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Hao J, Liang Y, Ping J, Wang T, Su Y. Full-length transcriptome analysis of Ophioglossum vulgatum: effects of experimentally identified chloroplast gene clusters on expression and evolutionary patterns. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 114:31. [PMID: 38509284 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-024-01423-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Genes with similar or related functions in chloroplasts are often arranged in close proximity, forming clusters on chromosomes. These clusters are transcribed coordinated to facilitate the expression of genes with specific function. Our previous study revealed a significant negative correlation between the chloroplast gene expression level of the rare medicinal fern Ophioglossum vulgatum and its evolutionary rates as well as selection pressure. Therefore, in this study, we employed a combination of SMRT and Illumina sequencing technology to analyze the full-length transcriptome sequencing of O. vulgatum for the first time. In particular, we experimentally identified gene clusters based on transcriptome data and investigated the effects of chloroplast gene clustering on expression and evolutionary patterns. The results revealed that the total sequenced data volume of the full-length transcriptome of O. vulgatum amounted to 71,950,652,163 bp, and 110 chloroplast genes received transcript coverage. Nine different types of gene clusters were experimentally identified in their transcripts. The chloroplast cluster genes may cause a decrease in non-synonymous substitution rate and selection pressure, as well as a reduction in transversion rate, transition rate, and their ratio. While expression levels of chloroplast cluster genes in leaf, sporangium, and stem would be relatively elevated. The Mann-Whitney U test indicated statistically significant in the selection pressure, sporangia and leaves groups (P < 0.05). We have contributed novel full-length transcriptome data resources for ferns, presenting new evidence on the effects of chloroplast gene clustering on expression land evolutionary patterns, and offering new theoretical support for transgenic research through gene clustering.
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- Jing Hao
- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
- Research Institute of Sun Yat-sen University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518057, China.
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Shimojo M, Nakamura M, Kitaura G, Ihara Y, Shimizu S, Hori K, Iwai M, Ohta H, Ishizaki K, Shimojima M. Phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase modulates glycerolipid synthesis in Marchantia polymorpha and is crucial for growth under both nutrient-replete and -deficient conditions. PLANTA 2023; 258:92. [PMID: 37792042 PMCID: PMC10550880 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04247-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION The phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase of Marchantia polymorpha modulates plastid glycolipid synthesis through the ER pathway and is essential for normal plant development regardless of nutrient availability. Membrane lipid remodeling is one of the strategies plant cells use to secure inorganic phosphate (Pi) for plant growth, but many aspects of the molecular mechanism and its regulation remain unclear. Here we analyzed membrane lipid remodeling using a non-vascular plant, Marchantia polymorpha. The lipid composition and fatty acid profile during Pi starvation in M. polymorpha revealed a decrease in phospholipids and an increase in both galactolipids and betaine lipids. In Arabidopsis thaliana, phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase (PAH) is involved in phospholipid degradation and is crucial for tolerance to both Pi and nitrogen starvation. We produced two M. polymorpha PAH (MpPAH) knockout mutants (Mppah-1 and Mppah-2) and found that, unlike Arabidopsis mutants, Mppah impaired plant growth with shorter rhizoids compared with wild-type plants even under nutrient-replete conditions. Mutation of MpPAH did not significantly affect the mole percent of each glycerolipid among total membrane glycerolipids from whole plants under both Pi-replete and Pi-deficient conditions. However, the fatty acid composition of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol indicated that the amount of plastid glycolipids produced through the endoplasmic reticulum pathway was suppressed in Mppah mutants. Phospholipids accumulated in the mutants under N starvation. These results reveal that MpPAH modulates plastid glycolipid synthesis through the endoplasmic reticulum pathway more so than what has been observed for Arabidopsis PAH; moreover, unlike Arabidopsis, MpPAH is crucial for M. polymorpha growth regardless of nutrient availability.
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- Misao Shimojo
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
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Negi J, Obata T, Nishimura S, Song B, Yamagaki S, Ono Y, Okabe M, Hoshino N, Fukatsu K, Tabata R, Yamaguchi K, Shigenobu S, Yamada M, Hasebe M, Sawa S, Kinoshita T, Nishida I, Iba K. PECT1, a rate-limiting enzyme in phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis, is involved in the regulation of stomatal movement in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023. [PMID: 37058128 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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An Arabidopsis mutant displaying impaired stomatal responses to CO2 , cdi4, was isolated by a leaf thermal imaging screening. The mutated gene PECT1 encodes CTP:phosphorylethanolamine cytidylyltransferase. The cdi4 exhibited a decrease in phosphatidylethanolamine levels and a defect in light-induced stomatal opening as well as low-CO2 -induced stomatal opening. We created RNAi lines in which PECT1 was specifically repressed in guard cells. These lines are impaired in their stomatal responses to low-CO2 concentrations or light. Fungal toxin fusicoccin (FC) promotes stomatal opening by activating plasma membrane H+ -ATPases in guard cells via phosphorylation. Arabidopsis H+ -ATPase1 (AHA1) has been reported to be highly expressed in guard cells, and its activation by FC induces stomatal opening. The cdi4 and PECT1 RNAi lines displayed a reduced stomatal opening response to FC. However, similar to in the wild-type, cdi4 maintained normal levels of phosphorylation and activation of the stomatal H+ -ATPases after FC treatment. Furthermore, the cdi4 displayed normal localization of GFP-AHA1 fusion protein and normal levels of AHA1 transcripts. Based on these results, we discuss how PECT1 could regulate CO2 - and light-induced stomatal movements in guard cells in a manner that is independent and downstream of the activation of H+ -ATPases. [Correction added on 15 May 2023, after first online publication: The third sentence is revised in this version.].
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- Juntaro Negi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 338-8570, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- International Research Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1, Kumamoto, Japan
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Biology and HHMI, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA
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- National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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- International Research Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 338-8570, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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Mackenzie SA, Mullineaux PM. Plant environmental sensing relies on specialized plastids. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:7155-7164. [PMID: 35994779 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In plants, plastids are thought to interconvert to various forms that are specialized for photosynthesis, starch and oil storage, and diverse pigment accumulation. Post-endosymbiotic evolution has led to adaptations and specializations within plastid populations that align organellar functions with different cellular properties in primary and secondary metabolism, plant growth, organ development, and environmental sensing. Here, we review the plastid biology literature in light of recent reports supporting a class of 'sensory plastids' that are specialized for stress sensing and signaling. Abundant literature indicates that epidermal and vascular parenchyma plastids display shared features of dynamic morphology, proteome composition, and plastid-nuclear interaction that facilitate environmental sensing and signaling. These findings have the potential to reshape our understanding of plastid functional diversification.
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- Sally A Mackenzie
- Departments of Biology and Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, UK
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Itoh RD, Nakajima KP, Sasaki S, Ishikawa H, Kazama Y, Abe T, Fujiwara MT. TGD5 is required for normal morphogenesis of non-mesophyll plastids, but not mesophyll chloroplasts, in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 107:237-255. [PMID: 33884686 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Stromules are dynamic membrane-bound tubular structures that emanate from plastids. Stromule formation is triggered in response to various stresses and during plant development, suggesting that stromules may have physiological and developmental roles in these processes. Despite the possible biological importance of stromules and their prevalence in green plants, their exact roles and formation mechanisms remain unclear. To explore these issues, we obtained Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with excess stromule formation in the leaf epidermis by microscopy-based screening. Here, we characterized one of these mutants, stromule biogenesis altered 1 (suba1). suba1 forms plastids with severely altered morphology in a variety of non-mesophyll tissues, such as leaf epidermis, hypocotyl epidermis, floral tissues, and pollen grains, but apparently normal leaf mesophyll chloroplasts. The suba1 mutation causes impaired chloroplast pigmentation and altered chloroplast ultrastructure in stomatal guard cells, as well as the aberrant accumulation of lipid droplets and their autophagic engulfment by the vacuole. The causal defective gene in suba1 is TRIGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL5 (TGD5), which encodes a protein putatively involved in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-plastid lipid trafficking required for the ER pathway of thylakoid lipid assembly. These findings suggest that a non-mesophyll-specific mechanism maintains plastid morphology. The distinct mechanisms maintaining plastid morphology in mesophyll versus non-mesophyll plastids might be attributable, at least in part, to the differential contributions of the plastidial and ER pathways of lipid metabolism between mesophyll and non-mesophyll plastids.
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- Ryuuichi D Itoh
- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan
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- Nishina Center, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Nishina Center, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan
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