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Liu Y, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang H, Li G, Sun R, Li F. Efficient transformation of the isolated microspores of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis) by particle bombardment. PLANT METHODS 2024; 20:17. [PMID: 38291463 PMCID: PMC10826076 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-024-01134-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND The low efficiency of genetic transformation in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis) is the key problem affecting functional verification. Particle bombardment is a widely used method along with the Agrobacterium-mediated method. As a physical means, it has almost no restrictions on the type of host and a wide range of receptor types, which largely avoids the restriction of explants. The bombardment parameters, which include the number of bombardments, the bombardment pressure, and the bombardment distance, may affect the microspores' genetic transformation efficiency. RESULTS The transformation efficiency was improved using the particle bombardment method under the combination of bombardment shot times (3, 4, 5) × bombardment pressure (900, 1100, 1350 psi) × bombardment distance (3, 6, 9 cm). The average viability of microspores in the treatment group ranged from 74.76 to 88.55%, while the control group was 88.09%. When the number of shot times was 4, the number of embryos incubated in the treatment group ranged from 16 to 236 per dish, and the control group had 117 embryos per dish. When the bombardment parameters of the biolistic method were 4 shot times-1350 psi-3 cm, 4 times-1100 psi-3 cm, and 4 times-900 psi-3 cm, they had high transient expression efficiency, and the average number of transformed microspores was 21.67, 11.67, and 11.67 per dish (3.5 mL), respectively. When the bombardment parameters were 4 times, 900 psi, and 6 cm, the highest genetically transformed embryos were obtained, and the transformation efficiency reached 10.82%. CONCLUSION A new genetic transformation system with proper parameters for Chinese cabbage microspores was established using particle bombardment. This proper transformation system could provide a useful tool for the improvement of cultivar quality and the investigation of functional genes in Chinese cabbage.
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- Yujia Liu
- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhongguancun, Nandajie No. 12, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China.
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DeVree BT, Steiner LM, Głazowska S, Ruhnow F, Herburger K, Persson S, Mravec J. Current and future advances in fluorescence-based visualization of plant cell wall components and cell wall biosynthetic machineries. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:78. [PMID: 33781321 PMCID: PMC8008654 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-01922-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant cell wall-derived biomass serves as a renewable source of energy and materials with increasing importance. The cell walls are biomacromolecular assemblies defined by a fine arrangement of different classes of polysaccharides, proteoglycans, and aromatic polymers and are one of the most complex structures in Nature. One of the most challenging tasks of cell biology and biomass biotechnology research is to image the structure and organization of this complex matrix, as well as to visualize the compartmentalized, multiplayer biosynthetic machineries that build the elaborate cell wall architecture. Better knowledge of the plant cells, cell walls, and whole tissue is essential for bioengineering efforts and for designing efficient strategies of industrial deconstruction of the cell wall-derived biomass and its saccharification. Cell wall-directed molecular probes and analysis by light microscopy, which is capable of imaging with a high level of specificity, little sample processing, and often in real time, are important tools to understand cell wall assemblies. This review provides a comprehensive overview about the possibilities for fluorescence label-based imaging techniques and a variety of probing methods, discussing both well-established and emerging tools. Examples of applications of these tools are provided. We also list and discuss the advantages and limitations of the methods. Specifically, we elaborate on what are the most important considerations when applying a particular technique for plants, the potential for future development, and how the plant cell wall field might be inspired by advances in the biomedical and general cell biology fields.
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- Brian T DeVree
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Cambré A, Aertsen A. Bacterial Vivisection: How Fluorescence-Based Imaging Techniques Shed a Light on the Inner Workings of Bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2020; 84:e00008-20. [PMID: 33115939 PMCID: PMC7599038 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00008-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The rise in fluorescence-based imaging techniques over the past 3 decades has improved the ability of researchers to scrutinize live cell biology at increased spatial and temporal resolution. In microbiology, these real-time vivisections structurally changed the view on the bacterial cell away from the "watery bag of enzymes" paradigm toward the perspective that these organisms are as complex as their eukaryotic counterparts. Capitalizing on the enormous potential of (time-lapse) fluorescence microscopy and the ever-extending pallet of corresponding probes, initial breakthroughs were made in unraveling the localization of proteins and monitoring real-time gene expression. However, later it became clear that the potential of this technique extends much further, paving the way for a focus-shift from observing single events within bacterial cells or populations to obtaining a more global picture at the intra- and intercellular level. In this review, we outline the current state of the art in fluorescence-based vivisection of bacteria and provide an overview of important case studies to exemplify how to use or combine different strategies to gain detailed information on the cell's physiology. The manuscript therefore consists of two separate (but interconnected) parts that can be read and consulted individually. The first part focuses on the fluorescent probe pallet and provides a perspective on modern methodologies for microscopy using these tools. The second section of the review takes the reader on a tour through the bacterial cell from cytoplasm to outer shell, describing strategies and methods to highlight architectural features and overall dynamics within cells.
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- Alexander Cambré
- KU Leuven, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Leuven, Belgium
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Yau B, Hays L, Liang C, Laybutt DR, Thomas HE, Gunton JE, Williams L, Hawthorne WJ, Thorn P, Rhodes CJ, Kebede MA. A fluorescent timer reporter enables sorting of insulin secretory granules by age. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:8901-8911. [PMID: 32341128 PMCID: PMC7335792 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.012432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Within the pancreatic β-cells, insulin secretory granules (SGs) exist in functionally distinct pools, displaying variations in motility as well as docking and fusion capability. Current therapies that increase insulin secretion do not consider the existence of these distinct SG pools. Accordingly, these approaches are effective only for a short period, with a worsening of glycemia associated with continued decline in β-cell function. Insulin granule age is underappreciated as a determinant for why an insulin granule is selected for secretion and may explain why newly synthesized insulin is preferentially secreted from β-cells. Here, using a novel fluorescent timer protein, we aimed to investigate the preferential secretion model of insulin secretion and identify how granule aging is affected by variation in the β-cell environment, such as hyperglycemia. We demonstrate the use of a fluorescent timer construct, syncollin-dsRedE5TIMER, which changes its fluorescence from green to red over 18 h, in both microscopy and fluorescence-assisted organelle-sorting techniques. We confirm that the SG-targeting construct localizes to insulin granules in β-cells and does not interfere with normal insulin SG behavior. We visualize insulin SG aging behavior in MIN6 and INS1 β-cell lines and in primary C57BL/6J mouse and nondiabetic human islet cells. Finally, we separated young and old insulin SGs, revealing that preferential secretion of younger granules occurs in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. We also show that SG population age is modulated by the β-cell environment in vivo in the db/db mouse islets and ex vivo in C57BL/6J islets exposed to different glucose environments.
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- Belinda Yau
- Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- STEM-Department of Biology, Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood, Washington, USA
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- St. Vincent's Institute, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, the University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, the University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; National Pancreas and Islet Transplant Unit (NPITU), Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, the University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; National Pancreas and Islet Transplant Unit (NPITU), Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Discipline of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Research and Early Development, Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Diseases, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca Ltd, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA; Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Huisman R, Hontelez J, Bisseling T, Limpens E. SNARE Complexity in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:354. [PMID: 32308661 PMCID: PMC7145992 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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How cells control the proper delivery of vesicles and their associated cargo to specific plasma membrane (PM) domains upon internal or external cues is a major question in plant cell biology. A widely held hypothesis is that expansion of plant exocytotic machinery components, such as SNARE proteins, has led to a diversification of exocytotic membrane trafficking pathways to function in specific biological processes. A key biological process that involves the creation of a specialized PM domain is the formation of a host-microbe interface (the peri-arbuscular membrane) in the symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. We have previously shown that the ability to intracellularly host AM fungi correlates with the evolutionary expansion of both v- (VAMP721d/e) and t-SNARE (SYP132α) proteins, that are essential for arbuscule formation in Medicago truncatula. Here we studied to what extent the symbiotic SNAREs are different from their non-symbiotic family members and whether symbiotic SNAREs define a distinct symbiotic membrane trafficking pathway. We show that all tested SYP1 family proteins, and most of the non-symbiotic VAMP72 members, are able to complement the defect in arbuscule formation upon knock-down/-out of their symbiotic counterparts when expressed at sufficient levels. This functional redundancy is in line with the ability of all tested v- and t-SNARE combinations to form SNARE complexes. Interestingly, the symbiotic t-SNARE SYP132α appeared to occur less in complex with v-SNAREs compared to the non-symbiotic syntaxins in arbuscule-containing cells. This correlated with a preferential localization of SYP132α to functional branches of partially collapsing arbuscules, while non-symbiotic syntaxins accumulate at the degrading parts. Overexpression of VAMP721e caused a shift in SYP132α localization toward the degrading parts, suggesting an influence on its endocytic turn-over. These data indicate that the symbiotic SNAREs do not selectively interact to define a symbiotic vesicle trafficking pathway, but that symbiotic SNARE complexes are more rapidly disassembled resulting in a preferential localization of SYP132α at functional arbuscule branches.
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Kirienko AN, Dolgikh EA. Studying the effect of tissue-specific expression of the K1 gene encoding LysM-receptor-like kinase on the development of symbiosis in peas. BIO WEB OF CONFERENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/bioconf/20202303005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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To study the role of pea LysM receptor-like kinase K1 in the coordination of the infection process, starting in epidermis and nodule organogenesis in the root cortex of plants, during the development of rhizobium-legume symbiosis, the genetic constructs in which K1 gene was cloned under the control of tissue-specific promoter pLeEXT1 of tomato Lycopersicon esculentum extensin gene and the constitutive promoter of cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV35S, cauliflower mosaic virus 35S) were obtained. During the transformation of the Nod- mutant line, the k1-1, with two types of constructs, the restoration of nodule formation was observed, which indicated the possible participation of K1 in the control not only early, but also later stages of symbiosis development in pea.
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Monitoring spatio-temporal patterns of gene expression by fluorescent proteins requires longitudinal observation, which is often difficult to implement. Here, we fuse a fluorescent timer (FT) protein with an immediate early gene (IEG) promoter to track live gene expression in single cells. This results in a stimulus- and time-dependent spectral shift from blue to red for subsequent monitoring with fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) and live cell imaging. This spectral shift enables imputing the time point of activity post-hoc to dissociate early and late responders from a single snapshot in time. Thus, we provide a tool for tracking stimulus-driven IEG expression and demonstrate proof of concept exploiting promoter::FT fusions, adding new dimensions to experiments that require reconstructing spatio-temporal patterns of gene expression in cells, tissues or living organisms.
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Kim-Yip RP, Nystul TG. Wingless promotes EGFR signaling in follicle stem cells to maintain self-renewal. Development 2018; 145:dev.168716. [PMID: 30389852 DOI: 10.1242/dev.168716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Adult stem cell niche boundaries must be precisely maintained to facilitate the segregation of stem cell and daughter cell fates. However, the mechanisms that govern this process in epithelial tissues are not fully understood. In this study, we investigated the relationship between two signals, Wnt and EGFR, that are necessary for self-renewal of the epithelial follicle stem cells (FSCs) in the Drosophila ovary, but must be downregulated in cells that have exited the niche to allow for differentiation. We found that Wingless produced by inner germarial sheath (IGS) cells acts over a short distance to activate Wnt signaling in FSCs, and that movement across the FSC niche boundary is limited. In addition, we show that Wnt signaling functions genetically upstream of EGFR signaling by activating the expression of the EGFR ligand, Spitz, and that constitutive activation of EGFR partially rescues the self-renewal defect caused by loss of Wnt signaling. Collectively, our findings support a model in which the Wnt and EGFR pathways operate in a signaling hierarchy to promote FSC self-renewal.
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- Rebecca P Kim-Yip
- Center for Reproductive Sciences, Departments of Anatomy and OB/GYN-RS, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0452, USA
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- Center for Reproductive Sciences, Departments of Anatomy and OB/GYN-RS, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0452, USA
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Wang L, Xue Y, Xing J, Song K, Lin J. Exploring the Spatiotemporal Organization of Membrane Proteins in Living Plant Cells. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 69:525-551. [PMID: 29489393 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042817-040233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plasma membrane proteins have important roles in transport and signal transduction. Deciphering the spatiotemporal organization of these proteins provides crucial information for elucidating the links between the behaviors of different molecules. However, monitoring membrane proteins without disrupting their membrane environment remains difficult. Over the past decade, many studies have developed single-molecule techniques, opening avenues for probing the stoichiometry and interactions of membrane proteins in their native environment by providing nanometer-scale spatial information and nanosecond-scale temporal information. In this review, we assess recent progress in the development of labeling and imaging technology for membrane protein analysis. We focus in particular on several single-molecule techniques for quantifying the dynamics and assembly of membrane proteins. Finally, we provide examples of how these new techniques are advancing our understanding of the complex biological functions of membrane proteins.
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- Li Wang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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Development of a GAL4-VP16/UAS trans-activation system for tissue specific expression in Medicago truncatula. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188923. [PMID: 29186192 PMCID: PMC5706680 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Promoters with tissue-specific activity are very useful to address cell-autonomous and non cell autonomous functions of candidate genes. Although this strategy is widely used in Arabidopsis thaliana, its use to study tissue-specific regulation of root symbiotic interactions in legumes has only started recently. Moreover, using tissue specific promoter activity to drive a GAL4-VP16 chimeric transcription factor that can bind short upstream activation sequences (UAS) is an efficient way to target and enhance the expression of any gene of interest. Here, we developed a collection of promoters with different root cell layers specific activities in Medicago truncatula and tested their abilities to drive the expression of a chimeric GAL4-VP16 transcription factor in a trans-activation UAS: β-Glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene system. By developing a binary vector devoted to modular Golden Gate cloning together with a collection of adapted tissue specific promoters and coding sequences we could test the activity of four of these promoters in trans-activation GAL4/UAS systems and compare them to “classical” promoter GUS fusions. Roots showing high levels of tissue specific expression of the GUS activity could be obtained with this trans-activation system. We therefore provide the legume community with new tools for efficient modular Golden Gate cloning, tissue specific expression and a trans-activation system. This study provides the ground work for future development of stable transgenic lines in Medicago truncatula.
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Ortega-Villasante C, Burén S, Barón-Sola Á, Martínez F, Hernández LE. In vivo ROS and redox potential fluorescent detection in plants: Present approaches and future perspectives. Methods 2016; 109:92-104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Jardinaud MF, Boivin S, Rodde N, Catrice O, Kisiala A, Lepage A, Moreau S, Roux B, Cottret L, Sallet E, Brault M, Emery RJN, Gouzy J, Frugier F, Gamas P. A Laser Dissection-RNAseq Analysis Highlights the Activation of Cytokinin Pathways by Nod Factors in the Medicago truncatula Root Epidermis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 171:2256-76. [PMID: 27217496 PMCID: PMC4936592 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Nod factors (NFs) are lipochitooligosaccharidic signal molecules produced by rhizobia, which play a key role in the rhizobium-legume symbiotic interaction. In this study, we analyzed the gene expression reprogramming induced by purified NF (4 and 24 h of treatment) in the root epidermis of the model legume Medicago truncatula Tissue-specific transcriptome analysis was achieved by laser-capture microdissection coupled to high-depth RNA sequencing. The expression of 17,191 genes was detected in the epidermis, among which 1,070 were found to be regulated by NF addition, including previously characterized NF-induced marker genes. Many genes exhibited strong levels of transcriptional activation, sometimes only transiently at 4 h, indicating highly dynamic regulation. Expression reprogramming affected a variety of cellular processes, including perception, signaling, regulation of gene expression, as well as cell wall, cytoskeleton, transport, metabolism, and defense, with numerous NF-induced genes never identified before. Strikingly, early epidermal activation of cytokinin (CK) pathways was indicated, based on the induction of CK metabolic and signaling genes, including the CRE1 receptor essential to promote nodulation. These transcriptional activations were independently validated using promoter:β-glucuronidase fusions with the MtCRE1 CK receptor gene and a CK response reporter (TWO COMPONENT SIGNALING SENSOR NEW). A CK pretreatment reduced the NF induction of the EARLY NODULIN11 (ENOD11) symbiotic marker, while a CK-degrading enzyme (CYTOKININ OXIDASE/DEHYDROGENASE3) ectopically expressed in the root epidermis led to increased NF induction of ENOD11 and nodulation. Therefore, CK may play both positive and negative roles in M. truncatula nodulation.
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- Marie-Françoise Jardinaud
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J., N.R., O.C., A.L., S.M., B.R., L.C., E.S., J.G., P.G.);INPT-Université de Toulouse, ENSAT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France (M.-F.J.);Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris Saclay University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Universités Paris-Sud/Paris-Diderot/d'Evry, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (S.B., M.B., F.F.);Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8 (A.K., R.J.N.E.); andDepartment of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland (A.K.)
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Gavrilovic S, Yan Z, Jurkiewicz AM, Stougaard J, Markmann K. Inoculation insensitive promoters for cell type enriched gene expression in legume roots and nodules. PLANT METHODS 2016; 12:4. [PMID: 26807140 PMCID: PMC4724153 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-016-0105-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Establishment and maintenance of mutualistic plant-microbial interactions in the rhizosphere and within plant roots involve several root cell types. The processes of host-microbe recognition and infection require complex signal exchange and activation of downstream responses. These molecular events coordinate host responses across root cell layers during microbe invasion, ultimately triggering changes of root cell fates. The progression of legume root interactions with rhizobial bacteria has been addressed in numerous studies. However, tools to globally resolve the succession of molecular events in the host root at the cell type level have been lacking. To this end, we aimed to identify promoters exhibiting cell type enriched expression in roots of the model legume Lotus japonicus, as no comprehensive set of such promoters usable in legume roots is available to date. RESULTS Here, we use promoter:GUS fusions to characterize promoters stemming from Arabidopsis, tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) or L. japonicus with respect to their expression in major cell types of the L. japonicus root differentiation zone, which shows molecular and morphological responses to symbiotic bacteria and fungi. Out of 24 tested promoters, 11 showed cell type enriched activity in L. japonicus roots. Covered cell types or cell type combinations are epidermis (1), epidermis and cortex (2), cortex (1), endodermis and pericycle (2), pericycle and phloem (4), or xylem (1). Activity of these promoters in the respective cell types was stable during early stages of infection of transgenic roots with the rhizobial symbiont of L. japonicus, Mesorhizobium loti. For a subset of five promoters, expression stability was further demonstrated in whole plant transgenics as well as in active nodules. CONCLUSIONS 11 promoters from Arabidopsis (10) or tomato (1) with enriched activity in major L. japonicus root and nodule cell types have been identified. Root expression patterns are independent of infection with rhizobial bacteria, providing a stable read-out in the root section responsive to symbiotic bacteria. Promoters are available as cloning vectors. We expect these tools to help provide a new dimension to our understanding of signaling circuits and transcript dynamics in symbiotic interactions of legumes with microbial symbionts.
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- Srdjan Gavrilovic
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Wang H, Han S, Siao W, Song C, Xiang Y, Wu X, Cheng P, Li H, Jásik J, Mičieta K, Turňa J, Voigt B, Baluška F, Liu J, Wang Y, Zhao H. Arabidopsis Synaptotagmin 2 Participates in Pollen Germination and Tube Growth and Is Delivered to Plasma Membrane via Conventional Secretion. MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:1737-50. [PMID: 26384245 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Arabidopsis synaptotagmin 2 (SYT2) has been reported to participate in an unconventional secretory pathway in somatic cells. Our results showed that SYT2 was expressed mainly in the pollen of Arabidopsis thaliana. The pollen of syt2 T-DNA and RNA interference mutant lines exhibited reduced total germination and impeded pollen tube growth. Analysis of the expression of SYT2-GFP fusion protein in the pollen tube indicates that SYT2 was localized to distinct, patchy compartments but could co-localize with the Golgi markers, BODIPY TR C5 ceramide and GmMan1-mCherry. However, SYT2-DsRed-E5 was localized to the plasma membrane in Arabidopsis suspension cells, in addition to the Golgi apparatus. The localization of SYT2 at the plasma membrane was further supported by immunofluorescence staining in pollen tubes. Moreover, brefeldin A treatment inhibited the transport of SYT2 to the plasma membrane and caused SYT2 to aggregate and form enlarged compartments. Truncation of the SYT2-C2AB domains also resulted in retention of SYT2 in the Golgi apparatus. An in vitro phospholipid-binding assay showed that SYT2-C2AB domains bind to the phospholipid membrane in a calcium-dependent manner. Take together, our results indicated that SYT2 was required for pollen germination and pollen tube growth, and was involved in conventional exocytosis.
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- Hui Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, IZMB, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Comenius University Science Park, Comenius University, Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava 4, Slovakia
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Révová 39, 811 02 Bratislava 1, Slovakia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mlynská dolina, pavilion B-2, 842 15 Bratislava 4, Slovakia
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, IZMB, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, IZMB, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany; Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, SK-84523 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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Lund TC, Patrinostro X, Kramer AC, Stadem P, Higgins LA, Markowski TW, Wroblewski MS, Lidke DS, Tolar J, Blazar BR. sdf1 Expression reveals a source of perivascular-derived mesenchymal stem cells in zebrafish. Stem Cells 2015; 32:2767-79. [PMID: 24905975 DOI: 10.1002/stem.1758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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There is accumulating evidence that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have their origin as perivascular cells (PVCs) in vivo, but precisely identifying them has been a challenge, as they have no single definitive marker and are rare. We have developed a fluorescent transgenic vertebrate model in which PVC can be visualized in vivo based upon sdf1 expression in the zebrafish. Prospective isolation and culture of sdf1(DsRed) PVC demonstrated properties consistent with MSC including prototypical cell surface marker expression; mesodermal differentiation into adipogenic, osteogenic, and chondrogenic lineages; and the ability to support hematopoietic cells. Global proteomic studies performed by two-dimensional liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry revealed a high degree of similarity to human MSC (hMSC) and discovery of novel markers (CD99, CD151, and MYOF) that were previously unknown to be expressed by hMSC. Dynamic in vivo imaging during fin regeneration showed that PVC may arise from undifferentiated mesenchyme providing evidence of a PVC-MSC relationship. This is the first model, established in zebrafish, in which MSC can be visualized in vivo and will allow us to better understand their function in a native environment.
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- Troy C Lund
- Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Zhang Q, Walawage SL, Tricoli DM, Dandekar AM, Leslie CA. A red fluorescent protein (DsRED) from Discosoma sp. as a reporter for gene expression in walnut somatic embryos. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2015; 34:861-9. [PMID: 25627255 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1749-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE An improved scorable marker was developed for somatic embryo transformation. This method is more reliable than GFP and provides more efficient embryo selection than β-glucuronidase assays (GUS, MUG). Reporter genes are widely used to select transformed cells and tissues. Fluorescent proteins have become an integral part of live-cell imaging research over the past 10 years. DsRED is an ideal reporter for avoiding plant chlorophyll autofluorescence and for double labeling in combination with other scorable markers. In this study, we transformed walnut somatic embryos with a construct containing the DsRED-expressing binary vector pKGW-RR to assess the effect of this red fluorescent protein visual reporter on both embryos and regenerated plants. Results showed that DsRED expression was apparent with maximum brightness at 7-10 days after initiation. Fourteen of twenty-four surviving somatic embryos were bright red. These E0 embryos generated 25 wholly fluorescent E1 embryos and 43 wholly fluorescent E2 embryos at 2 weeks intervals. The germination percentage of DsRED-positive embryos was greater than 80% and gave rise to 45 fluorescent transgenic walnut plants. The regenerated transgenic plants expressed DsRED in all tissues examined including transverse sections of vegetative organs. The percentage of transformed plants that developed roots (48.3%) was similar to control shoots (53%). For transformation of walnut somatic embryos, the DsRED-based reporter system is more stable and reliable than green fluorescent protein (GFP) and, since it is a directly read and non-destructive assay, it provides a more efficient means of monitoring transformation than β-glucuronidase (GUS).
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- Qixiang Zhang
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Takamura A, Hattori M, Yoshimura H, Ozawa T. Simultaneous time-lamination imaging of protein association using a split fluorescent timer protein. Anal Chem 2015; 87:3366-72. [PMID: 25679333 DOI: 10.1021/ac504583t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Studies of temporal behaviors of protein association in living cells are crucially important for elucidating the fundamental roles and the mechanism of interactive coordination for cell activities. We developed a method for investigating the temporal alternation of a particular protein assembly using monomeric fluorescent proteins, fluorescent timers (FTs), of which the fluorescent color changes from blue to red over time. We identified a dissection site of the FTs, which allows complementation of the split FT fragments. The split fragments of each FT variant recovered their fluorescence and maintained inherent rates of the color changes upon the reassembly of the fragments in vitro. We applied this method to visualize the aggregation process of α-synuclein in living cells. The size of the aggregates with the temporal information was analyzed from ratio values of the blue and red fluorescence of the reconstituted FTs, from which the aggregation rates were evaluated. This method using the split FT fragments enables tracing and visualizing temporal alternations of various protein associations by single fluorescence measurements at a given time point.
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- Ayari Takamura
- †Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- †Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- †Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- †Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Epitope-tagged protein-based artificial miRNA screens for optimized gene silencing in plants. Nat Protoc 2014; 9:939-49. [PMID: 24675734 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Artificial miRNA (amiRNA) technology offers highly specific gene silencing in diverse plant species. The principal challenge in amiRNA application is to select potent amiRNAs from hundreds of bioinformatically designed candidates to enable maximal target gene silencing at the protein level. To address this issue, we developed the epitope-tagged protein-based amiRNA (ETPamir) screens, in which single or multiple potential target genes encoding epitope-tagged proteins are constitutively or inducibly coexpressed with individual amiRNA candidates in plant protoplasts. Accumulation of tagged proteins, detected by immunoblotting with commercial tag antibodies, inversely and quantitatively reflects amiRNA efficacy in vivo. The core procedure, from protoplast isolation to identification of optimal amiRNA, can be completed in 2-3 d. The ETPamir screens circumvent the limited availability of plant antibodies and the complexity of plant amiRNA silencing at target mRNA and/or protein levels. The method can be extended to verify predicted target genes for endogenous plant miRNAs.
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Trudeau KM, Gottlieb RA, Shirihai OS. Measurement of mitochondrial turnover and life cycle using MitoTimer. Methods Enzymol 2014; 547:21-38. [PMID: 25416350 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801415-8.00002-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Current methodologies available to quantify changes in mitochondrial turnover are limited to pulse-chase assays or specific assays that quantify mitophagy. Accordingly, new tools that can assess mitochondrial turnover are needed for the study of cellular, subcellular, and spatial parameters of mitochondrial turnover and quality control. Recently, a group of studies described the use of the MitoTimer fluorescent probe to investigate various aspects of mitochondrial turnover, including changes to protein import, interorganelle protein sharing, and autophagy-mediated turnover. MitoTimer provides a fluorescent readout which directly relates to the mitochondrial turnover rate and allows quantification of relative changes to turnover. Importantly, MitoTimer can be used to investigate mitochondrial turnover on the subcellular level. Due to the fact that MitoTimer is a dual-emission probe and a number of factors can affect MitoTimer readout, certain considerations must be taken into account when using this tool both in experimental design and data interpretation. When used and interpreted appropriately, MitoTimer serves as a unique tool to understand pivotal aspects of mitochondrial turnover.
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- Kyle M Trudeau
- Department of Medicine, Obesity and Nutrition Section, The Mitochondria Affinity Research Collaborative, Evans Biomedical Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cardiobiology, Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Obesity and Nutrition Section, The Mitochondria Affinity Research Collaborative, Evans Biomedical Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, Israel.
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Ceccato L, Masiero S, Sinha Roy D, Bencivenga S, Roig-Villanova I, Ditengou FA, Palme K, Simon R, Colombo L. Maternal control of PIN1 is required for female gametophyte development in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66148. [PMID: 23799075 PMCID: PMC3684594 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Land plants are characterised by haplo-diploid life cycles, and developing ovules are the organs in which the haploid and diploid generations coexist. Recently it has been shown that hormones such as auxin and cytokinins play important roles in ovule development and patterning. The establishment and regulation of auxin levels in cells is predominantly determined by the activity of the auxin efflux carrier proteins PIN-FORMED (PIN). To study the roles of PIN1 and PIN3 during ovule development we have used mutant alleles of both genes and also perturbed PIN1 and PIN3 expression using micro-RNAs controlled by the ovule specific DEFH9 (DEFIFICENS Homologue 9) promoter. PIN1 down-regulation and pin1-5 mutation severely affect female gametophyte development since embryo sacs arrest at the mono- and/or bi-nuclear stages (FG1 and FG3 stage). PIN3 function is not required for ovule development in wild-type or PIN1-silenced plants. We show that sporophytically expressed PIN1 is required for megagametogenesis, suggesting that sporophytic auxin flux might control the early stages of female gametophyte development, although auxin response is not visible in developing embryo sacs.
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- Luca Ceccato
- Dipartimento di BioScienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di BioScienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di BioScienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di BioScienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik, Heinrich-Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Dipartimento di BioScienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
- Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, Freiburg, Germany
- Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik, Heinrich-Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano, Italy
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Rival P, de Billy F, Bono JJ, Gough C, Rosenberg C, Bensmihen S. Epidermal and cortical roles of NFP and DMI3 in coordinating early steps of nodulation in Medicago truncatula. Development 2012; 139:3383-91. [PMID: 22874912 DOI: 10.1242/dev.081620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Legumes have evolved the capacity to form a root nodule symbiosis with soil bacteria called rhizobia. The establishment of this symbiosis involves specific developmental events occurring both in the root epidermis (notably bacterial entry) and at a distance in the underlying root cortical cells (notably cell divisions leading to nodule organogenesis). The processes of bacterial entry and nodule organogenesis are tightly linked and both depend on rhizobial production of lipo-chitooligosaccharide molecules called Nod factors. However, how these events are coordinated remains poorly understood. Here, we have addressed the roles of two key symbiotic genes of Medicago truncatula, the lysin motif (LysM) domain-receptor like kinase gene NFP and the calcium- and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase gene DMI3, in the control of both nodule organogenesis and bacterial entry. By complementing mutant plants with corresponding genes expressed either in the epidermis or in the cortex, we have shown that epidermal DMI3, but not NFP, is sufficient for infection thread formation in root hairs. Epidermal NFP is sufficient to induce cortical cell divisions leading to nodule primordia formation, whereas DMI3 is required in both cell layers for these processes. Our results therefore suggest that a signal, produced in the epidermis under the control of NFP and DMI3, is responsible for activating DMI3 in the cortex to trigger nodule organogenesis. We integrate these data to propose a new model for epidermal/cortical crosstalk during early steps of nodulation.
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- Pauline Rival
- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Loth-Pereda V, Orsini E, Courty PE, Lota F, Kohler A, Diss L, Blaudez D, Chalot M, Nehls U, Bucher M, Martin F. Structure and expression profile of the phosphate Pht1 transporter gene family in mycorrhizal Populus trichocarpa. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 156:2141-54. [PMID: 21705655 PMCID: PMC3149965 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.180646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Gene networks involved in inorganic phosphate (Pi) acquisition and homeostasis in woody perennial species able to form mycorrhizal symbioses are poorly known. Here, we describe the features of the 12 genes coding for Pi transporters of the Pht1 family in poplar (Populus trichocarpa). Individual Pht1 transporters play distinct roles in acquiring and translocating Pi in different tissues of mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal poplar during different growth conditions and developmental stages. Pi starvation triggered the up-regulation of most members of the Pht1 family, especially PtPT9 and PtPT11. PtPT9 and PtPT12 showed a striking up-regulation in ectomycorrhizas and endomycorrhizas, whereas PtPT1 and PtPT11 were strongly down-regulated. PtPT10 transcripts were highly abundant in arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) roots only. PtPT8 and PtPT10 are phylogenetically associated to the AM-inducible Pht1 subfamily I. The analysis of promoter sequences revealed conserved motifs similar to other AM-inducible orthologs in PtPT10 only. To gain more insight into gene regulatory mechanisms governing the AM symbiosis in woody plant species, the activation of the poplar PtPT10 promoter was investigated and detected in AM of potato (Solanum tuberosum) roots. These results indicated that the regulation of AM-inducible Pi transporter genes is conserved between perennial woody and herbaceous plant species. Moreover, poplar has developed an alternative Pi uptake pathway distinct from AM plants, allowing ectomycorrhizal poplar to recruit PtPT9 and PtPT12 to cope with limiting Pi concentrations in forest soils.
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Lilley CJ, Wang D, Atkinson HJ, Urwin PE. Effective delivery of a nematode-repellent peptide using a root-cap-specific promoter. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2011; 9:151-161. [PMID: 20602721 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00542.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The potential of the MDK4-20 promoter of Arabidopsis thaliana to direct effective transgenic expression of a secreted nematode-repellent peptide was investigated. Its expression pattern was studied in both transgenic Arabidopsis and Solanum tuberosum (potato) plants. It directed root-specific β-glucuronidase expression in both species that was chiefly localized to cells of the root cap. Use of the fluorescent timer protein dsRED-E5 established that the MDK4-20 promoter remains active for longer than the commonly used constitutive promoter CaMV35S in separated potato root border cells. Transgenic Arabidopsis lines that expressed the nematode-repellent peptide under the control of either AtMDK4-20 or CaMV35S reduced the establishment of the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii. The best line using the AtMDK4-20 promoter displayed a level of resistance >80%, comparable to that of lines using the CaMV35S promoter. In transgenic potato plants, 94.9 ± 0.8% resistance to the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida was achieved using the AtMDK4-20 promoter, compared with 34.4 ± 8.4% resistance displayed by a line expressing the repellent peptide from the CaMV35S promoter. These results establish the potential of the AtMDK4-20 promoter to limit expression of a repellent peptide whilst maintaining or even improving the efficacy of the cyst-nematode defence.
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Chudakov DM, Matz MV, Lukyanov S, Lukyanov KA. Fluorescent proteins and their applications in imaging living cells and tissues. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:1103-63. [PMID: 20664080 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00038.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 924] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria and its homologs from diverse marine animals are widely used as universal genetically encoded fluorescent labels. Many laboratories have focused their efforts on identification and development of fluorescent proteins with novel characteristics and enhanced properties, resulting in a powerful toolkit for visualization of structural organization and dynamic processes in living cells and organisms. The diversity of currently available fluorescent proteins covers nearly the entire visible spectrum, providing numerous alternative possibilities for multicolor labeling and studies of protein interactions. Photoactivatable fluorescent proteins enable tracking of photolabeled molecules and cells in space and time and can also be used for super-resolution imaging. Genetically encoded sensors make it possible to monitor the activity of enzymes and the concentrations of various analytes. Fast-maturing fluorescent proteins, cell clocks, and timers further expand the options for real time studies in living tissues. Here we focus on the structure, evolution, and function of GFP-like proteins and their numerous applications for in vivo imaging, with particular attention to recent techniques.
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Pletnev S, Subach FV, Dauter Z, Wlodawer A, Verkhusha VV. Understanding blue-to-red conversion in monomeric fluorescent timers and hydrolytic degradation of their chromophores. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:2243-53. [PMID: 20121102 PMCID: PMC2887295 DOI: 10.1021/ja908418r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fast-FT is a fluorescent timer (FT) engineered from DsRed-like fluorescent protein mCherry. Crystal structures of Fast-FT (chromophore Met66-Tyr67-Gly68) and its precursor with blocked blue-to-red conversion Blue102 (chromophore Leu66-Tyr67-Gly68) have been determined at the resolution of 1.15 A and 1.81 A, respectively. Structural data suggest that blue-to-red conversion, taking place in Fast-FT and in related FTs, is associated with the oxidation of Calpha2-Cbeta2 bond of Tyr67. Site directed mutagenesis revealed a crucial role of Arg70 and Tyr83 in the delayed oxidation of Calpha2-Cbeta2 bond, introducing the timing factor in maturation of the timer. Substitutions Ser217Ala and Ser217Cys in Fast-FT substantially slow down formation of an intermediate blue chromophore but do not affect much blue-to-red conversion, whereas mutations Arg70Lys or Trp83Leu, having little effect on the blue chromophore formation rate, markedly accelerates formation of the red chromophore. The chromophore of FTs adopts a cis-conformation stabilized by a hydrogen bond between its phenolate oxygen and the side chain hydroxyl of Ser146. In Blue102, a bulky side chain of Ile146 precludes the chromophore from adopting a "cis-like" conformation, blocking its blue-to-red conversion. Both Fast-FT and Blue102 structures revealed hydrolytic degradation of the chromophores. In Fast-FT, chromophore-forming Met66 residue is eliminated from the polypeptide chain, whereas Leu66 in Blue102 is cleaved out from the chromophore, decarboxylated and remains attached to the preceding Phe65. Hydrolysis of the chromophore competes with chromophore maturation and is driven by the same residues that participate in chromophore maturation.
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- Sergei Pletnev
- Synchrotron Radiation Research Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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Ontogenetic development of erythropoiesis can be studied non-invasively in GATA-1:DsRed transgenic zebrafish. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2009; 154:270-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Revised: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 06/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nocarova E, Fischer L. Cloning of transgenic tobacco BY-2 cells; an efficient method to analyse and reduce high natural heterogeneity of transgene expression. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 9:44. [PMID: 19386122 PMCID: PMC2679017 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Phenotypic characterization of transgenic cell lines, frequently used in plant biology studies, is complicated because transgene expression in individual cells is often heterogeneous and unstable. To identify the sources and to reduce this heterogeneity, we transformed tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) BY-2 cells with a gene encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP) using Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and then introduced a simple cloning procedure to generate cell lines derived from the individual transformed cells. Expression of the transgene was monitored by analysing GFP fluorescence in the cloned lines and also in lines obtained directly after transformation. RESULTS The majority ( approximately 90%) of suspension culture lines derived from calli that were obtained directly from transformation consisted of cells with various levels of GFP fluorescence. In contrast, nearly 50% of lines generated by cloning cells from the primary heterogeneous suspensions consisted of cells with homogenous GFP fluorescence. The rest of the lines exhibited "permanent heterogeneity" that could not be resolved by cloning. The extent of fluorescence heterogeneity often varied, even among genetically identical clones derived from the primary transformed lines. In contrast, the offspring of subsequent cloning of the cloned lines was uniform, showing GFP fluorescence intensity and heterogeneity that corresponded to the original clone. CONCLUSION The results demonstrate that, besides genetic heterogeneity detected in some lines, the primary lines often contained a mixture of epigenetically different cells that could be separated by cloning. This indicates that a single integration event frequently results in various heritable expression patterns, which are probably accidental and become stabilized in the offspring of the primary transformed cells early after the integration event. Because heterogeneity in transgene expression has proven to be a serious problem, it is highly advisable to use transgenes tagged with a visual marker for BY-2 transformation. The cloning procedure can be used not only for efficient reduction of expression heterogeneity of such transgenes, but also as a useful tool for studies of transgene expression and other purposes.
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- Eva Nocarova
- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Physiology, Vinicna 5, CZ 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Physiology, Vinicna 5, CZ 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Subach FV, Subach OM, Gundorov IS, Morozova KS, Piatkevich KD, Cuervo AM, Verkhusha VV. Monomeric fluorescent timers that change color from blue to red report on cellular trafficking. Nat Chem Biol 2009; 5:118-26. [PMID: 19136976 PMCID: PMC2662996 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2008] [Accepted: 12/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Based on the mechanism for chromophore formation in red fluorescent proteins, we developed three mCherry-derived monomeric variants, called fluorescent timers (FTs), that change their fluorescence from the blue to red over time. These variants exhibit distinctive fast, medium and slow blue-to-red chromophore maturation rates that depend on the temperature. At 37 degrees C, the maxima of the blue fluorescence are observed at 0.25, 1.2 and 9.8 h for the purified fast-FT, medium-FT and slow-FT, respectively. The half-maxima of the red fluorescence are reached at 7.1, 3.9 and 28 h, respectively. The FTs show similar timing behavior in bacteria, insect and mammalian cells. Medium-FT allowed for tracking of the intracellular dynamics of the lysosome-associated membrane protein type 2A (LAMP-2A) and determination of its age in the targeted compartments. The results indicate that LAMP-2A transport through the plasma membrane and early or recycling endosomes to lysosomes is a major pathway for LAMP-2A trafficking.
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- Fedor V Subach
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Vermeer JEM, Thole JM, Goedhart J, Nielsen E, Munnik T, Gadella TWJ. Imaging phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate dynamics in living plant cells. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 57:356-72. [PMID: 18785997 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03679.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Polyphosphoinositides represent a minor group of phospholipids, accounting for less than 1% of the total. Despite their low abundance, these molecules have been implicated in various signalling and membrane trafficking events. Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P) is the most abundant polyphosphoinositide. (32)Pi-labelling studies have shown that the turnover of PtdIns4P is rapid, but little is known about where in the cell or plant this occurs. Here, we describe the use of a lipid biosensor that monitors PtdIns4P dynamics in living plant cells. The biosensor consists of a fusion between a fluorescent protein and a lipid-binding domain that specifically binds PtdIns4P, i.e. the pleckstrin homology domain of the human protein phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate adaptor protein-1 (FAPP1). YFP-PH(FAPP1) was expressed in four plant systems: transiently in cowpea protoplasts, and stably in tobacco BY-2 cells, Medicago truncatula roots and Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. All systems allowed YFP-PH(FAPP1) expression without detrimental effects. Two distinct fluorescence patterns were observed: labelling of motile punctate structures and the plasma membrane. Co-expression studies with organelle markers revealed strong co-labelling with the Golgi marker STtmd-CFP, but not with the endocytic/pre-vacuolar marker GFP-AtRABF2b. Co-expression with the Ptdins3P biosensor YFP-2 x FYVE revealed totally different localization patterns. During cell division, YFP-PH(FAPP1) showed strong labelling of the cell plate, but PtdIns3P was completely absent from the newly formed cell membrane. In root hairs of M. truncatula and A. thaliana, a clear PtdIns4P gradient was apparent in the plasma membrane, with the highest concentration in the tip. This only occurred in growing root hairs, indicating a role for PtdIns4P in tip growth.
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- Joop E M Vermeer
- Department of Molecular Cytology, Centre for Advanced Microscopy, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Wang Y, Shyy JYJ, Chien S. Fluorescence proteins, live-cell imaging, and mechanobiology: seeing is believing. Annu Rev Biomed Eng 2008; 10:1-38. [PMID: 18647110 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bioeng.010308.161731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fluorescence proteins (FPs) have been widely used for live-cell imaging in the past decade. This review summarizes the recent advances in FP development and imaging technologies using FPs to monitor molecular localization and activities and gene expressions in live cells. We also discuss the utilization of FPs to develop molecular biosensors and the principles and application of advanced technologies such as fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), and chromophore-assisted light inactivation (CALI). We present examples of the application of FPs and biosensors to visualize mechanotransduction events with high spatiotemporal resolutions in live cells. These live-cell imaging technologies, which represent a frontier area in biomedical engineering, can shed new light on the mechanisms regulating mechanobiology at cellular and molecular levels in normal and pathophysiological conditions.
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- Yingxiao Wang
- Department of Bioengineering and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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East AK, Mauchline TH, Poole PS. Biosensors for ligand detection. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2008; 64:137-66. [PMID: 18485284 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(08)00405-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Alison K East
- Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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Shcherbo D, Merzlyak EM, Chepurnykh TV, Fradkov AF, Ermakova GV, Solovieva EA, Lukyanov KA, Bogdanova EA, Zaraisky AG, Lukyanov S, Chudakov DM. Bright far-red fluorescent protein for whole-body imaging. Nat Methods 2007; 4:741-6. [PMID: 17721542 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 462] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 07/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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For deep imaging of animal tissues, the optical window favorable for light penetration is in near-infrared wavelengths, which requires proteins with emission spectra in the far-red wavelengths. Here we report a far-red fluorescent protein, named Katushka, which is seven- to tenfold brighter compared to the spectrally close HcRed or mPlum, and is characterized by fast maturation as well as a high pH-stability and photostability. These unique characteristics make Katushka the protein of choice for visualization in living tissues. We demonstrate superiority of Katushka for whole-body imaging by direct comparison with other red and far-red fluorescent proteins. We also describe a monomeric version of Katushka, named mKate, which is characterized by high brightness and photostability, and should be an excellent fluorescent label for protein tagging in the far-red part of the spectrum.
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- Dmitry Shcherbo
- Shemiakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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Reddy GV, Gordon SP, Meyerowitz EM. Unravelling developmental dynamics: transient intervention and live imaging in plants. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2007; 8:491-501. [PMID: 17522592 DOI: 10.1038/nrm2188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Plant development is dynamic in nature. This is exemplified in developmental patterning, in which roots and shoots rapidly elongate while simultaneously giving rise to precisely positioned new organs over a time course of minutes to hours. In this Review, we emphasize the insights gained from simultaneous use of live imaging and transient perturbation technologies to capture the dynamic properties of plant processes.
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- G Venugopala Reddy
- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, 2150 Batchelor Hall, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
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Forner J, Binder S. The red fluorescent protein eqFP611: application in subcellular localization studies in higher plants. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2007; 7:28. [PMID: 17553146 PMCID: PMC1904219 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-7-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2006] [Accepted: 06/06/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intrinsically fluorescent proteins have revolutionized studies in molecular cell biology. The parallel application of these proteins in dual- or multilabeling experiments such as subcellular localization studies requires non-overlapping emission spectra for unambiguous detection of each label. In the red spectral range, almost exclusively DsRed and derivatives thereof are used today. To test the suitability of the red fluorescent protein eqFP611 as an alternative in higher plants, the behavior of this protein was analyzed in terms of expression, subcellular targeting and compatibility with GFP in tobacco. RESULTS When expressed transiently in tobacco protoplasts, eqFP611 accumulated over night to levels easily detectable by fluorescence microscopy. The native protein was found in the nucleus and in the cytosol and no detrimental effects on cell viability were observed. When fused to N-terminal mitochondrial and peroxisomal targeting sequences, the red fluorescence was located exclusively in the corresponding organelles in transfected protoplasts. Upon co-expression with GFP in the same cells, fluorescence of both eqFP611 and GFP could be easily distinguished, demonstrating the potential of eqFP611 in dual-labeling experiments with GFP. A series of plasmids was constructed for expression of eqFP611 in plants and for simultaneous expression of this fluorescent protein together with GFP. Transgenic tobacco plants constitutively expressing mitochondrially targeted eqFP611 were generated. The red fluorescence was stably transmitted to the following generations, making these plants a convenient source for protoplasts containing an internal marker for mitochondria. CONCLUSION In plants, eqFP611 is a suitable fluorescent reporter protein. The unmodified protein can be expressed to levels easily detectable by epifluorescence microscopy without adverse affect on the viability of plant cells. Its subcellular localization can be manipulated by N-terminal signal sequences. eqFP611 and GFP are fully compatible in dual-labeling experiments.
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- Joachim Forner
- Molekulare Botanik, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Molekulare Botanik, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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Fricker M, Runions J, Moore I. Quantitative fluorescence microscopy: from art to science. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2006; 57:79-107. [PMID: 16669756 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A substantial number of elegant experimental approaches have been developed to image the distribution and dynamics of DNA, mRNA, proteins, organelles, metabolites, and ions in living plant cells. Although the human brain can rapidly assimilate visual information, particularly when presented as animations and movies, it is much more challenging to condense the phenomenal amount of data present in three-, four-, or even five-dimensional images into statistically useful measurements. This review explores a range of in vivo fluorescence imaging applications in plants, with particular emphasis on where quantitative techniques are beginning to emerge.
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- Mark Fricker
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3RB England.
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Prescott M, Battad JM, Wilmann PG, Rossjohn J, Devenish RJ. Recent advances in all-protein chromophore technology. BIOTECHNOLOGY ANNUAL REVIEW 2006; 12:31-66. [PMID: 17045191 DOI: 10.1016/s1387-2656(06)12002-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The green fluorescent protein (GFP) is the foundation of a powerful technology that has revolutionized the way in which the life scientist carries out experiments in the living cell. The technology is continually evolving and improving through the development of existing proteins and discovery of new members of the all-protein chromophore (APC) family. This review gives an overview of the more recent advances in the technology with a particular focus on APCs having optical properties that are significantly red-shifted relative to those variants derived from Aequorea victoria GFP.
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- Mark Prescott
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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Chudakov DM, Lukyanov S, Lukyanov KA. Fluorescent proteins as a toolkit for in vivo imaging. Trends Biotechnol 2005; 23:605-13. [PMID: 16269193 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2005.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 345] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2005] [Revised: 07/21/2005] [Accepted: 10/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria, and its mutant variants, are the only fully genetically encoded fluorescent probes available and they have proved to be excellent tools for labeling living specimens. Since 1999, numerous GFP homologues have been discovered in Anthozoa, Hydrozoa and Copepoda species, demonstrating the broad evolutionary and spectral diversity of this protein family. Mutagenic studies gave rise to diversified and optimized variants of fluorescent proteins, which have never been encountered in nature. This article gives an overview of the GFP-like proteins developed to date and their most common applications to study living specimens using fluorescence microscopy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dmitriy M Chudakov
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow 117997, Russia
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