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Duan T, Zhang Z, Genete M, Poux C, Sicard A, Lascoux M, Castric V, Vekemans X. Dominance between self-incompatibility alleles determines the mating system of Capsella allopolyploids. Evol Lett 2024; 8:550-560. [PMID: 39100231 PMCID: PMC11291619 DOI: 10.1093/evlett/qrae011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024] Open
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The shift from outcrossing to self-fertilization is one of the main evolutionary transitions in plants and has broad effects on evolutionary trajectories. In Brassicaceae, the ability to inhibit self-fertilization is controlled by 2 genes, SCR and SRK, tightly linked within the S-locus. A series of small non-coding RNAs also encoded within the S-locus regulates the transcriptional activity of SCR alleles, resulting in a linear dominance hierarchy between them. In Brassicaceae, natural allopolyploid species are often self-compatible (SC) even when one of the progenitor species is self-incompatible, but the reason why polyploid lineages tend to lose self-incompatibility (SI) and the timing of the loss of SI (immediately after ancestral hybridization between the progenitor species, or at a later stage after the formation of allopolyploid lineages) have generally remained elusive. We used a series of synthetic diploid and tetraploid hybrids obtained between self-fertilizing Capsella orientalis and outcrossing Capsella grandiflora to test whether the breakdown of SI could be observed immediately after hybridization, and whether the occurrence of SC phenotypes could be explained by the dominance interactions between S-haplotypes inherited from the parental lineages. We used RNA-sequencing data from young inflorescences to measure allele-specific expression of the SCR gene and infer dominance interactions in the synthetic hybrids. We then evaluated the seed set from autonomous self-pollination in the synthetic hybrids. Our results demonstrate that self-compatibility of the hybrids depends on the relative dominance between S-alleles inherited from the parental species, confirming that SI can be lost instantaneously upon formation of the ancestral allopolyploid lineage. They also confirm that the epigenetic regulation that controls dominance interactions between S-alleles can function between subgenomes in allopolyploids. Together, our results illustrate how a detailed knowledge of the mechanisms controlling SI can illuminate our understanding of the patterns of co-variation between the mating system and changes in ploidy.
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- Tianlin Duan
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Animal Science, National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8198 – Evo-Eco-Paleo, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8198 – Evo-Eco-Paleo, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8198 – Evo-Eco-Paleo, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8198 – Evo-Eco-Paleo, F-59000 Lille, France
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Dou S, Zhang T, Wang L, Yang C, Quan C, Liang X, Ma C, Dai C. The self-compatibility is acquired after polyploidization: a case study of Brassica napus self-incompatible trilinear hybrid breeding system. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 241:1690-1707. [PMID: 38037276 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Self-incompatibility plays a vital role in angiosperms, by preventing inbreeding depression and maintaining genetic diversity within populations. Following polyploidization, many angiosperm species transition from self-incompatibility to self-compatibility. Here, we investigated the S-locus in Brassicaceae and identified distinct origins for the sRNA loci, SMI and SMI2 (SCR Methylation Inducer 1 and 2), within the S-locus. The SMI loci were found to be widespread in Cruciferae, whereas the SMI2 loci were exclusive to Brassica species. Additionally, we discovered four major S-haplotypes (BnS-1, BnS-6, BnS-7, and BnS-1300) in rapeseed. Overexpression of BnSMI-1 in self-incompatible Brassica napus ('S-70S1300S6 ') resulted in a significant increase in DNA methylation in the promoter regions of BnSCR-6 and BnSCR-1300, leading to self-compatibility. Conversely, by overexpressing a point mutation of BnSmi-1 in the 'S-70S1300S6 ' line, we observed lower levels of DNA methylation in BnSCR-6 and BnSCR-1300 promoters. Furthermore, the overexpression of BnSMI2-1300 in the 'SI-326S7S6 ' line inhibited the expression of BnSCR-7 through transcriptional repression of the Smi2 sRNA from the BnS-1300 haplotype. Our study demonstrates that the self-compatibility of rapeseed is determined by S-locus sRNA-mediated silencing of SCR after polyploidization, which helps to further breed self-incompatible or self-compatible rapeseed lines, thereby facilitating the utilization of heterosis.
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- Shengwei Dou
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
- National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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MURASE K, TAKAYAMA S, ISOGAI A. Molecular mechanisms of self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae and Solanaceae. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2024; 100:264-280. [PMID: 38599847 PMCID: PMC11170026 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.100.014] [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: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is a mechanism for preventing self-fertilization in flowering plants. SI is controlled by a single S-locus with multiple haplotypes (S-haplotypes). When the pistil and pollen share the same S-haplotype, the pollen is recognized as self and rejected by the pistil. This review introduces our research on Brassicaceae and Solanaceae SI systems to identify the S-determinants encoded at the S-locus and uncover the mechanisms of self/nonself-discrimination and pollen rejection. The recognition mechanisms of SI systems differ between these families. A self-recognition system is adopted by Brassicaceae, whereas a collaborative nonself-recognition system is used by Solanaceae. Work by our group and subsequent studies indicate that plants have evolved diverse SI systems.
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- Kohji MURASE
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
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Salcedo-Sánchez R, Cruz-Zamora Y, Cruz-García F. The S C10-RNase promoter displays changes in DNA methylation patterns through pistil development in self-incompatible Nicotiana alata. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 205:108161. [PMID: 37956612 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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In Solanaceae, self-incompatibility is a genetic mechanism that prevents endogamy in plant populations. Expression of the S-determinants, S-RNase, and SLF, is tightly regulated during pistil and pollen development. However, the molecular mechanism of gene expression regulation in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility systems must be better understood. Here, we identified a 1.3 Kbp sequence upstream to the coding region of the functional SC10-RNase allele from the self-incompatible Nicotiana alata, which directs SC10-RNase expression in mature pistils. This SC10-RNase promoter includes a 300 bp region with minimal elements that sustain the SC10-RNase expression. Likewise, a fragment of a transposable element from the Gypsy family of retrotransposons is also present at the -320 bp position. Nevertheless, its presence does not affect the expression of the SC10-RNase in mature pistils. Additionally, we determined that the SC10-RNase promoter undergoes different DNA methylation states during pistil development, being the mCHH methylation context the most frequent close to the transcription start site at pistil maturity. We hypothesized that the Gypsy element at the SC10-RNase promoter might contribute to the DNA methylation remodeling on the three sequence contexts analyzed here. We propose that mCHH methylation enrichment and other regulatory elements in the S-RNase coding region regulate the specific and abundant SC10-RNase expression in mature pistils in N. alata.
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- Renata Salcedo-Sánchez
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Mx, 04510, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Mx, 04510, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Mx, 04510, México.
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Sawa T, Moriwaki Y, Jiang H, Murase K, Takayama S, Shimizu K, Terada T. Comprehensive computational analysis of the SRK-SP11 molecular interaction underlying self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae using improved structure prediction for cysteine-rich proteins. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2023; 21:5228-5239. [PMID: 37928947 PMCID: PMC10624595 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
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Plants employ self-incompatibility (SI) to promote cross-fertilization. In Brassicaceae, this process is regulated by the formation of a complex between the pistil determinant S receptor kinase (SRK) and the pollen determinant S-locus protein 11 (SP11, also known as S-locus cysteine-rich protein, SCR). In our previous study, we used the crystal structures of two eSRK-SP11 complexes in Brassica rapa S8 and S9 haplotypes and nine computationally predicted complex models to demonstrate that only the SRK ectodomain (eSRK) and SP11 pairs derived from the same S haplotype exhibit high binding free energy. However, predicting the eSRK-SP11 complex structures for the other 100 + S haplotypes and genera remains difficult because of SP11 polymorphism in sequence and structure. Although protein structure prediction using AlphaFold2 exhibits considerably high accuracy for most protein monomers and complexes, 46% of the predicted SP11 structures that we tested showed < 75 mean per-residue confidence score (pLDDT). Here, we demonstrate that the use of curated multiple sequence alignment (MSA) for cysteine-rich proteins significantly improved model accuracy for SP11 and eSRK-SP11 complexes. Additionally, we calculated the binding free energies of the predicted eSRK-SP11 complexes using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and observed that some Arabidopsis haplotypes formed a binding mode that was critically different from that of B. rapa S8 and S9. Thus, our computational results provide insights into the haplotype-specific eSRK-SP11 binding modes in Brassicaceae at the residue level. The predicted models are freely available at Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8047768.
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- Tomoki Sawa
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Nasrallah JB. Stop and go signals at the stigma-pollen interface of the Brassicaceae. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 193:927-948. [PMID: 37423711 PMCID: PMC10517188 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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- June B Nasrallah
- Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Bala M, Rehana S, Singh MP. Self-incompatibility: a targeted, unexplored pre-fertilization barrier in flower crops of Asteraceae. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2023; 136:587-612. [PMID: 37452973 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-023-01480-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Asteraceae (synonym as Compositae) is one of the largest angiosperm families among flowering plants comprising one-tenth of all agri-horticultural species grown across various habitats except in Antarctica. These are commercially utilized as cut and loose flowers as well as pot and bedding plants in landscape gardens due to their unique floral traits. Consequently, ineffective seed setting and presence of an intraspecific reproductive barrier known as self-incompatibility (SI) severely reduces the effectiveness of hybridization and self-fertilization by traditional crossing. There have been very few detailed studies of pollen-stigma interactions in this family. Moreover, about 63% of Aster species can barely self-fertilize due to self-incompatibility (SI). The chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum × morifolium) is one of the most economically important ornamental plants in the Asteraceae family which hugely shows incompatibility. Reasons for the low fertility and reproductive capacity of species are still indefinite or not clear. Hence, the temporal pattern of inheritance of self-incompatibility and its effect on reproductive biology needs to be investigated further to improve the breeding efficiency. This review highlights the self-incompatible (SI) system operating in important Astraceous (ornamental) crops which are adversely affected by this mechanism along with different physiological and molecular techniques involved in breaking down self-incompatibility.
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- Madhu Bala
- Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141 004, India.
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- Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141 004, India
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- Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, 141 004, India
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Singh H, Sekhon BS, Kumar P, Dhall RK, Devi R, Dhillon TS, Sharma S, Khar A, Yadav RK, Tomar BS, Ntanasi T, Sabatino L, Ntatsi G. Genetic Mechanisms for Hybrid Breeding in Vegetable Crops. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2294. [PMID: 37375919 DOI: 10.3390/plants12122294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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To address the complex challenges faced by our planet such as rapidly changing climate patterns, food and nutritional insecurities, and the escalating world population, the development of hybrid vegetable crops is imperative. Vegetable hybrids could effectively mitigate the above-mentioned fundamental challenges in numerous countries. Utilizing genetic mechanisms to create hybrids not only reduces costs but also holds significant practical implications, particularly in streamlining hybrid seed production. These mechanisms encompass self-incompatibility (SI), male sterility, and gynoecism. The present comprehensive review is primarily focused on the elucidation of fundamental processes associated with floral characteristics, the genetic regulation of floral traits, pollen biology, and development. Specific attention is given to the mechanisms for masculinizing and feminizing cucurbits to facilitate hybrid seed production as well as the hybridization approaches used in the biofortification of vegetable crops. Furthermore, this review provides valuable insights into recent biotechnological advancements and their future utilization for developing the genetic systems of major vegetable crops.
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- Hira Singh
- Department of Vegetable Science, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana 141004, India
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- Department of Vegetable Science, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana 141004, India
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- ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur 342003, India
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- Department of Vegetable Science, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana 141004, India
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- Department of Vegetable Science, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana 141004, India
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- Department of Vegetable Science, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana 141004, India
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, IeraOdos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, IeraOdos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece
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Ohata M, Takada Y, Sato Y, Okamoto T, Murase K, Takayama S, Suzuki G, Watanabe M. MLPK function is not required for self-incompatibility in the S 29 haplotype of Brassica rapa L. PLANT REPRODUCTION 2023:10.1007/s00497-023-00463-w. [PMID: 37099188 PMCID: PMC10363064 DOI: 10.1007/s00497-023-00463-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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S29 haplotype does not require the MLPK function for self-incompatibility in Brassica rapa. Self-incompatibility (SI) in Brassicaceae is regulated by the self-recognition mechanism, which is based on the S-haplotype-specific direct interaction of the pollen-derived ligand, SP11/SCR, and the stigma-side receptor, SRK. M locus protein kinase (MLPK) is known to be one of the positive effectors of the SI response. MLPK directly interacts with SRK, and is phosphorylated by SRK in Brassica rapa. In Brassicaceae, MLPK was demonstrated to be essential for SI in B. rapa and Brassica napus, whereas it is not essential for SI in Arabidopsis thaliana (with introduced SRK and SP11/SCR from related SI species). Little is known about what determines the need for MLPK in SI of Brassicaceae. In this study, we investigated the relationship between S-haplotype diversity and MLPK function by analyzing the SI phenotypes of different S haplotypes in a mlpk/mlpk mutant background. The results have clarified that in B. rapa, all the S haplotypes except the S29 we tested need the MLPK function, but the S29 haplotype does not require MLPK for the SI. Comparative analysis of MLPK-dependent and MLPK-independent S haplotype might provide new insight into the evolution of S-haplotype diversity and the molecular mechanism of SI in Brassicaceae.
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- Mayu Ohata
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, 582-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
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Yamamoto M, Ishii T, Ogura M, Akanuma T, Zhu XY, Kitashiba H. S haplotype collection in Brassicaceae crops-an updated list of S haplotypes. BREEDING SCIENCE 2023; 73:132-145. [PMID: 37404351 PMCID: PMC10316313 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.22091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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Self-incompatibility is the system that inhibits pollen germination and pollen tube growth by self-pollen. This trait is important for the breeding of Brassica and Raphanus species. In these species, self-incompatibility is governed by the S locus, which contains three linked genes (a set called the S haplotype), i.e., S-locus receptor kinase, S-locus cysteine-rich protein/S-locus protein 11, and S-locus glycoprotein. A large number of S haplotypes have been identified in Brassica oleracea, B. rapa, and Raphanus sativus to date, and the nucleotide sequences of their many alleles have also been registered. In this state, it is important to avoid confusion between S haplotypes, i.e., an identical S haplotype with different names and a different S haplotype with an identical S haplotype number. To mitigate this issue, we herein constructed a list of S haplotypes that are easily accessible to the latest nucleotide sequences of S-haplotype genes, together with revisions to and an update of S haplotype information. Furthermore, the histories of the S-haplotype collection in the three species are reviewed, the importance of the collection of S haplotypes as a genetic resource is discussed, and the management of information on S haplotypes is proposed.
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- Masaya Yamamoto
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aza Aoba Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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Li B, Zhang X, Liu Z, Wang L, Song L, Liang X, Dou S, Tu J, Shen J, Yi B, Wen J, Fu T, Dai C, Gao C, Wang A, Ma C. Genetic and Molecular Characterization of a Self-Compatible Brassica rapa Line Possessing a New Class II S Haplotype. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10122815. [PMID: 34961286 PMCID: PMC8709392 DOI: 10.3390/plants10122815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Most flowering plants have evolved a self-incompatibility (SI) system to maintain genetic diversity by preventing self-pollination. The Brassica species possesses sporophytic self-incompatibility (SSI), which is controlled by the pollen- and stigma-determinant factors SP11/SCR and SRK. However, the mysterious molecular mechanism of SI remains largely unknown. Here, a new class II S haplotype, named BrS-325, was identified in a pak choi line '325', which was responsible for the completely self-compatible phenotype. To obtain the entire S locus sequences, a complete pak choi genome was gained through Nanopore sequencing and de novo assembly, which provided a good reference genome for breeding and molecular research in B. rapa. S locus comparative analysis showed that the closest relatives to BrS-325 was BrS-60, and high sequence polymorphism existed in the S locus. Meanwhile, two duplicated SRKs (BrSRK-325a and BrSRK-325b) were distributed in the BrS-325 locus with opposite transcription directions. BrSRK-325b and BrSCR-325 were expressed normally at the transcriptional level. The multiple sequence alignment of SCRs and SRKs in class II S haplotypes showed that a number of amino acid variations were present in the contact regions (CR II and CR III) of BrSCR-325 and the hypervariable regions (HV I and HV II) of BrSRK-325s, which may influence the binding and interaction between the ligand and the receptor. Thus, these results suggested that amino acid variations in contact sites may lead to the SI destruction of a new class II S haplotype BrS-325 in B. rapa. The complete SC phenotype of '325' showed the potential for practical breeding application value in B. rapa.
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- Bing Li
- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- Wuhan Vegetable Research Institute, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430345, China; (X.Z.); (L.S.)
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- Hunan Vegetable Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Science, Changsha 410125, China;
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- Wuhan Vegetable Research Institute, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430345, China; (X.Z.); (L.S.)
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
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- Wuhan Vegetable Research Institute, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430345, China; (X.Z.); (L.S.)
- Correspondence: (C.G.); (A.W.); (C.M.); Tel.: +86-27-8728-18-07 (C.M.)
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- Wuhan Vegetable Research Institute, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430345, China; (X.Z.); (L.S.)
- Correspondence: (C.G.); (A.W.); (C.M.); Tel.: +86-27-8728-18-07 (C.M.)
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- National Sub-Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (B.L.); (L.W.); (X.L.); (S.D.); (J.T.); (J.S.); (B.Y.); (J.W.); (T.F.); (C.D.)
- Correspondence: (C.G.); (A.W.); (C.M.); Tel.: +86-27-8728-18-07 (C.M.)
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Genetic Diversity of Genes Controlling Unilateral Incompatibility in Japanese Cultivars of Chinese Cabbage. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10112467. [PMID: 34834830 PMCID: PMC8619800 DOI: 10.3390/plants10112467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In recent years, unilateral incompatibility (UI), which is an incompatibility system for recognizing and rejecting foreign pollen that operates in one direction, has been shown to be closely related to self-incompatibility (SI) in Brassica rapa. The stigma- and pollen-side recognition factors (SUI1 and PUI1, respectively) of this UI are similar to those of SI (stigma-side SRK and pollen-side SP11), indicating that SUI1 and PUI1 interact with each other and cause pollen-pistil incompatibility only when a specific genotype is pollinated. To clarify the genetic diversity of SUI1 and PUI1 in Japanese B. rapa, here we investigated the UI phenotype and the SUI1/PUI1 sequences in Japanese commercial varieties of Chinese cabbage. The present study showed that multiple copies of nonfunctional PUI1 were located within and in the vicinity of the UI locus region, and that the functional SUI1 was highly conserved in Chinese cabbage. In addition, we found a novel nonfunctional SUI1 allele with a dominant negative effect on the functional SUI1 allele in the heterozygote.
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Murase K, Moriwaki Y, Mori T, Liu X, Masaka C, Takada Y, Maesaki R, Mishima M, Fujii S, Hirano Y, Kawabe Z, Nagata K, Terada T, Suzuki G, Watanabe M, Shimizu K, Hakoshima T, Takayama S. Mechanism of self/nonself-discrimination in Brassica self-incompatibility. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4916. [PMID: 33004803 PMCID: PMC7530648 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18698-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is a breeding system that promotes cross-fertilization. In Brassica, pollen rejection is induced by a haplotype-specific interaction between pistil determinant SRK (S receptor kinase) and pollen determinant SP11 (S-locus Protein 11, also named SCR) from the S-locus. Although the structure of the B. rapa S9-SRK ectodomain (eSRK) and S9-SP11 complex has been determined, it remains unclear how SRK discriminates self- and nonself-SP11. Here, we uncover the detailed mechanism of self/nonself-discrimination in Brassica SI by determining the S8-eSRK-S8-SP11 crystal structure and performing molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Comprehensive binding analysis of eSRK and SP11 structures reveals that the binding free energies are most stable for cognate eSRK-SP11 combinations. Residue-based contribution analysis suggests that the modes of eSRK-SP11 interactions differ between intra- and inter-subgroup (a group of phylogenetically neighboring haplotypes) combinations. Our data establish a model of self/nonself-discrimination in Brassica SI.
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- Kohji Murase
- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDepartment of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan ,grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XCollaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- grid.260493.a0000 0000 9227 2257Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, 630-0192 Japan
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- grid.260493.a0000 0000 9227 2257Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, 630-0192 Japan
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- grid.260493.a0000 0000 9227 2257Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, 630-0192 Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- grid.265074.20000 0001 1090 2030Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397 Japan
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- grid.265074.20000 0001 1090 2030Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397 Japan
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- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- grid.260493.a0000 0000 9227 2257Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, 630-0192 Japan ,grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XPresent Address: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
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- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDepartment of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan ,grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XCollaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan ,grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XAgricultural Bioinformatics Research Unit, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- grid.412382.e0000 0001 0660 7282Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, 582-8582 Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDepartment of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan ,grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XCollaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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- grid.260493.a0000 0000 9227 2257Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, 630-0192 Japan
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- grid.26999.3d0000 0001 2151 536XDepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657 Japan
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Okamoto T, Okamoto M, Hikichi E, Ogawa M, Takada Y, Suzuki G, Takayama S, Watanabe M. Characterization of self-incompatible Brassica napus lines lacking SP11 expression. Genes Genet Syst 2020; 95:111-118. [PMID: 32493878 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.19-00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Recognition of self-incompatibility (SI) is regulated by the SRK and SP11 genes in Brassicaceae. Brassica rapa and B. oleracea are self-incompatible, while most cultivated species of B. napus, which arose from hybridization between B. rapa and B. oleracea, are self-compatible. Various studies of the SRK and SP11 genes in self-compatible B. napus have been reported, but details of the mechanism in different B. napus lines are not fully understood. In this study, we confirmed the S haplotypes, SI phenotypes and SP11 expression in 10 representative lines of B. napus, and identified two SI lines (N110 and N343) lacking SP11 expression. In N343 (with BnS1 and BnS6 haplotypes), we confirmed that there is a 3.6-kb insertion in the promoter region of BnSP11-1, and that BnSP11-1 and BnSP11-6 are not expressed, as reported previously (expression of BnSP11-6 is suppressed by the BnS1 haplotype), although this line is self-incompatible. Similarly, in N110, with two novel S haplotypes (BnS8 and BnS9) in addition to BnS6, a 4.3-kb insertion was identified in the promoter region of BnSP11-9, and expression levels of BnSP11-6, BnSP11-8 and BnSP11-9 were all suppressed (BnSP11-6 and BnSP11-8 may be suppressed by BnS8 and BnS9, respectively), although the phenotype was self-incompatible. This observation of an SI phenotype without SP11 expression suggests the existence of unknown factor(s) that induce pollen-stigma incompatibility in B. napus.
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
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- Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyouiku University
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Durand E, Chantreau M, Le Veve A, Stetsenko R, Dubin M, Genete M, Llaurens V, Poux C, Roux C, Billiard S, Vekemans X, Castric V. Evolution of self-incompatibility in the Brassicaceae: Lessons from a textbook example of natural selection. Evol Appl 2020; 13:1279-1297. [PMID: 32684959 PMCID: PMC7359833 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is a self-recognition genetic system enforcing outcrossing in hermaphroditic flowering plants and results in one of the arguably best understood forms of natural (balancing) selection maintaining genetic variation over long evolutionary times. A rich theoretical and empirical population genetics literature has considerably clarified how the distribution of SI phenotypes translates into fitness differences among individuals by a combination of inbreeding avoidance and rare-allele advantage. At the same time, the molecular mechanisms by which self-pollen is specifically recognized and rejected have been described in exquisite details in several model organisms, such that the genotype-to-phenotype map is also pretty well understood, notably in the Brassicaceae. Here, we review recent advances in these two fronts and illustrate how the joint availability of detailed characterization of genotype-to-phenotype and phenotype-to-fitness maps on a single genetic system (plant self-incompatibility) provides the opportunity to understand the evolutionary process in a unique perspective, bringing novel insight on general questions about the emergence, maintenance, and diversification of a complex genetic system.
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- CNRSUniv. LilleUMR 8198 ‐ Evo‐Eco‐PaleoF-59000 LilleFrance
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- CNRSUniv. LilleUMR 8198 ‐ Evo‐Eco‐PaleoF-59000 LilleFrance
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- CNRSUniv. LilleUMR 8198 ‐ Evo‐Eco‐PaleoF-59000 LilleFrance
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution et Biodiversité (ISYEB)Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleCNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles CP 5057 rue Cuvier, 75005 ParisFrance
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- CNRSUniv. LilleUMR 8198 ‐ Evo‐Eco‐PaleoF-59000 LilleFrance
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- CNRSUniv. LilleUMR 8198 ‐ Evo‐Eco‐PaleoF-59000 LilleFrance
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Base-Pairing Requirements for Small RNA-Mediated Gene Silencing of Recessive Self-Incompatibility Alleles in Arabidopsis halleri. Genetics 2020; 215:653-664. [PMID: 32461267 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.120.303351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Small noncoding RNAs are central regulators of genome activity and stability. Their regulatory function typically involves sequence similarity with their target sites, but understanding the criteria by which they specifically recognize and regulate their targets across the genome remains a major challenge in the field, especially in the face of the diversity of silencing pathways involved. The dominance hierarchy among self-incompatibility alleles in Brassicaceae is controlled by interactions between a highly diversified set of small noncoding RNAs produced by dominant S-alleles and their corresponding target sites on recessive S-alleles. By controlled crosses, we created numerous heterozygous combinations of S-alleles in Arabidopsis halleri and developed an real-time quantitative PCR assay to compare allele-specific transcript levels for the pollen determinant of self-incompatibility (SCR). This provides the unique opportunity to evaluate the precise base-pairing requirements for effective transcriptional regulation of this target gene. We found strong transcriptional silencing of recessive SCR alleles in all heterozygote combinations examined. A simple threshold model of base pairing for the small RNA-target interaction captures most of the variation in SCR transcript levels. For a subset of S-alleles, we also measured allele-specific transcript levels of the determinant of pistil specificity (SRK), and found sharply distinct expression dynamics throughout flower development between SCR and SRK In contrast to SCR, both SRK alleles were expressed at similar levels in the heterozygote genotypes examined, suggesting no transcriptional control of dominance for this gene. We discuss the implications for the evolutionary processes associated with the origin and maintenance of the dominance hierarchy among self-incompatibility alleles.
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Zhang T, Zhou G, Goring DR, Liang X, Macgregor S, Dai C, Wen J, Yi B, Shen J, Tu J, Fu T, Ma C. Generation of Transgenic Self-Incompatible Arabidopsis thaliana Shows a Genus-Specific Preference for Self-Incompatibility Genes. PLANTS 2019; 8:plants8120570. [PMID: 31817214 PMCID: PMC6963867 DOI: 10.3390/plants8120570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Brassicaceae species employ both self-compatibility and self-incompatibility systems to regulate post-pollination events. Arabidopsis halleri is strictly self-incompatible, while the closely related Arabidopsis thaliana has transitioned to self-compatibility with the loss of functional S-locus genes during evolution. The downstream signaling protein, ARC1, is also required for the self-incompatibility response in some Arabidopsis and Brassica species, and its gene is deleted in the A. thaliana genome. In this study, we attempted to reconstitute the SCR-SRK-ARC1 signaling pathway to restore self-incompatibility in A. thaliana using genes from A. halleri and B. napus, respectively. Several of the transgenic A. thaliana lines expressing the A. halleriSCR13-SRK13-ARC1 transgenes displayed self-incompatibility, while all the transgenic A. thaliana lines expressing the B. napusSCR1-SRK1-ARC1 transgenes failed to show any self-pollen rejection. Furthermore, our results showed that the intensity of the self-incompatibility response in transgenic A. thaliana plants was not associated with the expression levels of the transgenes. Thus, this suggests that there are differences between the Arabidopsis and Brassica self-incompatibility signaling pathways, which perhaps points to the existence of other factors downstream of B. napusSRK that are absent in Arabidopsis species.
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- Tong Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada
- Centre for Genome Analysis & Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-27-8728-18-07
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Kawakatsu T, Ecker JR. Diversity and dynamics of DNA methylation: epigenomic resources and tools for crop breeding. BREEDING SCIENCE 2019; 69:191-204. [PMID: 31481828 PMCID: PMC6711733 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.19005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that can affect gene expression and transposable element (TE) activities. Because cytosine DNA methylation patterns are inherited through both mitotic and meiotic cell divisions, differences in these patterns can contribute to phenotypic variability. Advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies have enabled the generation of abundant DNA sequence data. Integrated analyses of genome-wide gene expression patterns and DNA methylation patterns have revealed the underlying mechanisms and functions of DNA methylation. Moreover, associations between DNA methylation and agronomic traits have also been uncovered. The resulting information may be useful for future applications of natural epigenomic variation, for crop breeding. Additionally, artificial epigenome editing may be an attractive new plant breeding technique for generating novel varieties with improved agronomic traits.
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- Taiji Kawakatsu
- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization,
1-2 Owashi Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634,
Japan
- Corresponding author (e-mail: )
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037,
USA
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037,
USA
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Wang CL, Zhang ZP, Oikawa E, Kitashiba H, Nishio T. SCR-22 of pollen-dominant S haplotype class is recessive to SCR- 44 of pollen-recessive S haplotype class in Brassica rapa. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2019; 6:25. [PMID: 30729015 PMCID: PMC6355930 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-018-0103-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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SCR/SP11 encodes the male determinant of recognition specificity of self-incompatibility (SI) in Brassica species and is sporophytically expressed in the anther tapetum. Based on dominance relationships in pollen and nucleotide sequence similarity, the S haplotypes in Brassica have been classified as class I or class II, with class-I S haplotypes being dominant over class-II S haplotypes. Here, we revealed that S-22 in B. rapa belonging to class I is recessive to class-II S-44 and class-I S-36 in pollen, whereas it is dominant over S-60, S-40, and S-29 based on pollination tests. SCR/SP11 of S-22 (SCR-22) was sequenced, revealing that the deduced amino-acid sequence of SCR-22 has the longest C-terminal domain among the SCR/SP11 sequences. The expression of SCR-22 was found to be suppressed in S-22/S-44 and S-22/S-36 heterozygotes. Normal transcription of SCR-44 was considered to be due to the transcription suppression of Smi sRNA of the S-22 haplotype and a very low methylation state of the SCR-44 promoter region in the tapetum of S-22/S-44 heterozygotes. In SCR-22, only the cytosine residue located at the -37 bp position of the promoter region was hypermethylated in the tapetum of S-22/S-44 heterozygotes, and few methylated cytosines were detected in the promoter and coding regions of SCR-22 in S-22/S-36 heterozygotes. SCR-22 was also expressed in microspores in S-22 homozygotes but not in S-22/S-44 and S-22/S-36 heterozygotes. These results suggest that a mechanism different from class-II SCR/SP11 suppression may operate for the suppression of recessive class-I SCR-22 in S heterozygotes.
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- Chun-Lei Wang
- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, 48 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou, 225009 People’s Republic of China
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845 Japan
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, 48 Wenhui East Road, Yangzhou, 225009 People’s Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845 Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0845 Japan
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Mable BK, Brysting AK, Jørgensen MH, Carbonell AKZ, Kiefer C, Ruiz-Duarte P, Lagesen K, Koch MA. Adding Complexity to Complexity: Gene Family Evolution in Polyploids. Front Ecol Evol 2018. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Sehgal N, Singh S. Progress on deciphering the molecular aspects of cell-to-cell communication in Brassica self-incompatibility response. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:347. [PMID: 30073132 PMCID: PMC6066494 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1372-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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The sporophytic system of self-incompatibility is a widespread genetic phenomenon in plant species, promoting out-breeding and maintaining genetic diversity. This phenomenon is of commercial importance in hybrid breeding of Brassicaceae crops and is controlled by single S locus with multiple S haplotypes. The molecular genetic studies of Brassica 'S' locus has revealed the presence of three tightly linked loci viz. S-receptor kinase (SRK), S-locus cysteine-rich protein/S-locus protein 11 (SCR/SP11), and S-locus glycoprotein (SLG). On self-pollination, the allele-specific ligand-receptor interaction activates signal transduction in stigma papilla cells and leads to rejection of pollen tube on stigmatic surface. In addition, arm-repeat-containing protein 1 (ARC1), M-locus protein kinase (MLPK), kinase-associated protein phosphatase (KAPP), exocyst complex subunit (Exo70A1) etc. has been identified in Brassica crops and plays a key role in self-incompatibility signaling pathway. Furthermore, the cytoplasmic calcium (Ca2+) influx in papilla cells also mediates self-incompatibility response in Brassicaceae, but how this cytoplasmic Ca2+ influx triggers signal transduction to inhibit pollen hydration is still obscure. There are many other signaling components which are not well characterized yet. Much progress has been made in elucidating the downstream multiple pathways of Brassica self-incompatibility response. Hence, in this review, we have made an effort to describe the recent advances made on understanding the molecular aspects of genetic mechanism of self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae.
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- Nidhi Sehgal
- Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125 004 India
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- Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, 110 012 India
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Jany E, Nelles H, Goring DR. The Molecular and Cellular Regulation of Brassicaceae Self-Incompatibility and Self-Pollen Rejection. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 343:1-35. [PMID: 30712670 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2018.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In flowering plants, sexual reproduction is actively regulated by cell-cell communication between the male pollen and female pistil, and many species possess self-incompatibility systems for the selective rejection of self-pollen to maintain genetic diversity. The Brassicaceae self-incompatibility pathway acts early on when pollen grains have landed on the stigmatic papillae at the top of the pistil. Extensive studies have revealed that self-pollen rejection in the Brassicaceae is initiated by an S-haplotype-specific interaction between two polymorphic proteins: the pollen S-locus protein 11/S cysteine-rich (SP11/SCR) ligand and the stigma S receptor kinase (SRK). While the different S-haplotypes are typically codominant, there are several examples of dominant-recessive interactions, and a small RNA-based regulation of SP11/SCR expression has been uncovered as a mechanism behind these genetic interactions. Recent research has also added to our understanding of various cellular components in the pathway leading from the SP11/SCR-SRK interaction, including two signaling proteins, the M-locus protein kinase (MLPK) and the ARM-repeat containing 1 (ARC1) E3 ligase, as well as calcium fluxes and induction of autophagy in the stigmatic papillae. Finally, a better understanding of the compatible pollen responses that are targeted by the self-incompatibility pathway is starting to emerge, and this will allow us to more fully understand how the Brassicaceae self-incompatibility pathway causes self-pollen rejection. Here, we provide an overview of the field, highlighting recent contributions to our understanding of Brassicaceae self-incompatibility, and draw comparisons to a recently discovered unilateral incompatibility system.
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- Eli Jany
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Centre for Genome Analysis & Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Fujii S, Takayama S. Multilayered dominance hierarchy in plant self-incompatibility. PLANT REPRODUCTION 2018; 31:15-19. [PMID: 29248961 DOI: 10.1007/s00497-017-0319-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Epigenetic dominance modifier. In polymorphic loci, complex genetic dominance relationships between alleles are often observed. In plants, control of self-incompatibility (SI) expression via allelic interactions in the Brassicaceae is the best-known example of such mechanisms. Here, with emphasis on two recently published papers, we review the progress toward understanding the dominance regulatory mechanism of SI in the Brassicaceae. Multiple small RNA genes linked to the Self-incompatibility (S) locus were found in both Brassica and Arabidopsis genera. Mono-allelic gene expression of the male determinant of SI, SP11/SCR, from a dominant S-allele is under epigenetic control by such small RNA genes. Possible evolutionary trajectories leading to the formation of multilayered dominance hierarchy in Brassicaceae are discussed. We also identify some remaining questions for future studies.
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- Sota Fujii
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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Itabashi E, Osabe K, Fujimoto R, Kakizaki T. Epigenetic regulation of agronomical traits in Brassicaceae. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2018; 37:87-101. [PMID: 29058037 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2223-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Epigenetic regulation, covalent modification of DNA and changes in histone proteins are closely linked to plant development and stress response through flexibly altering the chromatin structure to regulate gene expression. In this review, we will illustrate the importance of epigenetic influences by discussing three agriculturally important traits of Brassicaceae. (1) Vernalization, an acceleration of flowering by prolonged cold exposure regulated through epigenetic silencing of a central floral repressor, FLOWERING LOCUS C. This is associated with cold-dependent repressive histone mark accumulation, which confers competency of consequence vegetative-to-reproductive phase transition. (2) Hybrid vigor, in which an F1 hybrid shows superior performance to the parental lines. Combination of distinct epigenomes with different DNA methylation states between parental lines is important for increase in growth rate in a hybrid progeny. This is independent of siRNA-directed DNA methylation but dependent on the chromatin remodeler DDM1. (3) Self-incompatibility, a reproductive mating system to prevent self-fertilization. This is controlled by the S-locus consisting of SP11 and SRK which are responsible for self/non-self recognition. Because self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae is sporophytically controlled, there are dominance relationships between S haplotypes in the stigma and pollen. The dominance relationships in the pollen rely on de novo DNA methylation at the promoter region of a recessive allele, which is triggered by siRNA production from a flanking region of a dominant allele.
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- Etsuko Itabashi
- Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, NARO, Kusawa, Ano, Tsu, Mie, 514-2392, Japan.
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Kunigami, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, NARO, Kusawa, Ano, Tsu, Mie, 514-2392, Japan
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Yasuda S, Wada Y, Kakizaki T, Tarutani Y, Miura-Uno E, Murase K, Fujii S, Hioki T, Shimoda T, Takada Y, Shiba H, Takasaki-Yasuda T, Suzuki G, Watanabe M, Takayama S. A complex dominance hierarchy is controlled by polymorphism of small RNAs and their targets. NATURE PLANTS 2016; 3:16206. [PMID: 28005058 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In diploid organisms, phenotypic traits are often biased by effects known as Mendelian dominant-recessive interactions between inherited alleles. Phenotypic expression of SP11 alleles, which encodes the male determinants of self-incompatibility in Brassica rapa, is governed by a complex dominance hierarchy1-3. Here, we show that a single polymorphic 24 nucleotide small RNA, named SP11 methylation inducer 2 (Smi2), controls the linear dominance hierarchy of the four SP11 alleles (S44 > S60 > S40 > S29). In all dominant-recessive interactions, small RNA variants derived from the linked region of dominant SP11 alleles exhibited high sequence similarity to the promoter regions of recessive SP11 alleles and acted in trans to epigenetically silence their expression. Together with our previous study4, we propose a new model: sequence similarity between polymorphic small RNAs and their target regulates mono-allelic gene expression, which explains the entire five-phased linear dominance hierarchy of the SP11 phenotypic expression in Brassica.
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- Shinsuke Yasuda
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Vegetable Breeding, Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, NARO, Tsu, Mie 514-2392, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Division of Natural Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, Osaka 582-8582, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Helitron-like transposons contributed to the mating system transition from out-crossing to self-fertilizing in polyploid Brassica napus L. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33785. [PMID: 27650318 PMCID: PMC5030654 DOI: 10.1038/srep33785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The mating system transition in polyploid Brassica napus (AACC) from out-crossing to selfing is a typical trait to differentiate it from their diploid progenitors. Elucidating the mechanism of mating system transition has profound consequences for understanding the speciation and evolution in B. napus. Functional complementation experiment has shown that the insertion of 3.6 kb into the promoter of self-incompatibility male determining gene, BnSP11-1 leads to its loss of function in B. napus. The inserted fragment was found to be a non-autonomous Helitron transposon. Further analysis showed that the inserted 3.6 kb non-autonomous Helitron transposon was widely distributed in B. napus accessions which contain the S haplotype BnS-1. Through promoter deletion analysis, an enhancer and a putative cis-regulatory element (TTCTA) that were required for spatio-temporal specific expression of BnSP11-1 were identified, and both might be disrupted by the insertion of Helitron transposon. We suggested that the insertion of Helitron transposons in the promoter of BnSP11-1 gene had altered the mating system and might facilitated the speciation of B. napus. Our findings have profound consequences for understanding the self-compatibility in B. napus as well as for the trait variations during evolutionary process of plant polyploidization.
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Fujii S, Kubo KI, Takayama S. Non-self- and self-recognition models in plant self-incompatibility. NATURE PLANTS 2016; 2:16130. [PMID: 27595657 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The mechanisms by which flowering plants choose their mating partners have interested researchers for a long time. Recent findings on the molecular mechanisms of non-self-recognition in some plant species have provided new insights into self-incompatibility (SI), the trait used by a wide range of plant species to avoid self-fertilization and promote outcrossing. In this Review, we compare the known SI systems, which can be largely classified into non-self- or self-recognition systems with respect to their molecular mechanisms, their evolutionary histories and their modes of evolution. We review previous controversies on haplotype evolution in the gametophytic SI system of Solanaceae species in light of a recently elucidated non-self-recognition model. In non-self-recognition SI systems, the transition from self-compatibility (SC) to SI may be more common than previously thought. Reversible transition between SI and SC in plants may have contributed to their adaptation to diverse and fluctuating environments.
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- Sota Fujii
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma 630-0192, Japan
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Dioecy (separate male and female individuals) ensures outcrossing and is more prevalent in animals than in plants. Although it is common in bryophytes and gymnosperms, only 5% of angiosperms are dioecious. In dioecious higher plants, flowers borne on male and female individuals are, respectively deficient in functional gynoecium and androecium. Dioecy is inherited via three sex chromosome systems: XX/XY, XX/X0 and WZ/ZZ, such that XX or WZ is female and XY, X0 or ZZ are males. The XX/XY system generates the rarer XX/X0 and WZ/ZZ systems. An autosome pair begets XY chromosomes. A recessive loss-of-androecium mutation (ana) creates X chromosome and a dominant gynoecium-suppressing (GYS) mutation creates Y chromosome. The ana/ANA and gys/GYS loci are in the sex-determining region (SDR) of the XY pair. Accumulation of inversions, deleterious mutations and repeat elements, especially transposons, in the SDR of Y suppresses recombination between X and Y in SDR, making Y labile and increasingly degenerate and heteromorphic from X. Continued recombination between X and Y in their pseudoautosomal region located at the ends of chromosomal arms allows survival of the degenerated Y and of the species. Dioecy is presumably a component of the evolutionary cycle for the origin of new species. Inbred hermaphrodite species assume dioecy. Later they suffer degenerate-Y-led population regression. Cross-hybridization between such extinguishing species and heterologous species, followed by genome duplication of segregants from hybrids, give rise to new species.
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Durand E, Méheust R, Soucaze M, Goubet PM, Gallina S, Poux C, Fobis-Loisy I, Guillon E, Gaude T, Sarazin A, Figeac M, Prat E, Marande W, Bergès H, Vekemans X, Billiard S, Castric V. Dominance hierarchy arising from the evolution of a complex small RNA regulatory network. Science 2014; 346:1200-5. [PMID: 25477454 DOI: 10.1126/science.1259442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The prevention of fertilization through self-pollination (or pollination by a close relative) in the Brassicaceae plant family is determined by the genotype of the plant at the self-incompatibility locus (S locus). The many alleles at this locus exhibit a dominance hierarchy that determines which of the two allelic specificities of a heterozygous genotype is expressed at the phenotypic level. Here, we uncover the evolution of how at least 17 small RNA (sRNA)-producing loci and their multiple target sites collectively control the dominance hierarchy among alleles within the gene controlling the pollen S-locus phenotype in a self-incompatible Arabidopsis species. Selection has created a dynamic repertoire of sRNA-target interactions by jointly acting on sRNA genes and their target sites, which has resulted in a complex system of regulation among alleles.
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- Eléonore Durand
- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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- Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 128, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, F-69364 Lyon, Cedex 07, France
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- Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 128, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, F-69364 Lyon, Cedex 07, France
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- Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 128, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, F-69364 Lyon, Cedex 07, France
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- Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- UDSL Université Lille 2 Droit et Santé, and Plate-forme de génomique fonctionnelle et structurale IFR-114, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Centre National des Ressources Génomiques Végétales, INRA UPR 1258, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Centre National des Ressources Génomiques Végétales, INRA UPR 1258, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Centre National des Ressources Génomiques Végétales, INRA UPR 1258, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, CNRS UMR 8198, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France.
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Zhai W, Zhang J, Yang Y, Ma C, Liu Z, Gao C, Zhou G, Tu J, Shen J, Fu T. Gene expression and genetic analysis reveal diverse causes of recessive self-compatibility in Brassica napus L. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:1037. [PMID: 25432521 PMCID: PMC4301934 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Brassica napus (AACC) is self-compatible, although its ancestor species Brassica rapa (AA) and Brassica oleracea (CC) are self-incompatible. Most B.napus accessions have dominant self-compatibility (SC) resulting from an insertion of 3.6 kb in the promoter region of BnSCR-1 on the A genome, while recessive SC in B.napus has rarely been observed. Expression and cloning of SRK and SCR genes and genetic analysis were carried out to dissect bases of recessive SC in B.napus. Results Eleven accessions were screened to identify stable recessive SC and had the S genotype BnS-7 on the A genome and BnS-6 on the C genome similarly to BrS-29 and BoS-15, respectively. In eight SC accessions, BnSCR-7 and BnSCR-6 were nearly undetectable and harbored no structural mutations in the promoters, while SRK genes were expressed at normal levels and contained intact CDS, with the exception of BnSRK-7 in line C32. SRK and SCR genes were expressed normally but their CDSs had no mutations in three SC accessions. In self-incompatible S-1300 and 11 F1 hybrids, SRK genes and BnSCR-1300 transcripts were present at high levels, while expression of the BnSCR-7 and BnSCR-6 were absent. Plants of S genotype S1300S1300 were completely SI, while SI phenotypes of SBnS-7SBnS-7 and S1300SBnS-7 plants were segregated in BC1 and F2 populations. Conclusions The recessive SC in eight accessions is caused by the loss of function of BnSCR-7 and BnSCR-6 in pollen. Translational repression contributes to the recessive SC in three accessions, whose SRK and SCR genes were expressed normally and had identical CDSs to BrS-29 or BoS-15. SI in 11 F1 hybrids relies on the expression of BnSCR-1300 rather than SRK genes. Other factor(s) independent of the S locus are involved in recessive SC. Therefore, diverse causes underlie recessive SC in B. napus, yielding insight into these complex mechanisms. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-1037) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China.
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Kitashiba H, Nasrallah JB. Self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae crops: lessons for interspecific incompatibility. BREEDING SCIENCE 2014; 64:23-37. [PMID: 24987288 PMCID: PMC4031107 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.64.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Most wild plants and some crops of the Brassicaceae express self-incompatibility, which is a mechanism that allows stigmas to recognize and discriminate against "self" pollen, thus preventing self-fertilization and inbreeding. Self-incompatibility in this family is controlled by a single S locus containing two multiallelic genes that encode the stigma-expressed S-locus receptor kinase and its pollen coat-localized ligand, the S-locus cysteine-rich protein. Physical interaction between receptor and ligand encoded in the same S locus activates the receptor and triggers a signaling cascade that results in inhibition of "self" pollen. Sequence information for many S-locus haplotypes in Brassica species has spurred studies of dominance relationships between S haplotypes and of S-locus structure, as well as the development of methods for S genotyping. Furthermore, molecular genetic studies have begun to identify genes that encode putative components of the self-incompatibility signaling pathway. In parallel, standard genetic analysis and QTL analysis of the poorly understood interspecific incompatibility phenomenon have been initiated to identify genes responsible for the inhibition of pollen from other species by the stigma. Herewith, we review recent studies of self-incompatibility and interspecific incompatibility, and we propose a model in which a universal pollen-inhibition pathway is shared by these two incompatibility systems.
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- Hiroyasu Kitashiba
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University,
1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 981-8555,
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University,
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Zeng F, Cheng B. Self-(in)compatibility inheritance and allele-specific marker development in yellow mustard ( Sinapis alba). MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2013; 33:187-196. [PMID: 24482603 PMCID: PMC3890562 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-013-9943-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 08/10/2013] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Yellow mustard (Sinapis alba) has a sporophytic self-incompatibility reproduction system. Genetically stable self-incompatible (SI) and self-compatible (SC) inbred lines have recently been developed in this crop. Understanding the S haplotype of different inbred lines and the inheritance of the self-(in)compatibility (SI/SC) trait is very important for breeding purposes. In this study, we used the S-locus gene-specific primers in Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea to clone yellow mustard S-locus genes of SI lines Y514 and Y1130 and SC lines Y1499 and Y1501. The PCR amplification results and DNA sequences of the S-locus genes revealed that Y514 carried the class I S haplotype, while Y1130, Y1499, and Y1501 had the class II S haplotype. The results of our genetic studies indicated that self-incompatibility was dominant over self-compatibility and controlled by a one-gene locus in the two crosses of Y514 × Y1499 and Y1130 × Y1501. Of the five S-locus gene polymorphic primer pairs, Sal-SLGI and Sal-SRKI each generated one dominant marker for the SI phenotype of Y514; Sal-SLGII and Sal-SRKII produced dominant marker(s) for the SC phenotype of Y1501 and Y1499; Sal-SP11II generated one dominant marker for Y1130. These markers co-segregated with the SI/SC phenotype in the F2 populations of the two crosses. In addition, co-dominant markers were developed by mixing the two polymorphic primer pairs specific for each parent in the multiplex PCR, which allowed zygosity to be determined in the F2 populations. The SI/SC allele-specific markers have proven to be very useful for the selection of the desirable SC genotypes in our yellow mustard breeding program.
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- Fangqin Zeng
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2 Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2 Canada
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Spatio-temporal expression patterns of Arabidopsis thaliana and Medicago truncatula defensin-like genes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e58992. [PMID: 23527067 PMCID: PMC3601123 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Plant genomes contain several hundred defensin-like (DEFL) genes that encode short cysteine-rich proteins resembling defensins, which are well known antimicrobial polypeptides. Little is known about the expression patterns or functions of many DEFLs because most were discovered recently and hence are not well represented on standard microarrays. We designed a custom Affymetrix chip consisting of probe sets for 317 and 684 DEFLs from Arabidopsis thaliana and Medicago truncatula, respectively for cataloging DEFL expression in a variety of plant organs at different developmental stages and during symbiotic and pathogenic associations. The microarray analysis provided evidence for the transcription of 71% and 90% of the DEFLs identified in Arabidopsis and Medicago, respectively, including many of the recently annotated DEFL genes that previously lacked expression information. Both model plants contain a subset of DEFLs specifically expressed in seeds or fruits. A few DEFLs, including some plant defensins, were significantly up-regulated in Arabidopsis leaves inoculated with Alternaria brassicicola or Pseudomonas syringae pathogens. Among these, some were dependent on jasmonic acid signaling or were associated with specific types of immune responses. There were notable differences in DEFL gene expression patterns between Arabidopsis and Medicago, as the majority of Arabidopsis DEFLs were expressed in inflorescences, while only a few exhibited root-enhanced expression. By contrast, Medicago DEFLs were most prominently expressed in nitrogen-fixing root nodules. Thus, our data document salient differences in DEFL temporal and spatial expression between Arabidopsis and Medicago, suggesting distinct signaling routes and distinct roles for these proteins in the two plant species.
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Jung HJ, Jung HJ, Ahmed NU, Park JI, Kang KK, Hur Y, Lim YP, Nou IS. Development of self-compatible B. rapa by RNAi-mediated S locus gene silencing. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49497. [PMID: 23145180 PMCID: PMC3493532 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The self-incompatibility (SI) system is genetically controlled by a single polymorphic locus known as the S-locus in the Brassicaceae. Pollen rejection occurs when the stigma and pollen share the same S-haplotype. Recognition of S-haplotype specificity has recently been shown to involve at least two S-locus genes, S-receptor kinase (SRK) and S-locus protein 11 or S locus Cysteine-rich (SP11/SCR) protein. Here, we examined the function of S(60), one SP11/SCR allele of B. rapa cv. Osome, using a RNAi-mediated gene silencing approach. The transgenic RNAi lines were highly self-compatible, and this trait was stable in subsequent generations, even after crossing with other commercial lines. These findings also suggested that the resultant self-compatibility could be transferred to commercial cultivars with the desired performances in B. rapa.
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- Hee-Jeong Jung
- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Jeollanam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Najusi, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Hankyong National University, Ansung, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Republic of Korea
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Tsuchimatsu T, Kaiser P, Yew CL, Bachelier JB, Shimizu KK. Recent loss of self-incompatibility by degradation of the male component in allotetraploid Arabidopsis kamchatica. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002838. [PMID: 22844253 PMCID: PMC3405996 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The evolutionary transition from outcrossing to self-fertilization (selfing) through the loss of self-incompatibility (SI) is one of the most prevalent events in flowering plants, and its genetic basis has been a major focus in evolutionary biology. In the Brassicaceae, the SI system consists of male and female specificity genes at the S-locus and of genes involved in the female downstream signaling pathway. During recent decades, much attention has been paid in particular to clarifying the genes responsible for the loss of SI. Here, we investigated the pattern of polymorphism and functionality of the female specificity gene, the S-locus receptor kinase (SRK), in allotetraploid Arabidopsis kamchatica. While its parental species, A. lyrata and A. halleri, are reported to be diploid and mainly self-incompatible, A. kamchatica is self-compatible. We identified five highly diverged SRK haplogroups, found their disomic inheritance and, for the first time in a wild allotetraploid species, surveyed the geographic distribution of SRK at the two homeologous S-loci across the species range. We found intact full-length SRK sequences in many accessions. Through interspecific crosses with the self-incompatible and diploid congener A. halleri, we found that the female components of the SI system, including SRK and the female downstream signaling pathway, are still functional in these accessions. Given the tight linkage and very rare recombination of the male and female components on the S-locus, this result suggests that the degradation of male components was responsible for the loss of SI in A. kamchatica. Recent extensive studies in multiple Brassicaceae species demonstrate that the loss of SI is often derived from mutations in the male component in wild populations, in contrast to cultivated populations. This is consistent with theoretical predictions that mutations disabling male specificity are expected to be more strongly selected than mutations disabling female specificity, or the female downstream signaling pathway.
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Institute of Plant Biology, and Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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The S-LOCUS CYSTEINE-RICH PROTEIN (SCR): A Small Peptide with A High Impact on the Evolution of Flowering Plants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27603-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Watanabe M, Suwabe K, Suzuki G. Molecular genetics, physiology and biology of self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2012; 88:519-35. [PMID: 23229748 PMCID: PMC3552045 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.88.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is defined as the inability to produce zygotes after self-pollination in a fertile hermaphrodite plant, which has stamens and pistils in the same flower. This structural organization of the hermaphrodite flower increases the risk of self-pollination, leading to low genetic diversity. To avoid this problem plants have established several pollination systems, among which the most elegant system is surely SI. The SI trait can be observed in Brassica crops, including cabbage, broccoli, turnip and radish. To produce hybrid seed of these crops efficiently, the SI trait has been employed in an agricultural context. From another point of view, the recognition reaction of SI during pollen-stigma interaction is an excellent model system for cell-cell communication and signal transduction in higher plants. In this review, we describe the molecular mechanisms of SI in Brassicaceae, which have been dissected by genetic, physiological, and biological approaches, and we discuss the future prospects in relation to associated scientific fields and new technologies.
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- Masao Watanabe
- Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Genetics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan.
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Billiard S, Castric V. Evidence for Fisher's dominance theory: how many ‘special cases’? Trends Genet 2011; 27:441-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/16/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tarutani Y, Takayama S. Monoallelic gene expression and its mechanisms. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 14:608-613. [PMID: 21807553 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2011] [Revised: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Although the majority of genes are expressed equally from both alleles, some genes are differentially expressed. Monoallelic gene expression, the differential gene expression of the alleles such as genomic imprinting, is reported in several organisms and plays significant roles in proper development and diversity in gene expression and phenotypic variation. Recent studies in flowering plants have greatly increased our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of monoallelic gene expression. They indicate that machineries of gene silencing such as DNA methylation, histone modifications, and noncoding RNAs function in monoallelic gene expression. A combination of genetics and high-throughput technologies expands the scope of study on monoallelic gene expression in flowering plants.
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- Yoshiaki Tarutani
- Department of Integrated Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
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Tedder A, Ansell SW, Lao X, Vogel JC, Mable BK. Sporophytic self-incompatibility genes and mating system variation in Arabis alpina. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2011; 108:699-713. [PMID: 21821832 PMCID: PMC3170156 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Sporophytic self-incompatibility (SI) prevents inbreeding in many members of the Brassicaceae, and has been well documented in a variety of high-profile species. Arabis alpina is currently being developed as a model system for studying the ecological genetics of arctic-alpine environments, and is the focus of numerous studies on population structure and alpine phylogeography. Although it is highly inbreeding throughout most of its range, populations in central Italy have been identified that show inbreeding coefficients (F(IS)) more typical of self-incompatible relatives. The purpose of this study was to establish whether this variation is due to a functioning SI system. METHODS Outcrossing rate estimates were calculated based on 16 allozyme loci and self-compatibility assessed based on controlled pollinations for six Italian populations that have previously been shown to vary in F(IS) values. Putative SRK alleles (the gene controlling the female component of SI in other Brassicaceae) amplified from A. alpina were compared with those published for other species. Linkage of putative SRK alleles and SI phenotypes was assessed using a diallel cross. KEY RESULTS Functional avoidance of inbreeding is demonstrated in three populations of A. alpina, corresponding with previous F(IS) values. The presence is described of 15 putative SRK-like alleles, which show high sequence identity to known alleles from Brassica and Arabidopsis and the high levels of synonymous and nonsynonymous variation typical of genes under balancing selection. Also, orthologues of two other members of the S-receptor kinase gene family, Aly8 (ARK3) and Aly9 (AtS1) are identified. Further to this, co-segregation between some of the putative S-alleles and compatibility phenotypes was demonstrated using a full-sibling cross design. CONCLUSIONS The results strongly suggest that, as with other species in the Brassicaceae, A. alpina has a sporophytic SI system but shows variation in the strength of SI within and between populations.
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- A. Tedder
- Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara 630-0101, Japan
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- Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
- For correspondence. E-mail
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Finnegan EJ, Liang D, Wang MB. Self-incompatibility: Smi silences through a novel sRNA pathway. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2011; 16:238-241. [PMID: 21306936 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2010] [Revised: 01/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae is determined by the interaction between S-Locus Protein 11 (SP11) on the pollen and S-receptor kinase (SRK) in the stigma. Pollen from heterozygotes generally displays products of both SP11 alleles, but in some heterozygotes SP11 expression is monoallelic, with one allele (SP11(R)) being silenced by promoter methylation. An exciting development in understanding the mechanism behind monoallelic silencing came recently when Y. Tarutani et al. [Nature 2010;466:983-986] identified a 24-nucleotide sRNA (termed Smi) derived from a non-coding gene within the dominant S-haplotype, and suggested that Smi directs promoter methylation. We propose that rather than having a direct effect on DNA methylation, Smi is the first step in a novel cis-acting siRNA pathway that directs widespread monoallelic SP11(R) promoter methylation.
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Brennan AC, Tabah DA, Harris SA, Hiscock SJ. Sporophytic self-incompatibility in Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae): S allele dominance interactions and modifiers of cross-compatibility and selfing rates. Heredity (Edinb) 2011; 106:113-23. [PMID: 20372180 PMCID: PMC3183852 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2009] [Revised: 11/27/2009] [Accepted: 12/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Understanding genetic mechanisms of self-incompatibility (SI) and how they evolve is central to understanding the mating behaviour of most outbreeding angiosperms. Sporophytic SI (SSI) is controlled by a single multi-allelic locus, S, which is expressed in the diploid (sporophyte) plant to determine the SI phenotype of its haploid (gametophyte) pollen. This allows complex patterns of independent S allele dominance interactions in male (pollen) and female (pistil) reproductive tissues. Senecio squalidus is a useful model for studying the genetic regulation and evolution of SSI because of its population history as an alien invasive species in the UK. S. squalidus maintains a small number of S alleles (7-11) with a high frequency of dominance interactions. Some S. squalidus individuals also show partial selfing and/or greater levels of cross-compatibility than expected under SSI. We previously speculated that these might be adaptations to invasiveness. Here we describe a detailed characterization of the regulation of SSI in S. squalidus. Controlled crosses were used to determine the S allele dominance hierarchy of six S alleles and effects of modifiers on cross-compatibility and partial selfing. Complex dominance interactions among S alleles were found with at least three levels of dominance and tissue-specific codominance. Evidence for S gene modifiers that increase selfing and/or cross-compatibility was also found. These empirical findings are discussed in the context of theoretical predictions for maintenance of S allele dominance interactions, and the role of modifier loci in the evolution of SI.
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- A C Brennan
- School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Fife, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Trans-acting small RNA determines dominance relationships in Brassica self-incompatibility. Nature 2010; 466:983-6. [PMID: 20725042 DOI: 10.1038/nature09308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A diploid organism has two copies of each gene, one inherited from each parent. The expression of two inherited alleles is sometimes biased by the effects known as dominant/recessive relationships, which determine the final phenotype of the organism. To explore the mechanisms underlying these relationships, we have examined the monoallelic expression of S-locus protein 11 genes (SP11), which encode the male determinants of self-incompatibility in Brassica. We previously reported that SP11 expression was monoallelic in some S heterozygotes, and that the promoter regions of recessive SP11 alleles were specifically methylated in the anther tapetum. Here we show that this methylation is controlled by trans-acting small non-coding RNA (sRNA). We identified inverted genomic sequences that were similar to the recessive SP11 promoters in the flanking regions of dominant SP11 alleles. These sequences were specifically expressed in the anther tapetum and processed into 24-nucleotide sRNA, named SP11 methylation inducer (Smi). Introduction of the Smi genomic region into the recessive S homozygotes triggered the methylation of the promoter of recessive SP11 alleles and repressed their transcription. This is an example showing sRNA encoded in the flanking region of a dominant allele acts in trans to induce transcriptional silencing of the recessive allele. Our finding may provide new insights into the widespread monoallelic gene expression systems.
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There are several different types of self-incompatibility in different flowering plant species, and there has recently been progress in understanding their molecular genetics by using combined molecular and evolutionary approaches. Questions include the mechanism of self-incompatibility (both the nature of the proteins encoded by the genes and whether incompatibility systems all have separate genes for the pollen and pistil recognition proteins, which is the focus of this mini-review) and whether these systems involve chromosome regions with suppressed recombination and, if so, the size of these regions.
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- Deborah Charlesworth
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratory King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT UK
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Isokawa S, Osaka M, Shirasawa A, Kikuta R, Komatsu S, Horisaki A, Niikura S, Takada Y, Shiba H, Isogai A, Takayama S, Suzuki G, Suwabe K, Watanabe M. Novel self-compatible lines of Brassica rapa L. isolated from the Japanese bulk-populations. Genes Genet Syst 2010; 85:87-96. [PMID: 20558895 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.85.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Self-incompatibility (SI) in Brassicaceae is sporophytically controlled by a single S-locus with multi allelic variety. The male S determinant, SP11/SCR (S-locus protein 11/S-locus cysteine-rich protein), is a small cysteine-rich protein, and the female S determinant, SRK (S-locus receptor kinase), functions as a receptor for SP11 at the surface of stigma papilla cells. Although a few of the following downstream factors in the SP11-SRK signaling cascade have been identified, a comprehensive understanding of the SI mechanism still remains unexplained in Brassicaceae. Analysis of self-compatible (SC) mutants is significant for understanding the molecular mechanism in SI reactions, thus we screened SC lines from a variety of Japanese bulk-populations of B. rapa vegetables. Two lines, TSC4 and TSC28, seem to have disruptions in the SI signaling cascade, while the other line, TSC2, seems to have a deficiency in a female S determinant, SRK. In TSC4 and TSC28, known SI-related factors, i.e. SRK, SP11, MLPK (M-locus protein kinase), THL (thioredoxin-h-like), and ARC1 (arm repeat containing 1), were expressed normally, and their expression levels were comparable with those in SI lines. On a B. rapa genetic linkage map, potential SC genes in TSC4 and TSC28 were mapped on linkage groups A3 and A1, respectively, whereas MLPK, ARC1, and THL were mapped on A3, A4, and A6, respectively. Although potential SC genes of TSC4 and MLPK were on the same linkage group, their positions were apparently independent. These results indicate that the SC genes of TSC4 and TSC28 are independent from the S-locus or known SI-related genes. Thus, the SC lines selected here have mutations in novel factors of the SI signaling cascade, and they will contribute to fill pieces in a signal transduction pathway of the SI system in Brassicaceae.
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- Sachiyo Isokawa
- Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Genetics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
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Ivanov R, Fobis-Loisy I, Gaude T. When no means no: guide to Brassicaceae self-incompatibility. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2010; 15:387-394. [PMID: 20621670 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2010] [Revised: 04/29/2010] [Accepted: 04/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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More than half of the flowering plants have a sophisticated mechanism for self-pollen rejection, named self-incompatibility (SI). In Brassicaceae, recognition specificity is achieved by the interaction of the stigmatic S-RECEPTOR KINASE (SRK) and its ligand S-LOCUS CYSTEINE-RICH PROTEIN (SCR). Recent years have seen significant advances in understanding the SI response. Progress has been made on elucidating the regulation and function of proteins that act as either molecular partners of SRK or modulators of SI. Thus, modules controlling the specificity of the central receptor-ligand interaction have been identified on both SRK and SCR proteins. A role for intracellular protein trafficking in SI has also been demonstrated. Here, we integrate the novel findings into the existing model to present the current understanding of SI signaling.
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- Rumen Ivanov
- UMR 5667 CNRS-INRA-ENS Lyon-UCB Lyon I, IFR 128 BioSciences Gerland-Lyon Sud, Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, ENS Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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Takuno S, Oikawa E, Kitashiba H, Nishio T. Assessment of genetic diversity of accessions in Brassicaceae genetic resources by frequency distribution analysis of S haplotypes. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2010; 120:1129-1138. [PMID: 20039015 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1240-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
Plant genetic resources are important sources of genetic variation for improving crop varieties as breeding materials. Conservation of such resources of allogamous species requires maintenance of the genetic diversity within each accession to avoid inbreeding depression and loss of rare alleles. For assessment of genetic diversity in the self-incompatibility locus (S locus), which is critically involved in the chance of mating, we developed a dot-blot genotyping method for self-incompatibility (S) haplotypes and applied it to indigenous, miscellaneous landraces of Brassica rapa, provided by the IPK Gene Bank (Gatersleben, Germany) and the Tohoku University Brassica Seed Bank (Sendai, Japan), in which landraces are maintained using different population sizes. This method effectively determined S genotypes of more than 500 individuals from the focal landraces. Although our results suggest that these landraces might possess sufficient numbers of S haplotypes, the strong reduction of frequencies of recessive S haplotypes occurred, probably owing to genetic drift. Based on these results, we herein discuss an appropriate way to conserve genetic diversity of allogamous plant resources in a gene bank.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Takuno
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 981-8555, Japan
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Schoen DJ, Busch JW. THE EVOLUTION OF DOMINANCE IN SPOROPHYTIC SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY SYSTEMS. II. MATE AVAILABILITY AND RECOMBINATION. Evolution 2009; 63:2099-113. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00686.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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