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Xu Y, Tian W, Yin M, Cai Z, Zhang L, Yuan D, Yi H, Wu J. The miR159a-DUO1 module regulates pollen development by modulating auxin biosynthesis and starch metabolism in citrus. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 38578168 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Achieving seedlessness in citrus varieties is one of the important objectives of citrus breeding. Male sterility associated with abnormal pollen development is an important factor in seedlessness. However, our understanding of the regulatory mechanism underlying the seedlessness phenotype in citrus is still limited. Here, we determined that the miR159a-DUO1 module played an important role in regulating pollen development in citrus, which further indirectly modulated seed development and fruit size. Both the overexpression of csi-miR159a and the knocking out of DUO1 in Hong Kong kumquat (Fortunella hindsii) resulted in small and seedless fruit phenotypes. Moreover, pollen was severely aborted in both transgenic lines, with arrested pollen mitotic I and abnormal pollen starch metabolism. Through additional cross-pollination experiments, DUO1 was proven to be the key target gene for miR159a to regulate male sterility in citrus. Based on DNA affinity purification sequencing (DAP-seq), RNA-seq, and verified interaction assays, YUC2/YUC6, SS4 and STP8 were identified as downstream target genes of DUO1, those were all positively regulated by DUO1. In transgenic F. hindsii lines, the miR159a-DUO1 module down-regulated the expression of YUC2/YUC6, which decreased indoleacetic acid (IAA) levels and modulated auxin signaling to repress pollen mitotic I. The miR159a-DUO1 module reduced the expression of the starch synthesis gene SS4 and sugar transport gene STP8 to disrupt starch metabolism in pollen. Overall, this work reveals a new mechanism by which the miR159a-DUO1 module regulates pollen development and elucidates the molecular regulatory network underlying male sterility in citrus.
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- Yanhui Xu
- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees of the Ministry of Education and Key Laboratory of Non-Wood Forest Products of the Forestry Ministry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Study on the interaction preference between CYCD subclass and CDK family members at the poplar genome level. Sci Rep 2022; 12:16805. [PMID: 36207355 PMCID: PMC9547009 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20800-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) control the progression of the cell cycle. D-type cyclin (CYCD) is generally believed to form a complex with CDK and control the G1/S transition. In plants, CYCD and CDK gene families can be divided into 6 (D1-D7) and 7 (CDKA-CDKG) subclasses, respectively. Different subclasses in the CYCD and CDK families have different numbers, structures and functions. In some heterologous woody plants, the functions of these subclass family members remain unclear. In this study, 43 CYCD and 27 CDK gene family members were identified in the allodiploid Populus tomentosa Carr. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that these CYCDs and CDKs were divided into 6 and 7 subclasses, respectively, which were the same as other species. The analysis of protein properties, gene structure, motifs, domains, cis-acting elements and tissue-specific expression of all members of these CYCDs and CDKs showed that the differences between members of different subclasses varied widely, but members of the same subclass especially in the CDK gene family were very similar. These findings also demonstrated a strong correlation between CYCD and CDK gene family members in response to hormones and specific expression. The collinear analysis of P. tomentosa, Populus trichocarpa and Arabidopsis thaliana showed that the expansion patterns of CYCD and CDK gene families were predominantly whole genome duplications (WGD). The protein interaction prediction results of different subclasses of CYCD and CDKs showed that the interaction between different subclasses of CYCD and CDKs was significantly different. Our previous study found that transgenic PtoCYCD2;1 and PtoCYCD3;3 poplars exhibited opposite phenotypes. Y2H and BIFC results showed that the interaction between PtoCYCD2;1 and PtoCYCD3;3 was significantly different with CDKs. This finding might suggest that the functional differences of different CYCD subclasses in plant growth and development were closely related to the different interactions between CYCD and CDK. Our results provide a good idea and direction for the functional study of CYCD and CDK proteins in woody plants.
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Meng J, Peng M, Yang J, Zhao Y, Hu J, Zhu Y, He H. Genome-Wide Analysis of the Cyclin Gene Family and Their Expression Profile in Medicago truncatula. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21249430. [PMID: 33322339 PMCID: PMC7763586 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Cyclins, together with highly conserved cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), play an important role in the process of cell cycle in plants, but less is known about the functions of cyclins in legume plants, especially Medicago truncatula. Our genome-wide analysis identified 58, 103, and 51 cyclin members in the M. truncatula, Glycine max, and Phaseolus vulgaris genomes. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that these cyclins could be classified into 10 types, and the CycB-like types (CycBL1-BL8) were the specific subgroups in M. truncatula, which was one reason for the expansion of the B-type in M. truncatula. All putative cyclin genes were mapped onto their own chromosomes of each genome, and 9 segmental duplication gene pairs involving 20 genes were identified in M. truncatula cyclins. Determined by quantitative real-time PCR, the expression profiling suggested that 57 cyclins in M. truncatula were differentially expressed in 9 different tissues, while a few genes were expressed in some specific tissues. Using the publicly available RNAseq data, the expression of Mtcyclins in the wild-type strain A17 and three nodule mutants during rhizobial infection showed that 23 cyclins were highly upregulated in the nodulation (Nod) factor-hypersensitive mutant sickle (skl) mutant after 12 h of rhizobium inoculation. Among these cyclins, six cyclin genes were also specifically expressed in roots and nodules, which might play specific roles in the various phases of Nod factor-mediated cell cycle activation and nodule development. Our results provide information about the cyclin gene family in legume plants, serving as a guide for further functional research on plant cyclins.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-151-1012-6434
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Qu X, Yan M, Zou J, Jiang M, Yang K, Le J. A2-type cyclin is required for the asymmetric entry division in rice stomatal development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:3587-3599. [PMID: 29701802 PMCID: PMC6022656 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In rice, and other major cereal grass crops, stomata are arranged in linear files parallel to the long growth axis of leaves. Each stomatal unit comprises two dumbbell-shaped guard cells flanked by two subsidiary cells. These morphological and developmental characteristics enable grass stomata to respond to environmental changes more efficiently. Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and their cyclin partners co-ordinate cell proliferation and differentiation during the development of multicellular organisms. In contrast to animals, plants have many more types and members of cyclins. In Arabidopsis, four A2-type cyclins (CYCA2s) function redundantly in regulating CDKB1 activity to promote the asymmetric division for stomatal initiation and the symmetric division of guard mother cells (GMCs). In this study, we examine the function of the single A2-type cyclin in rice, OsCYCA2;1, as well the single B1-type CDK, OsCDKB1;1. Cross-species complementation tests demonstrated that OsCYCA2;1 and OsCDKB1;1 could complement the defective stomatal phenotypes of Arabidopsis cyca2 and cdkb1 mutants, but also could suppress DNA endoduplication and cell enlargement. The early asymmetric divisions that establish the stomatal lineages are often missing within the stomatal cell files of OsCYCA2;1-RNAi rice transgenic lines, leading to a significantly reduced stomatal production. However, GMC divisions are not disrupted either in OsCYCA2;1-RNAi or in OsCDKB1;1-RNAi rice transgenic lines as expected. Our results demonstrate a conserved but diverged function and behavior of rice A2-type cyclins, which might be associated with the distinct stomatal development pathways between rice and Arabidopsis.
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- Xiaoxiao Qu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Bollier N, Sicard A, Leblond J, Latrasse D, Gonzalez N, Gévaudant F, Benhamed M, Raynaud C, Lenhard M, Chevalier C, Hernould M, Delmas F. At-MINI ZINC FINGER2 and Sl-INHIBITOR OF MERISTEM ACTIVITY, a Conserved Missing Link in the Regulation of Floral Meristem Termination in Arabidopsis and Tomato. THE PLANT CELL 2018; 30:83-100. [PMID: 29298836 PMCID: PMC5810569 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.17.00653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In angiosperms, the gynoecium is the last structure to develop within the flower due to the determinate fate of floral meristem (FM) stem cells. The maintenance of stem cell activity before its arrest at the stage called FM termination affects the number of carpels that develop. The necessary inhibition at this stage of WUSCHEL (WUS), which is responsible for stem cell maintenance, involves a two-step mechanism. Direct repression mediated by the MADS domain transcription factor AGAMOUS (AG), followed by indirect repression requiring the C2H2 zinc-finger protein KNUCKLES (KNU), allow for the complete termination of floral stem cell activity. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana MINI ZINC FINGER2 (AtMIF2) and its homolog in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), INHIBITOR OF MERISTEM ACTIVITY (SlIMA), participate in the FM termination process by functioning as adaptor proteins. AtMIF2 and SlIMA recruit AtKNU and SlKNU, respectively, to form a transcriptional repressor complex together with TOPLESS and HISTONE DEACETYLASE19. AtMIF2 and SlIMA bind to the WUS and SlWUS loci in the respective plants, leading to their repression. These results provide important insights into the molecular mechanisms governing (FM) termination and highlight the essential role of AtMIF2/SlIMA during this developmental step, which determines carpel number and therefore fruit size.
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- Norbert Bollier
- UMR1332 BFP, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- Institut für Biochemie und Biologie, Universität Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- UMR1332 BFP, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- Institut of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, 91405 Orsay, France
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- UMR1332 BFP, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- UMR1332 BFP, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- Institut of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213/UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut für Biochemie und Biologie, Universität Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- UMR1332 BFP, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- UMR1332 BFP, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- UMR1332 BFP, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 33882 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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BEN MAHMOUD K, JEDIDI E, DELPORTE F, MUHOVSKI Y, JEMMALI A, DRUART P. Molecular investigations of the somatic embryogenesis recalcitrancein the cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) rootstock CAB 6P. Turk J Biol 2017. [DOI: 10.3906/biy-1604-105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Liu YH, Offler CE, Ruan YL. Cell Wall Invertase Promotes Fruit Set under Heat Stress by Suppressing ROS-Independent Cell Death. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 172:163-80. [PMID: 27462084 PMCID: PMC5074634 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Reduced cell wall invertase (CWIN) activity has been shown to be associated with poor seed and fruit set under abiotic stress. Here, we examined whether genetically increasing native CWIN activity would sustain fruit set under long-term moderate heat stress (LMHS), an important factor limiting crop production, by using transgenic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) with its CWIN inhibitor gene silenced and focusing on ovaries and fruits at 2 d before and after pollination, respectively. We found that the increase of CWIN activity suppressed LMHS-induced programmed cell death in fruits. Surprisingly, measurement of the contents of H2O2 and malondialdehyde and the activities of a cohort of antioxidant enzymes revealed that the CWIN-mediated inhibition on programmed cell death is exerted in a reactive oxygen species-independent manner. Elevation of CWIN activity sustained Suc import into fruits and increased activities of hexokinase and fructokinase in the ovaries in response to LMHS Compared to the wild type, the CWIN-elevated transgenic plants exhibited higher transcript levels of heat shock protein genes Hsp90 and Hsp100 in ovaries and HspII17.6 in fruits under LMHS, which corresponded to a lower transcript level of a negative auxin responsive factor IAA9 but a higher expression of the auxin biosynthesis gene ToFZY6 in fruits at 2 d after pollination. Collectively, the data indicate that CWIN enhances fruit set under LMHS through suppression of programmed cell death in a reactive oxygen species-independent manner that could involve enhanced Suc import and catabolism, HSP expression, and auxin response and biosynthesis.
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- Yong-Hua Liu
- School of Environmental and Life Sciences and Australia-China Research Centre for Crop Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia (Y.-H.L., C.E.O., Y.-L.R.); and Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China (Y.-H.L.)
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences and Australia-China Research Centre for Crop Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia (Y.-H.L., C.E.O., Y.-L.R.); and Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China (Y.-H.L.)
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences and Australia-China Research Centre for Crop Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia (Y.-H.L., C.E.O., Y.-L.R.); and Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China (Y.-H.L.)
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Okello RCO, de Visser PHB, Heuvelink E, Lammers M, de Maagd RA, Struik PC, Marcelis LFM. A multilevel analysis of fruit growth of two tomato cultivars in response to fruit temperature. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2015; 153:403-418. [PMID: 24957883 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Fruit phenotype is a resultant of inherent genetic potential in interaction with impact of environment experienced during crop and fruit growth. The aim of this study was to analyze the genetic and physiological basis for the difference in fruit size between a small ('Brioso') and intermediate ('Cappricia') sized tomato cultivar exposed to different fruit temperatures. It was hypothesized that fruit heating enhances expression of cell cycle and expansion genes, rates of carbon import, cell division and expansion, and shortens growth duration, whereas increase in cell number intensifies competition for assimilates among cells. Unlike previous studies in which whole-plant and fruit responses cannot be separated, we investigated the temperature response by varying fruit temperature using climate-controlled cuvettes, while keeping plant temperature the same. Fruit phenotype was assessed at different levels of aggregation (whole fruit, cell and gene) between anthesis and breaker stage. We showed that: (1) final fruit fresh weight was larger in 'Cappricia' owing to more and larger pericarp cells, (2) heated fruits were smaller because their mesocarp cells were smaller than those of control fruits and (3) no significant differences in pericarp carbohydrate concentration were detected between heated and control fruits nor between cultivars at breaker stage. At the gene level, expression of cell division promoters (CDKB2, CycA1 and E2Fe-like) was higher while that of the inhibitory fw2.2 was lower in 'Cappricia'. Fruit heating increased expression of fw2.2 and three cell division promoters (CDKB1, CDKB2 and CycA1). Expression of cell expansion genes did not corroborate cell size observations.
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- Robert C O Okello
- Greenhouse Horticulture, Wageningen UR, PO Box 644, 6700 AP, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Horticultural Supply Chains Group, Wageningen UR, PO Box 630, 6700 AP, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen UR, PO Box 430, 6700 AK, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Czerednik A, Busscher M, Angenent GC, de Maagd RA. The cell size distribution of tomato fruit can be changed by overexpression of CDKA1. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2015; 13:259-268. [PMID: 25283700 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Tomato is one of the most cultivated vegetables in the world and an important ingredient of the human diet. Tomato breeders and growers face a continuous challenge of combining high quantity (production volume) with high quality (appearance, taste and perception for the consumers, processing quality for the processing industry). To improve the quality of tomato, it is important to understand the regulation of fruit development and of fruit cellular structure, which is in part determined by the sizes and numbers of cells within a tissue. The role of the cell cycle therein is poorly understood. Plant cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are homologues of yeast cdc2, an important cell cycle regulator conserved throughout all eukaryotes. CDKA1 is constitutively expressed during the cell cycle and has dual functions in S- and M-phase progression. We have produced transgenic tomato plants with increased expression of CDKA1 under the control of the fruit-specific TPRP promoter, which despite a reduced number of seeds and diminished amount of jelly, developed fruits with weight and shape comparable to that of wild-type fruits. However, the phenotypic changes with regard to the pericarp thickness and placenta area were remarkable. Fruits of tomato plants with the highest expression of CDKA1 had larger septa and columella (placenta), compared with wild-type fruits. Our data demonstrate the possibility of manipulating the ratio between cell division and expansion by changing the expression of a key cell cycle regulator and probably its activity with substantial effects on structural traits of the harvested fruit.
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- Anna Czerednik
- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Azzi L, Deluche C, Gévaudant F, Frangne N, Delmas F, Hernould M, Chevalier C. Fruit growth-related genes in tomato. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:1075-86. [PMID: 25573859 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Mill.) represents a model species for all fleshy fruits due to its biological cycle and the availability of numerous genetic and molecular resources. Its importance in human nutrition has made it one of the most valuable worldwide commodities. Tomato fruit size results from the combination of cell number and cell size, which are determined by both cell division and expansion. As fruit growth is mainly driven by cell expansion, cells from the (fleshy) pericarp tissue become highly polyploid according to the endoreduplication process, reaching a DNA content rarely encountered in other plant species (between 2C and 512C). Both cell division and cell expansion are under the control of complex interactions between hormone signalling and carbon partitioning, which establish crucial determinants of the quality of ripe fruit, such as the final size, weight, and shape, and organoleptic and nutritional traits. This review describes the genes known to contribute to fruit growth in tomato.
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- Lamia Azzi
- University of Bordeaux, UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRA Bordeaux Aquitaine, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRA Bordeaux Aquitaine, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRA Bordeaux Aquitaine, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRA Bordeaux Aquitaine, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRA Bordeaux Aquitaine, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRA Bordeaux Aquitaine, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRA Bordeaux Aquitaine, CS20032, F-33882, Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France
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Chevalier C, Bourdon M, Pirrello J, Cheniclet C, Gévaudant F, Frangne N. Endoreduplication and fruit growth in tomato: evidence in favour of the karyoplasmic ratio theory. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:2731-46. [PMID: 24187421 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The growth of a plant organ depends upon the developmental processes of cell division and cell expansion. The activity of cell divisions sets the number of cells that will make up the organ; the cell expansion activity then determines its final size. Among the various mechanisms that may influence the determination of cell size, endopolyploidy by means of endoreduplication appears to be of great importance in plants. Endoreduplication is widespread in plants and supports the process of differentiation of cells and organs. Its functional role in plant cells is not fully understood, although it is commonly associated with ploidy-dependent cell expansion. During the development of tomato fruit, cells from the (fleshy) pericarp tissue become highly polyploid, reaching a DNA content barely encountered in other plant species (between 2C and 512C). Recent investigations using tomato fruit development as a model provided new data in favour of the long-standing karyoplasmic ratio theory, stating that cells tend to adjust their cytoplasmic volume to the nuclear DNA content. By establishing a highly structured cellular system where multiple physiological functions are integrated, endoreduplication does act as a morphogenetic factor supporting cell growth during tomato fruit development.
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- Christian Chevalier
- INRA, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- INRA, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France University of Bordeaux, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- INRA, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- INRA, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France CNRS, Bordeaux Imaging Center, UMS 3420, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, CS20032, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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Tank JG, Thaker VS. Systemic control of cell division and endoreduplication by NAA and BAP by modulating CDKs in root tip cells of Allium cepa. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:453707. [PMID: 24955358 PMCID: PMC4052472 DOI: 10.1155/2014/453707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Molecular mechanism regulated by auxin and cytokinin during endoreduplication, cell division, and elongation process is studied by using Allium cepa roots as a model system. The activity of CDK genes modulated by auxin and cytokinin during cell division, elongation, and endoreduplication process is explained in this research work. To study the significance of auxin and cytokinin in the management of cell division and endoreduplication process in plant meristematic cells at molecular level endoreduplication was developed in root tips of Allium cepa by giving colchicine treatment. There were inhibition of vegetative growth, formation of c-tumor at root tip, and development of endoreduplicated cells after colchicine treatment. This c-tumor was further treated with NAA and BAP to reinitiate vegetative growth in roots. BAP gave positive response in reinitiation of vegetative growth of roots from center of c-tumor. However, NAA gave negative response in reinitiation of vegetative growth of roots from c-tumor. Further, CDKs gene expression analysis from normal, endoreduplicated, and phytohormone (NAA or BAP) treated root tip was done and remarkable changes in transcription level of CDK genes in normal, endoreduplicated, and phytohormones treated cells were observed.
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- Jigna G. Tank
- Department of Biosciences, Centre for Advanced Studies in Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Saurashtra University, Rajkot Gujarat 360 005, India
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- Department of Biosciences, Centre for Advanced Studies in Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Saurashtra University, Rajkot Gujarat 360 005, India
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Wei H, Gou J, Yordanov Y, Zhang H, Thakur R, Jones W, Burton A. Global transcriptomic profiling of aspen trees under elevated [CO2] to identify potential molecular mechanisms responsible for enhanced radial growth. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2013; 126:305-20. [PMID: 23065025 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-012-0524-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees growing under elevated [CO(2)] at a free-air CO(2) enrichment (FACE) site produced significantly more biomass than control trees. We investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying the observed increase in biomass by producing transcriptomic profiles of the vascular cambium zone (VCZ) and leaves, and then performed a comparative study to identify significantly changed genes and pathways after 12 years exposure to elevated [CO(2)]. In leaves, elevated [CO(2)] enhanced expression of genes related to Calvin cycle activity and linked pathways. In the VCZ, the pathways involved in cell growth, cell division, hormone metabolism, and secondary cell wall formation were altered while auxin conjugation, ABA synthesis, and cytokinin glucosylation and degradation were inhibited. Similarly, the genes involved in hemicellulose and pectin biosynthesis were enhanced, but some genes that catalyze important steps in lignin biosynthesis pathway were inhibited. Evidence from systemic analysis supported the functioning of multiple molecular mechanisms that underpin the enhanced radial growth in response to elevated [CO(2)].
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- Hairong Wei
- School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, USA.
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Carrera E, Ruiz-Rivero O, Peres LEP, Atares A, Garcia-Martinez JL. Characterization of the procera tomato mutant shows novel functions of the SlDELLA protein in the control of flower morphology, cell division and expansion, and the auxin-signaling pathway during fruit-set and development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 160:1581-96. [PMID: 22942390 PMCID: PMC3490602 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.204552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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procera (pro) is a tall tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) mutant carrying a point mutation in the GRAS region of the gene encoding SlDELLA, a repressor in the gibberellin (GA) signaling pathway. Consistent with the SlDELLA loss of function, pro plants display a GA-constitutive response phenotype, mimicking wild-type plants treated with GA₃. The ovaries from both nonemasculated and emasculated pro flowers had very strong parthenocarpic capacity, associated with enhanced growth of preanthesis ovaries due to more and larger cells. pro parthenocarpy is facultative because seeded fruits were obtained by manual pollination. Most pro pistils had exserted stigmas, thus preventing self-pollination, similar to wild-type pistils treated with GA₃ or auxins. However, Style2.1, a gene responsible for long styles in noncultivated tomato, may not control the enhanced style elongation of pro pistils, because its expression was not higher in pro styles and did not increase upon GA₃ application. Interestingly, a high percentage of pro flowers had meristic alterations, with one additional petal, sepal, stamen, and carpel at each of the four whorls, respectively, thus unveiling a role of SlDELLA in flower organ development. Microarray analysis showed significant changes in the transcriptome of preanthesis pro ovaries compared with the wild type, indicating that the molecular mechanism underlying the parthenocarpic capacity of pro is complex and that it is mainly associated with changes in the expression of genes involved in GA and auxin pathways. Interestingly, it was found that GA activity modulates the expression of cell division and expansion genes and an auxin signaling gene (tomato AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR7) during fruit-set.
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Ben Mahmoud K, Delporte F, Muhovski Y, Elloumi N, Jemmali A, Druart P. Expression of PiABP19, Picdc2 and PiSERK3 during induction of somatic embryogenesis in leaflets of Prunus incisa (Thunb.). Mol Biol Rep 2012; 40:1569-77. [PMID: 23086274 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2205-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Somatic embryogenesis is a useful tool of plant breeding. In this context, a procedure for inducing somatic embryogenesis in Prunus incisa leaf explants had been previously developed. The original in vitro protocol relies on picloram treatments and exposure to darkness as inductive conditions, the best frequency of embryogenesis being obtained on the second leaf (F(2)) exposed to 4 μM picloram during 30 days. The morphological and biochemical changes observed during somatic embryogenesis occur in response to alterations in gene expression regulation patterns. A molecular study was conducted in order to provide deeper insight into the fundamental biological factors involved in the induction of this process using a gene candidate strategy and semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis. So far, no sequence data related to somatic embryogenesis has been available in cherry. In the present study, we cloned and sequenced cDNA fragments of putative genes encoding auxin-binding protein, cell cycle regulator and somatic embryogenesis receptor kinase. Time-course differential transcript accumulations were observed for all investigated genes in leaves or derived callus tissues during the observation period (first month of culture). Their possible involvement in the sequential steps of the embryogenic pathway (dedifferentiation, cell proliferation, differentiation through somatic embryogenesis) is presented and discussed.
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- Kaouther Ben Mahmoud
- National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, Cité El Mahrajène, 1082, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Czerednik A, Busscher M, Bielen BA, Wolters-Arts M, de Maagd RA, Angenent GC. Regulation of tomato fruit pericarp development by an interplay between CDKB and CDKA1 cell cycle genes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:2605-17. [PMID: 22282536 PMCID: PMC3346228 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2011] [Revised: 11/28/2011] [Accepted: 12/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Growth of tomato fruits is determined by cell division and cell expansion, which are tightly controlled by factors that drive the core cell cycle. The cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and their interacting partners, the cyclins, play a key role in the progression of the cell cycle. In this study the role of CDKA1, CDKB1, and CDKB2 in fruit development was characterized by fruit-specific overexpression and down-regulation. CDKA1 is expressed in the pericarp throughout development, but is strongly up-regulated in the outer pericarp cell layers at the end of the growth period, when CDKB gene expression has ceased. Overexpression of the CDKB genes at later stages of development and the down-regulation of CDKA1 result in a very similar fruit phenotype, showing a reduction in the number of cell layers in the pericarp and alterations in the desiccation of the fruits. Expression studies revealed that CDKA1 is down-regulated by the expression of CDKB1/2 in CDKB1 and CDKB2 overexpression mutants, suggesting opposite roles for these types of CDK proteins in tomato pericarp development.
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- Anna Czerednik
- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Business Unit Bioscience, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Business Unit Bioscience, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Business Unit Bioscience, Plant Research International, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Centre for BioSystems Genomics (CBSG), Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Ibrahim HMM, Hosseini P, Alkharouf NW, Hussein EHA, Gamal El-Din AEKY, Aly MAM, Matthews BF. Analysis of gene expression in soybean (Glycine max) roots in response to the root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita using microarrays and KEGG pathways. BMC Genomics 2011; 12:220. [PMID: 21569240 PMCID: PMC3225080 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Root-knot nematodes are sedentary endoparasites that can infect more than 3000 plant species. Root-knot nematodes cause an estimated $100 billion annual loss worldwide. For successful establishment of the root-knot nematode in its host plant, it causes dramatic morphological and physiological changes in plant cells. The expression of some plant genes is altered by the nematode as it establishes its feeding site. RESULTS We examined the expression of soybean (Glycine max) genes in galls formed in roots by the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, 12 days and 10 weeks after infection to understand the effects of infection of roots by M. incognita. Gene expression was monitored using the Affymetrix Soybean GeneChip containing 37,500 G. max probe sets. Gene expression patterns were integrated with biochemical pathways from the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes using PAICE software. Genes encoding enzymes involved in carbohydrate and cell wall metabolism, cell cycle control and plant defense were altered. CONCLUSIONS A number of different soybean genes were identified that were differentially expressed which provided insights into the interaction between M. incognita and soybean and into the formation and maintenance of giant cells. Some of these genes may be candidates for broadening plants resistance to root-knot nematode through over-expression or silencing and require further examination.
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- Heba MM Ibrahim
- United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Sciences Institute, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
- Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA
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- Department of Arid land Agriculture, College of Food and Agriculture, UAE University, UAE
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Sciences Institute, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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de Jong M, Wolters-Arts M, García-Martínez JL, Mariani C, Vriezen WH. The Solanum lycopersicum AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (SlARF7) mediates cross-talk between auxin and gibberellin signalling during tomato fruit set and development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:617-26. [PMID: 20937732 PMCID: PMC3003806 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2010] [Revised: 08/30/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Transgenic tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.) with reduced mRNA levels of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (SlARF7) form parthenocarpic fruits with morphological characteristics that seem to be the result of both increased auxin and gibberellin (GA) responses during fruit growth. This paper presents a more detailed analysis of these transgenic lines. Gene expression analysis of auxin-responsive genes show that SlARF7 may regulate only part of the auxin signalling pathway involved in tomato fruit set and development. Also, part of the GA signalling pathway was affected by the reduced levels of SlARF7 mRNA, as morphological and molecular analyses display similarities between GA-induced fruits and fruits formed by the RNAi SlARF7 lines. Nevertheless, the levels of GAs were strongly reduced compared with that in seeded fruits. These findings indicate that SlARF7 acts as a modifier of both auxin and gibberellin responses during tomato fruit set and development.
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- Maaike de Jong
- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Plant Cell Biology, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Nafati M, Frangne N, Hernould M, Chevalier C, Gévaudant F. Functional characterization of the tomato cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor SlKRP1 domains involved in protein-protein interactions. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2010; 188:136-149. [PMID: 20618916 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03364.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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• Cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors (kip-related proteins, KRPs) play a major role in the regulation of plant cell cycle in antagonizing its progression, and are thus regulators of development. The primary sequence of KRPs is characterized by the existence of conserved motifs, for which we have limited information on their functional significance. • We performed a functional analysis of various domains present in KRPs from tomato. A series of deletion mutants of SlKRP1 was generated and used in transient expression assays to define the relevance of conserved protein domains in subcellular and subnuclear localizations. Specific interactions of SlKRP1 and its deletion variants with cell cycle proteins were investigated using two-hybrid assays and bimolecular fluorescent complementation. • Plant KRPs are distributed into two phylogenetic subgroups according to the presence of conserved motifs. Members of subgroup 1 represented by SlKRP1 share 6 conserved motifs whose function in protein localization and protein-protein interactions could be identified. A new interaction motif was localized in the central part of SlKRP1 that targets SlCDKA1 and SlCYCD3;1 to the nucleus. • Our results bring new insights to the functional role of particular domains in KRPs relative to subcellular localization or proteolytic degradation.
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- Mehdi Nafati
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université de Bordeaux, Unité Mixte de Recherche 619 sur la Biologie du Fruit, BP 81, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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Fu FQ, Mao WH, Shi K, Zhou YH, Yu JQ. Spatio-temporal changes in cell division, endoreduplication and expression of cell cycle-related genes in pollinated and plant growth substances-treated ovaries of cucumber. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2010; 12:98-107. [PMID: 20653892 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00203.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We investigated the temporal and spatial changes in cell division, endoreduplication and expression of cell cycle-related genes in developing cucumber fruits at 0-20 days after anthesis (DAA). Cell division was intense at 0-4 DAA and then decreased until to 8 DAA. Meanwhile, endoreduplication started at 4 DAA and increased gradually to 20 DAA, accompanied by an increase in fruit weight. Cell division was mainly observed in the exocarp, while endoreduplication occurred mostly in the endocarp and pulp. Among the six cell cycle-related genes examined, two mitotic cyclin genes (CycA and CycB) and CDKB had the highest transcript levels within 2 DAA, while transcripts of two CycD3 genes and CDKA peaked at 4 DAA and 20 DAA, respectively. Naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N'-phenylurea (CPPU) and 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) all induced parthenocarpic growth as well as active cell division, and enhanced transcripts of cell cycle-related genes. In comparison, gibberellic acid (GA(3)) had little effect on the induction of parthenocarpy and transcripts of cell cycle-related genes. These results provide evidence for the important roles of cell division and endoreduplication during cucumber fruit development, and suggest the essential roles of cell cycle-related genes and plant growth substances in fruit development.
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- F Q Fu
- Department of Horticulture, Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Takatsuka H, Ohno R, Umeda M. The Arabidopsis cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase CDKF;1 is a major regulator of cell proliferation and cell expansion but is dispensable for CDKA activation. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 59:475-487. [PMID: 19368694 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03884.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) play an essential role in cell cycle regulation during the embryonic and post-embryonic development of various organisms. Full activation of CDKs requires not only binding to cyclins but also phosphorylation of the T-loop domain. This phosphorylation is catalysed by CDK-activating kinases (CAKs). Plants have two distinct types of CAKs, namely CDKD and CDKF; in Arabidopsis, CDKF;1 exhibits the highest CDK kinase activity in vitro. We have previously shown that CDKF;1 also functions in the activation of CDKD;2 and CDKD;3 by T-loop phosphorylation. Here, we isolated the knockout mutants of CDKF;1 and showed that they had severe defects in cell division, cell elongation and endoreduplication. No defect was observed during embryogenesis, suggesting that CDKF;1 function is primarily required for post-embryonic development. In the cdkf;1 mutants, T-loop phosphorylation of CDKA;1, an orthologue of yeast Cdc2/Cdc28p, was comparable to that in wild-type plants, and its kinase activity did not decrease. In contrast, the protein level and kinase activity of CDKD;2 were significantly reduced in the mutants. Substitution of threonine-168 with a non-phosphorylatable alanine residue made CDKD;2 unstable in Arabidopsis tissues. These results indicate that CDKF;1 is dispensable for CDKA;1 activation but is essential for maintaining a steady-state level of CDKD;2, thereby suggesting the quantitative regulation of a vertebrate-type CAK in a plant-specific manner.
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- Hirotomo Takatsuka
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
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Horchani F, Gallusci P, Baldet P, Cabasson C, Maucourt M, Rolin D, Aschi-Smiti S, Raymond P. Prolonged root hypoxia induces ammonium accumulation and decreases the nutritional quality of tomato fruits. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 165:1352-1359. [PMID: 18180072 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2007.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2007] [Revised: 10/24/2007] [Accepted: 10/24/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Here we examined the effects of root hypoxia (1-2% oxygen) on the physiology of the plant and on the biochemical composition of fruits in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Micro-Tom) plants submitted to gradual root hypoxia at first flower anthesis. Root hypoxia enhanced nitrate absorption with a concomitant release of nitrite and ammonium into the medium, a reduction of leaf photosynthetic activity and chlorophyll content, and an acceleration of fruit maturation, but did not affect final fruit size. Quantitative metabolic profiling of mature pericarp extracts by (1)H NMR showed that levels of major metabolites including sugars, organic acids and amino acids were not modified. However, ammonium concentration increased dramatically in fruit flesh, and ascorbate and lycopene concentrations decreased. Our data indicate that the unfavorable effects of root hypoxia on fruit quality cannot be explained by two of the well-known effects of root hypoxia on the plant, namely a decrease in photosynthesis or an excess in ethylene production, but may instead result from disturbances in the supply of either growth regulators or ammonium, by the roots.
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- Faouzi Horchani
- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, UR d'Ecologie Végétale,Campus Universitaire, Tunis, Tunisia
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Sicard A, Petit J, Mouras A, Chevalier C, Hernould M. Meristem activity during flower and ovule development in tomato is controlled by the mini zinc finger gene INHIBITOR OF MERISTEM ACTIVITY. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 55:415-427. [PMID: 18410478 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Plants have the ability to form new organs as a result of indeterminate growth ensured by specific regions of pluripotent cells, called meristems. Flowers are produced by the activity of floral meristems which differ from vegetative meristems in their determinate fate. Transcriptional complexes associating C-, D- and E-type MADS box proteins are responsible for flower determinacy by controlling the stem cell population within the floral meristem. We report here that the INHIBITOR OF MERISTEM ACTIVITY (IMA) gene encoding a mini zinc finger (MIF) protein from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) regulates the processes of flower and ovule development. IMA inhibits cell proliferation during floral termination, controls the number of carpels during floral development and acts as a repressor of the meristem organizing centre gene WUSCHEL. Underexpression of IMA prevents the formation of gametophytic tissue, which is replaced by an undetermined sporophytic tissue. Molecular analyses of MADS box gene expression revealed that IMA participates in the termination of floral meristems and initiation of ovule primordia by activating D-type gene expression. Taken together, our data indicate that both termination of floral meristems and differentiation of nucelli during ovule development require a similar mechanism involving the repression of WUSCHEL and the activation of D-class genes.
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- Adrien Sicard
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Bordeaux, Unité Mixte de Recherche 619 sur la Biologie du Fruit, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 103, BP 81, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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Kitsios G, Alexiou KG, Bush M, Shaw P, Doonan JH. A cyclin-dependent protein kinase, CDKC2, colocalizes with and modulates the distribution of spliceosomal components in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 54:220-35. [PMID: 18208522 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03414.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) play key regulatory roles in diverse cellular functions, including cell-cycle progression, transcription and translation. In plants, CDKs have been classified into several groups, named A through to G, but the functions of most are poorly characterized. CDKCs are known to phosphorylate the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II (RNAP II), and therefore the CDKC-cyclinT (CycT) complex may have a role similar to the animal CDK9-CycT complex of the positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb). However, we found that the predicted structure of the Arabidopsis CDKC2 protein is more similar to the mammalian cdc2-related kinase, CRK7, than to CDK9. CRK7 is proposed to link transcription with splicing, and CDKC2 contains all the structural features of CRK7 that make the latter distinct from CDK9. Consistent with this, we show that GFP-CDKC2 fusion proteins co-localize with spliceosomal components, that the expression of CDKC2 modifies the location of these components, and that co-localization was dependent on the transcriptional status of the cells and on CDKC2-kinase activity. We propose, therefore, that the Arabidopsis CDKC2 combines the functions of both CRK7 and CDK9, and could also couple splicing with transcription.
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Huang YW, Tsay WS, Chen CC, Lin CW, Huang HJ. Increased expression of the rice C-type cyclin-dependent protein kinase gene, Orysa;CDKC;1, in response to salt stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2008; 46:71-81. [PMID: 18054244 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2007.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Cyclin-dependent protein kinases (CDKs) form a conserved superfamily of eukaryotic serine/threonine protein kinases which require binding to a regulatory cyclin for activity. CDKs are organized in several gene families and are involved in different aspects of cell biology, such as gene transcription, cell proliferation and differentiation. In this study, we present the characteristics of the rice C-type CDK gene, Orysa;CDKC;1. The gene was expressed in all organs of the plant and relatively high amounts of its transcript were detected in mature leaves and panicles. This indicated a putative role during later stages of leaf and panicle development. Using yeast two-hybrid analysis, we identified Orysa;CYCT as an interactor with Orysa;CDKC;1. The expression profiles of the new Orysa;CDKC;1 in response to various factors from rice cells were compared with those of previously described Orysa;CDKA;1, and Orysa;CDKB2;1. The Orysa;CDKC;1 transcript was induced by salt stress and ABA treatments, but was unaffected by mannitol. In addition, the MBP kinase activity associated with Orysa;CDKC;1 immunocomplexes was induced under salt stress. We propose that Orysa;CDKC;1 may be involved in developmental programs, as well as in the salt- and ABA-signaling pathway.
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- Ya-Wen Huang
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 University Road, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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Gonzalez N, Gévaudant F, Hernould M, Chevalier C, Mouras A. The cell cycle-associated protein kinase WEE1 regulates cell size in relation to endoreduplication in developing tomato fruit. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 51:642-55. [PMID: 17587306 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03167.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Tomato fruit size results from the combination of cell number and cell size which are respectively determined by cell division and cell expansion processes. As fruit growth is mainly sustained by cell expansion, the development of pericarp and locular tissues is characterized by the concomitant arrest of mitotic activity, inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) activity, and numerous rounds of endoreduplication inducing a spectacular increase in DNA ploidy and mean cell size. To decipher the molecular basis of the endoreduplication-associated cell growth in fruit, we investigated the putative involvement of the WEE1 kinase (Solly;WEE1). We here report a functional analysis of Solly;WEE1 in tomato. Impairing the expression of Solly;WEE1 in transgenic tomato plants resulted in a reduction of plant size and fruit size. In the most altered phenotypes, fruits displayed a reduced number of seeds without embryo development. The reduction of plant-, fruit- and seed size originated from a reduction in cell size which could be correlated with a decrease of the DNA ploidy levels. At the molecular level downregulating Solly;WEE1 in planta resulted in the increase of CDKA activity levels originating from a decrease of the amount of Y15-phosphorylated CDKA, thus indicating a release of the negative regulation on CDK activity exerted by WEE1. Our data indicated that Solly;WEE1 participates in the control of cell size and/or the onset of the endoreduplication process putatively driving cell expansion.
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- Nathalie Gonzalez
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 619 sur la Biologie du Fruit (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique; Université Bordeaux 1; Université Victor Segalen-Bordeaux 2), Institut Fédératif de Recherche 103, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
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Cui X, Fan B, Scholz J, Chen Z. Roles of Arabidopsis cyclin-dependent kinase C complexes in cauliflower mosaic virus infection, plant growth, and development. THE PLANT CELL 2007; 19:1388-402. [PMID: 17468259 PMCID: PMC1913762 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.051375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2007] [Revised: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 04/05/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II is phosphorylated during the transcription cycle by three cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs): CDK7, CDK8, and CDK9. CDK9 and its interacting cyclin T partners belong to the positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) complexes, which phosphorylate the CTD to promote transcription elongation. We report that Arabidopsis thaliana CDK9-like proteins, CDKC;1 and CDKC;2, and their interacting cyclin T partners, CYCT1;4 and CYCT1;5, play important roles in infection with Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV). cdkc;2 and cyct1;5 knockout mutants are highly resistant and cdkc;2 cyct1;5 double mutants are extremely resistant to CaMV. The mutants respond normally to other types of plant viruses that do not replicate by reverse transcription. Expression of a reporter gene driven by the CaMV 35S promoter is markedly reduced in the cdkc;2 and cyct1;5 mutants, indicating that the kinase complexes are important for transcription from the viral promoter. Loss of function of CDKC;1/CDKC;2 or CYCT1;4/CYCT1;5 results in complete resistance to CaMV as well as altered leaf and flower growth, trichome development, and delayed flowering. These results establish Arabidopsis CDKC kinase complexes as important host targets of CaMV for transcriptional activation of viral genes and critical regulators of plant growth and development.
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- Xiaofeng Cui
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2054, USA
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Cell cycle regulation is of pivotal importance for plant growth and development. Although plant cell division shares basic mechanisms with all eukaryotes, plants have evolved novel molecules orchestrating the cell cycle. Some regulatory proteins, such as cyclins and inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases, are particularly numerous in plants, possibly reflecting the remarkable ability of plants to modulate their postembryonic development. Many plant cells also can continue DNA replication in the absence of mitosis, a process known as endoreduplication, causing polyploidy. Here, we review the molecular mechanisms that regulate cell division and endoreduplication and we discuss our understanding, albeit very limited, on how the cell cycle is integrated with plant development.
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- Dirk Inzé
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.
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Bisbis B, Delmas F, Joubès J, Sicard A, Hernould M, Inzé D, Mouras A, Chevalier C. Cyclin-dependent Kinase (CDK) Inhibitors Regulate the CDK-Cyclin Complex Activities in Endoreduplicating Cells of Developing Tomato Fruit. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:7374-83. [PMID: 16407228 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506587200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The jelly-like locular (gel) tissue of tomato fruit is made up of large thin-walled and highly vacuolized cells. The development of the gel tissue is characterized by the arrest of mitotic activities, the inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase A (CDKA) activity, and numerous rounds of nuclear DNA endoreduplication. To decipher the molecular determinants controlling these developmental events, we investigated the putative involvement of CDK inhibitors (p27(Kip)-related proteins, or KRPs) during the endoreduplication process. Two cDNAs, LeKRP1 and LeKRP2, encoding tomato CDK inhibitors were isolated. The LeKRP1 and LeKRP2 transcript expression was shown to be enhanced in the differentiating cells of the gel undergoing endoreduplication. At the translational level, LeKRP1 was shown to accumulate in the gel tissue and to participate in the inhibition of the CDK-cyclin kinase activities occurring in endoreduplicating cells of the gel tissue. We here propose that LeKRP1 participates in the control of both the cell cycle and the endoreduplication cycle.
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- Badia Bisbis
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 619 en Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétales, Institut de Biologie Végétale Moléculaire, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Bordeaux 1, BP 81, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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Fülöp K, Pettkó-Szandtner A, Magyar Z, Miskolczi P, Kondorosi E, Dudits D, Bakó L. The Medicago CDKC;1-CYCLINT;1 kinase complex phosphorylates the carboxy-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II and promotes transcription. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 42:810-20. [PMID: 15941395 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2005.02421.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The Ms;CDKC;1 kinase is structurally similar to those cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) that are not involved directly in cell cycle regulation. The presence of a PITAIRE motif in Ms;CDKC;1 suggests that it interacts with cyclins different from known PSTAIRE/PPTALRE kinase regulatory subunits. Here we demonstrate that a Medicago CYCLINT (CYCT) protein is a specific interactor of Ms;CDKC;1 and the interaction between these two proteins gives rise to an active kinase complex that localizes to the nucleus and phosphorylates the carboxy-terminal YSPTSPS heptapeptide repeat domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II in vitro. Mutation of Ser to Ala at position 5 within the heptapeptide repeat abolishes substrate phosphorylation by the Ms;CDKC;1 kinase complex. Furthermore, our data show that addition of the Medicago CDKC;1-CYCT;1 heterodimer completely restored the transcriptional activity of a HeLa nuclear extract depleted of endogeneous CDK9 kinase complexes. Together, these results indicate that the Medicago CDKC;1-CYCT;1 complex is a positive regulator of transcription in plants and has a role similar to the CDK9/cyclin T complex of human positive transcription elongation factor P-TEFb.
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- Katalin Fülöp
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary
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Barg R, Sobolev I, Eilon T, Gur A, Chmelnitsky I, Shabtai S, Grotewold E, Salts Y. The tomato early fruit specific gene Lefsm1 defines a novel class of plant-specific SANT/MYB domain proteins. PLANTA 2005; 221:197-211. [PMID: 15599593 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1433-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2004] [Accepted: 10/13/2004] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We describe here a novel plant-specific gene, Lefsm1 (fruit SANT/MYB-like 1) harboring a single SANT/MYB domain. The expression of Lefsm1 is specific to the very early stages of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruit development. Ectopic expression of Lefsm1 results in severe developmental alterations manifested in retarded growth, and reduced apical dominance during tomato and Arabidopsis seedling development. A promoter sequence residing 1.0 kb upstream to the translation initiation codon confers the organ-specific expression of the gene. Lefsm1 belongs to a novel small gene family consisting of five to six members in tomato, Arabidopsis and rice. The SANT/MYB domain of LeFSM1 and its orthologs in Arabidopsis and rice differs from that of all other plant or animal MYB proteins and from the SANT domains found in part of the chromatin remodeling proteins. Together, our results indicate that Lefsm1 is a founding member of a small family of proteins containing a novel MYB/SANT domain which is likely to participate in the regulation of a plant-specific developmental program.
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- Rivka Barg
- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute of Field and Garden Crops, The Volcani Center, ARO, P.O.Box 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel.
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Gonzalez N, Hernould M, Delmas F, Gévaudant F, Duffe P, Causse M, Mouras A, Chevalier C. Molecular characterization of a WEE1 gene homologue in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 56:849-61. [PMID: 15821985 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-5110-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2004] [Accepted: 10/18/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Early fruit development in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) proceeds in two distinct phases of growth that comprise cell division and cell expansion, respectively. In pericarp and the jelly like locular tissue of tomato fruit, the transition between cell division to cell expansion is characterized by the arrest of mitotic activity, numerous rounds of nuclear DNA endoreduplication and the inhibition of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase A (CDKA) activity. To investigate whether the WEE1 kinase may play a role during the endoreduplication process, we isolated and characterized the tomato homologue for WEE1. The LeWEE1 gene consisted of 10 exons with a predicted 510 amino acid-long protein. The accumulation of the corresponding transcripts was associated with mitotically active organs: developing fruits, seeds and roots. Interestingly, LeWEE1was expressed in the jelly like locular tissue concomitant with endoreduplication during fruit development. Using tobacco BY-2 synchronized cells, we showed that the WEE1 gene expression is cell-cycle regulated with a maximum transcript accumulation at S phase. Our data indicate the putative dual contribution of LeWEE1 in the classical cell cycle and the endocycle.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cell Cycle/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Plant/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Plant/chemistry
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- DNA, Plant/isolation & purification
- Exons
- Fruit/enzymology
- Fruit/genetics
- Fruit/growth & development
- Gene Dosage
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant/genetics
- In Situ Hybridization
- Introns
- Solanum lycopersicum/enzymology
- Solanum lycopersicum/genetics
- Solanum lycopersicum/growth & development
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Protein Kinases/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Nicotiana/cytology
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- Nathalie Gonzalez
- Unité Mixte de Recherche en Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétales (Institut de Biologie Végétale Intégrative, Universités de Bordeaux 1), BP 81, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon, Cedex, France
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Ramsay K, Wang Z, Jones MGK. Using laser capture microdissection to study gene expression in early stages of giant cells induced by root-knot nematodes. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2004; 5:587-92. [PMID: 20565632 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2004.00255.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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SUMMARY Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are economically important plant parasites that induce specific feeding cells called giant cells in host roots. Study of molecular events involved in induction and differentiation of giant cells has been limited because it is difficult to obtain pure cytoplasm specifically from the highly specialized cells. In this work, laser capture microdissection (LCM) was used to collect cytoplasmic contents from paraffin-embedded sections of 4 day post-inoculation giant cells in tomato roots. Total RNA was isolated from the sections, and used in RT-PCR to investigate expression of cell cycle genes in giant cells. Two D-type cyclin genes, LeCycD3;2 and LeCycD3;3, were expressed at higher levels in giant cells compared with other cell-cycle-related cyclin genes, suggesting that the induction of the G1 phase of the cell cycle may be triggered in response to stimulation by the infecting nematode. LCM provides a powerful new tool to study the molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions at the cellular or subcellular level.
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- Kerry Ramsay
- Plant Biotechnology Research Group, Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Center (SABC), Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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Champion A, Kreis M, Mockaitis K, Picaud A, Henry Y. Arabidopsis kinome: after the casting. Funct Integr Genomics 2004; 4:163-87. [PMID: 14740254 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-003-0096-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2003] [Revised: 09/22/2003] [Accepted: 11/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Arabidopsis thaliana is used as a favourite experimental organism for many aspects of plant biology. We capitalized on the recently available Arabidopsis genome sequence and predicted proteome, to draw up a genome-scale protein serine/threonine kinase (PSTK) inventory. The PSTKs represent about 4% of the A. thaliana proteome. In this study, we provide a description of the content and diversity of the non-receptor PSTKs. These kinases have crucial functions in sensing, mediating and coordinating cellular responses to an extensive range of stimuli. A total of 369 predicted non receptor PSTKs were detailed: the Raf superfamily, the CMGC, CaMK, AGC and STE families, as well as a few small clades and orphan sequences. An extensive relationship analysis of these kinases allows us to classify the proteins in superfamilies, families, sub-families and groups. The classification provides a better knowledge of the characteristics shared by the different clades. We focused on the MAP kinase module elements, with particular attention to their docking sites for protein-protein interaction and their biological function. The large number of A. thaliana genes encoding kinases might have been achieved through successive rounds of gene and genome duplications. The evolution towards an increasing gene number suggests that functional redundancy plays an important role in plant genetic robustness.
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- A Champion
- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement des Plantes, Bâtiment 630, UMR CNRS/UPS 8618, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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Delmas F, Petit J, Joubès J, Séveno M, Paccalet T, Hernould M, Lerouge P, Mouras A, Chevalier C. The gene expression and enzyme activity of plant 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid-8-phosphate synthase are preferentially associated with cell division in a cell cycle-dependent manner. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 133:348-60. [PMID: 12970500 PMCID: PMC196611 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.026872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2003] [Revised: 06/12/2003] [Accepted: 06/16/2003] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid-8-phosphate (Kdo-8-P) synthase catalyzes the condensation of phosphoenolpyruvate with D-arabinose-5-phosphate to yield Kdo-8-P. Kdo-8-P is the phosphorylated precursor of Kdo, a rare sugar only found in the rhamnogalacturonan II pectic fraction of the primary cell walls of higher plants and of cell wall polysaccharides of some green algae. A cDNA named LekdsA (accession no. AJ294902) encoding tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) Kdo-8-P synthase has been isolated. The recombinant protein rescued a kdsA thermosensitive mutant of Salmonella typhimurium impaired in the synthesis of a functional Kdo-8-P synthase. Using site-directed mutagenesis of LekdsA cDNA, the tomato Kdo-8-P synthase was shown to possess the same essential amino acids that form the active sites in the bacterial enzymes. The tomato kdsA gene expression and the relevant Kdo-8-P synthase activity were preferentially associated to dividing cells, in the course of the early development of tomato fruit and in meristematic tissues. Furthermore, the transcription of the kdsA gene was found to oscillate during the cell cycle in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Bright-Yellow 2 synchronized cells with a maximum during mitosis.
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MESH Headings
- Aldehyde-Lyases/genetics
- Aldehyde-Lyases/metabolism
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cell Cycle/genetics
- Cell Cycle/physiology
- Cell Division/genetics
- Cell Division/physiology
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Fruit/enzymology
- Fruit/genetics
- Fruit/growth & development
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Hypocotyl/enzymology
- Hypocotyl/genetics
- Hypocotyl/growth & development
- Solanum lycopersicum/enzymology
- Solanum lycopersicum/genetics
- Solanum lycopersicum/growth & development
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Nicotiana/enzymology
- Nicotiana/genetics
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- Frédéric Delmas
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 619 de Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétales, Institut de Biologie Végétale Moléculaire, Centre de Recherche Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-Bordeaux, boite postale 81, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon cedex, France
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Devaux C, Baldet P, Joubès J, Dieuaide-Noubhani M, Just D, Chevalier C, Raymond P. Physiological, biochemical and molecular analysis of sugar-starvation responses in tomato roots. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2003; 54:1143-1151. [PMID: 12654865 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Two-month-old tomato plants were submitted to day/night cycles and to prolonged darkness in order to investigate the physiological and biochemical response to sugar starvation in sink organs. Roots appeared particularly sensitive to the cessation of photosynthesis, as revealed by the reduction of the growth rate and the decline of the carbohydrate and protein content. Therefore, excised tomato roots were used as a model to deepen the characterization of sugar starvation symptoms. In excised roots, the endogenous sugars were rapidly exhausted and significant degradation of protein was observed. Glutamine and asparagine accounted for most of the nitrogen released by protein breakdown. Respiration declined and proliferation- and growth-associated genes were repressed soon after the beginning of the sugar depletion. Among the genes studied, only the gene encoding asparagine synthetase was strongly induced. All the starvation symptoms were reversible when the roots were resupplied with sugar. When the culture conditions deteriorated, the metabolic and molecular changes led to the triggering of apoptosis of the root cells.
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- Carine Devaux
- Unité Mixte de Recherche en Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétales, Institut de Biologie Végétale Moléculaire et Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Recherche de Bordeaux, BP 81, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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Cell division in plants is controlled by the activity of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) complexes. Although this basic mechanism is conserved with all other eukaryotes, plants show novel features of cell-cycle control in the molecules involved and their regulation, including novel CDKs showing strong transcriptional regulation in mitosis. Plant development is characterized by indeterminate growth and reiteration of organogenesis and is therefore intimately associated with cell division. This may explain why plants have a large number of cell-cycle regulators that appear to have overlapping and distinct functions. Here we review the recent considerable progress in understanding how core cell-cycle regulators are involved in integrating and coordinating cell division at the molecular level.
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- Walter Dewitte
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QT, United Kingdom.
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Gutierrez C, Ramirez-Parra E, Castellano MM, del Pozo JC. G(1) to S transition: more than a cell cycle engine switch. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2002; 5:480-6. [PMID: 12393009 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(02)00301-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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CDK-cyclin complexes are the universal drivers of cell cycle transitions. Progression through G(1) and transition to S-phase, thereby initiating genome duplication, requires the concerted action of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)-cyclin complexes on specific targets. These targets belong to at least two major regulatory networks: the retinoblastoma-related (RBR)/E2F pathway and complexes that are responsible for the initiation of DNA replication. The G(1) phase is central to the integration of signals that regulate both the exit from the cell division cycle to differentiation and the reactivation of cell proliferation. Cellular factors that are involved in these pathways play a role in regulating cell size and number, and organogenesis. As a consequence, they are also involved in determining plant architecture.
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- Crisanto Gutierrez
- Centro de Biologia Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Vandepoele K, Raes J, De Veylder L, Rouzé P, Rombauts S, Inzé D. Genome-wide analysis of core cell cycle genes in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2002; 14:903-16. [PMID: 11971144 PMCID: PMC150691 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.010445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2001] [Accepted: 01/23/2002] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Cyclin-dependent kinases and cyclins regulate with the help of different interacting proteins the progression through the eukaryotic cell cycle. A high-quality, homology-based annotation protocol was applied to determine the core cell cycle genes in the recently completed Arabidopsis genome sequence. In total, 61 genes were identified belonging to seven selected families of cell cycle regulators, for which 30 are new or corrections of the existing annotation. A new class of putative cell cycle regulators was found that probably are competitors of E2F/DP transcription factors, which mediate the G1-to-S progression. In addition, the existing nomenclature for cell cycle genes of Arabidopsis was updated, and the physical positions of all genes were compared with segmentally duplicated blocks in the genome, showing that 22 core cell cycle genes emerged through block duplications. This genome-wide analysis illustrates the complexity of the plant cell cycle machinery and provides a tool for elucidating the function of new family members in the future.
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- Klaas Vandepoele
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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