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Huang S, Yamaji N, Ma JF. Metal Transport Systems in Plants. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 75:1-25. [PMID: 38382903 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-062923-021424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Plants take up metals, including essential micronutrients [iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and manganese (Mn)] and the toxic heavy metal cadmium (Cd), from soil and accumulate these metals in their edible parts, which are direct and indirect intake sources for humans. Multiple transporters belonging to different families are required to transport a metal from the soil to different organs and tissues, but only a few of them have been fully functionally characterized. The transport systems (the transporters required for uptake, translocation, distribution, redistribution, and their regulation) differ with metals and plant species, depending on the physiological roles, requirements of each metal, and anatomies of different organs and tissues. To maintain metal homeostasis in response to spatiotemporal fluctuations of metals in soil, plants have developed sophisticated and tightly regulated mechanisms through the regulation of transporters at the transcriptional and/or posttranscriptional levels. The manipulation of some transporters has succeeded in generating crops rich in essential metals but low in Cd accumulation. A better understanding of metal transport systems will contribute to better and safer crop production.
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- Sheng Huang
- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan; , ,
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan; , ,
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan; , ,
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Krämer U. Metal Homeostasis in Land Plants: A Perpetual Balancing Act Beyond the Fulfilment of Metalloproteome Cofactor Demands. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 75:27-65. [PMID: 38277698 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-070623-105324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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One of life's decisive innovations was to harness the catalytic power of metals for cellular chemistry. With life's expansion, global atmospheric and biogeochemical cycles underwent dramatic changes. Although initially harmful, they permitted the evolution of multicellularity and the colonization of land. In land plants as primary producers, metal homeostasis faces heightened demands, in part because soil is a challenging environment for nutrient balancing. To avoid both nutrient metal limitation and metal toxicity, plants must maintain the homeostasis of metals within tighter limits than the homeostasis of other minerals. This review describes the present model of protein metalation and sketches its transfer from unicellular organisms to land plants as complex multicellular organisms. The inseparable connection between metal and redox homeostasis increasingly draws our attention to more general regulatory roles of metals. Mineral co-option, the use of nutrient or other metals for functions other than nutrition, is an emerging concept beyond that of nutritional immunity.
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- Ute Krämer
- Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Plants, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany;
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Li Z, Cao Z, Ma X, Cao D, Zhao K, Zhao K, Ma Q, Gong F, Li Z, Qiu D, Zhang X, Liu H, Ren R, Yin D. Natural resistance-associated macrophage proteins are involved in tolerance to heavy metal Cd 2+ toxicity and resistance to bacterial wilt of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 207:108411. [PMID: 38309181 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108411] [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: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is one of the most important oil and industrial crops. However, heavy-metal pollution and frequent soil diseases, poses a significant threat to the production of green and healthy peanuts. Herein, we investigated the effects of heavy metal Cd2+ toxicity to the peanuts, and screened out two peanut cultivars H108 and YZ 9102 with higher Cd2+-tolerance. RNA-seq revealed that Natural resistance-associated macrophage proteins (NRAMP)-like genes were involved in the Cd2+ stress tolerance in H108. Genome-wide identification revealed that 28, 13 and 9 Nramp-like genes existing in the A. hypogaea, A. duranensis and A. ipaensis, respectively. The 50 peanut NRAMP genes share conserved architectural characters, and they were classified into two groups. Expressions of AhNramps, particularly AhNramp4, AhNramp12, AhNramp19, and AhNramp25 could be greatly induced by not only cadmium toxicity, but also copper and zinc stresses. The expression profiles of AhNramp14, AhNramp16 and AhNramp25 showed significant differences in the H108 (resistance) and H107 (susceptible) under the infection of bacterial wilt. In addition, we found that the expression profiles of AhNramp14, AhNramp16, and AhNramp25 were greatly up- or down-regulated by the application of exogenous salicylic acid, methyl jasmonate, and abscisic acid. The AhNramp25, of which expression was affected by both heavy metal toxicity and bacterial wilt infection, were selected as strong candidate genes for peanut stress breeding. Our findings will provide an additional information required for further analysis of AhNramps involved in tolerance to heavy metal toxicity and resistance to bacterial wilt of peanut.
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- Zhan Li
- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China.
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- College of Agronomy & Center for Crop Genome Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, Henan, China.
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Li RT, Yang YJ, Liu WJ, Liang WW, Zhang M, Dong SC, Shu YJ, Guo DL, Guo CH, Bi YD. MsNRAMP2 Enhances Tolerance to Iron Excess Stress in Nicotiana tabacum and MsMYB Binds to Its Promoter. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11278. [PMID: 37511038 PMCID: PMC10379929 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Iron(Fe) is a trace metal element necessary for plant growth, but excess iron is harmful to plants. Natural resistance-associated macrophage proteins (NRAMPs) are important for divalent metal transport in plants. In this study, we isolated the MsNRAMP2 (MN_547960) gene from alfalfa, the perennial legume forage. The expression of MsNRAMP2 is specifically induced by iron excess. Overexpression of MsNRAMP2 conferred transgenic tobacco tolerance to iron excess, while it conferred yeast sensitivity to excess iron. Together with the MsNRAMP2 gene, MsMYB (MN_547959) expression is induced by excess iron. Y1H indicated that the MsMYB protein could bind to the "CTGTTG" cis element of the MsNRAMP2 promoter. The results indicated that MsNRAMP2 has a function in iron transport and its expression might be regulated by MsMYB. The excess iron tolerance ability enhancement of MsNRAMP2 may be involved in iron transport, sequestration, or redistribution.
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- Run-Tian Li
- College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
- Institute of Crops Tillage and Cultivation, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- Institute of Crops Tillage and Cultivation, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China
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Zhou G, An Q, Liu Z, Wan Y, Bao W. Systematic Analysis of NRAMP Family Genes in Areca catechu and Its Response to Zn/Fe Deficiency Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087383. [PMID: 37108545 PMCID: PMC10139135 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Areca catechu is a commercially important medicinal plant widely cultivated in tropical regions. The natural resistance-associated macrophage protein (NRAMP) is widespread in plants and plays critical roles in transporting metal ions, plant growth, and development. However, the information on NRAMPs in A. catechu is quite limited. In this study, we identified 12 NRAMPs genes in the areca genome, which were classified into five groups by phylogenetic analysis. Subcellular localization analysis reveals that, except for NRAMP2, NRAMP3, and NRAMP11, which are localized in chloroplasts, all other NRAMPs are localized on the plasma membrane. Genomic distribution analysis shows that 12 NRAMPs genes are unevenly spread on seven chromosomes. Sequence analysis shows that motif 1 and motif 6 are highly conserved motifs in 12 NRAMPs. Synteny analysis provided deep insight into the evolutionary characteristics of AcNRAMP genes. Among the A. catechu and the other three representative species, we identified a total of 19 syntenic gene pairs. Analysis of Ka/Ks values indicates that AcNRAMP genes are subjected to purifying selection in the evolutionary process. Analysis of cis-acting elements reveals that AcNRAMP genes promoter sequences contain light-responsive elements, defense- and stress-responsive elements, and plant growth/development-responsive elements. Expression profiling confirms distinct expression patterns of AcNRAMP genes in different organs and responses to Zn/Fe deficiency stress in leaves and roots. Taken together, our results lay a foundation for further exploration of the AcNRAMPs regulatory function in areca response to Fe and Zn deficiency.
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- Guangzhen Zhou
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory for Quality Regulation of Tropical Horticultural Crops of Hainan Province, School of Horticulture, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Key Laboratory for Quality Regulation of Tropical Horticultural Crops of Hainan Province, School of Horticulture, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute, Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
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Huertas R, Karpinska B, Ngala S, Mkandawire B, Maling'a J, Wajenkeche E, Kimani PM, Boesch C, Stewart D, Hancock RD, Foyer CH. Biofortification of common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with iron and zinc: Achievements and challenges. Food Energy Secur 2023; 12:e406. [PMID: 38440694 PMCID: PMC10909572 DOI: 10.1002/fes3.406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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Micronutrient deficiencies (hidden hunger), particularly in iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn), remain one of the most serious public health challenges, affecting more than three billion people globally. A number of strategies are used to ameliorate the problem of micronutrient deficiencies and to improve the nutritional profile of food products. These include (i) dietary diversification, (ii) industrial food fortification and supplements, (iii) agronomic approaches including soil mineral fertilisation, bioinoculants and crop rotations, and (iv) biofortification through the implementation of biotechnology including gene editing and plant breeding. These efforts must consider the dietary patterns and culinary preferences of the consumer and stakeholder acceptance of new biofortified varieties. Deficiencies in Zn and Fe are often linked to the poor nutritional status of agricultural soils, resulting in low amounts and/or poor availability of these nutrients in staple food crops such as common bean. This review describes the genes and processes associated with Fe and Zn accumulation in common bean, a significant food source in Africa that plays an important role in nutritional security. We discuss the conventional plant breeding, transgenic and gene editing approaches that are being deployed to improve Fe and Zn accumulation in beans. We also consider the requirements of successful bean biofortification programmes, highlighting gaps in current knowledge, possible solutions and future perspectives.
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- Raul Huertas
- Environmental and Biochemical SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteDundeeUK
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of BirminghamEdgbastonUK
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- Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary SciencesUniversity of NairobiNairobiKenya
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- The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)PretoriaSouth Africa
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- Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)Food Crops Research InstituteKitaleKenya
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- Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)Food Crops Research InstituteKitaleKenya
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- Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary SciencesUniversity of NairobiNairobiKenya
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- Environmental and Biochemical SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteDundeeUK
- School of Engineering and Physical SciencesHeriot‐Watt UniversityEdinburghUK
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of BirminghamEdgbastonUK
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Singh G, Ambreen H, Jain P, Chakraborty A, Singh B, Manivannan A, Bhatia S. Comparative transcriptomic and metabolite profiling reveals genotype-specific responses to Fe starvation in chickpea. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2023; 175:e13897. [PMID: 36960640 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Iron deficiency is a major nutritional stress that severely impacts crop productivity worldwide. However, molecular intricacies and subsequent physiological and metabolic changes in response to Fe starvation, especially in leguminous crops like chickpea, remain elusive. In the present study, we investigated physiological, transcriptional, and metabolic reprogramming in two chickpea genotypes (H6013 and L4958) with contrasting seed iron concentrations upon Fe deficiency. Our findings revealed that iron starvation affected growth and physiological parameters of both chickpea genotypes. Comparative transcriptome analysis led to the identification of differentially expressed genes between the genotypes related to strategy I uptake, metal ions transporters, reactive oxygen species-associated genes, transcription factors, and protein kinases that could mitigate Fe deficiency. Our gene correlation network discovered several putative candidate genes like CIPK25, CKX3, WRKY50, NAC29, MYB4, and PAP18, which could facilitate the investigation of the molecular rationale underlying Fe tolerance in chickpea. Furthermore, the metabolite analysis also illustrated the differential accumulation of organic acids, amino acids and other metabolites associated with Fe mobilization in chickpea genotypes. Overall, our study demonstrated the comparative transcriptional dynamics upon Fe starvation. The outcomes of the current endeavor will enable the development of Fe deficiency tolerant chickpea cultivars.
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- Gourav Singh
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, PO Box No. 10531, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, PO Box No. 10531, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, PO Box No. 10531, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, PO Box No. 10531, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, PO Box No. 10531, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, PO Box No. 10531, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, PO Box No. 10531, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Grant-Grant S, Schaffhauser M, Baeza-Gonzalez P, Gao F, Conéjéro G, Vidal EA, Gaymard F, Dubos C, Curie C, Roschzttardtz H. B3 Transcription Factors Determine Iron Distribution and FERRITIN Gene Expression in Embryo but Do Not Control Total Seed Iron Content. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:870078. [PMID: 35599858 PMCID: PMC9120844 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.870078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Iron is an essential micronutrient for humans and other organisms. Its deficiency is one of the leading causes of anemia worldwide. The world health organization has proposed that an alternative to increasing iron content in food is through crop biofortification. One of the most consumed part of crops is the seed, however, little is known about how iron accumulation in seed occurs and how it is regulated. B3 transcription factors play a critical role in the accumulation of storage compounds such as proteins and lipids. Their role in seed maturation has been well characterized. However, their relevance in accumulation and distribution of micronutrients like iron remains unknown. In Arabidopsis thaliana and other plant models, three master regulators belonging to the B3 transcription factors family have been identified: FUSCA3 (FUS3), LEAFY COTYLEDON2 (LEC2), and ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE 3 (ABI3). In this work, we studied how seed iron homeostasis is affected in B3 transcription factors mutants using histological and molecular approaches. We determined that iron distribution is modified in abi3, lec2, and fus3 embryo mutants. For abi3-6 and fus3-3 mutant embryos, iron was less accumulated in vacuoles of cells surrounding provasculature compared with wild type embryos. lec2-1 embryos showed no difference in the pattern of iron distribution in hypocotyl, but a dramatic decrease of iron was observed in cotyledons. Interestingly, for the three mutant genotypes, total iron content in dry mutant seeds showed no difference compared to wild type. At the molecular level, we showed that genes encoding the iron storage ferritins proteins are misregulated in mutant seeds. Altogether our results support a role of the B3 transcription factors ABI3, LEC2, and FUS3 in maintaining iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis embryos.
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- Susana Grant-Grant
- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- IPSiM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- IPSiM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- Centro de Genómica y Bioinformática, Facultad de Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
- Escuela de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
- Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo ANID-Millennium Science Initiative Program, Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile
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- IPSiM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- IPSiM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- IPSiM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Yao Z, Hao W, Wang Y, Chen Z, Cao S, Jiang L. Loss-of-function mutations in the ERF96 gene enhance iron-deficient tolerance in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2022; 175:1-11. [PMID: 35158317 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Iron is an essential micronutrient for plant growth and development. Here we provide evidence for a role of ERF96 in iron-deficiency response in Arabidopsis thaliana. The ERF96-loss-of-function mutants were found to be more tolerant to iron-deficiency stress than wild type (WT) and to have higher iron and chlorophyll content. Further studies showed that the transcriptional levels of iron-uptake related genes IRT1, FRO2, AHA2, FIT and bHLH38 in mutants were significantly higher than in WT under iron deficiency. Comparative transcriptome analysis suggested that the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between ERF96-loss-of-function mutant and WT under iron deficiency were mainly enriched in iron uptake and chlorophyll degradation. According to the specific analysis of these two kinds of DEGs, the expression of iron uptake and transport related genes in ERF96-loss-of-function mutant was higher and the expression of chlorophyll degradation related genes was lower under iron deficiency. Furthermore, loss-of-function of ERF96 influenced the plant hormone, especially auxin and ethylene signal transduction. Altogether, our results demonstrate that loss-of-function of ERF96 increased Fe uptake and chlorophyll level through ethylene and auxin signal pathway in the regulation of iron-deficiency response in Arabidopsis.
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- Zhicheng Yao
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China.
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Höller S, Küpper H, Brückner D, Garrevoet J, Spiers K, Falkenberg G, Andresen E, Peiter E. Overexpression of METAL TOLERANCE PROTEIN8 reveals new aspects of metal transport in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2022; 24:23-29. [PMID: 34546650 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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METAL TOLERANCE PROTEIN8 (MTP8) of Arabidopsis thaliana is a member of the CATION DIFFUSION FACILITATOR (CDF) family of proteins that transports primarily manganese (Mn), but also iron (Fe). MTP8 mediates Mn allocation to specific cell types in the developing embryo, and Fe re-allocation as well as Mn tolerance during imbibition. We analysed if an overexpression of MTP8 driven by the CaMV 35S promoter has an effect on Mn tolerance during imbibition and on Mn and Fe storage in seeds, which would render it a biofortification target. Fe, Mn and Zn concentrations in MTP8-overexpressing lines in wild type and vit1-1 backgrounds were analysed by ICP-MS. Distribution of metals in intact seeds was determined by synchrotron µXRF tomography. MTP8 overexpression led to a strongly increased Mn tolerance of seeds during imbibition, supporting its effectiveness in loading excess Mn into the vacuole. In mature seeds, MTP8 overexpression did not cause a consistent increase in Mn and Fe accumulation, and it did not change the allocation pattern of these metals. Zn concentrations were consistently increased in bulk samples. The results demonstrate that Mn and Fe allocation is not determined primarily by the MTP8 expression pattern, suggesting either a cell type-specific provision of metals for vacuolar sequestration by upstream transport processes, or the determination of MTP8 activity by post-translational regulation.
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- S Höller
- Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Biology Centre, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Biophysics & Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Department of Experimental Plant Biology, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- Biology Centre, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Biophysics & Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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Li Y, Li J, Yu Y, Dai X, Gong C, Gu D, Xu E, Liu Y, Zou Y, Zhang P, Chen X, Zhang W. The tonoplast-localized transporter OsNRAMP2 is involved in iron homeostasis and affects seed germination in rice. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:4839-4852. [PMID: 33864461 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Vacuolar storage of iron (Fe) is important for Fe homeostasis in plants. When sufficient, excess Fe could be stored in vacuoles for remobilization in the case of Fe deficiency. Although the mechanism of Fe remobilization from vacuoles is critical for crop development under low Fe stress, the transporters that mediate vacuolar Fe translocation into the cytosol in rice remains unknown. Here, we showed that under high Fe2+ concentrations, the Δccc1 yeast mutant transformed with the rice natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 2 gene (OsNRAMP2) became more sensitive to Fe toxicity. In rice protoplasts and transgenic plants expressing Pro35S:OsNRAMP2-GFP, OsNRAMP2 was localized to the tonoplast. Vacuolar Fe content in osnramp2 knockdown lines was higher than in the wild type, while the growth of osnramp2 knockdown plants was significantly influenced by Fe deficiency. Furthermore, the germination of osnramp2 knockdown plants was arrested. Conversely, the vacuolar Fe content of Pro35S:OsNRAMP2-GFP lines was significantly lower than in the wild type, and overexpression of OsNRAMP2 increased shoot biomass under Fe deficiency. Taken together, we propose that OsNRAMP2 transports Fe from the vacuole to the cytosol and plays a pivotal role in seed germination.
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- Yun Li
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the NRAMP Family Genes in Tea Plant ( Camellia sinensis). PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10061055. [PMID: 34070434 PMCID: PMC8228228 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The natural resistant-associated macrophage protein (NRAMP) is a kind of integral membrane transporter which could function on a wide range of divalent metal ions in plants. Little is known about the NRAMP family in Camellia sinensis. In this study, 11 NRAMP genes were identified from the tea plant genome. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the 11 CsNRAMP proteins were split into two groups. The proteins of group 1 contained the conserved motif 6 (GQSSTxTG), while most proteins in group 2 (excepting CsNRAMP7 and CsNRAMP10) contained the conserved residues of motif 6 and motif 2 (GQFIMxGFLxLxxKKW). The number of amino acids in coding regions of 11 CsNRAMP genes ranged from 279–1373, and they contained 3–12 transmembrane domains. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis showed that G1 genes, CsNRAMP3, CsNRAMP4, and CsNRAMP5, were extraordinarily expressed in roots, while G2 genes showed higher expression levels in the stems and leaves. The expression levels of CsNRAMPs in roots and leaves were detected to assess their responses to Pb treatment. The results indicated that CsNRAMPs were differentially regulated, and they might play a role in Pb transportation of tea plant. Subcellular localization assay demonstrated that CsNRAMP2 and CsNRAMP5 fused proteins were localized in the plasma membrane. Overall, this systematic analysis of the CsNRAMP family could provide primary information for further studies on the functional roles of CsNRAMPs in divalent metal transportation in tea plants.
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Zhang B, Zhang C, Liu C, Fu A, Luan S. A Golgi-localized manganese transporter functions in pollen tube tip growth to control male fertility in Arabidopsis. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2021; 2:100178. [PMID: 34027392 PMCID: PMC8132125 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Manganese (Mn) serves as an essential cofactor for many enzymes in various compartments of a plant cell. Allocation of Mn among various organelles thus plays a central role in Mn homeostasis to support metabolic processes. We report the identification of a Golgi-localized Mn transporter (named PML3) that is essential for rapid cell elongation in young tissues such as emerging leaves and the pollen tube. In particular, the pollen tube defect in the pml3 loss-of-function mutant caused severe reduction in seed yield, a critical agronomic trait. Further analysis suggested that a loss of pectin deposition in the pollen tube might cause the pollen tube to burst and slow its elongation, leading to decreased male fertility. As the Golgi apparatus serves as the major hub for biosynthesis and modification of cell-wall components, PML3 may function in Mn homeostasis of this organelle, thereby controlling metabolic and/or trafficking processes required for pectin deposition in rapidly elongating cells.
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- Bin Zhang
- Chinese Education Ministry's Key Laboratory of Western Resources and Modern Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology Shaanxi Province, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
- State Key Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University-Nanjing Forestry University Joint Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Chinese Education Ministry's Key Laboratory of Western Resources and Modern Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology Shaanxi Province, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University-Nanjing Forestry University Joint Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Chinese Education Ministry's Key Laboratory of Western Resources and Modern Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology Shaanxi Province, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
- Corresponding author
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Corresponding author
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Bashir K, Ahmad Z, Kobayashi T, Seki M, Nishizawa NK. Roles of subcellular metal homeostasis in crop improvement. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:2083-2098. [PMID: 33502492 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Improvement of crop production in response to rapidly changing environmental conditions is a serious challenge facing plant breeders and biotechnologists. Iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and copper (Cu) are essential micronutrients for plant growth and reproduction. These minerals are critical to several cellular processes including metabolism, photosynthesis, and cellular respiration. Regulating the uptake and distribution of these minerals could significantly improve plant growth and development, ultimately leading to increased crop production. Plant growth is limited by mineral deficiency, but on the other hand, excess Fe, Mn, Cu, and Zn can be toxic to plants; therefore, their uptake and distribution must be strictly regulated. Moreover, the distribution of these metals among subcellular organelles is extremely important for maintaining optimal cellular metabolism. Understanding the mechanisms controlling subcellular metal distribution and availability would enable development of crop plants that are better adapted to challenging and rapidly changing environmental conditions. Here, we describe advances in understanding of subcellular metal homeostasis, with a particular emphasis on cellular Fe homeostasis in Arabidopsis and rice, and discuss strategies for regulating cellular metabolism to improve plant production.
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- Khurram Bashir
- Department of Biology, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan
- Plant Genomics Network Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Suehiro, Tsurumi Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Plant Genomics Network Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Suehiro, Tsurumi Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Plant Genomics Network Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Suehiro, Tsurumi Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Plant Epigenome Regulation Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa, Japan
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Lurthy T, Pivato B, Lemanceau P, Mazurier S. Importance of the Rhizosphere Microbiota in Iron Biofortification of Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:744445. [PMID: 34925398 PMCID: PMC8679237 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.744445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Increasing the iron content of plant products and iron assimilability represents a major issue for human nutrition and health. This is also a major challenge because iron is not readily available for plants in most cultivated soils despite its abundance in the Earth's crust. Iron biofortification is defined as the enhancement of the iron content in edible parts of plants. This biofortification aims to reach the objectives defined by world organizations for human nutrition and health while being environment friendly. A series of options has been proposed to enhance plant iron uptake and fight against hidden hunger, but they all show limitations. The present review addresses the potential of soil microorganisms to promote plant iron nutrition. Increasing knowledge on the plant microbiota and plant-microbe interactions related to the iron dynamics has highlighted a considerable contribution of microorganisms to plant iron uptake and homeostasis. The present overview of the state of the art sheds light on plant iron uptake and homeostasis, and on the contribution of plant-microorganism (plant-microbe and plant-plant-microbe) interactions to plant nutritition. It highlights the effects of microorganisms on the plant iron status and on the co-occurring mechanisms, and shows how this knowledge may be valued through genetic and agronomic approaches. We propose a change of paradigm based on a more holistic approach gathering plant and microbial traits mediating iron uptake. Then, we present the possible applications in plant breeding, based on plant traits mediating plant-microbe interactions involved in plant iron uptake and physiology.
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Sorribes-Dauden R, Peris D, Martínez-Pastor MT, Puig S. Structure and function of the vacuolar Ccc1/VIT1 family of iron transporters and its regulation in fungi. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2020; 18:3712-3722. [PMID: 33304466 PMCID: PMC7714665 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Iron is an essential micronutrient for most living beings since it participates as a redox active cofactor in many biological processes including cellular respiration, lipid biosynthesis, DNA replication and repair, and ribosome biogenesis and recycling. However, when present in excess, iron can participate in Fenton reactions and generate reactive oxygen species that damage cells at the level of proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. Organisms have developed different molecular strategies to protect themselves against the harmful effects of high concentrations of iron. In the case of fungi and plants, detoxification mainly occurs by importing cytosolic iron into the vacuole through the Ccc1/VIT1 iron transporter. New sequenced genomes and bioinformatic tools are facilitating the functional characterization, evolution and ecological relevance of metabolic pathways and homeostatic networks across the Tree of Life. Sequence analysis shows that Ccc1/VIT1 homologs are widely distributed among organisms with the exception of animals. The recent elucidation of the crystal structure of a Ccc1/VIT1 plant ortholog has enabled the identification of both conserved and species-specific motifs required for its metal transport mechanism. Moreover, recent studies in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have also revealed that multiple transcription factors including Yap5 and Msn2/Msn4 contribute to the expression of CCC1 in high-iron conditions. Interestingly, Malaysian S. cerevisiae strains express a partially functional Ccc1 protein that renders them sensitive to iron. Different regulatory mechanisms have been described for non-Saccharomycetaceae Ccc1 homologs. The characterization of Ccc1/VIT1 proteins is of high interest in the development of biofortified crops and the protection against microbial-derived diseases.
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Key Words
- BLOSUM, BLOcks SUbstitution Matrix
- CBC, CCAAT-binding core complex
- CRD, Cysteine-rich domain
- CS, Consistency score
- Ccc1
- Cg, Candida glabrata
- Eg, Eucalyptus grandis
- Fe, Iron
- Fungi
- H, Helix
- Hap, Heme activator protein
- ISC, Iron-sulfur luster
- Iron detoxification
- Iron regulation
- Iron transport
- MAFFT, Multiple Alignment using Fast Fourier Transform
- MBD, Metal-binding domain
- ML, Maximum-likelihood
- NRAMP, Natural Resistance-Associated Macrophage Protein
- Plants
- ROS, Reactive oxygen species
- TMD, Transmembrane domain
- VIT, Vacuolar iron transporter
- VIT1
- VTL, Vacuolar iron transporter-like
- Vacuole
- YRE, Yap response elements
- Yeast
- bZIP, basic leucine-zipper
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- Raquel Sorribes-Dauden
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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Phytoremediation of Cadmium: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Mechanisms. BIOLOGY 2020; 9:biology9070177. [PMID: 32708065 PMCID: PMC7407403 DOI: 10.3390/biology9070177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic metals in the environment, and has noxious effects on plant growth and production. Cd-accumulating plants showed reduced growth and productivity. Therefore, remediation of this non-essential and toxic pollutant is a prerequisite. Plant-based phytoremediation methodology is considered as one a secure, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective approach for toxic metal remediation. Phytoremediating plants transport and accumulate Cd inside their roots, shoots, leaves, and vacuoles. Phytoremediation of Cd-contaminated sites through hyperaccumulator plants proves a ground-breaking and profitable choice to combat the contaminants. Moreover, the efficiency of Cd phytoremediation and Cd bioavailability can be improved by using plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB). Emerging modern molecular technologies have augmented our insight into the metabolic processes involved in Cd tolerance in regular cultivated crops and hyperaccumulator plants. Plants’ development via genetic engineering tools, like enhanced metal uptake, metal transport, Cd accumulation, and the overall Cd tolerance, unlocks new directions for phytoremediation. In this review, we outline the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms involved in Cd phytoremediation. Further, a focus on the potential of omics and genetic engineering strategies has been documented for the efficient remediation of a Cd-contaminated environment.
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Handing off iron to the next generation: how does it get into seeds and what for? Biochem J 2020; 477:259-274. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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To ensure the success of the new generation in annual species, the mother plant transfers a large proportion of the nutrients it has accumulated during its vegetative life to the next generation through its seeds. Iron (Fe) is required in large amounts to provide the energy and redox power to sustain seedling growth. However, free Fe is highly toxic as it leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species. Fe must, therefore, be tightly bound to chelating molecules to allow seed survival for long periods of time without oxidative damage. Nevertheless, when conditions are favorable, the seed's Fe stores have to be readily remobilized to achieve the transition toward active photosynthesis before the seedling becomes able to take up Fe from the environment. This is likely critical for the vigor of the young plant. Seeds constitute an important dietary source of Fe, which is essential for human health. Understanding the mechanisms of Fe storage in seeds is a key to improve their Fe content and availability in order to fight Fe deficiency. Seed longevity, germination efficiency and seedling vigor are also important traits that may be affected by the chemical form under which Fe is stored. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on seed Fe loading during development, long-term storage and remobilization upon germination. We highlight how this knowledge may help seed Fe biofortification and discuss how Fe storage may affect the seed quality and germination efficiency.
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Poschenrieder C, Busoms S, Barceló J. How Plants Handle Trivalent (+3) Elements. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E3984. [PMID: 31426275 PMCID: PMC6719099 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20163984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Plant development and fitness largely depend on the adequate availability of mineral elements in the soil. Most essential nutrients are available and can be membrane transported either as mono or divalent cations or as mono- or divalent anions. Trivalent cations are highly toxic to membranes, and plants have evolved different mechanisms to handle +3 elements in a safe way. The essential functional role of a few metal ions, with the possibility to gain a trivalent state, mainly resides in the ion's redox activity; examples are iron (Fe) and manganese. Among the required nutrients, the only element with +3 as a unique oxidation state is the non-metal, boron. However, plants also can take up non-essential trivalent elements that occur in biologically relevant concentrations in soils. Examples are, among others, aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), and antimony (Sb). Plants have evolved different mechanisms to take up and tolerate these potentially toxic elements. This review considers recent studies describing the transporters, and specific and unspecific channels in different cell compartments and tissues, thereby providing a global vision of trivalent element homeostasis in plants.
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- Charlotte Poschenrieder
- Plant Physiology Lab., Bioscience Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Plant Sciences, Future Food Beacon of Excellence and the School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, UK
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- Plant Physiology Lab., Bioscience Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Vigani G, Solti ÏDM, Thomine SB, Philippar K. Essential and Detrimental - an Update on Intracellular Iron Trafficking and Homeostasis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:1420-1439. [PMID: 31093670 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Chloroplasts, mitochondria and vacuoles represent characteristic organelles of the plant cell, with a predominant function in cellular metabolism. Chloroplasts are the site of photosynthesis and therefore basic and essential for photoautotrophic growth of plants. Mitochondria produce energy during respiration and vacuoles act as internal waste and storage compartments. Moreover, chloroplasts and mitochondria are sites for the biosynthesis of various compounds of primary and secondary metabolism. For photosynthesis and energy generation, the internal membranes of chloroplasts and mitochondria are equipped with electron transport chains. To perform proper electron transfer and several biosynthetic functions, both organelles contain transition metals and here iron is by far the most abundant. Although iron is thus essential for plant growth and development, it becomes toxic when present in excess and/or in its free, ionic form. The harmful effect of the latter is caused by the generation of oxidative stress. As a consequence, iron transport and homeostasis have to be tightly controlled during plant growth and development. In addition to the corresponding transport and homeostasis proteins, the vacuole plays an important role as an intracellular iron storage and release compartment at certain developmental stages. In this review, we will summarize current knowledge on iron transport and homeostasis in chloroplasts, mitochondria and vacuoles. In addition, we aim to integrate the physiological impact of intracellular iron homeostasis on cellular and developmental processes.
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- Gianpiero Vigani
- Plant Physiology Unit, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, via Quarello 15/A, Turin I, Italy
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology, E�tv�s Lor�nd University, Budapest H, Hungary
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- Institut de Biologie Int�grative de la Cellule, CNRS, Avenue de la Terrasse, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Plant Biology, Center for Human- and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University, Campus A2.4, Saarbr�cken D, Germany
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Copper transporter COPT5 participates in the crosstalk between vacuolar copper and iron pools mobilisation. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4648. [PMID: 30874615 PMCID: PMC6420658 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38005-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Copper (Cu) deficiency affects iron (Fe) homeostasis in several plant processes, including the increased Fe requirements due to cuproprotein substitutions for the corresponding Fe counterpart. Loss-of-function mutants from Arabidopsis thaliana high affinity copper transporter COPT5 and Fe transporters NATURAL RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 3/4 (NRAMP3 and NRAMP4) were used to study the interaction between metals internal pools. A physiological characterisation showed that the copt5 mutant is sensitive to Fe deficiency, and that nramp3nramp4 mutant growth was severely affected under limiting Cu. By a transcriptomic analysis, we observed that NRAMP4 expression was highly induced in the copt5 mutant under Cu deficiency, while COPT5 was overexpressed in the nramp3nramp4 mutant. As a result, an enhanced mobilisation of the vacuolar Cu or Fe pools, when the other metal export through the tonoplast is impaired in the mutants, has been postulated. However, metals coming from internal pools are not used to accomplish the increased requirements that derive from metalloprotein substitution under metal deficiencies. Instead, the metal concentrations present in aerial parts of the copt5 and nramp3nramp4 mutants conversely show compensated levels of these two metals. Together, our data uncover an interconnection between Cu and Fe vacuolar pools, whose aim is to fulfil interorgan metal translocation.
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Pottier M, Dumont J, Masclaux-Daubresse C, Thomine S. Autophagy is essential for optimal translocation of iron to seeds in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:859-869. [PMID: 30395253 PMCID: PMC6363094 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Micronutrient deficiencies affect a large part of the world's population. These deficiencies are mostly due to the consumption of grains with insufficient content of iron (Fe) or zinc (Zn). Both de novo uptake by roots and recycling from leaves may provide seeds with nutrients. Autophagy, which is a conserved mechanism for nutrient recycling in eukaryotes, was shown to be involved in nitrogen remobilization to seeds. Here, we have investigated the role of this mechanism in micronutrient translocation to seeds. We found that Arabidopsis thaliana plants impaired in autophagy display defects in nutrient remobilization to seeds. In the atg5-1 mutant, which is completely defective in autophagy, the efficiency of Fe translocation from vegetative organs to seeds was severely decreased even when Fe was provided during seed formation. Combining atg5-1 with the sid2 mutation that counteracts premature senescence associated with autophagy deficiency and using 57Fe pulse labeling, we propose a two-step mechanism in which Fe taken up de novo during seed formation is first accumulated in vegetative organs and subsequently remobilized to seeds. Finally, we show that translocation of Zn and manganese (Mn) to seeds is also dependent on autophagy. Fine-tuning autophagy during seed formation opens up new possibilities to improve micronutrient remobilization to seeds.
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- Mathieu Pottier
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Present address: InBioS, PhytoSYSTEMS, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, University of Liège, Sart Tilman Campus Quartier Vallée 1, Chemin de la Vallée 4, B-4000, Liège, Belgium
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- UT2A, Hélioparc Pau Pyrénées, 2, avenue du président Angot, 64053 Pau, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78000, Versailles, France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Correspondence:
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Chen C, Cao Q, Jiang Q, Li J, Yu R, Shi G. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals gene network regulating cadmium uptake and translocation in peanut roots under iron deficiency. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:35. [PMID: 30665365 PMCID: PMC6341601 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1654-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Iron (Fe) is an essential element for plant growth and development, whereas cadmium (Cd) is non-essential and highly toxic. Previous studies showed that Fe deficiency enhanced Cd uptake and accumulation in peanuts. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the increased Cd accumulation in Fe-deficient peanut plants is poorly understood. RESULTS We employed a comparative transcriptome analysis approach to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in peanut roots exposed to Fe-sufficient without Cd, Fe-deficient without Cd, Fe-sufficient with Cd and Fe-deficient with Cd. Compared with the control, Fe deficiency induced 465 up-regulated and 211 down-regulated DEGs, whereas the up- and down-regulated DEGs in Cd exposed plants were 329 and 189, respectively. Under Fe-deficient conditions, Cd exposure resulted in 907 up-regulated DEGs and 953 down-regulated DEGs. In the presence of Cd, Fe deficiency induced 1042 up-regulated and 847 down-regulated genes, respectively. Based on our array data, we found that metal transporter genes such as CAX4, COPT1, IRT1, NRAMP5, OPT3, YSL3, VIT3 and VIT4 might be involved in iron homeostasis. Moreover, combined with quantitative real-time PCR, IRT1, NRAMP3, NRAMP5, OPT3, YSL3, ABCC3, ZIP1, and ZIP5 were verified to be responsible for Cd uptake and translocation in peanut plants under iron deficiency. Additionally, a larger amount of ABC transporter genes was induced or suppressed by iron deficiency under Cd exposure, indicating that this family may play important roles in Fe/Cd uptake and transport. CONCLUSIONS The up-regulated expression of NRAMP5 and IRT1 genes induced by iron deficiency may enhance Cd uptake in peanut roots. The decrease of Cd translocation from roots to shoots may be resulted from the down-regulation of ZIP1, ZIP5 and YSL3 under iron deficiency.
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- Chu Chen
- College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui 235000 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui 235000 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui 235000 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui 235000 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui 235000 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui 235000 People’s Republic of China
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Li J, Wang Y, Zheng L, Li Y, Zhou X, Li J, Gu D, Xu E, Lu Y, Chen X, Zhang W. The Intracellular Transporter AtNRAMP6 Is Involved in Fe Homeostasis in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1124. [PMID: 31608084 PMCID: PMC6757856 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Natural resistance-associated macrophage proteins (NRAMPs) have been shown to transport a wide range of divalent metal ions, such as manganese (Mn), cadmium (Cd), and Iron (Fe). Iron is an essential micronutrient for plants and Fe deficiency can lead to chlorosis or decreased biomass. AtNRAMP6 has demonstrated the capability to transport Cd, but its physiological function is currently unclear. This study demonstrates that AtNRAMP6 is localized to the Golgi/trans-Golgi network and plays an important role in intracellular Fe homeostasis in the flowering plant genus Arabidopsis. GUS tissue-specific expression revealed that AtNRAMP6 is highly expressed in the lateral roots and young leaves (three to four top leaves) of Arabidopsis. Moreover, knocking out AtNRAMP6 was shown to impair lateral root growth without having a differential effect on the main root under Fe-deficient conditions. Lastly, the expression of AtNRAMP6 was found to exacerbate the sensitivity of the yeast mutant Δccc1 to an excessive amount of Fe. These findings indicate that AtNRAMP6 plays an important role in the growth of Arabidopsis in Fe-deficient conditions.
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- Jiyu Li
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- Institute of Horticulture, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Ecophysiology of Horticultural Crops, Hefei, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Xi Chen, ; Wei Zhang,
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Xi Chen, ; Wei Zhang,
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Migocka M, Maciaszczyk-Dziubinska E, Małas K, Posyniak E, Garbiec A. Metal tolerance protein MTP6 affects mitochondrial iron and manganese homeostasis in cucumber. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:285-300. [PMID: 30304441 PMCID: PMC6305187 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Members of the cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) family have been identified in all kingdoms of life. They have been divided into three subgroups, namely Zn-CDF, Fe/Zn-CDF, and Mn-CDF, based on their putative specificity to transported metal ions. The plant metal tolerance protein 6 (MTP6) proteins fall into the Fe/Zn-CDF subgroup; however, their function in iron/zinc transport has not yet been confirmed. Here, we characterized the MTP6 protein from cucumber, Cucumis sativus. When expressed in yeast and in protoplasts isolated from Arabidopsis cells, CsMTP6 localized in mitochondria and contributed to the efflux of Fe and Mn from these organelles. Immunolocalization of CsMTP6 in cucumber membranes confirmed this association with mitochondria. Root expression and protein levels of CsMTP6 were significantly up-regulated in conditions of Fe deficiency and excess, but were not affected by Mn availability. These results indicate that MTP6 proteins contribute to the distribution of Fe and Mn between the cytosol and mitochondria of plant cells, and are regulated by Fe to maintain mitochondrial and cytosolic iron homeostasis under varying conditions of Fe availability.
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- Magdalena Migocka
- University of Wroclaw, Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Plant Molecular Physiology, Kanonia, Wroclaw, Poland
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- University of Wroclaw, Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Genetics and Cell Physiology, Kanonia, Wroclaw, Poland
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- University of Wroclaw, Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Plant Molecular Physiology, Kanonia, Wroclaw, Poland
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- University of Wroclaw, Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Sienkiewicza, Wroclaw, Poland
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- University of Wroclaw, Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Sienkiewicza, Wroclaw, Poland
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Izquierdo P, Astudillo C, Blair MW, Iqbal AM, Raatz B, Cichy KA. Meta-QTL analysis of seed iron and zinc concentration and content in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2018; 131:1645-1658. [PMID: 29752522 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3104-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Twelve meta-QTL for seed Fe and Zn concentration and/or content were identified from 87 QTL originating from seven population grown in sixteen field trials. These meta-QTL include 2 specific to iron, 2 specific to zinc and 8 that co-localize for iron and zinc concentrations and/or content. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important legume for human consumption worldwide and it is an important source of microelements, especially iron and zinc. Bean biofortification breeding programs develop new varieties with high levels of Fe and Zn targeted for countries with human micronutrient deficiencies. Biofortification efforts thus far have relied on phenotypic selection of raw seed mineral concentrations in advanced generations. While numerous quantitative trait loci (QTL) studies have been conducted to identify genomic regions associated with increased Fe and Zn concentration in seeds, these results have yet to be employed for marker-assisted breeding. The objective of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis from seven QTL studies in Andean and Middle American intra- and inter-gene pool populations to identify the regions in the genome that control the Fe and Zn levels in seeds. Two meta-QTL specific to Fe and two meta-QTL specific to Zn were identified. Additionally, eight Meta QTL that co-localized for Fe and Zn concentration and/or content were identified across seven chromosomes. The Fe and Zn shared meta-QTL could be useful candidates for marker-assisted breeding to simultaneously increase seed Fe and Zn. The physical positions for 12 individual meta-QTL were identified and within five of the meta-QTL, candidate genes were identified from six gene families that have been associated with transport of iron and zinc in plants.
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- Paulo Izquierdo
- Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
- Sugarbeet and Bean Research Unit, USDA-ARS East Lansing, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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A Functional Study Identifying Critical Residues Involving Metal Transport Activity and Selectivity in Natural Resistance-Associated Macrophage Protein 3 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19051430. [PMID: 29748478 PMCID: PMC5983769 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19051430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Arabidopsis thaliana natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 3 (AtNRAMP3) is involved in the transport of cadmium (Cd), iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn). Here, we present a structure-function analysis of AtNRAMP3 based on site-directed mutagenesis and metal toxicity growth assays involving yeast mutants, combined with three-dimensional (3D) structure modeling based on the crystal structure of the Eremococcus coleocola NRAMP family transporter, EcoDMT. We demonstrated that two conservative sites, D72 and N75, are essential for the transport activity. The M248A mutation resulted in a decrease in Cd sensitivity, while maintaining Mn transport. The mutation involving G61 caused a significant impairment of Fe and Mn transport, thereby indicating the importance of the conserved residue for proper protein function. The mutation involving G171 disrupted Fe transport activity but not that of Mn and Cd, suggesting that G171 is essential to metal binding and selectivity. Two residues, E194 and R262, may play an important role in stabilizing outward-facing conformation, which is essential for transport activity. Deletion assays indicated that the N-terminus is necessary for the function of AtNRAMP3. The findings of the present study revealed the structure-function relationship of AtNRAMP3 and metal transport activity and selectivity, which may possibly be applied to other plant NRAMP proteins.
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Müdsam C, Wollschläger P, Sauer N, Schneider S. Sorting of Arabidopsis NRAMP3 and NRAMP4 depends on adaptor protein complex AP4 and a dileucine-based motif. Traffic 2018; 19:503-521. [PMID: 29573093 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Adaptor protein complexes mediate cargo selection and vesicle trafficking to different cellular membranes in all eukaryotic cells. Information on the role of AP4 in plants is still limited. Here, we present the analyses of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants lacking different subunits of AP4. These mutants show abnormalities in their development and in protein sorting. We found that growth of roots and etiolated hypocotyls, as well as male fertility and trichome morphology are disturbed in ap4. Analyses of GFP-fusions transiently expressed in mesophyll protoplasts demonstrated that the tonoplast (TP) proteins MOT2, NRAMP3 and NRAMP4, but not INT1, are partially sorted to the plasma membrane (PM) in the absence of a functional AP4 complex. Moreover, alanine mutagenesis revealed that in wild-type plants, sorting of NRAMP3 and NRAMP4 to the TP requires an N-terminal dileucine-based motif. The NRAMP3 or NRAMP4 N-terminal domain containing the dileucine motif was sufficient to redirect the PM localized INT4 protein to the TP and to confer AP4-dependency on sorting of INT1. Our data show that correct sorting of NRAMP3 and NRAMP4 depends on both, an N-terminal dileucine-based motif as well as AP4.
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- Christina Müdsam
- Molecular Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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Andresen E, Peiter E, Küpper H. Trace metal metabolism in plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:909-954. [PMID: 29447378 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Many trace metals are essential micronutrients, but also potent toxins. Due to natural and anthropogenic causes, vastly different trace metal concentrations occur in various habitats, ranging from deficient to toxic levels. Therefore, one focus of plant research is on the response to trace metals in terms of uptake, transport, sequestration, speciation, physiological use, deficiency, toxicity, and detoxification. In this review, we cover most of these aspects for the essential micronutrients copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, and zinc to provide a broader overview than found in other recent reviews, to cross-link aspects of knowledge in this very active research field that are often seen in a separated way. For example, individual processes of metal usage, deficiency, or toxicity often were not mechanistically interconnected. Therefore, this review also aims to stimulate the communication of researchers following different approaches, such as gene expression analysis, biochemistry, or biophysics of metalloproteins. Furthermore, we highlight recent insights, emphasizing data obtained under physiologically and environmentally relevant conditions.
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- Elisa Andresen
- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, Branišovská, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Betty-Heimann-Strasse, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, Branišovská, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Branišovská, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Ibeas MA, Grant-Grant S, Coronas MF, Vargas-Pérez JI, Navarro N, Abreu I, Castillo-Michel H, Avalos-Cembrano N, Paez Valencia J, Perez F, González-Guerrero M, Roschzttardtz H. The Diverse Iron Distribution in Eudicotyledoneae Seeds: From Arabidopsis to Quinoa. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1985. [PMID: 30697224 PMCID: PMC6341002 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Seeds accumulate iron during embryo maturation stages of embryogenesis. Using Arabidopsis thaliana as model plant, it has been described that mature embryos accumulate iron within a specific cell layer, the endodermis. This distribution pattern was conserved in most of the analyzed members from Brassicales, with the exception of the basal Vasconcellea pubescens that also showed elevated amounts of iron in cortex cells. To determine whether the V. pubescens iron distribution was indicative of a wider pattern in non-Brassicales Eudicotyledoneae, we studied iron distribution pattern in different embryos belonging to plant species from different Orders from Eudicotyledoneae and one basal from Magnoliidae. The results obtained indicate that iron distribution in A. thaliana embryo is an extreme case of apomorphic character found in Brassicales, not-extensive to the rest of Eudicotyledoneae.
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- Miguel Angel Ibeas
- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- *Correspondence: Hannetz Roschzttardtz,
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Jeong J, Merkovich A, Clyne M, Connolly EL. Directing iron transport in dicots: regulation of iron acquisition and translocation. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 39:106-113. [PMID: 28689052 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Iron is essential for plant growth and development, but excess iron is cytotoxic. While iron is abundant in soil, it is often a limiting nutrient for plant growth. Consequentially, plants have evolved mechanisms to tightly regulate iron uptake, trafficking and storage. Recent work has contributed to a more comprehensive picture of iron uptake, further elucidating molecular and physiological processes that aid in solubilization of iron and modulation of the root system architecture in response to iron availability. Recent progress in understanding the regulators of the iron deficiency response and iron translocation from root to shoots, and especially to seeds are noteworthy. The molecular bases of iron sensing and signaling are gradually emerging, as well.
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- Jeeyon Jeong
- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, United States
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, United States
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, United States
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- Department of Plant Science, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States.
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Connorton JM, Balk J, Rodríguez-Celma J. Iron homeostasis in plants - a brief overview. Metallomics 2017; 9:813-823. [PMID: 28686269 PMCID: PMC5708359 DOI: 10.1039/c7mt00136c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Iron plays a crucial role in biochemistry and is an essential micronutrient for plants and humans alike. Although plentiful in the Earth's crust it is not usually found in a form readily accessible for plants to use. They must therefore sense and interact with their environment, and have evolved two different molecular strategies to take up iron in the root. Once inside, iron is complexed with chelators and distributed to sink tissues where it is used predominantly in the production of enzyme cofactors or components of electron transport chains. The processes of iron uptake, distribution and metabolism are overseen by tight regulatory mechanisms, at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level, to avoid iron concentrations building to toxic excess. Iron is also loaded into seeds, where it is stored in vacuoles or in ferritin. This is important for human nutrition as seeds form the edible parts of many crop species. As such, increasing iron in seeds and other tissues is a major goal for biofortification efforts by both traditional breeding and biotechnological approaches.
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- James M Connorton
- John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
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- John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
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- John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
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Eroglu S, Giehl RFH, Meier B, Takahashi M, Terada Y, Ignatyev K, Andresen E, Küpper H, Peiter E, von Wirén N. Metal Tolerance Protein 8 Mediates Manganese Homeostasis and Iron Reallocation during Seed Development and Germination. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 174:1633-1647. [PMID: 28461400 PMCID: PMC5490884 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Metal accumulation in seeds is a prerequisite for germination and establishment of plants but also for micronutrient delivery to humans. To investigate metal transport processes and their interactions in seeds, we focused on METAL TOLERANCE PROTEIN8 (MTP8), a tonoplast transporter of the manganese (Mn) subclade of cation diffusion facilitators, which in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) is expressed in embryos of seeds. The x-ray fluorescence imaging showed that expression of MTP8 was responsible for Mn localization in subepidermal cells on the abaxial side of the cotyledons and in cortical cells of the hypocotyl. Accordingly, under low Mn availability, MTP8 increased seed stores of Mn, required for efficient seed germination. In mutant embryos lacking expression of VACUOLAR IRON TRANSPORTER1 (VIT1), MTP8 built up iron (Fe) hotspots in MTP8-expressing cells types, suggesting that MTP8 transports Fe in addition to Mn. In mtp8 vit1 double mutant seeds, Mn and Fe were distributed in all cell types of the embryo. An Fe transport function of MTP8 was confirmed by its ability to complement Fe hypersensitivity of a yeast mutant defective in vacuolar Fe transport. Imbibing mtp8-1 mutant seeds in the presence of Mn or subjecting seeds to wet-dry cycles showed that MTP8 conferred Mn tolerance. During germination, MTP8 promoted reallocation of Fe from the vasculature. These results indicate that cell type-specific accumulation of Mn and Fe in seeds depends on MTP8 and that this transporter plays an important role in the generation of seed metal stores as well as for metal homeostasis and germination efficiency under challenging environmental conditions.
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- Seckin Eroglu
- Molecular Plant Nutrition, Leibniz-Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
- Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Izmir University of Economics, 35330 Izmir, Turkey
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- Molecular Plant Nutrition, Leibniz-Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, 321-8505 Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Spring-8, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, 679-5198 Japan
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, OX11 0DE Didcot, United Kingdom
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Biophysics and Biochemistry, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Molecular Plant Nutrition, Leibniz-Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate-binding protein AtPH1 controls the localization of the metal transporter NRAMP1 in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E3354-E3363. [PMID: 28373552 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702975114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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"Too much of a good thing" perfectly describes the dilemma that living organisms face with metals. The tight control of metal homeostasis in cells depends on the trafficking of metal transporters between membranes of different compartments. However, the mechanisms regulating the location of transport proteins are still largely unknown. Developing Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings require the natural resistance-associated macrophage proteins (NRAMP3 and NRAMP4) transporters to remobilize iron from seed vacuolar stores and thereby acquire photosynthetic competence. Here, we report that mutations in the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain-containing protein AtPH1 rescue the iron-deficient phenotype of nramp3nramp4 Our results indicate that AtPH1 binds phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P) in vivo and acts in the late endosome compartment. We further show that loss of AtPH1 function leads to the mislocalization of the metal uptake transporter NRAMP1 to the vacuole, providing a rationale for the reversion of nramp3nramp4 phenotypes. This work identifies a PH domain protein as a regulator of plant metal transporter localization, providing evidence that PH domain proteins may be effectors of PI3P for protein sorting.
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Curie C, Mari S. New routes for plant iron mining. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 214:521-525. [PMID: 27918629 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Contents 521 I. 521 II. 522 III. 523 IV. 524 525 References 525 SUMMARY: Plant iron (Fe) uptake relies to a large extent on the capacity of cells to control and extract Fe pools safely conserved in extracytoplasmic environments such as the apoplast and vacuoles, at least as much as on the transport machinery nested in plasma membranes. Recent studies on root and embryo Fe nutrition support this assertion and show that the root Fe-deficiency response also includes the dynamic use of a large Fe reservoir bound to cell wall components in the root apoplast, secretion in the apoplast of phenolic compounds of the coumarin family, which solubilize Fe in calcareous soils, and inhibition of suberization of endodermal cells in order to allow apoplastic and transcellular radial transport of Fe. All of these responses are regulated by the stress hormones ethylene and abscisic acid (ABA), suggesting an integrated strategy within the root to adapt to Fe shortage. For its nutrition, the embryo has developed both an original uptake mechanism, in which ascorbate is effluxed to chemically reduce Fe3+ to the transport-competent Fe2+ form, and an efficient strategy to control utilization of a large Fe pool in vacuoles. This review will attempt to summarize exciting new insights into the diverse routes that Fe takes to feed plant tissues.
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- Catherine Curie
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes CNRS UMR5004/INRA/Université Montpellier/SupAgro, Place Viala, 34060, Montpellier CEDEX 1, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes CNRS UMR5004/INRA/Université Montpellier/SupAgro, Place Viala, 34060, Montpellier CEDEX 1, France
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Ibeas MA, Grant-Grant S, Navarro N, Perez MF, Roschzttardtz H. Dynamic Subcellular Localization of Iron during Embryo Development in Brassicaceae Seeds. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:2186. [PMID: 29312417 PMCID: PMC5744184 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.02186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Iron is an essential micronutrient for plants. Little is know about how iron is loaded in embryo during seed development. In this article we used Perls/DAB staining in order to reveal iron localization at the cellular and subcellular levels in different Brassicaceae seed species. In dry seeds of Brassica napus, Nasturtium officinale, Lepidium sativum, Camelina sativa, and Brassica oleracea iron localizes in vacuoles of cells surrounding provasculature in cotyledons and hypocotyl. Using B. napus and N. officinale as model plants we determined where iron localizes during seed development. Our results indicate that iron is not detectable by Perls/DAB staining in heart stage embryo cells. Interestingly, at torpedo development stage iron localizes in nuclei of different cells type, including integument, free cell endosperm and almost all embryo cells. Later, iron is detected in cytoplasmic structures in different embryo cell types. Our results indicate that iron accumulates in nuclei in specific stages of embryo maturation before to be localized in vacuoles of cells surrounding provasculature in mature seeds.
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- Miguel A. Ibeas
- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- *Correspondence: Hannetz Roschzttardtz,
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Roschzttardtz H, Bustos S, Coronas MF, Ibeas MA, Grant-Grant S, Vargas-Pérez J. Increasing Provasculature Complexity in the Arabidopsis Embryo May Increase Total Iron Content in Seeds: A Hypothesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017. [PMID: 28642774 PMCID: PMC5463184 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Anemia due to iron deficiency is a worldwide issue, affecting mainly children and women. Seed iron is a major source of this micronutrient for feeding, however, in most crops these levels are too low to meet daily needs. Thus, increasing iron allocation and its storage in seeds can represent an important step to enhance iron provision for humans and animals. Our knowledge on seed iron homeostasis is mainly based on studies performed in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, where iron accumulates in endodermis cells surrounding the embryo provasculature. It has been reported that cotyledon provasculature pattern complexity can be modified, thus we hypothesize that changes in the complexity of embryo vein patterns may affect total iron content in Arabidopsis seeds. This approach could be used as basis to develop strategies aimed to biofortify seeds.
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Bashir K, Rasheed S, Kobayashi T, Seki M, Nishizawa NK. Regulating Subcellular Metal Homeostasis: The Key to Crop Improvement. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1192. [PMID: 27547212 PMCID: PMC4974246 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and copper (Cu) are essential micronutrient mineral elements for living organisms, as they regulate essential cellular processes, such as chlorophyll synthesis and photosynthesis (Fe, Cu, and Mn), respiration (Fe and Cu), and transcription (Zn). The storage and distribution of these minerals in various cellular organelles is strictly regulated to ensure optimal metabolic rates. Alteration of the balance in uptake, distribution, and/or storage of these minerals severely impairs cellular metabolism and significantly affects plant growth and development. Thus, any change in the metal profile of a cellular compartment significantly affects metabolism. Different subcellular compartments are suggested to be linked through complex retrograde signaling networks to regulate cellular metal homeostasis. Various genes regulating cellular and subcellular metal distribution have been identified and characterized. Understanding the role of these transporters is extremely important to elaborate the signaling between various subcellular compartments. Moreover, modulation of the proteins involved in cellular metal homeostasis may help in the regulation of metabolism, adaptability to a diverse range of environmental conditions, and biofortification. Here, we review progress in the understanding of different subcellular metal transport components in plants and discuss the prospects of regulating cellular metabolism and strategies to develop biofortified crop plants.
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- Khurram Bashir
- Plant Genomics Network Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Yokohama Campus, YokohamaJapan
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- Plant Genomics Network Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Yokohama Campus, YokohamaJapan
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, YokohamaJapan
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- Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, NonoichiJapan
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- Plant Genomics Network Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Yokohama Campus, YokohamaJapan
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, YokohamaJapan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology – Japan Science and Technology Agency, KawaguchiJapan
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- Research Institute for Bioresources and Biotechnology, Ishikawa Prefectural University, NonoichiJapan
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, TokyoJapan
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González-Guerrero M, Escudero V, Saéz Á, Tejada-Jiménez M. Transition Metal Transport in Plants and Associated Endosymbionts: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Rhizobia. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1088. [PMID: 27524990 PMCID: PMC4965479 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Transition metals such as iron, copper, zinc, or molybdenum are essential nutrients for plants. These elements are involved in almost every biological process, including photosynthesis, tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress, or symbiotic nitrogen fixation. However, plants often grow in soils with limiting metallic oligonutrient bioavailability. Consequently, to ensure the proper metal levels, plants have developed a complex metal uptake and distribution system, that not only involves the plant itself, but also its associated microorganisms. These microorganisms can simply increase metal solubility in soils and making them more accessible to the host plant, as well as induce the plant metal deficiency response, or directly deliver transition elements to cortical cells. Other, instead of providing metals, can act as metal sinks, such as endosymbiotic rhizobia in legume nodules that requires relatively large amounts to carry out nitrogen fixation. In this review, we propose to do an overview of metal transport mechanisms in the plant-microbe system, emphasizing the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endosymbiotic rhizobia.
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- Manuel González-Guerrero
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)Madrid, Spain
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López-Millán AF, Duy D, Philippar K. Chloroplast Iron Transport Proteins - Function and Impact on Plant Physiology. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:178. [PMID: 27014281 DOI: 10.3389/fpls201600178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Chloroplasts originated about three billion years ago by endosymbiosis of an ancestor of today's cyanobacteria with a mitochondria-containing host cell. During evolution chloroplasts of higher plants established as the site for photosynthesis and thus became the basis for all life dependent on oxygen and carbohydrate supply. To fulfill this task, plastid organelles are loaded with the transition metals iron, copper, and manganese, which due to their redox properties are essential for photosynthetic electron transport. In consequence, chloroplasts for example represent the iron-richest system in plant cells. However, improvement of oxygenic photosynthesis in turn required adaptation of metal transport and homeostasis since metal-catalyzed generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) causes oxidative damage. This is most acute in chloroplasts, where radicals and transition metals are side by side and ROS-production is a usual feature of photosynthetic electron transport. Thus, on the one hand when bound by proteins, chloroplast-intrinsic metals are a prerequisite for photoautotrophic life, but on the other hand become toxic when present in their highly reactive, radical generating, free ionic forms. In consequence, transport, storage and cofactor-assembly of metal ions in plastids have to be tightly controlled and are crucial throughout plant growth and development. In the recent years, proteins for iron transport have been isolated from chloroplast envelope membranes. Here, we discuss their putative functions and impact on cellular metal homeostasis as well as photosynthetic performance and plant metabolism. We further consider the potential of proteomic analyses to identify new players in the field.
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- Ana F López-Millán
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Houston TX, USA
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- Plastid Fatty Acid and Iron Transport - Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Munich, Germany
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- Plastid Fatty Acid and Iron Transport - Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Munich, Germany
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López-Millán AF, Duy D, Philippar K. Chloroplast Iron Transport Proteins - Function and Impact on Plant Physiology. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:178. [PMID: 27014281 PMCID: PMC4780311 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Chloroplasts originated about three billion years ago by endosymbiosis of an ancestor of today's cyanobacteria with a mitochondria-containing host cell. During evolution chloroplasts of higher plants established as the site for photosynthesis and thus became the basis for all life dependent on oxygen and carbohydrate supply. To fulfill this task, plastid organelles are loaded with the transition metals iron, copper, and manganese, which due to their redox properties are essential for photosynthetic electron transport. In consequence, chloroplasts for example represent the iron-richest system in plant cells. However, improvement of oxygenic photosynthesis in turn required adaptation of metal transport and homeostasis since metal-catalyzed generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) causes oxidative damage. This is most acute in chloroplasts, where radicals and transition metals are side by side and ROS-production is a usual feature of photosynthetic electron transport. Thus, on the one hand when bound by proteins, chloroplast-intrinsic metals are a prerequisite for photoautotrophic life, but on the other hand become toxic when present in their highly reactive, radical generating, free ionic forms. In consequence, transport, storage and cofactor-assembly of metal ions in plastids have to be tightly controlled and are crucial throughout plant growth and development. In the recent years, proteins for iron transport have been isolated from chloroplast envelope membranes. Here, we discuss their putative functions and impact on cellular metal homeostasis as well as photosynthetic performance and plant metabolism. We further consider the potential of proteomic analyses to identify new players in the field.
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- Ana F. López-Millán
- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, HoustonTX, USA
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- Plastid Fatty Acid and Iron Transport – Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of MunichMunich, Germany
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- Plastid Fatty Acid and Iron Transport – Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, Department Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of MunichMunich, Germany
- *Correspondence: Katrin Philippar,
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