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Siodmak A, Martinez-Seidel F, Rayapuram N, Bazin J, Alhoraibi H, Gentry-Torfer D, Tabassum N, Sheikh AH, Kise J, Blilou I, Crespi M, Kopka J, Hirt H. Dynamics of ribosome composition and ribosomal protein phosphorylation in immune signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:11876-11892. [PMID: 37823590 PMCID: PMC10681734 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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In plants, the detection of microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) induces primary innate immunity by the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). We show here that the MAMP-activated MAPK MPK6 not only modulates defense through transcriptional regulation but also via the ribosomal protein translation machinery. To understand the effects of MPK6 on ribosomes and their constituent ribosomal proteins (RPs), polysomes, monosomes and the phosphorylation status of the RPs, MAMP-treated WT and mpk6 mutant plants were analysed. MAMP-activation induced rapid changes in RP composition of monosomes, polysomes and in the 60S ribosomal subunit in an MPK6-specific manner. Phosphoproteome analysis showed that MAMP-activation of MPK6 regulates the phosphorylation status of the P-stalk ribosomal proteins by phosphorylation of RPP0 and the concomitant dephosphorylation of RPP1 and RPP2. These events coincide with a significant decrease in the abundance of ribosome-bound RPP0s, RPP1s and RPP3s in polysomes. The P-stalk is essential in regulating protein translation by recruiting elongation factors. Accordingly, we found that RPP0C mutant plants are compromised in basal resistance to Pseudomonas syringae infection. These data suggest that MAMP-induced defense also involves MPK6-induced regulation of P-stalk proteins, highlighting a new role of ribosomal regulation in plant innate immunity.
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- Anna Siodmak
- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Willmitzer Department, Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
- School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- CNRS, INRA, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, Univ Paris Sud, Univ Evry, Univ Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cite, Universite Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, 21551 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Willmitzer Department, Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
- School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- CNRS, INRA, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, Univ Paris Sud, Univ Evry, Univ Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cite, Universite Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Willmitzer Department, Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Fakih Z, Plourde MB, Germain H. Differential Participation of Plant Ribosomal Proteins from the Small Ribosomal Subunit in Protein Translation under Stress. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1160. [PMID: 37509195 PMCID: PMC10377644 DOI: 10.3390/biom13071160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Upon exposure to biotic and abiotic stress, plants have developed strategies to adapt to the challenges imposed by these unfavorable conditions. The energetically demanding translation process is one of the main elements regulated to reduce energy consumption and to selectively synthesize proteins involved in the establishment of an adequate response. Emerging data have shown that ribosomes remodel to adapt to stresses. In Arabidopsis thaliana, ribosomes consist of approximately eighty-one distinct ribosomal proteins (RPs), each of which is encoded by two to seven genes. Recent research has revealed that a mutation in a given single RP in plants can not only affect the functions of the RP itself but can also influence the properties of the ribosome, which could bring about changes in the translation to varying degrees. However, a pending question is whether some RPs enable ribosomes to preferentially translate specific mRNAs. To reveal the role of ribosomal proteins from the small subunit (RPS) in a specific translation, we developed a novel approach to visualize the effect of RPS silencing on the translation of a reporter mRNA (GFP) combined to the 5'UTR of different housekeeping and defense genes. The silencing of genes encoding for NbRPSaA, NbRPS5A, and NbRPS24A in Nicotiana benthamiana decreased the translation of defense genes. The NbRACK1A-silenced plant showed compromised translations of specific antioxidant enzymes. However, the translations of all tested genes were affected in NbRPS27D-silenced plants. These findings suggest that some RPS may be potentially involved in the control of protein translation.
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- Zainab Fakih
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics and Groupe de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics and Groupe de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics and Groupe de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H9, Canada
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Valencia-Lozano E, Herrera-Isidrón L, Flores-López JA, Recoder-Meléndez OS, Barraza A, Cabrera-Ponce JL. Solanum tuberosum Microtuber Development under Darkness Unveiled through RNAseq Transcriptomic Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232213835. [PMID: 36430314 PMCID: PMC9696990 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232213835] [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: 09/25/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Potato microtuber (MT) development through in vitro techniques are ideal propagules for producing high quality potato plants. MT formation is influenced by several factors, i.e., photoperiod, sucrose, hormones, and osmotic stress. We have previously developed a protocol of MT induction in medium with sucrose (8% w/v), gelrite (6g/L), and 2iP as cytokinin under darkness. To understand the molecular mechanisms involved, we performed a transcriptome-wide analysis. Here we show that 1715 up- and 1624 down-regulated genes were involved in this biological process. Through the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analyses performed in the STRING database (v11.5), we found 299 genes tightly associated in 14 clusters. Two major clusters of up-regulated proteins fundamental for life growth and development were found: 29 ribosomal proteins (RPs) interacting with 6 PEBP family members and 117 cell cycle (CC) proteins. The PPI network of up-regulated transcription factors (TFs) revealed that at least six TFs-MYB43, TSF, bZIP27, bZIP43, HAT4 and WOX9-may be involved during MTs development. The PPI network of down-regulated genes revealed a cluster of 83 proteins involved in light and photosynthesis, 110 in response to hormone, 74 in hormone mediate signaling pathway and 22 related to aging.
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- Eliana Valencia-Lozano
- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato 36824, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería Campus Guanajuato (UPIIG), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Mineral de Valenciana 200, Puerto Interior, Silao de la Victoria 36275, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería Campus Guanajuato (UPIIG), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Mineral de Valenciana 200, Puerto Interior, Silao de la Victoria 36275, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería Campus Guanajuato (UPIIG), Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Mineral de Valenciana 200, Puerto Interior, Silao de la Victoria 36275, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- CONACYT-Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noreste, SC. IPN 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz 23096, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato 36824, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +52-462-6239600 (ext. 9421)
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Sainz MM, Filippi CV, Eastman G, Sotelo-Silveira J, Borsani O, Sotelo-Silveira M. Analysis of Thioredoxins and Glutaredoxins in Soybean: Evidence of Translational Regulation under Water Restriction. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:1622. [PMID: 36009341 PMCID: PMC9405309 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11081622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) establishes symbiosis with rhizobacteria, developing the symbiotic nodule, where the biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) occurs. The redox control is key for guaranteeing the establishment and correct function of the BNF process. Plants have many antioxidative systems involved in ROS homeostasis and signaling, among them a network of thio- and glutaredoxins. Our group is particularly interested in studying the differential response of nodulated soybean plants to water-deficit stress. To shed light on this phenomenon, we set up an RNA-seq experiment (for total and polysome-associated mRNAs) with soybean roots comprising combined treatments including the hydric and the nodulation condition. Moreover, we performed the initial identification and description of the complete repertoire of thioredoxins (Trx) and glutaredoxins (Grx) in soybean. We found that water deficit altered the expression of a greater number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) than the condition of plant nodulation. Among them, we identified 12 thioredoxin (Trx) and 12 glutaredoxin (Grx) DEGs, which represented a significant fraction of the detected GmTrx and GmGrx in our RNA-seq data. Moreover, we identified an enriched network in which a GmTrx and a GmGrx interacted with each other and associated through several types of interactions with nitrogen metabolism enzymes.
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- María Martha Sainz
- Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Avenida Garzón 780, Montevideo 12900, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Avenida Garzón 780, Montevideo 12900, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Genómica, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, MEC, Av. Italia 3318, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, 485 McCormick Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
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- Departamento de Genómica, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, MEC, Av. Italia 3318, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Avenida Garzón 780, Montevideo 12900, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Avenida Garzón 780, Montevideo 12900, Uruguay
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Shrestha V, Yobi A, Slaten ML, Chan YO, Holden S, Gyawali A, Flint-Garcia S, Lipka AE, Angelovici R. Multiomics approach reveals a role of translational machinery in shaping maize kernel amino acid composition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:111-133. [PMID: 34618082 PMCID: PMC8774818 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Maize (Zea mays) seeds are a good source of protein, despite being deficient in several essential amino acids. However, eliminating the highly abundant but poorly balanced seed storage proteins has revealed that the regulation of seed amino acids is complex and does not rely on only a handful of proteins. In this study, we used two complementary omics-based approaches to shed light on the genes and biological processes that underlie the regulation of seed amino acid composition. We first conducted a genome-wide association study to identify candidate genes involved in the natural variation of seed protein-bound amino acids. We then used weighted gene correlation network analysis to associate protein expression with seed amino acid composition dynamics during kernel development and maturation. We found that almost half of the proteome was significantly reduced during kernel development and maturation, including several translational machinery components such as ribosomal proteins, which strongly suggests translational reprogramming. The reduction was significantly associated with a decrease in several amino acids, including lysine and methionine, pointing to their role in shaping the seed amino acid composition. When we compared the candidate gene lists generated from both approaches, we found a nonrandom overlap of 80 genes. A functional analysis of these genes showed a tight interconnected cluster dominated by translational machinery genes, especially ribosomal proteins, further supporting the role of translation dynamics in shaping seed amino acid composition. These findings strongly suggest that seed biofortification strategies that target the translation machinery dynamics should be considered and explored further.
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- Vivek Shrestha
- Division of Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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Li Y, Li Q, Beuchat G, Zeng H, Zhang C, Chen LQ. Combined analyses of translatome and transcriptome in Arabidopsis reveal new players responding to magnesium deficiency. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 63:2075-2092. [PMID: 34473403 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Translational control of gene expression, including recruitment of ribosomes to messenger RNA (mRNA), is particularly important during the response to stress. Purification of ribosome-associated mRNAs using translating ribosome affinity purification (TRAP) followed by RNA-sequencing facilitates the study of mRNAs undergoing active transcription and better proxies the translatome, or protein response, to stimuli. To identify plant responses to Magnesium (Mg) deficiency at the translational level, we combined transcriptome and translatome analyses. Excitingly, we found 26 previously unreported Mg-responsive genes that were only regulated at the translational level and not the transcriptional level, during the early response to Mg deficiency. In addition, mutants of the transcription factor ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5), the H+ /CATION EXCHANGER 1 and 3 (CAX1 and CAX3), and UBIQUITIN 11 (UBQ11) exhibited early chlorosis phenotype under Mg deficiency, supporting their functional involvement in ion homeostasis. Overall, our study strongly supports that TRAP-seq combined with RNA-seq followed by phenotype screening could facilitate the identification of novel players during stress responses.
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- Yaxin Li
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China
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- Department of Agronomy and Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 49707, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
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Sanclemente MA, Ma F, Liu P, Della Porta A, Singh J, Wu S, Colquhoun T, Johnson T, Guan JC, Koch KE. Sugar modulation of anaerobic-response networks in maize root tips. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 185:295-317. [PMID: 33721892 PMCID: PMC8133576 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Sugar supply is a key component of hypoxia tolerance and acclimation in plants. However, a striking gap remains in our understanding of mechanisms governing sugar impacts on low-oxygen responses. Here, we used a maize (Zea mays) root-tip system for precise control of sugar and oxygen levels. We compared responses to oxygen (21 and 0.2%) in the presence of abundant versus limited glucose supplies (2.0 and 0.2%). Low-oxygen reconfigured the transcriptome with glucose deprivation enhancing the speed and magnitude of gene induction for core anaerobic proteins (ANPs). Sugar supply also altered profiles of hypoxia-responsive genes carrying G4 motifs (sources of regulatory quadruplex structures), revealing a fast, sugar-independent class followed more slowly by feast-or-famine-regulated G4 genes. Metabolite analysis showed that endogenous sugar levels were maintained by exogenous glucose under aerobic conditions and demonstrated a prominent capacity for sucrose re-synthesis that was undetectable under hypoxia. Glucose abundance had distinctive impacts on co-expression networks associated with ANPs, altering network partners and aiding persistence of interacting networks under prolonged hypoxia. Among the ANP networks, two highly interconnected clusters of genes formed around Pyruvate decarboxylase 3 and Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 4. Genes in these clusters shared a small set of cis-regulatory elements, two of which typified glucose induction. Collective results demonstrate specific, previously unrecognized roles of sugars in low-oxygen responses, extending from accelerated onset of initial adaptive phases by starvation stress to maintenance and modulation of co-expression relationships by carbohydrate availability.
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- Maria-Angelica Sanclemente
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Plant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584CH, The Netherlands
- Author for communication:
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Horticultural Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63132, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
- Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Yoon J, Cho LH, Tun W, Jeon JS, An G. Sucrose signaling in higher plants. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 302:110703. [PMID: 33288016 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Sucrose controls various developmental and metabolic processes in plants. In this review, we evaluate whether sucrose could be a preferred signaling molecule that controls processes like carbohydrate metabolism, accumulation of storage proteins, sucrose transport, anthocyanin accumulation, and floral induction. We summarize putative sucrose-dependent signaling pathways. Sucrose, but not other sugars, stimulates the genes that encode ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase), granule-bound starch synthase I, and UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in several species. The class-1 patatin promoter is induced under high sucrose conditions in potato (Solanum tuberosum). Exogenous sucrose reduces the loading of sucrose to the phloem by inhibiting the expression of the sucrose transporter and its protein activity in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Sucrose also influences a wide range of growth processes, including cell division, ribosome synthesis, cotyledon development, far-red light signaling, and tuber development. Floral induction is promoted by sucrose in several species. The molecular mechanisms by which sucrose functions as a signal are largely unknown. Sucrose enhances the expression of transcription factors such as AtWRKY20 and MYB75, which function upstream of the sucrose-responsive genes. Sucrose controls the expression of AtbZIP11 at the post-transcriptional level by the peptide encoded by uORF2. Sucrose levels affect translation of a group of mRNAs in Arabidopsis. Sucrose increases the activity of AGPase by posttranslational redox-modification. Sucrose interrupts the interaction between sucrose transporter SUT4 and cytochrome b5. In addition, the SNF-related protein kinase-1 appears to be involved in sucrose-dependent pathways by controlling sucrose synthase (SUS4) expression.
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- Jinmi Yoon
- Crop Biotech Institute and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang, 50463, South Korea
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- Crop Biotech Institute and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, South Korea
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- Crop Biotech Institute and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, South Korea.
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- Crop Biotech Institute and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, South Korea.
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Bai B, van der Horst N, Cordewener JH, America AHP, Nijveen H, Bentsink L. Delayed Protein Changes During Seed Germination. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:735719. [PMID: 34603360 PMCID: PMC8480309 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.735719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Over the past decade, ample transcriptome data have been generated at different stages during seed germination; however, far less is known about protein synthesis during this important physiological process. Generally, the correlation between transcript levels and protein abundance is low, which strongly limits the use of transcriptome data to accurately estimate protein expression. Polysomal profiling has emerged as a tool to identify mRNAs that are actively translated. The association of the mRNA to the polysome, also referred to as translatome, provides a proxy for mRNA translation. In this study, the correlation between the changes in total mRNA, polysome-associated mRNA, and protein levels across seed germination was investigated. The direct correlation between polysomal mRNA and protein abundance at a single time-point during seed germination is low. However, once the polysomal mRNA of a time-point is compared to the proteome of the next time-point, the correlation is much higher. 35% of the investigated proteome has delayed changes at the protein level. Genes have been classified based on their delayed protein changes, and specific motifs in these genes have been identified. Moreover, mRNA and protein stability and mRNA length have been found as important predictors for changes in protein abundance. In conclusion, polysome association and/or dissociation predicts future changes in protein abundance in germinating seeds.
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- Bing Bai
- Wageningen Seed Science Centre, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Bing Bai,
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- BU Bioscience, Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Centre for BioSystems Genomics, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Netherlands Proteomics Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- BU Bioscience, Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Centre for BioSystems Genomics, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Netherlands Proteomics Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Science Centre, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Leónie Bentsink,
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Urquidi-Camacho RA, Lokdarshi A, von Arnim AG. Translational gene regulation in plants: A green new deal. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. RNA 2020; 11:e1597. [PMID: 32367681 PMCID: PMC9258721 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The molecular machinery for protein synthesis is profoundly similar between plants and other eukaryotes. Mechanisms of translational gene regulation are embedded into the broader network of RNA-level processes including RNA quality control and RNA turnover. However, over eons of their separate history, plants acquired new components, dropped others, and generally evolved an alternate way of making the parts list of protein synthesis work. Research over the past 5 years has unveiled how plants utilize translational control to defend themselves against viruses, regulate translation in response to metabolites, and reversibly adjust translation to a wide variety of environmental parameters. Moreover, during seed and pollen development plants make use of RNA granules and other translational controls to underpin developmental transitions between quiescent and metabolically active stages. The economics of resource allocation over the daily light-dark cycle also include controls over cellular protein synthesis. Important new insights into translational control on cytosolic ribosomes continue to emerge from studies of translational control mechanisms in viruses. Finally, sketches of coherent signaling pathways that connect external stimuli with a translational response are emerging, anchored in part around TOR and GCN2 kinase signaling networks. These again reveal some mechanisms that are familiar and others that are different from other eukaryotes, motivating deeper studies on translational control in plants. This article is categorized under: Translation > Translation Regulation RNA Structure and Dynamics > Influence of RNA Structure in Biological Systems RNA Interactions with Proteins and Other Molecules > Protein-RNA Interactions: Functional Implications.
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- Ricardo A. Urquidi-Camacho
- UT-ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology and UT-ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
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Martinez-Seidel F, Beine-Golovchuk O, Hsieh YC, Kopka J. Systematic Review of Plant Ribosome Heterogeneity and Specialization. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:948. [PMID: 32670337 PMCID: PMC7332886 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Plants dedicate a high amount of energy and resources to the production of ribosomes. Historically, these multi-protein ribosome complexes have been considered static protein synthesis machines that are not subject to extensive regulation but only read mRNA and produce polypeptides accordingly. New and increasing evidence across various model organisms demonstrated the heterogeneous nature of ribosomes. This heterogeneity can constitute specialized ribosomes that regulate mRNA translation and control protein synthesis. A prominent example of ribosome heterogeneity is seen in the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, which, due to genome duplications, has multiple paralogs of each ribosomal protein (RP) gene. We support the notion of plant evolution directing high RP paralog divergence toward functional heterogeneity, underpinned in part by a vast resource of ribosome mutants that suggest specialization extends beyond the pleiotropic effects of single structural RPs or RP paralogs. Thus, Arabidopsis is a highly suitable model to study this phenomenon. Arabidopsis enables reverse genetics approaches that could provide evidence of ribosome specialization. In this review, we critically assess evidence of plant ribosome specialization and highlight steps along ribosome biogenesis in which heterogeneity may arise, filling the knowledge gaps in plant science by providing advanced insights from the human or yeast fields. We propose a data analysis pipeline that infers the heterogeneity of ribosome complexes and deviations from canonical structural compositions linked to stress events. This analysis pipeline can be extrapolated and enhanced by combination with other high-throughput methodologies, such as proteomics. Technologies, such as kinetic mass spectrometry and ribosome profiling, will be necessary to resolve the temporal and spatial aspects of translational regulation while the functional features of ribosomal subpopulations will become clear with the combination of reverse genetics and systems biology approaches.
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- Federico Martinez-Seidel
- Willmitzer Department, Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Bioinformatics Subdivision, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Willmitzer Department, Max Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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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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Identifying the Translatome of Mouse NEBD-Stage Oocytes via SSP-Profiling; A Novel Polysome Fractionation Method. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21041254. [PMID: 32070012 PMCID: PMC7072993 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21041254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Meiotic maturation of oocyte relies on pre-synthesised maternal mRNA, the translation of which is highly coordinated in space and time. Here, we provide a detailed polysome profiling protocol that demonstrates a combination of the sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation in small SW55Ti tubes with the qRT-PCR-based quantification of 18S and 28S rRNAs in fractionated polysome profile. This newly optimised method, named Scarce Sample Polysome Profiling (SSP-profiling), is suitable for both scarce and conventional sample sizes and is compatible with downstream RNA-seq to identify polysome associated transcripts. Utilising SSP-profiling we have assayed the translatome of mouse oocytes at the onset of nuclear envelope breakdown (NEBD)—a developmental point, the study of which is important for furthering our understanding of the molecular mechanisms leading to oocyte aneuploidy. Our analyses identified 1847 transcripts with moderate to strong polysome occupancy, including abundantly represented mRNAs encoding mitochondrial and ribosomal proteins, proteasomal components, glycolytic and amino acids synthetic enzymes, proteins involved in cytoskeleton organization plus RNA-binding and translation initiation factors. In addition to transcripts encoding known players of meiotic progression, we also identified several mRNAs encoding proteins of unknown function. Polysome profiles generated using SSP-profiling were more than comparable to those developed using existing conventional approaches, being demonstrably superior in their resolution, reproducibility, versatility, speed of derivation and downstream protocol applicability.
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Wang S, Chen Y. Fine-Tuning the Expression of Duplicate Genes by Translational Regulation in Arabidopsis and Maize. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:534. [PMID: 31156655 PMCID: PMC6530396 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Plant genomes are extensively shaped by various types of gene duplication. However, in this active area of investigation, the vast majority of studies focus on the sequence and transcription of duplicate genes, leaving open the question of how translational regulation impacts the expression and evolution of duplicate genes. We explored this issue by analyzing the ribo- and mRNA-seq data sets across six tissue types and stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana and maize (Zea mays). We dissected the relative contributions of transcriptional and translational regulation to the divergence in the abundance of ribosome footprint (RF) for different types of duplicate genes. We found that the divergence in RF abundance was largely programmed at the transcription level and that translational regulation plays more of a modulatory role. Intriguingly, translational regulation is characterized by its strong directionality, with the divergence in translational efficiency (TE) globally counteracting the divergence in mRNA abundance, indicating partial buffering of the transcriptional divergence between paralogs by translational regulation. Divergence in TE was associated with several sequence features. The faster-evolving copy in a duplicate pair was more likely to show lower RF abundance, which possibly results from relaxed purifying selection compared with its paralog. A considerable proportion of duplicates displayed differential TE across tissue types and stress conditions, most of which were enriched in photosynthesis, energy production, and translation-related processes. Additionally, we constructed a database TDPDG-DB (http://www.plantdupribo.tk), providing an online platform for data exploration. Overall, our study illustrates the roles of translational regulation in fine-tuning duplicate gene expression in plants.
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- Sishuo Wang
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Shammai A, Petreikov M, Yeselson Y, Faigenboim A, Moy-Komemi M, Cohen S, Cohen D, Besaulov E, Efrati A, Houminer N, Bar M, Ast T, Schuldiner M, Klemens PAW, Neuhaus E, Baxter CJ, Rickett D, Bonnet J, White R, Giovannoni JJ, Levin I, Schaffer A. Natural genetic variation for expression of a SWEET transporter among wild species of Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) determines the hexose composition of ripening tomato fruit. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 96:343-357. [PMID: 30044900 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The sugar content of Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) fruit is a primary determinant of taste and quality. Cultivated tomato fruit are characterized by near-equimolar levels of the hexoses glucose and fructose, derived from the hydrolysis of translocated sucrose. As fructose is perceived as approximately twice as sweet as glucose, increasing its concentration at the expense of glucose can improve tomato fruit taste. Introgressions of the FgrH allele from the wild species Solanum habrochaites (LA1777) into cultivated tomato increased the fructose-to-glucose ratio of the ripe fruit by reducing glucose levels and concomitantly increasing fructose levels. In order to identify the function of the Fgr gene, we combined a fine-mapping strategy with RNAseq differential expression analysis of near-isogenic tomato lines. The results indicated that a SWEET protein was strongly upregulated in the lines with a high fructose-to-glucose ratio. Overexpressing the SWEET protein in transgenic tomato plants dramatically reduced the glucose levels and increased the fructose : glucose ratio in the developing fruit, thereby proving the function of the protein. The SWEET protein was localized to the plasma membrane and expression of the SlFgr gene in a yeast line lacking native hexose transporters complemented growth with glucose, but not with fructose. These results indicate that the SlFgr gene encodes a plasma membrane-localized glucose efflux transporter of the SWEET family, the overexpression of which reduces glucose levels and may allow for increased fructose levels. This article identifies the function of the tomato Fgr gene as a SWEET transporter, the upregulation of which leads to a modified sugar accumulation pattern in the fleshy fruit. The results point to the potential of the inedible wild species to improve fruit sugar accumulation via sugar transport mechanisms.
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- Arik Shammai
- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Zeraim-Syngenta Seed Co., Gedera, Israel
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- Zeraim-Syngenta Seed Co., Gedera, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Syngenta Seed Co., Jeallott's Hill Research Centre, Bracknell, UK
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- Syngenta Seed Co., Jeallott's Hill Research Centre, Bracknell, UK
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- Syngenta Seed Co., Toulouse Innovation Center, Saint Sauveur, France
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- USDA-ARS and Boyce-Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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Bai B, Novák O, Ljung K, Hanson J, Bentsink L. Combined transcriptome and translatome analyses reveal a role for tryptophan-dependent auxin biosynthesis in the control of DOG1-dependent seed dormancy. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2018; 217:1077-1085. [PMID: 29139127 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The importance of translational regulation during Arabidopsis seed germination has been shown previously. Here the role of transcriptional and translational regulation during seed imbibition of the very dormant DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 (DOG1) near-isogenic line was investigated. Polysome profiling was performed on dormant and after-ripened seeds imbibed for 6 and 24 h in water and in the transcription inhibitor cordycepin. Transcriptome and translatome changes were investigated. Ribosomal profiles of after-ripened seeds imbibed in cordycepin mimic those of dormant seeds. The polysome occupancy of mRNA species is not affected by germination inhibition, either as a result of seed dormancy or as a result of cordycepin treatment, indicating the importance of the regulation of transcript abundance. The expression of auxin metabolism genes is discriminative during the imbibition of after-ripened and dormant seeds, which is confirmed by altered concentrations of indole-3-acetic acid conjugates and precursors.
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- Bing Bai
- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83, Umeå, Sweden
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Umeå Plant Science Center, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Lee DH, Park SJ, Ahn CS, Pai HS. MRF Family Genes Are Involved in Translation Control, Especially under Energy-Deficient Conditions, and Their Expression and Functions Are Modulated by the TOR Signaling Pathway. THE PLANT CELL 2017; 29:2895-2920. [PMID: 29084871 PMCID: PMC5728134 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.17.00563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Dynamic control of protein translation in response to the environment is essential for the survival of plant cells. Target of rapamycin (TOR) coordinates protein synthesis with cellular energy/nutrient availability through transcriptional modulation and phosphorylation of the translation machinery. However, mechanisms of TOR-mediated translation control are poorly understood in plants. Here, we report that Arabidopsis thaliana MRF (MA3 DOMAIN-CONTAINING TRANSLATION REGULATORY FACTOR) family genes encode translation regulatory factors under TOR control, and their functions are particularly important in energy-deficient conditions. Four MRF family genes (MRF1-MRF4) are transcriptionally induced by dark and starvation (DS). Silencing of multiple MRFs increases susceptibility to DS and treatment with a TOR inhibitor, while MRF1 overexpression decreases susceptibility. MRF proteins interact with eIF4A and cofractionate with ribosomes. MRF silencing decreases translation activity, while MRF1 overexpression increases it, accompanied by altered ribosome patterns, particularly in DS. Furthermore, MRF deficiency in DS causes altered distribution of mRNAs in sucrose gradient fractions and accelerates rRNA degradation. MRF1 is phosphorylated in vivo and phosphorylated by S6 kinases in vitro. MRF expression and MRF1 ribosome association and phosphorylation are modulated by cellular energy status and TOR activity. We discuss possible mechanisms of the function of MRF family proteins under normal and energy-deficient conditions and their functional link with the TOR pathway.
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- Du-Hwa Lee
- Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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Merchante C, Stepanova AN, Alonso JM. Translation regulation in plants: an interesting past, an exciting present and a promising future. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 90:628-653. [PMID: 28244193 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Changes in gene expression are at the core of most biological processes, from cell differentiation to organ development, including the adaptation of the whole organism to the ever-changing environment. Although the central role of transcriptional regulation is solidly established and the general mechanisms involved in this type of regulation are relatively well understood, it is clear that regulation at a translational level also plays an essential role in modulating gene expression. Despite the large number of examples illustrating the critical role played by translational regulation in determining the expression levels of a gene, our understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind such types of regulation has been slow to emerge. With the recent development of high-throughput approaches to map and quantify different critical parameters affecting translation, such as RNA structure, protein-RNA interactions and ribosome occupancy at the genome level, a renewed enthusiasm toward studying translation regulation is warranted. The use of these new powerful technologies in well-established and uncharacterized translation-dependent processes holds the promise to decipher the likely complex and diverse, but also fascinating, mechanisms behind the regulation of translation.
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- Catharina Merchante
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular y Bioquimica, Universidad de Malaga-Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterranea, IHSM-UMA-CSIC, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Genetics Graduate Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Genetics Graduate Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
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Optimizing Cardiac Delivery of Modified mRNA. Mol Ther 2017; 25:1306-1315. [PMID: 28389322 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Modified mRNA (modRNA) is a new technology in the field of somatic gene transfer that has been used for the delivery of genes into different tissues, including the heart. Our group and others have shown that modRNAs injected into the heart are robustly translated into the encoded protein and can potentially improve outcome in heart injury models. However, the optimal compositions of the modRNA and the reagents necessary to achieve optimal expression in the heart have not been characterized yet. In this study, our aim was to elucidate those parameters by testing different nucleotide modifications, modRNA doses, and transfection reagents both in vitro and in vivo in cardiac cells and tissue. Our results indicate that optimal cardiac delivery of modRNA is with N1-Methylpseudouridine-5'-Triphosphate nucleotide modification and achieved using 0.013 μg modRNA/mm2/500 cardiomyocytes (CMs) transfected with positively charged transfection reagent in vitro and 100 μg/mouse heart (1.6 μg modRNA/μL in 60 μL total) sucrose-citrate buffer in vivo. We have optimized the conditions for cardiac delivery of modRNA in vitro and in vivo. Using the described methods and conditions may allow for successful gene delivery using modRNA in various models of cardiovascular disease.
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Bai B, Peviani A, van der Horst S, Gamm M, Snel B, Bentsink L, Hanson J. Extensive translational regulation during seed germination revealed by polysomal profiling. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 214:233-244. [PMID: 27935038 PMCID: PMC5347915 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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This work investigates the extent of translational regulation during seed germination. The polysome occupancy of each gene is determined by genome-wide profiling of total mRNA and polysome-associated mRNA. This reveals extensive translational regulation during Arabidopsis thaliana seed germination. The polysome occupancy of thousands of individual mRNAs changes to a large extent during the germination process. Intriguingly, these changes are restricted to two temporal phases (shifts) during germination, seed hydration and germination. Sequence features, such as upstream open reading frame number, transcript length, mRNA stability, secondary structures, and the presence and location of specific motifs correlated with this translational regulation. These features differed significantly between the two shifts, indicating that independent mechanisms regulate translation during seed germination. This study reveals substantial translational dynamics during seed germination and identifies development-dependent sequence features and cis elements that correlate with the translation control, uncovering a novel and important layer of gene regulation during seed germination.
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- Bing Bai
- Department of Molecular Plant PhysiologyUtrecht University3584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
- Wageningen Seed LaboratoryLaboratory of Plant PhysiologyWageningen University6708 PBWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Theoretical Biology and BioinformaticsUtrecht University3584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed LaboratoryLaboratory of Plant PhysiologyWageningen University6708 PBWageningenthe Netherlands
- Theoretical Biology and BioinformaticsUtrecht University3584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Plant PhysiologyUtrecht University3584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Theoretical Biology and BioinformaticsUtrecht University3584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Plant PhysiologyUtrecht University3584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
- Wageningen Seed LaboratoryLaboratory of Plant PhysiologyWageningen University6708 PBWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Plant PhysiologyUtrecht University3584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
- Umeå Plant Science CentreDepartment of Plant PhysiologyUniversity of UmeåUmeåSE‐901 87Sweden
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Sablok G, Powell JJ, Kazan K. Emerging Roles and Landscape of Translating mRNAs in Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1443. [PMID: 28919899 PMCID: PMC5585741 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Plants use a wide range of mechanisms to adapt to different environmental stresses. One of the earliest responses displayed under stress is rapid alterations in stress responsive gene expression that has been extensively analyzed through expression profiling such as microarrays and RNA-sequencing. Recently, expression profiling has been complemented with proteome analyses to establish a link between transcriptional and the corresponding translational changes. However, proteome profiling approaches have their own technical limitations. More recently, ribosome-associated mRNA profiling has emerged as an alternative and a robust way of identifying translating mRNAs, which are a set of mRNAs associated with ribosomes and more likely to contribute to proteome abundance. In this article, we briefly review recent studies that examined the processes affecting the abundance of translating mRNAs, their regulation during plant development and tolerance to stress conditions and plant factors affecting the selection of translating mRNA pools. This review also highlights recent findings revealing differential roles of alternatively spliced mRNAs and their translational control during stress adaptation. Overall, better understanding of processes involved in the regulation of translating mRNAs has obvious implications for improvement of stress tolerance in plants.
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- Gaurav Sablok
- Finnish Museum of Natural HistoryHelsinki, Finland
- Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Center, University of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
- *Correspondence: Gaurav Sablok, Kemal Kazan,
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, St. LuciaQLD, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture, St. LuciaQLD, Australia
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, St. LuciaQLD, Australia
- *Correspondence: Gaurav Sablok, Kemal Kazan,
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