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Characteristics of Root Cells during In Vitro Rhizogenesis under Action of NaCl in Two Tomato Genotypes Differing in Salt Tolerance. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/ijpb14010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Understanding the mechanisms of plant salt tolerance as a complex trait is an integral part of many studies, the results of which have been used in the breeding process. The aim of this study was to compare the root response of two tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) genotypes (breeding line YaLF and cultivar Recordsmen) differing in salt tolerance. Rhizogenesis was induced in tomato shoots in vitro with different concentrations of NaCl in the culture medium. A number of morphobiological and cytological parameters were evaluated at the organ, tissue, and cellular levels for possible use in a comprehensive assessment of genotypes for salt tolerance. The influence of NaCl caused disruption of the cell cycle and redistribution of cells in the phases of the cell cycle. An increase in the degree of vacuolization was shown in cv Recordsmen at 75 and 150 mM NaCl and in the YaLF line at 150 mM NaCl. Under salt action, an increase/decrease in the length of cells such as columella cells (both genotypes) and epidermal cells (in cv Recordsmen at 75 and 150 mM NaCl) was shown. Differences between genotypes were demonstrated by changes in the area of the central cylinder and primary root cortex cells, as well as by changes of the Snucleolus/Snucleus ratio in these cells. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed the modification of the chromatin structure in the root cells of these genotypes. Various cytoskeletal disorders were revealed in interphase cells of the tomato root of cv Recordsmen and the YaLF line by immunofluorescent staining under saline conditions. These morphometric and cytological parameters can be used for a comparative evaluation of genotypes differing in salt tolerance in a comprehensive assessment of varieties.
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Li S, Cerri M, Strazzer P, Li Y, Spelt C, Bliek M, Vandenbussche M, Martínez-Calvó E, Lai B, Reale L, Koes R, Quattrocchio FM. An ancient RAB5 governs the formation of additional vacuoles and cell shape in petunia petals. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109749. [PMID: 34592147 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Homologous ("canonical") RAB5 proteins regulate endosomal trafficking to lysosomes in animals and to the central vacuole in plants. Epidermal petal cells contain small vacuoles (vacuolinos) that serve as intermediate stations for proteins on their way to the central vacuole. Here, we show that transcription factors required for vacuolino formation in petunia induce expression of RAB5a. RAB5a defines a previously unrecognized clade of canonical RAB5s that is evolutionarily and functionally distinct from ARA7-type RAB5s, which act in trafficking to the vacuole. Loss of RAB5a reduces cell height and abolishes vacuolino formation, which cannot be rescued by the ARA7 homologs, whereas constitutive RAB5a (over)expression alters the conical cell shape and promotes homotypic vacuolino fusion, resulting in oversized vacuolinos. These findings provide a rare example of how gene duplication and neofunctionalization increased the complexity of membrane trafficking during evolution and suggest a mechanism by which cells may form multiple vacuoles with distinct content and function.
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- Shuangjiang Li
- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes (RDP), ENS de Lyon/CNRS/INRA/UCBL, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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De Caroli M, Barozzi F, Renna L, Piro G, Di Sansebastiano GP. Actin and Microtubules Differently Contribute to Vacuolar Targeting Specificity during the Export from the ER. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11040299. [PMID: 33924184 PMCID: PMC8074374 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11040299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Plants rely on both actin and microtubule cytoskeletons to fine-tune sorting and spatial targeting of membranes during cell growth and stress adaptation. Considerable advances have been made in recent years in the comprehension of the relationship between the trans-Golgi network/early endosome (TGN/EE) and cytoskeletons, but studies have mainly focused on the transport to and from the plasma membrane. We address here the relationship of the cytoskeleton with different endoplasmic reticulum (ER) export mechanisms toward vacuoles. These emergent features of the plant endomembrane traffic are explored with an in vivo approach, providing clues on the traffic regulation at different levels beyond known proteins’ functions and interactions. We show how traffic of vacuolar markers, characterized by different vacuolar sorting determinants, diverges at the export from the ER, clearly involving different components of the cytoskeleton.
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- Monica De Caroli
- DISTEBA (Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (M.D.C.); (F.B.); (G.P.)
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- DISTEBA (Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (M.D.C.); (F.B.); (G.P.)
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50121 Firenze, Italy;
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- DISTEBA (Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (M.D.C.); (F.B.); (G.P.)
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- DISTEBA (Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (M.D.C.); (F.B.); (G.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0832-298-714
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Investigation of Drug Efficacy by Screening Bioactive Chemical Effects on Plant Cell Subcellular Architecture. Methods Mol Biol 2020. [PMID: 33270192 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0954-5_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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New biologically active compounds are regularly discovered through screening procedures using microorganisms. This very cheap procedure is followed by drug discovery that is usually seen as a highly focused approach, testing new compounds on animals or cell lines. In vivo assays of candidate drugs in mammals are expensive and sometimes not affordable at the preliminary stages of drug development. Early screening approaches in transgenic plants would allow chemotherapeutic drug candidates further selection before their characterization in expensive biological models. The proposed screening approach is based on cell subcellular architecture observations in transgenic plants within a short time of treatment, which is better than observing the effects of compounds on growth.
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De Paolis A, Caretto S, Quarta A, Di Sansebastiano GP, Sbrocca I, Mita G, Frugis G. Genome-Wide Identification of WRKY Genes in Artemisia annua: Characterization of a Putative Ortholog of AtWRKY40. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9121669. [PMID: 33260767 PMCID: PMC7761028 DOI: 10.3390/plants9121669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Artemisia annua L. is well-known as the plant source of artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone with effective antimalarial activity. Here, a putative ortholog of the Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY40 transcription factor (TF) was isolated via reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and rapid amplification of cDNA ends in A. annua and named AaWRKY40. A putative nuclear localization domain was identified in silico and experimentally confirmed by using protoplasts of A. annua transiently transformed with AaWRKY40-GFP. A genome-wide analysis identified 122 WRKY genes in A. annua, and a manually curated database was obtained. The deduced proteins were categorized into the major WRKY groups, with group IIa containing eight WRKY members including AaWRKY40. Protein motifs, gene structure, and promoter regions of group IIa WRKY TFs of A. annua were characterized. The promoter region of AaWRKY group IIa genes contained several abiotic stress cis-acting regulatory elements, among which a highly conserved W-box motif was identified. Expression analysis of AaWRKY40 compared to AaWRKY1 in A. annua cell cultures treated with methyl jasmonate known to enhance artemisinin production, suggested a possible involvement of AaWRKY40 in terpenoid metabolism. Further investigation is necessary to study the role of AaWRKY40 and possible interactions with other TFs in A. annua.
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- Angelo De Paolis
- Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.Q.); (G.M.)
- Correspondence: (A.D.P.); (S.C.)
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- Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.Q.); (G.M.)
- Correspondence: (A.D.P.); (S.C.)
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- Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.Q.); (G.M.)
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- DiSTeBA (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy;
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- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria (IBBA), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Salaria, Km 29.300, 00015 Rome, Italy; (I.S.); (G.F.)
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- Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy; (A.Q.); (G.M.)
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- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria (IBBA), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Salaria, Km 29.300, 00015 Rome, Italy; (I.S.); (G.F.)
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Faraco M, Li Y, Li S, Spelt C, Di Sansebastiano GP, Reale L, Ferranti F, Verweij W, Koes R, Quattrocchio FM. A Tonoplast P 3B-ATPase Mediates Fusion of Two Types of Vacuoles in Petal Cells. Cell Rep 2018. [PMID: 28636930 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.05.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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It is known that plant cells can contain multiple distinct vacuoles; however, the abundance of multivacuolar cells and the mechanisms underlying vacuolar differentiation and communication among different types of vacuoles remain unknown. PH1 and PH5 are tonoplast P-ATPases that form a heteromeric pump that hyper-acidifies the central vacuole (CV) of epidermal cells in petunia petals. Here, we show that the sorting of this pump and other vacuolar proteins to the CV involves transit through small vacuoles: vacuolinos. Vacuolino formation is controlled by transcription factors regulating pigment synthesis and transcription of PH1 and PH5. Trafficking of proteins from vacuolinos to the central vacuole is impaired by misexpression of vacuolar SNAREs as well as mutants for the PH1 component of the PH1-PH5 pump. The finding that PH1-PH5 and these SNAREs interact strongly suggests that structural tonoplast proteins can act as tethering factors in the recognition of different vacuolar types.
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- Marianna Faraco
- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Section of Genetics, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, VU University, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, University of Salento, via Monteroni, Centro Ecotekne, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Section of Genetics, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, VU University, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Section of Genetics, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, VU University, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Section of Genetics, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, VU University, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, University of Salento, via Monteroni, Centro Ecotekne, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Section of Genetics, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, VU University, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Section of Genetics, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, VU University, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Plant Development and (Epi)Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Section of Genetics, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, VU University, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Barozzi F, Papadia P, Stefano G, Renna L, Brandizzi F, Migoni D, Fanizzi FP, Piro G, Di Sansebastiano GP. Variation in Membrane Trafficking Linked to SNARE AtSYP51 Interaction With Aquaporin NIP1;1. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1949. [PMID: 30687352 PMCID: PMC6334215 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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SYP51 and 52 are the two members of the SYP5 Qc-SNARE gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. These two proteins, besides their high level of sequence identity (85%), have shown to have differential functional specificity and possess a different interactome. Here we describe a unique and specific interaction of SYP51 with an ER aquaporin, AtNIP1;1 (also known as NLM1) indicated to be able to transport arsenite [As(III)] and previously localized on PM. In the present work we investigate in detail such localization in vivo and characterize the interaction with SYP51. We suggest that this interaction may reveal a new mechanism regulating tonoplast invagination and recycling. We propose this interaction to be part of a regulatory mechanism associated with direct membrane transport from ER to tonoplast and Golgi mediated vesicle trafficking. We also demonstrate that NIP1;1 is important for plant tolerance to arsenite but does not alter its uptake or translocation. To explain such phenomenon the hypothesis that SYP51/NIP1;1 interaction modifies ER and vacuole ability to accumulate arsenite is discussed.
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- Fabrizio Barozzi
- Laboratory of Botany, DISTEBA (Diartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemistry, DISTEBA (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
- *Correspondence: Paride Papadia
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- MSU DOE-Plant Biology Lab, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- MSU DOE-Plant Biology Lab, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- MSU DOE-Plant Biology Lab, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemistry, DISTEBA (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Laboratory of General and Inorganic Chemistry, DISTEBA (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Laboratory of Botany, DISTEBA (Diartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Laboratory of Botany, DISTEBA (Diartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Gian-Pietro Di Sansebastiano
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In plant cells, vacuoles are extremely important for growth and development, and influence important cellular functions as photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration. Plant cells contain lytic and storage vacuoles, whose size can be different depending on cell type and tissue developmental stage. One of the main roles of vacuoles is to regulate the cell turgor in response to different stimuli. Thus, studying the morphology, dynamics, and physiology of vacuole is fundamentally important to advance knowledge in plant cell biology at large. The availability of fluorescent probes allows marking vacuoles in multiple ways. These may be fast, when using commercially available chemical dyes, or relatively slow, in the case of specific genetically encoded markers based on proteins directed either to the membrane of the vacuole (tonoplast) or to the vacuole lumen. Any of these approaches provides useful information about the morphology and physiology of the vacuole.
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Occhialini A, Marc-Martin S, Gouzerh G, Hillmer S, Neuhaus JM. RMR (Receptor Membrane RING-H2) type 1 and 2 show different promoter activities and subcellular localizations in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 266:9-18. [PMID: 29241571 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Revised: 08/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Soluble vacuolar proteins reach their compartments of final accumulation through the binding with specific transmembrane cargo receptors. In Arabidopsis thaliana two different families of receptors have been characterized. The AtVSRs (Vacuolar Sorting Receptor), which are known to be involved in the protein sorting to lytic vacuoles (LV), and the AtRMRs (Receptor Membrane RING-H2), for which there is less evidence for a role in the traffic to the protein storage vacuole (PSV). In this study we investigated the localization and tissue expression of two RMRs (AtRMR1 and 2) in their species of origin, A. thaliana. Our experiments using leaf protoplasts and transgenic plants supported previous results of subcellular localization in Nicotiana benthamiana that visualized AtRMR1 and 2 in the cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and in the trans-Golgi network (TGN), respectively. The promoter activities of AtRMR1 and AtRMR2 detected in transgenic A. thaliana lines suggest that the expression of these two receptors only partially overlap in some organs and tissues. These results suggest that AtRMR1 and 2 are not functionally redundant, but could also interact and participate in the same cellular process in tissues with an overlapping expression.
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- Alessandro Occhialini
- Department of Food Science, University of Tennessee, Food Safety and Processing Building, 2600 River Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 345, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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Barozzi F, Di Sansebastiano GP, Sabella E, Aprile A, Piro G, De Bellis L, Nutricati E. Glutathione S-transferase related detoxification processes are correlated with receptor-mediated vacuolar sorting mechanisms. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:1361-1373. [PMID: 28577236 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2159-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Triticum durum Glutathione S-transferase Z1 is specifically responsive to glyphosate. Its expression influences the receptor-mediated vacuolar sorting mechanisms involved in tolerance mechanisms. A zeta subfamily glutathione S-transferase gene from Triticum durum (cv Cappelli) (TdGSTZ1) was characterized as part of a complex detoxification mechanism. The effect of different abiotic stresses on TdGSTZ1 revealed that the gene is unexpectedly responsive to glyphosate (GLY) herbicide despite it should not be part of tolerance mechanisms. Its role in the non-target-site mechanism of GLY resistance was then investigated. To analyze the GLY and the TdGSTZ1 overexpression effects on vacuolar sorting mechanisms, we performed transient transformation experiments in Nicotiana tabacum protoplasts using two vacuolar markers, AleuGFPgl133 and GFPgl133Chi, labeling the Sar1 dependent or independent sorting, respectively. We observed that the adaptive reaction of tobacco protoplasts vacuolar system to the treatment with GLY could be partially mimicked by the overexpression of TdGSTZ1 gene. To confirm the influence of GLY on the two vacuolar markers accumulation and the potential involvement of the secretion pathway activity in detoxification events, Arabidopsis thaliana transgenic plants overexpressing the non-glycosylated versions of the two markers were analyzed. The results suggested that GLY treatment specifically altered different vacuolar sorting characteristics, suggesting an involvement of the receptor-mediated AleuGFP sorting mechanism in GLY resistance. Finally, the expression analysis of selected genes confirmed that the non-target-site GLY resistance mechanisms are related to vacuolar sorting.
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- Fabrizio Barozzi
- DISTEBA, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, via Prov. le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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- DISTEBA, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, via Prov. le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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- DISTEBA, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, via Prov. le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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- DISTEBA, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, via Prov. le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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- DISTEBA, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, via Prov. le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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- DISTEBA, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, via Prov. le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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- DISTEBA, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, via Prov. le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy.
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Bak A, Cheung AL, Yang C, Whitham SA, Casteel CL. A viral protease relocalizes in the presence of the vector to promote vector performance. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14493. [PMID: 28205516 PMCID: PMC5316897 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Vector-borne pathogens influence host characteristics relevant to host-vector contact, increasing pathogen transmission and survival. Previously, we demonstrated that infection with Turnip mosaic virus, a member of one of the largest families of plant-infecting viruses, increases vector attraction and reproduction on infected hosts. These changes were due to a single viral protein, NIa-Pro. Here we show that NIa-Pro responds to the presence of the aphid vector during infection by relocalizing to the vacuole. Remarkably, vacuolar localization is required for NIa-Pro's ability to enhance aphid reproduction on host plants, vacuole localization disappears when aphids are removed, and this phenomenon occurs for another potyvirus, Potato virus Y, suggesting a conserved role for the protein in vector-host interactions. Taken together, these results suggest that potyviruses dynamically respond to the presence of their vectors, promoting insect performance and transmission only when needed.
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- Aurélie Bak
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Bak A, Cheung AL, Yang C, Whitham SA, Casteel CL. A viral protease relocalizes in the presence of the vector to promote vector performance. Nat Commun 2017. [PMID: 28205516 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14493c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Vector-borne pathogens influence host characteristics relevant to host-vector contact, increasing pathogen transmission and survival. Previously, we demonstrated that infection with Turnip mosaic virus, a member of one of the largest families of plant-infecting viruses, increases vector attraction and reproduction on infected hosts. These changes were due to a single viral protein, NIa-Pro. Here we show that NIa-Pro responds to the presence of the aphid vector during infection by relocalizing to the vacuole. Remarkably, vacuolar localization is required for NIa-Pro's ability to enhance aphid reproduction on host plants, vacuole localization disappears when aphids are removed, and this phenomenon occurs for another potyvirus, Potato virus Y, suggesting a conserved role for the protein in vector-host interactions. Taken together, these results suggest that potyviruses dynamically respond to the presence of their vectors, promoting insect performance and transmission only when needed.
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- Aurélie Bak
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Robinson DG, Neuhaus JM. Receptor-mediated sorting of soluble vacuolar proteins: myths, facts, and a new model. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:4435-49. [PMID: 27262127 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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To prevent their being released to the cell exterior, acid hydrolases are recognized by receptors at some point in the secretory pathway and diverted towards the lytic compartment of the cell (lysosome or vacuole). In animal cells, the receptor is called the mannosyl 6-phosphate receptor (MPR) and it binds hydrolase ligands in the trans-Golgi network (TGN). These ligands are then sequestered into clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs) because of motifs in the cytosolic tail of the MPR which interact first with monomeric adaptors (Golgi-localized, Gamma-ear-containing, ARF-binding proteins, GGAs) and then with tetrameric (adaptin) adaptor complexes. The CCVs then fuse with an early endosome, whose more acidic lumen causes the ligands to dissociate. The MPRs are then recycled back to the TGN via retromer-coated carriers. Plants have vacuolar sorting receptors (VSRs) which were originally identified in CCVs isolated from pea (Pisum sativum L.) cotyledons. It was therefore assumed that VSRs would have an analogous function in plants to MPRs in animals. Although this dogma has enjoyed wide support over the last 20 years there are many inconsistencies. Recently, results have been published which are quite contrary to it. It now emerges that VSRs and their ligands can interact very early in the secretory pathway, and dissociate in the TGN, which, in contrast to its mammalian counterpart, has a pH of 5.5. Multivesicular endosomes in plants lack proton pump complexes and consequently have an almost neutral internal pH, which discounts them as organelles of pH-dependent receptor-ligand dissociation. These data force a critical re-evaluation of the role of CCVs at the TGN, especially considering that vacuolar cargo ligands have never been identified in them. We propose that one population of TGN-derived CCVs participate in retrograde transport of VSRs from the TGN. We also present a new model to explain how secretory and vacuolar cargo proteins are effectively separated after entering the late Golgi/TGN compartments.
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- David G Robinson
- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
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Ahmad I, Devonshire J, Mohamed R, Schultze M, Maathuis FJM. Overexpression of the potassium channel TPKb in small vacuoles confers osmotic and drought tolerance to rice. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 209:1040-8. [PMID: 26474307 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Potassium (K(+) ) is the most important cationic nutrient for all living organisms. Vacuolar two-pore K(+) (TPK) channels are important players in the regulation of cellular levels of K(+) but have not been characterised in rice. In order to assess the role of OsTPKb, a K(+) selective ion channel predominantly expressed in the tonoplast of small vacuoles, we generated overexpressing (OX) lines using a constitutive promoter and compared their phenotypes with control plants. Relative to control plants, OX lines showed better growth when exposed to low-K(+) or water stress conditions. K(+) uptake was greater in OX lines which may be driven by increased AKT1 and HAK1 activity. The enhanced K(+) uptake led to tissue K(+) levels that were raised in roots and shoots. Furthermore, energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyses showed a higher cytoplasm: vacuole K(+) ratio which is likely to contribute to the increased stress tolerance. In all, the data suggest that TPKb can alter the K(+) status of small vacuoles, which is important for general cellular K(+) homeostasis which, in turn, affects stress tolerance.
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- Izhar Ahmad
- Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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Reguera M, Bassil E, Tajima H, Wimmer M, Chanoca A, Otegui MS, Paris N, Blumwald E. pH Regulation by NHX-Type Antiporters Is Required for Receptor-Mediated Protein Trafficking to the Vacuole in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2015; 27:1200-17. [PMID: 25829439 PMCID: PMC4558692 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.135699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Protein trafficking requires proper ion and pH homeostasis of the endomembrane system. The NHX-type Na(+)/H(+) antiporters NHX5 and NHX6 localize to the Golgi, trans-Golgi network, and prevacuolar compartments and are required for growth and trafficking to the vacuole. In the nhx5 nhx6 T-DNA insertional knockouts, the precursors of the 2S albumin and 12S globulin storage proteins accumulated and were missorted to the apoplast. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed the presence of vesicle clusters containing storage protein precursors and vacuolar sorting receptors (VSRs). Isolation and identification of complexes of VSRs with unprocessed 12S globulin by 2D blue-native PAGE/SDS-PAGE indicated that the nhx5 nhx6 knockouts showed compromised receptor-cargo association. In vivo interaction studies using bimolecular fluorescence complementation between VSR2;1, aleurain, and 12S globulin suggested that nhx5 nhx6 knockouts showed a significant reduction of VSR binding to both cargoes. In vivo pH measurements indicated that the lumens of VSR compartments containing aleurain, as well as the trans-Golgi network and prevacuolar compartments, were significantly more acidic in nhx5 nhx6 knockouts. This work demonstrates the importance of NHX5 and NHX6 in maintaining endomembrane luminal pH and supports the notion that proper vacuolar trafficking and proteolytic processing of storage proteins require endomembrane pH homeostasis.
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- Maria Reguera
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Division of Plant Nutrition, University of Bonn, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Departments of Botany and Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Departments of Botany and Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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Di Sansebastiano GP, Rizzello F, Durante M, Caretto S, Nisi R, De Paolis A, Faraco M, Montefusco A, Piro G, Mita G. Subcellular compartmentalization in protoplasts from Artemisia annua cell cultures: engineering attempts using a modified SNARE protein. J Biotechnol 2014; 202:146-52. [PMID: 25451863 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.11.016] [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] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Revised: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Plants are ideal bioreactors for the production of macromolecules but transport mechanisms are not fully understood and cannot be easily manipulated. Several attempts to overproduce recombinant proteins or secondary metabolites failed. Because of an independent regulation of the storage compartment, the product may be rapidly degraded or cause self-intoxication. The case of the anti-malarial compound artemisinin produced by Artemisia annua plants is emblematic. The accumulation of artemisinin naturally occurs in the apoplast of glandular trichomes probably involving autophagy and unconventional secretion thus its production by undifferentiated tissues such as cell suspension cultures can be challenging. Here we characterize the subcellular compartmentalization of several known fluorescent markers in protoplasts derived from Artemisia suspension cultures and explore the possibility to modify compartmentalization using a modified SNARE protein as molecular tool to be used in future biotechnological applications. We focused on the observation of the vacuolar organization in vivo and the truncated form of AtSYP51, 51H3, was used to induce a compartment generated by the contribution of membrane from endocytosis and from endoplasmic reticulum to vacuole trafficking. The artificial compartment crossing exocytosis and endocytosis may trap artemisinin stabilizing it until extraction; indeed, it is able to increase total enzymatic activity of a vacuolar marker (RGUSChi), probably increasing its stability. Exploring the 51H3-induced compartment we gained new insights on the function of the SNARE SYP51, recently shown to be an interfering-SNARE, and new hints to engineer eukaryote endomembranes for future biotechnological applications.
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- Gian Pietro Di Sansebastiano
- DiSTeBA (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
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- CNR - ISPA (Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR - ISPA (Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR - ISPA (Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR - ISPA (Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy; DII (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazione), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR - ISPA (Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- DiSTeBA (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- DiSTeBA (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- DiSTeBA (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- CNR - ISPA (Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari), Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Stigliano E, Di Sansebastiano GP, Neuhaus JM. Contribution of chitinase A's C-terminal vacuolar sorting determinant to the study of soluble protein compartmentation. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:11030-9. [PMID: 24945312 PMCID: PMC4100196 DOI: 10.3390/ijms150611030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Revised: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Plant chitinases have been studied for their importance in the defense of crop plants from pathogen attacks and for their peculiar vacuolar sorting determinants. A peculiarity of the sequence of many family 19 chitinases is the presence of a C-terminal extension that seems to be important for their correct recognition by the vacuole sorting machinery. The 7 amino acids long C-terminal vacuolar sorting determinant (CtVSD) of tobacco chitinase A is necessary and sufficient for the transport to the vacuole. This VSD shares no homology with other CtVSDs such as the phaseolin’s tetrapeptide AFVY (AlaPheValTyr) and it is also sorted by different mechanisms. While a receptor for this signal has not yet been convincingly identified, the research using the chitinase CtVSD has been very informative, leading to the observation of phenomena otherwise difficult to observe such as the presence of separate vacuoles in differentiating cells and the existence of a Golgi-independent route to the vacuole. Thanks to these new insights in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-vacuole transport, GFPChi (Green Fluorescent Protein carrying the chitinase A CtVSD) and other markers based on chitinase signals will continue to help the investigation of vacuolar biogenesis in plants.
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- Egidio Stigliano
- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Neuchâtel CH-2000, Switzerland.
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- DiSTeBA (Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies), University of Salento, Campus ECOTEKNE, S.P. 6, Lecce-Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Neuchâtel CH-2000, Switzerland.
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Isayenkov SV. Plant vacuoles: Physiological roles and mechanisms of vacuolar sorting and vesicular trafficking. CYTOL GENET+ 2014. [DOI: 10.3103/s0095452714020042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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New insights on plant cell elongation: a role for acetylcholine. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:4565-82. [PMID: 24642879 PMCID: PMC3975414 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15034565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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We investigated the effect of auxin and acetylcholine on the expression of the tomato expansin gene LeEXPA2, a specific expansin gene expressed in elongating tomato hypocotyl segments. Since auxin interferes with clathrin-mediated endocytosis, in order to regulate cellular and developmental responses we produced protoplasts from tomato elongating hypocotyls and followed the endocytotic marker, FM4-64, internalization in response to treatments. Tomato protoplasts were observed during auxin and acetylcholine treatments after transient expression of chimerical markers of volume-control related compartments such as vacuoles. Here we describe the contribution of auxin and acetylcholine to LeEXPA2 expression regulation and we support the hypothesis that a possible subcellular target of acetylcholine signal is the vesicular transport, shedding some light on the characterization of this small molecule as local mediator in the plant physiological response.
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Feeney M, Frigerio L, Kohalmi SE, Cui Y, Menassa R. Reprogramming cells to study vacuolar development. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:493. [PMID: 24348496 PMCID: PMC3848493 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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During vegetative and embryonic developmental transitions, plant cells are massively reorganized to support the activities that will take place during the subsequent developmental phase. Studying cellular and subcellular changes that occur during these short transitional periods can sometimes present challenges, especially when dealing with Arabidopsis thaliana embryo and seed tissues. As a complementary approach, cellular reprogramming can be used as a tool to study these cellular changes in another, more easily accessible, tissue type. To reprogram cells, genetic manipulation of particular regulatory factors that play critical roles in establishing or repressing the seed developmental program can be used to bring about a change of cell fate. During different developmental phases, vacuoles assume different functions and morphologies to respond to the changing needs of the cell. Lytic vacuoles (LVs) and protein storage vacuoles (PSVs) are the two main vacuole types found in flowering plants such as Arabidopsis. Although both are morphologically distinct and carry out unique functions, they also share some similar activities. As the co-existence of the two vacuole types is short-lived in plant cells, how they replace each other has been a long-standing curiosity. To study the LV to PSV transition, LEAFY COTYLEDON2, a key transcriptional regulator of seed development, was overexpressed in vegetative cells to activate the seed developmental program. At the cellular level, Arabidopsis leaf LVs were observed to convert to PSV-like organelles. This presents the opportunity for further research to elucidate the mechanism of LV to PSV transitions. Overall, this example demonstrates the potential usefulness of cellular reprogramming as a method to study cellular processes that occur during developmental transitions.
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- Mistianne Feeney
- Department of Biology, University of Western OntarioLondon, ON, Canada
- Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaLondon, ON, Canada
- School of Life Sciences, University of WarwickCoventry, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Western OntarioLondon, ON, Canada
- Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaLondon, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Western OntarioLondon, ON, Canada
- Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaLondon, ON, Canada
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Stigliano E, Faraco M, Neuhaus JM, Montefusco A, Dalessandro G, Piro G, Di Sansebastiano GP. Two glycosylated vacuolar GFPs are new markers for ER-to-vacuole sorting. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2013; 73:337-43. [PMID: 24184454 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Vacuolar Sorting Determinants (VSDs) have been extensively studied in plants but the mechanisms for the accumulation of storage proteins in somatic tissues are not yet fully understood. In this work we used two mutated versions of well-documented vacuolar fluorescent reporters, a GFP fusion in frame with the C-terminal VSD of tobacco chitinase (GFPChi) and an N-terminal fusion in frame with the sequence-specific VSD of the barley cysteine protease aleurain (AleuGFP). The GFP sequence was mutated to present an N-glycosylation site at the amino-acid position 133. The reporters were transiently expressed in Nicotiana tabacum protoplasts and agroinfiltrated in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves and their distribution was identical to that of the non-glycosylated versions. With the glycosylated GFPs we could highlight a differential ENDO-H sensitivity and therefore differential glycan modifications. This finding suggests two different and independent routes to the vacuole for the two reporters. BFA also had a differential effect on the two markers and further, inhibition of COPII trafficking by a specific dominant-negative mutant (NtSar1h74l) confirmed that GFPChi transport from the ER to the vacuole is not fully dependent on the Golgi apparatus.
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- Egidio Stigliano
- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland; CNR-IGV, Institute of Plant Genetics, Thematic Center for the Preservation of Mediterranean Plant Biodiversity, via Nazionale 44, 75025 Policoro, MT, Italy
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Martinière A, Bassil E, Jublanc E, Alcon C, Reguera M, Sentenac H, Blumwald E, Paris N. In vivo intracellular pH measurements in tobacco and Arabidopsis reveal an unexpected pH gradient in the endomembrane system. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:4028-43. [PMID: 24104564 PMCID: PMC3877828 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.116897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The pH homeostasis of endomembranes is essential for cellular functions. In order to provide direct pH measurements in the endomembrane system lumen, we targeted genetically encoded ratiometric pH sensors to the cytosol, the endoplasmic reticulum, and the trans-Golgi, or the compartments labeled by the vacuolar sorting receptor (VSR), which includes the trans-Golgi network and prevacuoles. Using noninvasive live-cell imaging to measure pH, we show that a gradual acidification from the endoplasmic reticulum to the lytic vacuole exists, in both tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) epidermal (ΔpH -1.5) and Arabidopsis thaliana root cells (ΔpH -2.1). The average pH in VSR compartments was intermediate between that of the trans-Golgi and the vacuole. Combining pH measurements with in vivo colocalization experiments, we found that the trans-Golgi network had an acidic pH of 6.1, while the prevacuole and late prevacuole were both more alkaline, with pH of 6.6 and 7.1, respectively. We also showed that endosomal pH, and subsequently vacuolar trafficking of soluble proteins, requires both vacuolar-type H(+) ATPase-dependent acidification as well as proton efflux mediated at least by the activity of endosomal sodium/proton NHX-type antiporters.
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- Alexandre Martinière
- Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 866, Dynamique Musculaire et Métabolisme, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, 34060 Montpellier, France
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Xiang L, Van den Ende W. Trafficking of plant vacuolar invertases: from a membrane-anchored to a soluble status. Understanding sorting information in their complex N-terminal motifs. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 54:1263-1277. [PMID: 23737500 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Vacuolar invertases (VIs) are highly expressed in young tissues and organs. They may have a substantial regulatory influence on whole-plant metabolism as well as on photosynthetic efficiency. Therefore, they are emerging as potentially interesting biotechnological targets to increase plant biomass production, especially under stress. On the one hand, VIs are well known as soluble and extractable proteins. On the other hand, they contain complex N-terminal propeptide (NTPP) regions with a basic region (BR) and a transmembrane domain (TMD). Here we analyzed in depth the Arabidopsis thaliana VI2 (AtVI2) NTPP by mutagenesis. It was found that correct sorting to the lytic vacuole (LV) depends on the presence of intact dileucine (SSDALLPIS), BR (RRRR) and TMD motifs. AtVI2 remains inserted into membranes on its way to the LV, and the classical sorting pathway (endoplasmic reticulum→Golgi→LV) is followed. However, our data suggest that VIs might follow an alternative, adaptor protein 3 (AP3)-dependent route as well. Membrane-anchored transport and a direct recognition of the dileucine motif in the NTPP of VIs might have evolved as a simple and more efficient sorting mechanism as compared with the vacuolar sorting receptor 1/binding protein of 80 kDa (VSR1/BP80)-dependent sorting mechanism followed by those proteins that travel to the vacuole as soluble proteins.
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- Li Xiang
- Biology Department, Laboratory for Molecular Plant Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, Box 2434, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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Gendre D, McFarlane HE, Johnson E, Mouille G, Sjödin A, Oh J, Levesque-Tremblay G, Watanabe Y, Samuels L, Bhalerao RP. Trans-Golgi network localized ECHIDNA/Ypt interacting protein complex is required for the secretion of cell wall polysaccharides in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:2633-46. [PMID: 23832588 PMCID: PMC3753388 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.112482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The secretion of cell wall polysaccharides through the trans-Golgi network (TGN) is required for plant cell elongation. However, the components mediating the post-Golgi secretion of pectin and hemicellulose, the two major cell wall polysaccharides, are largely unknown. We identified evolutionarily conserved YPT/RAB GTPase Interacting Protein 4a (YIP4a) and YIP4b (formerly YIP2), which form a TGN-localized complex with ECHIDNA (ECH) in Arabidopsis thaliana. The localization of YIP4 and ECH proteins at the TGN is interdependent and influences the localization of VHA-a1 and SYP61, which are key components of the TGN. YIP4a and YIP4b act redundantly, and the yip4a yip4b double mutants have a cell elongation defect. Genetic, biochemical, and cell biological analyses demonstrate that the ECH/YIP4 complex plays a key role in TGN-mediated secretion of pectin and hemicellulose to the cell wall in dark-grown hypocotyls and in secretory cells of the seed coat. In keeping with these observations, Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy analysis revealed that the ech and yip4a yip4b mutants exhibit changes in their cell wall composition. Overall, our results reveal a TGN subdomain defined by ECH/YIP4 that is required for the secretion of pectin and hemicellulose and distinguishes the role of the TGN in secretion from its roles in endocytic and vacuolar trafficking.
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- Delphine Gendre
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique–AgroParisTech, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Centre de Versailles-Grignon, 78026 Versailles cedex, France
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umea, Sweden
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De Benedictis M, Bleve G, Faraco M, Stigliano E, Grieco F, Piro G, Dalessandro G, Di Sansebastiano GP. AtSYP51/52 functions diverge in the post-Golgi traffic and differently affect vacuolar sorting. MOLECULAR PLANT 2013; 6:916-30. [PMID: 23087325 DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Plant sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) encoded by genes of the same sub-family are generally considered as redundant in promoting vesicle-associated membrane fusion events. Nonetheless, the application of innovative experimental approaches highlighted that members of the same gene sub-family often have different functional specificities. In this work, two closely related Qc-SNAREs--the AtSYP51 and the AtSYP52--are compared in their ability to influence different secretory pathways. Their role in the vesicle sorting to the central vacuole has been revised and they were found to have a novel inhibitory function. When transiently overexpressed, the SYP51 and the SYP52 distributed between the TGN and the tonoplast. Our data demonstrate that these SYPs (syntaxin of plants) act as t-SNARE when present on the membrane of TGN/PVC, whereas they behave as inhibitory or interfering SNAREs (i-SNAREs) when they accumulate on the tonoplast. Moreover, the performed functional analysis indicated that the AtSYP51 and the AtSYP52 roles differ in the traffic to the vacuole. The findings are a novel contribution to the functional characterization of plant SNAREs that reveals additional non-fusogenic roles.
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- Maria De Benedictis
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, University of Salento, Campus Ecotekne, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Pedrazzini E, Komarova NY, Rentsch D, Vitale A. Traffic Routes and Signals for the Tonoplast. Traffic 2013; 14:622-8. [DOI: 10.1111/tra.12051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2012] [Revised: 01/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Emanuela Pedrazzini
- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Milano; Italy
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- Institute of Plant Sciences; University of Bern; Bern; Switzerland
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- Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Milano; Italy
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Xiang L, Etxeberria E, den Ende W. Vacuolar protein sorting mechanisms in plants. FEBS J 2013; 280:979-93. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2012] [Revised: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Li Xiang
- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology KU Leuven Belgium
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- Horticulture Department Citrus Research and Education Center University of Florida Lake Alfred FL USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology KU Leuven Belgium
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Hanamata S, Kurusu T, Okada M, Suda A, Kawamura K, Tsukada E, Kuchitsu K. In vivo imaging and quantitative monitoring of autophagic flux in tobacco BY-2 cells. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2013; 8:e22510. [PMID: 23123450 PMCID: PMC3745557 DOI: 10.4161/psb.22510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Revised: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Autophagy has been shown to play essential roles in the growth, development and survival of eukaryotic cells. However, simple methods for quantification and visualization of autophagic flux remain to be developed in living plant cells. Here, we analyzed the autophagic flux in transgenic tobacco BY-2 cell lines expressing fluorescence-tagged NtATG8a as a marker for autophagosome formation. Under sucrose-starved conditions, the number of punctate signals of YFP-NtATG8a increased, and the fluorescence intensity of the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm decreased. Conversely, these changes were not observed in BY-2 cells expressing a C-terminal glycine deletion mutant of the NtATG8a protein (NtATG8aΔG). To monitor the autophagic flux more easily, we generated a transgenic BY-2 cell line expressing NtATG8a fused to a pH-sensitive fluorescent tag, a tandem fusion of the acid-insensitive RFP and the acid-sensitive YFP. In sucrose-rich conditions, both fluorescent signals were detected in the cytoplasm and only weakly in the vacuole. In contrast, under sucrose-starved conditions, the fluorescence intensity of the cytoplasm decreased, and the RFP signal clearly increased in the vacuole, corresponding to the fusion of the autophagosome to the vacuole and translocation of ATG8 from the cytoplasm to the vacuole. Moreover, we introduce a novel simple easy way to monitor the autophagic flux non-invasively by only measuring the ratio of fluorescence of RFP and YFP in the cell suspension using a fluorescent image analyzer without microscopy. The present in vivo quantitative monitoring system for the autophagic flux offers a powerful tool for determining the physiological functions and molecular mechanisms of plant autophagy induced by environmental stimuli.
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- Shigeru Hanamata
- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba, Japan
- Research Institute for Science and Technology; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba, Japan
- Research Institute for Science and Technology; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba, Japan
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Rivera-Serrano EE, Rodriguez-Welsh MF, Hicks GR, Rojas-Pierce M. A small molecule inhibitor partitions two distinct pathways for trafficking of tonoplast intrinsic proteins in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44735. [PMID: 22957103 PMCID: PMC3434187 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIPs) facilitate the membrane transport of water and other small molecules across the plant vacuolar membrane, and members of this family are expressed in specific developmental stages and tissue types. Delivery of TIP proteins to the tonoplast is thought to occur by vesicle–mediated traffic from the endoplasmic reticulum to the vacuole, and at least two pathways have been proposed, one that is Golgi-dependent and another that is Golgi-independent. However, the mechanisms for trafficking of vacuolar membrane proteins to the tonoplast remain poorly understood. Here we describe a chemical genetic approach to unravel the mechanisms of TIP protein targeting to the vacuole in Arabidopsis seedlings. We show that members of the TIP family are targeted to the vacuole via at least two distinct pathways, and we characterize the bioactivity of a novel inhibitor that can differentiate between them. We demonstrate that, unlike for TIP1;1, trafficking of markers for TIP3;1 and TIP2;1 is insensitive to Brefeldin A in Arabidopsis hypocotyls. Using a chemical inhibitor that may target this BFA-insensitive pathway for membrane proteins, we show that inhibition of this pathway results in impaired root hair growth and enhanced vacuolar targeting of the auxin efflux carrier PIN2 in the dark. Our results indicate that the vacuolar targeting of PIN2 and the BFA-insensitive pathway for tonoplast proteins may be mediated in part by common mechanisms.
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- Efrain E. Rivera-Serrano
- Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Zwiewka M, Friml J. Fluorescence imaging-based forward genetic screens to identify trafficking regulators in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:97. [PMID: 22654887 PMCID: PMC3359526 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Coordinated, subcellular trafficking of proteins is one of the fundamental properties of the multicellular eukaryotic organisms. Trafficking involves a large diversity of compartments, pathways, cargo molecules, and vesicle-sorting events. It is also crucial in regulating the localization and, thus, the activity of various proteins, but the process is still poorly genetically defined in plants. In the past, forward genetics screens had been used to determine the function of genes by searching for a specific morphological phenotype in the organism population in which mutations had been induced chemically or by irradiation. Unfortunately, these straightforward genetic screens turned out to be limited in identifying new regulators of intracellular protein transport, because mutations affecting essential trafficking pathways often lead to lethality. In addition, the use of these approaches has been restricted by functional redundancy among trafficking regulators. Screens for mutants that rely on the observation of changes in the cellular localization or dynamics of fluorescent subcellular markers enable, at least partially, to circumvent these issues. Hence, such image-based screens provide the possibility to identify either alleles with weak effects or components of the subcellular trafficking machinery that have no strong impact on the plant growth.
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- Marta Zwiewka
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB Life Sciences Research InstituteGent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent UniversityGent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB Life Sciences Research InstituteGent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent UniversityGent, Belgium
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Jiao BB, Wang JJ, Zhu XD, Zeng LJ, Li Q, He ZH. A novel protein RLS1 with NB-ARM domains is involved in chloroplast degradation during leaf senescence in rice. MOLECULAR PLANT 2012; 5:205-17. [PMID: 21980143 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Leaf senescence, a type of programmed cell death (PCD) characterized by chlorophyll degradation, is important to plant growth and crop productivity. It emerges that autophagy is involved in chloroplast degradation during leaf senescence. However, the molecular mechanism(s) involved in the process is not well understood. In this study, the genetic and physiological characteristics of the rice rls1 (rapid leaf senescence 1) mutant were identified. The rls1 mutant developed small, yellow-brown lesions resembling disease scattered over the whole surfaces of leaves that displayed earlier senescence than those of wild-type plants. The rapid loss of chlorophyll content during senescence was the main cause of accelerated leaf senescence in rls1. Microscopic observation indicated that PCD was misregulated, probably resulting in the accelerated degradation of chloroplasts in rls1 leaves. Map-based cloning of the RLS1 gene revealed that it encodes a previously uncharacterized NB (nucleotide-binding site)-containing protein with an ARM (armadillo) domain at the carboxyl terminus. Consistent with its involvement in leaf senescence, RLS1 was up-regulated during dark-induced leaf senescence and down-regulated by cytokinin. Intriguingly, constitutive expression of RLS1 also slightly accelerated leaf senescence with decreased chlorophyll content in transgenic rice plants. Our study identified a previously uncharacterized NB-ARM protein involved in PCD during plant growth and development, providing a unique tool for dissecting possible autophagy-mediated PCD during senescence in plants.
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- Bin-Bin Jiao
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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De Domenico S, Bonsegna S, Lenucci MS, Poltronieri P, Di Sansebastiano GP, Santino A. Localization of seed oil body proteins in tobacco protoplasts reveals specific mechanisms of protein targeting to leaf lipid droplets. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 53:858-68. [PMID: 21951961 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2011.01077.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Oleosin, caleosin and steroleosin are normally expressed in developing seed cells and are targeted to oil bodies. In the present work, the cDNA of each gene tagged with fluorescent proteins was transiently expressed into tobacco protoplasts and the fluorescent patterns observed by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Our results indicated clear differences in the endocellular localization of the three proteins. Oleosin and caleosin both share a common structure consisting of a central hydrophobic domain flanked by two hydrophilic domains and were correctly targeted to lipid droplets (LD), whereas steroleosin, characterized by an N-terminal oil body anchoring domain, was mainly retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Protoplast fractionation on sucrose gradients indicated that both oleosin and caleosin-green fluorescent protein (GFP) peaked at different fractions than where steroleosin-GFP or the ER marker binding immunoglobulin protein (BiP), were recovered. Chemical analysis confirmed the presence of triacylglycerols in one of the fractions where oleosin-GFP was recovered. Finally, only oleosin- and caleosin-GFP were able to reconstitute artificial oil bodies in the presence of triacylglycerols and phospholipids. Taken together, our results pointed out for the first time that leaf LDs can be separated by the ER and both oleosin or caleosin are selectively targeted due to the existence of selective mechanisms controlling protein association with these organelles.
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- Stefania De Domenico
- Institute of Sciences of Food Production C.N.R. Unit of Lecce, via Monteroni, Lecce 73100, Italy
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Oomen RJFJ, Séveno-Carpentier E, Ricodeau N, Bournaud C, Conéjéro G, Paris N, Berthomieu P, Marquès L. Plant defensin AhPDF1.1 is not secreted in leaves but it accumulates in intracellular compartments. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 192:140-150. [PMID: 21679189 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03792.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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• Apart from their antifungal role, plant defensins have recently been shown to be involved in abiotic stress tolerance or in inhibition of root growth when added in plant culture medium. We studied the subcellular localization of these proteins, which may account for these different roles. • Stable and transient expression of AhPDF1.1::GFP (green fluorescent protein) fusion proteins were analysed in yeast and plants. Functional tests established that the GFP tag did not alter the action of the defensin. Subcellular localization of AhPDF1.1 was characterized: by imaging AhPDF1.1::GFP together with organelle markers; and by immunolabelling AhPDF1.1 in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana leaves using a polyclonal serum. • All our independent approaches demonstrated that AhPDF1.1 is retained in intracellular compartments on the way to the lytic vacuole, instead of being addressed to the apoplasm. • These findings challenge the commonly accepted idea of secretion of defensins. The subcellular localization highlighted in this study could partly explain the dual role of plant defensins on plant cells and is of major importance to unravel the mechanisms of action of these proteins at the cellular level.
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- Ronald J F J Oomen
- Laboratoire de Biochimie & Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 02, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie & Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 02, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie & Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 02, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie & Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 02, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie & Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 02, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie & Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 02, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie & Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 02, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie & Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, 2 place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 02, France
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Bottanelli F, Foresti O, Hanton S, Denecke J. Vacuolar transport in tobacco leaf epidermis cells involves a single route for soluble cargo and multiple routes for membrane cargo. THE PLANT CELL 2011; 23:3007-25. [PMID: 21856792 PMCID: PMC3180807 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.085480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Revised: 06/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We tested if different classes of vacuolar cargo reach the vacuole via distinct mechanisms by interference at multiple steps along the transport route. We show that nucleotide-free mutants of low molecular weight GTPases, including Rab11, the Rab5 members Rha1 and Ara6, and the tonoplast-resident Rab7, caused induced secretion of both lytic and storage vacuolar cargo. In situ analysis in leaf epidermis cells indicates a sequential action of Rab11, Rab5, and Rab7 GTPases. Compared with Rab5 members, mutant Rab11 mediates an early transport defect interfering with the arrival of cargo at prevacuoles, while mutant Rab7 inhibits the final delivery to the vacuole and increases cargo levels in prevacuoles. In contrast with soluble cargo, membrane cargo may follow different routes. Tonoplast targeting of an α-TIP chimera was impaired by nucleotide-free Rha1, Ara6, and Rab7 similar to soluble cargo. By contrast, the tail-anchored tonoplast SNARE Vam3 shares only the Rab7-mediated vacuolar deposition step. The most marked difference was observed for the calcineurin binding protein CBL6, which was insensitive to all Rab mutants tested. Unlike soluble cargo, α-TIP and Vam3, CBL6 transport to the vacuole was COPII independent. The results indicate that soluble vacuolar proteins follow a single route to vacuoles, while membrane spanning proteins may use at least three different transport mechanisms.
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Isayenkov S, Isner JC, Maathuis FJM. Membrane localisation diversity of TPK channels and their physiological role. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:1201-4. [PMID: 21757998 PMCID: PMC3260722 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.8.15808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2011] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Potassium (K) is one of the major nutrients that is essential for plant growth and development. The majority of cellular K+ resides in the vacuole and tonoplast K+ channels of the TPK (Two Pore K) family are main players in cellular K+ homeostasis. All TPK channels were previously reported to be expressed in the tonoplast of the large central lytic vacuole (LV) except for one isoform in Arabidopsis that resides in the plasma membrane. However, plant cells often contain more than one type of vacuole that coexist in the same cell. We recently showed that two TPK isoforms (OsTPKa and OsTPKb) from Oryza sativa localise to different vacuoles with OsTPKa predominantly found in the LV tonoplast and OsTPKb primarily in smaller compartments that resemble small vacuoles (SVs). Our study further revealed that it is the C-terminal domain that determines differential targeting of OsTPKa and OsTPKb. Three C-terminal amino acids were particularly relevant for targeting TPKs to their respective endomembranes. In this addendum we further evaluate how the different localisation of TPKa and TPKb impact on their physiological role and how TPKs provide a potential tool to study the physiology of different types of vacuole.
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- Stanislav Isayenkov
- Department of Genomics and Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, Kiev, Ukraine
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De Caroli M, Lenucci MS, Di Sansebastiano GP, Dalessandro G, De Lorenzo G, Piro G. Dynamic protein trafficking to the cell wall. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:1012-5. [PMID: 21701253 PMCID: PMC3257782 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.7.15550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Recently we have studied the secretion pattern of a pectin methylesterase inhibitor protein (PMEI1) and a polygalacturonase inhibitor protein (PGIP2) in tobacco protoplast using the protein fusions, secGFP-PMEI1 and PGIP2-GFP. Both chimeras reach the cell wall by passing through the endomembrane system but using distinct mechanisms and through a pathway distinguishable from the default sorting of a secreted GFP. After reaching the apoplast, sec-GFP-PMEI1 is stably accumulated in the cell wall, while PGIP2-GFP undergoes endocytic trafficking. Here we describe the final localization of PGIP2-GFP in the vacuole, evidenced by co-localization with the marker Aleu-RFP, and show a graphic elaboration of its sorting pattern. A working model taking into consideration the presence of a regulated apoplast-targeted secretion pathway is proposed.
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “C. Darwin”; Università “La Sapienza”; Roma, Italy
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Faraco M, Di Sansebastiano GP, Spelt K, Koes RE, Quattrocchio FM. One protoplast is not the other! PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 156:474-8. [PMID: 21454800 PMCID: PMC3177251 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.173708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Conserved Arabidopsis ECHIDNA protein mediates trans-Golgi-network trafficking and cell elongation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:8048-53. [PMID: 21512130 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018371108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Multiple steps of plant growth and development rely on rapid cell elongation during which secretory and endocytic trafficking via the trans-Golgi network (TGN) plays a central role. Here, we identify the ECHIDNA (ECH) protein from Arabidopsis thaliana as a TGN-localized component crucial for TGN function. ECH partially complements loss of budding yeast TVP23 function and a Populus ECH complements the Arabidopsis ech mutant, suggesting functional conservation of the genes. Compared with wild-type, the Arabidopsis ech mutant exhibits severely perturbed cell elongation as well as defects in TGN structure and function, manifested by the reduced association between Golgi bodies and TGN as well as mislocalization of several TGN-localized proteins including vacuolar H(+)-ATPase subunit a1 (VHA-a1). Strikingly, ech is defective in secretory trafficking, whereas endocytosis appears unaffected in the mutant. Some aspects of the ech mutant phenotype can be phenocopied by treatment with a specific inhibitor of vacuolar H(+)-ATPases, concanamycin A, indicating that mislocalization of VHA-a1 may account for part of the defects in ech. Hence, ECH is an evolutionarily conserved component of the TGN with a central role in TGN structure and function.
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Baranova EN, Gulevich AA, Kalinina-Turner EB, Koslov NN. Effects of NaCl, Na2SO4 and mannitol on utilization of storage protein and transformation of vacuoles in the cotyledons and seedling roots of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.3103/s1068367411010034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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De Caroli M, Lenucci MS, Di Sansebastiano GP, Dalessandro G, De Lorenzo G, Piro G. Protein trafficking to the cell wall occurs through mechanisms distinguishable from default sorting in tobacco. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 65:295-308. [PMID: 21223393 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04421.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The secretory pathway in plants involves sustained traffic to the cell wall, as matrix components, polysaccharides and proteins reach the cell wall through the endomembrane system. We studied the secretion pattern of cell-wall proteins in tobacco protoplasts and leaf epidermal cells using fluorescent forms of a pectin methylesterase inhibitor protein (PMEI1) and a polygalacturonase inhibitor protein (PGIP2). The two most representative protein fusions, secGFP-PMEI1 and PGIP2-GFP, reached the cell wall by passing through ER and Golgi stacks but using distinct mechanisms. secGFP-PMEI1 was linked to a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor and stably accumulated in the cell wall, regulating the activity of the endogenous pectin methylesterases (PMEs) that are constitutively present in this compartment. A mannosamine-induced non-GPI-anchored form of PMEI1 as well as a form (PMEI1-GFP) that was unable to bind membranes failed to reach the cell wall, and accumulated in the Golgi stacks. In contrast, PGIP2-GFP moved as a soluble cargo protein along the secretory pathway, but was not stably retained in the cell wall, due to internalization to an endosomal compartment and eventually the vacuole. Stable localization of PGIP2 in the wall was observed only in the presence of a specific fungal endopolygalacturonase ligand in the cell wall. Both secGFP-PMEI1 and PGIP2-GFP sorting were distinguishable from that of a secreted GFP, suggesting that rigorous and more complex controls than the simple mechanism of bulk flow are the basis of cell-wall growth and differentiation.
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- Monica De Caroli
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Foresti O, Gershlick DC, Bottanelli F, Hummel E, Hawes C, Denecke J. A recycling-defective vacuolar sorting receptor reveals an intermediate compartment situated between prevacuoles and vacuoles in tobacco. THE PLANT CELL 2010; 22:3992-4008. [PMID: 21177482 PMCID: PMC3027165 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.078436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2010] [Revised: 10/04/2010] [Accepted: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant vacuolar sorting receptors (VSRs) display cytosolic Tyr motifs (YMPL) for clathrin-mediated anterograde transport to the prevacuolar compartment. Here, we show that the same motif is also required for VSR recycling. A Y612A point mutation in Arabidopsis thaliana VSR2 leads to a quantitative shift in VSR2 steady state levels from the prevacuolar compartment to the trans-Golgi network when expressed in Nicotiana tabacum. By contrast, the L615A mutant VSR2 leaks strongly to vacuoles and accumulates in a previously undiscovered compartment. The latter is shown to be distinct from the Golgi stacks, the trans-Golgi network, and the prevacuolar compartment but is characterized by high concentrations of soluble vacuolar cargo and the rab5 GTPase Rha1(RabF2a). The results suggest that the prevacuolar compartment matures by gradual receptor depletion, leading to the formation of a late prevacuolar compartment situated between the prevacuolar compartment and the vacuole.
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- Ombretta Foresti
- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Feraru E, Paciorek T, Feraru MI, Zwiewka M, De Groodt R, De Rycke R, Kleine-Vehn J, Friml J. The AP-3 β adaptin mediates the biogenesis and function of lytic vacuoles in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2010; 22:2812-24. [PMID: 20729380 PMCID: PMC2947184 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.075424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2010] [Revised: 07/16/2010] [Accepted: 07/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant vacuoles are essential multifunctional organelles largely distinct from similar organelles in other eukaryotes. Embryo protein storage vacuoles and the lytic vacuoles that perform a general degradation function are the best characterized, but little is known about the biogenesis and transition between these vacuolar types. Here, we designed a fluorescent marker-based forward genetic screen in Arabidopsis thaliana and identified a protein affected trafficking2 (pat2) mutant, whose lytic vacuoles display altered morphology and accumulation of proteins. Unlike other mutants affecting the vacuole, pat2 is specifically defective in the biogenesis, identity, and function of lytic vacuoles but shows normal sorting of proteins to storage vacuoles. PAT2 encodes a putative β-subunit of adaptor protein complex 3 (AP-3) that can partially complement the corresponding yeast mutant. Manipulations of the putative AP-3 β adaptin functions suggest a plant-specific role for the evolutionarily conserved AP-3 β in mediating lytic vacuole performance and transition of storage into the lytic vacuoles independently of the main prevacuolar compartment-based trafficking route.
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- Elena Feraru
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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Saint-Jean B, Seveno-Carpentier E, Alcon C, Neuhaus JM, Paris N. The cytosolic tail dipeptide Ile-Met of the pea receptor BP80 is required for recycling from the prevacuole and for endocytosis. THE PLANT CELL 2010; 22:2825-37. [PMID: 20807880 PMCID: PMC2947187 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.072215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2009] [Revised: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 08/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Pea (Pisum sativum) BP80 is a vacuolar sorting receptor for soluble proteins and has a cytosolic domain essential for its intracellular trafficking between the trans-Golgi network and the prevacuole. Based on mammalian knowledge, we introduced point mutations in the cytosolic region of the receptor and produced chimeras of green fluorescent protein fused to the transmembrane domain of pea BP80 along with the modified cytosolic tails. By analyzing the subcellular location of these chimera, we found that mutating Glu-604, Asp-616, or Glu-620 had mild effects, whereas mutating the Tyr motif partially redistributed the chimera to the plasma membrane. Replacing both Ile-608 and Met-609 by Ala (IMAA) led to a massive redistribution of fluorescence to the vacuole, indicating that recycling is impaired. When the chimera uses the alternative route, the IMAA mutation led to a massive accumulation at the plasma membrane. Using Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing a fluorescent reporter with the full-length sequence of At VSR4, we demonstrated that the receptor undergoes brefeldin A-sensitive endocytosis. We conclude that the receptors use two pathways, one leading directly to the lytic vacuole and the other going via the plasma membrane, and that the Ileu-608 Met-609 motif has a role in the retrieval step in both pathways.
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- Bruno Saint-Jean
- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biotechnologie des Algues, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, 44311 Nantes Cedex 03, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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Fusion with fluorescent proteins for subcellular localization of enzymes involved in plant alkaloid biosynthesis. Methods Mol Biol 2010. [PMID: 20552458 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-723-5_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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To establish the role in alkaloid metabolism of candidate genes identified in silico or by Omics approaches, it may be essential to determine the subcellular localization of the encoded proteins. The fusion with fluorescent proteins (FP) may now be used as a quite effective and reliable tool to investigate this question. The methodology involves the choice of the FP, the design and production of the appropriate FP fusions, and the use of a transient or stable transformation protocol applied to a homologous or heterologous plant system. This chapter describes the application of this methodology to an enzyme involved in indole alkaloid biosynthesis, with general considerations on the development of the approach.
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Kram BW, Carter CJ. Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for functional nectary analysis. SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION 2009. [PMID: 20033445 DOI: 10.1007/s00497-009-0112-115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Nectaries and nectar have received much research attention for well over 200 years due to their central roles in plant-pollinator interactions. Despite this, only a few genes have demonstrated impacts on nectary development, and none have been reported to mediate de novo nectar production. This scarcity of information is largely due to the lack of a model that combines sizeable nectaries, and high levels of nectar production, along with suitable genomics resources. For example, even though Arabidopsis thaliana has been useful for developmental studies, it has been largely overlooked as a model for studying nectary function due to the small size of its flowers. However, Arabidopsis nectaries, along with those of related species, are quite operational and can be used to discern molecular mechanisms of nectary form and function. A current understanding of the machinery underlying nectary function in plants is briefly presented, with emphasis placed on the prospects of using Arabidopsis as a model for studying these processes.
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- Brian W Kram
- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
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Wudick MM, Luu DT, Maurel C. A look inside: localization patterns and functions of intracellular plant aquaporins. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2009; 184:289-302. [PMID: 19674338 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02985.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Aquaporins form a superfamily of intrinsic channel proteins in the plasma and intracellular membranes of plant cells. While a lot of research effort has substantiated the importance of plasma membrane aquaporins for the regulation of plant water homeostasis, comparably little is known about the function of intracellular aquaporins. Yet, various low-molecular-weight compounds, in addition to water, were recently shown to permeate some of these aquaporins. In this review, we examine the diversity of transport properties and localization patterns of intracellular aquaporins. The discussed profiles include, for example, water and ammonia transport across the tonoplast or CO2 transport through the chloroplast envelope. Furthermore, we try to assess to what extent the diverse aquaporin distribution patterns, in relation to the high degree of compartmentation of plant cells, can be linked to a wide range of cellular functions.
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- Michael M Wudick
- Biochimie et physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Biochimie et physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Biochimie et physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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Kram BW, Carter CJ. Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for functional nectary analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 22:235-46. [DOI: 10.1007/s00497-009-0112-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zouhar J, Rojo E, Bassham DC. AtVPS45 is a positive regulator of the SYP41/SYP61/VTI12 SNARE complex involved in trafficking of vacuolar cargo. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 149:1668-78. [PMID: 19251905 PMCID: PMC2663731 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.134361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Accepted: 02/24/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We report a functional characterization of AtVPS45 (for vacuolar protein sorting 45), a protein from the Sec1/Munc18 family in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) that interacts at the trans-Golgi network (TGN) with the SYP41/SYP61/VTI12 SNARE complex. A null allele of AtVPS45 was male gametophytic lethal, whereas stable RNA interference lines with reduced AtVPS45 protein levels had stunted growth but were viable and fertile. In the silenced lines, we observed defects in vacuole formation that correlated with a reduction in cell expansion and with autophagy-related defects in nutrient turnover. Moreover, transport of vacuolar cargo with carboxy-terminal vacuolar sorting determinants was blocked in the silenced lines, suggesting that AtVPS45 functions in vesicle trafficking to the vacuole. These trafficking defects are similar to those observed in vti12 mutants, supporting a functional relationship between AtVPS45 and VTI12. Consistent with this, we found a decrease in SYP41 protein levels coupled to the silencing of AtVPS45, pointing to instability and malfunction of the SYP41/SYP61/VTI12 SNARE complex in the absence of its cognate Sec1/Munc18 regulator. Based on its localization on the TGN, we hypothesized that AtVPS45 could be involved in membrane fusion of retrograde vesicles recycling vacuolar trafficking machinery. Indeed, in the AtVPS45-silenced plants, we found a striking alteration in the subcellular fractionation pattern of vacuolar sorting receptors, which are required for sorting of carboxy-terminal vacuolar sorting determinant-containing cargo. We propose that AtVPS45 is essential for recycling of the vacuolar sorting receptors back to the TGN and that blocking this step underlies the defects in vacuolar cargo trafficking observed in the silenced lines.
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- Jan Zouhar
- Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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Park J, Knoblauch M, Okita TW, Edwards GE. Structural changes in the vacuole and cytoskeleton are key to development of the two cytoplasmic domains supporting single-cell C(4) photosynthesis in Bienertia sinuspersici. PLANTA 2009; 229:369-82. [PMID: 18972128 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0836-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2008] [Accepted: 10/05/2008] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Bienertia sinuspersici Akhani has an unusual mechanism of C4 photosynthesis which occurs within individual chlorenchyma cells. To perform C4, the mature cells have two cytoplasmic compartments consisting of a central (CCC) and a peripheral (PCC) domain containing dimorphic chloroplasts which are interconnected by cytoplasmic channels. Based on leaf development studies, young chlorenchyma cells have not developed the two cytoplasmic compartments and dimorphic chloroplasts. Fluorescent dyes which are targeted to membranes or to specific organelles were used to follow changes in cell structure and organelle distribution during formation of C4-type chlorenchyma. Chlorenchyma cell development was divided into four stages: 1-the nucleus and chloroplasts occupy much of the cytoplasmic space and only small vacuoles are formed; 2-development of larger vacuoles, formation of a pre-CCC with some scattered chloroplasts; 3-the vacuole expands, cells have directional growth; 4-mature stage, cells have become elongated, with a distinctive CCC and PCC joined by interconnecting cytoplasmic channels. By staining vacuoles with a fluorescent dye and constructing 3D images of chloroplasts, and by microinjecting a fluorescence dye into the vacuole of living cells, it was demonstrated that the mature cell has only one vacuole, which is traversed by cytoplasmic channels connecting the CCC with the PCC. Immunofluorescent studies on isolated chlorenchyma cells treated with cytoskeleton disrupting drugs suspended in different levels of osmoticum showed that both microtubules and actin filaments are important in maintaining the cytoplasmic domains. With prolonged exposure of plants to dim light, the cytoskeleton undergoes changes and there is a dramatic shift of the CCC from the center toward the distal end of the cell.
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- Joonho Park
- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4236, USA
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Miao Y, Li KY, Li HY, Yao X, Jiang L. The vacuolar transport of aleurain-GFP and 2S albumin-GFP fusions is mediated by the same pre-vacuolar compartments in tobacco BY-2 and Arabidopsis suspension cultured cells. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 56:824-39. [PMID: 18680561 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03645.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Soluble proteins reach vacuoles because they contain vacuolar sorting determinants (VSDs) that are recognized by vacuolar sorting receptor (VSR) proteins. Pre-vacuolar compartments (PVCs), defined by VSRs and GFP-VSR reporters in tobacco BY-2 cells, are membrane-bound intermediate organelles that mediate protein traffic from the Golgi apparatus to the vacuole in plant cells. Multiple pathways have been demonstrated to be responsible for vacuolar transport of lytic enzymes and storage proteins to the lytic vacuole (LV) and the protein storage vacuole (PSV), respectively. However, the nature of PVCs for LV and PSV pathways remains unclear. Here, we used two fluorescent reporters, aleurain-GFP and 2S albumin-GFP, that represent traffic of lytic enzymes and storage proteins to LV and PSV, respectively, to study the PVC-mediated transport pathways via transient expression in suspension cultured cells. We demonstrated that the vacuolar transport of aleurain-GFP and 2S albumin-GFP was mediated by the same PVC populations in both tobacco BY-2 and Arabidopsis suspension cultured cells. These PVCs were defined by the seven GFP-AtVSR reporters. In wortmannin-treated cells, the vacuolated PVCs contained the mRFP-AtVSR reporter in their limiting membranes, whereas the soluble aleurain-GFP or 2S albumin-GFP remained in the lumen of the PVCs, indicating a possible in vivo relationship between receptor and cargo within PVCs.
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- Yansong Miao
- Department of Biology and Molecular Biotechnology Program, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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