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Luo H, Cortés-López M, Tam CL, Xiao M, Wakiro I, Chu KL, Pierson A, Chan M, Chang K, Yang X, Fecko D, Han G, Ahn EYE, Morris QD, Landau DA, Kharas MG. SON is an essential m 6A target for hematopoietic stem cell fate. Cell Stem Cell 2023; 30:1658-1673.e10. [PMID: 38065069 PMCID: PMC10752439 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Stem cells regulate their self-renewal and differentiation fate outcomes through both symmetric and asymmetric divisions. m6A RNA methylation controls symmetric commitment and inflammation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) through unknown mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate that the nuclear speckle protein SON is an essential m6A target required for murine HSC self-renewal, symmetric commitment, and inflammation control. Global profiling of m6A identified that m6A mRNA methylation of Son increases during HSC commitment. Upon m6A depletion, Son mRNA increases, but its protein is depleted. Reintroduction of SON rescues defects in HSC symmetric commitment divisions and engraftment. Conversely, Son deletion results in a loss of HSC fitness, while overexpression of SON improves mouse and human HSC engraftment potential by increasing quiescence. Mechanistically, we found that SON rescues MYC and suppresses the METTL3-HSC inflammatory gene expression program, including CCL5, through transcriptional regulation. Thus, our findings define a m6A-SON-CCL5 axis that controls inflammation and HSC fate.
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- Hanzhi Luo
- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA; Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Institute of Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Computational and Systems Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Tri-Institutional Training Program in Computational Biology and Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Computational and Systems Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Tri-Institutional Training Program in Computational Biology and Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA; Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Institute of Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Molecular Pharmacology Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Gong P, Li J, He C. Exon junction complex (EJC) core genes play multiple developmental roles in Physalis floridana. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 98:545-563. [PMID: 30426309 PMCID: PMC6280879 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-018-0795-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Molecular and functional characterization of four gene families of the Physalis exon junction complex (EJC) core improved our understanding of the evolution and function of EJC core genes in plants. The exon junction complex (EJC) plays significant roles in posttranscriptional regulation of genes in eukaryotes. However, its developmental roles in plants are poorly known. We characterized four EJC core genes from Physalis floridana that were named PFMAGO, PFY14, PFeIF4AIII and PFBTZ. They shared a similar phylogenetic topology and were expressed in all examined organs. PFMAGO, PFY14 and PFeIF4AIII were localized in both the nucleus and cytoplasm while PFBTZ was mainly localized in the cytoplasm. No protein homodimerization was observed, but they could form heterodimers excluding the PFY14-PFBTZ heterodimerization. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of PFMAGO or PFY14 aborted pollen development and resulted in low plant survival due to a leaf-blight-like phenotype in the shoot apex. Carpel functionality was also impaired in the PFY14 knockdowns, whereas pollen maturation was uniquely affected in PFBTZ-VIGS plants. Once PFeIF4AIII was strongly downregulated, plant survival was reduced via a decomposing root collar after flowering and Chinese lantern morphology was distorted. The expression of Physalis orthologous genes in the DYT1-TDF1-AMS-bHLH91 regulatory cascade that is associated with pollen maturation was significantly downregulated in PFMAGO-, PFY14- and PFBTZ-VIGS flowers. Intron-retention in the transcripts of P. floridana dysfunctional tapetum1 (PFDYT1) occurred in these mutated flowers. Additionally, the expression level of WRKY genes in defense-related pathways in the shoot apex of PFMAGO- or PFY14-VIGS plants and in the root collar of PFeIF4AIII-VIGS plants was significantly downregulated. Taken together, the Physalis EJC core genes play multiple roles including a conserved role in male fertility and newly discovered roles in Chinese lantern development, carpel functionality and defense-related processes. These data increase our understanding of the evolution and functions of EJC core genes in plants.
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- Pichang Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Ling Y, Serrano N, Gao G, Atia M, Mokhtar M, Woo YH, Bazin J, Veluchamy A, Benhamed M, Crespi M, Gehring C, Reddy ASN, Mahfouz MM. Thermopriming triggers splicing memory in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:2659-2675. [PMID: 29474581 PMCID: PMC5920379 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Abiotic and biotic stresses limit crop productivity. Exposure to a non-lethal stress, referred to as priming, can allow plants to survive subsequent and otherwise lethal conditions; the priming effect persists even after a prolonged stress-free period. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying priming are not fully understood. Here, we investigated the molecular basis of heat-shock memory and the role of priming in Arabidopsis thaliana. Comprehensive analysis of transcriptome-wide changes in gene expression and alternative splicing in primed and non-primed plants revealed that alternative splicing functions as a novel component of heat-shock memory. We show that priming of plants with a non-lethal heat stress results in de-repression of splicing after a second exposure to heat stress. By contrast, non-primed plants showed significant repression of splicing. These observations link 'splicing memory' to the ability of plants to survive subsequent and otherwise lethal heat stress. This newly discovered priming-induced splicing memory may represent a general feature of heat-stress responses in plants and other organisms as many of the key components are conserved among eukaryotes. Furthermore, this finding could facilitate the development of novel approaches to improve plant survival under extreme heat stress.
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- Yu Ling
- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Division of Biological Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Division of Biological Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI), Giza Egypt
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- Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI), Giza Egypt
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- Division of Biological Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV), CNRS, UPR2355, Saclay Plant Sciences, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Division of Biological Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal (ISV), CNRS, UPR2355, Saclay Plant Sciences, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Division of Biological Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, Program in Molecular Plant Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering, Division of Biological Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Kalinina NO, Makarova S, Makhotenko A, Love AJ, Taliansky M. The Multiple Functions of the Nucleolus in Plant Development, Disease and Stress Responses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:132. [PMID: 29479362 PMCID: PMC5811523 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The nucleolus is the most conspicuous domain in the eukaryotic cell nucleus, whose main function is ribosomal RNA (rRNA) synthesis and ribosome biogenesis. However, there is growing evidence that the nucleolus is also implicated in many other aspects of cell biology, such as regulation of cell cycle, growth and development, senescence, telomerase activity, gene silencing, responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. In the first part of the review, we briefly assess the traditional roles of the plant nucleolus in rRNA synthesis and ribosome biogenesis as well as possible functions in other RNA regulatory pathways such as splicing, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and RNA silencing. In the second part of the review we summarize recent progress and discuss already known and new hypothetical roles of the nucleolus in plant growth and development. In addition, this part will highlight studies showing new nucleolar functions involved in responses to pathogen attack and abiotic stress. Cross-talk between the nucleolus and Cajal bodies is also discussed in the context of their association with poly(ADP ribose)polymerase (PARP), which is known to play a crucial role in various physiological processes including growth, development and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.
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- Natalia O. Kalinina
- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Natalia O. Kalinina
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Branch of the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Michael Taliansky
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Filichkin SA, Hamilton M, Dharmawardhana PD, Singh SK, Sullivan C, Ben-Hur A, Reddy ASN, Jaiswal P. Abiotic Stresses Modulate Landscape of Poplar Transcriptome via Alternative Splicing, Differential Intron Retention, and Isoform Ratio Switching. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:5. [PMID: 29483921 PMCID: PMC5816337 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Abiotic stresses affect plant physiology, development, growth, and alter pre-mRNA splicing. Western poplar is a model woody tree and a potential bioenergy feedstock. To investigate the extent of stress-regulated alternative splicing (AS), we conducted an in-depth survey of leaf, root, and stem xylem transcriptomes under drought, salt, or temperature stress. Analysis of approximately one billion of genome-aligned RNA-Seq reads from tissue- or stress-specific libraries revealed over fifteen millions of novel splice junctions. Transcript models supported by both RNA-Seq and single molecule isoform sequencing (Iso-Seq) data revealed a broad array of novel stress- and/or tissue-specific isoforms. Analysis of Iso-Seq data also resulted in the discovery of 15,087 novel transcribed regions of which 164 show AS. Our findings demonstrate that abiotic stresses profoundly perturb transcript isoform profiles and trigger widespread intron retention (IR) events. Stress treatments often increased or decreased retention of specific introns - a phenomenon described here as differential intron retention (DIR). Many differentially retained introns were regulated in a stress- and/or tissue-specific manner. A subset of transcripts harboring super stress-responsive DIR events showed persisting fluctuations in the degree of IR across all treatments and tissue types. To investigate coordinated dynamics of intron-containing transcripts in the study we quantified absolute copy number of isoforms of two conserved transcription factors (TFs) using Droplet Digital PCR. This case study suggests that stress treatments can be associated with coordinated switches in relative ratios between fully spliced and intron-retaining isoforms and may play a role in adjusting transcriptome to abiotic stresses.
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- Sergei A. Filichkin
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
- *Correspondence: Pankaj Jaiswal,
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Fully grown oocytes arrest meiosis at prophase I and deposit maternal RNAs. A subset of maternal transcripts is stored in a dormant state in the oocyte, and the timely driven translation of specific mRNAs guides meiotic progression, the oocyte-embryo transition, and early embryo development. In the absence of transcription, the regulation of gene expression in oocytes is controlled almost exclusively at the level of transcriptome and proteome stabilization and at the level of protein synthesis.This chapter focuses on the recent findings on RNA distribution related to the temporal and spatial translational control of the meiotic cycle progression in mammalian oocytes. We discuss the most relevant mechanisms involved in the organization of the oocyte's maternal transcriptome storage and localization, and the regulation of translation, in correlation with the regulation of oocyte meiotic progression.
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Tomei EJ, Wolniak SM. Kinesin-2 and kinesin-9 have atypical functions during ciliogenesis in the male gametophyte of Marsilea vestita. BMC Cell Biol 2016; 17:29. [PMID: 27421907 PMCID: PMC4947347 DOI: 10.1186/s12860-016-0107-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Spermatogenesis in the semi-aquatic fern, Marsilea vestita, is a rapid, synchronous process that is initiated when dry microspores are placed in water. Development is post-transcriptionally driven and can be divided into two phases. The first phase consists of nine mitotic division cycles that produce 7 sterile cells and 32 spermatids. During the second phase, each spermatid differentiates into a corkscrew-shaped motile spermatozoid with ~140 cilia. Results Analysis of the transcriptome from the male gametophyte of Marsilea revealed that one kinesin-2 (MvKinesin-2) and two kinesin-9 s (MvKinesin-9A and MvKinesin-9B) are present during spermatid differentiation and ciliogenesis. RNAi knockdowns show that MvKinesin-2 is required for mitosis and cytokinesis in spermatogenous cells. Without MvKinesin-2, most spermatozoids contain two or more coiled microtubule ribbons with attached cilia and very large cell bodies. MvKinesin-9A is required for the correct placement of basal bodies along the organelle coil. Knockdowns of MvKinesin-9A have basal bodies and cilia that are irregularly positioned. Spermatozoid swimming behavior in MvKinesin-2 and -9A knockdowns is altered because of defects in axonemal placement or ciliogenesis. MvKinesin-2 knockdowns only quiver in place while MvKinesin-9A knockdowns swim erratically compared to controls. In contrast, spermatozoids produced after the silencing of MvKinesin-9B exhibit normal morphology and swimming behavior, though development is slower than normal for these gametes. Conclusions Our results show that MvKinesin-2 and MvKinesin-9A are required for ciliogenesis and motility in the Marsilea male gametophyte; however, these kinesins display atypical roles during these processes. MvKinesin-2 is required for cytokinesis, a role not typically associated with this protein, as well as for ciliogenesis during rapid development and MvKinesin-9A is needed for the correct orientation of basal bodies. Our results are the first to investigate the kinesin-linked mechanisms that regulate ciliogenesis in a land plant. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12860-016-0107-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Erika J Tomei
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
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Yang ZP, Li HL, Guo D, Peng SQ. Identification and characterization of MAGO and Y14 genes in Hevea brasiliensis. Genet Mol Biol 2016; 39:73-85. [PMID: 27007901 PMCID: PMC4807384 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2014-0387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Mago nashi (MAGO) and Y14 proteins are highly conserved among eukaryotes. In this study, we identified two MAGO (designated as HbMAGO1 andHbMAGO2) and two Y14 (designated as HbY14aand HbY14b) genes in the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) genome annotation. Multiple amino acid sequence alignments predicted that HbMAGO and HbY14 proteins are structurally similar to homologous proteins from other species. Tissue-specific expression profiles showed that HbMAGO and HbY14 genes were expressed in at least one of the tissues (bark, flower, latex, leaf and root) examined. HbMAGOs and HbY14s were predominately located in the nucleus and were found to interact in yeast two-hybrid analysis (YTH) and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assays. HbMAGOs and HbY14s showed the highest transcription in latex and were regulated by ethylene and jasmonate. Interaction between HbMAGO2 and gp91phox (a large subunit of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) was identified using YTH and BiFC assays. These findings suggested that HbMAGO may be involved in the aggregation of rubber particles in H. brasiliensis.
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- Zi-Ping Yang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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Tomei EJ, Wolniak SM. Transcriptome analysis reveals a diverse family of kinesins essential for spermatogenesis in the fern
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arsilea. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2016; 73:145-59. [DOI: 10.1002/cm.21285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Erika J. Tomei
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular GeneticsUniversity of Maryland at College ParkCollege Park Maryland
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular GeneticsUniversity of Maryland at College ParkCollege Park Maryland
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Cilano K, Mazanek Z, Khan M, Metcalfe S, Zhang XN. A New Mutation, hap1-2, Reveals a C Terminal Domain Function in AtMago Protein and Its Biological Effects in Male Gametophyte Development in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148200. [PMID: 26867216 PMCID: PMC4750992 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The exon-exon junction complex (EJC) is a conserved eukaryotic multiprotein complex that examines the quality of and determines the availability of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) posttranscriptionally. Four proteins, MAGO, Y14, eIF4AIII and BTZ, function as core components of the EJC. The mechanisms of their interactions and the biological indications of these interactions are still poorly understood in plants. A new mutation, hap1-2. leads to premature pollen death and a reduced seed production in Arabidopsis. This mutation introduces a viable truncated transcript AtMagoΔC. This truncation abolishes the interaction between AtMago and AtY14 in vitro, but not the interaction between AtMago and AteIF4AIII. In addition to a strong nuclear presence of AtMago, both AtMago and AtMagoΔC exhibit processing-body (P-body) localization. This indicates that AtMagoΔC may replace AtMago in the EJC when aberrant transcripts are to be degraded. When introducing an NMD mutation, upf3-1, into the existing HAP1/hap1-2 mutant, plants showed a severely reduced fertility. However, the change of splicing pattern of a subset of SR protein transcripts is mostly correlated with the sr45-1 and upf3-1 mutations, not the hap1-2 mutation. These results imply that the C terminal domain (CTD) of AtMago is required for the AtMago-AtY14 heterodimerization during EJC assembly, UPF3-mediated NMD pathway and the AtMago-AtY14 heterodimerization work synergistically to regulate male gametophyte development in plants.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Arabidopsis/genetics
- Arabidopsis/physiology
- Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics
- Arabidopsis Proteins/physiology
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Primers/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Dimerization
- Exons
- Genes, Plant
- Germ Cells, Plant
- Humans
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/physiology
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Pollen/physiology
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA Splicing
- RNA Stability
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Seeds/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- Kevin Cilano
- Department of Biology, Saint Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure, New York, United States of America
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- Biochemistry Program, Saint Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Saint Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure, New York, United States of America
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- Biochemistry Program, Saint Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Saint Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure, New York, United States of America
- Biochemistry Program, Saint Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure, New York, United States of America
- * E-mail:
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Hir HL, Saulière J, Wang Z. The exon junction complex as a node of post-transcriptional networks. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2015; 17:41-54. [DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2015.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer from the draft genome of a tardigrade. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:15976-81. [PMID: 26598659 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510461112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the transfer of genes between species, has been recognized recently as more pervasive than previously suspected. Here, we report evidence for an unprecedented degree of HGT into an animal genome, based on a draft genome of a tardigrade, Hypsibius dujardini. Tardigrades are microscopic eight-legged animals that are famous for their ability to survive extreme conditions. Genome sequencing, direct confirmation of physical linkage, and phylogenetic analysis revealed that a large fraction of the H. dujardini genome is derived from diverse bacteria as well as plants, fungi, and Archaea. We estimate that approximately one-sixth of tardigrade genes entered by HGT, nearly double the fraction found in the most extreme cases of HGT into animals known to date. Foreign genes have supplemented, expanded, and even replaced some metazoan gene families within the tardigrade genome. Our results demonstrate that an unexpectedly large fraction of an animal genome can be derived from foreign sources. We speculate that animals that can survive extremes may be particularly prone to acquiring foreign genes.
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Translation in the mammalian oocyte in space and time. Cell Tissue Res 2015; 363:69-84. [PMID: 26340983 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2269-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A hallmark of oocyte development in mammals is the dependence on the translation and utilization of stored RNA and proteins rather than the de novo transcription of genes in order to sustain meiotic progression and early embryo development. In the absence of transcription, the completion of meiosis and early embryo development in mammals relies significantly on maternally synthesized RNAs. Post-transcriptional control of gene expression at the translational level has emerged as an important cellular function in normal development. Therefore, the regulation of gene expression in oocytes is controlled almost exclusively at the level of mRNA and protein stabilization and protein synthesis. This current review is focused on the recently emerged findings on RNA distribution related to the temporal and spatial translational control of the meiotic progression of the mammalian oocyte.
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Ihsan H, Khan MR, Ajmal W, Ali GM. WsMAGO2, a duplicated MAGO NASHI protein with fertility attributes interacts with MPF2-like MADS-box proteins. PLANTA 2015; 241:1173-1187. [PMID: 25630441 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2247-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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WsMAGO2 a duplicated protein in Withania through interactions with MPF2-like proteins affects male fertility by producing fewer flowers and aborted non-viable pollens/seeds regulated by anther-specific GAATTTGTGA motif. The MAGO NASHIs are highly conserved genes that encode proteins known to be involved in RNA physiology and many other developmental processes including germ cell differentiation in animals. However, their structural and functional implications in plants as fertility function proteins remained fragmented. MAGO (shorter name of MAGO NASHI) proteins form heterodimers with MPF2-like MADS-box proteins which are recruited in calyx identity and male fertility in Solanaceous plants. Four MAGO genes namely WsMAGO1 and WsMAGO2 and TaMAGO1 and TaMAGO2 were isolated from Withania somnifera and Tubocapsicum anomalum, respectively. These genes have duplicated probably due to whole genome duplication event. Dysfunction of WsMAGO2 through double-stranded RNAi in Withania revealed suppression of RNA transcripts, non-viable pollens, fewer flowers and aborted non-viable seeds in the developing berry suggesting a role of this protein in many traits particularly male fertility. WsMAGO2 flaunted stronger yeast 2-hybrid interactions with MPF2-like proteins WSA206, WSB206 and TAB201 than other MAGO counterparts. The native transcripts of WsMAGO2 culminated in stamens and seed-bearing berries though other MAGO orthologs also exhibited expression albeit at lower level. Coding sequences of the two orthologs are highly conserved, but they differ substantially in their upstream promoter regions. Remarkably, WsMAGO2 promoter is enriched with many anther-specific cis-motifs common in fertility function genes promoters. Among them, disruption of GAATTTGTGA abolished YFP/GUS gene expression in anthers alluding towards its involvement in regulating expression of MAGO in anther. Our findings support a possible recruitment of WsMAGO2 in fertility trait in Withania. These genes have practical application in hybrid production through cytoplasmic male sterility maintenance for enhancement in crops yield.
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- Humera Ihsan
- National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology (NIGAB), National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Filichkin S, Priest HD, Megraw M, Mockler TC. Alternative splicing in plants: directing traffic at the crossroads of adaptation and environmental stress. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 24:125-35. [PMID: 25835141 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In recent years, high-throughput sequencing-based analysis of plant transcriptomes has suggested that up to ∼60% of plant gene loci encode alternatively spliced mature transcripts. These studies have also revealed that alternative splicing in plants can be regulated by cell type, developmental stage, the environment, and the circadian clock. Alternative splicing is coupled to RNA surveillance and processing mechanisms, including nonsense mediated decay. Recently, non-protein-coding transcripts have also been shown to undergo alternative splicing. These discoveries collectively describe a robust system of post-transcriptional regulatory feedback loops which influence RNA abundance. In this review, we summarize recent studies describing the specific roles alternative splicing and RNA surveillance play in plant adaptation to environmental stresses and the regulation of the circadian clock.
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- Sergei Filichkin
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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- Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA; Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, MO 63132, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA; Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, MO 63132, USA.
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Wolniak SM, Boothby TC, van der Weele CM. Posttranscriptional control over rapid development and ciliogenesis in Marsilea. Methods Cell Biol 2015; 127:403-44. [PMID: 25837402 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2015.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Marsilea vestita is a semiaquatic fern that produces its spores (meiotic products) as it undergoes a process of natural desiccation. During the period of desiccation, the spores mature, and produce large quantities of pre-mRNA, which is partially processed and stored in nuclear speckles and can remain stable during a period of extended quiescence in the dry spore. Rehydration of the spores initiates a highly coordinated developmental program, featuring nine successive mitotic division cycles that occur at precise times and in precise planes within the spore wall to produce 39 cells, 32 of which are spermatids. The spermatids then undergo de novo basal body formation, the assembly of a massive cytoskeleton, nuclear and cell elongation, and finally ciliogenesis, before being released from the spore wall. The entire developmental program requires only 11 h to reach completion, and is synchronous in a population of spores rehydrated at the same time. Rapid development in this endosporic gametophyte is controlled posttranscriptionally, where stored pre-mRNAs, many of which are intron-retaining transcripts, are unmasked, processed, and translated under tight spatial and temporal control. Here, we describe posttranscriptional mechanisms that exert temporal and spatial control over this developmental program, which culminates in the production of ∼140 ciliary axonemes in each spermatozoid.
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- Stephen M Wolniak
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park MD 20742, USA
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Dełeńko K, Niedojadło J, Łabędzka A, Wiśniewska E, Bednarska-Kozakiewicz E. Dedifferentiation of Arabidopsis thaliana cells is accompanied by a strong decrease in RNA polymerase II transcription activity and poly(A+) RNA and 25S rRNA eradication from the cytoplasm. PROTOPLASMA 2015; 252:537-46. [PMID: 25248757 PMCID: PMC4335095 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-014-0700-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The mechanisms of plant cell dedifferentiation and the acquisition of totipotency are poorly understood. One of the methods to induce the dedifferentiation process in plant cells is simple and requires the removal of the cell wall. After cell wall removal in protoplasts, large-scale chromatin decondensation is observed (Tessadori et al. in J Cell Sci 120:1200-1208, 2007). Here, we show that in Arabidopsis thaliana protoplasts, despite chromatin decondensation, RNA polymerase II transcriptional activity is reduced. The subsequent investigated stages displayed a clear decrease in the quantity of 25S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) first and then poly(A+) RNA, particularly in the cytoplasm. Therefore, the reduced transcription activity and the removal of these RNA transcripts from the cytoplasm is a crucial process in obtaining totipotency in plant cells. After the cytoplasm cleaning of transcripts derived from mesophyll cells, we observed the resynthesis of these RNAs. An increase in the amount of examined molecules to a level similar to that in differentiated mesophyll cells precedes the divisions of already undifferentiated cells. In this work, we show changes in RNA polymerase II transcription dynamics and the quantity of poly(A+) RNA and 25S rRNA during dedifferentiation and re-entry into the cell cycle.
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- Konrad Dełeńko
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 9, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 9, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 9, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medium Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Skłodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 9, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Filichkin SA, Cumbie JS, Dharmawardhana P, Jaiswal P, Chang JH, Palusa SG, Reddy ASN, Megraw M, Mockler TC. Environmental stresses modulate abundance and timing of alternatively spliced circadian transcripts in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:207-27. [PMID: 25680774 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2014.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Environmental stresses profoundly altered accumulation of nonsense mRNAs including intron-retaining (IR) transcripts in Arabidopsis. Temporal patterns of stress-induced IR mRNAs were dissected using both oscillating and non-oscillating transcripts. Broad-range thermal cycles triggered a sharp increase in the long IR CCA1 isoforms and altered their phasing to different times of day. Both abiotic and biotic stresses such as drought or Pseudomonas syringae infection induced a similar increase. Thermal stress induced a time delay in accumulation of CCA1 I4Rb transcripts, whereas functional mRNA showed steady oscillations. Our data favor a hypothesis that stress-induced instabilities of the central oscillator can be in part compensated through fluctuations in abundance and out-of-phase oscillations of CCA1 IR transcripts. Taken together, our results support a concept that mRNA abundance can be modulated through altering ratios between functional and nonsense/IR transcripts. SR45 protein specifically bound to the retained CCA1 intron in vitro, suggesting that this splicing factor could be involved in regulation of intron retention. Transcriptomes of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD)-impaired and heat-stressed plants shared a set of retained introns associated with stress- and defense-inducible transcripts. Constitutive activation of certain stress response networks in an NMD mutant could be linked to disequilibrium between functional and nonsense mRNAs.
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- Sergei A Filichkin
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Biology and Program in Molecular Plant Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology and Program in Molecular Plant Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, MO 63132, USA.
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Niedojadło J, Kubicka E, Kalich B, Smoliński DJ. Poly(A) RNAs including coding proteins RNAs occur in plant Cajal bodies. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111780. [PMID: 25369024 PMCID: PMC4219776 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 10/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The localisation of poly(A) RNA in plant cells containing either reticular (Allium cepa) or chromocentric (Lupinus luteus, Arabidopsis thaliana) nuclei was studied through in situ hybridisation. In both types of nuclei, the amount of poly(A) RNA was much greater in the nucleus than in the cytoplasm. In the nuclei, poly(A) RNA was present in structures resembling nuclear bodies. The molecular composition as well as the characteristic ultrastructure of the bodies containing poly(A) RNA demonstrated that they were Cajal bodies. We showed that some poly(A) RNAs in Cajal bodies code for proteins. However, examination of the localisation of active RNA polymerase II and in situ run-on transcription assays both demonstrated that CBs are not sites of transcription and that BrU-containing RNA accumulates in these structures long after synthesis. In addition, it was demonstrated that accumulation of poly(A) RNA occurs in the nuclei and CBs of hypoxia-treated cells. Our findings indicated that CBs may be involved in the later stages of poly(A) RNA metabolism, playing a role storage or retention.
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- Janusz Niedojadło
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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Gong P, He C. Uncovering Divergence of Rice Exon Junction Complex Core Heterodimer Gene Duplication Reveals Their Essential Role in Growth, Development, and Reproduction. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 165:1047-1061. [PMID: 24820023 PMCID: PMC4081321 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.237958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The exon junction complex (EJC) plays important developmental roles in animals; however, its role in plants is not well known. Here, we show various aspects of the divergence of each duplicated MAGO NASHI (MAGO) and Y14 gene pair in rice (Oryza sativa) encoding the putative EJC core subunits that form the obligate MAGO-Y14 heterodimers. OsMAGO1, OsMAGO2, and OsY14a were constitutively expressed in all tissues, while OsY14b was predominantly expressed in embryonic tissues. OsMAGO2 and OsY14b were more sensitive to different stresses than OsMAGO1 and OsY14a, and their encoded protein pair shared 93.8% and 46.9% sequence identity, respectively. Single MAGO down-regulation in rice did not lead to any phenotypic variation; however, double gene knockdowns generated short rice plants with abnormal flowers, and the stamens of these flowers showed inhibited degradation and absorption of both endothecium and tapetum, suggesting that OsMAGO1 and OsMAGO2 were functionally redundant. OsY14a knockdowns phenocopied OsMAGO1OsMAGO2 mutants, while down-regulation of OsY14b failed to induce plantlets, suggesting the functional specialization of OsY14b in embryogenesis. OsMAGO1OsMAGO2OsY14a triple down-regulation enhanced the phenotypes of OsMAGO1OsMAGO2 and OsY14a down-regulated mutants, indicating that they exert developmental roles in the MAGO-Y14 heterodimerization mode. Modified gene expression was noted in the altered developmental pathways in these knockdowns, and the transcript splicing of UNDEVELOPED TAPETUM1 (OsUDT1), a key regulator in stamen development, was uniquely abnormal. Concomitantly, MAGO and Y14 selectively bound to the OsUDT1 premessenger RNA, suggesting that rice EJC subunits regulate splicing. Our work provides novel insights into the function of the EJC locus in growth, development, and reproduction in angiosperms and suggests a role for these genes in the adaptive evolution of cereals.
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- Pichang Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China (P.G., C.H.); andUniversity of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China (P.G.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China (P.G., C.H.); andUniversity of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China (P.G.)
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Gong P, Zhao M, He C. Slow co-evolution of the MAGO and Y14 protein families is required for the maintenance of their obligate heterodimerization mode. PLoS One 2014; 9:e84842. [PMID: 24416299 PMCID: PMC3885619 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The exon junction complex (EJC) plays important roles in RNA metabolisms and the development of eukaryotic organisms. MAGO (short form of MAGO NASHI) and Y14 (also Tsunagi or RBM8) are the EJC core components. Their biological roles have been well investigated in various species, but the evolutionary patterns of the two gene families and their protein-protein interactions are poorly known. Genome-wide survey suggested that the MAGO and Y14 two gene families originated in eukaryotic organisms with the maintenance of a low copy. We found that the two protein families evolved slowly; however, the MAGO family under stringent purifying selection evolved more slowly than the Y14 family that was under relative relaxed purifying selection. MAGO and Y14 were obliged to form heterodimer in a eukaryotic organism, and this obligate mode was plesiomorphic. Lack of binding of MAGO to Y14 as functional barrier was observed only among distantly species, suggesting that a slow co-evolution of the two protein families. Inter-protein co-evolutionary signal was further quantified in analyses of the Tol-MirroTree and co-evolution analysis using protein sequences. About 20% of the 41 significantly correlated mutation groups (involving 97 residues) predicted between the two families was clade-specific. Moreover, around half of the predicted co-evolved groups and nearly all clade-specific residues fell into the minimal interaction domains of the two protein families. The mutagenesis effects of the clade-specific residues strengthened that the co-evolution is required for obligate MAGO-Y14 heterodimerization mode. In turn, the obliged heterodimerization in an organism serves as a strong functional constraint for the co-evolution of the MAGO and Y14 families. Such a co-evolution allows maintaining the interaction between the proteins through large evolutionary time scales. Our work shed a light on functional evolution of the EJC genes in eukaryotes, and facilitates to understand the co-evolutionary processes among protein families.
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- Pichang Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Nyikó T, Kerényi F, Szabadkai L, Benkovics AH, Major P, Sonkoly B, Mérai Z, Barta E, Niemiec E, Kufel J, Silhavy D. Plant nonsense-mediated mRNA decay is controlled by different autoregulatory circuits and can be induced by an EJC-like complex. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:6715-28. [PMID: 23666629 PMCID: PMC3711448 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a eukaryotic quality control system that recognizes and degrades transcripts containing NMD cis elements in their 3′untranslated region (UTR). In yeasts, unusually long 3′UTRs act as NMD cis elements, whereas in vertebrates, NMD is induced by introns located >50 nt downstream from the stop codon. In vertebrates, splicing leads to deposition of exon junction complex (EJC) onto the mRNA, and then 3′UTR-bound EJCs trigger NMD. It is proposed that this intron-based NMD is vertebrate specific, and it evolved to eliminate the misproducts of alternative splicing. Here, we provide evidence that similar EJC-mediated intron-based NMD functions in plants, suggesting that this type of NMD is evolutionary conserved. We demonstrate that in plants, like in vertebrates, introns located >50 nt from the stop induces NMD. We show that orthologs of all core EJC components are essential for intron-based plant NMD and that plant Partner of Y14 and mago (PYM) also acts as EJC disassembly factor. Moreover, we found that complex autoregulatory circuits control the activity of plant NMD. We demonstrate that expression of suppressor with morphogenic effect on genitalia (SMG)7, which is essential for long 3′UTR- and intron-based NMD, is regulated by both types of NMD, whereas expression of Barentsz EJC component is downregulated by intron-based NMD.
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- Tünde Nyikó
- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Institute for Genetics, Szent-Györgyi 4, H-2100, Gödöllő, Hungary, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Institut fur Biologie II/Botanik, Schanzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +36 28 526 194; Fax: +36 28 526 145;
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Boothby TC, Zipper RS, van der Weele CM, Wolniak SM. Removal of retained introns regulates translation in the rapidly developing gametophyte of Marsilea vestita. Dev Cell 2013; 24:517-29. [PMID: 23434411 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Revised: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The utilization of stored RNA is a driving force in rapid development. Here, we show that retention and subsequent removal of introns from pre-mRNAs regulate temporal patterns of translation during rapid and posttranscriptionally controlled spermatogenesis of the fern Marsilea vestita. Analysis of RNAseq-derived transcriptomes revealed a large subset of intron-retaining transcripts (IRTs) that encode proteins essential for gamete development. Genomic and IRT sequence comparisons show that other introns have been previously removed from the IRT pre-mRNAs. Fully spliced isoforms appear at distinct times during development in a spliceosome-dependent and transcription-independent manner. RNA interference knockdowns of 17/17 IRTs produced anomalies after the time points when those transcripts would normally be spliced. Intron retention is a functional mechanism for forestalling precocious translation of transcripts in the male gametophyte of M. vestita. These results have broad implications for plant gene regulation, where intron retention is widespread.
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- Thomas C Boothby
- University of Maryland at College Park, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Rodriguez-Enriquez MJ, Mehdi S, Dickinson HG, Grant-Downton RT. A novel method for efficient in vitro germination and tube growth of Arabidopsis thaliana pollen. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2013; 197:668-679. [PMID: 23173941 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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In addition to its importance in studies of plant reproduction and fertility, pollen is as widely employed as a model system of cell growth and development. This work demands robust, reproducible methods to induce pollen germination and morphologically normal growth of pollen tubes in vitro. Despite numerous advantages of Arabidopsis thaliana as a model plant, such experiments on pollen germination and pollen tube growth have often proved challenging. Our new method employs a physical cellulosic membrane, overlying an agarose substrate. By modulating the substrate composition, we provide important insights into the mechanisms promoting pollen growth both in vitro and in vivo. This effective new technical approach to A. thaliana pollen germination and tube growth results in swift, consistent and unprecedented levels of germination to over 90%. It can also promote rapid growth of long, morphologically normal pollen tubes. This technical development demonstrates that exogenous spermidine and a cellulosic substrate are key factors in stimulating germination. It has potential to greatly assist the study of reproduction in A. thaliana and its closest relatives, not only for the study of germination levels and pollen tube growth dynamics by microscopy, but also for biochemical and molecular analysis of germinating pollen.
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- M J Rodriguez-Enriquez
- Instituto de Bioorgánica Antonio González (IUBO), University of La Laguna, Avenida Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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