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Chen J, Liu L, Chen G, Wang S, Liu Y, Zhang Z, Li H, Wang L, Zhou Z, Zhao J, Zhang X. CsRAXs negatively regulate leaf size and fruiting ability through auxin glycosylation in cucumber. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 66:1024-1037. [PMID: 38578173 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Leaves are the main photosynthesis organ that directly determines crop yield and biomass. Dissecting the regulatory mechanism of leaf development is crucial for food security and ecosystem turn-over. Here, we identified the novel function of R2R3-MYB transcription factors CsRAXs in regulating cucumber leaf size and fruiting ability. Csrax5 single mutant exhibited enlarged leaf size and stem diameter, and Csrax1/2/5 triple mutant displayed further enlargement phenotype. Overexpression of CsRAX1 or CsRAX5 gave rise to smaller leaf and thinner stem. The fruiting ability of Csrax1/2/5 plants was significantly enhanced, while that of CsRAX5 overexpression lines was greatly weakened. Similarly, cell number and free auxin level were elevated in mutant plants while decreased in overexpression lines. Biochemical data indicated that CsRAX1/5 directly promoted the expression of auxin glucosyltransferase gene CsUGT74E2. Therefore, our data suggested that CsRAXs function as repressors for leaf size development by promoting auxin glycosylation to decrease free auxin level and cell division in cucumber. Our findings provide new gene targets for cucumber breeding with increased leaf size and crop yield.
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- Jiacai Chen
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Xue C, Wen Y, Sheng S, Gao Y, Zhang Y, Chen T, Peng J, Cao S. Hormonal Regulation and Transcriptomic Insights into Flower Development in Hydrangea paniculata 'Vanilla Strawberry'. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:486. [PMID: 38498457 PMCID: PMC10893276 DOI: 10.3390/plants13040486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate flower growth, development, and opening is of paramount importance, yet these processes remain less explored at the genetic level. Flower development in Hydrangea paniculata 'Vanilla Strawberry' is finely tuned through hormonal signals, yet the genetic underpinnings are not well defined. This study addresses the gap by examining the influence of gibberellic acid (GA3), salicylic acid (SA), and ethylene (ETH) on the flowering traits and underlying molecular responses. Treatment with 100 mg/L SA significantly improved chlorophyll content and bolstered the accumulation of soluble sugars and proteins, advancing the flowering onset by 6 days and lengthening the flowering period by 11 days. Concurrently, this treatment enhanced inflorescence dimensions, increasing length, width, and petal area by 22.76%, 26.74%, and 27.45%, respectively. Contrastingly, 100 mg/L GA3 expanded inflorescence size but postponed flowering initiation and decreased inflorescence count. Higher concentrations of SA and GA3, as well as any concentration of ETH, resulted in delayed flowering and inferior inflorescence attributes. A physiological analysis over 50 days revealed that these regulators variably affected sugar and protein levels and modified antioxidant enzyme activities. An RNA-seq analysis during floral development highlighted significant transcriptomic reprogramming, with SA treatment downregulating Myb transcription factors, implicating them in the modulation of flowering timing and stress adaptation. These findings illuminate the complex interplay between hormonal treatments, gene expression, and flowering phenotypes in Hydrangea paniculata, offering valuable perspectives for ornamental horticulture optimization.
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- Chao Xue
- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China; (C.X.); (Y.W.); (S.S.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (T.C.)
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China; (C.X.); (Y.W.); (S.S.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (T.C.)
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China; (C.X.); (Y.W.); (S.S.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (T.C.)
- Yuelushan Laboratory, Hunan Agricultural University, Qiushi Building, Furong District, Changsha 410128, China
- The Belt and Road International Union Research Center for Tropical Arid Non-Wood Forest in Hunan Province, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China; (C.X.); (Y.W.); (S.S.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (T.C.)
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China; (C.X.); (Y.W.); (S.S.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (T.C.)
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China; (C.X.); (Y.W.); (S.S.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (T.C.)
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China; (C.X.); (Y.W.); (S.S.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (T.C.)
- Yuelushan Laboratory, Hunan Agricultural University, Qiushi Building, Furong District, Changsha 410128, China
- The Belt and Road International Union Research Center for Tropical Arid Non-Wood Forest in Hunan Province, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China
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- College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, China; (C.X.); (Y.W.); (S.S.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (T.C.)
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Strelin MM, Diggle PK, Aizen MA. Flower heterochrony and crop yield. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 28:1360-1369. [PMID: 37612211 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Crop improvement has focused on enhancing yield, nutrient content, harvestability, and stress resistance using a trait-centered reductionist approach. This has downplayed the fact that plants are developmentally integrated and respond coordinately and predictably to genetic and environmental variation, with potential consequences for food production. Crop yield, including both fruit/seed production and the possibility of generating hybrid crop varieties, is highly dependent on flower morphology and sex, which, in turn, can be profoundly affected by slight shifts in the timing and rate of flower organ development (i.e., flower heterochrony). We argue that understanding the genetic and environmental bases of flower heterochrony and their effect on flower morphology and sex in cultivated plants and in their wild relatives can facilitate crop improvement.
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- Marina M Strelin
- Grupo de Investigación en Ecología de la Polinización, Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA (CONICET - Universidad Nacional del Comahue), San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Grupo de Investigación en Ecología de la Polinización, Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA (CONICET - Universidad Nacional del Comahue), San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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Wang X, Li G, Sun Y, Qin Z, Feng P. Genome-wide analysis and characterization of GRAS family in switchgrass. Bioengineered 2021; 12:6096-6114. [PMID: 34477486 PMCID: PMC8806906 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1972606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Panicum virgatum, a model plant of cellulosic ethanol conversion, not only has high large biomass and strong adaptability to soil, but also grows well in marginal soil and has the advantage of improving saline-alkali soil. GRAS transcription factor gene family play important roles in individual environment adaption, and these vital functions has been proved in several plants, however, the research of GRAS in the development of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) were limited. A comprehensive study was investigated to explore the relationship between GRAS gene family and resistance. According to the phylogenetic analysis, a total of 144 GRAS genes were identified and renamed which were classified into eight subfamilies. Chromosome distribution, tandem and segmental repeats analysis indicated that gene duplication events contributed a lot to the expansion of GRAS genes in the switchgrass genome. Sixty-six GRAS genes in switchgrass were identified as having orthologous genes with rice through gene duplication analysis. Most of these GRAS genes contained zero or one intron, and closely related genes in evolution shared similar motif composition. Interaction networks were analyzed including DELLA and ten interaction proteins that were primarily involved in gibberellin acid mediated signaling. Notably, online analysis indicated that the promoter regions of the identified PvGRAS genes contained many cis-elements including light responsive elements, suggesting that PvGRAS might involve in light signal cross-talking. This work provides key insights into resistance and bioavailability in switchgrass and would be helpful to further study the function of GRAS and GRAS-mediated signal transduction pathways.
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- Xiaoqin Wang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi, Shanxi, China
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Hasegawa K, Kamada S, Takehara S, Takeuchi H, Nakamura A, Satoh S, Iwai H. Rice Putative Methyltransferase Gene OsPMT16 Is Required for Pistil Development Involving Pectin Modification. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:475. [PMID: 32425965 PMCID: PMC7212358 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Pectin synthesis and modification are vital for plant development, although the underlying mechanisms are still not well understood. Furthermore, reports on the function of pectin in the pistil are limited. Herein, we report the functional characterization of the OsPMT16 gene, which encodes a putative pectin methyltransferase (PMT) in rice. The cell walls of rice leaves contain less pectin, and chemical analysis of pectin in the flower organ had not been previously performed. Therefore, in the present study, the amount of pectin in the reproductive tissues of rice was investigated. Of the reproductive tissues, the pistil was especially rich in pectin; thus, we focused on the pistil. OsPMT16 expression was confirmed in the pistil, and effects of pectin methylesterification regulation on the reproductive stage were investigated by studying the phenotype of the T-DNA insertion mutant. The ospmt16 mutant showed significantly reduced fertility. When the flowers were observed, tissue morphogenesis was abnormal in the pistil. Immunofluorescence staining by pectin-specific monoclonal antibodies of the pistil revealed that total pectin and esterified pectin were decreased among ospmt16 mutants. These results indicate that OsPMT16 contributes significantly to pistil development during reproductive growth.
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- Kazuya Hasegawa
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Landrein B, Ingram G. Connected through the force: mechanical signals in plant development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:3507-3519. [PMID: 30821332 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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As multicellular organisms, plants acquire characteristic shapes through a complex set of biological processes known as morphogenesis. Biochemical signalling underlies much of development, as it allows cells to acquire specific identities based on their position within tissues and organs. However, as growing physical structures, plants, and their constituent cells, also experience internal and external physical forces that can be perceived and can influence key processes such as growth, polarity, and gene expression. This process, which adds another layer of control to growth and development, has important implications for plant morphogenesis. This review provides an overview of recent research into the role of mechanical signals in plant development and aims to show how mechanical signalling can be used, in concert with biochemical signals, as a cue allowing cells and tissues to coordinate their behaviour and to add robustness to developmental processes.
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- Benoit Landrein
- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Lyon Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Lyon Cedex, France
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Li M, Sun B, Xie F, Gong R, Luo Y, Zhang F, Yan Z, Tang H. Identification of the GRAS gene family in the Brassica juncea genome provides insight into its role in stem swelling in stem mustard. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6682. [PMID: 30972257 PMCID: PMC6448559 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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GRAS transcription factors are known to play important roles in plant signal transduction and development. A comprehensive study was conducted to explore the GRAS family in the Brassica juncea genome. A total of 88 GRAS genes were identified which were categorized into nine groups according to the phylogenetic analysis. Gene structure analysis showed a high group-specificity, which corroborated the gene grouping results. The chromosome distribution and sequence analysis suggested that gene duplication events are vital for the expansion of GRAS genes in the B. juncea genome. The changes in evolution rates and amino acid properties among groups might be responsible for their functional divergence. Interaction networks and cis-regulatory elements were analyzed including DELLA and eight interaction proteins (including four GID1, two SLY1, and two PIF3 proteins) that are primarily involved in light and hormone signaling. To understand their regulatory role in growth and development, the expression profiles of BjuGRASs and interaction genes were examined based on transcriptome data and qRT-PCR, and selected genes (BjuGRAS3, 5, 7, 8, 10, BjuB006276, BjuB037910, and BjuA021658) had distinct temporal expression patterns during stem swelling, indicating that they possessed diverse regulatory functions during the developmental process. These results contribute to our understanding on the GRAS gene family and provide the basis for further investigations on the evolution and functional characterization of GRAS genes.
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- Mengyao Li
- College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Yang SQ, Li WQ, Miao H, Gan PF, Qiao L, Chang YL, Shi CH, Chen KM. REL2, A Gene Encoding An Unknown Function Protein which Contains DUF630 and DUF632 Domains Controls Leaf Rolling in Rice. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2016; 9:37. [PMID: 27473144 PMCID: PMC4967057 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-016-0105-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rice leaves are important energy source for the whole plant. An optimal structure will be beneficial for rice leaves to capture light energy and exchange gas, thus increasing the yield of rice. Moderate leaf rolling and relatively erect plant architecture may contribute to high yield of rice, but the relevant molecular mechanism remains unclear. RESULTS In this study, we identified and characterized a rolling and erect leaf mutant in rice and named it as rel2. Histological analysis showed that the rel2 mutant has increased number of bulliform cells and reduced size of middle bulliform cells. We firstly mapped REL2 to a 35-kb physical region of chromosome 10 by map-based cloning strategy. Further analysis revealed that REL2 encodes a protein containing DUF630 and DUF632 domains. In rel2 mutant, the mutation of two nucleotide substitutions in DUF630 domain led to the loss-of-function of REL2 locus and the function of REL2 could be confirmed by complementary expression of REL2 in rel2 mutant. Further studies showed that REL2 protein is mainly distributed along the plasma membrane of cells and the REL2 gene is relatively higher expressed in younger leaves of rice. The results from quantitative RT-PCR analysis indicated that REL2 functioning in the leaf shape formation might have functional linkage with many genes associated with the bulliform cells development, auxin synthesis and transport, etc. CONCLUSIONS REL2 is the DUF domains contained protein which involves in the control of leaf rolling in rice. It is the plasma membrane localization and its functions in the control of leaf morphology might involve in multiple biological processes such as bulliform cell development and auxin synthesis and transport.
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- Shuai-Qi Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058 Zhejiang People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100 Shaanxi People’s Republic of China
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Hwang ST, Choi D. A novel rice protein family of OsHIGDs may be involved in early signalling of hypoxia-promoted stem growth in deepwater rice. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2016; 35:2021-2031. [PMID: 27306456 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-2013-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OsHIGDs was identified as a novel hypoxia-responsive protein family. Among them, OsHIGD2 is characterized as a mitochondrial protein and is related to hypoxia signalling through interacting with mitochondrial proteins of critical functions in reducing cell damages caused by hypoxia. Recent evidence supports ethylene as a key factor in modulating plant responses to submergence stress. Meanwhile, there has been general consent that ethylene is not the only signal for the submergence-induced stem growth. In this study, we confirmed that hypoxia also promotes stem elongation in deepwater rice even in the absence of ethylene. As components of ethylene-independent hypoxia signalling, five HIGD (hypoxia-induced gene domain) protein genes were identified. Among the genes, OsHIGD2 showed the fastest and strongest induction by hypoxia as well as submergence. Co-expression analysis indicated that OsHIGD2 had a simultaneous expression pattern with fermentation-related genes, such as ADH1 (alcohol dehydrogenase 1) and PDC2 (pyruvate decarboxylase 2). Transient expression of OsHIGD2 in leaf epidermal cells of Nicotiana benthamiana provided evidence that the protein is localized to mitochondria. We further identified OsHIGD2-interacting proteins through the yeast two-hybrid assay using OsHIGD2 as bait. As a result, three mitochondrial proteins were discovered that function in the regulation of redox potential or reduction of protein damages caused by reactive oxygen species. In this report, we propose that OsHIGD2 is a mitochondrial protein which takes part in the early stage of hypoxia signalling by interacting with proteins that are related to oxygen utilization.
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- Soong-Taek Hwang
- Department of Biology, Kunsan National University, Gunsan, 54150, Korea
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- Department of Biology, Kunsan National University, Gunsan, 54150, Korea.
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Han Y, Chen Z, Lv S, Ning K, Ji X, Liu X, Wang Q, Liu R, Fan S, Zhang X. MADS-Box Genes and Gibberellins Regulate Bolting in Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1889. [PMID: 28018414 PMCID: PMC5159435 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Bolting in lettuce is promoted by high temperature and bolting resistance is of great economic importance for lettuce production. But how bolting is regulated at the molecular level remains elusive. Here, a bolting resistant line S24 and a bolting sensitive line S39 were selected for morphological, physiological, transcriptomic and proteomic comparisons. A total of 12204 genes were differentially expressed in S39 vs. S24. Line S39 was featured with larger leaves, higher levels of chlorophyll, soluble sugar, anthocyanin and auxin, consistent with its up-regulation of genes implicated in photosynthesis, oxidation-reduction and auxin actions. Proteomic analysis identified 30 differentially accumulated proteins in lines S39 and S24 upon heat treatment, and 19 out of the 30 genes showed differential expression in the RNA-Seq data. Exogenous gibberellins (GA) treatment promoted bolting in both S39 and S24, while 12 flowering promoting MADS-box genes were specifically induced in line S39, suggesting that although GA regulates bolting in lettuce, it may be the MADS-box genes, not GA, that plays a major role in differing the bolting resistance between these two lettuce lines.
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- Yingyan Han
- Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture/New Technological Laboratory in Agriculture Application in BeijingBeijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural UniversityBeijing, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesShanghai, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural UniversityBeijing, China
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- Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture/New Technological Laboratory in Agriculture Application in BeijingBeijing, China
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- Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture/New Technological Laboratory in Agriculture Application in BeijingBeijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural UniversityBeijing, China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of SciencesShanghai, China
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- Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture/New Technological Laboratory in Agriculture Application in BeijingBeijing, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaolan Zhang, Shuangxi Fan,
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural UniversityBeijing, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaolan Zhang, Shuangxi Fan,
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Dodd IC, Pérez-Alfocea F. Microbial amelioration of crop salinity stress. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:3415-28. [PMID: 22403432 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The use of soil and irrigation water with a high content of soluble salts is a major limiting factor for crop productivity in the semi-arid areas of the world. While important physiological insights about the mechanisms of salt tolerance in plants have been gained, the transfer of such knowledge into crop improvement has been limited. The identification and exploitation of soil microorganisms (especially rhizosphere bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi) that interact with plants by alleviating stress opens new alternatives for a pyramiding strategy against salinity, as well as new approaches to discover new mechanisms involved in stress tolerance. Although these mechanisms are not always well understood, beneficial physiological effects include improved nutrient and water uptake, growth promotion, and alteration of plant hormonal status and metabolism. This review aims to evaluate the beneficial effects of soil biota on the plant response to saline stress, with special reference to phytohormonal signalling mechanisms that interact with key physiological processes to improve plant tolerance to the osmotic and toxic components of salinity. Improved plant nutrition is a quite general beneficial effect and may contribute to the maintenance of homeostasis of toxic ions under saline stress. Furthermore, alteration of crop hormonal status to decrease evolution of the growth-retarding and senescence-inducing hormone ethylene (or its precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid), or to maintain source-sink relations, photosynthesis, and biomass production and allocation (by altering indole-3-acetic acid and cytokinin biosynthesis) seem to be promising target processes for soil biota-improved crop salt tolerance.
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- Ian C Dodd
- Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK.
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Ferrándiz C, Fourquin C, Prunet N, Scutt CP, Sundberg E, Trehin C, Vialette-Guiraud AC. Carpel Development. ADVANCES IN BOTANICAL RESEARCH 2010. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-380868-4.00001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Modification of plant hormone levels and signaling as a tool in plant biotechnology. Biotechnol J 2009; 4:1293-304. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.200800286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Wolters H, Jürgens G. Survival of the flexible: hormonal growth control and adaptation in plant development. Nat Rev Genet 2009; 10:305-17. [PMID: 19360022 DOI: 10.1038/nrg2558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Plant development is subject to hormonal growth control and adapts to environmental cues such as light or stress. Recently, significant progress has been made in elucidating hormone synthesis, signalling and degradation pathways, and in resolving spatial and temporal aspects of hormone responses. Here we review how hormones control maintenance of stem cell systems, influence developmental transitions of stem cell daughters and define developmental compartments in Arabidopsis thaliana. We also discuss how environmental cues change plant growth by modulating hormone levels and response. Future analysis of hormone crosstalk and of hormone action at both single cell and organ levels will substantially improve our understanding of how plant development adapts to changes in intrinsic and environmental conditions.
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- Hanno Wolters
- ZMBP, Entwicklungsgenetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Fujino K, Matsuda Y, Ozawa K, Nishimura T, Koshiba T, Fraaije MW, Sekiguchi H. NARROW LEAF 7 controls leaf shape mediated by auxin in rice. Mol Genet Genomics 2008; 279:499-507. [PMID: 18293011 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-008-0328-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2007] [Accepted: 01/22/2008] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Elucidation of the genetic basis of the control of leaf shape could be of use in the manipulation of crop traits, leading to more stable and increased crop production. To improve our understanding of the process controlling leaf shape, we identified a mutant gene in rice that causes a significant decrease in the width of the leaf blade, termed narrow leaf 7 (nal7). This spontaneous mutation of nal7 occurred during the process of developing advanced back-crossed progeny derived from crosses of rice varieties with wild type leaf phenotype. While the mutation resulted in reduced leaf width, no significant morphological changes at the cellular level in leaves were observed, except in bulli-form cells. The NAL7 locus encodes a flavin-containing monooxygenase, which displays sequence homology with YUCCA. Inspection of a structural model of NAL7 suggests that the mutation results in an inactive enzyme. The IAA content in the nal7 mutant was altered compared with that of wild type. The nal7 mutant overexpressing NAL7 cDNA exhibited overgrowth and abnormal morphology of the root, which was likely to be due to auxin overproduction. These results indicate that NAL7 is involved in auxin biosynthesis.
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- Kenji Fujino
- Agricultural Research Institute, HOKUREN Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Higashi-5, Kita-15, Naganuma, Hokkaido 0691317, Japan.
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Genetic and physiological characterization of the OsCem mutant in rice: formation of connected embryos with multiple plumules or multiple radicles. Heredity (Edinb) 2008; 101:239-46. [DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Di Giacomo E, Sestili F, Iannelli MA, Testone G, Mariotti D, Frugis G. Characterization of KNOX genes in Medicago truncatula. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 67:135-150. [PMID: 18274864 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9307-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2007] [Accepted: 02/02/2008] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We isolated three class I and three class II KNOX genes in Medicago truncatula. The predicted amino acid sequences suggested a possible orthology to the Arabidopsis homeodomain proteins STM, KNAT1/BP, KNAT3 and KNAT7 that was confirmed by phylogenetic and conserved structural domain analyses. Moreover, the STM-like MtKNOX1 and MtKNOX6 proteins were shown to retain the capability to interact with the Arabidopsis BELL protein partners of STM and KNAT1/BP. Amino acid residues that characterize the different classes of KNOX proteins were identified. Gene expression studies revealed organ-specificity, possible cytokinin-dependent transcriptional activation of two MtKNOXs and expression of one STM-like and a BP/KNAT1-like MtKNOX in roots. Interestingly, mRNA localization studies carried out on class I MtKNOX genes revealed important differences with previously characterised legume KNOXs. M. truncatula transcripts were not down-regulated in leaf primordia and early stages of leaf development, features shared with the more distant compound-leaved species Solanum lycopersicum.
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- Elisabetta Di Giacomo
- Institute of Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology, Operative Unit of Rome, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Salaria Km. 29,300, Monterotondo Scalo, Roma, Italy
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López-Juez E, Dillon E, Magyar Z, Khan S, Hazeldine S, de Jager SM, Murray JAH, Beemster GTS, Bögre L, Shanahan H. Distinct light-initiated gene expression and cell cycle programs in the shoot apex and cotyledons of Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2008; 20:947-68. [PMID: 18424613 PMCID: PMC2390750 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.057075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2007] [Revised: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 03/24/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In darkness, shoot apex growth is repressed, but it becomes rapidly activated by light. We show that phytochromes and cryptochromes play largely redundant roles in this derepression in Arabidopsis thaliana. We examined the light activation of transcriptional changes in a finely resolved time course, comparing the shoot apex (meristem and leaf primordia) and the cotyledon and found >5700 differentially expressed genes. Early events specific to the shoot apices included the repression of genes for Really Interesting New Gene finger proteins and basic domain/leucine zipper and basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors. The downregulation of auxin and ethylene and the upregulation of cytokinin and gibberellin hormonal responses were also characteristic of shoot apices. In the apex, genes involved in ribosome biogenesis and protein translation were rapidly and synchronously induced, simultaneously with cell proliferation genes, preceding visible organ growth. Subsequently, the activation of signaling genes and transcriptional signatures of cell wall expansion, turgor generation, and plastid biogenesis were apparent. Furthermore, light regulates the forms and protein levels of two transcription factors with opposing functions in cell proliferation, E2FB and E2FC, through the Constitutively Photomorphogenic1 (COP1), COP9-Signalosome5, and Deetiolated1 light signaling molecules. These data provide the basis for reconstruction of the regulatory networks for light-regulated meristem, leaf, and cotyledon development.
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- Enrique López-Juez
- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom.
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Cytokinin vectors mediate marker-free and backbone-free plant transformation. Transgenic Res 2008; 17:905-17. [PMID: 18320338 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-008-9175-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2007] [Accepted: 02/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Conventional Agrobacterium-mediated transformation methods rely on complex and genotype-specific tissue culture media for selection, proliferation, and regeneration of genetically modified cells. Resulting transgenic plants may not only contain selectable marker genes but also carry fragments of the vector backbone. Here, we describe a new method for the production of transgenic plants that lack such foreign DNA. This method employs vectors containing the bacterial isopentenyltransferase (ipt) gene as backbone integration marker. Agrobacterium strains carrying the resulting ipt gene-containing "cytokinin" vectors were used to infect explants of various Solanaceous plant species as well as canola (Brassica napus). Upon transfer to hormone-free media, 1.8% to 9.9% of the infected explants produced shoots that contained a marker-free T-DNA while lacking the backbone integration marker. These frequencies often equal or exceed those for backbone-free conventional transformation.
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Nemhauser JL. Dawning of a new era: photomorphogenesis as an integrated molecular network. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2008; 11:4-8. [PMID: 18053757 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Revised: 10/09/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Plant growth is shaped by the dynamic integration of environmental, developmental, and metabolic cues. Information from many of these input pathways feeds into the highly connected network of small molecule phytohormones. Signal transduction components for most plant hormones are known and mapping of hormone interactions within the network is well underway. Recent investigations of seedling photomorphogenesis, using well-established physiological and genetic tools in combination with sophisticated application of newer genomic technologies, provide a systems-level view of early seedling development. Factors, such as light, the circadian clock, and organ-specific developmental programs, profoundly influence the hormone network. The integrative approaches described here clarify the mechanisms of signal integration while revealing the flexibility of such relationships.
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- Jennifer L Nemhauser
- Department of Biology, Box 351800, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, United States.
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Falkenberg B, Witt I, Zanor MI, Steinhauser D, Mueller-Roeber B, Hesse H, Hoefgen R. Transcription factors relevant to auxin signalling coordinate broad-spectrum metabolic shifts including sulphur metabolism. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:2831-46. [PMID: 18596113 PMCID: PMC2486478 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2008] [Revised: 04/22/2008] [Accepted: 04/28/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A systems approach has previously been used to follow the response behaviour of Arabidopsis thaliana plants upon sulphur limitation. A response network was reconstructed from a time series of transcript and metabolite profiles, integrating complex metabolic and transcript data in order to investigate a potential causal relationship. The resulting scale-free network allowed potential transcriptional regulators of sulphur metabolism to be identified. Here, three sulphur-starvation responsive transcription factors, IAA13, IAA28, and ARF-2 (ARF1-Binding Protein), all of which are related to auxin signalling, were selected for further investigation. IAA28 overexpressing and knock-down lines showed no major morphological changes, whereas IAA13- and ARF1-BP-overexpressing plants grew more slowly than the wild type. Steady-state metabolite levels and expression of pathway-relevant genes were monitored under normal and sulphate-depleted conditions. For all lines, changes in transcript and metabolite levels were observed, yet none of these changes could exclusively be linked to sulphur stress. Instead, up- or down-regulation of the transcription factors caused metabolic changes which in turn affected sulphur metabolism. Auxin-relevant transcription factors are thus part of a complex response pattern to nutrient starvation that serve as coordinators of the metabolic shifts driving sulphur homeostasis rather then as direct effectors of the sulphate assimilation pathway. This study provides the first evidence ever presented that correlates auxin-related transcriptional regulators with primary plant metabolism.
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- Bettina Falkenberg
- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Wissenschaftspark Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Wissenschaftspark Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Wissenschaftspark Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Wissenschaftspark Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Universität Potsdam, Institut fuer Biochemie und Biologie, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, Haus 20, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Wissenschaftspark Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Wissenschaftspark Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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Ripetti V, Escoute J, Verdeil JL, Costes E. Shaping the shoot: the relative contribution of cell number and cell shape to variations in internode length between parent and hybrid apple trees. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:1399-407. [PMID: 18390886 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Genetic control of plant size and shape is a promising perspective, particularly in fruit trees, in order to select desirable genotypes. A recent study on architectural traits in an apple progeny showed that internode length was a highly heritable character. However, few studies have been devoted to internode cellular patterning in dicotyledonous stems, and the interplay between the two elementary cell processes that contribute to their length, i.e. cell division and elongation, is not fully understood. The present study aimed at unravelling their contributions in the genetic variation of internode length in a selection of F(1) and parent genotypes of apple tree, by exploring the number of cells and cell shape within mature internodes belonging to the main axes. The results highlighted that both the variables were homogeneous in samples collected either along a sagital line or along the pith width, and suggest that cell lengthening was homogeneous during internode development. They allowed the total number of cells to be estimated on the internode scale and opened up new perspectives for simplifying tissue sampling procedures for further investigations. Differences in internode length were observed between the genotypes, in particular between the parents, and partly resulted from a compensation between cell number and cell length. However, genetic variations in internode length primarily involved the number of cells, while cell length was more secondary. These results argue for an interplay between cellular and organismal control of internode shape that may involve the rib meristem.
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- V Ripetti
- INRA, UMR Développement et Amélioration des Plantes, CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro, Team Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières, 2, Place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier, France
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Albacete A, Ghanem ME, Martínez-Andújar C, Acosta M, Sánchez-Bravo J, Martínez V, Lutts S, Dodd IC, Pérez-Alfocea F. Hormonal changes in relation to biomass partitioning and shoot growth impairment in salinized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:4119-31. [PMID: 19036841 PMCID: PMC2639025 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2008] [Revised: 09/11/2008] [Accepted: 09/15/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Following exposure to salinity, the root/shoot ratio is increased (an important adaptive response) due to the rapid inhibition of shoot growth (which limits plant productivity) while root growth is maintained. Both processes may be regulated by changes in plant hormone concentrations. Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv Moneymaker) were cultivated hydroponically for 3 weeks under high salinity (100 mM NaCl) and five major plant hormones (abscisic acid, ABA; the cytokinins zeatin, Z, and zeatin-riboside, ZR; the auxin indole-3-acetic acid, IAA; and the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid, ACC) were determined weekly in roots, xylem sap, and leaves. Salinity reduced shoot biomass by 50-60% and photosynthetic area by 20-25% both by decreasing leaf expansion and delaying leaf appearance, while root growth was less affected, thus increasing the root/shoot ratio. ABA and ACC concentrations strongly increased in roots, xylem sap, and leaves after 1 d (ABA) and 15 d (ACC) of salinization. By contrast, cytokinins and IAA were differentially affected in roots and shoots. Salinity dramatically decreased the Z+ZR content of the plant, and induced the conversion of ZR into Z, especially in the roots, which accounted for the relative increase of cytokinins in the roots compared to the leaf. IAA concentration was also strongly decreased in the leaves while it accumulated in the roots. Decreased cytokinin content and its transport from the root to the shoot were probably induced by the basipetal transport of auxin from the shoot to the root. The auxin/cytokinin ratio in the leaves and roots may explain both the salinity-induced decrease in shoot vigour (leaf growth and leaf number) and the shift in biomass allocation to the roots, in agreement with changes in the activity of the sink-related enzyme cell wall invertase.
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- Alfonso Albacete
- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Groupe de Recherche en Physiologie Végétale, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Croix du Sud 5, boîte 13, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal-Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal-Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Groupe de Recherche en Physiologie Végétale, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Croix du Sud 5, boîte 13, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- The Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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Fukuda H, Hirakawa Y, Sawa S. Peptide signaling in vascular development. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2007; 10:477-82. [PMID: 17904408 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2007] [Revised: 08/21/2007] [Accepted: 08/28/2007] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In plants and animals, putative small peptide ligands have been suggested to play crucial roles in development as signal molecules of cell-cell communication. Recent studies of CLAVATA3/ENDOSPERM SURROUNDING REGION (CLE) genes and their products have revealed that distinctive dodeca-CLE peptide ligands function in various developmental processes. In particular, the finding and characterization of TDIF, a dodeca-CLE peptide suppressing tracheary element differentiation, indicates regulation of vascular organization by cell-cell communication through CLE peptides. In addition, other extracellular peptides such as phytosulfokine, proteins such as xylogen, and phytohormones all participate in the ordered formation of vascular tissues.
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- Hiroo Fukuda
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Ruttink T, Arend M, Morreel K, Storme V, Rombauts S, Fromm J, Bhalerao RP, Boerjan W, Rohde A. A molecular timetable for apical bud formation and dormancy induction in poplar. THE PLANT CELL 2007; 19:2370-90. [PMID: 17693531 PMCID: PMC2002631 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.052811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 289] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2007] [Revised: 07/12/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The growth of perennial plants in the temperate zone alternates with periods of dormancy that are typically initiated during bud development in autumn. In a systems biology approach to unravel the underlying molecular program of apical bud development in poplar (Populus tremula x Populus alba), combined transcript and metabolite profiling were applied to a high-resolution time course from short-day induction to complete dormancy. Metabolite and gene expression dynamics were used to reconstruct the temporal sequence of events during bud development. Importantly, bud development could be dissected into bud formation, acclimation to dehydration and cold, and dormancy. To each of these processes, specific sets of regulatory and marker genes and metabolites are associated and provide a reference frame for future functional studies. Light, ethylene, and abscisic acid signal transduction pathways consecutively control bud development by setting, modifying, or terminating these processes. Ethylene signal transduction is positioned temporally between light and abscisic acid signals and is putatively activated by transiently low hexose pools. The timing and place of cell proliferation arrest (related to dormancy) and of the accumulation of storage compounds (related to acclimation processes) were established within the bud by electron microscopy. Finally, the identification of a large set of genes commonly expressed during the growth-to-dormancy transitions in poplar apical buds, cambium, or Arabidopsis thaliana seeds suggests parallels in the underlying molecular mechanisms in different plant organs.
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- Tom Ruttink
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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Fonti P, Solomonoff N, García-González I. Earlywood vessels of Castanea sativa record temperature before their formation. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2007; 173:562-570. [PMID: 17244050 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01945.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The aim of this study was to identify the climatic signal contained in the earlywood vessel size of the ring-porous chestnut (Castanea sativa) and the physiological processes involved in the underlying mechanisms. In order to assign the encoded signal to a specific physiological process, bud phenology and vessel formation were monitored along an elevation transect and chronologies of the size of the first row of earlywood vessels were retrospectively correlated with 40 yr of early spring temperatures. The first vessels appeared in late April to early May, after encoding both a negative temperature signal in February-March (during tree quiescence) and a positive temperature signal in early April (at the time of resumption of shoot growth). We hypothesize that February and March temperatures affect cambial sensitivity to auxin, preconditioning tree responses later in the season. Furthermore, April temperature is related to tree activation whereby new hormone production fosters vessel expansion.
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- Patrick Fonti
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Dendro-Sciences Research Unit, Subunit Palaeo-Ecology, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- WSL, Sottostazione Sud delle Alpi, Via Belsoggiorno 22, CH-6504 Bellinzona-Ravecchia, Switzerland
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- WSL, Sottostazione Sud delle Alpi, Via Belsoggiorno 22, CH-6504 Bellinzona-Ravecchia, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Botánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Escola Politécnica Superior - Campus de Lugo, E-27002 Lugo, Spain
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Laajanen K, Vuorinen I, Salo V, Juuti J, Raudaskoski M. Cloning of Pinus sylvestris SCARECROW gene and its expression pattern in the pine root system, mycorrhiza and NPA-treated short roots. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2007; 175:230-243. [PMID: 17587372 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02102.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The SCARECROW (SCR) gene is central to root radial patterning. Its expression has not been investigated in conifers with morphologically different root types. Additional interest in SCR functions in the Pinus sylvestris root system comes from the effect of ectomycorrhiza formation on the short root apical structure. Here, the P. sylvestris SCR gene (PsySCR) was cloned and its expression investigated by northern blot and in situ hybridization of primary, lateral and short roots and mycorrhiza. Short root dichotomization was induced by auxin transport inhibitor (N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA)). PsySCR has conserved GRAS family protein motifs at the C-terminus and a variable N-terminus. PsySCR expression occurred in young root tissue and mycorrhiza. In root sections the PsySCR signal runs through the tip in initials for stele and root cap column and becomes upwards-restricted to endodermis in all root types. The PsySCR expression pattern suggests for the first time a regulatory role for SCR in maintaining the endodermal characteristics and radial patterning of roots with open meristem organization. The specific PsySCR localization is also an excellent marker for investigation of the dichotomization process in short roots.
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- Kaisa Laajanen
- Plant Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Plant Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Plant Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
- Botany, Department of Applied Biology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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- General Microbiology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
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The shoot apical meristem comprises an organized cluster of cells with a central region population of self-maintaining stem cells providing peripheral region cells that are recruited to form differentiated lateral organs. Leaves, the principal lateral organ of the shoot, develop as polar structures typically with distinct dorsoventrality. Interdependent interactions between the meristem and developing leaf provide essential cues that serve both to maintain the meristem and to pattern dorsoventrality in the initiating leaf. A key component of both processes are the class III HD–ZIP genes. Current findings are defining the developmental role of members of this family and are identifying multiple mechanisms controlling expression of these genes.
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- Mary E Byrne
- Mary E. Byrne is at the Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom. E-mail:
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Ito Y, Nakanomyo I, Motose H, Iwamoto K, Sawa S, Dohmae N, Fukuda H. Dodeca-CLE Peptides as Suppressors of Plant Stem Cell Differentiation. Science 2006; 313:842-5. [PMID: 16902140 DOI: 10.1126/science.1128436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 442] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
In plants and animals, small peptide ligands that signal in cell-cell communication have been suggested to be a crucial component of development. A bioassay of single-cell transdifferentation demonstrates that a dodecapeptide with two hydroxyproline residues is the functional product of genes from the CLE family, which includes CLAVATA3 in Arabidopsis. The dodecapeptide suppresses xylem cell development at a concentration of 10(-11) M and promotes cell division. An application, corresponding to all 26 Arabidopsis CLE protein family members, of synthetic dodecapeptides reveals two counteracting signaling pathways involved in stem cell fate.
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- Yasuko Ito
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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