, and long-distance transport of proteins. This review summarizes the essential role of circadian core oscillators in response to stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana and crops, including daily and seasonal abiotic stresses (low or high temperature, drought, high salinity, and nutrition deficiency) and biotic stresses (pathogens and herbivorous insects). By integrating time-keeping mechanisms, circadian rhythms and stress resistance, we provide a temporal perspective for scientists to better understand plant environmental adaptation and breed high-quality crop germplasm for agricultural production.
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- Xiaodong Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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Chen P, Zhi F, Li X, Shen W, Yan M, He J, Bao C, Fan T, Zhou S, Ma F, Guan Q. Zinc-finger protein MdBBX7/MdCOL9, a target of MdMIEL1 E3 ligase, confers drought tolerance in apple. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:540-559. [PMID: 34618120 PMCID: PMC8774816 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Water deficit is one of the main challenges for apple (Malus × domestica) growth and productivity. Breeding drought-tolerant cultivars depends on a thorough understanding of the drought responses of apple trees. Here, we identified the zinc-finger protein B-BOX 7/CONSTANS-LIKE 9 (MdBBX7/MdCOL9), which plays a positive role in apple drought tolerance. The overexpression of MdBBX7 enhanced drought tolerance, whereas knocking down MdBBX7 expression reduced it. Chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq) analysis identified one cis-element of MdBBX7, CCTTG, as well as its known binding motif, the T/G box. ChIP-seq and RNA-seq identified 1,197 direct targets of MdBBX7, including ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR (ERF1), EARLY RESPONSIVE TO DEHYDRATION 15 (ERD15), and GOLDEN2-LIKE 1 (GLK1) and these were further verified by ChIP-qPCR and electronic mobility shift assays. Yeast two-hybrid screen identified an interacting protein of MdBBX7, RING-type E3 ligase MYB30-INTERACTING E3 LIGASE 1 (MIEL1). Further examination revealed that MdMIEL1 could mediate the ubiquitination and degradation of MdBBX7 by the 26S proteasome pathway. Genetic interaction analysis suggested that MdMIEL1 acts as an upstream factor of MdBBX7. In addition, MdMIEL1 was a negative regulator of the apple drought stress response. Taken together, our results illustrate the molecular mechanisms by which the MdMIEL1-MdBBX7 module influences the response of apple to drought stress.
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- Pengxiang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd., Hawke's Bay 4130, New Zealand
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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Lu HP, Wang JJ, Wang MJ, Liu JX. Roles of plant hormones in thermomorphogenesis. STRESS BIOLOGY 2021; 1:20. [PMID: 37676335 PMCID: PMC10441977 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-021-00022-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Global warming has great impacts on plant growth and development, as well as ecological distribution. Plants constantly perceive environmental temperatures and adjust their growth and development programs accordingly to cope with the environment under non-lethal warm temperature conditions. Plant hormones are endogenous bioactive chemicals that play central roles in plant growth, developmental, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this review, we summarize the important roles of plant hormones, including auxin, brassinosteroids (BRs), Gibberellins (GAs), ethylene (ET), and jasmonates (JAs), in regulating plant growth under warm temperature conditions. This provides a picture on how plants sense and transduce the warm temperature signals to regulate downstream gene expression for controlling plant growth under warm temperature conditions via hormone biosynthesis and signaling pathways.
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- Hai-Ping Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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Zhang LL, Luo A, Davis SJ, Liu JX. Timing to grow: roles of clock in thermomorphogenesis. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 26:1248-1257. [PMID: 34404586 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Plants coordinate their growth and developmental programs with changes in temperature. This process is termed thermomorphogenesis. The underlying molecular mechanisms have begun to emerge in these nonstressful responses to adjustments in prevailing temperature. The circadian clock is an internal timekeeper that ensures growth, development, and fitness across a wide range of environmental conditions and it responds to thermal changes. Here, we highlight how the circadian clock gates thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth in plants, with an emphasis on different action mode of evening complex (EC) in thermomorphogenesis. We also discuss the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of EC in transducing temperature signals to the key integrator PIF4. This provides future perspectives on unanswered questions on EC-associated thermomorphogenesis.
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- Lin-Lin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO105DD, UK; Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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Zhao H, Bao Y. PIF4: Integrator of light and temperature cues in plant growth. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 313:111086. [PMID: 34763871 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.111086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plants are sessile and lack behavioural responses to avoid extreme environmental changes linked to annual seasons. For survival, they have evolved elaborate sensory systems coordinating their architecture and physiology with fluctuating diurnal and seasonal temperatures. PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) was initially identified as a key component of the Arabidopsis thaliana phytochrome signalling pathway. It was then identified as playing a central role in promoting plant hypocotyl growth via the activation of auxin synthesis and signalling-related genes. Recent studies expanded its known regulatory functions to thermomorphogenesis and defined PIF4 as a central molecular hub for the integration of environmental light and temperature cues. The present review comprehensively summarizes recent progress in our understanding of PIF4 function in Arabidopsis thaliana, including PIF4-mediated photomorphogenesis and thermomorphogenesis, and the contribution of PIF4 to plant growth via the integration of environmental light and temperature cues. Remaining questions and possible directions for future research on PIF4 are also discussed.
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- Hang Zhao
- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China
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He K, Mei H, Zhu J, Qiu Q, Cao X, Deng X. The histone H3K27 demethylase REF6/JMJ12 Promotes thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Natl Sci Rev 2021; 9:nwab213. [PMID: 35591912 PMCID: PMC9113104 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwab213] [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] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Dynamic trimethylation of histone H3 at Lys27 (H3K27me3) affects gene expression and controls plant development and environmental responses. In Arabidopsis thaliana, RELATIVE OF EARLY FLOWERING 6 (REF6)/JUMONJI DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 12 demethylates H3K27me3 by recognizing a specific DNA motif. However, little is known about how REF6 activates target gene expression after recognition, especially in environmental responses. In response to warm ambient temperature, plants undergo thermomorphogenesis, which involves accelerated growth, early flowering and changes in morphology. Here we show that REF6 regulates thermomorphogenesis and cooperates with the transcription factor PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 to synergistically activate thermoresponsive genes under warm ambient temperature. The ref6 loss-of-function mutants exhibited attenuated hypocotyl elongation at warm temperature, partially due to downregulation of GIBBERELLIN 20-OXIDASE 2 and BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX 87. REF6 enzymatic activity is necessary for warm ambient temperature responses. Together, our results provide direct evidence of an epigenetic modifier and a transcription factor working together to respond to the environment.
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- Kaixuan He
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab, Sanya, Hainan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Li C, Pei J, Yan X, Cui X, Tsuruta M, Liu Y, Lian C. A poplar B-box protein PtrBBX23 modulates the accumulation of anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins in response to high light. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:3015-3033. [PMID: 34114251 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Flavonoids, which modulate plant resistance to various stresses, can be induced by high light. B-box (BBX) transcription factors (TFs) play crucial roles in the transcriptional regulation of flavonoids biosynthesis, but limited information is available on the association of BBX proteins with high light. We present a detailed overview of 45 Populus trichocarpa BBX TFs. Phylogenetic relationships, gene structure, tissue-specific expression patterns and expression profiles were determined under 10 stress or phytohormone treatments to screen candidate BBX proteins associated with the flavonoid pathway. Sixteen candidate genes were identified, of which five were expressed predominantly in young leaves and roots, and BBX23 showed the most distinct response to high light. Overexpression of BBX23 in poplar activated expression of MYB TFs and structural genes in the flavonoid pathway, thereby promoting the accumulation of proanthocyanidins and anthocyanins. CRISPR/Cas9-generated knockout of BBX23 resulted in the opposite trend. Furthermore, the phenotype induced by BBX23 overexpression was enhanced under exposure to high light. BBX23 was capable of binding directly to the promoters of proanthocyanidin- and anthocyanin-specific genes, and its interaction with HY5 enhanced activation activity. We identified novel regulators of flavonoid biosynthesis in poplar, thereby enhancing our general understanding of the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms involved.
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- Chaofeng Li
- Laboratory of Forest Symbiology, Asian Research Center for Bioresource and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Plant Biotechnology Research Center, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Forest Symbiology, Asian Research Center for Bioresource and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- International Joint Laboratory of Forest Symbiology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Forest Symbiology, Asian Research Center for Bioresource and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Yuan L, Yu Y, Liu M, Song Y, Li H, Sun J, Wang Q, Xie Q, Wang L, Xu X. BBX19 fine-tunes the circadian rhythm by interacting with PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR proteins to facilitate their repressive effect on morning-phased clock genes. THE PLANT CELL 2021; 33:2602-2617. [PMID: 34164694 PMCID: PMC8408442 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The core plant circadian oscillator is composed of multiple interlocked transcriptional-translational feedback loops, which synchronize endogenous diel physiological rhythms to the cyclic changes of environmental cues. PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATORS (PRRs) have been identified as negative components in the circadian clock, though their underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we found that a subfamily of zinc finger transcription factors, B-box (BBX)-containing proteins, have a critical role in fine-tuning circadian rhythm. We demonstrated that overexpressing Arabidopsis thaliana BBX19 and BBX18 significantly lengthened the circadian period, while the null mutation of BBX19 accelerated the circadian speed. Moreover, BBX19 and BBX18, which are expressed during the day, physically interacted with PRR9, PRR7, and PRR5 in the nucleus in precise temporal ordering from dawn to dusk, consistent with the respective protein accumulation pattern of PRRs. Our transcriptomic and genetic analysis indicated that BBX19 and PRR9, PRR7, and PRR5 cooperatively inhibited the expression of morning-phased clock genes. PRR proteins affected BBX19 recruitment to the CCA1, LHY, and RVE8 promoters. Collectively, our findings show that BBX19 interacts with PRRs to orchestrate circadian rhythms, and suggest the indispensable role of transcriptional regulators in fine-tuning the circadian clock.
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- Li Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
- Authors for correspondence: (X.X.), (L.W.), (Q.X.)
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- Authors for correspondence: (X.X.), (L.W.), (Q.X.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
- Authors for correspondence: (X.X.), (L.W.), (Q.X.)
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Zhu T, Herrfurth C, Xin M, Savchenko T, Feussner I, Goossens A, De Smet I. Warm temperature triggers JOX and ST2A-mediated jasmonate catabolism to promote plant growth. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4804. [PMID: 34376671 PMCID: PMC8355256 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24883-2] [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: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Plants respond to warm temperature by increased elongation growth of organs to enhance cooling capacity. Phytohormones, such as auxin and brassinosteroids, regulate this growth process. However, our view on the players involved in warm temperature-mediated growth remains fragmentary. Here, we show that warm temperature leads to an increased expression of JOXs and ST2A, genes controlling jasmonate catabolism. This leads to an elevated 12HSO4-JA level and consequently to a reduced level of bioactive jasmonates. Ultimately this results in more JAZ proteins, which facilitates plant growth under warm temperature conditions. Taken together, understanding the conserved role of jasmonate signalling during thermomorphogenesis contributes to ensuring food security under a changing climate. Plants undergo morphological changes to enhance cooling at warm temperatures. Here Zhu et al. show that JOXs and ST2A enzymes, which mediate jasmonate catabolism, contribute to this process by reducing the level of bioactive jasmonate facilitating growth responses.
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- Tingting Zhu
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences and Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.,Goettingen Service Unit for Metabolomics and Lipidomics, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Genetic Improvement (MOA), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research RAS, Pushchino, Russia
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences and Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.,Goettingen Service Unit for Metabolomics and Lipidomics, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. .,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium.
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Lee S, Wang W, Huq E. Spatial regulation of thermomorphogenesis by HY5 and PIF4 in Arabidopsis. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3656. [PMID: 34135347 PMCID: PMC8209091 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24018-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Plants respond to high ambient temperature by implementing a suite of morphological changes collectively termed thermomorphogenesis. Here we show that the above and below ground tissue-response to high ambient temperature are mediated by distinct transcription factors. While the central hub transcription factor, PHYTOCHROME INTERCTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) regulates the above ground tissue response, the below ground root elongation is primarily regulated by ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5). Plants respond to high temperature by largely expressing distinct sets of genes in a tissue-specific manner. HY5 promotes root thermomorphogenesis via directly controlling the expression of many genes including the auxin and BR pathway genes. Strikingly, the above and below ground thermomorphogenesis is impaired in spaQ. Because SPA1 directly phosphorylates PIF4 and HY5, SPAs might control the stability of PIF4 and HY5 to regulate thermomorphogenesis in both tissues. These data collectively suggest that plants employ distinct combination of SPA-PIF4-HY5 module to regulate tissue-specific thermomorphogenesis. Plants undergo morphological changes collectively termed thermomorphogenesis when exposed to elevated temperature. Here the authors show that the SPA1 kinase regulates distinct thermomorphogenic responses according to tissue type by interactions with PIF4 and HY5 in shoots and roots, respectively.
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- Sanghwa Lee
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and The Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and The Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and The Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
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Feng Z, Li M, Li Y, Yang X, Wei H, Fu X, Ma L, Lu J, Wang H, Yu S. Comprehensive identification and expression analysis of B-Box genes in cotton. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:439. [PMID: 34118883 PMCID: PMC8196430 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07770-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND B-BOX (BBX) proteins are zinc-finger transcription factors with one or two BBX domains and sometimes a CCT domain. These proteins play an essential role in regulating plant growth and development, as well as in resisting abiotic stress. So far, the BBX gene family has been widely studied in other crops. However, no one has systematically studied the BBX gene in cotton. RESULTS In the present study, 17, 18, 37 and 33 BBX genes were detected in Gossypium arboreum, G. raimondii, G. hirsutum and G. barbadense, respectively, via genome-wide identification. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all BBX genes were divided into 5 main categories. The protein motifs and exon/intron structures showed that each group of BBX genes was highly conserved. Collinearity analysis revealed that the amplification of BBX gene family in Gossypium spp. was mainly through segmental replication. Nonsynonymous (Ka)/ synonymous (Ks) substitution ratios indicated that the BBX gene family had undergone purification selection throughout the long-term natural selection process. Moreover, transcriptomic data showed that some GhBBX genes were highly expressed in floral organs. The qRT-PCR results showed that there were significant differences in GhBBX genes in leaves and shoot apexes between early-maturing materials and late-maturing materials at most periods. Yeast two-hybrid results showed that GhBBX5/GhBBX23 and GhBBX8/GhBBX26 might interact with GhFT. Transcriptome data analysis and qRT-PCR verification showed that different GhBBX genes had different biological functions in abiotic stress and phytohormone response. CONCLUSIONS Our comprehensive analysis of BBX in G. hirsutum provided a basis for further study on the molecular role of GhBBXs in regulating flowering and cotton resistance to abiotic stress.
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- Zhen Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, 455000 China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, 455000 China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, 455000 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, 455000 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, 455000 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, 455000 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, 455000 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of CAAS, Anyang, 455000 China
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Lee S, Zhu L, Huq E. An autoregulatory negative feedback loop controls thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009595. [PMID: 34061850 PMCID: PMC8195427 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Plant growth and development are acutely sensitive to high ambient temperature caused in part due to climate change. However, the mechanism of high ambient temperature signaling is not well defined. Here, we show that HECATEs (HEC1 and HEC2), two helix-loop-helix transcription factors, inhibit thermomorphogenesis. While the expression of HEC1 and HEC2 is increased and HEC2 protein is stabilized at high ambient temperature, hec1hec2 double mutant showed exaggerated thermomorphogenesis. Analyses of the four PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR (PIF1, PIF3, PIF4 and PIF5) mutants and overexpression lines showed that they all contribute to promote thermomorphogenesis. Furthermore, genetic analysis showed that pifQ is epistatic to hec1hec2. HECs and PIFs oppositely control the expression of many genes in response to high ambient temperature. PIFs activate the expression of HECs in response to high ambient temperature. HEC2 in turn interacts with PIF4 both in yeast and in vivo. In the absence of HECs, PIF4 binding to its own promoter as well as the target gene promoters was enhanced, indicating that HECs control PIF4 activity via heterodimerization. Overall, these data suggest that PIF4-HEC forms an autoregulatory composite negative feedback loop that controls growth genes to modulate thermomorphogenesis.
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- Sanghwa Lee
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and The Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and The Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and The Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Zhang LL, Li W, Tian YY, Davis SJ, Liu JX. The E3 ligase XBAT35 mediates thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth by targeting ELF3 for degradation in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 63:1097-1103. [PMID: 33963671 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Plants are capable of coordination of their growth and development with ambient temperatures. EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3), an essential component of the plant circadian clock, is also involved in ambient temperature sensing, as well as in inhibiting the expression and protein activity of the thermoresponsive regulator phytochrome interacting factor 4 (PIF4). The ELF3 activity is subjected to attenuation in response to warm temperature; however, how the protein level of ELF3 is regulated at warm temperature remains less understood. Here, we report that the E3 ligase XB3 ORTHOLOG 5 IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, XBAT35, mediates ELF3 degradation. XBAT35 interacts with ELF3 and ubiquitinates ELF3. Loss-of-function mutation of XBAT35 increases the protein level of ELF3 and confers a short-hypocotyl phenotype under warm temperature conditions. Thus, our findings establish that XBAT35 mediates ELF3 degradation to lift the inhibition of ELF3 on PIF4 for promoting thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth in plants.
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- Lin-Lin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, YO105DD, UK
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Coordinative regulation of plants growth and development by light and circadian clock. ABIOTECH 2021; 2:176-189. [PMID: 36304756 PMCID: PMC9590570 DOI: 10.1007/s42994-021-00041-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The circadian clock, known as an endogenous timekeeping system, can integrate various cues to regulate plant physiological functions for adapting to the changing environment and thus ensure optimal plant growth. The synchronization of internal clock with external environmental information needs a process termed entrainment, and light is one of the predominant entraining signals for the plant circadian clock. Photoreceptors can detect and transmit light information to the clock core oscillator through transcriptional or post-transcriptional interactions with core-clock components to sustain circadian rhythms and regulate a myriad of downstream responses, including photomorphogenesis and photoperiodic flowering which are key links in the process of growth and development. Here we summarize the current understanding of the molecular network of the circadian clock and how light information is integrated into the circadian system, especially focus on how the circadian clock and light signals coordinately regulate the common downstream outputs. We discuss the functions of the clock and light signals in regulating photoperiodic flowering among various crop species.
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Zhang LL, Shao YJ, Ding L, Wang MJ, Davis SJ, Liu JX. XBAT31 regulates thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth through mediating degradation of the thermosensor ELF3 in Arabidopsis. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:7/19/eabf4427. [PMID: 33962946 PMCID: PMC8104893 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf4427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Elevated ambient temperature has wide effects on plant growth and development. ELF3, a proposed thermosensor, negatively regulates protein activity of the growth-promoting factor PIF4, and such an inhibitory effect is subjected to attenuation at warm temperature. However, how ELF3 stability is regulated at warm temperature remains enigmatic. Here, we report the identification of XBAT31 as the E3 ligase that mediates ELF3 degradation in response to warm temperature in Arabidopsis XBAT31 interacts with ELF3, ubiquitinates ELF3, and promotes ELF3 degradation via the 26S proteasome. Mutation of XBAT31 results in enhanced accumulation of ELF3 and reduced hypocotyl elongation at warm temperature. In contrast, overexpression of XBAT31 accelerates ELF3 degradation and promotes hypocotyl growth. Furthermore, XBAT31 interacts with the B-box protein BBX18, and the XBAT31-mediated ELF3 degradation is dependent on BBX18 Thus, our findings reveal that XBAT31-mediated destruction of ELF3 represents an additional regulatory layer of complexity in temperature signaling during plant thermomorphogenesis.
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- Lin Lin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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Wang MJ, Ding L, Liu XH, Liu JX. Two B-box domain proteins, BBX28 and BBX29, regulate flowering time at low ambient temperature in Arabidopsis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 106:21-32. [PMID: 33554307 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-021-01123-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This paper demonstrates that BBX28 and BBX29 proteins in Arabidopsis promote flowering in association with the CO-FT regulatory module at low ambient temperature under LD conditions. Flowering plants integrate internal developmental signals with external environmental stimuli for precise flowering time control. The expression of BBX29 is up-regulated by low temperature treatment, but the biological function of BBX29 in low temperature response is unknown. In the current study, we examined the biological role of BBX29 and its close-related protein BBX28 in flowering time control under long-day conditions. Although neither BBX28 single mutant nor BBX29 single mutant has a flowering-associated phenotype, the bbx28 bbx29 double mutant plants have an obvious delayed flowering phenotype grown at low ambient temperature (16°C) compared to the wild-type (WT) plants. The expression of FT and TSF was lower in bbx28 bbx29 double mutant plants than in wild-type plants at 16°C. Both BBX28 and BBX29 interact with CONSTANS (CO), an important flowering integrator that directly binds to the FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) promoter. In the effector-reporter assays, transcriptional activation activity of CO on the FT promoter was reduced in bbx28 bbx29 double mutant plants compared to that in WT plants. Taken together, our results reveal that BBX28 and BBX29 are promoters of flowering in Arabidopsis, especially at low ambient temperature.
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- Mei-Jing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China.
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