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Fonseca A, Riveras E, Moyano TC, Alvarez JM, Rosa S, Gutiérrez RA. Dynamic changes in mRNA nucleocytoplasmic localization in the nitrate response of Arabidopsis roots. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024. [PMID: 38950037 DOI: 10.1111/pce.15018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024]
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Nitrate is a nutrient and signal that regulates gene expression. The nitrate response has been extensively characterized at the organism, organ, and cell-type-specific levels, but intracellular mRNA dynamics remain unexplored. To characterize nuclear and cytoplasmic transcriptome dynamics in response to nitrate, we performed a time-course expression analysis after nitrate treatment in isolated nuclei, cytoplasm, and whole roots. We identified 402 differentially localized transcripts (DLTs) in response to nitrate treatment. Induced DLT genes showed rapid and transient recruitment of the RNA polymerase II, together with an increase in the mRNA turnover rates. DLTs code for genes involved in metabolic processes, localization, and response to stimulus indicating DLTs include genes with relevant functions for the nitrate response that have not been previously identified. Using single-molecule RNA FISH, we observed early nuclear accumulation of the NITRATE REDUCTASE 1 (NIA1) transcripts in their transcription sites. We found that transcription of NIA1, a gene showing delayed cytoplasmic accumulation, is rapidly and transiently activated; however, its transcripts become unstable when they reach the cytoplasm. Our study reveals the dynamic localization of mRNAs between the nucleus and cytoplasm as an emerging feature in the temporal control of gene expression in response to nitrate treatment in Arabidopsis roots.
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- Alejandro Fonseca
- Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile
- Center for Genome Regulation, Millennium Institute Center for Genome Regulation (CRG), Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden
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- Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile
- Center for Genome Regulation, Millennium Institute Center for Genome Regulation (CRG), Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile
- Center for Genome Regulation, Millennium Institute Center for Genome Regulation (CRG), Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden
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- Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile
- Center for Genome Regulation, Millennium Institute Center for Genome Regulation (CRG), Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Feng L, Yan W, Tang X, Wu H, Pan Y, Lu D, Ling-Hu Q, Liu Y, Liu Y, Song X, Ali M, Fang L, Guo H, Li B. Multiple factors and features dictate the selective production of ct-siRNA in Arabidopsis. Commun Biol 2024; 7:474. [PMID: 38637717 PMCID: PMC11026412 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06142-4] [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: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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Coding transcript-derived siRNAs (ct-siRNAs) produced from specific endogenous loci can suppress the translation of their source genes to balance plant growth and stress response. In this study, we generated Arabidopsis mutants with deficiencies in RNA decay and/or post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) pathways and performed comparative sRNA-seq analysis, revealing that multiple RNA decay and PTGS factors impede the ct-siRNA selective production. Genes that produce ct-siRNAs often show increased or unchanged expression and typically have higher GC content in sequence composition. The growth and development of plants can perturb the dynamic accumulation of ct-siRNAs from different gene loci. Two nitrate reductase genes, NIA1 and NIA2, produce massive amounts of 22-nt ct-siRNAs and are highly expressed in a subtype of mesophyll cells where DCL2 exhibits higher expression relative to DCL4, suggesting a potential role of cell-specific expression of ct-siRNAs. Overall, our findings unveil the multifaceted factors and features involved in the selective production and regulation of ct-siRNAs and enrich our understanding of gene silencing process in plants.
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- Li Feng
- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong, 261325, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong, 261325, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong, 261325, China
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- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong, 261325, China
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- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong, 261325, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China.
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- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong, 261325, China.
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Wu Q, Yin J, Jiang M, Zhang J, Sui Z. Identification, characterization and expression profiles of E2 and E3 gene superfamilies during the development of tetrasporophytes in Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis (Rhodophyta). BMC Genomics 2023; 24:549. [PMID: 37723489 PMCID: PMC10506303 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09639-0] [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: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
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E2 ubiquitin conjugating enzymes and E3 ubiquitin ligases play important roles in the growth and development of plants and animals. To date, the systematic analysis of E2 and E3 genes in Rhodophyta is limited. In this study, 14 E2 genes and 51 E3 genes were identified in Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis, an economically important red alga. E2 genes were classified into four classes according to the structure of the conserved domain, UBC. E3 genes were classified into 12 subfamilies according to individual conserved domains. A phylogenetic tree of seven algae species showed that functional differentiation of RING-type E3s was the highest, and the similarity between orthologous genes was high except in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chara braunii. RNA-seq data analysis showed significant differential expression levels of E2 and E3 genes under the life stages of tetraspore formation and release, especially GlUBCN and GlAPC3. According to GO and KEGG analysis of two transcriptomes, GlUBCN and GlAPC3 were involved in ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, and other subunits of the anaphase promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C) and its activators GlCDC20 and GlCDH1 were also enriched into this process. The CDH1 and CDC20 in 981 were down-regulated during tetraspores formation and release, with the down-regulation of CDH1 being particularly significant; CDH1 and CDC20 in WLP-1, ZC, and WT were up-regulated during tetraspores formation and release, with CDC20 being more significantly up-regulated. Therefore, GlCDH1, rather than GlCDC20, in '981' might play the leading role in the activation of the APC/C, and GlCDC20 might play the leading role rather than GlCDH1 in strains WLP-1, ZC and wild type. The low fertility of cultivar 981 might be highly correlated with the inactivity of activators CDH1 and CDC20. This study provided a basic and comprehensive understanding of characteristic of E2 and E3 genes in Gp. lemaneiformis and set a foundation for further understanding of E2 ubiquitin conjugating enzymes and E3 ubiquitin ligase in regulating tetrasporophytes development of Gp. lemaneiformis.
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- Qiong Wu
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China), Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China), Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China), Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China), Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China), Qingdao, 266003, China.
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Willems A, Liang Y, Heyman J, Depuydt T, Eekhout T, Canher B, Van den Daele H, Vercauteren I, Vandepoele K, De Veylder L. Plant lineage-specific PIKMIN1 drives APC/CCCS52A2 E3-ligase activity-dependent cell division. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 191:1574-1595. [PMID: 36423220 PMCID: PMC10022622 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) marks key cell cycle proteins for proteasomal breakdown, thereby ensuring unidirectional progression through the cell cycle. Its target recognition is temporally regulated by activating subunits, one of which is called CELL CYCLE SWITCH 52 A2 (CCS52A2). We sought to expand the knowledge on the APC/C by using the severe growth phenotypes of CCS52A2-deficient Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants as a readout in a suppressor mutagenesis screen, resulting in the identification of the previously undescribed gene called PIKMIN1 (PKN1). PKN1 deficiency rescues the disorganized root stem cell phenotype of the ccs52a2-1 mutant, whereas an excess of PKN1 inhibits the growth of ccs52a2-1 plants, indicating the need for control of PKN1 abundance for proper development. Accordingly, the lack of PKN1 in a wild-type background negatively impacts cell division, while its systemic overexpression promotes proliferation. PKN1 shows a cell cycle phase-dependent accumulation pattern, localizing to microtubular structures, including the preprophase band, the mitotic spindle, and the phragmoplast. PKN1 is conserved throughout the plant kingdom, with its function in cell division being evolutionarily conserved in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Our data thus demonstrate that PKN1 represents a novel, plant-specific protein with a role in cell division that is likely proteolytically controlled by the CCS52A2-activated APC/C.
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- Alex Willems
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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Deb Roy A, Gross EG, Pillai GS, Seetharaman S, Etienne-Manneville S, Inoue T. Non-catalytic allostery in α-TAT1 by a phospho-switch drives dynamic microtubule acetylation. J Cell Biol 2022; 221:213540. [PMID: 36222836 PMCID: PMC9565784 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202202100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Spatiotemporally dynamic microtubule acetylation underlies diverse physiological and pathological events. Despite its ubiquity, the molecular mechanisms that regulate the sole microtubule acetylating agent, α-tubulin-N-acetyltransferase-1 (α-TAT1), remain obscure. Here, we report that dynamic intracellular localization of α-TAT1 along with its catalytic activity determines efficiency of microtubule acetylation. Specifically, we newly identified a conserved signal motif in the intrinsically disordered C-terminus of α-TAT1, consisting of three competing regulatory elements-nuclear export, nuclear import, and cytosolic retention. Their balance is tuned via phosphorylation by CDK1, PKA, and CK2, and dephosphorylation by PP2A. While the unphosphorylated form binds to importins and resides both in cytosol and nucleus, the phosphorylated form binds to specific 14-3-3 adapters and accumulates in the cytosol for maximal substrate access. Unlike other molecules with a similar phospho-regulated signal motif, α-TAT1 uniquely uses the nucleus as a hideout. This allosteric spatial regulation of α-TAT1 function may help uncover a spatiotemporal code of microtubule acetylation in normal and aberrant cell behavior.
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- Abhijit Deb Roy
- Department of Cell Biology and Center for Cell Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Cell Polarity, Migration and Cancer Unit, Institut Pasteur, UMR3691, Université Paris Cité, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- Cell Polarity, Migration and Cancer Unit, Institut Pasteur, UMR3691, Université Paris Cité, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- Department of Cell Biology and Center for Cell Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Wang X, Li F, Zhu J, Feng D, Shi Y, Qu L, Li Y, Guo K, Zhang Y, Wang Q, Wang N, Wang X, Ge S. Upregulation of Cell Division Cycle 20 Expression Alters the Morphology of Neuronal Dendritic Spines in the Nucleus Accumbens by Promoting FMRP Ubiquitination. J Neurochem 2022; 162:166-189. [PMID: 35621027 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is the key area of the reward circuit, but its heterogeneity has been poorly studied. Using single-cell RNA sequencing, we revealed a subcluster of GABAergic neurons characterized by cell division cycle 20 (Cdc20) mRNA expression in the NAc of adult rats. We studied the coexpression of Cdc20 and Gad1 mRNA in the NAc neurons of adult rats and assessed Cdc20 protein expression in the NAc during rat development. Moreover, we microinjected AAV2/9-hSyn-Cdc20 with or without the dual-AAV system into the bilateral NAc for sparse labelling to observe changes in the synaptic morphology of mature neurons and assessed rat behaviours in open field and elevated plus maze tests. Furthermore, we performed the experiments with a Cdc20 inhibitor, Cdc20 overexpression AAV vector, and Cdc20 conditional knockout primary striatal neurons to understand the ubiquitination-dependent degradation of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) in vitro and in vivo. We confirmed the mRNA expression of Cdc20 in the NAc GABAergic neurons of adult rats, and its protein level was decreased significantly 3 weeks post-birth. Upregulated Cdc20 expression in the bilateral NAc decreased the dendritic spine density in mature neurons and induced anxiety-like behaviour in rats. Cdc20-APC triggered FMRP degradation through K48-linked polyubiquitination in Neuro-2a cells and primary striatal neurons and downregulated FMRP expression in the NAc of adult rats. These data revealed that upregulation of Cdc20 in the bilateral NAc reduced dendritic spine density and led to anxiety-like behaviours, possibly by enhancing FMRP degradation via K48-linked polyubiquitination.
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- Xin Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Acupuncture and Massage, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Second Clinical Medical College, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Neumann M, Xu X, Smaczniak C, Schumacher J, Yan W, Blüthgen N, Greb T, Jönsson H, Traas J, Kaufmann K, Muino JM. A 3D gene expression atlas of the floral meristem based on spatial reconstruction of single nucleus RNA sequencing data. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2838. [PMID: 35595749 PMCID: PMC9122980 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30177-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Cellular heterogeneity in growth and differentiation results in organ patterning. Single-cell transcriptomics allows characterization of gene expression heterogeneity in developing organs at unprecedented resolution. However, the original physical location of the cell is lost during this methodology. To recover the original location of cells in the developing organ is essential to link gene activity with cellular identity and function in plants. Here, we propose a method to reconstruct genome-wide gene expression patterns of individual cells in a 3D flower meristem by combining single-nuclei RNA-seq with microcopy-based 3D spatial reconstruction. By this, gene expression differences among meristematic domains giving rise to different tissue and organ types can be determined. As a proof of principle, the method is used to trace the initiation of vascular identity within the floral meristem. Our work demonstrates the power of spatially reconstructed single cell transcriptome atlases to understand plant morphogenesis. The floral meristem 3D gene expression atlas can be accessed at http://threed-flower-meristem.herokuapp.com. Single-cell transcriptomics allows gene expression heterogeneity to be assessed at cellular resolution but the original location of each cell is unknown. Here the authors combine single nuclei RNA-seq with 3D spatial reconstruction of floral meristems to link gene activities with morphology.
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- Manuel Neumann
- Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 1LR, UK
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- Laboratoire RDP, Université de Lyon 1, ENS-Lyon, INRAE, CNRS, UCBL, 69364, Lyon, France
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- Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany
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- Systems Biology of Gene Regulation, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany.
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Zhang Q, Dai X, Wang H, Wang F, Tang D, Jiang C, Zhang X, Guo W, Lei Y, Ma C, Zhang H, Li P, Zhao Y, Wang Z. Transcriptomic Profiling Provides Molecular Insights Into Hydrogen Peroxide-Enhanced Arabidopsis Growth and Its Salt Tolerance. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:866063. [PMID: 35463436 PMCID: PMC9019583 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.866063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Salt stress is an important environmental factor limiting plant growth and crop production. Plant adaptation to salt stress can be improved by chemical pretreatment. This study aims to identify whether hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) pretreatment of seedlings affects the stress tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. The results show that pretreatment with H2O2 at appropriate concentrations enhances the salt tolerance ability of Arabidopsis seedlings, as revealed by lower Na+ levels, greater K+ levels, and improved K+/Na+ ratios in leaves. Furthermore, H2O2 pretreatment improves the membrane properties by reducing the relative membrane permeability (RMP) and malonaldehyde (MDA) content in addition to improving the activities of antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase. Our transcription data show that exogenous H2O2 pretreatment leads to the induced expression of cell cycle, redox regulation, and cell wall organization-related genes in Arabidopsis, which may accelerate cell proliferation, enhance tolerance to osmotic stress, maintain the redox balance, and remodel the cell walls of plants in subsequent high-salt environments.
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- Qikun Zhang
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomic Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
- Linyi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Linyi, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomic Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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Apelt F, Mavrothalassiti E, Gupta S, Machin F, Olas JJ, Annunziata MG, Schindelasch D, Kragler F. Shoot and root single cell sequencing reveals tissue- and daytime-specific transcriptome profiles. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:861-878. [PMID: 34850215 PMCID: PMC8825464 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Although several large-scale single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) studies addressing the root of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) have been published, there is still need for a de novo reference map for both root and especially above-ground cell types. As the plants' transcriptome substantially changes throughout the day, shaped by the circadian clock, we performed scRNAseq on both Arabidopsis root and above-ground tissues at defined times of the day. For the root scRNAseq analysis, we used tissue-specific reporter lines grown on plates and harvested at the end of the day (ED). In addition, we submitted above-ground tissues from plants grown on soil at ED and end of the night to scRNAseq, which allowed us to identify common cell types/markers between root and shoot and uncover transcriptome changes to above-ground tissues depending on the time of the day. The dataset was also exploited beyond the traditional scRNAseq analysis to investigate non-annotated and di-cistronic transcripts. We experimentally confirmed the predicted presence of some of these transcripts and also addressed the potential function of a previously unidentified marker gene for dividing cells. In summary, this work provides insights into the spatial control of gene expression from nearly 70,000 cells of Arabidopsis for below- and whole above-ground tissue at single-cell resolution at defined time points.
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- Federico Apelt
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, Haus 20, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Wissenschaftspark Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Lin YN, Jiang CK, Cheng ZK, Wang DH, Shen LP, Xu C, Xu ZH, Bai SN. Rice Cell Division Cycle 20s are required for faithful chromosome segregation and cytokinesis during meiosis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:1111-1128. [PMID: 34865119 PMCID: PMC8825277 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Chromosome segregation must be under strict regulation to maintain chromosome euploidy and stability. Cell Division Cycle 20 (CDC20) is an essential cell cycle regulator that promotes the metaphase-to-anaphase transition and functions in the spindle assembly checkpoint, a surveillance pathway that ensures the fidelity of chromosome segregation. Plant CDC20 genes are present in multiple copies, and whether CDC20s have the same functions in plants as in yeast and animals is unclear, given the potential for divergence or redundancy among the multiple copies. Here, we studied all three CDC20 genes in rice (Oryza sativa) and constructed two triple mutants by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9-mediated genome editing to explore their roles in development. Knocking out all three CDC20 genes led to total sterility but did not affect vegetative development. Loss of the three CDC20 proteins did not alter mitotic division but severely disrupted meiosis as a result of asynchronous and unequal chromosome segregation, chromosome lagging, and premature separation of chromatids. Immunofluorescence of tubulin revealed malformed meiotic spindles in microsporocytes of the triple mutants. Furthermore, cytokinesis of meiosis I was absent or abnormal, and cytokinesis II was completely prevented in all mutant microsporocytes; thus, no tetrads or pollen formed in either cdc20 triple mutant. Finally, the subcellular structures and functions of the tapetum were disturbed by the lack of CDC20 proteins. These findings demonstrate that the three rice CDC20s play redundant roles but are indispensable for faithful meiotic chromosome segregation and cytokinesis, which are required for the production of fertile microspores.
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- Ya-Nan Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Beijing 100871, China
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Beijing 100871, China
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Teaching Center for Experimental Biology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, 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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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Beijing 100871, China
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Beijing 100871, China
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Beijing 100871, China
- College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Du L, Wang D, Wei X, Liu C, Xiao Z, Qian W, Song Y, Hou X. MS275 as Class I HDAC inhibitor displayed therapeutic potential on malignant ascites by iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis. BMC Gastroenterol 2022; 22:29. [PMID: 35062876 PMCID: PMC8783488 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-022-02101-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Malignant ascites is a manifestation of end stage events in a variety of cancers and is associated with significant morbidity. Epigenetic modulators play a key role in cancer initiation and progression, among which histone deacetylases (HDACs) are considered as one of the most important regulators for various cancer development, such as liver cancer, ovarian cancer, and pancreatic cancer et al. Thus, in this paper, we sought to explore the therapeutic effect of HDAC inhibitor on malignant ascites.
Methods
In this report, we tested the therapeutic effect of different isoform selective HDAC inhibitors (Class I HDACI MS275, Class IIa HDACI MC1568, pan-HDAC inhibitors SAHA) on malignant ascites in vitro and in vivo. We further used proteome analysis to find the potential mechanisms for malignant ascites therapy.
Results
Among the different isoform-selective HDAC inhibitors, the class I selective HDACI, MS275, exhibited preferential inhibition on various ascites cells. MS275 could induce cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase and promote apoptosis on ascites cells. Through proteome analysis, we found MS275 could downregulate proteins related to cell cycle progression, such as CDK4, CDC20, CCND1; MS275 could upregulate pro-apoptosis proteins such as PAPR1, LMNB2 and AIFM1; in addition, MS275 could change the expression of tumorigenic proteins related to the specific malignant ascites bearing tumors, such as TSP1 and CDK4 for bladder cancer. We then confirmed that abemaciclib (CDK4/6 selective inhibitor) could inhibit the proliferation of ascites cells, and the combination of abemaciclib and MS275 had synergistic anti-tumor effect. Finally, we found that MS275 could in vivo inhibit malignant ascites progression (ascites volume: 2.9 ± 1.0 mL vs 7.5 ± 1.2 mL, p < 0.01), tumor growth, and prolong 66% of the life-span when compared with the untreated group.
Conclusion
This present research revealed that the class I selective HDAC inhibitor, MS275, could effectively inhibit malignant ascites development and tumor growth via multiple pathways. These results indicated that HDACI could have great potential for clinical therapy of malignant ascites.
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Wu X, Yan A, Liu X, Zhang S, Zhou Y. Quantitative live-imaging reveals the dynamics of apical cells during gametophyte development in ferns. QUANTITATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 3:e25. [PMID: 37077984 PMCID: PMC10095955 DOI: 10.1017/qpb.2022.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Meristems in land plants share conserved functions but develop highly variable structures. Meristems in seed-free plants, including ferns, usually contain one or a few pyramid-/wedge-shaped apical cells (ACs) as initials, which are lacking in seed plants. It remained unclear how ACs promote cell proliferation in fern gametophytes and whether any persistent AC exists to sustain fern gametophyte development continuously. Here, we uncovered previously undefined ACs maintained even at late developmental stages in fern gametophytes. Through quantitative live-imaging, we determined division patterns and growth dynamics that maintain the persistent AC in Sphenomeris chinensis, a representative fern. The AC and its immediate progenies form a conserved cell packet, driving cell proliferation and prothallus expansion. At the apical centre of gametophytes, the AC and its adjacent progenies display small dimensions resulting from active cell division instead of reduced cell expansion. These findings provide insight into diversified meristem development in land plants.
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- Xiao Wu
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana47907, USA
- Purdue Centre for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana47907, USA
- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California91125, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California91125, USA
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- Purdue Centre for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana47907, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana47907, USA
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Authors for correspondence: S. Zhang, Y. Zhou, E-mail: ;
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana47907, USA
- Purdue Centre for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana47907, USA
- Authors for correspondence: S. Zhang, Y. Zhou, E-mail: ;
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Bonnot T, Blair EJ, Cordingley SJ, Nagel DH. Circadian coordination of cellular processes and abiotic stress responses. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 64:102133. [PMID: 34773857 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Diel changes in the environment are perceived by the circadian clock which transmits temporal information throughout the plant cell to synchronize daily and seasonal environmental signals with internal biological processes. Dynamic modulations of diverse levels of clock gene regulation within the plant cell are impacted by stress. Recent insights into circadian control of cellular processes such as alternative splicing, polyadenylation, and noncoding RNAs are discussed. We highlight studies on the circadian regulation of reactive oxygen species, calcium signaling, and gating of temperature stress responses. Finally, we briefly summarize recent work on the translation-specific rhythmicity of cell cycle genes and the control of subcellular localization and relocalization of oscillator components. Together, this mini-review highlights these cellular events in the context of clock gene regulation and stress responses in Arabidopsis.
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- Titouan Bonnot
- University of California, Riverside, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, CA 92507, USA
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- University of California, Riverside, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, CA 92507, USA
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- University of California, Riverside, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, CA 92507, USA
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- University of California, Riverside, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Riverside, CA 92507, USA.
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Gao M, He Y, Yin X, Zhong X, Yan B, Wu Y, Chen J, Li X, Zhai K, Huang Y, Gong X, Chang H, Xie S, Liu J, Yue J, Xu J, Zhang G, Deng Y, Wang E, Tharreau D, Wang GL, Yang W, He Z. Ca 2+ sensor-mediated ROS scavenging suppresses rice immunity and is exploited by a fungal effector. Cell 2021; 184:5391-5404.e17. [PMID: 34597584 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Plant immunity is activated upon pathogen perception and often affects growth and yield when it is constitutively active. How plants fine-tune immune homeostasis in their natural habitats remains elusive. Here, we discover a conserved immune suppression network in cereals that orchestrates immune homeostasis, centering on a Ca2+-sensor, RESISTANCE OF RICE TO DISEASES1 (ROD1). ROD1 promotes reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging by stimulating catalase activity, and its protein stability is regulated by ubiquitination. ROD1 disruption confers resistance to multiple pathogens, whereas a natural ROD1 allele prevalent in indica rice with agroecology-specific distribution enhances resistance without yield penalty. The fungal effector AvrPiz-t structurally mimics ROD1 and activates the same ROS-scavenging cascade to suppress host immunity and promote virulence. We thus reveal a molecular framework adopted by both host and pathogen that integrates Ca2+ sensing and ROS homeostasis to suppress plant immunity, suggesting a principle for breeding disease-resistant, high-yield crops.
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- Mingjun Gao
- 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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- 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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- 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; State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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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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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
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- Insititute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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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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- 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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- PHIM, CIRAD, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, MUSE, Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, OH 43210, 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; CAS-JIC Center of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
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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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The Arabidopsis GRAS-type SCL28 transcription factor controls the mitotic cell cycle and division plane orientation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2005256118. [PMID: 33526654 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2005256118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Gene expression is reconfigured rapidly during the cell cycle to execute the cellular functions specific to each phase. Studies conducted with synchronized plant cell suspension cultures have identified hundreds of genes with periodic expression patterns across the phases of the cell cycle, but these results may differ from expression occurring in the context of intact organs. Here, we describe the use of fluorescence-activated cell sorting to analyze the gene expression profile of G2/M cells in the growing root. To this end, we isolated cells expressing the early mitosis cell cycle marker CYCLINB1;1-GFP from Arabidopsis root tips. Transcriptome analysis of these cells allowed identification of hundreds of genes whose expression is reduced or enriched in G2/M cells, including many not previously reported from cell suspension cultures. From this dataset, we identified SCL28, a transcription factor belonging to the GRAS family, whose messenger RNA accumulates to the highest levels in G2/M and is regulated by MYB3R transcription factors. Functional analysis indicates that SCL28 promotes progression through G2/M and modulates the selection of cell division planes.
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Lee CH, Hawker NP, Peters JR, Lonhienne TGA, Gursanscky NR, Matthew L, Brosnan CA, Mann CWG, Cromer L, Taochy C, Ngo QA, Sundaresan V, Schenk PM, Kobe B, Borges F, Mercier R, Bowman JL, Carroll BJ. DEFECTIVE EMBRYO AND MERISTEMS genes are required for cell division and gamete viability in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009561. [PMID: 33999950 PMCID: PMC8158957 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The DEFECTIVE EMBRYO AND MERISTEMS 1 (DEM1) gene encodes a protein of unknown biochemical function required for meristem formation and seedling development in tomato, but it was unclear whether DEM1’s primary role was in cell division or alternatively, in defining the identity of meristematic cells. Genome sequence analysis indicates that flowering plants possess at least two DEM genes. Arabidopsis has two DEM genes, DEM1 and DEM2, which we show are expressed in developing embryos and meristems in a punctate pattern that is typical of genes involved in cell division. Homozygous dem1 dem2 double mutants were not recovered, and plants carrying a single functional DEM1 allele and no functional copies of DEM2, i.e. DEM1/dem1 dem2/dem2 plants, exhibit normal development through to the time of flowering but during male reproductive development, chromosomes fail to align on the metaphase plate at meiosis II and result in abnormal numbers of daughter cells following meiosis. Additionally, these plants show defects in both pollen and embryo sac development, and produce defective male and female gametes. In contrast, dem1/dem1 DEM2/dem2 plants showed normal levels of fertility, indicating that DEM2 plays a more important role than DEM1 in gamete viability. The increased importance of DEM2 in gamete viability correlated with higher mRNA levels of DEM2 compared to DEM1 in most tissues examined and particularly in the vegetative shoot apex, developing siliques, pollen and sperm. We also demonstrate that gamete viability depends not only on the number of functional DEM alleles inherited following meiosis, but also on the number of functional DEM alleles in the parent plant that undergoes meiosis. Furthermore, DEM1 interacts with RAS-RELATED NUCLEAR PROTEIN 1 (RAN1) in yeast two-hybrid and pull-down binding assays, and we show that fluorescent proteins fused to DEM1 and RAN1 co-localize transiently during male meiosis and pollen development. In eukaryotes, RAN is a highly conserved GTPase that plays key roles in cell cycle progression, spindle assembly during cell division, reformation of the nuclear envelope following cell division, and nucleocytoplasmic transport. Our results demonstrate that DEM proteins play an essential role in cell division in plants, most likely through an interaction with RAN1. Up to half of the genes predicted from genome projects lack a known biological and biochemical function. Many of these genes are likely to play essential roles but it is difficult to reveal their function because minor changes in the genetic sequence can result in lethality and genetic redundancy can obscure analysis. Genome projects predict that flowering plants have at least two DEM genes that encode a protein of unknown cellular and biochemical function. In this paper, we use multiple combinations of dem mutants in Arabidopsis to show that DEM genes are essential for cell division and gamete viability. Interestingly, gamete viability depends not only on the number of functional copies of DEM genes in the gametes, but also on the number of functional copies of DEM genes in the parent plant that produces the gametes. We also show that DEM proteins interact with RAN, a highly conserved protein that controls cell division in all eukaryotic organisms.
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- Chin Hong Lee
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- Section of Plant Biology, One Shields Avenue, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Section of Plant Biology, One Shields Avenue, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Section of Plant Biology, One Shields Avenue, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Section of Plant Biology, One Shields Avenue, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- * E-mail: (JLB); (BJC)
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia
- * E-mail: (JLB); (BJC)
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Shi D, Jouannet V, Agustí J, Kaul V, Levitsky V, Sanchez P, Mironova VV, Greb T. Tissue-specific transcriptome profiling of the Arabidopsis inflorescence stem reveals local cellular signatures. THE PLANT CELL 2021; 33:200-223. [PMID: 33582756 PMCID: PMC8136906 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaa019] [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: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Genome-wide gene expression maps with a high spatial resolution have substantially accelerated plant molecular science. However, the number of characterized tissues and growth stages is still small due to the limited accessibility of most tissues for protoplast isolation. Here, we provide gene expression profiles of the mature inflorescence stem of Arabidopsis thaliana covering a comprehensive set of distinct tissues. By combining fluorescence-activated nucleus sorting and laser-capture microdissection with next-generation RNA sequencing, we characterized the transcriptomes of xylem vessels, fibers, the proximal and distal cambium, phloem, phloem cap, pith, starch sheath, and epidermis cells. Our analyses classified more than 15,000 genes as being differentially expressed among different stem tissues and revealed known and novel tissue-specific cellular signatures. By determining overrepresented transcription factor binding regions in the promoters of differentially expressed genes, we identified candidate tissue-specific transcriptional regulators. Our datasets predict the expression profiles of an exceptional number of genes and allow hypotheses to be generated about the spatial organization of physiological processes. Moreover, we demonstrate that information about gene expression in a broad range of mature plant tissues can be established at high spatial resolution by nuclear mRNA profiling. Tissue-specific gene expression values can be accessed online at https://arabidopsis-stem.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/.
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- Dongbo Shi
- Department of Developmental Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), C/Enginyer Fausto Elio S/N. 46011 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Developmental Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Department of Systems Biology, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Department of Systems Biology, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Department of Plant Systems Physiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Yang W, Cortijo S, Korsbo N, Roszak P, Schiessl K, Gurzadyan A, Wightman R, Jönsson H, Meyerowitz E. Molecular mechanism of cytokinin-activated cell division in Arabidopsis. Science 2021; 371:1350-1355. [PMID: 33632892 PMCID: PMC8166333 DOI: 10.1126/science.abe2305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Mitogens trigger cell division in animals. In plants, cytokinins, a group of phytohormones derived from adenine, stimulate cell proliferation. Cytokinin signaling is initiated by membrane-associated histidine kinase receptors and transduced through a phosphorelay system. We show that in the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem (SAM), cytokinin regulates cell division by promoting nuclear shuttling of Myb-domain protein 3R4 (MYB3R4), a transcription factor that activates mitotic gene expression. Newly synthesized MYB3R4 protein resides predominantly in the cytoplasm. At the G2-to-M transition, rapid nuclear accumulation of MYB3R4-consistent with an associated transient peak in cytokinin concentration-feeds a positive feedback loop involving importins and initiates a transcriptional cascade that drives mitosis and cytokinesis. An engineered nuclear-restricted MYB3R4 mimics the cytokinin effects of enhanced cell proliferation and meristem growth.
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- Weibing Yang
- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK.,Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK.,Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK. .,Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK.,Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University, SE22362 Lund, Sweden
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR, UK. .,Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Lee TA, Bailey-Serres J. Conserved and nuanced hierarchy of gene regulatory response to hypoxia. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 229:71-78. [PMID: 31953954 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16437] [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: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A dynamic assembly of nuclear and cytoplasmic processes regulate gene activity. Hypoxic stress and the associated energy crisis activate a plurality of regulatory mechanisms including modulation of chromatin structure, transcriptional activation and post-transcriptional processes. Temporal control of genes is associated with specific chromatin modifications and transcription factors. Genome-scale technologies that resolve transcript subpopulations in the nucleus and cytoplasm indicate post-transcriptional processes enable cells to conserve energy, prepare for prolonged stress and accelerate recovery. Moreover, the harboring of gene transcripts associated with growth in the nucleus and macromolecular RNA-protein complexes contributes to the preferential translation of stress-responsive gene transcripts during hypoxia. We discuss evidence of evolutionary variation in integration of nuclear and cytoplasmic processes that may contribute to variations in flooding resilience.
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- Travis A Lee
- Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology and Botany and Plant Sciences Department, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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Dolzblasz A, Banasiak A, Vereecke D. A sustained CYCLINB1;1 and STM expression in the neoplastic tissues induced by Rhodococcus fascians on Arabidopsis underlies the persistence of the leafy gall structure. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2020; 15:1816320. [PMID: 32897774 PMCID: PMC7676816 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1816320] [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: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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is a gram-positive phytopathogen that infects a wide range of plant species. The actinomycete induces the formation of neoplastic growths, termed leafy galls, that consist of a gall body covered by small shoots of which the outgrowth is arrested due to an extreme form of apical dominance. In our previous work, we demonstrated that in the developing gall, auxin drives the transdifferentiation of parenchyma cells into vascular elements. In this work, with the use of transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants carrying molecular reporters for cell division (pCYCB1;1:GUS) and meristematic activity (pSTM:GUS), we analyzed the fate of cells within the leafy gall. Our results indicate that the size of the gall body is determined by ongoing mitotic cell divisions as illustrated by strong CYCB1;1 expression combined with the de novo formation of new meristematic areas triggered by STM expression. The shoot meristems that develop in the peripheral parts of the gall are originating from high ectopic STM expression. Altogether the presented data provide further insight into the cellular events that accompany the development of leafy galls in response to R. fascians infection.
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- Alicja Dolzblasz
- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Sciences, New Mexico State University, NM, USA
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Willems A, Heyman J, Eekhout T, Achon I, Pedroza-Garcia JA, Zhu T, Li L, Vercauteren I, Van den Daele H, van de Cotte B, De Smet I, De Veylder L. The Cyclin CYCA3;4 Is a Postprophase Target of the APC/C CCS52A2 E3-Ligase Controlling Formative Cell Divisions in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2020; 32:2979-2996. [PMID: 32690720 PMCID: PMC7474283 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.20.00208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) controls unidirectional progression through the cell cycle by marking key cell cycle proteins for proteasomal turnover. Its activity is temporally regulated by the docking of different activating subunits, known in plants as CELL DIVISION PROTEIN20 (CDC20) and CELL CYCLE SWITCH52 (CCS52). Despite the importance of the APC/C during cell proliferation, the number of identified targets in the plant cell cycle is limited. Here, we used the growth and meristem phenotypes of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) CCS52A2-deficient plants in a suppressor mutagenesis screen to identify APC/CCCS52A2 substrates or regulators, resulting in the identification of a mutant cyclin CYCA3;4 allele. CYCA3;4 deficiency partially rescues the ccs52a2-1 phenotypes, whereas increased CYCA3;4 levels enhance the scored ccs52a2-1 phenotypes. Furthermore, whereas the CYCA3;4 protein is promptly broken down after prophase in wild-type plants, it remains present in later stages of mitosis in ccs52a2-1 mutant plants, marking it as a putative APC/CCCS52A2 substrate. Strikingly, increased CYCA3;4 levels result in aberrant root meristem and stomatal divisions, mimicking phenotypes of plants with reduced RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED PROTEIN1 (RBR1) activity. Correspondingly, RBR1 hyperphosphorylation was observed in CYCA3;4 gain-of-function plants. Our data thus demonstrate that an inability to timely destroy CYCA3;4 contributes to disorganized formative divisions, possibly in part caused by the inactivation of RBR1.
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- Alex Willems
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent B-9052, Belgium
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Fu J, Woycechowsky KJ. Guest Sequence Can Influence RNA Encapsulation by an Engineered Cationic Protein Capsid. Biochemistry 2020; 59:1517-1526. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jiannan Fu
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, China
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Yang W, Schuster C, Prunet N, Dong Q, Landrein B, Wightman R, Meyerowitz EM. Visualization of Protein Coding, Long Noncoding, and Nuclear RNAs by Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization in Sections of Shoot Apical Meristems and Developing Flowers. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 182:147-158. [PMID: 31722974 PMCID: PMC6945838 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In addition to transcriptional regulation, gene expression is further modulated through mRNA spatiotemporal distribution, by RNA movement between cells, and by RNA localization within cells. Here, we have adapted RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to explore RNA localization in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). We show that RNA FISH on sectioned material can be applied to investigate the tissue and subcellular localization of meristem and flower development genes, cell cycle transcripts, and plant long noncoding RNAs. We also developed double RNA FISH to dissect the coexpression of different mRNAs at the shoot apex and nuclear-cytoplasmic separation of cell cycle gene transcripts in dividing cells. By coupling RNA FISH with fluorescence immunocytochemistry, we further demonstrate that a gene's mRNA and protein may be simultaneously detected, for example revealing uniform distribution of PIN-FORMED1 (PIN1) mRNA and polar localization of PIN1 protein in the same cells. Therefore, our method enables the visualization of gene expression at both transcriptional and translational levels with subcellular spatial resolution, opening up the possibility of systematically tracking the dynamics of RNA molecules and their cognate proteins in plant cells.
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- Weibing Yang
- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1LR, United Kingdom
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1LR, United Kingdom
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1LR, United Kingdom
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agrobioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1LR, United Kingdom
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1LR, United Kingdom
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1LR, United Kingdom
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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Bailey-Serres J, Zhai J, Seki M. The Dynamic Kaleidoscope of RNA Biology in Plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 182:1-9. [PMID: 31908318 PMCID: PMC6945830 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.01558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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- Julia Bailey-Serres
- Center for Plant Cell Biology and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Plant and Food Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Plant Genomic Network Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Jabre I, Reddy ASN, Kalyna M, Chaudhary S, Khokhar W, Byrne LJ, Wilson CM, Syed NH. Does co-transcriptional regulation of alternative splicing mediate plant stress responses? Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:2716-2726. [PMID: 30793202 PMCID: PMC6451118 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Plants display exquisite control over gene expression to elicit appropriate responses under normal and stress conditions. Alternative splicing (AS) of pre-mRNAs, a process that generates two or more transcripts from multi-exon genes, adds another layer of regulation to fine-tune condition-specific gene expression in animals and plants. However, exactly how plants control splice isoform ratios and the timing of this regulation in response to environmental signals remains elusive. In mammals, recent evidence indicate that epigenetic and epitranscriptome changes, such as DNA methylation, chromatin modifications and RNA methylation, regulate RNA polymerase II processivity, co-transcriptional splicing, and stability and translation efficiency of splice isoforms. In plants, the role of epigenetic modifications in regulating transcription rate and mRNA abundance under stress is beginning to emerge. However, the mechanisms by which epigenetic and epitranscriptomic modifications regulate AS and translation efficiency require further research. Dynamic changes in the chromatin landscape in response to stress may provide a scaffold around which gene expression, AS and translation are orchestrated. Finally, we discuss CRISPR/Cas-based strategies for engineering chromatin architecture to manipulate AS patterns (or splice isoforms levels) to obtain insight into the epigenetic regulation of AS.
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- Ibtissam Jabre
- School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, UK
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- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878, USA
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences - BOKU, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, UK
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- School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, UK
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- School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, UK
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- School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, UK
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- School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, UK
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Lee TA, Bailey-Serres J. Integrative Analysis from the Epigenome to Translatome Uncovers Patterns of Dominant Nuclear Regulation during Transient Stress. THE PLANT CELL 2019; 31:2573-2595. [PMID: 31519798 PMCID: PMC6881120 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Gene regulation is a dynamic process involving changes ranging from the remodeling of chromatin to preferential translation. To understand integrated nuclear and cytoplasmic gene regulatory dynamics, we performed a survey spanning the epigenome to translatome of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings in response to hypoxia and reoxygenation. This included chromatin assays (examining histones, accessibility, RNA polymerase II [RNAPII], and transcription factor binding) and three RNA assays (nuclear, polyadenylated, and ribosome-associated). Dynamic patterns of nuclear regulation distinguished stress-induced and growth-associated mRNAs. The rapid upregulation of hypoxia-responsive gene transcripts and their preferential translation were generally accompanied by increased chromatin accessibility, RNAPII engagement, and reduced Histone 2A.Z association. Hypoxia promoted a progressive upregulation of heat stress transcripts, as evidenced by RNAPII binding and increased nuclear RNA, with polyadenylated RNA levels only elevated after prolonged stress or reoxygenation. Promoters of rapidly versus progressively upregulated genes were enriched for cis-elements of ethylene-responsive and heat shock factor transcription factors, respectively. Genes associated with growth, including many encoding cytosolic ribosomal proteins, underwent distinct histone modifications, yet retained RNAPII engagement and accumulated nuclear transcripts during the stress. Upon reaeration, progressively upregulated and growth-associated gene transcripts were rapidly mobilized to ribosomes. Thus, multilevel nuclear regulation of nucleosomes, transcript synthesis, accumulation, and translation tailor transient stress responses.plantcell;31/11/2573/FX1F1fx1.
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- Travis A Lee
- Center for Plant Cell Biology and Botany and Plant Sciences Department, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology and Botany and Plant Sciences Department, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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Ben-Yishay R, Shav-Tal Y. The dynamic lifecycle of mRNA in the nucleus. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2019; 58:69-75. [PMID: 30889416 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2019.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The mRNA molecule roams through the nucleus on its way out to the cytoplasm. mRNA encounters and is bound by many protein factors, from the moment it begins to emerge from RNA polymerase II and during its travel in the nucleoplasm, where it will come upon chromatin and nuclear bodies. Some of the protein factors that engage with the mRNA can process it, until finally reaching a mature state fit for export through the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Examining the lifecycle of mRNAs in living cells using mRNA tagging techniques opens a window into our understanding of the rules that drive the dynamics of gene expression from transcription to mRNA export.
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- Rakefet Ben-Yishay
- The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
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High levels of auxin signalling define the stem-cell organizer of the vascular cambium. Nature 2019; 565:485-489. [PMID: 30626967 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0837-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wood, a type of xylem tissue, originates from cell proliferation of the vascular cambium. Xylem is produced inside, and phloem outside, of the cambium1. Morphogenesis in plants is typically coordinated by organizer cells that direct the adjacent stem cells to undergo programmed cell division and differentiation. The location of the vascular cambium stem cells and whether the organizer concept applies to the cambium are currently unknown2. Here, using lineage-tracing and molecular genetic studies in the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana, we show that cells with a xylem identity direct adjacent vascular cambial cells to divide and function as stem cells. Thus, these xylem-identity cells constitute an organizer. A local maximum of the phytohormone auxin, and consequent expression of CLASS III HOMEODOMAIN-LEUCINE ZIPPER (HD-ZIP III) transcription factors, promotes xylem identity and cellular quiescence of the organizer cells. Additionally, the organizer maintains phloem identity in a non-cell-autonomous fashion. Consistent with this dual function of the organizer cells, xylem and phloem originate from a single, bifacial stem cell in each radial cell file, which confirms the classical theory of a uniseriate vascular cambium3. Clones that display high levels of ectopically activated auxin signalling differentiate as xylem vessels; these clones induce cell divisions and the expression of cambial and phloem markers in the adjacent cells, which suggests that a local auxin-signalling maximum is sufficient to specify a stem-cell organizer. Although vascular cambium has a unique function among plant meristems, the stem-cell organizer of this tissue shares features with the organizers of root and shoot meristems.
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