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Paull RE, Zerpa‐Catanho D, Chen NJ, Uruu G, Wai CMJ, Kantar M. Taro raphide-associated proteins: Allergens and crystal growth. PLANT DIRECT 2022; 6:e443. [PMID: 36091877 PMCID: PMC9440338 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Calcium oxalate raphide crystals are found in bundles in intravacuolar membrane chambers of specialized idioblasts cells of most plant families. Aroid raphides are proposed to cause acridity in crops such as taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott). Acridity is irritation that causes itchiness and pain when raw/insufficiently cooked tissues are eaten. Since raphides do not always cause acridity and since acridity can be inactivated by cooking and/or protease treatment, it is possible that a toxin or allergen-like compound is associated with the crystals. Using two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry (MS) peptide sequencing of selected peptides from purified raphides and taro apex transcriptome sequencing, we showed the presence on the raphides of peptides normally associated with mitochrondria (ATP synthase), chloroplasts (chaperonin ~60 kDa), cytoplasm (actin, profilin), and vacuole (V-type ATPase) that indicates a multistage biocrystallation process ending with possible invagination of the tonoplast and addition of mucilage that may be derived from the Golgi. Actin might play a crucial role in the generation of the needle-like raphides. One of the five raphide profilins genes was highly expressed in the apex and had a 17-amino acid insert that significantly increased that profilin's antigenic epitope peak. A second profilin had a 2-amino acid insert and also had a greater B-cell epitope prediction. Taro profilins showed 83% to 92% similarity to known characterized profilins. Further, commercial allergen test strips for hazelnuts, where profilin is a secondary allergen, have potential for screening in a taro germplasm to reduce acridity and during food processing to avoid overcooking.
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- Robert E. Paull
- Tropical Plant and Soil SciencesUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaHonoluluHIUSA
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- Tropical Plant and Soil SciencesUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaHonoluluHIUSA
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- Tropical Plant and Soil SciencesUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaHonoluluHIUSA
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- Tropical Plant and Soil SciencesUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaHonoluluHIUSA
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Ding X, Zhang X, Paez-Valencia J, McLoughlin F, Reyes FC, Morohashi K, Grotewold E, Vierstra RD, Otegui MS. Microautophagy Mediates Vacuolar Delivery of Storage Proteins in Maize Aleurone Cells. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:833612. [PMID: 35251104 PMCID: PMC8894768 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.833612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The molecular machinery orchestrating microautophagy, whereby eukaryotic cells sequester autophagic cargo by direct invagination of the vacuolar/lysosomal membrane, is still largely unknown, especially in plants. Here, we demonstrate microautophagy of storage proteins in the maize aleurone cells of the endosperm and analyzed proteins with potential regulatory roles in this process. Within the cereal endosperm, starchy endosperm cells accumulate storage proteins (mostly prolamins) and starch whereas the peripheral aleurone cells store oils, storage proteins, and specialized metabolites. Although both cell types synthesize prolamins, they employ different pathways for their subcellular trafficking. Starchy endosperm cells accumulate prolamins in protein bodies within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), whereas aleurone cells deliver prolamins to vacuoles via an autophagic mechanism, which we show is by direct association of ER prolamin bodies with the tonoplast followed by engulfment via microautophagy. To identify candidate proteins regulating this process, we performed RNA-seq transcriptomic comparisons of aleurone and starchy endosperm tissues during seed development and proteomic analysis on tonoplast-enriched fractions of aleurone cells. From these datasets, we identified 10 candidate proteins with potential roles in membrane modification and/or microautophagy, including phospholipase-Dα5 and a possible EUL-like lectin. We found that both proteins increased the frequency of tonoplast invaginations when overexpressed in Arabidopsis leaf protoplasts and are highly enriched at the tonoplast surface surrounding ER protein bodies in maize aleurone cells, thus supporting their potential connections to microautophagy. Collectively, this candidate list now provides useful tools to study microautophagy in plants.
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- Xinxin Ding
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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Wu J, Yan M, Zhang D, Zhou D, Yamaguchi N, Ito T. Histone Demethylases Coordinate the Antagonistic Interaction Between Abscisic Acid and Brassinosteroid Signaling in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:596835. [PMID: 33324437 PMCID: PMC7724051 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.596835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) interacts antagonistically with brassinosteroids (BRs) to control plant growth and development in response to stress. The response to environmental cues includes hormonal control via epigenetic regulation of gene expression. However, the details of the ABA-BR crosstalk remain largely unknown. Here, we show that JUMONJI-C domain containing histone demethylases (JMJs) coordinate the antagonistic interaction between ABA and BR signaling pathways during the post-germination stage in Arabidopsis. BR blocks ABA-mediated seedling arrest through repression of JMJ30. JMJs remove the repressive histone marks from the BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT1 (BZR1) locus for its activation to balance ABA and BR signaling pathways. JMJs and BZR1 co-regulate genes encoding three membrane proteins, a regulator of vacuole morphology, and two lipid-transfer proteins, each of which play a different role in transport. BZR1 also regulates stimuli-related target genes in a JMJ-independent pathway. Our findings suggest that the histone demethylases integrate ABA and BR signals, leading to changes in growth program after germination.
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- Jinfeng Wu
- School of Life Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
- Division of Biological Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Economic Crops Genetic Improvement and Integrated Utilization, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Economic Crops Genetic Improvement and Integrated Utilization, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Economic Crops Genetic Improvement and Integrated Utilization, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Economic Crops Genetic Improvement and Integrated Utilization, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, China
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- Division of Biological Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi-shi, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
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Hilleary R, Paez-Valencia J, Vens CS, Toyota M, Palmgren M, Gilroy S. Tonoplast-localized Ca 2+ pumps regulate Ca 2+ signals during pattern-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:18849-18857. [PMID: 32690691 PMCID: PMC7414185 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2004183117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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One of the major events of early plant immune responses is a rapid influx of Ca2+ into the cytosol following pathogen recognition. Indeed, changes in cytosolic Ca2+ are recognized as ubiquitous elements of cellular signaling networks and are thought to encode stimulus-specific information in their duration, amplitude, and frequency. Despite the wealth of observations showing that the bacterial elicitor peptide flg22 triggers Ca2+ transients, there remain limited data defining the molecular identities of Ca2+ transporters involved in shaping the cellular Ca2+ dynamics during the triggering of the defense response network. However, the autoinhibited Ca2+-ATPase (ACA) pumps that act to expel Ca2+ from the cytosol have been linked to these events, with knockouts in the vacuolar members of this family showing hypersensitive lesion-mimic phenotypes. We have therefore explored how the two tonoplast-localized pumps, ACA4 and ACA11, impact flg22-dependent Ca2+ signaling and related defense responses. The double-knockout aca4/11 exhibited increased basal Ca2+ levels and Ca2+ signals of higher amplitude than wild-type plants. Both the aberrant Ca2+ dynamics and associated defense-related phenotypes could be suppressed by growing the aca4/11 seedlings at elevated temperatures. Relocalization of ACA8 from its normal cellular locale of the plasma membrane to the tonoplast also suppressed the aca4/11 phenotypes but not when a catalytically inactive mutant was used. These observations indicate that regulation of vacuolar Ca2+ sequestration is an integral component of plant immune signaling, but also that the action of tonoplast-localized Ca2+ pumps does not require specific regulatory elements not found in plasma membrane-localized pumps.
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- Richard Hilleary
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Botany and Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Sakura-ku, 338-8570 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706;
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Brumos J, Zhao C, Gong Y, Soriano D, Patel AP, Perez-Amador MA, Stepanova AN, Alonso JM. An Improved Recombineering Toolset for Plants. THE PLANT CELL 2020; 32:100-122. [PMID: 31666295 PMCID: PMC6961616 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Gene functional studies often rely on the expression of a gene of interest as transcriptional and translational fusions with specialized tags. Ideally, this is done in the native chromosomal contexts to avoid potential misexpression artifacts. Although recent improvements in genome editing have made it possible to directly modify the target genes in their native chromosomal locations, classical transgenesis is still the preferred experimental approach chosen in most gene tagging studies because of its time efficiency and accessibility. We have developed a recombineering-based tagging system that brings together the convenience of the classical transgenic approaches and the high degree of confidence in the results obtained by direct chromosomal tagging using genome-editing strategies. These simple, scalable, customizable recombineering toolsets and protocols allow a variety of genetic modifications to be generated. In addition, we developed a highly efficient recombinase-mediated cassette exchange system to facilitate the transfer of the desired sequences from a bacterial artificial chromosome clone to a transformation-compatible binary vector, expanding the use of the recombineering approaches beyond Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). We demonstrated the utility of this system by generating more than 250 whole-gene translational fusions and 123 Arabidopsis transgenic lines corresponding to 62 auxin-related genes and characterizing the translational reporter expression patterns for 14 auxin biosynthesis genes.
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- Javier Brumos
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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Madina MH, Rahman MS, Zheng H, Germain H. Vacuolar membrane structures and their roles in plant-pathogen interactions. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 101:343-354. [PMID: 31621005 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00921-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Short review focussing on the role and targeting of vacuolar substructure in plant immunity and pathogenesis. Plants lack specialized immune cells, therefore each plant cell must defend itself against invading pathogens. A typical plant defense strategy is the hypersensitive response that results in host cell death at the site of infection, a process largely regulated by the vacuole. In plant cells, the vacuole is a vital organelle that plays a central role in numerous fundamental processes, such as development, reproduction, and cellular responses to biotic and abiotic stimuli. It shows divergent membranous structures that are continuously transforming. Recent technical advances in visualization and live-cell imaging have significantly altered our view of the vacuolar structures and their dynamics. Understanding the active nature of the vacuolar structures and the mechanisms of vacuole-mediated defense responses is of great importance in understanding plant-pathogen interactions. In this review, we present an overview of the current knowledge about the vacuole and its internal structures, as well as their role in plant-microbe interactions. There is so far limited information on the modulation of the vacuolar structures by pathogens, but recent research has identified the vacuole as a possible target of microbial interference.
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- Mst Hur Madina
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada.
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Nikonorova N, Van den Broeck L, Zhu S, van de Cotte B, Dubois M, Gevaert K, Inzé D, De Smet I. Early mannitol-triggered changes in the Arabidopsis leaf (phospho)proteome reveal growth regulators. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:4591-4607. [PMID: 30010984 PMCID: PMC6117580 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Leaf growth is a complex, quantitative trait, controlled by a plethora of regulatory mechanisms. Diverse environmental stimuli inhibit leaf growth to cope with the perceived stress. In plant research, mannitol is often used to impose osmotic stress and study the underlying growth-repressing mechanisms. In growing leaf tissue of plants briefly exposed to mannitol-induced stress, a highly interconnected gene regulatory network is induced. However, early signalling and associated protein phosphorylation events that probably precede part of these transcriptional changes and that potentially act at the onset of mannitol-induced leaf size reduction are largely unknown. Here, we performed a proteome and phosphoproteome analysis on growing leaf tissue of Arabidopsis thaliana plants exposed to mild mannitol-induced stress and captured the fast (within the first half hour) events associated with this stress. Based on this in-depth data analysis, 167 and 172 differentially regulated proteins and phosphorylated sites were found. We provide these data sets as a community resource and we flag differentially phosphorylated proteins with described growth-regulatory functions, but we also illustrate potential novel regulators of shoot growth.
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- Natalia Nikonorova
- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
- Ghent University, Department of Biochemistry, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Biochemistry, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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Phosphoinositides control the localization of HOPS subunit VPS41, which together with VPS33 mediates vacuole fusion in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E8305-E8314. [PMID: 30104351 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1807763115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The vacuole is an essential organelle in plant cells, and its dynamic nature is important for plant growth and development. Homotypic membrane fusion is required for vacuole biogenesis, pollen germination, stomata opening, and gravity perception. Known components of the vacuole fusion machinery in eukaryotes include SNARE proteins, Rab GTPases, phosphoinositides, and the homotypic fusion and vacuolar protein sorting (HOPS) tethering complex. HOPS function is not well characterized in plants, but roles in embryogenesis and pollen tube elongation have been reported. Here, we show that Arabidopsis HOPS subunits VPS33 and VPS41 accumulate in late endosomes and that VPS41, but not VPS33, accumulates in the tonoplast via a wortmannin-sensitive process. VPS41 and VPS33 proteins bind to liposomes, but this binding is inhibited by phosphatidylinosiltol-3-phosphate [PtdIns(3)P] and PtdIns(3,5)P2, which implicates a nonconserved mechanism for HOPS recruitment in plants. Inducible knockdown of VPS41 resulted in dramatic vacuole fragmentation phenotypes and demonstrated a critical role for HOPS in vacuole fusion. Furthermore, we provide evidence for genetic interactions between VPS41 and VTI11 SNARE that regulate vacuole fusion, and the requirement of a functional SNARE complex for normal VPS41 and VPS33 localization. Finally, we provide evidence to support VPS33 and SYP22 at the initial stage for HOPS-SNARE interactions, which is similar to other eukaryotes. These results highlight both conserved and specific mechanisms for HOPS recruitment and function during vacuole fusion in plants.
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Ivanov R, Robinson DG. Turnover of Tonoplast Proteins. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 177:10-11. [PMID: 29720533 PMCID: PMC5933132 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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- Rumen Ivanov
- Institute of Botany
- Heinrich-Heine University
- 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies
- University of Heidelberg
- 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Alvarez AA, Han SW, Toyota M, Brillada C, Zheng J, Gilroy S, Rojas-Pierce M. Wortmannin-induced vacuole fusion enhances amyloplast dynamics in Arabidopsis zigzag1 hypocotyls. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:6459-6472. [PMID: 27816929 PMCID: PMC5181587 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Gravitropism in Arabidopsis shoots depends on the sedimentation of amyloplasts in the endodermis, and a complex interplay between the vacuole and F-actin. Gravity response is inhibited in zigzag-1 (zig-1), a mutant allele of VTI11, which encodes a SNARE protein involved in vacuole fusion. zig-1 seedlings have fragmented vacuoles that fuse after treatment with wortmannin, an inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and underscore a role of phosphoinositides in vacuole fusion. Using live-cell imaging with a vertical stage microscope, we determined that young endodermal cells below the apical hook that are smaller than 70 μm in length are the graviperceptive cells in dark-grown hypocotyls. This result was confirmed by local wortmannin application to the top of zig-1 hypocotyls, which enhanced shoot gravitropism in zig-1 mutants. Live-cell imaging of zig-1 hypocotyl endodermal cells indicated that amyloplasts are trapped between juxtaposed vacuoles and their movement is severely restricted. Wortmannin-induced fusion of vacuoles in zig-1 seedlings increased the formation of transvacuolar strands, enhanced amyloplast sedimentation and partially suppressed the agravitropic phenotype of zig-1 seedlings. Hypergravity conditions at 10 g were not sufficient to displace amyloplasts in zig-1, suggesting the existence of a physical tether between the vacuole and amyloplasts. Our results overall suggest that vacuole membrane remodeling may be involved in regulating the association of vacuoles and amyloplasts during graviperception.
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- Ashley Ann Alvarez
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Saitama, Japan
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Islam MS, Thyssen GN, Jenkins JN, Zeng L, Delhom CD, McCarty JC, Deng DD, Hinchliffe DJ, Jones DC, Fang DD. A MAGIC population-based genome-wide association study reveals functional association of GhRBB1_A07 gene with superior fiber quality in cotton. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:903. [PMID: 27829353 PMCID: PMC5103610 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3249-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cotton supplies a great majority of natural fiber for the global textile industry. The negative correlation between yield and fiber quality has hindered breeders' ability to improve these traits simultaneously. A multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population developed through random-mating of multiple diverse parents has the ability to break this negative correlation. Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) is a method that can rapidly identify and genotype a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). Genotyping a MAGIC population using GBS technologies will enable us to identify marker-trait associations with high resolution. RESULTS An Upland cotton MAGIC population was developed through random-mating of 11 diverse cultivars for five generations. In this study, fiber quality data obtained from four environments and 6071 SNP markers generated via GBS and 223 microsatellite markers of 547 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of the MAGIC population were used to conduct a genome wide association study (GWAS). By employing a mixed linear model, GWAS enabled us to identify markers significantly associated with fiber quantitative trait loci (QTL). We identified and validated one QTL cluster associated with four fiber quality traits [short fiber content (SFC), strength (STR), length (UHM) and uniformity (UI)] on chromosome A07. We further identified candidate genes related to fiber quality attributes in this region. Gene expression and amino acid substitution analysis suggested that a regeneration of bulb biogenesis 1 (GhRBB1_A07) gene is a candidate for superior fiber quality in Upland cotton. The DNA marker CFBid0004 designed from an 18 bp deletion in the coding sequence of GhRBB1_A07 in Acala Ultima is associated with the improved fiber quality in the MAGIC RILs and 105 additional commercial Upland cotton cultivars. CONCLUSION Using GBS and a MAGIC population enabled more precise fiber QTL mapping in Upland cotton. The fiber QTL and associated markers identified in this study can be used to improve fiber quality through marker assisted selection or genomic selection in a cotton breeding program. Target manipulation of the GhRBB1_A07 gene through biotechnology or gene editing may potentially improve cotton fiber quality.
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- Md Sariful Islam
- Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA 70124 USA
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- Cotton Chemistry and Utilization Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA 70124 USA
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- Genetics & Sustainable Agriculture Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
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- Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS 38772 USA
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- Cotton Structure and Quality Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA 70124 USA
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- Genetics & Sustainable Agriculture Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
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- Genetics & Sustainable Agriculture Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
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- Cotton Chemistry and Utilization Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA 70124 USA
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- Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA 70124 USA
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