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Tasker-Brown W, Koh SWH, Trozzi N, Maio KA, Jamil I, Jiang Y, Majda M, Smith RS, Moubayidin L. An incoherent feed-forward loop involving bHLH transcription factors, Auxin and CYCLIN-Ds regulates style radial symmetry establishment in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39121182 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/11/2024]
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The bilateral-to-radial symmetry transition occurring during the development of the Arabidopsis thaliana female reproductive organ (gynoecium) is a crucial biological process linked to plant fertilization and seed production. Despite its significance, the cellular mechanisms governing the establishment and breaking of radial symmetry at the gynoecium apex (style) remain unknown. To fill this gap, we employed quantitative confocal imaging coupled with MorphoGraphX analysis, in vivo and in vitro transcriptional experiments, and genetic analysis encompassing mutants in two bHLH transcription factors necessary and sufficient to promote transition to radial symmetry, SPATULA (SPT) and INDEHISCENT (IND). Here, we show that defects in style morphogenesis correlate with defects in cell-division orientation and rate. We showed that the SPT-mediated accumulation of auxin in the medial-apical cells undergoing symmetry transition is required to maintain cell-division-oriented perpendicular to the direction of organ growth (anticlinal, transversal cell division). In addition, SPT and IND promote the expression of specific core cell-cycle regulators, CYCLIN-D1;1 (CYC-D1;1) and CYC-D3;3, to support progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle. This transcriptional regulation is repressed by auxin, thus forming an incoherent feed-forward loop mechanism. We propose that this mechanism fine-tunes cell division rate and orientation with the morphogenic signal provided by auxin, during patterning of radial symmetry at the style.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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Xu F, Dong H, Guo W, Le L, Jing Y, Fletcher JC, Sun J, Pu L. The trxG protein ULT1 regulates Arabidopsis organ size by interacting with TCP14/15 to antagonize the LIM peptidase DA1 for H3K4me3 on target genes. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2024; 5:100819. [PMID: 38217289 PMCID: PMC11009162 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100819] [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: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Plant organ size is an important agronomic trait that makes a significant contribution to plant yield. Despite its central importance, the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying organ size control remain to be fully clarified. Here, we report that the trithorax group protein ULTRAPETALA1 (ULT1) interacts with the TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PCF14/15 (TCP14/15) transcription factors by antagonizing the LIN-11, ISL-1, and MEC-3 (LIM) peptidase DA1, thereby regulating organ size in Arabidopsis. Loss of ULT1 function significantly increases rosette leaf, petal, silique, and seed size, whereas overexpression of ULT1 results in reduced organ size. ULT1 associates with TCP14 and TCP15 to co-regulate cell size by affecting cellular endoreduplication. Transcriptome analysis revealed that ULT1 and TCP14/15 regulate common target genes involved in endoreduplication and leaf development. ULT1 can be recruited by TCP14/15 to promote lysine 4 of histone H3 trimethylation at target genes, activating their expression to determine final cell size. Furthermore, we found that ULT1 influences the interaction of DA1 and TCP14/15 and antagonizes the effect of DA1 on TCP14/15 degradation. Collectively, our findings reveal a novel epigenetic mechanism underlying the regulation of organ size in Arabidopsis.
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- Fan Xu
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Plant Gene Expression Center, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA 94710, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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Burian M, Podgórska A, Kryzheuskaya K, Gieczewska K, Sliwinska E, Szal B. Ammonium treatment inhibits cell cycle activity and induces nuclei endopolyploidization in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANTA 2024; 259:94. [PMID: 38509428 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-024-04372-8] [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: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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MAIN CONCLUSION This study determined the effect of ammonium supply on the cell division process and showed that ammonium-dependent elevated reactive oxygen species production could mediate the downregulation of the cell cycle-related gene expression. Plants grown under high-ammonium conditions show stunted growth and other toxicity symptoms, including oxidative stress. However, how ammonium regulates the development of plants remains unknown. Growth is defined as an increase in cell volume or proliferation. In the present study, ammonium-related changes in cell cycle activity were analyzed in seedlings, apical buds, and young leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana plants. In all experimental ammonium treatments, the genes responsible for regulating cell cycle progression, such as cyclin-dependent kinases and cyclins, were downregulated in the studied tissues. Thus, ammonium nutrition could be considered to reduce cell proliferation; however, the cause of this phenomenon may be secondary. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are produced in large amounts in response to ammonium nutrition, can act as intermediates in this process. Indeed, high ROS levels resulting from H2O2 treatment or reduced ROS production in rbohc mutants, similar to ammonium-triggered ROS, correlated with altered cell cycle-related gene expression. It can be concluded that the characteristic ammonium growth suppression may be executed by enhanced ROS metabolism to inhibit cell cycle activity. This study provides a base for future research in determining the mechanism behind ammonium-induced dwarfism in plants, and strategies to mitigate such stress.
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- Maria Burian
- Department of Plant Bioenergetics, Institute of Experimental Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Bioenergetics, Institute of Experimental Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Bioenergetics, Institute of Experimental Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Institute of Experimental Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Cytometry, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Kaliskiego 7, 85-796, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Plant Bioenergetics, Institute of Experimental Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland.
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Suárez-Baron H, Alzate JF, Ambrose BA, Pelaz S, González F, Pabón-Mora N. Comparative morphoanatomy and transcriptomic analyses reveal key factors controlling floral trichome development in Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2023; 74:6588-6607. [PMID: 37656729 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad345] [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: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Trichomes are specialized epidermal cells in aerial plant parts. Trichome development proceeds in three stages, determination of cell fate, specification, and morphogenesis. Most genes responsible for these processes have been identified in the unicellular branched leaf trichomes from the model Arabidopsis thaliana. Less is known about the molecular basis of multicellular trichome formation across flowering plants, especially those formed in floral organs of early diverging angiosperms. Here, we aim to identify the genetic regulatory network (GRN) underlying multicellular trichome development in the kettle-shaped trap flowers of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae). We selected two taxa for comparison, A. fimbriata, with trichomes inside the perianth, which play critical roles in pollination, and A. macrophylla, lacking specialized trichomes in the perianth. A detailed morphoanatomical characterization of floral epidermis is presented for the two species. We compared transcriptomic profiling at two different developmental stages in the different perianth portions (limb, tube, and utricle) of the two species. Moreover, we present a comprehensive expression map for positive regulators and repressors of trichome development, as well as cell cycle regulators. Our data point to extensive modifications in gene composition, expression, and putative roles in all functional categories when compared with model species. We also record novel differentially expressed genes (DEGs) linked to epidermis patterning and trichome development. We thus propose the first hypothetical genetic regulatory network (GRN) underlying floral multicellular trichome development in Aristolochia, and pinpoint key factors responsible for the presence and specialization of floral trichomes in phylogenetically distant species of the genus.
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- Harold Suárez-Baron
- Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Cali, Colombia
- Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Centro Nacional de Secuenciación Genómica (CNSG), Sede de Investigación Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats), Barcelona, Spain
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- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Bogotá, Colombia
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Williamson D, Tasker-Brown W, Murray JAH, Jones AR, Band LR. Modelling how plant cell-cycle progression leads to cell size regulation. PLoS Comput Biol 2023; 19:e1011503. [PMID: 37862377 PMCID: PMC10653611 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
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Populations of cells typically maintain a consistent size, despite cell division rarely being precisely symmetrical. Therefore, cells must possess a mechanism of "size control", whereby the cell volume at birth affects cell-cycle progression. While size control mechanisms have been elucidated in a number of other organisms, it is not yet clear how this mechanism functions in plants. Here, we present a mathematical model of the key interactions in the plant cell cycle. Model simulations reveal that the network of interactions exhibits limit-cycle solutions, with biological switches underpinning both the G1/S and G2/M cell-cycle transitions. Embedding this network model within growing cells, we test hypotheses as to how cell-cycle progression can depend on cell size. We investigate two different mechanisms at both the G1/S and G2/M transitions: (i) differential expression of cell-cycle activator and inhibitor proteins (with synthesis of inhibitor proteins being independent of cell size), and (ii) equal inheritance of inhibitor proteins after cell division. The model demonstrates that both these mechanisms can lead to larger daughter cells progressing through the cell cycle more rapidly, and can thus contribute to cell-size control. To test how these features enable size homeostasis over multiple generations, we then simulated these mechanisms in a cell-population model with multiple rounds of cell division. These simulations suggested that integration of size-control mechanisms at both G1/S and G2/M provides long-term cell-size homeostasis. We concluded that while both size independence and equal inheritance of inhibitor proteins can reduce variations in cell size across individual cell-cycle phases, combining size-control mechanisms at both G1/S and G2/M is essential to maintain size homeostasis over multiple generations. Thus, our study reveals how features of the cell-cycle network enable cell-cycle progression to depend on cell size, and provides a mechanistic understanding of how plant cell populations maintain consistent size over generations.
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- Daniel Williamson
- Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Division of Plant and Crop Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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Tang HB, Wang J, Wang L, Shang GD, Xu ZG, Mai YX, Liu YT, Zhang TQ, Wang JW. Anisotropic cell growth at the leaf base promotes age-related changes in leaf shape in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:1386-1407. [PMID: 36748203 PMCID: PMC10118278 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plants undergo extended morphogenesis. The shoot apical meristem (SAM) allows for reiterative development and the formation of new structures throughout the life of the plant. Intriguingly, the SAM produces morphologically different leaves in an age-dependent manner, a phenomenon known as heteroblasty. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the SAM produces small orbicular leaves in the juvenile phase, but gives rise to large elliptical leaves in the adult phase. Previous studies have established that a developmental decline of microRNA156 (miR156) is necessary and sufficient to trigger this leaf shape switch, although the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. Here we show that the gradual increase in miR156-targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE transcription factors with age promotes cell growth anisotropy in the abaxial epidermis at the base of the leaf blade, evident by the formation of elongated giant cells. Time-lapse imaging and developmental genetics further revealed that the establishment of adult leaf shape is tightly associated with the longitudinal cell expansion of giant cells, accompanied by a prolonged cell proliferation phase in their vicinity. Our results thus provide a plausible cellular mechanism for heteroblasty in Arabidopsis, and contribute to our understanding of anisotropic growth in plants.
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- Hong-Bo Tang
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Shanghai 200032, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Statistics and Mathematics, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, Huhehaote 010070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Shanghai 200032, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Shanghai 200032, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Shanghai 200032, China
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- Core Facility Center of CEMPS, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Shanghai 200032, China
- Shanghai Normal University, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai 200234, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Shanghai 200032, China
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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Ding AM, Xu CT, Xie Q, Zhang MJ, Yan N, Dai CB, Lv J, Cui MM, Wang WF, Sun YH. ERF4 interacts with and antagonizes TCP15 in regulating endoreduplication and cell growth in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 64:1673-1689. [PMID: 35775119 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Endoreduplication is prevalent during plant growth and development, and is often correlated with large cell and organ size. Despite its prevalence, the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms underlying the transition from mitotic cell division to endoreduplication remain elusive. Here, we characterize ETHYLENE-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING FACTOR 4 (ERF4) as a positive regulator of endoreduplication through its function as a transcriptional repressor. ERF4 was specifically expressed in mature tissues in which the cells were undergoing expansion, but was rarely expressed in young organs. Plants overexpressing ERF4 exhibited much larger cells and organs, while plants that lacked functional ERF4 displayed smaller organs than the wild-type. ERF4 was further shown to regulate cell size by controlling the endopolyploidy level in the nuclei. Moreover, ERF4 physically associates with the class I TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1/CYCLOIDEA/PCF (TCP) protein TCP15, a transcription factor that inhibits endoreduplication by activating the expression of a key cell-cycle gene, CYCLIN A2;3 (CYCA2;3). A molecular and genetic analysis revealed that ERF4 promotes endoreduplication by directly suppressing the expression of CYCA2;3. Together, this study demonstrates that ERF4 and TCP15 function as a module to antagonistically regulate each other's activity in regulating downstream genes, thereby controlling the switch from the mitotic cell cycle to endoreduplication during leaf development. These findings expand our understanding of how the control of the cell cycle is fine-tuned by an ERF4-TCP15 transcriptional complex.
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- An-Ming Ding
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Gene Resources, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Qingdao, 266101, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
- Luzhou Tobacco Company of Sichuan Province, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- Luzhou Tobacco Company of Sichuan Province, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- Luzhou Tobacco Company of Sichuan Province, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Gene Resources, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Gene Resources, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Gene Resources, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Gene Resources, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Gene Resources, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Gene Resources, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Qingdao, 266101, China
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Li Z, Gao J, Wang B, Xu J, Fu X, Han H, Wang L, Zhang W, Deng Y, Wang Y, Gong Z, Tian Y, Peng R, Yao Q. Rice carotenoid biofortification and yield improvement conferred by endosperm-specific overexpression of OsGLK1. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:951605. [PMID: 35909772 PMCID: PMC9335051 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.951605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Carotenoids, indispensable isoprenoid phytonutrients, are synthesized in plastids and are known to be deficient in rice endosperm. Many studies, involving transgenic manipulations of carotenoid biosynthetic genes, have been performed to obtain carotenoid-enriched rice grains. Nuclear-encoded GOLDEN2-LIKE (GLK) transcription factors play important roles in the regulation of plastid and thylakoid grana development. Here, we show that endosperm-specific overexpression of rice GLK1 gene (OsGLK1) leads to enhanced carotenoid production, increased grain yield, but deteriorated grain quality in rice. Subsequently, we performed the bioengineering of carotenoids biosynthesis in rice endosperm by introducing other three carotenogenic genes, tHMG1, ZmPSY1, and PaCrtI, which encode the enzymes truncated 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, phytoene synthase, and phytoene desaturase, respectively. Transgenic overexpression of all four genes (OsGLK1, tHMG1, ZmPSY1, and PaCrtI) driven by rice endosperm-specific promoter GluB-1 established a mini carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in the endosperm and exerted a roughly multiplicative effect on the carotenoid accumulation as compared with the overexpression of only three genes (tHMG1, ZmPSY1, and PaCrtI). In addition, the yield enhancement and quality reduction traits were also present in the transgenic rice overexpressing the selected four genes. Our results revealed that OsGLK1 confers favorable characters in rice endosperm and could help to refine strategies for the carotenoid and other plastid-synthesized micronutrient fortification in bioengineered plants.
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Wang L, Liu X, Li Q, Xu N, He C. A lineage-specific arginine in POS1 is required for fruit size control in Physaleae (Solanaceae) via gene co-option. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:183-204. [PMID: 35481627 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Solanaceae have important economic value mainly due to their edible fruits. Physalis organ size 1/cytokinin response factor 3 (POS1/CRF3), a unique gene in Solanaceae, is involved in fruit size variation in Physalis but not in Solanum. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we found that POS1/CRF3 was likely created via the fusion of CRF7 and CRF8 duplicates. Multiple genetic manipulations revealed that only POS1 and Capsicum POS1 (CaPOS1) functioned in fruit size control via the positive regulation of cell expansion. Comparative studies in a phylogenetic framework showed the directional enhancement of POS1-like expression in the flowers and fruits of Physaleae and the specific gain of certain interacting proteins associated with cell expansion by POS1 and CaPOS1. A lineage-specific single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) caused the 68th amino acid histidine in the POS1 orthologs of non-Physaleae (Nicotiana and Solanum) to change to arginine in Physaleae (Physalis and Capsicum). Substituting the arginine in Physaleae POS1-like by histidine completely abolished their function in the fruits and the protein-protein interaction (PPI) with calreticulin-3. Transcriptomic comparison revealed the potential downstream pathways of POS1, including the brassinosteroid biosynthesis pathway. However, POS1-like may have functioned ancestrally in abiotic stress within Solanaceae. Our work demonstrated that heterometric expression and a SNP caused a single amino acid change to establish new PPIs, which contributed to the co-option of POS1 in multiple regulatory pathways to regulate cell expansion and thus fruit size in Physaleae. These results provide new insights into fruit morphological evolution and fruit yield control.
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- Li Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanxincun 20, Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanxincun 20, Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19, 100049, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanxincun 20, Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19, 100049, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanxincun 20, Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19, 100049, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanxincun 20, Xiangshan, 100093, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19, 100049, Beijing, China
- The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xie P, Tang S, Chen C, Zhang H, Yu F, Li C, Wei H, Sui Y, Wu C, Diao X, Wu Y, Xie Q. Natural variation in Glume Coverage 1 causes naked grains in sorghum. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1068. [PMID: 35217660 PMCID: PMC8881591 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28680-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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One of the most critical steps in cereal threshing is the ease with which seeds are detached from sticky glumes. Naked grains with low glume coverage have dramatically increased threshing efficiency and seed quality. Here, we demonstrate that GC1 (Glume Coverage 1), encoding an atypical G protein γ subunit, negatively regulates sorghum glume coverage. Naturally truncated variations of GC1 C-terminus accumulate at higher protein levels and affect the stability of a patatin-related phospholipase SbpPLAII-1. A strong positive selection signature around the GC1 genic region is found in the naked sorghum cultivars. Our findings reveal a crucial event during sorghum domestication through a subtle regulation of glume development by GC1 C-terminus variation, and establish a strategy for future breeding of naked grains. Low glume coverage is the preferred for easy threshing in grain production, but the genetic basis remains unclear. Here, the authors report the gene GC1, which encodes an atypical G protein γ subunit, negatively regulates sorghum glume coverage and the naturally truncated alleles can be useful in the naked grain breeding.
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- Peng Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, P. R. China.
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Sablowski R, Gutierrez C. Cycling in a crowd: Coordination of plant cell division, growth, and cell fate. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:193-208. [PMID: 34498091 PMCID: PMC8774096 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The reiterative organogenesis that drives plant growth relies on the constant production of new cells, which remain encased by interconnected cell walls. For these reasons, plant morphogenesis strictly depends on the rate and orientation of both cell division and cell growth. Important progress has been made in recent years in understanding how cell cycle progression and the orientation of cell divisions are coordinated with cell and organ growth and with the acquisition of specialized cell fates. We review basic concepts and players in plant cell cycle and division, and then focus on their links to growth-related cues, such as metabolic state, cell size, cell geometry, and cell mechanics, and on how cell cycle progression and cell division are linked to specific cell fates. The retinoblastoma pathway has emerged as a major player in the coordination of the cell cycle with both growth and cell identity, while microtubule dynamics are central in the coordination of oriented cell divisions. Future challenges include clarifying feedbacks between growth and cell cycle progression, revealing the molecular basis of cell division orientation in response to mechanical and chemical signals, and probing the links between cell fate changes and chromatin dynamics during the cell cycle.
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Nicolas Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Li Y, Xue S, He Q, Wang J, Zhu L, Zou J, Zhang J, Zuo C, Fan Z, Yue J, Zhang C, Yang K, Le J. Arabidopsis F-BOX STRESS INDUCED 4 is required to repress excessive divisions in stomatal development. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 64:56-72. [PMID: 34817930 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13193] [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: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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During the terminal stage of stomatal development, the R2R3-MYB transcription factors FOUR LIPS (FLP/MYB124) and MYB88 limit guard mother cell division by repressing the transcript levels of multiple cell-cycle genes. In Arabidopsis thaliana possessing the weak allele flp-1, an extra guard mother cell division results in two stomata having direct contact. Here, we identified an ethylmethane sulfonate-mutagenized mutant, flp-1 xs01c, which exhibited more severe defects than flp-1 alone, producing giant tumor-like cell clusters. XS01C, encoding F-BOX STRESS-INDUCED 4 (FBS4), is preferentially expressed in epidermal stomatal precursor cells. Overexpressing FBS4 rescued the defective stomatal phenotypes of flp-1 xs01c and flp-1 mutants. The deletion or substitution of a conserved residue (Proline166) within the F-box domain of FBS4 abolished or reduced, respectively, its interaction with Arabidopsis Skp1-Like1 (ASK1), the core subunit of the Skp1/Cullin/F-box E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Furthermore, the FBS4 protein physically interacted with CYCA2;3 and induced its degradation through the ubiquitin-26S proteasome pathway. Thus, in addition to the known transcriptional pathway, the terminal symmetric division in stomatal development is ensured at the post-translational level, such as through the ubiquitination of target proteins recognized by the stomatal lineage F-box protein FBS4.
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- Yi Li
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- The Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, Beijing, 100038, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- Wenbo School, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Wu Z, Zhang X, Chang G, Yang J, Wan J, Wang F, Tao D, Zhou J, Shang L, Xu P, Yu D. Natural alleles of a uridine 5'-diphospho-glucosyltransferase gene responsible for differential endosperm development between upland rice and paddy rice. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 64:135-148. [PMID: 34742166 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13184] [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: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Traditional upland rice generally exhibits insufficient grains resulting from abnormal endosperm development compared to paddy rice. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of this trait is poorly understood. Here, we cloned the uridine 5'-diphospho (UDP)-glucosyltransferase gene EDR1 (Endosperm Development in Rice) responsible for differential endosperm development between upland rice and paddy rice by performing quantitative trait loci analysis and map-based cloning. EDR1 was highly expressed in developing seeds during grain filling. Natural variations in EDR1 significantly reduced the UDP-glucosyltransferase activity of EDR1YZN compared to EDR1YD1 , resulting in abnormal endosperm development in the near-isogenic line, accompanied by insufficient grains and changes in grain quality. By analyzing the distribution of the two alleles EDR1YD1 and EDR1YZN among diverse paddy rice and upland rice varieties, we discovered that EDR1 was conserved in upland rice, but segregated in paddy rice. Further analyses of grain chalkiness in the alleles of EDR1YD1 and EDR1YZN varieties indicated that rice varieties harboring EDR1YZN and EDR1YD1 preferentially showed high chalkiness, and low chalkiness, respectively. Taken together, these results suggest that the UDP-glucosyltransferase gene EDR1 is an important determinant controlling differential endosperm development between upland rice and paddy rice.
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- Zihao Wu
- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Rice Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650200, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory for Rice Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650200, China
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- The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agricultural and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518000, China
- Center of Economic Botany, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China
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Inada N, Takahashi N, Umeda M. Arabidopsis thaliana subclass I ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORs and vegetative ACTIN2/8 are novel regulators of endoreplication. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2021; 134:1291-1300. [PMID: 34282484 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-021-01333-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Endoreplication is a type of cell cycle where genome replication occurs without mitosis. An increase of ploidy level by endoreplication is often associated with cell enlargement and an enhanced plant growth. Here we report Arabidopsis thaliana subclass I ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORs (ADFs) and vegetative ACTIN2/8 as novel regulators of endoreplication. A. thaliana has 11 ADF members that are divided into 4 subclasses. Subclass I consists of four members, ADF1, -2, -3, and -4, all of which constitutively express in various tissues. We found that both adf4 knockout mutant and transgenic plants in which expressions of all of four subclass I ADFs are suppressed (ADF1-4Ri) showed an increased leaf area of mature first leaves, which was associated with a significant increase of epidermal pavement cell area. Ploidy analysis revealed that the ploidy level was significantly increased in mature leaves of ADF1-4Ri. The increased ploidy was also observed in roots of adf4 and ADF1-4Ri, as well as in dark-grown hypocotyls of adf4. Furthermore, double mutants of vegetative ACT2 and ACT8 (act2/8) exhibited an increase of leaf area and ploidy level in mature leaves. Therefore, actin-relating pathway could regulate endoreplication. The possible mechanisms that actin and ADFs regulate endoreplication are discussed.
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- Noriko Inada
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
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Plant CDKs-Driving the Cell Cycle through Climate Change. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10091804. [PMID: 34579337 PMCID: PMC8468384 DOI: 10.3390/plants10091804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In a growing population, producing enough food has become a challenge in the face of the dramatic increase in climate change. Plants, during their evolution as sessile organisms, developed countless mechanisms to better adapt to the environment and its fluctuations. One important way is through the plasticity of their body and their forms, which are modulated during plant growth by accurate control of cell divisions. A family of serine/threonine kinases called cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) is a key regulator of cell divisions by controlling cell cycle progression. In this review, we compile information on the primary response of plants in the regulation of the cell cycle in response to environmental stresses and show how the cell cycle proteins (mainly the cyclin-dependent kinases) involved in this regulation can act as components of environmental response signaling cascades, triggering adaptive responses to drive the cycle through climate fluctuations. Understanding the roles of CDKs and their regulators in the face of adversity may be crucial to meeting the challenge of increasing agricultural productivity in a new climate.
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Zhao F, Zhang J, Weng L, Li M, Wang Q, Xiao H. Fruit size control by a zinc finger protein regulating pericarp cell size in tomato. MOLECULAR HORTICULTURE 2021; 1:6. [PMID: 37789485 PMCID: PMC10515234 DOI: 10.1186/s43897-021-00009-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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Fruit size is largely defined by the number and size of cells in the fruit. Endoreduplication - a specialized cell cycle - is highly associated with cell expansion during tomato fruit growth. However, how endoreduplication coupled with cell size is regulated remains poorly understood. In this study, we identified a zinc finger gene SlPZF1 (Solanum lycopersicum PERICARP-ASSOCIATED ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 1) that was highly expressed in the pericarp of developing fruits. Plants with altered SlPZF1 expression produced smaller fruits due to the reduction in cell size associated with weakened endoreduplication. Overexpressing SlPZF1 delayed cell division phase by enhancing early expression of several key cell cycle regulators including SlCYCD3;1 and two plant specific mitotic cyclin-dependent protein kinase (SlCDKB1 and SlCDKB2) in the pericarp tissue. Furthermore, we identified 14 putative SlPZF1 interacting proteins (PZFIs) via yeast two hybrid screening. Several PZFIs, including Pre-mRNA-splicing factor (SlSMP1/PZFI4), PAPA-1-like conserved region family protein (PZFI6), Fanconi anemia complex components (PZFI3 and PZFI10) and bHLH transcription factor LONESOME HIGHWAY (SlLHW/PZFI14), are putatively involved in cell cycle regulation. Our results demonstrate that fruit growth in tomato requires balanced expression of the novel cell size regulator SlPZF1.
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- Fangfang Zhao
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Life and Environment Science College, Shanghai Normal University, No.100 Guilin Rd, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Life and Environment Science College, Shanghai Normal University, No.100 Guilin Rd, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Shimotohno A, Aki SS, Takahashi N, Umeda M. Regulation of the Plant Cell Cycle in Response to Hormones and the Environment. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 72:273-296. [PMID: 33689401 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-080720-103739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Developmental and environmental signals converge on cell cycle machinery to achieve proper and flexible organogenesis under changing environments. Studies on the plant cell cycle began 30 years ago, and accumulated research has revealed many links between internal and external factors and the cell cycle. In this review, we focus on how phytohormones and environmental signals regulate the cell cycle to enable plants to cope with a fluctuating environment. After introducing key cell cycle regulators, we first discuss how phytohormones and their synergy are important for regulating cell cycle progression and how environmental factors positively and negatively affect cell division. We then focus on the well-studied example of stress-induced G2 arrest and view the current model from an evolutionary perspective. Finally, we discuss the mechanisms controlling the transition from the mitotic cycle to the endocycle, which greatly contributes to cell enlargement and resultant organ growth in plants.
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- Akie Shimotohno
- Department of Biological Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Current affiliation: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan;
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara 630-0192, Japan; , ,
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara 630-0192, Japan; , ,
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara 630-0192, Japan; , ,
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Ho CMK, Bringmann M, Oshima Y, Mitsuda N, Bergmann DC. Transcriptional profiling reveals signatures of latent developmental potential in Arabidopsis stomatal lineage ground cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2021682118. [PMID: 33875598 PMCID: PMC8092560 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021682118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In many developmental contexts, cell lineages have variable or flexible potency to self-renew. What drives a cell to exit from a proliferative state and begin differentiation, or to retain the capacity to divide days or years later is not clear. Here we exploit the mixed potential of the stomatal lineage ground cell (SLGC) in the Arabidopsis leaf epidermis as a model to explore how cells might balance potential to differentiate with a reentry into proliferation. By generating transcriptomes of fluorescence-activated cell sorting-isolated populations that combinatorically define SLGCs and integrating these data with other stomatal lineage datasets, we find that SLGCs appear poised between proliferation and endoreduplication. Furthermore, we found the RNA polymerase II-related mediator complex interactor DEK and the transcription factor MYB16 accumulate differentially in the stomatal lineage and influence the extent of cell proliferation during leaf development. These findings suggest that SLGC latent potential is maintained by poising of the cell cycle machinery, as well as general and site-specific gene-expression regulators.
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- Chin-Min Kimmy Ho
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020;
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 305-8562 Tsukuba, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 305-8562 Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020;
- HHMI, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Camoirano A, Arce AL, Ariel FD, Alem AL, Gonzalez DH, Viola IL. Class I TCP transcription factors regulate trichome branching and cuticle development in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:5438-5453. [PMID: 32453824 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Trichomes and the cuticle are two specialized structures of the aerial epidermis that are important for plant organ development and interaction with the environment. In this study, we report that Arabidopsis thaliana plants affected in the function of the class I TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1, CYCLOIDEA, PCF (TCP) transcription factors TCP14 and TCP15 show overbranched trichomes in leaves and stems and increased cuticle permeability. We found that TCP15 regulates the expression of MYB106, a MIXTA-like transcription factor involved in epidermal cell and cuticle development, and overexpression of MYB106 in a tcp14 tcp15 mutant reduces trichome branch number. TCP14 and TCP15 are also required for the expression of the cuticle biosynthesis genes CYP86A4, GPAT6, and CUS2, and of SHN1 and SHN2, two AP2/EREBP transcription factors required for cutin and wax biosynthesis. SHN1 and CUS2 are also targets of TCP15, indicating that class I TCPs influence cuticle formation acting at different levels, through the regulation of MIXTA-like and SHN transcription factors and of cuticle biosynthesis genes. Our study indicates that class I TCPs are coordinators of the regulatory network involved in trichome and cuticle development.
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- Alejandra Camoirano
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Wang K, Ndathe RW, Kumar N, Zeringue EA, Kato N, Larkin JC. The CDK Inhibitor SIAMESE Targets Both CDKA;1 and CDKB1 Complexes to Establish Endoreplication in Trichomes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 184:165-175. [PMID: 32694133 PMCID: PMC7479911 DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Endoreplication, also known as endoreduplication, is a modified cell cycle in which DNA is replicated without subsequent cell division. Endoreplication plays important roles in both normal plant development and in stress responses. The SIAMESE (SIM) gene of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) encodes a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor that plays a central role in establishing endoreplication, and is the founding member of the SIAMESE-RELATED (SMR) family of plant-specific CDK inhibitor genes. However, there has been conflicting evidence regarding which specific cyclin/CDK complexes are inhibited by SIM in vivo. In this work, we use genetic evidence to show that SIM likely inhibits both CDKA;1- and CDKB1-containing CDK complexes in vivo, thus promoting endoreplication in developing Arabidopsis trichomes. We also show that SIM interacts with CYCA2;3, a binding partner of CDKB1;1, via SIM motif A, which we previously identified as a CDK-binding motif. By contrast, SIM motif C, which has been indicated as a cyclin binding motif in other contexts, appears to be relatively unimportant for interaction between SIM and CYCA2;3. Together with earlier results, our work suggests that SIM and other SMRs likely have a multivalent interaction with CYC/CDK complexes.
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- Kai Wang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803
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Guo L, Chen W, Tao L, Hu B, Qu G, Tu B, Yuan H, Ma B, Wang Y, Zhu X, Qin P, Li S. GWC1 is essential for high grain quality in rice. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 296:110497. [PMID: 32540015 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Appearance quality is an important determinant of rice quality. Many genes that affect grain appearance quality have been identified, but the regulatory mechanisms that contribute to this trait remain unclear. Here, two grains with chalkiness (gwc1) mutants, gwc1-1 and gwc1-2, were identified from an EMS-mutagenized population of indica rice cultivar Shuhui498 (R498). The gwc1 mutants had poor grain appearance quality consistent with the measured values for the percentage of grains with chalkiness, square of chalky endosperm, the total starch, amylose and sucrose contents. Milling quality and grain size were also affected in the gwc1 mutants. The gwc1-1 and gwc1-2 were found to be loss-of-function allelic mutants. GWC1 was mapped to the long arm of rice chromosome 8 using the MutMap strategy and incorrectly annotated in the reference genome for Nipponbare (MSU). The GWC1 gene corresponds to the WTG1/OsOTUB1 gene, which encodes an otubain-like protease with deubiquitinating activity that is homologous to human OTUB1. GWC1 transcripts accumulated to high levels in early endosperm after fertilization and developing inflorescences, and GWC1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) signal was detected in the nucleus and cytoplasm. GWC1 is likely to regulate grain appearance quality through genes involved in sucrose metabolism and starch biosynthesis. Overall, the present findings reveal that GWC1 is important for grain quality and yield due to its effects on grain chalkiness and size.
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- Lianan Guo
- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Institute of Biotechnology and Nuclear Technology, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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- Rice Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Dodueva IE, Lebedeva MA, Kuznetsova KA, Gancheva MS, Paponova SS, Lutova LL. Plant tumors: a hundred years of study. PLANTA 2020; 251:82. [PMID: 32189080 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03375-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The review provides information on the mechanisms underlying the development of spontaneous and pathogen-induced tumors in higher plants. The activation of meristem-specific regulators in plant tumors of various origins suggests the meristem-like nature of abnormal plant hyperplasia. Plant tumor formation has more than a century of research history. The study of this phenomenon has led to a number of important discoveries, including the development of the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation technique and the discovery of horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to plants. There are two main groups of plant tumors: pathogen-induced tumors (e.g., tumors induced by bacteria, viruses, fungi, insects, etc.), and spontaneous ones, which are formed in the absence of any pathogen in plants with certain genotypes (e.g., interspecific hybrids, inbred lines, and mutants). The causes of the transition of plant cells to tumor growth are different from those in animals, and they include the disturbance of phytohormonal balance and the acquisition of meristematic characteristics by differentiated cells. The aim of this review is to discuss the mechanisms underlying the development of most known examples of plant tumors.
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- Irina E Dodueva
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Wu R, Zheng W, Tan J, Sammer R, Du L, Lu C. Protein partners of plant ubiquitin-specific proteases (UBPs). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 145:227-236. [PMID: 31630936 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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As one type of deubiquitinases (DUBs), ubiquitin-specific proteases (UBPs) play an extensive and significant role in plant life involving the regulation of plant development and stress responses. However, comprehensive studies are still needed to determine the functional mechanisms, which are largely unclear. Here, we summarized recent progress of plant UBPs' functional partners, particularly the molecular mechanisms by which UBPs work with their partners. We believe that functional analyses of UBPs and their partners will provide new insights into protein deubiquitination and lead to a better understanding of the physiological roles of UBPs in plants.
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- Ruihua Wu
- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Zhang G, Zhao H, Zhang C, Li X, Lyu Y, Qi D, Cui Y, Hu L, Wang Z, Liang Z, Cui S. TCP7 functions redundantly with several Class I TCPs and regulates endoreplication in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 61:1151-1170. [PMID: 30474211 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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TCP (TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR) proteins, a family of plant-specific transcription factors, play important roles in many developmental processes. However, genetic and functional redundancy among class I TCP limits the analysis of their biological roles. Here, we identified a dominant-negative mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana TCP7 named leaf curling-upward (lcu), which exhibits smaller leaf cells and shorter hypocotyls than the wild type, due to defective endoreplication. A septuple loss-of-function mutant of TCP7, TCP8, TCP14, TCP15, TCP21, TCP22, and TCP23 displayed similar developmental defects to those of lcu. Genome-wide RNA-sequencing showed that lcu and the septuple mutant share many misexpressed genes. Intriguingly, TCP7 directly targets the CYCLIN D1;1 (CYCD1;1) locus and activates its transcription. We determined that the C-terminus of TCP7 accounts for its transcriptional activation activity. Furthermore, the mutant protein LCU exhibited reduced transcriptional activation activity due to the introduction of an EAR-like repressive domain at its C-terminus. Together, these observations indicate that TCP7 plays important roles during leaf and hypocotyl development, redundantly, with at least six class I TCPs, and regulates the expression of CYCD1;1 to affect endoreplication in Arabidopsis.
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- Guofang Zhang
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China
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Umeda M, Aki SS, Takahashi N. Gap 2 phase: making the fundamental decision to divide or not. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 51:1-6. [PMID: 30954849 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The Gap phases of the cell cycle are essential to perceive internal and external signals and control cell division and differentiation. However, our knowledge of molecular mechanisms underlying G2 progression in plants remains quite limited. In this review, we summarize recent findings about core G2-phase regulators, such as B-type cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and R1R2R3-type MYB transcription factors. We highlight developmental and stress signals that regulate expression and accumulation of the G2-phase regulators, and discuss how they fine-tune mitotic CDK activity and control cell proliferation, endoreplication and cell cycle checkpoints. A particular focus is on DNA damage-induced G2 arrest, which is prerequisite for maintenance of genome stability.
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- Masaaki Umeda
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama 8916-5, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama 8916-5, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Takayama 8916-5, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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Han SK, Torii KU. Linking cell cycle to stomatal differentiation. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 51:66-73. [PMID: 31075538 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Stomatal differentiation manifests via several rounds of asymmetric cell division and a single symmetric cell division: the former, formative divisions amplify the number of epidermal cells, and the latter is essential for creating a functional guard cell pair. These cell division patterns are coordinated with progressive fate specification and cell-state transitional steps, which rely on the transcriptional regulation by a set of cell type-specific basic helix loop helix (bHLH) transcription factors. It has been proposed that the mechanisms underlying cell-fate decision and cell cycle progression are interconnected in a wide range of developmental processes. This review highlights the recent findings on how cell cycle regulators are transcriptionally regulated and contributing to each step of stomatal lineage progression.
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- Soon-Ki Han
- Institute of Transformative BioMolecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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- Institute of Transformative BioMolecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan; Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Mo H, Wang L, Ma S, Yu D, Lu L, Yang Z, Yang Z, Li F. Transcriptome profiling of Gossypium arboreum during fiber initiation and the genome-wide identification of trihelix transcription factors. Gene 2019; 709:36-47. [PMID: 30898717 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.02.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cotton fiber initiation is the first step in fiber development, and it determines the yield. Here, genome-wide transcriptome profiling of Gossypium arboreum was performed to determine the molecular basis of cotton fiber initiation. A comparison of the transcriptomes of fiber-bearing ovules at -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 d post-anthesis detected 12,049 differentially expressed genes that mainly participated in ribosome, carbon metabolism and amino acid biosynthesis pathways. Genes encoding alcohol dehydrogenase 1 and hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA shikimate/quinate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase, involving in fatty acid degradation and flavonoid biosynthesis, were enriched. Furthermore, 1049 differentially expressed transcription factors were identified. Among these, 17 were trihelix family transcription factors, which play important roles in plant development and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. In total, 52 full-length trihelix genes, named as GaGTs, were identified in G. arboreum and located in 12 of the 13 cotton chromosomes. Transcriptomic data and a quantitative real-time PCR analysis indicated that several GaGTs were significantly induced during fiber initiation in G. arboreum. Thus, the genome-wide comprehensive analysis of gene expression in G. arboreum fiber initiation will serve as a useful resource for unraveling the functions of specific genes. The phylogenetic relationships and expression analyses of the G. arboreum trihelix genes established a solid foundation for future comprehensive functional analyses of the GaGTs.
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- Huijuan Mo
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China; Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
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Ohhara Y, Nakamura A, Kato Y, Yamakawa-Kobayashi K. Chaperonin TRiC/CCT supports mitotic exit and entry into endocycle in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008121. [PMID: 31034473 PMCID: PMC6508744 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Endocycle is a commonly observed cell cycle variant through which cells undergo repeated rounds of genome DNA replication without mitosis. Endocycling cells arise from mitotic cells through a switch of the cell cycle mode, called the mitotic-to-endocycle switch (MES), to initiate cell growth and terminal differentiation. However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms of MES remain unclear. Here we used the Drosophila steroidogenic organ, called the prothoracic gland (PG), to study regulatory mechanisms of MES, which is critical for the PG to upregulate biosynthesis of the steroid hormone ecdysone. We demonstrate that PG cells undergo MES through downregulation of mitotic cyclins, which is mediated by Fizzy-related (Fzr). Moreover, we performed a RNAi screen to further elucidate the regulatory mechanisms of MES, and identified the evolutionarily conserved chaperonin TCP-1 ring complex (TRiC) as a novel regulator of MES. Knockdown of TRiC subunits in the PG caused a prolonged mitotic period, probably due to impaired nuclear translocation of Fzr, which also caused loss of ecdysteroidogenic activity. These results indicate that TRiC supports proper MES and endocycle progression by regulating Fzr folding. We propose that TRiC-mediated protein quality control is a conserved mechanism supporting MES and endocycling, as well as subsequent terminal differentiation.
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- Yuya Ohhara
- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
- Graduate School of Integrated Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
- Graduate School of Integrated Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
- Graduate School of Integrated Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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Del Prete S, Molitor A, Charif D, Bessoltane N, Soubigou-Taconnat L, Guichard C, Brunaud V, Granier F, Fransz P, Gaudin V. Extensive nuclear reprogramming and endoreduplication in mature leaf during floral induction. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:135. [PMID: 30971226 PMCID: PMC6458719 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1738-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The floral transition is a complex developmental event, fine-tuned by various environmental and endogenous cues to ensure the success of offspring production. Leaves are key organs in sensing floral inductive signals, such as a change in light regime, and in the production of the mobile florigen. CONSTANS and FLOWERING LOCUS T are major players in leaves in response to photoperiod. Morphological and molecular events during the floral transition have been intensively studied in the shoot apical meristem. To better understand the concomitant processes in leaves, which are less described, we investigated the nuclear changes in fully developed leaves during the time course of the floral transition. RESULTS We highlighted new putative regulatory candidates of flowering in leaves. We observed differential expression profiles of genes related to cellular, hormonal and metabolic actions, but also of genes encoding long non-coding RNAs and new natural antisense transcripts. In addition, we detected a significant increase in ploidy level during the floral transition, indicating endoreduplication. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that differentiated mature leaves, possess physiological plasticity and undergo extensive nuclear reprogramming during the floral transition. The dynamic events point at functionally related networks of transcription factors and novel regulatory motifs, but also complex hormonal and metabolic changes.
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- Stefania Del Prete
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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Fu X, Xu J, Zhou M, Chen M, Shen L, Li T, Zhu Y, Wang J, Hu J, Zhu L, Gao Z, Dong G, Guo L, Ren D, Chen G, Lin J, Qian Q, Zhang G. Enhanced Expression of QTL qLL9/DEP1 Facilitates the Improvement of Leaf Morphology and Grain Yield in Rice. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E866. [PMID: 30781568 PMCID: PMC6412340 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20040866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In molecular breeding of super rice, it is essential to isolate the best quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and genes of leaf shape and explore yield potential using large germplasm collections and genetic populations. In this study, a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population was used, which was derived from a cross between the following parental lines: hybrid rice Chunyou84, that is, japonica maintainer line Chunjiang16B (CJ16); and indica restorer line Chunhui 84 (C84) with remarkable leaf morphological differences. QTLs mapping of leaf shape traits was analyzed at the heading stage under different environmental conditions in Hainan (HN) and Hangzhou (HZ). A major QTL qLL9 for leaf length was detected and its function was studied using a population derived from a single residual heterozygote (RH), which was identified in the original population. qLL9 was delimitated to a 16.17 kb region flanked by molecular markers C-1640 and C-1642, which contained three open reading frames (ORFs). We found that the candidate gene for qLL9 is allelic to DEP1 using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), sequence comparison, and the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat-associated Cas9 nuclease (CRISPR/Cas9) genome editing techniques. To identify the effect of qLL9 on yield, leaf shape and grain traits were measured in near isogenic lines (NILs) NIL-qLL9CJ16 and NIL-qLL9C84, as well as a chromosome segment substitution line (CSSL) CSSL-qLL9KASA with a Kasalath introgressed segment covering qLL9 in the Wuyunjing (WYJ) 7 backgrounds. Our results showed that the flag leaf lengths of NIL-qLL9C84 and CSSL-qLL9KASA were significantly different from those of NIL-qLL9CJ16 and WYJ 7, respectively. Compared with NIL-qLL9CJ16, the spike length, grain size, and thousand-grain weight of NIL-qLL9C84 were significantly higher, resulting in a significant increase in yield of 15.08%. Exploring and pyramiding beneficial genes resembling qLL9C84 for super rice breeding could increase both the source (e.g., leaf length and leaf area) and the sink (e.g., yield traits). This study provides a foundation for future investigation of the molecular mechanisms underlying the source⁻sink balance and high-yield potential of rice, benefiting high-yield molecular design breeding for global food security.
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- Xue Fu
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
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Barrada A, Djendli M, Desnos T, Mercier R, Robaglia C, Montané MH, Menand B. A TOR-YAK1 signaling axis controls cell cycle, meristem activity and plant growth in Arabidopsis. Development 2019; 146:dev.171298. [PMID: 30705074 DOI: 10.1242/dev.171298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (TOR) is a conserved eukaryotic phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-related kinase that plays a major role in regulating growth and metabolism in response to environment in plants. We performed a genetic screen for Arabidopsis ethylmethane sulfonate mutants resistant to the ATP-competitive TOR inhibitor AZD-8055 to identify new components of the plant TOR pathway. We found that loss-of-function mutants of the DYRK (dual specificity tyrosine phosphorylation regulated kinase)/YAK1 kinase are resistant to AZD-8055 and, reciprocally, that YAK1 overexpressors are hypersensitive to AZD-8055. Significantly, these phenotypes were conditional on TOR inhibition, positioning YAK1 activity downstream of TOR. We further show that the ATP-competitive DYRK1A inhibitor pINDY phenocopies YAK1 loss of function. Microscopy analysis revealed that YAK1 functions to repress meristem size and induce differentiation. We show that YAK1 represses cyclin expression in the different zones of the root meristem and that YAK1 is essential for TOR-dependent transcriptional regulation of the plant-specific SIAMESE-RELATED (SMR) cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors in both meristematic and differentiating root cells. Thus, YAK1 is a major regulator of meristem activity and cell differentiation downstream of TOR.
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- Adam Barrada
- Aix Marseille Université, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, Marseille, France F-13009
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- Aix Marseille Université, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, Marseille, France F-13009
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement des Plantes, Saint Paul-Lez-Durance, France F-13108
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, Marseille, France F-13009
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- Aix Marseille Université, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, Marseille, France F-13009
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- Aix Marseille Université, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, Marseille, France F-13009
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Hamasaki H, Kurihara Y, Kuromori T, Kusano H, Nagata N, Yamamoto YY, Shimada H, Matsui M. SnRK1 Kinase and the NAC Transcription Factor SOG1 Are Components of a Novel Signaling Pathway Mediating the Low Energy Response Triggered by ATP Depletion. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:503. [PMID: 31134102 PMCID: PMC6523062 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plant growth is strictly controlled by cell division, elongation, and differentiation for which adequate supplies of intracellular ATP are required. However, it is unclear how changes in the amount of intracellular ATP affect cell division and growth. To reveal the specific pathway dependent on ATP concentration, we performed analyses on the Arabidopsis mitochondria mutation sd3. The mutant is tiny, a result of a low amount of ATP caused by the disruption of Tim21, a subunit of the TIM23 protein complex localized in the inner membrane of the mitochondria. Loss of function of suppressor of gamma response 1 (SOG1) also restored the dwarf phenotype of wild type treated with antimycin A, a blocker of ATP synthesis in mitochondria. The sd3 phenotype is partially restored by the introduction of sog1, suppressor of gamma response 1, and kin10/kin11, subunits of Snf1-related kinase 1 (SnRK1). Additionally, SOG1 interacted with SnRK1, and was modified by phosphorylation in planta only after treatment with antimycin A. Transcripts of several negative regulators of the endocycle were up-regulated in the sd3 mutant, and this high expression was not observed in sd3sog1 and sd3kin11. We suggest that there is a novel regulatory mechanism for the control of plant cell cycle involving SnRK1 and SOG1, which is induced by low amounts of intracellular ATP, and controls plant development.
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- Hidefumi Hamasaki
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Japan Woman’s University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- *Correspondence: Minami Matsui,
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Qu X, Yan M, Zou J, Jiang M, Yang K, Le J. A2-type cyclin is required for the asymmetric entry division in rice stomatal development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:3587-3599. [PMID: 29701802 PMCID: PMC6022656 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In rice, and other major cereal grass crops, stomata are arranged in linear files parallel to the long growth axis of leaves. Each stomatal unit comprises two dumbbell-shaped guard cells flanked by two subsidiary cells. These morphological and developmental characteristics enable grass stomata to respond to environmental changes more efficiently. Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and their cyclin partners co-ordinate cell proliferation and differentiation during the development of multicellular organisms. In contrast to animals, plants have many more types and members of cyclins. In Arabidopsis, four A2-type cyclins (CYCA2s) function redundantly in regulating CDKB1 activity to promote the asymmetric division for stomatal initiation and the symmetric division of guard mother cells (GMCs). In this study, we examine the function of the single A2-type cyclin in rice, OsCYCA2;1, as well the single B1-type CDK, OsCDKB1;1. Cross-species complementation tests demonstrated that OsCYCA2;1 and OsCDKB1;1 could complement the defective stomatal phenotypes of Arabidopsis cyca2 and cdkb1 mutants, but also could suppress DNA endoduplication and cell enlargement. The early asymmetric divisions that establish the stomatal lineages are often missing within the stomatal cell files of OsCYCA2;1-RNAi rice transgenic lines, leading to a significantly reduced stomatal production. However, GMC divisions are not disrupted either in OsCYCA2;1-RNAi or in OsCDKB1;1-RNAi rice transgenic lines as expected. Our results demonstrate a conserved but diverged function and behavior of rice A2-type cyclins, which might be associated with the distinct stomatal development pathways between rice and Arabidopsis.
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- Xiaoxiao Qu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Yang L, Liu H, Zhao J, Pan Y, Cheng S, Lietzow CD, Wen C, Zhang X, Weng Y. LITTLELEAF (LL) encodes a WD40 repeat domain-containing protein associated with organ size variation in cucumber. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 95:834-847. [PMID: 29901823 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Plants employ tight genetic control to integrate intrinsic growth signals and environmental cues to enable organs to grow to a defined size. Many genes contributing to cell proliferation and/or cell expansion, and consequently organ size control, have been identified, but the regulatory pathways are poorly understood. Here we have characterized a cucumber littleleaf (ll) mutant which exhibits smaller organ sizes but more lateral branches than the wild type. The small organ size in ll was due to a reduction of both cell number and cell size. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses revealed co-localization of major-effect QTLs for fruit size, fruit and seed weight, as well as number of lateral branches, with the LL locus indicating pleiotropic effects of the ll mutation. We demonstrate that LL is an ortholog of Arabidopsis STERILE APETALA (SAP) encoding a WD40 repeat domain-containing protein; the mutant protein differed from the wild type by a single amino acid substitution (W264G) in the second WD40 repeat. W264 was conserved in 34 vascular plant genomes examined. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that LL originated before the emergence of flowering plants but was lost in the grass genome lineage. The function of LL in organ size control was confirmed by its overexpression in transgenic cucumbers and ectopic expression in Arabidopsis. Transcriptome profiling in LL and ll bulks revealed a complex regulatory network for LL-mediated organ size variation that involves several known organ size regulators and associated pathways. The data support LL as an important player in organ size control and lateral branch development in cucumber.
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- Luming Yang
- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Vegetable Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Beijing Vegetable Research Center and National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China
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- Department of Vegetable Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- USDA-ARS, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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Hong L, Dumond M, Zhu M, Tsugawa S, Li CB, Boudaoud A, Hamant O, Roeder AHK. Heterogeneity and Robustness in Plant Morphogenesis: From Cells to Organs. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 69:469-495. [PMID: 29505739 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042817-040517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Development is remarkably reproducible, producing organs with the same size, shape, and function repeatedly from individual to individual. For example, every flower on the Antirrhinum stalk has the same snapping dragon mouth. This reproducibility has allowed taxonomists to classify plants and animals according to their morphology. Yet these reproducible organs are composed of highly variable cells. For example, neighboring cells grow at different rates in Arabidopsis leaves, sepals, and shoot apical meristems. This cellular variability occurs in normal, wild-type organisms, indicating that cellular heterogeneity (or diversity in a characteristic such as growth rate) is either actively maintained or, at a minimum, not entirely suppressed. In fact, cellular heterogeneity can contribute to producing invariant organs. Here, we focus on how plant organs are reproducibly created during development from these highly variable cells.
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- Lilan Hong
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA; , ,
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- Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, INRA, CNRS, 69364 Lyon CEDEX 07, France; , ,
- Current affiliation: Department for Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA; , ,
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- Theoretical Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan;
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- Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, INRA, CNRS, 69364 Lyon CEDEX 07, France; , ,
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- Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, INRA, CNRS, 69364 Lyon CEDEX 07, France; , ,
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA; , ,
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Atkins KC, Cross FR. Interregulation of CDKA/CDK1 and the Plant-Specific Cyclin-Dependent Kinase CDKB in Control of the Chlamydomonas Cell Cycle. THE PLANT CELL 2018; 30:429-446. [PMID: 29367304 PMCID: PMC5868683 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.17.00759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2017] [Revised: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The cyclin-dependent kinase CDK1 is essential for mitosis in fungi and animals. Plant genomes contain the CDK1 ortholog CDKA and a plant kingdom-specific relative, CDKB. The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has a long G1 growth period followed by rapid cycles of DNA replication and cell division. We show that null alleles of CDKA extend the growth period prior to the first division cycle and modestly extend the subsequent division cycles, but do not prevent cell division, indicating at most a minor role for the CDK1 ortholog in mitosis in Chlamydomonas. A null allele of cyclin A has a similar though less extreme phenotype. In contrast, both CDKB and cyclin B are essential for mitosis. CDK kinase activity measurements imply that the predominant in vivo complexes are probably cyclin A-CDKA and cyclin B-CDKB. We propose a negative feedback loop: CDKA activates cyclin B-CDKB. Cyclin B-CDKB in turn promotes mitotic entry and inactivates cyclin A-CDKA. Cyclin A-CDKA and cyclin B-CDKB may redundantly promote DNA replication. We show that the anaphase-promoting complex is required for inactivation of both CDKA and CDKB and is essential for anaphase. These results are consistent with findings in Arabidopsis thaliana and may delineate the core of plant kingdom cell cycle control that, compared with the well-studied yeast and animal systems, exhibits deep conservation in some respects and striking divergence in others.
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Mesa JM, Scholes DR, Juvik JA, Paige KN. Molecular constraints on resistance–tolerance trade‐offs. Ecology 2017; 98:2528-2537. [DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- J. Miles Mesa
- School of Integrative Biology University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign 505 South Goodwin Avenue Urbana Illinois 61801 USA
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- Department of Biology University of Indianapolis 1400 East Hanna Avenue Indianapolis Indiana 46227 USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign 1201 West Gregory Drive Urbana Illinois 61801 USA
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- School of Integrative Biology University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign 505 South Goodwin Avenue Urbana Illinois 61801 USA
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Kawade K, Tsukaya H. Probing the stochastic property of endoreduplication in cell size determination of Arabidopsis thaliana leaf epidermal tissue. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185050. [PMID: 28926847 PMCID: PMC5605191 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cell size distribution is highly reproducible, whereas the size of individual cells often varies greatly within a tissue. This is obvious in a population of Arabidopsis thaliana leaf epidermal cells, which ranged from 1,000 to 10,000 μm2 in size. Endoreduplication is a specialized cell cycle in which nuclear genome size (ploidy) is doubled in the absence of cell division. Although epidermal cells require endoreduplication to enhance cellular expansion, the issue of whether this mechanism is sufficient for explaining cell size distribution remains unclear due to a lack of quantitative understanding linking the occurrence of endoreduplication with cell size diversity. Here, we addressed this question by quantitatively summarizing ploidy profile and cell size distribution using a simple theoretical framework. We first found that endoreduplication dynamics is a Poisson process through cellular maturation. This finding allowed us to construct a mathematical model to predict the time evolution of a ploidy profile with a single rate constant for endoreduplication occurrence in a given time. We reproduced experimentally measured ploidy profile in both wild-type leaf tissue and endoreduplication-related mutants with this analytical solution, further demonstrating the probabilistic property of endoreduplication. We next extended the mathematical model by incorporating the element that cell size is determined according to ploidy level to examine cell size distribution. This analysis revealed that cell size is exponentially enlarged 1.5 times every endoreduplication round. Because this theoretical simulation successfully recapitulated experimentally observed cell size distributions, we concluded that Poissonian endoreduplication dynamics and exponential size-boosting are the sources of the broad cell size distribution in epidermal tissue. More generally, this study contributes to a quantitative understanding whereby stochastic dynamics generate steady-state biological heterogeneity.
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- Kensuke Kawade
- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Heyman J, Polyn S, Eekhout T, De Veylder L. Tissue-Specific Control of the Endocycle by the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome Inhibitors UVI4 and DEL1. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 175:303-313. [PMID: 28698355 PMCID: PMC5580769 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The endocycle represents a modified mitotic cell cycle that in plants is often coupled to cell enlargement and differentiation. Endocycle onset is controlled by activity of the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C), a multisubunit E3 ubiquitin ligase targeting cell-cycle factors for destruction. CELL CYCLE SWITCH52 (CCS52) proteins represent rate-limiting activator subunits of the APC/C. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), mutations in either CCS52A1 or CCS52A2 activators result in a delayed endocycle onset, whereas their overexpression triggers increased DNA ploidy levels. Here, the relative contribution of the APC/CCCS52A1 and APC/CCCS52A2 complexes to different developmental processes was studied through analysis of their negative regulators, being the ULTRAVIOLET-B-INSENSITIVE4 protein and the DP-E2F-Like1 transcriptional repressor, respectively. Our data illustrate cooperative activity of the APC/CCCS52A1 and APC/CCCS52A2 complexes during root and trichome development, but functional interdependency during leaf development. Furthermore, we found APC/CCCS52A1 activity to control CCS52A2 expression. We conclude that interdependency of CCS52A-controlled APC/C activity is controlled in a tissue-specific manner.
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- Jefri Heyman
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium and Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium and Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium and Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium and Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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Wang Q, An B, Shi H, Luo H, He C. High Concentration of Melatonin Regulates Leaf Development by Suppressing Cell Proliferation and Endoreduplication in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18050991. [PMID: 28475148 PMCID: PMC5454904 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18050991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 04/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine (Melatonin), as a crucial messenger in plants, functions in adjusting biological rhythms, stress tolerance, plant growth and development. Several studies have shown the retardation effect of exogenous melatonin treatment on plant growth and development. However, the in vivo role of melatonin in regulating plant leaf growth and the underlying mechanism are still unclear. In this study, we found that high concentration of melatonin suppressed leaf growth in Arabidopsis by reducing both cell size and cell number. Further kinetic analysis of the fifth leaves showed that melatonin remarkably inhibited cell division rate. Additionally, flow cytometic analysis indicated that melatonin negatively regulated endoreduplication during leaf development. Consistently, the expression analysis revealed that melatonin regulated the transcriptional levels of key genes of cell cycle and ribosome. Taken together, this study suggests that high concentration of melatonin negatively regulated the leaf growth and development in Arabidopsis, through modulation of endoreduplication and the transcripts of cell cycle and ribosomal key genes.
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- Qiannan Wang
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources and College of Biology, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources and College of Biology, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources and College of Biology, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources and College of Biology, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources and College of Biology, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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Kihira M, Taniguchi K, Kaneko C, Ishii Y, Aoki H, Koyanagi A, Kusano H, Suzui N, Yin YG, Kawachi N, Fujimaki S, Shimada H. Arabidopsis thaliana FLO2 is Involved in Efficiency of Photoassimilate Translocation, Which is Associated with Leaf Growth and Aging, Yield of Seeds and Seed Quality. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 58:440-450. [PMID: 28158741 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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FLO2, FLOURY ENDOSPERM 2, is highly conserved in higher plants, and rice FLO2 has been predicted to be involved in regulation of accumulation of storage compounds. We analyzed the function of Arabidopsis thaliana FLO2 (AtFLO2) because A. thaliana set structurally different seeds from those of rice. Although the flo2 mutant of A. thaliana showed normal germination, inflorescence and morphogenesis of flowers, peculiar phenotypes on leaves and siliques were observed, suggesting that this gene played important roles during both the vegetative and reproductive stages. The mutant leaves showed a decrease in chloroplast numbers, and increased total biomass with faster growth. When grown in high light intensity conditions, it was observed that aging events were induced. The flo2 mutant showed depressed transportation of photoassimilates into the sink organs. In the reproductive stage, the flo2 mutant had significantly smaller size siliques, causing a reduced yield of seeds. These seeds were structurally weak, and the quality of seeds was significantly lowered, with reduction of accumulation of storage compounds by seeds. A positron-emitting tracer imaging system (PETIS) analysis detected a decreased amount of photoassimilate transport in the flo2 mutant. Therefore, it was presumed that the phenotypes of the flo2 mutant were caused by reduced performance of translocation or transportation of the photoassimilates. Our observation suggests that AtFLO2 is strongly involved in regulation of translocation and transport of assimilates, and contributes greatly to quality control of the various processes involving substance supply or transfer, such as photoassimilation, leaf enlargement, yield of seeds in a silique and accumulation of seed storage compounds.
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- Miho Kihira
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Niijuku 6-3-1, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Niijuku 6-3-1, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Niijuku 6-3-1, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Niijuku 6-3-1, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Niijuku 6-3-1, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Niijuku 6-3-1, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Niijuku 6-3-1, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan
- Laboratory of Plant Gene Expression, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Ugi, 6110011, Japan
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- Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, 370-1292 Japan
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- Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, 370-1292 Japan
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- Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, 370-1292 Japan
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- Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, 370-1292 Japan
- Department of Management and Planning, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba, 263-8555 Japan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Niijuku 6-3-1, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-8585 Japan
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López Gialdi AI, Moschen S, Villán CS, López Fernández MP, Maldonado S, Paniego N, Heinz RA, Fernandez P. Identification and characterization of contrasting sunflower genotypes to early leaf senescence process combining molecular and physiological studies (Helianthus annuus L.). PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 250:40-50. [PMID: 27457982 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Leaf senescence is a complex mechanism ruled by multiple genetic and environmental variables that affect crop yields. It is the last stage in leaf development, is characterized by an active decline in photosynthetic rate, nutrients recycling and cell death. The aim of this work was to identify contrasting sunflower inbred lines differing in leaf senescence and to deepen the study of this process in sunflower. Ten sunflower genotypes, previously selected by physiological analysis from 150 inbred genotypes, were evaluated under field conditions through physiological, cytological and molecular analysis. The physiological measurement allowed the identification of two contrasting senescence inbred lines, R453 and B481-6, with an increase in yield in the senescence delayed genotype. These findings were confirmed by cytological and molecular analysis using TUNEL, genomic DNA gel electrophoresis, flow sorting and gene expression analysis by qPCR. These results allowed the selection of the two most promising contrasting genotypes, which enables future studies and the identification of new biomarkers associated to early senescence in sunflower. In addition, they allowed the tuning of cytological techniques for a non-model species and its integration with molecular variables.
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- A I López Gialdi
- Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, 25 de Mayo, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Av. Rivadavia 1917, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Nicolás Repetto y de los Reseros, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Ruta Nacional 12 Km 7.5, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Av. Rivadavia 1917, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Nicolás Repetto y de los Reseros, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Av. Rivadavia 1917, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Nicolás Repetto y de los Reseros, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, 25 de Mayo, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Av. Rivadavia 1917, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Nicolás Repetto y de los Reseros, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Xu Y, Jin W, Li N, Zhang W, Liu C, Li C, Li Y. UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PROTEASE14 Interacts with ULTRAVIOLET-B INSENSITIVE4 to Regulate Endoreduplication and Cell and Organ Growth in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2016; 28:1200-14. [PMID: 27099260 PMCID: PMC4904675 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Organ growth is determined by a coordinated combination of cell proliferation and cell growth and differentiation. Endoreduplication is often coupled with cell growth and differentiation, but the genetic and molecular mechanisms that link endoreduplication with cell and organ growth are largely unknown. Here, we describe UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PROTEASE14 (UBP14), encoded by the DA3 gene, which functions as a negative regulator of endoreduplication. The Arabidopsis thaliana da3-1 mutant shows large cotyledons, leaves, and flowers with higher ploidy levels. UBP14 acts along with UV-B-INSENSITIVE4 (UVI4), an inhibitor of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) ubiquitin ligase, to repress endoreduplication. Also, UBP14 functions antagonistically with CELL CYCLE SWITCH52 A1 (CCS52A1), an activator of APC/C, to regulate endoreduplication. UBP14 physically associates with UVI4 both in vitro and in vivo but does not directly interact with CCS52A1. Further results reveal that UBP14 influences the stability of cyclin A2;3 (CYCA2;3) and cyclin-dependent kinase B1;1 (CDKB1;1), two downstream components of the APC/C Thus, our findings show how endoreduplication is linked with cell and organ growth by revealing important genetic and molecular functions for the ubiquitin-specific protease UBP14 and for the key cell cycle regulators UVI4, CCS52A1, CYCA2;3, and CDKB1;1.
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- Yingxiu Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Huang J, Wijeratne AJ, Tang C, Zhang T, Fenelon RE, Owen HA, Zhao D. Ectopic expression of TAPETUM DETERMINANT1 affects ovule development in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:1311-26. [PMID: 26685185 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Plants have evolved to extensively employ leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLKs), the largest family of RLKs, to control growth, development, and defense. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the EXCESS MICROSPOROCYTES1 (EMS1) LRR-RLK and its potential small protein ligand TAPETUM DETERMINANT1 (TPD1) are specifically required for anther cell differentiation; however, TPD1 and EMS1 orthologs also control megaspore mother cell proliferation in rice and maize ovules. Here, the molecular function of TPD1 was demonstrated during ovule development in Arabidopsis using a gain-of-function approach. In ovules, the EMS1 gene was primarily expressed in nucellus epidermis and chalaza, whereas the expression of TPD1 was weakly restricted to the distal end of integuments. Ectopic expression of TPD1 caused pleiotropic defects in ovule and seed development. RNA sequencing analysis showed that ectopic expression of TPD1 altered expression of auxin signaling genes and core cell-cycle genes during ovule development. Moreover, ectopic expression of TPD1 not only affected auxin response but also enhanced expression of cyclin genes CYCD3;3 and CYCA2;3 in ovules. Thus, these results provide insight into the molecular mechanism by which TPD1-EMS1 signaling controls plant development possibly via regulation of auxin signaling and cell-cycle genes.
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- Jian Huang
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Imaging Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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Katagiri Y, Hasegawa J, Fujikura U, Hoshino R, Matsunaga S, Tsukaya H. The coordination of ploidy and cell size differs between cell layers in leaves. Development 2016; 143:1120-5. [PMID: 26903507 PMCID: PMC4852493 DOI: 10.1242/dev.130021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Growth and developmental processes are occasionally accompanied by multiple rounds of DNA replication, known as endoreduplication. Coordination between endoreduplication and cell size regulation often plays a crucial role in proper organogenesis and cell differentiation. Here, we report that the level of correlation between ploidy and cell volume is different in the outer and inner cell layers of leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana using a novel imaging technique. Although there is a well-known, strong correlation between ploidy and cell volume in pavement cells of the epidermis, this correlation was extremely weak in palisade mesophyll cells. Induction of epidermis cell identity based on the expression of the homeobox gene ATML1 in mesophyll cells enhanced the level of correlation between ploidy and cell volume to near that of wild-type epidermal cells. We therefore propose that the correlation between ploidy and cell volume is regulated by cell identity. Summary: The well-known correlation between ploidy and cell volume in the leaf epidermis is not seen in leaf palisade mesophyll cells, indicating that cell identity influences this correlation.
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- Yohei Katagiri
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Bio-Next Project, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Yamate Build. #3, 5-1, Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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Antosch M, Schubert V, Holzinger P, Houben A, Grasser KD. Mitotic lifecycle of chromosomal 3xHMG-box proteins and the role of their N-terminal domain in the association with rDNA loci and proteolysis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 208:1067-1077. [PMID: 26213803 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The high mobility group (HMG)-box is a DNA-binding domain characteristic of various eukaryotic DNA-binding proteins. 3xHMG-box proteins (containing three copies of the HMG-box domain and a unique basic N-terminal domain) are specific for plants and the Arabidopsis genome encodes two versions termed 3xHMG-box1 and 3xHMG-box2, whose expression is cell cycle-dependent, peaking during mitosis. Here, we analysed in detail the spatiotemporal expression, subcellular localisation and chromosome association of the Arabidopsis thaliana 3xHMG-box proteins. Live cell imaging and structured illumination microscopy revealed that the expression of the 3xHMG-box proteins is induced in late G2 phase of the cell cycle and upon nuclear envelope breakdown in prophase they rapidly associate with the chromosomes. 3xHMG-box1 associates preferentially with 45S rDNA loci and the basic N-terminal domain is involved in the targeting of rDNA loci. Shortly after mitosis the 3xHMG-box proteins are degraded and an N-terminal destruction-box mediates the proteolysis. Ectopic expression/localisation of 3xHMG-box1 in interphase nuclei results in reduced plant growth and various developmental defects including early bolting and abnormal flower morphology. The remarkable conservation of 3xHMG-box proteins within the plant kingdom, their characteristic expression during mitosis, and their striking association with chromosomes, suggest that they play a role in the organisation of plant mitotic chromosomes.
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- Martin Antosch
- Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, D-06466, Stadt Seeland, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, D-06466, Stadt Seeland, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053, Regensburg, Germany
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Kumar N, Harashima H, Kalve S, Bramsiepe J, Wang K, Sizani BL, Bertrand LL, Johnson MC, Faulk C, Dale R, Simmons LA, Churchman ML, Sugimoto K, Kato N, Dasanayake M, Beemster G, Schnittger A, Larkin JC. Functional Conservation in the SIAMESE-RELATED Family of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors in Land Plants. THE PLANT CELL 2015; 27:3065-80. [PMID: 26546445 PMCID: PMC4682297 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The best-characterized members of the plant-specific SIAMESE-RELATED (SMR) family of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors regulate the transition from the mitotic cell cycle to endoreplication, also known as endoreduplication, an altered version of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated without cell division. Some other family members are implicated in cell cycle responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, the functions of most SMRs remain unknown, and the specific cyclin-dependent kinase complexes inhibited by SMRs are unclear. Here, we demonstrate that a diverse group of SMRs, including an SMR from the bryophyte Physcomitrella patens, can complement an Arabidopsis thaliana siamese (sim) mutant and that both Arabidopsis SIM and P. patens SMR can inhibit CDK activity in vitro. Furthermore, we show that Arabidopsis SIM can bind to and inhibit both CDKA;1 and CDKB1;1. Finally, we show that SMR2 acts to restrict cell proliferation during leaf growth in Arabidopsis and that SIM, SMR1/LGO, and SMR2 play overlapping roles in controlling the transition from cell division to endoreplication during leaf development. These results indicate that differences in SMR function in plant growth and development are primarily due to differences in transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation, rather than to differences in fundamental biochemical function.
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- Narender Kumar
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, IBMP-CNRS-UPR2357, Université de Strasbourg, F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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- Department of Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, IBMP-CNRS-UPR2357, Université de Strasbourg, F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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Ortiz-Gutiérrez E, García-Cruz K, Azpeitia E, Castillo A, Sánchez MDLP, Álvarez-Buylla ER. A Dynamic Gene Regulatory Network Model That Recovers the Cyclic Behavior of Arabidopsis thaliana Cell Cycle. PLoS Comput Biol 2015; 11:e1004486. [PMID: 26340681 PMCID: PMC4560428 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Cell cycle control is fundamental in eukaryotic development. Several modeling efforts have been used to integrate the complex network of interacting molecular components involved in cell cycle dynamics. In this paper, we aimed at recovering the regulatory logic upstream of previously known components of cell cycle control, with the aim of understanding the mechanisms underlying the emergence of the cyclic behavior of such components. We focus on Arabidopsis thaliana, but given that many components of cell cycle regulation are conserved among eukaryotes, when experimental data for this system was not available, we considered experimental results from yeast and animal systems. We are proposing a Boolean gene regulatory network (GRN) that converges into only one robust limit cycle attractor that closely resembles the cyclic behavior of the key cell-cycle molecular components and other regulators considered here. We validate the model by comparing our in silico configurations with data from loss- and gain-of-function mutants, where the endocyclic behavior also was recovered. Additionally, we approximate a continuous model and recovered the temporal periodic expression profiles of the cell-cycle molecular components involved, thus suggesting that the single limit cycle attractor recovered with the Boolean model is not an artifact of its discrete and synchronous nature, but rather an emergent consequence of the inherent characteristics of the regulatory logic proposed here. This dynamical model, hence provides a novel theoretical framework to address cell cycle regulation in plants, and it can also be used to propose novel predictions regarding cell cycle regulation in other eukaryotes. In multicellular organisms, cells undergo a cyclic behavior of DNA duplication and delivery of a copy to daughter cells during cell division. In each of the main cell-cycle (CC) stages different sets of proteins are active and genes are expressed. Understanding how such cycling cellular behavior emerges and is robustly maintained in the face of changing developmental and environmental conditions, remains a fundamental challenge of biology. The molecular components that cycle through DNA duplication and citokinesis are interconnected in a complex regulatory network. Several models of such network have been proposed, although the regulatory network that robustly recovers a limit-cycle steady state that resembles the behavior of CC molecular components has been recovered only in a few cases, and no comprehensive model exists for plants. In this paper we used the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, as a study system to propose a core regulatory network to recover a cyclic attractor that mimics the oscillatory behavior of the key CC components. Our analyses show that the proposed GRN model is robust to transient alterations, and is validated with the loss- and gain-of-function mutants of the CC components. The interactions proposed for Arabidopsis thaliana CC can inspire predictions for further uncovering regulatory motifs in the CC of other organisms including human.
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- Elizabeth Ortiz-Gutiérrez
- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior, Junto a Jardín Botánico Exterior, México, D.F. CP 04510, México; Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad-C3, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-275, México, D.F. 04510, México
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior, Junto a Jardín Botánico Exterior, México, D.F. CP 04510, México
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior, Junto a Jardín Botánico Exterior, México, D.F. CP 04510, México; Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad-C3, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-275, México, D.F. 04510, México
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior, Junto a Jardín Botánico Exterior, México, D.F. CP 04510, México; Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad-C3, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-275, México, D.F. 04510, México
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior, Junto a Jardín Botánico Exterior, México, D.F. CP 04510, México
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior, Junto a Jardín Botánico Exterior, México, D.F. CP 04510, México; Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad-C3, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-275, México, D.F. 04510, México
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Polko JK, van Rooij JA, Vanneste S, Pierik R, Ammerlaan AMH, Vergeer-van Eijk MH, McLoughlin F, Gühl K, Van Isterdael G, Voesenek LACJ, Millenaar FF, Beeckman T, Peeters AJM, Marée AFM, van Zanten M. Ethylene-Mediated Regulation of A2-Type CYCLINs Modulates Hyponastic Growth in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 169:194-208. [PMID: 26041787 PMCID: PMC4577382 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Upward leaf movement (hyponastic growth) is frequently observed in response to changing environmental conditions and can be induced by the phytohormone ethylene. Hyponasty results from differential growth (i.e. enhanced cell elongation at the proximal abaxial side of the petiole relative to the adaxial side). Here, we characterize Enhanced Hyponasty-d, an activation-tagged Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) line with exaggerated hyponasty. This phenotype is associated with overexpression of the mitotic cyclin CYCLINA2;1 (CYCA2;1), which hints at a role for cell divisions in regulating hyponasty. Indeed, mathematical analysis suggested that the observed changes in abaxial cell elongation rates during ethylene treatment should result in a larger hyponastic amplitude than observed, unless a decrease in cell proliferation rate at the proximal abaxial side of the petiole relative to the adaxial side was implemented. Our model predicts that when this differential proliferation mechanism is disrupted by either ectopic overexpression or mutation of CYCA2;1, the hyponastic growth response becomes exaggerated. This is in accordance with experimental observations on CYCA2;1 overexpression lines and cyca2;1 knockouts. We therefore propose a bipartite mechanism controlling leaf movement: ethylene induces longitudinal cell expansion in the abaxial petiole epidermis to induce hyponasty and simultaneously affects its amplitude by controlling cell proliferation through CYCA2;1. Further corroborating the model, we found that ethylene treatment results in transcriptional down-regulation of A2-type CYCLINs and propose that this, and possibly other regulatory mechanisms affecting CYCA2;1, may contribute to this attenuation of hyponastic growth.
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- Joanna K Polko
- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
| | - Jop A van Rooij
- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
| | - Steffen Vanneste
- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
| | - Ronald Pierik
- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
| | - Marleen H Vergeer-van Eijk
- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
| | - Anton J M Peeters
- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology (J.K.P., R.P., A.M.H.A., M.H.V.-v.E., F.M., K.G., L.A.C.J.V., F.F.M., A.J.M.P., M.v.Z.), and Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (J.A.v.R.), Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands;Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (J.A.v.R., A.F.M.M.);Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.); andDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (S.V., G.V.I., T.B.)
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Kobayashi K, Suzuki T, Iwata E, Nakamichi N, Suzuki T, Chen P, Ohtani M, Ishida T, Hosoya H, Müller S, Leviczky T, Pettkó-Szandtner A, Darula Z, Iwamoto A, Nomoto M, Tada Y, Higashiyama T, Demura T, Doonan JH, Hauser MT, Sugimoto K, Umeda M, Magyar Z, Bögre L, Ito M. Transcriptional repression by MYB3R proteins regulates plant organ growth. EMBO J 2015; 34:1992-2007. [PMID: 26069325 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201490899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
In multicellular organisms, temporal and spatial regulation of cell proliferation is central for generating organs with defined sizes and morphologies. For establishing and maintaining the post-mitotic quiescent state during cell differentiation, it is important to repress genes with mitotic functions. We found that three of the Arabidopsis MYB3R transcription factors synergistically maintain G2/M-specific genes repressed in post-mitotic cells and restrict the time window of mitotic gene expression in proliferating cells. The combined mutants of the three repressor-type MYB3R genes displayed long roots, enlarged leaves, embryos, and seeds. Genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation revealed that MYB3R3 binds to the promoters of G2/M-specific genes and to E2F target genes. MYB3R3 associates with the repressor-type E2F, E2FC, and the RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED proteins. In contrast, the activator MYB3R4 was in complex with E2FB in proliferating cells. With mass spectrometry and pairwise interaction assays, we identified some of the other conserved components of the multiprotein complexes, known as DREAM/dREAM in human and flies. In plants, these repressor complexes are important for periodic expression during cell cycle and to establish a post-mitotic quiescent state determining organ size.
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- Kosuke Kobayashi
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan JST, CREST, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- WPI Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan Graduate School of Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan JST ERATO Higashiyama Live-Holonics Project, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Proteomic Research, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biology, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Division of Biological Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- WPI Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan Graduate School of Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan JST ERATO Higashiyama Live-Holonics Project, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- The National Plant Phenomics Centre, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan JST, CREST, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary Royal Holloway, School of Biological Sciences, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK
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- Royal Holloway, School of Biological Sciences, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan JST, CREST, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan
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