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Gong Q, Zhou M, Li X, Guo Y. Transcription factor MYB8 regulates iron deficiency stress response in Arabidopsis. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 340:111973. [PMID: 38211736 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Iron (Fe) is a crucial microelement for humans, animals, and plants. Insufficient Fe levels in plants impede growth and diminish photosynthesis, thus decreasing crop production. Notably, approximately one-third of the soil worldwide is alkaline and prone to Fe deficiency. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms underlying Fe absorption and transportation in plants can enhance Fe bioavailability in crops. In this study, the role of the transcription factor MYB8 in plant response to Fe deficiency in Arabidopsis was investigated via reverse genetics. Phenotype analysis revealed that the functional deletion mutant of MYB8 gene exhibited sensitivity to Fe deficiency stress, as indicated by shorter root length, lower chlorophyll content, and Fe concentration. Conversely, MYB8 overexpression strain showed a tolerant phenotype. Furthermore, qRT-PCR identified possible downstream MYB8-regulated genes. Moreover, MYB8 regulated the expression of iron-regulated transporter 1 (IRT1) by binding to the MYB binding sites motif ('AACAAAC') in its promoter.
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- Qianyuan Gong
- Medical Research Center, The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, Sichuan, China.
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- Affiliated Sport Hospital of Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Nuclear Medicine, 363 Hospital, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China
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- Medical Research Center, The Third People's Hospital of Chengdu, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, Sichuan, China
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Rates ADB, Cesarino I. Pour some sugar on me: The diverse functions of phenylpropanoid glycosylation. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 291:154138. [PMID: 38006622 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/27/2023]
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The phenylpropanoid metabolism is the source of a vast array of specialized metabolites that play diverse functions in plant growth and development and contribute to all aspects of plant interactions with their surrounding environment. These compounds protect plants from damaging ultraviolet radiation and reactive oxygen species, provide mechanical support for the plants to stand upright, and mediate plant-plant and plant-microorganism communications. The enormous metabolic diversity of phenylpropanoids is further expanded by chemical modifications known as "decorative reactions", including hydroxylation, methylation, glycosylation, and acylation. Among these modifications, glycosylation is the major driving force of phenylpropanoid structural diversification, also contributing to the expansion of their properties. Phenylpropanoid glycosylation is catalyzed by regioselective uridine diphosphate (UDP)-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs), whereas glycosyl hydrolases known as β-glucosidases are the major players in deglycosylation. In this article, we review how the glycosylation process affects key physicochemical properties of phenylpropanoids, such as molecular stability and solubility, as well as metabolite compartmentalization/storage and biological activity/toxicity. We also summarize the recent knowledge on the functional implications of glycosylation of different classes of phenylpropanoid compounds. A balance of glycosylation/deglycosylation might represent an essential molecular mechanism to regulate phenylpropanoid homeostasis, allowing plants to dynamically respond to diverse environmental signals.
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- Arthur de Barros Rates
- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil; Synthetic and Systems Biology Center, InovaUSP, Avenida Professor Lucio Martins Rodrigues 370, 05508-020, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Wang R, Fei Y, Pan Y, Zhou P, Adegoke JO, Shen R, Lan P. IMA peptides function in iron homeostasis and cadmium resistance. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 336:111868. [PMID: 37722507 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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Iron (Fe), an essential micronutrient, participates in photosynthesis, respiration, and many other enzymatic reactions. Cadmium (Cd), by contrast, is a toxic element to virtually all living organisms. Both Fe deficiency and Cd toxicity severally impair crop growth and productivity, finally leading to human health issues. Understanding how plants control the uptake and homeostasis of Fe and combat Cd toxicity thus is mandatory to develop Fe-enriched but Cd-cleaned germplasms for human beings. Recent studies in Arabidopsis and rice have revealed that IRON MAN (IMA) peptides stand out as a key regulator to respond to Fe deficiency by competitively interacting with a ubiquitin E3 ligase, thus inhibiting the degradation of IVc subgroup bHLH transcription factors (TFs), mediated by 26 S proteasome. Elevated expression of IMA confers tolerance to Cd stress in both Arabidopsis and wheat by activating the iron deficiency response. Here, we discuss recent breakthroughs that IMA peptides function in the Fe-deficiency response to attain Fe homeostasis and combat Cd toxicity as a potential candidate for phytoremediation.
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- Ruonan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Schmittling SR, Muhammad D, Haque S, Long TA, Williams CM. Cellular clarity: a logistic regression approach to identify root epidermal regulators of iron deficiency response. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:620. [PMID: 37853316 PMCID: PMC10583470 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09714-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Plants respond to stress through highly tuned regulatory networks. While prior works identified master regulators of iron deficiency responses in A. thaliana from whole-root data, identifying regulators that act at the cellular level is critical to a more comprehensive understanding of iron homeostasis. Within the root epidermis complex molecular mechanisms that facilitate iron reduction and uptake from the rhizosphere are known to be regulated by bHLH transcriptional regulators. However, many questions remain about the regulatory mechanisms that control these responses, and how they may integrate with developmental processes within the epidermis. Here, we use transcriptional profiling to gain insight into root epidermis-specific regulatory processes. RESULTS Set comparisons of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between whole root and epidermis transcript measurements identified differences in magnitude and timing of organ-level vs. epidermis-specific responses. Utilizing a unique sampling method combined with a mutual information metric across time-lagged and non-time-lagged windows, we identified relationships between clusters of functionally relevant differentially expressed genes suggesting that developmental regulatory processes may act upstream of well-known Fe-specific responses. By integrating static data (DNA motif information) with time-series transcriptomic data and employing machine learning approaches, specifically logistic regression models with LASSO, we also identified putative motifs that served as crucial features for predicting differentially expressed genes. Twenty-eight transcription factors (TFs) known to bind to these motifs were not differentially expressed, indicating that these TFs may be regulated post-transcriptionally or post-translationally. Notably, many of these TFs also play a role in root development and general stress response. CONCLUSIONS This work uncovered key differences in -Fe response identified using whole root data vs. cell-specific root epidermal data. Machine learning approaches combined with additional static data identified putative regulators of -Fe response that would not have been identified solely through transcriptomic profiles and reveal how developmental and general stress responses within the epidermis may act upstream of more specialized -Fe responses for Fe uptake.
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- Selene R Schmittling
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
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- Life Sciences Customer Advisory, SAS Institute Inc, Cary, USA
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA.
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Liu Q, Cheng L, Nian H, Jin J, Lian T. Linking plant functional genes to rhizosphere microbes: a review. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2023; 21:902-917. [PMID: 36271765 PMCID: PMC10106864 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The importance of rhizomicrobiome in plant development, nutrition acquisition and stress tolerance is unquestionable. Relevant plant genes corresponding to the above functions also regulate rhizomicrobiome construction. Deciphering the molecular regulatory network of plant-microbe interactions could substantially contribute to improving crop yield and quality. Here, the plant gene-related nutrient uptake, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, which may influence the composition and function of microbial communities, are discussed in this review. In turn, the influence of microbes on the expression of functional plant genes, and thereby plant growth and immunity, is also reviewed. Moreover, we have specifically paid attention to techniques and methods used to link plant functional genes and rhizomicrobiome. Finally, we propose to further explore the molecular mechanisms and signalling pathways of microbe-host gene interactions, which could potentially be used for managing plant health in agricultural systems.
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- Qi Liu
- The State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐BioresourcesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding of Guangdong Province, College of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- The State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐BioresourcesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding of Guangdong Province, College of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- The State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐BioresourcesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding of Guangdong Province, College of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and AgroecologyChinese Academy of SciencesHarbinChina
- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, Centre for AgriBioscienceLa Trobe UniversityBundooraVictoriaAustralia
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- The State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro‐BioresourcesSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding of Guangdong Province, College of AgricultureSouth China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhouChina
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Pagani MA, Gomez-Casati DF. Advances in Iron Retrograde Signaling Mechanisms and Uptake Regulation in Photosynthetic Organisms. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2665:121-145. [PMID: 37166598 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3183-6_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Iron (Fe) is an essential metal for the growth and development of different organisms, including plants and algae. This metal participates in different biological processes, among which are cellular respiration and photosynthesis. Fe is found associated with heme groups and as part of inorganic Fe-S groups as cofactors of numerous cellular proteins. Although Fe is abundant in soils, it is often not bioavailable due to soil pH. For this reason, photosynthetic organisms have developed different strategies for the uptake, the sensing of Fe intracellular levels but also different mechanisms that maintain and regulate adequate concentrations of this metal in response to physiological needs. This work focuses on discussing recent advances in the characterization of the mechanisms of Fe homeostasis and Fe retrograde signaling in photosynthetic organisms.
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- Maria A Pagani
- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.
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O’Rourke JA, Graham MA. Coupling VIGS with Short- and Long-Term Stress Exposure to Understand the Fiskeby III Iron Deficiency Stress Response. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010647. [PMID: 36614091 PMCID: PMC9820625 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Yield loss due to abiotic stress is an increasing problem in agriculture. Soybean is a major crop for the upper Midwestern United States and calcareous soils exacerbate iron deficiency for growers, resulting in substantial yield losses. Fiskeby III is a soybean variety uniquely resistant to a variety of abiotic stresses, including iron deficiency. Previous studies identified a MATE transporter (Glyma.05G001700) associated with iron stress tolerance in Fiskeby III. To understand the function of this gene in the Fiskeby III response to iron deficiency, we coupled its silencing using virus-induced gene silencing with RNAseq analyses at two timepoints. Analyses of these data confirm a role for the MATE transporter in Fiskeby III iron stress responses. Further, they reveal that Fiskeby III induces transcriptional reprogramming within 24 h of iron deficiency stress, confirming that like other soybean varieties, Fiskeby III is able to quickly respond to stress. However, Fiskeby III utilizes novel genes and pathways in its iron deficiency response. Identifying and characterizing these genes and pathways in Fiskeby III provides novel targets for improving abiotic stress tolerance in elite soybean lines.
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Nguyen NK, Wang J, Liu D, Hwang BK, Jwa NS. Rice iron storage protein ferritin 2 (OsFER2) positively regulates ferroptotic cell death and defense responses against Magnaporthe oryzae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1019669. [PMID: 36352872 PMCID: PMC9639352 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1019669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Ferritin is a ubiquitous iron storage protein that regulates iron homeostasis and oxidative stress in plants. Iron plays an important role in ferroptotic cell death response of rice (Oryza sativa) to Magnaporthe oryzae infection. Here, we report that rice ferritin 2, OsFER2, is required for iron- and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent ferroptotic cell death and defense response against the avirulent M. oryzae INA168. The full-length ferritin OsFER2 and its transit peptide were localized to the chloroplast, the most Fe-rich organelle for photosynthesis. This suggests that the transit peptide acts as a signal peptide for the rice ferritin OsFER2 to move into chloroplasts. OsFER2 expression is involved in rice resistance to M. oryzae infection. OsFER2 knock-out in wild-type rice HY did not induce ROS and ferric ion (Fe3+) accumulation, lipid peroxidation and hypersensitive response (HR) cell death, and also downregulated the defense-related genes OsPAL1, OsPR1-b, OsRbohB, OsNADP-ME2-3, OsMEK2 and OsMPK1, and vacuolar membrane transporter OsVIT2 expression. OsFER2 complementation in ΔOsfer2 knock-out mutants restored ROS and iron accumulation and HR cell death phenotypes during infection. The iron chelator deferoxamine, the lipid-ROS scavenger ferrostatin-1, the actin microfilament polymerization inhibitor cytochalasin E and the redox inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium suppressed ROS and iron accumulation and HR cell death in rice leaf sheaths. However, the small-molecule inducer erastin did not trigger iron-dependent ROS accumulation and HR cell death induction in ΔOsfer2 mutants. These combined results suggest that OsFER2 expression positively regulates iron- and ROS-dependent ferroptotic cell death and defense response in rice-M. oryzae interactions.
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- Nam Khoa Nguyen
- Division of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Integrative Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
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Hassan SH, Sferra G, Simiele M, Scippa GS, Morabito D, Trupiano D. Root and shoot biology of Arabidopsis halleri dissected by WGCNA: an insight into the organ pivotal pathways and genes of an hyperaccumulator. Funct Integr Genomics 2022; 22:1159-1172. [PMID: 36094581 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-022-00897-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Arabidopsis halleri is a hyperaccumulating pseudo-metallophyte and an emerging model to explore molecular basis of metal tolerance and hyperaccumulation. In this regard, understanding of interacting genes can be a crucial aspect as these interactions regulate several biological functions at molecular level in response to multiple signals. In this current study, we applied a weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) on root and shoot RNA-seq data of A. halleri to predict the related scale-free organ specific co-expression networks, for the first time. A total of 19,653 genes of root and 18,081 genes of shoot were grouped into 14 modules and subjected to GO and KEGG enrichment analysis. "Photosynthesis" and "photosynthesis-antenna proteins" were identified as the most enriched and common pathway to both root and shoot. Whereas "glucosinolate biosynthesis," "autophagy," and "SNARE interactions in vesicular transport" were specific to root, and "circadian rhythm" was found to be enriched only in shoot. Later, hub and bottleneck genes were identified in each module by using cytoHubba plugin based on Cytoscape and scoring the relevance of each gene to the topology of the network. The modules with the most significant differential expression pattern across control and treatment (Cd-Zn treatment) were selected and their hub and bottleneck genes were screened to validate their possible involvement in heavy metal stress. Moreover, we combined the analysis of co-expression modules together with protein-protein interactions (PPIs), confirming some genes as potential candidates in plant heavy metal stress and as biomarkers. The results from this analysis shed the light on the pivotal functions to the hyperaccumulative trait of A. halleri, giving perspective to new paths for future research on this species.
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- Sayyeda Hira Hassan
- Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090, Pesche, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090, Pesche, Italy.
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- Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090, Pesche, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures (LBLGC-EA1207), Université d'Orléans, 45067, Orléans CEDEX 2, France
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- Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090, Pesche, Italy
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Quintana J, Bernal M, Scholle M, Holländer-Czytko H, Nguyen NT, Piotrowski M, Mendoza-Cózatl DG, Haydon MJ, Krämer U. Root-to-shoot iron partitioning in Arabidopsis requires IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER1 (IRT1) protein but not its iron(II) transport function. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:992-1013. [PMID: 34839543 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER1 (IRT1) is the root high-affinity ferrous iron (Fe) uptake system and indispensable for the completion of the life cycle of Arabidopsis thaliana without vigorous Fe supplementation. Here we provide evidence supporting a second role of IRT1 in root-to-shoot partitioning of Fe. We show that irt1 mutants overaccumulate Fe in roots, most prominently in the cortex of the differentiation zone in irt1-2, compared to the wild type. Shoots of irt1-2 are severely Fe-deficient according to Fe content and marker transcripts, as expected. We generated irt1-2 lines producing IRT1 mutant variants carrying single amino-acid substitutions of key residues in transmembrane helices IV and V, Ser206 and His232, which are required for transport activity in yeast. Root short-term 55 Fe uptake rates were uninformative concerning IRT1-mediated transport. Overall irt1-like concentrations of the secondary substrate Mn suggested that the transgenic Arabidopsis lines also remain incapable of IRT1-mediated root Fe uptake. Yet, IRT1S206A partially complements rosette dwarfing and leaf chlorosis of irt1-2, as well as root-to-shoot Fe partitioning and gene expression defects of irt1-2, all of which are fully complemented by wild-type IRT1. Taken together, these results suggest a regulatory function for IRT1 in root-to-shoot Fe partitioning that does not require Fe transport activity of IRT1. Among the genes of which transcript levels are partially dependent on IRT1, we identify MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN10, MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN72 and NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE4 as candidates for effecting IRT1-dependent Fe mobilization in roots. Understanding the biological functions of IRT1 will help to improve Fe nutrition and the nutritional quality of agricultural crops.
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- Julia Quintana
- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
- Department of Plant Nutrition, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-CSIC, 50059, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Division of Plant Sciences, MU-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 65211-7310, USA
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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Quintana J, Bernal M, Scholle M, Holländer-Czytko H, Nguyen NT, Piotrowski M, Mendoza-Cózatl DG, Haydon MJ, Krämer U. Root-to-shoot iron partitioning in Arabidopsis requires IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER1 (IRT1) protein but not its iron(II) transport function. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:992-1013. [PMID: 34839543 DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.08.430285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER1 (IRT1) is the root high-affinity ferrous iron (Fe) uptake system and indispensable for the completion of the life cycle of Arabidopsis thaliana without vigorous Fe supplementation. Here we provide evidence supporting a second role of IRT1 in root-to-shoot partitioning of Fe. We show that irt1 mutants overaccumulate Fe in roots, most prominently in the cortex of the differentiation zone in irt1-2, compared to the wild type. Shoots of irt1-2 are severely Fe-deficient according to Fe content and marker transcripts, as expected. We generated irt1-2 lines producing IRT1 mutant variants carrying single amino-acid substitutions of key residues in transmembrane helices IV and V, Ser206 and His232, which are required for transport activity in yeast. Root short-term 55 Fe uptake rates were uninformative concerning IRT1-mediated transport. Overall irt1-like concentrations of the secondary substrate Mn suggested that the transgenic Arabidopsis lines also remain incapable of IRT1-mediated root Fe uptake. Yet, IRT1S206A partially complements rosette dwarfing and leaf chlorosis of irt1-2, as well as root-to-shoot Fe partitioning and gene expression defects of irt1-2, all of which are fully complemented by wild-type IRT1. Taken together, these results suggest a regulatory function for IRT1 in root-to-shoot Fe partitioning that does not require Fe transport activity of IRT1. Among the genes of which transcript levels are partially dependent on IRT1, we identify MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN10, MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN72 and NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE4 as candidates for effecting IRT1-dependent Fe mobilization in roots. Understanding the biological functions of IRT1 will help to improve Fe nutrition and the nutritional quality of agricultural crops.
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- Julia Quintana
- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
- Department of Plant Nutrition, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-CSIC, 50059, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Division of Plant Sciences, MU-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 65211-7310, USA
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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McInturf SA, Khan MA, Gokul A, Castro-Guerrero NA, Höhner R, Li J, Marjault HB, Fichman Y, Kunz HH, Goggin FL, Keyster M, Nechushtai R, Mittler R, Mendoza-Cózatl DG. Cadmium interference with iron sensing reveals transcriptional programs sensitive and insensitive to reactive oxygen species. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:324-338. [PMID: 34499172 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab393] [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: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient whose uptake is tightly regulated to prevent either deficiency or toxicity. Cadmium (Cd) is a non-essential element that induces both Fe deficiency and toxicity; however, the mechanisms behind these Fe/Cd-induced responses are still elusive. Here we explored Cd- and Fe-associated responses in wild-type Arabidopsis and in a mutant that overaccumulates Fe (opt3-2). Gene expression profiling revealed a large overlap between transcripts induced by Fe deficiency and Cd exposure. Interestingly, the use of opt3-2 allowed us to identify additional gene clusters originally induced by Cd in the wild type but repressed in the opt3-2 background. Based on the high levels of H2O2 found in opt3-2, we propose a model where reactive oxygen species prevent the induction of genes that are induced in the wild type by either Fe deficiency or Cd. Interestingly, a defined cluster of Fe-responsive genes was found to be insensitive to this negative feedback, suggesting that their induction by Cd is more likely to be the result of an impaired Fe sensing. Overall, our data suggest that Fe deficiency responses are governed by multiple inputs and that a hierarchical regulation of Fe homeostasis prevents the induction of specific networks when Fe and H2O2 levels are elevated.
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- Samuel A McInturf
- Division of Plant Sciences, C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
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- Division of Plant Sciences, C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, PO Box 644236, Pullman, WA 99164-4236, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 217 Plant Sciences Building, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, PO Box 644236, Pullman, WA 99164-4236, USA
- Biozentrum der LMU München, Germany
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 217 Plant Sciences Building, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
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- Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904Israel
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- Division of Plant Sciences, C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, C.S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
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Meena V, Sharma S, Kaur G, Singh B, Pandey AK. Diverse Functions of Plant Zinc-Induced Facilitator-like Transporter for Their Emerging Roles in Crop Trait Enhancement. PLANTS 2021; 11:plants11010102. [PMID: 35009105 PMCID: PMC8747725 DOI: 10.3390/plants11010102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is a large and diverse group of secondary transporters found across all kingdoms of life. Zinc-induced facilitator-like (ZIFL) transporters are the MFS family members that function as exporters driven by the antiporter-dependent processes. The presence of multiple ZIFL transporters was shown in various plant species, as well as in bryophytes. However, only a few ZIFLs have been functionally characterized in plants, and their localization has been suggested to be either on tonoplast or at the plasma membrane. A subset of the plant ZIFLs were eventually characterized as transporters due to their specialized role in phytosiderophores efflux and auxin homeostasis, and they were also proven to impart tolerance to micronutrient deficiency. The emerging functions of ZIFL proteins highlight their role in addressing important traits in crop species. This review aims to provide insight into and discuss the importance of plant ZIFL in various tissue-specific functions. Furthermore, a spotlight is placed on their role in mobilizing essential micronutrients, including iron and zinc, from the rhizosphere to support plant survival. In conclusion, in this paper, we discuss the functional redundancy of ZIFL transporters to understand their roles in developing specific traits in crop.
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- Varsha Meena
- Department of Biotechnology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Sector 81, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 140306, India; (V.M.); (S.S.); (G.K.)
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad 121001, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Sector 81, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 140306, India; (V.M.); (S.S.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Sector 81, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 140306, India; (V.M.); (S.S.); (G.K.)
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- Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi 110002, India;
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Sector 81, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 140306, India; (V.M.); (S.S.); (G.K.)
- Correspondence: or ; Tel.: +91-1724990124
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Kohlhase DR, McCabe CE, Singh AK, O’Rourke JA, Graham MA. Comparing Early Transcriptomic Responses of 18 Soybean ( Glycine max) Genotypes to Iron Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11643. [PMID: 34769077 PMCID: PMC8583884 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) is an abiotic stress that negatively affects soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) production. Much of our knowledge of IDC stress responses is derived from model plant species. Gene expression, quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) performed in soybean suggest that stress response differences exist between model and crop species. Our current understanding of the molecular response to IDC in soybeans is largely derived from gene expression studies using near-isogenic lines differing in iron efficiency. To improve iron efficiency in soybeans and other crops, we need to expand gene expression studies to include the diversity present in germplasm collections. Therefore, we collected 216 purified RNA samples (18 genotypes, two tissue types [leaves and roots], two iron treatments [sufficient and deficient], three replicates) and used RNA sequencing to examine the expression differences of 18 diverse soybean genotypes in response to iron deficiency. We found a rapid response to iron deficiency across genotypes, most responding within 60 min of stress. There was little evidence of an overlap of specific differentially expressed genes, and comparisons of gene ontology terms and transcription factor families suggest the utilization of different pathways in the stress response. These initial findings suggest an untapped genetic potential within the soybean germplasm collection that could be used for the continued improvement of iron efficiency in soybean.
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- Daniel R. Kohlhase
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (D.R.K.); (A.K.S.)
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011, USA;
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (D.R.K.); (A.K.S.)
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011, USA;
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011, USA;
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Ustabas Kahraman F, Çakir FB, Buhur Pirimoglu M, Torun E, Ergen HA, Doğan Demir A. Association of Myeloperoxidase Gene Polymorphism With Iron Deficiency Anemia in Turkish Children. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2021; 43:e941-e945. [PMID: 33661166 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000002125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study was performed to investigate the gene polymorphisms of the myeloperoxidase (MPO) enzyme and to determine whether MPO gene polymorphisms influence the response to iron therapy in pediatric patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA). In this case-control study, 50 Turkish children with IDA and 50 healthy controls were enrolled. Three MPO gene alleles were selected for genotyping in the study: GG, AG, and AA. The relationships of alleles with IDA were analyzed and compared in patients and controls. Pretreatment and posttreatment laboratory parameters and gene polymorphisms were compared in the patient group. There was a significant difference between patients with IDA and controls regarding genotype frequencies of the AA, GG, and AG alleles (P=0.005). However, the AG allele was found to be associated with variations in hemoglobin, red blood cell, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volumes, and mean corpuscular Hb concentrations levels. The frequency of AA, GG, and AG alleles of the MPO gene was potentially associated with changes in iron metabolism and the AG allele led to variations in various hemogram parameters.
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- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine
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- Department of Moleculer Medicine, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul
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Kim LJ, Tsuyuki KM, Hu F, Park EY, Zhang J, Iraheta JG, Chia JC, Huang R, Tucker AE, Clyne M, Castellano C, Kim A, Chung DD, DaVeiga CT, Parsons EM, Vatamaniuk OK, Jeong J. Ferroportin 3 is a dual-targeted mitochondrial/chloroplast iron exporter necessary for iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 107:215-236. [PMID: 33884692 PMCID: PMC8316378 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Mitochondria and chloroplasts are organelles with high iron demand that are particularly susceptible to iron-induced oxidative stress. Despite the necessity of strict iron regulation in these organelles, much remains unknown about mitochondrial and chloroplast iron transport in plants. Here, we propose that Arabidopsis ferroportin 3 (FPN3) is an iron exporter that is dual-targeted to mitochondria and chloroplasts. FPN3 is expressed in shoots, regardless of iron conditions, but its transcripts accumulate under iron deficiency in roots. fpn3 mutants cannot grow as well as the wild type under iron-deficient conditions and their shoot iron levels are lower compared with the wild type. Analyses of iron homeostasis gene expression in fpn3 mutants and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) measurements show that iron levels in the mitochondria and chloroplasts are increased relative to the wild type, consistent with the proposed role of FPN3 as a mitochondrial/plastid iron exporter. In iron-deficient fpn3 mutants, abnormal mitochondrial ultrastructure was observed, whereas chloroplast ultrastructure was not affected, implying that FPN3 plays a critical role in the mitochondria. Overall, our study suggests that FPN3 is essential for optimal iron homeostasis.
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- Leah J. Kim
- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Soil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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- Soil and Crop Sciences Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
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Cai Y, Li Y, Liang G. FIT and bHLH Ib transcription factors modulate iron and copper crosstalk in Arabidopsis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:1679-1691. [PMID: 33464620 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Although the crosstalk between iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) homeostasis signalling networks exists in plants, the underlined molecular mechanism remains unclear. FIT (FER-LIKE IRON DEFICIENCY-INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR) and four bHLH Ib members (bHLH38, bHLH39, bHLH100 and bHLH101) are the key regulators of Fe homeostasis. Here, we reveal that FIT and bHLH Ib control the up-regulation of Cu-uptake genes (COPT2, FRO4 and FRO5) by Fe deficiency, and Cu is required for improving plant growth under Fe-deficiency conditions. The induction of Cu-uptake gene expression and the elevation of Cu concentration are inhibited in the fit-2 or bhlh4x (the quadruple mutant of four bHLH Ib genes) under Fe-deficiency conditions. The dual overexpression of both bHLH38 (or bHLH39) and FIT activates the expression of COPT2, FRO4 and FRO5 and increases Cu accumulation. Furthermore, bHLH Ib proteins directly bind to the promoters of COPT2, FRO4 and FRO5. Either Cu supplement or overexpression of COPT2 or FRO4 improves the growth of fit-2 under Fe-deficiency conditions. Moreover, the induction of COPT2, FRO4 and FRO5 by Fe deficiency is independent of SPL7, a central regulator of Cu-deficiency responses. This work through the link between bHLH Ib/FIT and COPT2/FRO4/FRO5 under Fe-deficiency conditions establishes a new relationship between Cu and Fe homeostasis.
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- Yuerong Cai
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- Center of Economic Botany, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China
- The College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- Center of Economic Botany, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- Center of Economic Botany, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China
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Ram H, Sardar S, Gandass N. Vacuolar Iron Transporter (Like) proteins: Regulators of cellular iron accumulation in plants. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 171:823-832. [PMID: 33580885 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Iron is not only important for plant physiology, but also a very important micronutrient in human diets. The vacuole is the main site for accumulation of excess amounts of various nutrients and toxic substances in plant cells. During the past decade, many Vacuolar Iron Transporter (VIT) and VIT-Like (VTL) genes have been identified and shown to play important roles in iron homeostasis in different plants. Furthermore, recent reports identified novel roles of these transporter genes in symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) in legume crops as well as in the blue coloration of petals in flowers. The literature indicates their universal role in Fe transport across different tissues (grains, nodules, flowers) to different biological processes (cellular iron homeostasis, SNF, petal coloration) in different plants. Here, we have systematically reviewed different aspects, such as structure, molecular evolution, expression, and function of VIT/VTL proteins. This will help future studies aimed at functional analysis of VIT/VTL genes in other plant species, vacuolar transportation mechanisms, and iron biofortification at large.
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- Hasthi Ram
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, India
- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India
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Jin LF, Yarra R, Yin XX, Liu YZ, Cao HX. Identification and function prediction of iron-deficiency-responsive microRNAs in citrus leaves. 3 Biotech 2021; 11:121. [PMID: 33628708 PMCID: PMC7873142 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02669-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Iron is a critical micronutrient for growth and development of plants and its deficiency limiting the crop productivity. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play vital roles in adaptation of plants to various nutrient deficiencies. However, the role of miRNAs and their target genes related to Fe-deficiency is limited. In this study, we identified Fe-deficiency-responsive miRNAs from citrus. In Fe-deficiency conditions, about 50 and 31 miRNAs were up-regulated and down-regulated, respectively. The differently expressed miRNAs might play critical roles in contributing the Fe-deficiency tolerance in citrus plants. The miRNAs-mediated Fe-deficiency tolerance in citrus plants might related to the enhanced stress tolerance by decreased expression of miR172; regulation of S homeostasis by decreased expression of miR395; inhibition of plant growth by increased expression of miR319 and miR477; regulation of Cu homeostasis as well as activation of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase activity due to decreased expression of miR398 and miR408 and regulation of lignin accumulation by decreased expression of miR397 and miR408. The identified miRNAs in present study laid a foundation to understand the Fe-deficiency adaptive mechanisms in citrus plants. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-021-02669-z.
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- Long-Fei Jin
- Coconut Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Wenchang, 571339 Hainan China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 People’s Republic of China
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- Coconut Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Wenchang, 571339 Hainan China
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- Coconut Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Wenchang, 571339 Hainan China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 People’s Republic of China
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- Coconut Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Wenchang, 571339 Hainan China
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Ming R, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Khan M, Dahro B, Liu JH. The JA-responsive MYC2-BADH-like transcriptional regulatory module in Poncirus trifoliata contributes to cold tolerance by modulation of glycine betaine biosynthesis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 229:2730-2750. [PMID: 33131086 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Glycine betaine (GB) is known to accumulate in plants exposed to cold, but the underlying molecular mechanisms and associated regulatory network remain unclear. Here, we demonstrated that PtrMYC2 of Poncirus trifoliata integrates the jasmonic acid (JA) signal to modulate cold-induced GB accumulation by directly regulating PtrBADH-l, a betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH)-like gene. PtrBADH-l was identified based on transcriptome and expression analysis in P. trifoliata. Overexpression and VIGS (virus-induced gene silencing)-mediated knockdown showed that PtrBADH-l plays a positive role in cold tolerance and GB synthesis. Yeast one-hybrid library screening using PtrBADH-l promoter as baits unraveled PtrMYC2 as an interacting candidate. PtrMYC2 was confirmed to directly bind to two G-box cis-acting elements within PtrBADH-l promoter and acts as a transcriptional activator. In addition, PtrMYC2 functions positively in cold tolerance through modulation of GB synthesis by regulating PtrBADH-l expression. Interestingly, we found that GB accumulation under cold stress was JA-dependent and that PtrMYC2 orchestrates JA-mediated PtrBADH-l upregulation and GB accumulation. This study sheds new light on the roles of MYC2 homolog in modulating GB synthesis. In particular, we propose a transcriptional regulatory module PtrMYC2-PtrBADH-l to advance the understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying the GB accumulation under cold stress.
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- Ruhong Ming
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Bernal M, Krämer U. Involvement of Arabidopsis Multi-Copper Oxidase-Encoding LACCASE12 in Root-to-Shoot Iron Partitioning: A Novel Example of Copper-Iron Crosstalk. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:688318. [PMID: 34707625 PMCID: PMC8544784 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.688318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Numerous central biological processes depend on the participation of the essential elements iron (Fe) or copper (Cu), including photosynthesis, respiration, cell wall remodeling and oxidative stress protection. Yet, both Fe and Cu metal cations can become toxic when accumulated in excess. Because of the potent ligand-binding and redox chemistries of these metals, there is a need for the tight and combined homeostatic control of their uptake and distribution. Several known examples pinpoint an inter-dependence of Fe and Cu homeostasis in eukaryotes, mostly in green algae, yeast and mammals, but this is less well understood in multicellular plants to date. In Arabidopsis, Cu deficiency causes secondary Fe deficiency, and this is associated with reduced in vitro ferroxidase activity and decreased root-to-shoot Fe translocation. Here we summarize the current knowledge of the cross-talk between Cu and Fe homeostasis and present a partial characterization of LACCASE12 (LAC12) that encodes a member of the multicopper oxidase (MCO) protein family in Arabidopsis. LAC12 transcript levels increase under Fe deficiency. The phenotypic characterization of two mutants carrying T-DNA insertions suggests a role of LAC12 in root-to-shoot Fe partitioning and in maintaining growth on Fe-deficient substrates. A molecular understanding of the complex interactions between Fe and Cu will be important for combating Fe deficiency in crops and for advancing biofortification approaches.
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- María Bernal
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- Department of Plant Nutrition, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
- *Correspondence: María Bernal,
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- Ute Krämer,
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Mhiri W, Ceylan M, Turgut-Kara N, Nalbantoğlu B, Çakır Ö. Transcriptomic analysis reveals responses to Cycloastragenol in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242986. [PMID: 33301486 PMCID: PMC7728452 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cycloastragenol (CAG), a molecule isolated from ‘Astragalus membranaceus’, stimulates the telomerase activity and cell proliferation significantly. It has been proven that CAG has the ability to prevent some diseases in humans. In this study, we aimed to figure out the CAG effects on the different signaling mechanisms in plants and to broadly analyze the genome-wide transcriptional responses in order to demonstrate CAG as a new key molecule that can potentially help plants to overcome different environmental stresses. RNA-seq strategy was employed to assess the transcriptional profiles in A. thaliana calli. Our work primarily focused on an overall study on the transcriptomic responses of A. thaliana to CAG. A total of 22593 unigenes have been detected, among which 1045 unigenes associated with 213 GO terms were differentially expressed and were assigned to 118 KEGG pathways. The up-regulated genes are principally involved in cellular and metabolic processes in addition to the response to a stimulus. The data analysis revealed genes associated with defense signaling pathways such as cytochrome P450s transporter, antioxidant system genes, and stress-responsive protein families were significantly upregulated. The obtained results can potentially help in better understanding biotic and/or abiotic tolerance mechanisms in response to CAG.
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- Wissem Mhiri
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Art & Science, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
- * E-mail: (WM); (ÖÇ)
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- Program of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul University, Institute of Science, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Art & Science, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
- * E-mail: (WM); (ÖÇ)
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Wang M, Gong J, Bhullar NK. Iron deficiency triggered transcriptome changes in bread wheat. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2020; 18:2709-2722. [PMID: 33101609 PMCID: PMC7550799 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A series of complex transport, storage and regulation mechanisms control iron metabolism and thereby maintain iron homeostasis in plants. Despite several studies on iron deficiency responses in different plant species, these mechanisms remain unclear in the allohexaploid wheat, which is the most widely cultivated commercial crop. We used RNA sequencing to reveal transcriptomic changes in the wheat flag leaves and roots, when subjected to iron limited conditions. We identified 5969 and 2591 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the flag leaves and roots, respectively. Genes involved in the synthesis of iron ligands i.e., nicotianamine (NA) and deoxymugineic acid (DMA) were significantly up-regulated during iron deficiency. In total, 337 and 635 genes encoding transporters exhibited altered expression in roots and flag leaves, respectively. Several genes related to MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY (MFS), ATP-BINDING CASSETTE (ABC) transporter superfamily, NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN (NRAMP) family and OLIGOPEPTIDE TRANSPORTER (OPT) family were regulated, indicating their important roles in combating iron deficiency stress. Among the regulatory factors, the genes encoding for transcription factors of BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX (bHLH) family were highly up-regulated in both roots and the flag leaves. The jasmonate biosynthesis pathway was significantly altered but with notable expression differences between roots and flag leaves. Homoeologs expression and induction bias analysis revealed subgenome specific differential expression. Our findings provide an integrated overview on regulated molecular processes in response to iron deficiency stress in wheat. This information could potentially serve as a guideline for breeding iron deficiency stress tolerant crops as well as for designing appropriate wheat iron biofortification strategies.
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Key Words
- 3-HMA, 3-hydroxymugineic acid
- ABC, ATP-BINDING CASSETTE
- ACC, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate
- AEC, AUXIN EFFLUX CARRIER
- AOC, ALLENE OXIDE CYCLASE
- AOS, ALLENE OXIDE SYNTHASE
- AQP, AQUAPORIN
- AVA, avenic acid
- DEGs, differentially expressed genes
- DMA, deoxymugineic acid
- DMAS, DEOXYMUGINEIC ACID SYNTHASE
- DPA, days post anthesis
- ERF, ETHYLENE-RESPONSIVE FACTOR
- FAD, FATTY ACID DESATURASE
- FDR, false discovery rate
- FIT, FER-LIKE IRON DEFICIENCY-INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR
- FRO, FERRIC REDUCTASE OXIDASE
- GCN, gene co-expression network
- GO, Gene ontology
- GSH, GLUTATHIONE
- HC, high confidence
- HMA, HEAVY METAL-ASSOCIATED
- IDE, iron deficiency-responsive cis-acting element
- IDEF, IDE BINDING FACTOR
- IHW, independent hypothesis weighting
- ILR3, IAA‐LEUCINE RESISTANT3
- IREG/FPN, IRON REGULATED PROTEIN/FERROPORTIN
- IRT1, IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER
- Iron deficiency
- Iron, Fe
- JAs, jasmonates
- JMT, JASMONATE O-METHYLTRANSFERASE
- KAT, 3-KETOACYL-COA THIOLASE
- LOX, LIPOXYGENASE
- MA, mugineic acid
- MATE, MULTI ANTIMICROBIAL EXTRUSION PROTEIN
- MFS, MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY
- MRP, MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN
- MT, METALLOTHIONEIN
- NA, nicotianamine
- NAAT, NICOTIANAMINE AMINOTRANSFERASE
- NAC, NO APICAL MERISTEM (NAM)/ARABIDOPSIS TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATION FACTOR (ATAF)/CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON (CUC)
- NAS, NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE
- NRAMP, NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN
- NRT1/PTR, NITRATE TRANSPORTER 1/PEPTIDE TRANSPORTER
- OPCL, 4-COUMARATE COA LIGASE
- OPR, 12-OXOPHYTODIENOATE REDUCTASE
- OPT, OLIGOPEPTIDE TRANSPORTER
- PDR, PLEIOTROPIC DRUG RESISTANCE
- PLA, PHOSPHOLIPASE A1
- PRI, POSITIVE REGULATOR OF IRON DEFICIENCY RESPONSE
- PSs, phytosiderophores
- PT, peptide transport
- PYE, POPEYE
- RNA sequencing
- SAM, S-adenosyl-L-methionine
- SAMS, S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE SYNTHETASE
- SLC40A1, SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 40 MEMBER 1
- SWEET, SUGARS WILL EVENTUALLY BE EXPORTED TRANSPORTERS
- TOM, TRANSPORTER OF MUGINEIC ACID
- Transcriptomic profiles
- VIT, VACUOLAR IRON TRANSPORTER
- Wheat
- YSL, YELLOW STRIPE LIKE
- ZIFL, ZINC INDUCED FACILITATOR-LIKE
- ZIP, ZINC/IRON PERMEASE
- bHLH, BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX
- bZIP, BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER
- epiHDMA, 3-epihydroxy-2′-deoxymugineic acid
- epiHMA, 3-epihydroxymugineic acid
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- Meng Wang
- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland
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Kailasam S, Singh S, Liu MJ, Lin CC, Yeh KC. A HemK class glutamine-methyltransferase is involved in the termination of translation and essential for iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:1361-1374. [PMID: 31968122 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Iron (Fe) transport and utilization are controlled by Fe-dependent transcriptional cascades. Many genes participate in these processes, transcriptionally controlled by Fe-status. Thorough knowledge of the translational check-points is lacking. We identified a non-response to Fe-deficiency1-1 (nrf1-1) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana, which displayed a hypersensitive phenotype under Fe-deficient conditions. By mapping nrf1-1, we found that the AT3G13440 locus encoding a HemK methyltransferase is responsible for the phenotype. Analyses of ProUBQ10:NRF1CDS overexpression nrf1-1 lines and a T-DNA insertion mutant nrf1-2, confirmed that loss-of-function of NRF1 results in enhanced Fe-starvation-sensitivity. NRF1 is required for the proper expression of the majority of Fe-deficiency-inducible (FDI) genes. The nrf1 mutants accumulated more polysomes in the roots, due to stalled ribosomes on several transcripts. Ribosome-footprint (RF) mapping revealed that ribosomes are stalled at a stop codon that amplified the stalling of trailing ribosomes. We detected higher RF levels in many FDI transcripts in nrf1-2. Our study demonstrates the requirement of NRF1 for an accurate termination of protein synthesis essential not only for a precise iron homeostasis, but also cellular ion balance. NRF1 is also important for normal growth and development. A check-point that fine-tunes peptide release in plants is uncovered.
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- Sakthivel Kailasam
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
- Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Chung Hsing University, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
- Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Chung Hsing University, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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Lauter ANM, Rutter L, Cook D, O’Rourke JA, Graham MA. Examining Short-Term Responses to a Long-Term Problem: RNA-Seq Analyses of Iron Deficiency Chlorosis Tolerant Soybean. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E3591. [PMID: 32438745 PMCID: PMC7279018 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21103591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) is a global crop production problem, significantly impacting yield. However, most IDC studies have focused on model species, not agronomically important crops. Soybean is the second largest crop grown in the United States, yet the calcareous soils across most of the upper U.S. Midwest limit soybean growth and profitability. To understand early soybean iron stress responses, we conducted whole genome expression analyses (RNA-sequencing) of leaf and root tissue from the iron efficient soybean (Glycine max) cultivar Clark, at 30, 60 and 120 min after transfer to iron stress conditions. We identified over 10,000 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), with the number of DEGs increasing over time in leaves, but decreasing over time in roots. To investigate these responses, we clustered our expression data across time to identify suites of genes, their biological functions, and the transcription factors (TFs) that regulate their expression. These analyses reveal the hallmarks of the soybean iron stress response (iron uptake and homeostasis, defense, and DNA replication and methylation) can be detected within 30 min. Furthermore, they suggest root to shoot signaling initiates early iron stress responses representing a novel paradigm for crop stress adaptations.
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- Adrienne N. Moran Lauter
- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (A.N.M.L.); (J.A.O.)
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- Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA;
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- Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia;
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (A.N.M.L.); (J.A.O.)
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (A.N.M.L.); (J.A.O.)
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Kroh GE, Pilon M. Regulation of Iron Homeostasis and Use in Chloroplasts. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E3395. [PMID: 32403383 PMCID: PMC7247011 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21093395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Iron (Fe) is essential for life because of its role in protein cofactors. Photosynthesis, in particular photosynthetic electron transport, has a very high demand for Fe cofactors. Fe is commonly limiting in the environment, and therefore photosynthetic organisms must acclimate to Fe availability and avoid stress associated with Fe deficiency. In plants, adjustment of metabolism, of Fe utilization, and gene expression, is especially important in the chloroplasts during Fe limitation. In this review, we discuss Fe use, Fe transport, and mechanisms of acclimation to Fe limitation in photosynthetic lineages with a focus on the photosynthetic electron transport chain. We compare Fe homeostasis in Cyanobacteria, the evolutionary ancestors of chloroplasts, with Fe homeostasis in green algae and in land plants in order to provide a deeper understanding of how chloroplasts and photosynthesis may cope with Fe limitation.
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University Department of Biology, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA;
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Lei R, Li Y, Cai Y, Li C, Pu M, Lu C, Yang Y, Liang G. bHLH121 Functions as a Direct Link that Facilitates the Activation of FIT by bHLH IVc Transcription Factors for Maintaining Fe Homeostasis in Arabidopsis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2020; 13:634-649. [PMID: 31962167 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Iron (Fe) deficiency is prevalent in plants grown in neutral or alkaline soil. Plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms that regulate Fe homeostasis, ensuring survival. In Arabidopsis, FER-LIKE IRON DEFICIENCY-INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR (FIT) is a crucial regulator of Fe-deficiency response. FIT is activated indirectly by basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) IVc transcription factors (TFs) under Fe deficiency; however, it remains unclear which protein(s) act as the linker to mediate the activation of FIT by bHLH IVc TFs. In this study, we characterize the functions of bHLH121 and demonstrate that it directly associates with the FIT promoter. We found that loss-of-function mutations of bHLH121 cause severe Fe-deficiency symptoms, reduced Fe accumulation, and disrupted expression of genes associated with Fe homeostasis. Genetic analysis showed that FIT is epistatic to bHLH121 and FIT overexpression partially rescues the bhlh121 mutant. Further investigations revealed that bHLH IVc TFs interact with and promote nuclear accumulation of bHLH121. We demonstrated that bHLH121 has DNA-binding activity and can bind the promoters of the FIT and bHLH Ib genes, but we did not find that it has either direct transcriptional activation or repression activity toward these genes. Meanwhile, we found that bHLH121 functions downstream of and is a direct target of bHLH IVc TFs, and its expression is induced by Fe deficiency in a bHLH IVc-dependent manner. Taken together, these results establish that bHLH121 functions together with bHLH IVc TFs to positively regulate the expression of FIT and thus plays a pivotal role in maintaining Fe homeostasis in Arabidopsis.
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- Rihua Lei
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; Center of Economic Botany, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; Center of Economic Botany, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; Center of Economic Botany, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; Center of Economic Botany, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China.
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Ceasar SA, Lekeux G, Motte P, Xiao Z, Galleni M, Hanikenne M. di-Cysteine Residues of the Arabidopsis thaliana HMA4 C-Terminus Are Only Partially Required for Cadmium Transport. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:560. [PMID: 32528485 PMCID: PMC7264368 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is highly toxic to the environment and humans. Plants are capable of absorbing Cd from the soil and of transporting part of this Cd to their shoot tissues. In Arabidopsis, the plasma membrane Heavy Metal ATPase 4 (HMA4) transporter mediates Cd xylem loading for export to shoots, in addition to zinc (Zn). A recent study showed that di-Cys motifs present in the HMA4 C-terminal extension (AtHMA4c) are essential for high-affinity Zn binding and transport in planta. In this study, we have characterized the role of the AtHMA4c di-Cys motifs in Cd transport in planta and in Cd-binding in vitro. In contrast to the case for Zn, the di-Cys motifs seem to be partly dispensable for Cd transport as evidenced by limited variation in Cd accumulation in shoot tissues of hma2hma4 double mutant plants expressing native or di-Cys mutated variants of AtHMA4. Expression analysis of metal homeostasis marker genes, such as AtIRT1, excluded that maintained Cd accumulation in shoot tissues was the result of increased Cd uptake by roots. In vitro Cd-binding assays further revealed that mutating di-Cys motifs in AtHMA4c had a more limited impact on Cd-binding than it has on Zn-binding. The contributions of the AtHMA4 C-terminal domain to metal transport and binding therefore differ for Zn and Cd. Our data suggest that it is possible to identify HMA4 variants that discriminate Zn and Cd for transport.
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- Stanislaus Antony Ceasar
- InBioS – PhytoSystems, Functional Genomics and Plant Molecular Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- InBioS – Center for Protein Engineering, Biological Macromolecules, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS – PhytoSystems, Functional Genomics and Plant Molecular Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- InBioS – Center for Protein Engineering, Biological Macromolecules, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS – PhytoSystems, Functional Genomics and Plant Molecular Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Melbourne Dementia Research Centre, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- InBioS – Center for Protein Engineering, Biological Macromolecules, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- InBioS – PhytoSystems, Functional Genomics and Plant Molecular Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Marc Hanikenne,
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In the past four decades, tremendous progress has been made in understanding how plants respond to microbial colonization and how microbial pathogens and symbionts reprogram plant cellular processes. In contrast, our knowledge of how environmental conditions impact plant-microbe interactions is less understood at the mechanistic level, as most molecular studies are performed under simple and static laboratory conditions. In this review, we highlight research that begins to shed light on the mechanisms by which environmental conditions influence diverse plant-pathogen, plant-symbiont, and plant-microbiota interactions. There is a great need to increase efforts in this important area of research in order to reach a systems-level understanding of plant-microbe interactions that are more reflective of what occurs in nature.
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- Yu Ti Cheng
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Plant Resilient Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Kaur G, Shukla V, Kumar A, Kaur M, Goel P, Singh P, Shukla A, Meena V, Kaur J, Singh J, Mantri S, Rouached H, Pandey AK. Integrative analysis of hexaploid wheat roots identifies signature components during iron starvation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:6141-6161. [PMID: 31738431 PMCID: PMC6859736 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for all organisms. In crop plants, Fe deficiency can decrease crop yield significantly; however, our current understanding of how major crops respond to Fe deficiency remains limited. Herein, the effect of Fe deprivation at both the transcriptomic and metabolic level in hexaploid wheat was investigated. Genome-wide gene expression reprogramming was observed in wheat roots subjected to Fe starvation, with a total of 5854 genes differentially expressed. Homoeologue and subgenome-specific analysis unveiled the induction-biased contribution from the A and B genomes. In general, the predominance of genes coding for nicotianamine synthase, yellow stripe-like transporters, metal transporters, ABC transporters, and zinc-induced facilitator-like protein was noted. Expression of genes related to the Strategy II mode of Fe uptake was also predominant. Our transcriptomic data were in agreement with the GC-MS analysis that showed the enhanced accumulation of various metabolites such as fumarate, malonate, succinate, and xylofuranose, which could be contributing to Fe mobilization. Interestingly, Fe starvation leads to a significant temporal increase of glutathione S-transferase at both the transcriptional level and enzymatic activity level, which indicates the involvement of glutathione in response to Fe stress in wheat roots. Taken together, our result provides new insight into the wheat response to Fe starvation at the molecular level and lays the foundation to design new strategies for the improvement of Fe nutrition in crops.
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- Gazaldeep Kaur
- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
- University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
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- University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
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- BPMP, Université de Montpellier, INRA, CNRS, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (Department of Biotechnology), Mohali, Punjab, India
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Wang M, Kawakami Y, Bhullar NK. Molecular Analysis of Iron Deficiency Response in Hexaploid Wheat. FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS 2019. [DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2019.00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Arabidopsis BRUTUS-LIKE E3 ligases negatively regulate iron uptake by targeting transcription factor FIT for recycling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:17584-17591. [PMID: 31413196 PMCID: PMC6717287 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1907971116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Mechanisms to balance the acquisition of sufficient Fe while preventing a toxic overload differ in bacteria, fungi, animals, and plants. Identification of specific E3 ligases acting directly on a key transcription factor for Fe uptake in Arabidopsis indicates how this balance is regulated in dicotyledonous plants. The domain structure and function of the E3 ligases show interesting parallels to a distantly related protein regulating Fe homeostasis in mammals. Moreover, the accumulation of Fe in weaker mutant alleles of the E3 ligases could be exploited for biofortification of crops. Organisms need to balance sufficient uptake of iron (Fe) with possible toxicity. In plant roots, a regulon of uptake genes is transcriptionally activated under Fe deficiency, but it is unknown how this response is inactivated when Fe becomes available. Here we describe the function of 2 partially redundant E3 ubiquitin ligases, BRUTUS-LIKE1 (BTSL1) and BTSL2, in Arabidopsis thaliana and provide evidence that they target the transcription factor FIT, a key regulator of Fe uptake, for degradation. The btsl double mutant failed to effectively down-regulate the transcription of genes controlled by FIT, and accumulated toxic levels of Fe in roots and leaves. The C-terminal domains of BTSL1 and BTSL2 exhibited E3 ligase activity, and interacted with FIT but not its dimeric partner bHLH39. The BTSL proteins were able to poly-ubiquitinate FIT in vitro and promote FIT degradation in vivo. Thus, posttranslational control of FIT is critical to prevent excess Fe uptake.
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Kailasam S, Chien WF, Yeh KC. Small-Molecules Selectively Modulate Iron-Deficiency Signaling Networks in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:8. [PMID: 30766541 PMCID: PMC6365448 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Plant growth requires optimal levels of iron (Fe). Fe is used for energy production, numerous enzymatic processes, and is indispensable for cellular metabolism. Recent studies have established the mechanism involved in Fe uptake and transport. However, our knowledge of Fe sensing and signaling is limited. Dissecting Fe signaling may be useful for crop improvement by Fe fortification. Here, we report two small-molecules, R3 and R6 [where R denotes repressor of IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 1 (IRT1)], identified through a chemical screening, whose use blocked activation of the Fe-deficiency response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiological analysis of plants treated with R3 and R6 showed that these small molecules drastically attenuated the plant response to Fe starvation. Small-molecule treatment caused severe chlorosis and strongly reduced chlorophyll levels in plants. Fe content in shoots was decreased considerably by small-molecule treatments especially in Fe deficiency. Small-molecule treatments attenuated the Fe-deficiency-induced expression of the Fe uptake gene IRT1. Analysis of FER-LIKE IRON-DEFICIENCY-INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR (FIT) and subgroup Ib basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) gene (bHLH38/39/100/101) expression showed that R3 affects the FIT-network, whereas R6 affects both the FIT and Ib bHLH networks. An assessment of the effects of the structural analogs of R3 and R6 on the induction of Fe-dependent chlorosis revealed the functional motif of the investigated chemicals. Our findings suggest that small-molecules selectively modulate the distinct signaling routes that operate in response to Fe-deficiency. R3 and R6 likely interrupt the activity of key upstream signaling regulators whose activities are required for the activation of the Fe-starvation transcriptional cascade in Arabidopsis roots.
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Park EY, Tsuyuki KM, Hu F, Lee J, Jeong J. PRC2-Mediated H3K27me3 Contributes to Transcriptional Regulation of FIT-Dependent Iron Deficiency Response. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:627. [PMID: 31156682 PMCID: PMC6532572 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Iron is an essential micronutrient for nearly all organisms, but excessive iron can lead to the formation of cytotoxic reactive oxygen species. Therefore, iron acquisition and homeostasis must be tightly regulated. Plants have evolved complex mechanisms to optimize their use of iron, which is one of the most limiting nutrients in the soil. In particular, transcriptional regulation is vital for regulating iron in plants, and much work has revealed the role of transcription factors on this front. Our study adds novel insights to the transcriptional regulation of iron homeostasis in plants by showing that chromatin remodeling via histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) modulates the expression of FIT-dependent genes under iron deficiency. We provide evidence that FIT-dependent iron acquisition genes, IRT1 and FRO2, as well as FIT itself are direct targets of PRC2-mediated H3K27me3. In the clf mutant, which lacks the predominant H3K27 tri-methyltransferase, induction of FIT, FRO2, IRT1, and other FIT-regulated genes in roots is significantly higher under iron deficient conditions than in wild type. Furthermore, we observe that clf mutants are more tolerant to iron deficiency than wild type, indicating that gene expression levels appear to be limiting the plants ability to access iron. We propose that H3K27me3 attenuates the induction of FIT-target genes under iron deficiency and hypothesize that this may serve as a mechanism to restrict the maximum level of induction of iron acquisition genes to prevent iron overload.
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- Emily Y. Park
- Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States
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- Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States
- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States
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- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States
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- Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States
- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States
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- Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States
- Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, United States
- *Correspondence: Jeeyon Jeong,
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Wang FP, Wang XF, Zhang J, Ma F, Hao YJ. MdMYB58 Modulates Fe Homeostasis by Directly Binding to the MdMATE43 Promoter in Plants. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 59:2476-2489. [PMID: 30165667 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Nutrient element deprivation, such as iron (Fe) deficiency stress, is a major factor limiting plant survival and proliferation in marginal soils. To cope with a low Fe environment, plants have evolved elaborate mechanisms underlying Fe homeostasis via intricate transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation. Here, we characterized the Fe deficiency-inducible MYB transcription factor MdMYB58 in apple plants. Overexpressing MdMYB58 resulted in the accumulation of Fe in the root of transgenic Arabidopsis and apple calli when they were exposed to low Fe available conditions. Further investigation revealed that MdMYB58 bound to the promoter of MdMATE43, and its homolog FRD3 in Arabidopsis. Transient expression and stable transgenic assays in apple calli indicated that MdMYB58 transcriptionally repressed MdMATE43 mRNA, as well as FRD3 in Arabidopsis. Interestingly, AtMYB58, the homolog of MdMYB58, possessed higher binding activities to MdMATE43 and FRD3, which suggests a potentially conserved feature of MYB58 binding to MATE transporters in plants. Additionally, MYB-MATE-mediated regulation of Fe homeostasis may be related to the PYE-related Fe deficiency regulatory network via MdSAT1, a member of the IVa subfamily of bHLH transcription factors. Co-overexpression of MdSAT1 competitively weakened MdMYB58-overexpression induced repression of MdMATE43 transcript abundancy by protein-protein interaction. Taken together, the newly identified MYB-bHLH transcription factor expands our understanding of multilevel molecular mechanisms that plants use to coordinate Fe demand with Fe uptake, transport, and tissue partitioning under low Fe conditions.
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- Feng-Pan Wang
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shan-xi, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, and College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an, Shandong, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, and College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an, Shandong, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shan-xi, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, National Research Center for Apple Engineering and Technology, and College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-an, Shandong, China
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Iron is a centrally bound cofactor of specifier proteins involved in glucosinolate breakdown. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0205755. [PMID: 30395611 PMCID: PMC6218027 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Glucosinolates, a group of sulfur-rich thioglucosides found in plants of the order Brassicales, have attracted a lot of interest as chemical defenses of plants and health promoting substances in human diet. They are accumulated separately from their hydrolyzing enzymes, myrosinases, within the intact plant, but undergo myrosinase-catalyzed hydrolysis upon tissue disruption. This results in various biologically active products, e.g. isothiocyanates, simple nitriles, epithionitriles, and organic thiocyanates. While formation of isothiocyanates proceeds by a spontaneous rearrangement of the glucosinolate aglucone, aglucone conversion to the other products involves specifier proteins under physiological conditions. Specifier proteins appear to act with high specificity, but their exact roles and the structural bases of their specificity are presently unknown. Previous research identified the motif EXXXDXXXH as potential iron binding site required for activity, but crystal structures of recombinant specifier proteins lacked the iron cofactor. Here, we provide experimental evidence for the presence of iron (most likely Fe2+) in purified recombinant thiocyanate-forming protein from Thlaspi arvense (TaTFP) using a Ferene S-based photometric assay as well as Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry. Iron binding and activity depend on E266, D270, and H274 suggesting a direct interaction of Fe2+ with these residues. Furthermore, we demonstrate presence of iron in epithiospecifier protein and nitrile-specifier protein 3 from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtESP and AtNSP3). We also present a homology model of AtNSP3. In agreement with this model, iron binding and activity of AtNSP3 depend on E386, D390, and H394. The homology model further suggests that the active site of AtNSP3 imposes fewer restrictions to the glucosinolate aglucone conformation than that of TaTFP and AtESP due to its larger size. This may explain why AtNSP3 does not support epithionitrile or thiocyanate formation, which likely requires exact positioning of the aglucone thiolate relative to the side chain.
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Grillet L, Lan P, Li W, Mokkapati G, Schmidt W. IRON MAN is a ubiquitous family of peptides that control iron transport in plants. NATURE PLANTS 2018; 4:953-963. [PMID: 30323182 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-018-0266-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Iron (Fe) is an essential mineral nutrient that severely affects the growth, yield and nutritional quality of plants if not supplied in sufficient quantities. Here, we report that a short C-terminal amino-acid sequence consensus motif (IRON MAN; IMA) conserved across numerous, highly diverse peptides in angiosperms is essential for Fe uptake in plants. Overexpression of the IMA sequence in Arabidopsis induced Fe uptake genes in roots, causing accumulation of Fe and manganese in all plant parts including seeds. Silencing of all eight IMA genes harboured in the Arabidopsis genome abolished Fe uptake and caused severe chlorosis; increasing the Fe supply or expressing IMA1 restored the wild-type phenotype. IMA1 is predominantly expressed in the phloem, preferentially in leaves, and reciprocal grafting showed that IMA1 peptides in shoots positively regulate Fe uptake in roots. IMA homologues are highly responsive to the Fe status and functional when heterologously expressed across species. IMA constitutes a novel family of peptides that are critical for the acquisition and cellular homeostasis of Fe across land plants.
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- Louis Grillet
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Molecular Biology and Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate program, Academia Sinica and National ChungHsing University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
- Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Vigani G, Murgia I. Iron-Requiring Enzymes in the Spotlight of Oxygen. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 23:874-882. [PMID: 30077479 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Iron (Fe) is a cofactor required for a variety of essential redox reactions in plant metabolism. Thus, plants have developed a complex network of interacting pathways to withstand Fe deficiency, including metabolic reprogramming. This opinion aims at revisiting such reprogramming by focusing on: (i) the functional relationships of Fe-requiring enzymes (FeREs) with respect to oxygen; and (ii) the progression of FeREs engagement, occurring under Fe deficiency stress. In particular, we considered such progression of FeREs engagement as strain responses of increasing severity during the stress phases of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. This approach can contribute to reconcile the variety of experimental results obtained so far from different plant species and/or different Fe supplies.
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- Gianpiero Vigani
- Plant Physiology Unit, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, via Quarello 15/A 10135, Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milano, via Celoria 26, 20133, Milano, Italy
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Kurt F, Filiz E. Genome-wide and comparative analysis of bHLH38, bHLH39, bHLH100 and bHLH101 genes in Arabidopsis, tomato, rice, soybean and maize: insights into iron (Fe) homeostasis. Biometals 2018; 31:489-504. [PMID: 29546482 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-018-0095-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Iron (Fe) is an essential element for plant life. Its deficiency impedes growth and development and excessive iron can cause the toxic effect via the Fenton reaction. Thus, plants have developed various mechanisms to acquire, distribute and utilize Fe for the maintenance of their iron homeostasis at cellular and systemic levels. A basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor family plays essential roles in many regulatory and development processes in plants. In this study, we aimed to understand the roles of bHLH38, bHLH39, bHLH100 and bHLH101 genes for Fe homeostasis in Arabidopsis, tomato, rice, soybean and maize species by using bioinformatics approaches. The gene/protein sequence analyses of these genes demonstrated that all bHLH proteins comprised helix-loop-helix DNA binding domain (PF00010) with varied exon numbers between 2 and 13. The phylogenetic analysis did not reveal a clear distinction between monocot and dicot plants. A total of 61 cis-elements were found in promotor sequences, including biotic and abiotic stress responsiveness, hormone responsiveness, and tissue specific expressions. The some structural divergences were identified in predicted 3D structures of bHLH proteins with different channels numbers. The co-expression network analysis demonstrated that bHLH39 and bHLH101 played more important roles in Fe regulation in Arabidopsis. The digital expression analysis showed various expression profiles of bHLH genes which were identified in developmental stages, anatomical parts, and perturbations. Particularly, bHLH39 and bHLH101 genes were found to be more active genes in Fe homeostasis. As a result, our findings can contribute to understanding of bHLH38, bHLH39, bHLH100 and bHLH101 genes in Fe homeostasis in plants.
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- Fırat Kurt
- Department of Organic Agriculture, Mus Alparslan University Vocational School, Mus, Turkey
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- Department of Crop and Animal Production, Cilimli Vocational School, Duzce University, Cilimli, Duzce, Turkey.
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Hindu V, Palacios-Rojas N, Babu R, Suwarno WB, Rashid Z, Usha R, Saykhedkar GR, Nair SK. Identification and validation of genomic regions influencing kernel zinc and iron in maize. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2018; 131:1443-1457. [PMID: 29574570 PMCID: PMC6004279 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3089-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 923 maize lines and validation in bi-parental populations identified significant genomic regions for kernel-Zinc and-Iron in maize. Bio-fortification of maize with elevated Zinc (Zn) and Iron (Fe) holds considerable promise for alleviating under-nutrition among the world's poor. Bio-fortification through molecular breeding could be an economical strategy for developing nutritious maize, and hence in this study, we adopted GWAS to identify markers associated with high kernel-Zn and Fe in maize and subsequently validated marker-trait associations in independent bi-parental populations. For GWAS, we evaluated a diverse maize association mapping panel of 923 inbred lines across three environments and detected trait associations using high-density Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) obtained through genotyping-by-sequencing. Phenotyping trials of the GWAS panel showed high heritability and moderate correlation between kernel-Zn and Fe concentrations. GWAS revealed a total of 46 SNPs (Zn-20 and Fe-26) significantly associated (P ≤ 5.03 × 10-05) with kernel-Zn and Fe concentrations with some of these associated SNPs located within previously reported QTL intervals for these traits. Three double-haploid (DH) populations were developed using lines identified from the panel that were contrasting for these micronutrients. The DH populations were phenotyped at two environments and were used for validating significant SNPs (P ≤ 1 × 10-03) based on single marker QTL analysis. Based on this analysis, 11 (Zn) and 11 (Fe) SNPs were found to have significant effect on the trait variance (P ≤ 0.01, R2 ≥ 0.05) in at least one bi-parental population. These findings are being pursued in the kernel-Zn and Fe breeding program, and could hold great value in functional analysis and possible cloning of high-value genes for these traits in maize.
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- Vemuri Hindu
- Asia Regional Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRISAT Campus, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana 502324 India
- Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women’s University), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502 India
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km 45 Carretera Mexico-Veracruz, 56130 Texcoco, Mexico
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- Asia Regional Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRISAT Campus, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana 502324 India
- Present Address: Multi-Crop Research Center (MCRC), DuPont Pioneer, Hyderabad, Telangana 500078 India
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km 45 Carretera Mexico-Veracruz, 56130 Texcoco, Mexico
- Present Address: Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University, Jl. Meranti Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, 16680 Indonesia
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- Asia Regional Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRISAT Campus, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana 502324 India
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- Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women’s University), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502 India
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- Asia Regional Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRISAT Campus, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana 502324 India
- Present Address: Project Director, SPMESM, Dr. Hedgewar Hospital, Aurangabad, Maharashtra 431005 India
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- Asia Regional Maize Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRISAT Campus, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana 502324 India
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Bastow EL, Garcia de la Torre VS, Maclean AE, Green RT, Merlot S, Thomine S, Balk J. Vacuolar Iron Stores Gated by NRAMP3 and NRAMP4 Are the Primary Source of Iron in Germinating Seeds. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 177:1267-1276. [PMID: 29784767 PMCID: PMC6052989 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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During seed germination, iron (Fe) stored in vacuoles is exported by the redundant NRAMP3 and NRAMP4 transporter proteins. A double nramp3 nramp4 mutant is unable to mobilize Fe stores and does not develop in the absence of external Fe. We used RNA sequencing to compare gene expression in nramp3 nramp4 and wild type during germination and early seedling development. Even though sufficient Fe was supplied, the Fe-responsive transcription factors bHLH38, 39, 100, and 101 and their downstream targets FRO2 and IRT1 mediating Fe uptake were strongly upregulated in the nramp3 nramp4 mutant. Activation of the Fe deficiency response was confirmed by increased ferric chelate reductase activity in the mutant. At early stages, genes important for chloroplast redox control (FSD1 and SAPX), Fe homeostasis (FER1 and SUFB), and chlorophyll metabolism (HEMA1 and NYC1) were downregulated, indicating limited Fe availability in plastids. In contrast, expression of FRO3, encoding a ferric reductase involved in Fe import into the mitochondria, was maintained, and Fe-dependent enzymes in the mitochondria were unaffected in nramp3 nramp4 Together, these data show that a failure to mobilize Fe stores during germination triggered Fe deficiency responses and strongly affected plastids, but not mitochondria.
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- Emma L Bastow
- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
- University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, University Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, University Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, University Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, University Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
- University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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Pu Y, Yang D, Yin X, Wang Q, Chen Q, Yang Y, Yang Y. Genome-wide analysis indicates diverse physiological roles of the turnip ( Brassica rapa var. rapa) oligopeptide transporters gene family. PLANT DIVERSITY 2018; 40:57-67. [PMID: 30159543 PMCID: PMC6091929 DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Oligopeptide transporters (OPTs) encode integral membrane-localized proteins and have a broad range of substrate transport capabilities. Here, 28 BrrOPT genes were identified in the turnip. Phylogenetic analyses revealed two well-supported clades in the OPT family, containing 15 BrrOPTs and 13 BrrYSLs. The exon/intron structure of OPT clade are conserved but the yellow stripe-like (YSL) clade was different. The exon/intron of the YSL clade possesses structural differences, whereas the YSL class motifs structure are conserved. The OPT genes are distributed unevenly among the chromosomes of the turnip genome. Phylogenetic and chromosomal distribution analyses revealed that the expansion of the OPT gene family is mainly attributable to segmental duplication. For the expression profiles at different developmental stages, a comprehensive analysis provided insights into the possible functional divergence among members of the paralog OPT gene family. Different expression levels under a variety of ion deficiencies also indicated that the OPT family underwent functional divergence during long-term evolution. Furthermore, BrrOPT8.1, BrrYSL1.2, BrrYSL1.3, BrrYSL6 and BrrYSL9 responded to Fe(II) treatments and BrrYSL7 responded to calcium treatments, BrrYSL6 responded to multiple treatments in root, suggesting that turnip OPTs may be involved in mediating cross-talk among different ion deficiencies. Our data provide important information for further functional dissection of BrrOPTs, especially in transporting metal ions and nutrient deficiency stress adaptation.
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- Yanan Pu
- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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Kailasam S, Wang Y, Lo JC, Chang HF, Yeh KC. S-Nitrosoglutathione works downstream of nitric oxide to mediate iron-deficiency signaling in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 94:157-168. [PMID: 29396986 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Iron (Fe) is essential for plant growth and development. Knowledge of Fe signaling, from the beginning of perception to activation of the uptake process, is critical for crop improvement. Here, by using chemical screening, we identified a small molecule 3-amino-N-(3-methylphenyl)thieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxamide named R7 ('R' denoting repressor of IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 1), that modulates Fe homeostasis of Arabidopsis. R7 treatment led to reduced Fe levels in plants, thus causing severe chlorosis under Fe deficiency. Expression analysis of central transcription factors, FER-LIKE IRON DEFICIENCY INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR (FIT) and subgroup Ib basic helix-loop-helix (Ib bHLH) genes bHLH38/39/100/101, revealed that R7 targets the FIT-dependent transcriptional pathway. Exogenously supplying S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), but not other nitric oxide (NO) donors sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and S-nitroso-N-acetyl-dl-penicillamine (SANP), alleviated the inhibitory effects of R7 on Fe homeostasis. R7 did not inhibit cellular levels of NO or glutathione but decreased GSNO level in roots. We demonstrate that NO is involved in regulating not only the FIT transcriptional network but also the Ib bHLH networks. In addition, GSNO, from S-nitrosylation of glutathione, specifically mediates the Fe-starvation signal to FIT, which is distinct from the NO to Ib bHLH signal. Our work dissects the molecular connection between NO and the Fe-starvation response. We present a new signaling route whereby GSNO acts downstream of NO to trigger the Fe-deficiency response in Arabidopsis.
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- Sakthivel Kailasam
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
- Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Chung-Hsing University, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
- Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Chung-Hsing University, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
- Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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Siwinska J, Siatkowska K, Olry A, Grosjean J, Hehn A, Bourgaud F, Meharg AA, Carey M, Lojkowska E, Ihnatowicz A. Scopoletin 8-hydroxylase: a novel enzyme involved in coumarin biosynthesis and iron-deficiency responses in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:1735-1748. [PMID: 29361149 PMCID: PMC5888981 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Iron deficiency is a serious agricultural problem, particularly in alkaline soils. Secretion of coumarins by Arabidopsis thaliana roots is induced under iron deficiency. An essential enzyme for the biosynthesis of the major Arabidopsis coumarins, scopoletin and its derivatives, is Feruloyl-CoA 6'-Hydroxylase1 (F6'H1), which belongs to a large enzyme family of the 2-oxoglutarate and Fe2+-dependent dioxygenases. We have functionally characterized another enzyme of this family, which is a close homologue of F6'H1 and is encoded by a strongly iron-responsive gene, At3g12900. We purified At3g12900 protein heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli and demonstrated that it is involved in the conversion of scopoletin into fraxetin, via hydroxylation at the C8 position, and that it thus functions as a scopoletin 8-hydroxylase (S8H). Its function in plant cells was confirmed by the transient expression of S8H protein in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves, followed by metabolite profiling and biochemical and ionomic characterization of Arabidopsis s8h knockout lines grown under various iron regimes. Our results indicate that S8H is involved in coumarin biosynthesis, as part of mechanisms used by plants to assimilate iron.
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- Joanna Siwinska
- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama, Gdansk, Poland
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama, Gdansk, Poland
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- Université de Lorraine, INRA, UMR 1121 Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement Nancy-Colmar, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, INRA, UMR 1121 Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement Nancy-Colmar, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, INRA, UMR 1121 Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement Nancy-Colmar, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, INRA, UMR 1121 Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement Nancy-Colmar, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast, David Keir Building, Malone Road, Belfast, UK
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- Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast, David Keir Building, Malone Road, Belfast, UK
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama, Gdansk, Poland
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama, Gdansk, Poland
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Ricachenevsky FK, de Araújo Junior AT, Fett JP, Sperotto RA. You Shall Not Pass: Root Vacuoles as a Symplastic Checkpoint for Metal Translocation to Shoots and Possible Application to Grain Nutritional Quality. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:412. [PMID: 29666628 PMCID: PMC5891630 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Plant nutrient uptake is performed mostly by roots, which have to acquire nutrients while avoiding excessive amounts of essential and toxic elements. Apoplastic barriers such as the casparian strip and suberin deposition block free diffusion from the rhizosphere into the xylem, making selective plasma membrane transporters able to control elemental influx into the root symplast, efflux into the xylem and therefore shoot translocation. Additionally, transporters localized to the tonoplast of root cells have been demonstrated to regulate the shoot ionome, and may be important for seed elemental translocation. Here we review the role of vacuolar transporters in the detoxification of elements such as zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co) and nickel (Ni) that are co-transported with iron (Fe) during the Fe deficiency response in Arabidopsis thaliana, and the possible conservation of this mechanism in rice (Oryza sativa). We also discuss the evidence that vacuolar transporters are linked to natural variation in shoot ionome in Arabidopsis and rice, indicating that vacuolar storage might be amenable to genetic engineering without strong phenotypical changes. Finally, we discuss the possible use of root's vacuolar transporters to increase the nutritional quality of crop grains.
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- Felipe K. Ricachenevsky
- Departamento de Biologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Agrobiologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Felipe K. Ricachenevsky,
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade do Vale do Taquari – UNIVATES, Lajeado, Brazil
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Martínez-Medina A, Van Wees SCM, Pieterse CMJ. Airborne signals from Trichoderma fungi stimulate iron uptake responses in roots resulting in priming of jasmonic acid-dependent defences in shoots of Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:2691-2705. [PMID: 28667819 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Root colonization by Trichoderma fungi can trigger induced systemic resistance (ISR). In Arabidopsis, Trichoderma-ISR relies on the transcription factor MYB72, which plays a dual role in the onset of ISR and the activation of Fe uptake responses. Volatile compounds (VCs) from rhizobacteria are important elicitors of MYB72 in Arabidopsis roots. Here, we investigated the mode of action of VCs from Trichoderma fungi in the onset of ISR and Fe uptake responses. VCs from Trichoderma asperellum and Trichoderma harzianum were applied in an in vitro split-plate system with Arabidopsis or tomato seedlings. Locally, Trichoderma-VCs triggered MYB72 expression and molecular, physiological and morphological Fe uptake mechanisms in Arabidopsis roots. In leaves, Trichoderma-VCs primed jasmonic acid-dependent defences, leading to an enhanced resistance against Botrytis cinerea. By using Arabidopsis micrografts of VCs-exposed rootstocks and non-exposed scions, we demonstrated that perception of Trichoderma-VCs by the roots leads to a systemic signal that primes shoots for enhanced defences. Trichoderma-VCs also elicited Fe deficiency responses and shoot immunity in tomato, suggesting that this phenomenon is expressed in different plant species. Our results indicate that Trichoderma-VCs trigger locally a readjustment of Fe homeostasis in roots, which links to systemic elicitation of ISR by priming of jasmonic acid-dependent defences.
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- Ainhoa Martínez-Medina
- Plant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Molecular Interaction Ecology, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Institute of Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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- Plant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Plant-Microbe Interactions, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Chen YT, Wang Y, Yeh KC. Role of root exudates in metal acquisition and tolerance. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 39:66-72. [PMID: 28654805 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 06/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plants acquire mineral nutrients mostly through the rhizosphere; they secrete a large number of metabolites into the rhizosphere to regulate nutrient availability and to detoxify undesirable metal pollutants in soils. The secreted metabolites are inorganic ions, gaseous molecules, and mainly carbon-based compounds. This review focuses on the mechanisms and regulation of low-molecular-weight organic-compound exudation in terms of metal acquisition. We summarize findings on riboflavin/phenolic-facilitated and phytosiderophore-facilitated iron acquisition and discuss recent studies of the functions and secretion mechanisms of low-molecular-weight organic acids in heavy-metal detoxification.
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- Yi-Tze Chen
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Eroglu S, Aksoy E. Genome-wide analysis of gene expression profiling revealed that COP9 signalosome is essential for correct expression of Fe homeostasis genes in Arabidopsis. Biometals 2017; 30:685-698. [PMID: 28744713 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-017-0036-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In plant cells, either excess or insufficient iron (Fe) concentration triggers stress responses, therefore it is strictly controlled. Proteasome-mediated degradation through ubiquitination of Fe homeostasis proteins has just become the focus of research in recent years. Deactivating ubiquitin ligases, COP9 signalosome has a central importance in the translational control of various stress responses. The aim of the study was to investigate COP9 signalosome in Fe deficiency response of Strategy I plants. In silico analysis of a set of Fe-deficiency-responsive genes was conducted against the transcriptome of Arabidopsis csn mutant lines using Genevestigator software. Induced and suppressed genes were clustered in a hierarchical way and gene ontology enrichment categories were identified. In wild-type Arabidopsis, CSN genes did not respond to iron deficiency. In csn mutant lines, under Fe-sufficient conditions, hundreds of Fe-deficiency-responsive genes were misregulated. Among the ones previously characterized for their physiological roles under Fe deficiency IRT1, NAS4, BTS, NRAMP1 were down-regulated while AHA2, MTP8, FRD3 were up-regulated. Unexpectedly, from those which were regulated in opposite ways, some had been repeatedly shown to be tightly co-regulated by the same transcription factor, FIT. Two proteins from DELLA family, which were reported to interact with FIT to repress its downstream, were found to be strikingly repressed in csn mutants. Overall, the study underlined that the absence of a functional CSN greatly impacted the regulation of Fe homeostasis-related genes, in a manner which cannot be explained simply by the induction of the master transcription factor, FIT. Correct expression of Fe deficiency-responsive genes requires an intact COP9 signalosome in Arabidopsis.
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- Seckin Eroglu
- Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, İzmir University of Economics, Sakarya Cad., No: 156, Balcova, 35330, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Agricultural Genetic Engineering, Ayhan Sahenk Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Ömer Halisdemir University, Merkez, 51240, Nigde, Turkey.
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Vannozzi A, Donnini S, Vigani G, Corso M, Valle G, Vitulo N, Bonghi C, Zocchi G, Lucchin M. Transcriptional Characterization of a Widely-Used Grapevine Rootstock Genotype under Different Iron-Limited Conditions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 7:1994. [PMID: 28105035 PMCID: PMC5214570 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Iron chlorosis is a serious deficiency that affects orchards and vineyards reducing quality and yield production. Chlorotic plants show abnormal photosynthesis and yellowing shoots. In grapevine iron uptake and homeostasis are most likely controlled by a mechanism known as "Strategy I," characteristic of non-graminaceous plants and based on a system of soil acidification, iron reduction and transporter-mediated uptake. Nowadays, grafting of varieties of economic interest on tolerant rootstocks is widely used practice against many biotic and abiotic stresses. Nevertheless, many interspecific rootstocks, and in particular those obtained by crossing exclusively non-vinifera genotypes, can show limited nutrient uptake and transport, in particular for what concerns iron. In the present study, 101.14, a commonly used rootstock characterized by susceptibility to iron chlorosis was subjected to both Fe-absence and Fe-limiting conditions. Grapevine plantlets were grown in control, Fe-deprived, and bicarbonate-supplemented hydroponic solutions. Whole transcriptome analyses, via mRNA-Seq, were performed on root apices of stressed and unstressed plants. Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) confirmed that Strategy I is the mechanism responsible for iron uptake in grapevine, since many orthologs genes to the Arabidopsis "ferrome" were differentially regulated in stressed plant. Molecular differences in the plant responses to Fe absence and presence of bicarbonate were also identified indicating the two treatments are able to induce response-mechanisms only partially overlapping. Finally, we measured the expression of a subset of genes differentially expressed in 101.14 (such as IRT1, FERRITIN1, bHLH38/39) or known to be fundamental in the "strategy I" mechanism (AHA2 and FRO2) also in a tolerant rootstock (M1) finding important differences which could be responsible for the different degrees of tolerance observed.
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- Alessandro Vannozzi
- Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse Naturali e Ambiente, Università di PadovaLegnaro, Italy
- Centro Interdipartimentale per la Ricerca in Viticoltura ed EnologiaConegliano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università di MilanoMilano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università di MilanoMilano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse Naturali e Ambiente, Università di PadovaLegnaro, Italy
- Centro Interdipartimentale per la Ricerca in Viticoltura ed EnologiaConegliano, Italy
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- Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale per le Biotecnologie InnovativePadova, Italy
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- Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale per le Biotecnologie InnovativePadova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse Naturali e Ambiente, Università di PadovaLegnaro, Italy
- Centro Interdipartimentale per la Ricerca in Viticoltura ed EnologiaConegliano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università di MilanoMilano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse Naturali e Ambiente, Università di PadovaLegnaro, Italy
- Centro Interdipartimentale per la Ricerca in Viticoltura ed EnologiaConegliano, Italy
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Li W, Lan P. The Understanding of the Plant Iron Deficiency Responses in Strategy I Plants and the Role of Ethylene in This Process by Omic Approaches. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:40. [PMID: 28174585 PMCID: PMC5259694 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Iron (Fe) is an essential plant micronutrient but is toxic in excess. Fe deficiency chlorosis is a major constraint for plant growth and causes severe losses of crop yields and quality. Under Fe deficiency conditions, plants have developed sophisticated mechanisms to keep cellular Fe homeostasis via various physiological, morphological, metabolic, and gene expression changes to facilitate the availability of Fe. Ethylene has been found to be involved in the Fe deficiency responses of plants through pharmacological studies or by the use of ethylene mutants. However, how ethylene is involved in the regulations of Fe starvation responses remains not fully understood. Over the past decade, omics approaches, mainly focusing on the RNA and protein levels, have been used extensively to investigate global gene expression changes under Fe-limiting conditions, and thousands of genes have been found to be regulated by Fe status. Similarly, proteome profiles have uncovered several hallmark processes that help plants adapt to Fe shortage. To find out how ethylene participates in the Fe deficiency response and explore putatively novel regulators for further investigation, this review emphasizes the integration of those genes and proteins, derived from omics approaches, regulated both by Fe deficiency, and ethylene into a systemic network by gene co-expression analysis.
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- Wenfeng Li
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China of Jiangsu Province, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of SciencesNanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of SciencesNanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Ping Lan
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