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Lescano López I, Torres JR, Cecchini NM, Alvarez ME. Arabidopsis DNA glycosylase MBD4L improves recovery of aged seeds. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 119:2021-2032. [PMID: 38963754 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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DNA glycosylases initiate the base excision repair (BER) pathway by catalyzing the removal of damaged or mismatched bases from DNA. The Arabidopsis DNA glycosylase methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 4 like (MBD4L) is a nuclear enzyme triggering BER in response to the genotoxic agents 5-fluorouracil and 5-bromouracil. To date, the involvement of MBD4L in plant physiological processes has not been analyzed. To address this, we studied the enzyme functions in seeds. We found that imbibition induced the MBD4L gene expression by generating two alternative transcripts, MBD4L.3 and MBD4L.4. Gene activation was stronger in aged than in non-aged seeds. Seeds from mbd4l-1 mutants displayed germination failures when maintained under control or ageing conditions, while 35S:MBD4L.3/mbd4l-1 and 35S:MBD4L.4/mbd4l-1 seeds reversed these phenotypes. Seed nuclear DNA repair, assessed by comet assays, was exacerbated in an MBD4L-dependent manner at 24 h post-imbibition. Under this condition, the BER genes ARP, APE1L, and LIG1 showed higher expression in 35S:MBD4L.3/mbd4l-1 and 35S:MBD4L.4/mbd4l-1 than in mbd4l-1 seeds, suggesting that these components could coordinate with MBD4L to repair damaged DNA bases in seeds. Interestingly, the ATM, ATR, BRCA1, RAD51, and WEE1 genes associated with the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway were activated in mbd4l-1, but not in 35S:MBD4L.3/mbd4l-1 or 35S:MBD4L.4/mbd4l-1 seeds. These results indicate that MBD4L is a key enzyme of a BER cascade that operates during seed imbibition, whose deficiency would cause genomic damage detected by DDR, generating a delay or reduction in germination.
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- Ignacio Lescano López
- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba, CIQUIBIC, CONICET, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, X5000HUA, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba, CIQUIBIC, CONICET, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, X5000HUA, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba, CIQUIBIC, CONICET, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, X5000HUA, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba, CIQUIBIC, CONICET, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, X5000HUA, Argentina
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Zheng X, Yuan Z, Yu Y, Yu S, He H. OsCSD2 and OsCSD3 Enhance Seed Storability by Modulating Antioxidant Enzymes and Abscisic Acid in Rice. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:310. [PMID: 38276765 PMCID: PMC10818270 DOI: 10.3390/plants13020310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Seed deterioration during storage poses a significant challenge to rice production, leading to a drastic decline in both edible quality and viability, thereby impacting overall crop yield. This study aimed to address this issue by further investigating candidate genes associated with two previously identified QTLs for seed storability through genome association analysis. Among the screened genes, two superoxide dismutase (SOD) genes, OsCSD2 (Copper/zinc Superoxide Dismutase 2) and OsCSD3, were selected for further study. The generation of overexpression and CRISPR/Cas9 mutant transgenic lines revealed that OsCSD2 and OsCSD3 play a positive regulatory role in enhancing rice seed storability. Subsequent exploration of the physiological mechanisms demonstrated that overexpression lines exhibited lower relative electrical conductivity, indicative of reduced cell membrane damage, while knockout lines displayed the opposite trend. Furthermore, the overexpression lines of OsCSD2 and OsCSD3 showed significant increases not only in SOD but also in CAT and POD activities, highlighting an augmented antioxidant system in the transgenic seeds. Additionally, hormone profiling indicated that ABA contributed to the improved seed storability observed in these lines. In summary, these findings provide valuable insights into the regulatory mechanisms of OsCSDs in rice storability, with potential applications for mitigating grain loss and enhancing global food security.
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- Xiaohai Zheng
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (X.Z.); (Z.Y.); (Y.Y.); (S.Y.)
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (X.Z.); (Z.Y.); (Y.Y.); (S.Y.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (X.Z.); (Z.Y.); (Y.Y.); (S.Y.)
- Beijing Bio Huaxing Gene Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 102260, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (X.Z.); (Z.Y.); (Y.Y.); (S.Y.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (X.Z.); (Z.Y.); (Y.Y.); (S.Y.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Pirredda M, Fañanás-Pueyo I, Oñate-Sánchez L, Mira S. Seed Longevity and Ageing: A Review on Physiological and Genetic Factors with an Emphasis on Hormonal Regulation. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:41. [PMID: 38202349 PMCID: PMC10780731 DOI: 10.3390/plants13010041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Upon storage, seeds inevitably age and lose their viability over time, which determines their longevity. Longevity correlates with successful seed germination and enhancing this trait is of fundamental importance for long-term seed storage (germplasm conservation) and crop improvement. Seed longevity is governed by a complex interplay between genetic factors and environmental conditions experienced during seed development and after-ripening that will shape seed physiology. Several factors have been associated with seed ageing such as oxidative stress responses, DNA repair enzymes, and composition of seed layers. Phytohormones, mainly abscisic acid, auxins, and gibberellins, have also emerged as prominent endogenous regulators of seed longevity, and their study has provided new regulators of longevity. Gaining a thorough understanding of how hormonal signalling genes and pathways are integrated with downstream mechanisms related to seed longevity is essential for formulating strategies aimed at preserving seed quality and viability. A relevant aspect related to research in seed longevity is the existence of significant differences between results depending on the seed equilibrium relative humidity conditions used to study seed ageing. Hence, this review delves into the genetic, environmental and experimental factors affecting seed ageing and longevity, with a particular focus on their hormonal regulation. We also provide gene network models underlying hormone signalling aimed to help visualize their integration into seed longevity and ageing. We believe that the format used to present the information bolsters its value as a resource to support seed longevity research for seed conservation and crop improvement.
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- Michela Pirredda
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Av. Puerta de Hierro 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain;
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain;
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- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Av. Puerta de Hierro 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain;
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Varshney V, Hazra A, Rao V, Ghosh S, Kamble NU, Achary RK, Gautam S, Majee M. The Arabidopsis F-box protein SKP1-INTERACTING PARTNER 31 modulates seed maturation and seed vigor by targeting JASMONATE ZIM DOMAIN proteins independently of jasmonic acid-isoleucine. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:3712-3738. [PMID: 37462265 PMCID: PMC10533341 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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F-box proteins have diverse functions in eukaryotic organisms, including plants, mainly targeting proteins for 26S proteasomal degradation. Here, we demonstrate the role of the F-box protein SKP1-INTERACTING PARTNER 31 (SKIP31) from Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) in regulating late seed maturation events, seed vigor, and viability through biochemical and genetic studies using skip31 mutants and different transgenic lines. We show that SKIP31 is predominantly expressed in seeds and that SKIP31 interacts with JASMONATE ZIM DOMAIN (JAZ) proteins, key repressors in jasmonate (JA) signaling, directing their ubiquitination for proteasomal degradation independently of coronatine/jasmonic acid-isoleucine (JA-Ile), in contrast to CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1, which sends JAZs for degradation in a coronatine/JA-Ile dependent manner. Moreover, JAZ proteins interact with the transcription factor ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE 5 (ABI5) and repress its transcriptional activity, which in turn directly or indirectly represses the expression of downstream genes involved in the accumulation of LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT proteins, protective metabolites, storage compounds, and abscisic acid biosynthesis. However, SKIP31 targets JAZ proteins, deregulates ABI5 activity, and positively regulates seed maturation and consequently seed vigor. Furthermore, ABI5 positively influences SKIP31 expression, while JAZ proteins repress ABI5-mediated transactivation of SKIP31 and exert feedback regulation. Taken together, our findings reveal the role of the SKIP31-JAZ-ABI5 module in seed maturation and consequently, establishment of seed vigor.
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- Vishal Varshney
- MM's Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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- MM's Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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- MM's Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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- MM's Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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- MM's Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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- MM's Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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- MM's Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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- MM's Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 110067, India
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Rehmani MS, Xian B, Wei S, He J, Feng Z, Huang H, Shu K. Seedling establishment: The neglected trait in the seed longevity field. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 200:107765. [PMID: 37209453 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Seed longevity is a central actor in plant germplasm resource conservation, species reproduction, geographical distribution, crop yield and quality and food processing and safety. Seed longevity and vigor decrease gradually during storage, which directly influences seed germination and post-germination seedling establishment. It is noted that seedling establishment is a key shift from heterotropism to autotropism and is fueled by the energy reserved in the seeds per se. Numerous studies have demonstrated that expedited catabolism of triacylglycerols, fatty acid and sugars during seed storage is closely related to seed longevity. Storage of farm-saved seeds of elite cultivars for use in subsequent years is a common practice and it is recognized that aged seed (especially those stored under less-than-ideal conditions) can lead to poor seed germination, but the significance of poor seedling establishment as a separate factor capable of influencing crop yield has been overlooked. This review article summarizes the relationship between seed germination and seedling establishment and the effect of different seed reserves on seed longevity. Based on this, we emphasize the importance of simultaneous scoring of seedling establishment and germination percentage from aged seeds and discuss the reasons.
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- Muhammad Saad Rehmani
- School of Environment and Ecology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, China
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- School of Environment and Ecology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, China
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- School of Environment and Ecology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, China; Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- School of Environment and Ecology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, China
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- School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, China
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- School of Astronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, China.
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- School of Environment and Ecology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, China; Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518057, China.
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Salvi P, Varshney V, Majee M. Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs): role in seed vigor and longevity. Biosci Rep 2022; 42:BSR20220198. [PMID: 36149314 PMCID: PMC9547172 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20220198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Seed vigor and longevity are important agronomic attributes, as they are essentially associated with crop yield and thus the global economy. Seed longevity is a measure of seed viability and the most essential property in gene bank management since it affects regeneration of seed recycling. Reduced seed life or storability is a serious issue in seed storage since germplasm conservation and agricultural enhancement initiatives rely on it. The irreversible and ongoing process of seed deterioration comprises a complex gene regulatory network and altered metabolism that results in membrane damage, DNA integrity loss, mitochondrial dysregulation, protein damage, and disrupted antioxidative machinery. Carbohydrates and/or sugars, primarily raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs), have emerged as feasible components for boosting or increasing seed vigor and longevity in recent years. RFOs are known to perform diverse functions in plants, including abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, besides being involved in regulating seed germination, desiccation tolerance, vigor, and longevity. We emphasized and analyzed the potential impact of RFOs on seed vigor and longevity in this review. Here, we comprehensively reviewed the molecular mechanisms involved in seed longevity, RFO metabolism, and how RFO content is critical and linked with seed vigor and longevity. Further molecular basis, biotechnological approaches, and CRISPR/Cas applications have been discussed briefly for the improvement of seed attributes and ultimately crop production. Likewise, we suggest advancements, challenges, and future possibilities in this area.
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- Prafull Salvi
- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Punjab 140308, India
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- Govt. Shaheed Gend Singh College, Charama, Chhattisgarh 494337, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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Niñoles R, Planes D, Arjona P, Ruiz-Pastor C, Chazarra R, Renard J, Bueso E, Forment J, Serrano R, Kranner I, Roach T, Gadea J. Comparative analysis of wild-type accessions reveals novel determinants of Arabidopsis seed longevity. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:2708-2728. [PMID: 35672914 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Understanding the genetic factors involved in seed longevity is of paramount importance in agricultural and ecological contexts. The polygenic nature of this trait suggests that many of them remain undiscovered. Here, we exploited the contrasting seed longevity found amongst Arabidopsis thaliana accessions to further understand this phenomenon. Concentrations of glutathione were higher in longer-lived than shorter-lived accessions, supporting that redox poise plays a prominent role in seed longevity. However, high seed permeability, normally associated with shorter longevity, is also present in long-lived accessions. Dry seed transcriptome analysis indicated that the contribution to longevity of stored messenger RNA (mRNAs) is complex, including mainly accession-specific mechanisms. The detrimental effect on longevity caused by other factors may be counterbalanced by higher levels of specific mRNAs stored in dry seeds, for instance those of heat-shock proteins. Indeed, loss-of-function mutant analysis demonstrated that heat-shock factors HSF1A and 1B contributed to longevity. Furthermore, mutants of the stress-granule zinc-finger protein TZF9 or the spliceosome subunits MOS4 or MAC3A/MAC3B, extended seed longevity, positioning RNA as a novel player in the regulation of seed viability. mRNAs of proteins with putative relevance to longevity were also abundant in shorter-lived accessions, reinforcing the idea that resistance to ageing is determined by multiple factors.
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- Regina Niñoles
- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Botany and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Botany and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Stress, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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Rehmani MS, Aziz U, Xian B, Shu K. Seed Dormancy and Longevity: A Mutual Dependence or a Trade-Off? PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 63:1029-1037. [PMID: 35594901 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcac069] [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: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Seed dormancy is an important agronomic trait in cereals and leguminous crops as low levels of seed dormancy during harvest season, coupled with high humidity, can cause preharvest sprouting. Seed longevity is another critical trait for commercial crop propagation and production, directly influencing seed germination and early seedling establishment. Both traits are precisely regulated by the integration of genetic and environmental cues. Despite the significance of these two traits in crop production, the relationship between them at the molecular level is still elusive, even with contradictory conclusions being reported. Some studies have proposed a positive correlation between seed dormancy and longevity in association with differences in seed coat permeability or seed reserve accumulation, whereas an increasing number of studies have highlighted a negative relationship, largely with respect to phytohormone-dependent pathways. In this review paper, we try to provide some insights into the interactions between regulatory mechanisms of genetic and environmental cues, which result in positive or negative relationships between seed dormancy and longevity. Finally, we conclude that further dissection of the molecular mechanism responsible for this apparently contradictory relationship between them is needed.
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- Muhammad Saad Rehmani
- School of Environment and Ecology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, No. 1, Dongxiang Road, Xi'an 710129, China
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- School of Environment and Ecology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, No. 1, Dongxiang Road, Xi'an 710129, China
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- School of Environment and Ecology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, No. 1, Dongxiang Road, Xi'an 710129, China
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- School of Environment and Ecology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, No. 1, Dongxiang Road, Xi'an 710129, China
- Research and Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, No. 45, Gaoxin South 9 Road, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Ramtekey V, Cherukuri S, Kumar S, V. SK, Sheoran S, K. UB, K. BN, Kumar S, Singh AN, Singh HV. Seed Longevity in Legumes: Deeper Insights Into Mechanisms and Molecular Perspectives. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:918206. [PMID: 35968115 PMCID: PMC9364935 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.918206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Sustainable agricultural production largely depends upon the viability and longevity of high-quality seeds during storage. Legumes are considered as rich source of dietary protein that helps to ensure nutritional security, but associated with poor seed longevity that hinders their performance and productivity in farmer's fields. Seed longevity is the key determinant to assure proper seed plant value and crop yield. Thus, maintenance of seed longevity during storage is of prime concern and a pre-requisite for enhancing crop productivity of legumes. Seed longevity is significantly correlated with other seed quality parameters such as germination, vigor, viability and seed coat permeability that affect crop growth and development, consequently distressing crop yield. Therefore, information on genetic basis and regulatory networks associated with seed longevity, as well as molecular dissection of traits linked to longevity could help in developing crop varieties with good storability. Keeping this in view, the present review focuses towards highlighting the molecular basis of seed longevity, with special emphasis on candidate genes and proteins associated with seed longevity and their interplay with other quality parameters. Further, an attempt was made to provide information on 3D structures of various genetic loci (genes/proteins) associated to seed longevity that could facilitate in understanding the interactions taking place within the seed at molecular level. This review compiles and provides information on genetic and genomic approaches for the identification of molecular pathways and key players involved in the maintenance of seed longevity in legumes, in a holistic manner. Finally, a hypothetical fast-forward breeding pipeline has been provided, that could assist the breeders to successfully develop varieties with improved seed longevity in legumes.
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- Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute-IASRI, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Karnal, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Seed Science, Regional Station, Bengaluru, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Seed Science, Regional Station, Bengaluru, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Seed Science, Mau, India
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Niñoles R, Ruiz-Pastor CM, Arjona-Mudarra P, Casañ J, Renard J, Bueso E, Mateos R, Serrano R, Gadea J. Transcription Factor DOF4.1 Regulates Seed Longevity in Arabidopsis via Seed Permeability and Modulation of Seed Storage Protein Accumulation. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:915184. [PMID: 35845633 PMCID: PMC9284063 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.915184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Seed longevity is modulated by multiple genetic factors in Arabidopsis thaliana. A previous genome-wide association study using the Elevated Partial Pressure of Oxygen (EPPO) aging assay pinpointed a genetic locus associated with this trait. Reverse genetics identified the transcription factor DOF4.1 as a novel seed longevity factor. dof4.1 loss-of-function plants generate seeds exhibiting higher germination after accelerated aging assays. DOF4.1 is expressed during seed development and RNAseq data show several putative factors that could contribute to the dof4.1 seed longevity phenotype. dof4.1 has reduced seed permeability and a higher levels of seed storage proteins mRNAs (cruciferins and napins) in developing seeds, as compared to wild-type seeds. It has been reported that mutant lines defective in cruciferins or napins present reduced seed longevity. The improved longevity of dof4.1 is totally lost in the quadruple mutant dof4.1 cra crb crc, but not in a dof4.1 line depleted of napins, suggesting a prominent role for cruciferins in this process. Moreover, a negative regulation of DOF4.1 expression by the transcription factor DOF1.8 is suggested by co-inoculation assays in Nicotiana benthamiana. Indeed, DOF1.8 expression anticorrelates with that of DOF4.1 during seed development. In summary, modulation of DOF4.1 levels during seed development contributes to regulate seed longevity.
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- Regina Niñoles
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Valencia, Spain
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Kamble NU, Majee M. ABI transcription factors and PROTEIN L-ISOASPARTYL METHYLTRANSFERASE module mediate seed desiccation tolerance and longevity in Oryza sativa. Development 2022; 149:275672. [PMID: 35686643 DOI: 10.1242/dev.200600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In contrast to desiccation-tolerant orthodox seeds, recalcitrant seeds are desiccation sensitive and are unable to survive for a prolonged time. Here, our analyses of Oryza species with contrasting seed desiccation tolerance reveals that PROTEIN L-ISOASPARTYL METHYLTRANSFERASE (PIMT), an enzyme that repairs abnormal isoaspartyl (isoAsp) residues in proteins, acts as a key player that governs seed desiccation tolerance to orthodox seeds but is ineffective in recalcitrant seeds. We observe that, unlike the orthodox seed of Oryza sativa, desiccation intolerance of the recalcitrant seeds of Oryza coarctata are linked to reduced PIMT activity and increased isoAsp accumulation due to the lack of coordinated action of ABA and ABI transcription factors to upregulate PIMT during maturation. We show that suppression of PIMT reduces, and its overexpression increases, seed desiccation tolerance and seed longevity in O. sativa. Our analyses further reveal that the ABI transcription factors undergo isoAsp formation that affect their functional competence; however, PIMT interacts with and repairs isoAsp residues and facilitates their functions. Our results thus illustrate a new insight into the mechanisms of acquisition of seed desiccation tolerance and longevity by ABI transcription factors and the PIMT module.
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- Nitin Uttam Kamble
- MM203 Seed and Stress Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- MM203 Seed and Stress Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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An J, Liu Y, Han J, He C, Chen M, Zhu X, Hu W, Song W, Hu J, Guan Y. Transcriptional multiomics reveals the mechanism of seed deterioration in Nicotiana tabacum L. and Oryza sativa L. J Adv Res 2022; 42:163-176. [PMID: 36513411 PMCID: PMC9788960 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2022.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Mature seeds deteriorate gradually and die eventually during long-term storage. Controlled deterioration is often used to accelerate the seed deterioration rate to assess the seed vigor and physiological quality of seed lots. OBJECTIVES Although it is well known that the process of seed deterioration produced by controlled deterioration is distinct from that caused by long-term storage, the differences in transcriptional levels have not been reported. Clarifying the mechanism of seed deterioration is critical for identifying, conserving and utilizing germplasm resources. METHODS Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) seeds were studied thoroughly using transcriptome, small RNA, and degradome sequencing after long-term storage (LS) and controlled deterioration (CD). Co-expression trend analysis identified transcripts involved in tobacco seed deterioration, while phylogenetic analysis helped to uncover comparable targets in rice (Oryza sativa L.) for further verification and utilization. RESULTS In LS and CD, a total of 2,112 genes and 164 miRNAs were differentially expressed, including 20 interaction miRNA-mRNA pairs with contrasting expression. Transcriptional multiomics found that the main causes of LS were plant hormone signal transduction and protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum, whereas the primary cause of CD was nucleotide excision repair dysfunction. The homeostatic balance of RNA degradation and the spliceosome occurred in both modes of seed deterioration. Additionally, co-expression trend analysis identified two coherent pairs, nta-miR160b-NtARF18 and nta-miR396c-NtMBD10, as being significant in LS and CD, respectively. For utilization, rice homologous targets OsARF18 and OsMBD707 were verified to play similar roles in LS and CD, respectively. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated the transcriptional mechanism of tobacco and key genes in seed deterioration. And the application of key genes in rice also verified the feasibility of the multiomics method, guiding the identification of candidate genes to precisely delay seed deterioration in other species of seed research.
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- Jianyu An
- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China
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- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China,Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan Province 572000, China
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- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China
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- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China
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- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China
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- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China,Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan Province 572000, China
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- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China,Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan Province 572000, China
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- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China,Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan Province 572000, China
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- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China,Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan Province 572000, China
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- Seed Science Center, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310058, China,Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan Province 572000, China,Corresponding author.
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Assou J, Zhang D, Roth KDR, Steinke S, Hust M, Reinard T, Winkelmann T, Boch J. Removing the major allergen Bra j I from brown mustard (Brassica juncea) by CRISPR/Cas9. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:649-663. [PMID: 34784073 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Food allergies are a major health issue worldwide. Modern breeding techniques such as genome editing via CRISPR/Cas9 have the potential to mitigate this by targeting allergens in plants. This study addressed the major allergen Bra j I, a seed storage protein of the 2S albumin class, in the allotetraploid brown mustard (Brassica juncea). Cotyledon explants of an Indian gene bank accession (CR2664) and the German variety Terratop were transformed using Agrobacterium tumefaciens harboring binary vectors with multiple single guide RNAs to induce either large deletions or frameshift mutations in both Bra j I homoeologs. A total of 49 T0 lines were obtained with up to 3.8% transformation efficiency. Four lines had large deletions of 566 up to 790 bp in the Bra j IB allele. Among 18 Terratop T0 lines, nine carried indels in the targeted regions. From 16 analyzed CR2664 T0 lines, 14 held indels and three had all four Bra j I alleles mutated. The majority of the CRISPR/Cas9-induced mutations were heritable to T1 progenies. In some edited lines, seed formation and viability were reduced and seeds showed a precocious development of the embryo leading to a rupture of the testa already in the siliques. Immunoblotting using newly developed Bra j I-specific antibodies revealed the amount of Bra j I protein to be reduced or absent in seed extracts of selected lines. Removing an allergenic determinant from mustard is an important first step towards the development of safer food crops.
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- Juvenal Assou
- Institute of Horticultural Production Systems, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Genetics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Genetics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Horticultural Production Systems, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Genetics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Matilla AJ. The Orthodox Dry Seeds Are Alive: A Clear Example of Desiccation Tolerance. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:plants11010020. [PMID: 35009023 PMCID: PMC8747232 DOI: 10.3390/plants11010020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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To survive in the dry state, orthodox seeds acquire desiccation tolerance. As maturation progresses, the seeds gradually acquire longevity, which is the total timespan during which the dry seeds remain viable. The desiccation-tolerance mechanism(s) allow seeds to remain dry without losing their ability to germinate. This adaptive trait has played a key role in the evolution of land plants. Understanding the mechanisms for seed survival after desiccation is one of the central goals still unsolved. That is, the cellular protection during dry state and cell repair during rewatering involves a not entirely known molecular network(s). Although desiccation tolerance is retained in seeds of higher plants, resurrection plants belonging to different plant lineages keep the ability to survive desiccation in vegetative tissue. Abscisic acid (ABA) is involved in desiccation tolerance through tight control of the synthesis of unstructured late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins, heat shock thermostable proteins (sHSPs), and non-reducing oligosaccharides. During seed maturation, the progressive loss of water induces the formation of a so-called cellular "glass state". This glassy matrix consists of soluble sugars, which immobilize macromolecules offering protection to membranes and proteins. In this way, the secondary structure of proteins in dry viable seeds is very stable and remains preserved. ABA insensitive-3 (ABI3), highly conserved from bryophytes to Angiosperms, is essential for seed maturation and is the only transcription factor (TF) required for the acquisition of desiccation tolerance and its re-induction in germinated seeds. It is noteworthy that chlorophyll breakdown during the last step of seed maturation is controlled by ABI3. This update contains some current results directly related to the physiological, genetic, and molecular mechanisms involved in survival to desiccation in orthodox seeds. In other words, the mechanisms that facilitate that an orthodox dry seed is a living entity.
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- Angel J Matilla
- Departamento de Biología Funcional (Área Fisiología Vegetal), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Zhang D, Liu T, Sheng J, Lv S, Ren L. TMT-Based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis Reveals the Physiological Regulatory Networks of Embryo Dehydration Protection in Lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:792057. [PMID: 34975978 PMCID: PMC8718645 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.792057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Lotus is an aquatic plant that is sensitive to water loss, but its seeds are longevous after seed embryo dehydration and maturation. The great difference between the responses of vegetative organs and seeds to dehydration is related to the special protective mechanism in embryos. In this study, tandem mass tags (TMT)-labeled proteomics and parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) technologies were used to obtain novel insights into the physiological regulatory networks during lotus seed dehydration process. Totally, 60,266 secondary spectra and 32,093 unique peptides were detected. A total of 5,477 proteins and 815 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified based on TMT data. Of these, 582 DEPs were continuously downregulated and 228 proteins were significantly up-regulated during the whole dehydration process. Bioinformatics and protein-protein interaction network analyses indicated that carbohydrate metabolism (including glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, galactose, starch and sucrose metabolism, pentose phosphate pathway, and cell wall organization), protein processing in ER, DNA repair, and antioxidative events had positive responses to lotus embryo dehydration. On the contrary, energy metabolism (metabolic pathway, photosynthesis, pyruvate metabolism, fatty acid biosynthesis) and secondary metabolism (terpenoid backbone, steroid, flavonoid biosynthesis) gradually become static status during lotus embryo water loss and maturation. Furthermore, non-enzymatic antioxidants and pentose phosphate pathway play major roles in antioxidant protection during dehydration process in lotus embryo. Abscisic acid (ABA) signaling and the accumulation of oligosaccharides, late embryogenesis abundant proteins, and heat shock proteins may be the key factors to ensure the continuous dehydration and storage tolerance of lotus seed embryo. Stress physiology detection showed that H2O2 was the main reactive oxygen species (ROS) component inducing oxidative stress damage, and glutathione and vitamin E acted as the major antioxidant to maintain the REDOX balance of lotus embryo during the dehydration process. These results provide new insights to reveal the physiological regulatory networks of the protective mechanism of embryo dehydration in lotus.
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- Di Zhang
- School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Agri-Food Standards and Testing Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Su L, Wan S, Zhou J, Shao QS, Xing B. Transcriptional regulation of plant seed development. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 173:2013-2025. [PMID: 34480800 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plant seeds, which are unique reproductive organs of gymnosperms and angiosperms, are used for edible, medicinal, and industrial purposes. Transcription factors (TFs) are master regulators of plant growth, development, and stress responses. This review describes, in detail, the functions of TFs in regulating seed development. Different TFs, or even different TF families, may have similar functions in seed development. For example, WUSCHEL-related homeobox, LEC2/FUS3/ABI3, and HEME ACTIVATOR PROTEIN3 families can control plant seed embryonic initiation and development. In contrast, some members of the same TF family may have completely opposite roles. For instance, AtMYB76 and AtMYB89 inhibit the accumulation of seed oil, whereas AtMYB96 promotes seed fatty acid accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Compared with the number of studies that have addressed regulation by single TFs, only a few have focused on multiple-TF regulatory networks. This review should be useful as a reference for future studies on regulatory networks of TF complexes.
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- Liyang Su
- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Traditional Chinese medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Traditional Chinese medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Traditional Chinese medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Traditional Chinese medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Traditional Chinese medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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Wang W, Zhang F, Cui J, Chen D, Liu Z, Hou J, Zhang R, Liu T. Identification of microRNA-like RNAs from Trichoderma asperellum DQ-1 during its interaction with tomato roots using bioinformatic analysis and high-throughput sequencing. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254808. [PMID: 34293017 PMCID: PMC8297844 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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MicroRNA-like small RNAs (milRNAs) and their regulatory roles in the interaction between plant and fungus have recently aroused keen interest of plant pathologists. Trichoderma spp., one of the widespread biocontrol fungi, can promote plant growth and induce plant disease resistance. To investigate milRNAs potentially involved in the interaction between Trichoderma and tomato roots, a small RNA (sRNA) library expressed during the interaction of T. asperellum DQ-1 and tomato roots was constructed and sequenced using the Illumina HiSeqTM 2500 sequencing platform. From 13,464,142 sRNA reads, we identified 21 milRNA candidates that were similar to other known microRNAs in the miRBase database and 22 novel milRNA candidates that possessed a stable microRNA precursor hairpin structure. Among them, three milRNA candidates showed different expression level in the interaction according to the result of stem-loop RT-PCR indicating that these milRNAs may play a distinct regulatory role in the interaction between Trichoderma and tomato roots. The potential transboundary milRNAs from T. asperellum and their target genes in tomato were predicted by bioinformatics analysis. The results revealed that several interesting proteins involved in plant growth and development, disease resistance, seed maturation, and osmotic stress signal transduction might be regulated by the transboundary milRNAs. To our knowledge, this is the first report of milRNAs taking part in the process of interaction of T. asperellum and tomato roots and associated with plant promotion and disease resistance. The results might be useful to unravel the mechanism of interaction between Trichoderma and tomato.
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- Weiwei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan Province, College of Forestry, Haikou, Hainan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Tropical Plant Diseases and Pests (Hainan University), Ministry of Education, Haikou, Hainan, PR China
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Ruan CC, Chen Z, Hu FC, Fan W, Wang XH, Guo LJ, Fan HY, Luo ZW, Zhang ZL. Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of B3 superfamily during ethylene-induced flowering in pineapple (Ananas comosus L.). BMC Genomics 2021; 22:561. [PMID: 34289810 PMCID: PMC8296579 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07854-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The B3 superfamily (B3s) represents a class of large plant-specific transcription factors, which play diverse roles in plant growth and development process including flowering induction. However, identification and functional surveys of B3 superfamily have not been reported in ethylene-induced pineapple flowering (Ananas comosus). RESULTS 57 B3 genes containing B3 domain were identified and phylogenetically classified into five subfamilies. Chromosomal localization analysis revealed that 54 of 57 AcB3s were located on 21 Linkage Groups (LG). Collinearity analysis demonstrated that the segmental duplication was the main event in the evolution of B3 gene superfamily, and most of them were under purifying selection. The analysis of cis-element composition suggested that most of these genes may have function in response to abscisic acid, ethylene, MeJA, light, and abiotic stress. qRT-PCR analysis of 40 AcB3s containing ethylene responsive elements exhibited that the expression levels of 35 genes were up-regulated within 1 d after ethephon treatment and some were highly expressed in flower bud differentiation period in stem apex, such as Aco012003, Aco019552 and Aco014401. CONCLUSION This study provides a basic information of AcB3s and clues for involvement of some AcB3s in ethylene-induced flowering in pineapple.
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- Cheng Cheng Ruan
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Fruit Tree Biology of Hainan Province, Institute of Tropical Fruit Trees, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Fruit Tree Biology of Hainan Province, Institute of Tropical Fruit Trees, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Fruit Tree Biology of Hainan Province, Institute of Tropical Fruit Trees, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571100, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Fruit Tree Biology of Hainan Province, Institute of Tropical Fruit Trees, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Fruit Tree Biology of Hainan Province, Institute of Tropical Fruit Trees, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Fruit Tree Biology of Hainan Province, Institute of Tropical Fruit Trees, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Fruit Tree Biology of Hainan Province, Institute of Tropical Fruit Trees, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Fruit Tree Biology of Hainan Province, Institute of Tropical Fruit Trees, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571100, China.
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Yuan Z, Fan K, Wang Y, Tian L, Zhang C, Sun W, He H, Yu S. OsGRETCHENHAGEN3-2 modulates rice seed storability via accumulation of abscisic acid and protective substances. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 186:469-482. [PMID: 33570603 PMCID: PMC8154041 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Seed storability largely determines the vigor of seeds during storage and is significant in agriculture and ecology. However, the underlying genetic basis remains unclear. In the present study, we report the cloning and characterization of the rice (Oryza sativa) indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)-amido synthetase gene GRETCHEN HAGEN3-2 (OsGH3-2) associated with seed storability. OsGH3-2 was identified by performing a genome-wide association study in rice germplasms with linkage mapping in chromosome substitution segment lines, contributing to the wide variation of seed viability in the populations after long periods of storage and artificial ageing. OsGH3-2 was dominantly expressed in the developing seeds and catalyzed IAA conjugation to amino acids, forming inactive auxin. Transgenic overexpression, knockout, and knockdown experiments demonstrated that OsGH3-2 affected seed storability by regulating the accumulation level of abscisic acid (ABA). Overexpression of OsGH3-2 significantly decreased seed storability, while knockout or knockdown of the gene enhanced seed storability compared with the wild-type. OsGH3-2 acted as a negative regulator of seed storability by modulating many genes related to the ABA pathway and probably subsequently late embryogenesis-abundant proteins at the transcription level. These findings shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying seed storability and will facilitate the improvement of seed vigor by genomic breeding and gene-editing approaches in rice.
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- Zhiyang Yuan
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Analysis of Stored mRNA Degradation in Acceleratedly Aged Seeds of Wheat and Canola in Comparison to Arabidopsis. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9121707. [PMID: 33291562 PMCID: PMC7761881 DOI: 10.3390/plants9121707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Seed aging has become a topic of renewed interest but its mechanism remains poorly understood. Our recent analysis of stored mRNA degradation in aged Arabidopsis seeds found that the stored mRNA degradation rates (estimated as the frequency of breakdown per nucleotide per day or β value) were constant over aging time under stable conditions. However, little is known about the generality of this finding to other plant species. We expanded the analysis to aged seeds of wheat (Triticum aestivum) and canola (Brassica napus). It was found that wheat and canola seeds required much longer periods than Arabidopsis seeds to lose seed germination ability completely under the same aging conditions. As what had been observed for Arabidopsis, stored mRNA degradation (∆Ct value in qPCR) in wheat and canola seeds correlated linearly and tightly with seed aging time or mRNA fragment size, while the quality of total RNA showed little change during seed aging. The generated β values reflecting the rate of stored mRNA degradation in wheat or canola seeds were similar for different stored mRNAs assayed and constant over seed aging time. The overall β values for aged seeds of wheat and canola showed non-significant differences from that of Arabidopsis when aged under the same conditions. These results are significant, allowing for better understanding of controlled seed aging for different species at the molecular level and for exploring the potential of stored mRNAs as seed aging biomarkers.
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Buijs G, Willems LAJ, Kodde J, Groot SPC, Bentsink L. Evaluating the EPPO method for seed longevity analyses in Arabidopsis. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 301:110644. [PMID: 33218622 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Seed longevity (storability) is an important seed quality trait. High seed quality is important in agriculture, for the industry, and for safeguarding biodiversity as many species are stored as seeds in genebanks. To ensure ex-situ seed survival, seeds are mostly stored at low relative humidity and low temperature. Oxidation is the main cause of seed deterioration in these dry storage conditions. The molecular mechanisms underlying dry seed survival remain poorly understood. Research on seed longevity is hampered by the lack of an experimental ageing method that mimics dry ageing well. Here, we propose the Elevated Partial Pressure of Oxygen (EPPO) method as the best available method to mimic and accelerate dry seed ageing. We have tested seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana after EPPO storage at two different relative humidity (RH) conditions and confirm the large effect of oxygen and the seed moisture content on ageing during dry storage. Comparative Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis shows that EPPO at 55 % RH mimics dry ageing better than the commonly used Artificial Ageing and Controlled Deterioration tests at higher moisture levels.
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- Gonda Buijs
- Wageningen Seed Science Centre, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Science Centre, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Science Centre, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Molecular and environmental factors regulating seed longevity. Biochem J 2020; 477:305-323. [PMID: 31967650 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Seed longevity is a central pivot of the preservation of biodiversity, being of main importance to face the challenges linked to global climate change and population growth. This complex, quantitative seed quality trait is acquired on the mother plant during the second part of seed development. Understanding what factors contribute to lifespan is one of the oldest and most challenging questions in plant biology. One of these challenges is to recognize that longevity depends on the storage conditions that are experimentally used because they determine the type and rate of deleterious conditions that lead to cell death and loss of viability. In this review, we will briefly review the different storage methods that accelerate the deteriorative reactions during storage and argue that a minimum amount of information is necessary to interpret the longevity data. Next, we will give an update on recent discoveries on the hormonal factors regulating longevity, both from the ABA signaling pathway but also other hormonal pathways. In addition, we will review the effect of both maternal and abiotic factors that influence longevity. In the last section of this review, we discuss the problems in unraveling cause-effect relationship between the time of death during storage and deteriorative reactions leading to seed ageing. We focus on the three major types of cellular damage, namely membrane permeability, lipid peroxidation and RNA integrity for which germination data on seed stored in dedicated seed banks for long period times are now available.
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Zhang L, Liu M, Long H, Dong W, Pasha A, Esteban E, Li W, Yang X, Li Z, Song A, Ran D, Zhao G, Zeng Y, Chen H, Zou M, Li J, Liang F, Xie M, Hu J, Wang D, Cao H, Provart NJ, Zhang L, Tan X. Tung Tree (Vernicia fordii) Genome Provides A Resource for Understanding Genome Evolution and Improved Oil Production. GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS 2020; 17:558-575. [PMID: 32224189 PMCID: PMC7212303 DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2019.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Tung tree (Vernicia fordii) is an economically important woody oil plant that produces tung oil rich in eleostearic acid. Here, we report a high-quality chromosome-scale genome sequence of tung tree. The genome sequence was assembled by combining Illumina short reads, Pacific Biosciences single-molecule real-time long reads, and Hi-C sequencing data. The size of tung tree genome is 1.12 Gb, with 28,422 predicted genes and over 73% repeat sequences. The V. fordii underwent an ancient genome triplication event shared by core eudicots but no further whole-genome duplication in the subsequent ca. 34.55 million years of evolutionary history of the tung tree lineage. Insertion time analysis revealed that repeat-driven genome expansion might have arisen as a result of long-standing long terminal repeat retrotransposon bursts and lack of efficient DNA deletion mechanisms. The genome harbors 88 resistance genes encoding nucleotide-binding sites; 17 of these genes may be involved in early-infection stage of Fusarium wilt resistance. Further, 651 oil-related genes were identified, 88 of which are predicted to be directly involved in tung oil biosynthesis. Relatively few phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase genes, and synergistic effects between transcription factors and oil biosynthesis-related genes might contribute to the high oil content of tung seed. The tung tree genome constitutes a valuable resource for understanding genome evolution, as well as for molecular breeding and genetic improvements for oil production.
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- Lin Zhang
- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (2)Key Lab of Non-wood Forest Products of State Forestry Administration, College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (3)Department of Cell and Systems Biology/Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada.
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- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (2)Key Lab of Non-wood Forest Products of State Forestry Administration, College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (2)Key Lab of Non-wood Forest Products of State Forestry Administration, College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- (4)State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- (3)Department of Cell and Systems Biology/Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada
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- (3)Department of Cell and Systems Biology/Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada
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- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (2)Key Lab of Non-wood Forest Products of State Forestry Administration, College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- (5)College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- (4)State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (2)Key Lab of Non-wood Forest Products of State Forestry Administration, College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (2)Key Lab of Non-wood Forest Products of State Forestry Administration, College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (2)Key Lab of Non-wood Forest Products of State Forestry Administration, College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (2)Key Lab of Non-wood Forest Products of State Forestry Administration, College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
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- (6)Nextomics Biosciences Co., Wuhan 430073, China
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- (6)Nextomics Biosciences Co., Wuhan 430073, China
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- (6)Nextomics Biosciences Co., Wuhan 430073, China
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- (6)Nextomics Biosciences Co., Wuhan 430073, China; (7)Oil Crop Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- (6)Nextomics Biosciences Co., Wuhan 430073, China
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- (6)Nextomics Biosciences Co., Wuhan 430073, China
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- (8)US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA.
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- (3)Department of Cell and Systems Biology/Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada.
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- (4)State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
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- (1)Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China; (2)Key Lab of Non-wood Forest Products of State Forestry Administration, College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China.
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Cao H, Han Y, Li J, Ding M, Li Y, Li X, Chen F, Soppe WJ, Liu Y. Arabidopsis thaliana SEED DORMANCY 4-LIKE regulates dormancy and germination by mediating the gibberellin pathway. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:919-933. [PMID: 31641755 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The molecular mechanisms underlying seed dormancy and germination are not fully understood. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana SEED DORMANCY 4-LIKE (AtSdr4L) is a novel specific regulator of dormancy and germination. AtSdr4L encodes a protein with an unknown biochemical function that is localized in the nucleus and is expressed specifically in seeds. Loss of function of AtSdr4L results in increased seed dormancy. The germination of freshly harvested seeds of the Atsdr4l mutant is insensitive to gibberellin (GA). After-ripened mutant seeds are hypersensitive to the GA biosynthesis-inhibitor paclobutrazol but show unaltered sensitivity to abscisic acid. Several GA biosynthesis genes and GA-regulated cell wall remodeling genes are down-regulated in the mutant in both dormant and after-ripened seeds. These results suggest that the Atsdr4l mutation causes both decreased GA biosynthesis and reduced responses. In addition, a genetic analysis indicated that AtSdr4L is epistatic to DELAY OF GERMINATION1 (DOG1) for dormancy and acts upstream of RGA-LIKE 2 (RGL2) in the GA pathway. We propose that AtSdr4L regulates seed dormancy and germination by mediating both the DOG1 and GA pathways.
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- Hong Cao
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shandong Provincial Center of Forest Tree Germplasm Resources, Jinan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, 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, 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, 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, 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, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Pellizzaro A, Neveu M, Lalanne D, Ly Vu B, Kanno Y, Seo M, Leprince O, Buitink J. A role for auxin signaling in the acquisition of longevity during seed maturation. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:284-296. [PMID: 31461534 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Seed longevity, the maintenance of viability during dry storage, is a crucial factor to preserve plant genetic resources and seed vigor. Inference of a temporal gene-regulatory network of seed maturation identified auxin signaling as a putative mechanism to induce longevity-related genes. Using auxin-response sensors and tryptophan-dependent auxin biosynthesis mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana L., the role of auxin signaling in longevity was studied during seed maturation. DII and DR5 sensors demonstrated that, concomitant with the acquisition of longevity, auxin signaling input and output increased and underwent a spatiotemporal redistribution, spreading throughout the embryo. Longevity of seeds of single auxin biosynthesis mutants with altered auxin signaling activity was affected in a dose-response manner depending on the level of auxin activity. Longevity-associated genes with promoters enriched in auxin response elements and the master regulator ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE3 were induced by auxin in developing embryos and deregulated in auxin biosynthesis mutants. The beneficial effect of exogenous auxin during seed maturation on seed longevity was abolished in abi3-1 mutants. These data suggest a role for auxin signaling activity in the acquisition of longevity during seed maturation.
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- Anthoni Pellizzaro
- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, 49070, France
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- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, 49070, France
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- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, 49070, France
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- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, 49070, France
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, 49070, France
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- UMR 1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, Université d'Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, 49070, France
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Zhang X, Hina A, Song S, Kong J, Bhat JA, Zhao T. Whole-genome mapping identified novel "QTL hotspots regions" for seed storability in soybean (Glycine max L.). BMC Genomics 2019; 20:499. [PMID: 31208334 PMCID: PMC6580613 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5897-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Seed aging in soybean is a serious challenge for agronomic production and germplasm preservation. However, its genetic basis remains largely unclear in soybean. Unraveling the genetic mechanism involved in seed aging, and enhancing seed storability is an imperative goal for soybean breeding. The aim of this study is to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) using high-density genetic linkage maps of soybean for seed storability. In this regard, two recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations derived from Zhengyanghuangdou × Meng 8206 (ZM6) and Linhefenqingdou × Meng 8206 (LM6) crosses were evaluated for three seed-germination related traits viz., germination rate (GR), normal seedling length (SL) and normal seedling fresh weight (FW) under natural and artificial aging conditions to map QTLs for seed storability. RESULTS A total of 34 QTLs, including 13 QTLs for GR, 11 QTLs for SL and 10 QTLs for FW, were identified on 11 chromosomes with the phenotypic variation ranged from 7.30 to 23.16% under both aging conditions. All these QTLs were novel, and 21 of these QTLs were clustered in five QTL-rich regions on four different chromosomes viz., Chr3, Chr5, Chr17 &Chr18, among them the highest concentration of seven and six QTLs were found in "QTL hotspot A" (Chr17) and "QTL hotspot B" (Chr5), respectively. Furthermore, QTLs within all the five QTL clusters are linked to at least two studied traits, which is also supported by highly significant correlation between the three germination-related traits. QTLs for seed-germination related traits in "QTL hotspot B" were found in both RIL populations and aging conditions, and also QTLs underlying "QTL hotspot A" are identified in both RIL populations under artificial aging condition. These are the stable genomic regions governing the inheritance of seed storability in soybean, and will be the main focus for soybean breeders. CONCLUSION This study uncovers the genetic basis of seed storability in soybean. The newly identified QTLs provides valuable information, and will be main targets for fine mapping, candidate gene identification and marker-assisted breeding. Hence, the present study is the first report for the comprehensive and detailed investigation of genetic architecture of seed storability in soybean.
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- Xi Zhang
- Soybean Research Institution, National Center for Soybean Improvement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics and Breeding for Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Soybean Research Institution, National Center for Soybean Improvement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics and Breeding for Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Soybean Research Institution, National Center for Soybean Improvement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics and Breeding for Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Soybean Research Institution, National Center for Soybean Improvement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics and Breeding for Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Soybean Research Institution, National Center for Soybean Improvement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics and Breeding for Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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- Soybean Research Institution, National Center for Soybean Improvement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics and Breeding for Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 China
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Zhao L, Wang S, Fu YB, Wang H. Arabidopsis Seed Stored mRNAs are Degraded Constantly over Aging Time, as Revealed by New Quantification Methods. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1764. [PMID: 32063917 PMCID: PMC7000544 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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How plant seeds age remains poorly understood and effective tools for monitoring seed aging are lacking. Dry seeds contain various stored mRNAs which are believed to be required for protein synthesis during early stages of seed germination. We reasoned that seed stored mRNAs would undergo degradation during seed aging, based on the propensity of mRNAs to degrade. We performed RT-PCR and qPCR analyses to study the changes in stored mRNA levels of Arabidopsis seeds during aging. All stored mRNAs analyzed were gradually degraded in both naturally and artificially aged seeds. The difference in Ct values between aged and control seeds (ΔCt value) was highly correlated with the mRNA fragment size and seed aging time. We derived mathematical equations for estimating the relative amount of undamaged stored mRNAs and frequency of the breakdown at one nucleotide level for individual mRNAs. Stored mRNAs were found to break down randomly. The frequency of breaks per nucleotide per day, which we named β value, remained fairly constant under the same aging conditions over aging time. This parameter should allow the effects of different conditions on the degradation of stored mRNAs to be quantitatively compared. Also, we showed that the change in stored mRNA levels could serve as a more precise biomarker for seed aging assessment than three existing methods. These methods and findings will advance the studies of stored mRNAs and seed ageing in plants, and likely slow RNA degradation in non-plant systems.
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- Liang Zhao
- Plant Gene Resources of Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Plant Gene Resources of Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- *Correspondence: Yong-Bi Fu, ; Hong Wang,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- *Correspondence: Yong-Bi Fu, ; Hong Wang,
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Mouzo D, Bernal J, López-Pedrouso M, Franco D, Zapata C. Advances in the Biology of Seed and Vegetative Storage Proteins Based on Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis Coupled to Mass Spectrometry. Molecules 2018; 23:E2462. [PMID: 30261600 PMCID: PMC6222612 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23102462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Seed storage proteins play a fundamental role in plant reproduction and human nutrition. They accumulate during seed development as reserve material for germination and seedling growth and are a major source of dietary protein for human consumption. Storage proteins encompass multiple isoforms encoded by multi-gene families that undergo abundant glycosylations and phosphorylations. Two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) is a proteomic tool especially suitable for the characterization of storage proteins because of their peculiar characteristics. In particular, storage proteins are soluble multimeric proteins highly represented in the seed proteome that contain polypeptides of molecular mass between 10 and 130 kDa. In addition, high-resolution profiles can be achieved by applying targeted 2-DE protocols. 2-DE coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) has traditionally been the methodology of choice in numerous studies on the biology of storage proteins in a wide diversity of plants. 2-DE-based reference maps have decisively contributed to the current state of our knowledge about storage proteins in multiple key aspects, including identification of isoforms and quantification of their relative abundance, identification of phosphorylated isoforms and assessment of their phosphorylation status, and dynamic changes of isoforms during seed development and germination both qualitatively and quantitatively. These advances have translated into relevant information about meaningful traits in seed breeding such as protein quality, longevity, gluten and allergen content, stress response and antifungal, antibacterial, and insect susceptibility. This review addresses progress on the biology of storage proteins and application areas in seed breeding using 2-DE-based maps.
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- Daniel Mouzo
- Department of Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Department of Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Department of Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Meat Technology Center of Galicia, 32900 San Cibrao das Viñas, Ourense, Spain.
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- Department of Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Shen W, Yao X, Ye T, Ma S, Liu X, Yin X, Wu Y. Arabidopsis Aspartic Protease ASPG1 Affects Seed Dormancy, Seed Longevity and Seed Germination. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 59:1415-1431. [PMID: 29648652 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Seed storage proteins (SSPs) provide free amino acids and energy for the process of seed germination. Although degradation of SSPs by the aspartic proteases isolated from seeds has been documented in vitro, there is still no genetic evidence for involvement of aspartic proteases in seed germination. Here we report that the aspartic protease ASPG1 (ASPARTIC PROTEASE IN GUARD CELL 1) plays an important role in the process of dormancy, viability and germination of Arabidopsis seeds. We show that aspg1-1 mutants have enhanced seed dormancy and reduced seed viability. A significant increase in expression of DELLA genes which act as repressors in the gibberellic acid signal transduction pathway were detected in aspg1-1 during seed germination. Seed germination of aspg1-1 mutants was more sensitive to treatment with paclobutrazol (PAC; a gibberellic acid biosynthesis inhibitor). In contrast, seed germination of ASPG1 overexpression (OE) transgenic lines showed resistant to PAC. The degradation of SSPs in germinating seeds was severely impaired in aspg1-1 mutants. Moreover, the development of aspg1-1 young seedlings was arrested when grown on the nutrient-free medium. Thus ASPG1 is important for seed dormancy, seed longevity and seed germination, and its function is associated with degradation of SSPs and regulation of gibberellic acid signaling in Arabidopsis.
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- Wenzhong Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Hu Y, Zhou L, Huang M, He X, Yang Y, Liu X, Li Y, Hou X. Gibberellins play an essential role in late embryogenesis of Arabidopsis. NATURE PLANTS 2018; 4:289-298. [PMID: 29725104 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-018-0143-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The plant hormone gibberellin plays key roles in almost all aspects of plant development, but its detailed function and underlying regulatory mechanism in embryo development are not yet clearly defined. Here, we illustrate an essential role of gibberellin in late embryogenesis of Arabidopsis. Bioactive gibberellins are highly biosynthesized during the late developmental stage of embryos. At that time, deficiency in gibberellin biosynthesis or signalling results in an abnormal embryo phenotype characterized by less-developed cotyledons and shortened embryo axis. In contrast, gibberellin overdose leads to a significantly larger size of mature embryo. We reveal that the gibberellin signalling repressor DELLA interact with LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1), the key regulator in late embryogenesis. Gibberellin triggers the degradation of DELLAs to relieve their repression of LEC1, thus promoting auxin accumulation to facilitate embryo development. Therefore, we uncover a space/time-specific role of gibberellin in regulating late embryogenesis through the gibberellin-DELLA-LEC1 signalling cascade, providing a novel mechanistic understanding of how phytohormones regulate embryogenesis.
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- Yilong Hu
- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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Bueso E, Serrano R, Pallás V, Sánchez-Navarro JA. Seed tolerance to deterioration in arabidopsis is affected by virus infection. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 116:1-8. [PMID: 28477474 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Seed longevity is the period during which the plant seed is able to germinate. This property is strongly influenced by environment conditions experienced by seeds during their formation and storage. In the present study we have analyzed how the biotic stress derived from the infection of Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV), Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV), Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) affects seed tolerance to deterioration measuring germination rates after an accelerated aging treatment. Arabidopsis wild type plants infected with AMV and CMV rendered seeds with improved tolerance to deterioration when compared to the non-inoculated plants. On the other hand, CaMV infection generated seeds more sensitive to deterioration. No seeds were obtained from TuMV infected plants. Similar pattern of viral effects was observed in the double mutant athb22 athb25, which is more sensitive to accelerated seed aging than wild type. However, we observed a significant reduction of the seed germination for CMV (65% vs 55%) and healthy (50% vs 30%) plants in these mutants. The seed quality differences were overcomed using the A. thaliana athb25-1D dominant mutant, which over accumulated gibberellic acid (GA), except for TuMV which generated some siliques with low seed tolerance to deterioration. For AMV and TuMV (in athb25-1D), the seed quality correlated with the accumulation of the messengers of the gibberellin 3-oxidase family, the mucilage of the seed and the GA1. For CMV and CaMV it was not a good correlation suggesting that other factors are affecting seed viability.
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- Eduardo Bueso
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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Dekkers BJW, He H, Hanson J, Willems LAJ, Jamar DCL, Cueff G, Rajjou L, Hilhorst HWM, Bentsink L. The Arabidopsis DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 gene affects ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE 5 (ABI5) expression and genetically interacts with ABI3 during Arabidopsis seed development. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 85:451-65. [PMID: 26729600 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Revised: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The seed expressed gene DELAY OF GERMINATION (DOG) 1 is absolutely required for the induction of dormancy. Next to a non-dormant phenotype, the dog1-1 mutant is also characterized by a reduced seed longevity suggesting that DOG1 may affect additional seed processes as well. This aspect however, has been hardly studied and is poorly understood. To uncover additional roles of DOG1 in seeds we performed a detailed analysis of the dog1 mutant using both transcriptomics and metabolomics to investigate the molecular consequences of a dysfunctional DOG1 gene. Further, we used a genetic approach taking advantage of the weak aba insensitive (abi) 3-1 allele as a sensitized genetic background in a cross with dog1-1. DOG1 affects the expression of hundreds of genes including LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT and HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN genes which are affected by DOG1 partly via control of ABI5 expression. Furthermore, the content of a subset of primary metabolites, which normally accumulate during seed maturation, was found to be affected in the dog1-1 mutant. Surprisingly, the abi3-1 dog1-1 double mutant produced green seeds which are highly ABA insensitive, phenocopying severe abi3 mutants, indicating that dog1-1 acts as an enhancer of the weak abi3-1 allele and thus revealing a genetic interaction between both genes. Analysis of the dog1 and dog1 abi3 mutants revealed additional seed phenotypes and therefore we hypothesize that DOG1 function is not limited to dormancy but that it is required for multiple aspects of seed maturation, in part by interfering with ABA signalling components.
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- Bas J W Dekkers
- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708, PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, NL-3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708, PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, NL-3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-90187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708, PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708, PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), UMR 1318 INRA/AgroParisTech, ERL CNRS 3559, Université Paris-Saclay, 'Saclay Plant Sciences' - RD10, F-78026, Versailles, France
- Chair of Plant Physiology, AgroParisTech, 16 rue Claude Bernard, F-75231, Paris Cedex 05, France
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- INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), UMR 1318 INRA/AgroParisTech, ERL CNRS 3559, Université Paris-Saclay, 'Saclay Plant Sciences' - RD10, F-78026, Versailles, France
- Chair of Plant Physiology, AgroParisTech, 16 rue Claude Bernard, F-75231, Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708, PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708, PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Lin Q, Wang W, Ren Y, Jiang Y, Sun A, Qian Y, Zhang Y, He N, Hang NT, Liu Z, Li L, Liu L, Jiang L, Wan J. Genetic dissection of seed storability using two different populations with a same parent rice cultivar N22. BREEDING SCIENCE 2015; 65:411-9. [PMID: 26719744 PMCID: PMC4671702 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.65.411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Seed storability in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important agronomic trait. Two segregating populations with N22 (indica) as a common parent, viz. a set of 122 backcross-inbred lines (BILs) derived from the backcross Nanjing35 (japonica)/N22//Nanjing35 and another population comprising 189 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from the cross of USSR5 (japonica) and N22, were studied to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling seed storability. Germination percentage (GP) was used to evaluate seed storability after aging treated under three different conditions, viz. natural, artificial and combined aging treatments. A total of seven QTLs were identified on chromosomes 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9. Among them, a major QTL, qSSn-9, was common in the two populations. In contrast, four QTLs (qSSnj-2-1, qSSn-2-2, qSSn-5 and qSSn-6) were detected in BILs and the QTL qSSn-1 was identified in RILs, which was a new QTL for seed storability. The N22-derived alleles increased the seed storability at all the loci except qSSnj-2-1. We also investigated the effect of QTLs using five selected lines with high storability from BILs and verified qSSn-5 with a near-isogenic line (NIL). These results provide an opportunity for pyramiding or map-based cloning major QTLs for seed storability in rice.
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- Qiuyun Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
- Corresponding author (e-mail: )
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Research Center of Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Nanjing 210095,
China
- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Beijing 100081,
China
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Nguyen TP, Cueff G, Hegedus DD, Rajjou L, Bentsink L. A role for seed storage proteins in Arabidopsis seed longevity. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:6399-413. [PMID: 26184996 PMCID: PMC4588887 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Proteomics approaches have been a useful tool for determining the biological roles and functions of individual proteins and identifying the molecular mechanisms that govern seed germination, vigour and viability in response to ageing. In this work the dry seed proteome of four Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes, that carry introgression fragments at the position of seed longevity quantitative trait loci and as a result display different levels of seed longevity, was investigated. Seeds at two physiological states, after-ripened seeds that had the full germination ability and aged (stored) seeds of which the germination ability was severely reduced, were compared. Aged dry seed proteomes were markedly different from the after-ripened and reflected the seed longevity level of the four genotypes, despite the fact that dry seeds are metabolically quiescent. Results confirmed the role of antioxidant systems, notably vitamin E, and indicated that protection and maintenance of the translation machinery and energy pathways are essential for seed longevity. Moreover, a new role for seed storage proteins (SSPs) was identified in dry seeds during ageing. Cruciferins (CRUs) are the most abundant SSPs in Arabidopsis and seeds of a triple mutant for three CRU isoforms (crua crub cruc) were more sensitive to artificial ageing and their seed proteins were highly oxidized compared with wild-type seeds. These results confirm that oxidation is involved in seed deterioration and that SSPs buffer the seed from oxidative stress, thus protecting important proteins required for seed germination and seedling formation.
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- Thu-Phuong Nguyen
- Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR 1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, ERL CNRS 3559, Laboratory of Excellence 'Saclay Plant Sciences' (LabEx SPS), RD10, F-78026 Versailles Cedex, France AgroParisTech, Chair of Plant Physiology, 16 rue Claude Bernard, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N5A9, Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X2, Canada
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- INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR 1318 INRA-AgroParisTech, ERL CNRS 3559, Laboratory of Excellence 'Saclay Plant Sciences' (LabEx SPS), RD10, F-78026 Versailles Cedex, France AgroParisTech, Chair of Plant Physiology, 16 rue Claude Bernard, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Dekkers BJW, Costa MCD, Maia J, Bentsink L, Ligterink W, Hilhorst HWM. Acquisition and loss of desiccation tolerance in seeds: from experimental model to biological relevance. PLANTA 2015; 241:563-77. [PMID: 25567203 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2240-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/25/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Besides being an important model to study desiccation tolerance, the induction of desiccation tolerance in germinated seeds may also play an ecological role in seedling establishment. Desiccation tolerance (DT) is the ability of certain organisms to survive extreme water losses without accumulation of lethal damage. This was a key feature in the conquering of dry land and is currently found in all taxa including bacteria, fungi, roundworms and plants. Not surprisingly, studies in various fields have been performed to unravel this intriguing phenomenon. In flowering plants, DT is rare in whole plants (vegetative tissues), yet is common in seeds. In this review, we present our current understanding of the evolution of DT in plants. We focus on the acquisition of DT in seeds and the subsequent loss during and after germination by highlighting and comparing research in two model plants Medicago truncatula and Arabidopsis thaliana. Finally, we discuss the ability of seeds to re-establish DT during post-germination, the possible ecological meaning of this phenomenon, and the hypothesis that DT, in combination with dormancy, optimizes seedling establishment.
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- Bas J W Dekkers
- Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands,
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Zhao M, Yang S, Liu X, Wu K. Arabidopsis histone demethylases LDL1 and LDL2 control primary seed dormancy by regulating DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 and ABA signaling-related genes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:159. [PMID: 25852712 PMCID: PMC4362078 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/28/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Seed dormancy controls germination and plays a critical role in regulating the beginning of the life cycle of plants. Seed dormancy is established and maintained during seed maturation and is gradually broken during dry storage (after-ripening). The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) and DELAY OF GERMINATION1 (DOG1) protein are essential regulators of seed dormancy. Recent studies revealed that chromatin modifications are also involved in the transcription regulation of seed dormancy. Here, we showed that two Arabidopsis histone demethylases, LYSINESPECIFIC DEMETHYLASE LIKE 1 and 2 (LDL1 and LDL2) act redundantly in repressing of seed dormancy. LDL1 and LDL2 are highly expressed in the early silique developing stage. The ldl1 ldl2 double mutant displays increased seed dormancy, whereas overexpression of LDL1 or LDL2 in Arabidopsis causes reduced dormancy. Furthermore, we showed that LDL1 and LDL2 repress the expression of seed dormancy-related genes, including DOG1, ABA2 and ABI3 during seed dormancy establishment. Furthermore, genetic analysis revealed that the repression of seed dormancy by LDL1 and LDL2 requires DOG1, ABA2, and ABI3. Taken together, our findings revealed that LDL1 and LDL2 play an essential role in seed dormancy.
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- Minglei Zhao
- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesGuangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Xuncheng Liu, Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan UniversityTaipei, Taiwan
- Keqiang Wu, Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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He H, de Souza Vidigal D, Snoek LB, Schnabel S, Nijveen H, Hilhorst H, Bentsink L. Interaction between parental environment and genotype affects plant and seed performance in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:6603-15. [PMID: 25240065 PMCID: PMC4246189 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Seed performance after dispersal is highly dependent on parental environmental cues, especially during seed formation and maturation. Here we examine which environmental factors are the most dominant in this respect and whether their effects are dependent on the genotypes under investigation. We studied the influence of light intensity, photoperiod, temperature, nitrate, and phosphate during seed development on five plant attributes and thirteen seed attributes, using 12 Arabidopsis genotypes that have been reported to be affected in seed traits. As expected, the various environments during seed development resulted in changed plant and/or seed performances. Comparative analysis clearly indicated that, overall, temperature plays the most dominant role in both plant and seed performance, whereas light has a prominent impact on plant traits. In comparison to temperature and light, nitrate mildly affected some of the plant and seed traits while phosphate had even less influence on those traits. Moreover, clear genotype-by-environment interactions were identified. This was shown by the fact that individual genotypes responded differentially to the environmental conditions. Low temperature significantly increased seed dormancy and decreased seed longevity of NILDOG1 and cyp707a1-1, whereas low light intensity increased seed dormancy and decreased seed longevity of NILDOG3 and NILDOG6. This also indicates that different genetic and molecular pathways are involved in the plant and seed responses. By identifying environmental conditions that affect the dormancy vs longevity correlation in the same way as previously identified naturally occurring loci, we have identified selective forces that probably shaped evolution for these important seed traits.
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- Hanzi He
- Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biometris-Applied Statistics, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands Centre for BioSystems Genomics, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Lab, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, NL-6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Lang S, Liu X, Ma G, Lan Q, Wang X. Identification of desiccation tolerance transcripts potentially involved in rape (Brassica napus L.) seeds development and germination. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 83:316-26. [PMID: 25221920 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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To investigate regulatory processes and protective mechanisms leading to desiccation tolerance (DT) in seeds, cDNA amplified fragment length polymorphism (cDNA-AFLP) in conjunction with 128 primer combinations was used to detect differential gene expression in rape seeds in response to DT during seed development and germination. We obtained approximately 8000 transcript-derived fragments (TDFs), of which 394 TDFs with differential expression patterns ("sustained expression", "up-regulated", "couple with seed DT", and "down-regulated") were excised from gels and re-amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). After sequencing and comparison with the National Center for Biotechnology Information database, 176 TDFs presented significant similarity with known genes that could be classified into the following categories: metabolism and energy, stress resistance and defense, storage, signal transduction, and other functional categories. Using semiquantitative reverse-transcription PCR and real-time PCR approaches, the significance of the differences was further confirmed in fresh seeds and dehydrated seeds. The genes that encode superoxide dismutase, peroxiredoxin, caleosin, oleosin S3, steroleosin, late embryogenesis abundant protein, glutathione reductase, β-glucosidase, S23 transcriptional repressor, and some heat-shock proteins could be associated with DT. The results of this study will aid in the identification of candidate genes for future experiments that seek to understand seed DT.
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- Sirui Lang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Tsinghua East Road 35, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Tsinghua East Road 35, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Tsinghua East Road 35, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Germplasm Bank, Mengla, 666303 Yunnan, PR China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Tsinghua East Road 35, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, PR China.
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Anwer MU, Boikoglou E, Herrero E, Hallstein M, Davis AM, Velikkakam James G, Nagy F, Davis SJ. Natural variation reveals that intracellular distribution of ELF3 protein is associated with function in the circadian clock. eLife 2014; 3. [PMID: 24867215 PMCID: PMC4071560 DOI: 10.7554/elife.02206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Natural selection of variants within the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock can be attributed to adaptation to varying environments. To define a basis for such variation, we examined clock speed in a reporter-modified Bay-0 x Shakdara recombinant inbred line and localized heritable variation. Extensive variation led us to identify EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3) as a major quantitative trait locus (QTL). The causal nucleotide polymorphism caused a short-period phenotype under light and severely dampened rhythm generation in darkness, and entrainment alterations resulted. We found that ELF3-Sha protein failed to properly localize to the nucleus, and its ability to accumulate in darkness was compromised. Evidence was provided that the ELF3-Sha allele originated in Central Asia. Collectively, we showed that ELF3 protein plays a vital role in defining its light-repressor action in the circadian clock and that its functional abilities are largely dependent on its cellular localization. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02206.001 Life on Earth tends to follow a daily rhythm: some animals are awake during the day and asleep at night, whilst others are more active at night, or during the twilight around dawn and dusk. For many living things, these cycles of activity are driven by an internal body clock that helps the organism to adapt to the daily cycle of light and dark—and similar internal clocks also exist in plants. These internal clocks define daily—or circadian—cycles whereby multiple genes are switched ‘on’ or ‘off’ at different time points in every 24-hr period. And, because light and ambient temperatures also vary with time of the day, many organisms use these external signals as cues to reset their own internal clocks. Moreover, the hours of daylight and temperature vary around the world, and also with the seasons, so plants and animals must be able to change how these external signals influence their internal clocks so that they stay in tune with the day/night cycle. However, it is not clear how they do this. To explore this question, Anwer et al. grew plants that were from a cross between two types of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana from different environments: one from Germany, and the other from Tajikistan in Central Asia. These offspring were also genetically engineered so that an enzyme that could give off light was produced under the control of the internal clock. Anwer et al. found that the plants continued to glow and fade with an almost daily rhythm even after external cues, such as changes in temperature or light, had been removed. Different offspring plants consistently glowed and faded with different rhythms such that some had, for example, a 21-hr day and others a 28-hr day. These differences were caused by many genes that differed from the original German and Tajikistan parent plants, and Anwer et al. ‘mapped’ one of these genetic differences to a single gene. Offspring that inherited a version of a gene called ELF3 from the Tajikistan parent had internal clocks that ran faster when the plant was under the light. These plants also gradually stopped glowing as brightly as the German parent when they were kept in the dark, suggesting that their internal clocks were ‘ticking more softly’. It was already known that the ELF3 gene affected the circadian clock in plants, and Anwer et al. thus concluded that the plants with Tajikistan version of this gene, called ELF3-Sha, were also less able to reset their internal clocks to synchronize in response to external cues. Anwer et al. also showed that the normal ELF3 protein is more likely to be found in the nucleus of a plant cell than the ELF3-Sha version, which might suggest that this protein is involved in switching genes off. Further research is now needed to uncover exactly how the ELF3 protein does this to keep the plant's internal clock ‘ticking’ correctly. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02206.002
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- Muhammad Usman Anwer
- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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An overview of natural variation studies in the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2013; 24:422-9. [PMID: 23558216 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2013.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2013] [Revised: 03/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Circadian clocks are ubiquitous mechanisms that provide an adaptive advantage by predicting subsequent environmental changes. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), our understanding of the complex genetic network among clock components has considerably increased during these past years. Modeling has predicted the possibility of additional component to systematically and functionally complete the clock system. Mutagenesis screens have in the past been successfully employed to detect such novel components. With the advancement in sequencing technologies and improvements in statistical approaches, the extensive natural variation present in Arabidopsis accessions has emerged as a powerful alternative in functional gene discovery. In this review article, we review the previous efforts in mapping natural alleles affecting various clock parameters and will discuss further potentials of such natural-variation studies in physiological and ecological contexts.
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Almoguera C, Prieto-Dapena P, Personat JM, Tejedor-Cano J, Lindahl M, Diaz-Espejo A, Jordano J. Protection of the photosynthetic apparatus from extreme dehydration and oxidative stress in seedlings of transgenic tobacco. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51443. [PMID: 23227265 PMCID: PMC3515515 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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A genetic program that in sunflower seeds is activated by Heat Shock transcription Factor A9 (HaHSFA9) has been analyzed in transgenic tobacco seedlings. The ectopic overexpression of the HSFA9 program protected photosynthetic membranes, which resisted extreme dehydration and oxidative stress conditions. In contrast, heat acclimation of seedlings induced thermotolerance but not resistance to the harsh stress conditions employed. The HSFA9 program was found to include the expression of plastidial small Heat Shock Proteins that accumulate only at lower abundance in heat-stressed vegetative organs. Photosystem II (PSII) maximum quantum yield was higher for transgenic seedlings than for non-transgenic seedlings, after either stress treatment. Furthermore, protection of both PSII and Photosystem I (PSI) membrane protein complexes was observed in the transgenic seedlings, leading to their survival after the stress treatments. It was also shown that the plastidial D1 protein, a labile component of the PSII reaction center, and the PSI core protein PsaB were shielded from oxidative damage and degradation. We infer that natural expression of the HSFA9 program during embryogenesis may protect seed pro-plastids from developmental desiccation.
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- Concepción Almoguera
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Seville, Spain
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Nguyen TP, Keizer P, van Eeuwijk F, Smeekens S, Bentsink L. Natural variation for seed longevity and seed dormancy are negatively correlated in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 160:2083-92. [PMID: 23085841 PMCID: PMC3510133 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.206649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Dormancy is a state of metabolic arrest that facilitates the survival of organisms during environmental conditions incompatible with their regular course of life. Many organisms have deep dormant stages to promote an extended life span (increased longevity). In contrast, plants have seed dormancy and seed longevity described as two traits. Seed dormancy is defined as a temporary failure of a viable seed to germinate in conditions that favor germination, whereas seed longevity is defined as seed viability after dry storage (storability). In plants, the association of seed longevity with seed dormancy has not been studied in detail. This is surprising given the ecological, agronomical, and economic importance of seed longevity. We studied seed longevity to reveal its genetic regulators and its association with seed dormancy in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Integrated quantitative trait locus analyses for seed longevity, in six recombinant inbred line populations, revealed five loci: Germination Ability After Storage1 (GAAS1) to GAAS5. GAAS loci colocated with seed dormancy loci, Delay Of Germination (DOG), earlier identified in the same six recombinant inbred line populations. Both GAAS loci and their colocation with DOG loci were validated by near isogenic lines. A negative correlation was observed, deep seed dormancy correlating with low seed longevity and vice versa. Detailed analysis on the collocating GAAS5 and DOG1 quantitative trait loci revealed that the DOG1-Cape Verde Islands allele both reduces seed longevity and increases seed dormancy. To our knowledge, this study is the first to report a negative correlation between seed longevity and seed dormancy.
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- Thu-Phuong Nguyen
- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.-P.N., S.S., L.B.); Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University (T.-P.N., L.B.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Biometris-Applied Statistics, Wageningen University and Research Centre (P.K., F.v.E.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Centre for BioSystems Genomics, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands (P.K., F.v.E., S.S.)
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.-P.N., S.S., L.B.); Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University (T.-P.N., L.B.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Biometris-Applied Statistics, Wageningen University and Research Centre (P.K., F.v.E.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Centre for BioSystems Genomics, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands (P.K., F.v.E., S.S.)
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.-P.N., S.S., L.B.); Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University (T.-P.N., L.B.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Biometris-Applied Statistics, Wageningen University and Research Centre (P.K., F.v.E.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Centre for BioSystems Genomics, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands (P.K., F.v.E., S.S.)
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.-P.N., S.S., L.B.); Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University (T.-P.N., L.B.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Biometris-Applied Statistics, Wageningen University and Research Centre (P.K., F.v.E.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Centre for BioSystems Genomics, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands (P.K., F.v.E., S.S.)
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands (T.-P.N., S.S., L.B.); Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University (T.-P.N., L.B.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Biometris-Applied Statistics, Wageningen University and Research Centre (P.K., F.v.E.), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Centre for BioSystems Genomics, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands (P.K., F.v.E., S.S.)
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Makkena S, Lee E, Sack FD, Lamb RS. The R2R3 MYB transcription factors FOUR LIPS and MYB88 regulate female reproductive development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:5545-58. [PMID: 22915737 PMCID: PMC3444271 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Gamete formation is an important step in the life cycle of sexually reproducing organisms. In flowering plants, haploid spores are formed after the meiotic division of spore mother cells. These spores develop into male and female gametophytes containing gametes after undergoing mitotic divisions. In the female, the megaspore mother cell undergoes meiosis forming four megaspores, of which one is functional and three degenerate. The megaspore then undergoes three mitotic cycles thus generating an embryo sac with eight nuclei. The embryo sac undergoes cellularization to form the mature seven-celled female gametophyte. Entry into and progression through meiosis is essential for megasporogenesis and subsequent megagametogenesis, but control of this process is not well understood. FOUR LIPS (FLP) and its paralogue MYB88, encoding R2R3 MYB transcription factors, have been extensively studied for their role in limiting the terminal division in stomatal development by direct regulation of the expression of cell cycle genes. Here it is demonstrated that FLP and MYB88 also regulate female reproduction. Both FLP and MYB88 are expressed during ovule development and their loss significantly increases the number of ovules produced by the placenta. Despite the presence of excess ovules, single and double mutants exhibit reduced seed set due to reduced female fertility. The sterility results at least in part from defective meiotic entry and progression. Therefore, FLP and MYB88 are important regulators of entry into megasporogenesis, and probably act via the regulation of cell cycle genes.
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- Srilakshmi Makkena
- Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University,Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Botany, The University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Botany, The University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University,Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Weigel D. Natural variation in Arabidopsis: from molecular genetics to ecological genomics. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 158:2-22. [PMID: 22147517 PMCID: PMC3252104 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.189845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Detlef Weigel
- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
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Mène-Saffrané L, Jones AD, DellaPenna D. Plastochromanol-8 and tocopherols are essential lipid-soluble antioxidants during seed desiccation and quiescence in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:17815-20. [PMID: 20837525 PMCID: PMC2955118 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006971107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Given their essential role as vitamin E, tocopherols and tocotrienols have been studied extensively in animals and plants. In contrast, our understanding of the function of plastochromanol-8 (PC-8), a third type of tocochromanol with a longer side chain, is very limited despite the wide distribution of PC-8 in the plant kingdom, including species consumed by humans. To investigate PC-8 function in vivo, we combined the Arabidopsis vte1 mutation that eliminates tocopherols and PC-8 and causes the accumulation of 2,3-dimethyl-6-phytyl-1,4-benzoquinol (DMPBQ), a redox-active tocopherol precursor, and the vte2 mutation that eliminates tocopherols without affecting PC-8. The vte2 vte1 double mutant lacks tocopherols, PC-8, and DMPBQ, and exhibits the most severe physiological and biochemical phenotypes of any tocochromanol-affected genotype isolated to date, most notably a severe seedling developmental phenotype associated with massive lipid oxidation initiated during seed desiccation and amplified during seed quiescence. In contrast, the presence of PC-8 in vte2 suppresses or attenuates all of the developmental and biochemical phenotypes observed in vte2 vte1, demonstrating that PC-8 is a lipid antioxidant in vivo. Finally, the low relative fitness of vte2 vte1 demonstrates that tocopherols and PC-8 are in vivo lipid antioxidants essential for seed plant survival.
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and
- Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Sghaier-Hammami B, Jorrín-Novo JV, Gargouri-Bouzid R, Drira N. Abscisic acid and sucrose increase the protein content in date palm somatic embryos, causing changes in 2-DE profile. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2010; 71:1223-36. [PMID: 20605176 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2009] [Revised: 05/06/2010] [Accepted: 05/07/2010] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Various supplements (abscisic acid (ABA) or sucrose) were added to the initial embryo culture medium (M3) with the aim of improving the vigour of vitroplants deriving from date palm somatic embryogenesis. ABA (20 and 40 microM) and sucrose (90 g/l) applied for 4 and 2 weeks respectively increased embryo thickness, with no apparent difference in length. ABA (5-40 microM) increased embryo proliferation rate. Somatic embryos maintained in modified M3 (M3 supplemented with ABA and an increased sucrose concentration) contained a higher amount of protein than those maintained in initial M3 (no ABA, 30 g/l of sucrose), with a 1.5-1.7-fold increase depending on the compound and concentration assayed. The 1-D and 2-DE protein profiles showed qualitative and quantitative differences between the somatic embryos cultured in initial M3 (control) and in modified M3. Statistical analysis of spot intensity was performed by principal component analysis, yielding two accurate groups of samples and determining the most discriminating spots. Samples were also clustered using Euclidean distance with an average linkage algorithm. Thirty-four variable spots were identified using mass spectrometry analysis. Identified proteins were classified into the following functional categories: energy metabolism (five proteins); protein translation, folding and degradation (9); redox maintenance (5); cytoskeleton (3); storage protein (2); and with no assigned function as (10). While "up-regulation" of stress-related proteins and "down-regulation" of energy metabolism proteins were observed in somatic embryos matured in M3 supplemented with ABA, storage proteins (legumin) were "up-regulated" in somatic embryos matured in M3 supplemented with increased sucrose.
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- Besma Sghaier-Hammami
- Laboratoire des Biotechnologies Végétales Appliquées à l'Amélioration des Cultures, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
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