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Yang Y, Liu C, Yu Y, Ran G, Zhai N, Pi L. WUSCHEL RELATED HOMEOBOX5 and 7 maintain callus development by promoting cell division in Arabidopsis. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 346:112133. [PMID: 38795752 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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In tissue culture, a high concentration of auxin in the callus induction medium (CIM) stimulates cell division and subsequent callus formation, which acquires root primordium-like characteristics necessary for cell pluripotency. In Arabidopsis, WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX5 (WOX5) and its closest homolog WOX7, which are abundant in the middle cell layer of mature callus, play a crucial role in maintaining pluripotency by promoting auxin accumulation and enhancing cytokinin sensitivity. However, the mechanism by which WOX5/7 regulate callus formation remains unclear. In this study, we found that mutations in WOX5/7 resulted in a significant down-regulation of genes involved in the G2M and S phases during callus induction. Loss-of-function mutants of WOX5/7 exhibited reduced callus formation, which was correlated with decreased expression of CYCB1;1 compared to the wild-type. Furthermore, we provided evidence that WOX5 physically interacts with PHYTOCHROME A SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION1 (PAT1), which spatio-temporally co-expresses with WOX5 in early-induced callus, and up-regulates a subset of cycle-regulating genes targeted by PAT1. Collectively, our findings suggest a critical role for the WOX5-PAT1 protein complex in regulating cell cycle progression, thereby promoting the continuous growth capacity of pluripotent callus.
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- Yi Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China.
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Lescano López I, Torres JR, Cecchini NM, Alvarez ME. Arabidopsis DNA glycosylase MBD4L improves recovery of aged seeds. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 38963754 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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DNA glycosylases initiate the base excision repair (BER) pathway by catalyzing the removal of damaged or mismatched bases from DNA. The Arabidopsis DNA glycosylase methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 4 like (MBD4L) is a nuclear enzyme triggering BER in response to the genotoxic agents 5-fluorouracil and 5-bromouracil. To date, the involvement of MBD4L in plant physiological processes has not been analyzed. To address this, we studied the enzyme functions in seeds. We found that imbibition induced the MBD4L gene expression by generating two alternative transcripts, MBD4L.3 and MBD4L.4. Gene activation was stronger in aged than in non-aged seeds. Seeds from mbd4l-1 mutants displayed germination failures when maintained under control or ageing conditions, while 35S:MBD4L.3/mbd4l-1 and 35S:MBD4L.4/mbd4l-1 seeds reversed these phenotypes. Seed nuclear DNA repair, assessed by comet assays, was exacerbated in an MBD4L-dependent manner at 24 h post-imbibition. Under this condition, the BER genes ARP, APE1L, and LIG1 showed higher expression in 35S:MBD4L.3/mbd4l-1 and 35S:MBD4L.4/mbd4l-1 than in mbd4l-1 seeds, suggesting that these components could coordinate with MBD4L to repair damaged DNA bases in seeds. Interestingly, the ATM, ATR, BRCA1, RAD51, and WEE1 genes associated with the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway were activated in mbd4l-1, but not in 35S:MBD4L.3/mbd4l-1 or 35S:MBD4L.4/mbd4l-1 seeds. These results indicate that MBD4L is a key enzyme of a BER cascade that operates during seed imbibition, whose deficiency would cause genomic damage detected by DDR, generating a delay or reduction in germination.
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- Ignacio Lescano López
- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba, CIQUIBIC, CONICET, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, X5000HUA, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba, CIQUIBIC, CONICET, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, X5000HUA, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba, CIQUIBIC, CONICET, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, X5000HUA, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba, CIQUIBIC, CONICET, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, X5000HUA, Argentina
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Bergis-Ser C, Reji M, Latrasse D, Bergounioux C, Benhamed M, Raynaud C. Chromatin dynamics and RNA metabolism are double-edged swords for the maintenance of plant genome integrity. NATURE PLANTS 2024; 10:857-873. [PMID: 38658791 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01678-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Maintenance of genome integrity is an essential process in all organisms. Mechanisms avoiding the formation of DNA lesions or mutations are well described in animals because of their relevance to human health and cancer. In plants, they are of growing interest because DNA damage accumulation is increasingly recognized as one of the consequences of stress. Although the cellular response to DNA damage is mostly studied in response to genotoxic treatments, the main source of DNA lesions is cellular activity itself. This can occur through the production of reactive oxygen species as well as DNA processing mechanisms such as DNA replication or transcription and chromatin dynamics. In addition, how lesions are formed and repaired is greatly influenced by chromatin features and dynamics and by DNA and RNA metabolism. Notably, actively transcribed regions or replicating DNA, because they are less condensed and are sites of DNA processing, are more exposed to DNA damage. However, at the same time, a wealth of cellular mechanisms cooperate to favour DNA repair at these genomic loci. These intricate relationships that shape the distribution of mutations along the genome have been studied extensively in animals but much less in plants. In this Review, we summarize how chromatin dynamics influence lesion formation and DNA repair in plants, providing a comprehensive view of current knowledge and highlighting open questions with regard to what is known in other organisms.
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- Clara Bergis-Ser
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Vithura, India
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
- Université Paris Cité, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France.
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Divya D, Robin AHK, Cho LH, Kim D, Lee DJ, Kim CK, Chung MY. Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of E2F/DP gene family members in response to abiotic stress in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:436. [PMID: 38773361 PMCID: PMC11110339 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05107-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND E2F/DP (Eukaryotic 2 transcription factor/dimerization partner) family proteins play an essential function in the cell cycle development of higher organisms. E2F/DP family genes have been reported only in a few plant species. However, comprehensive genome-wide characterization analysis of the E2F/DP gene family of Solanum lycopersicum has not been reported so far. RESULTS This study identified eight nonredundant SlE2F/DP genes that were classified into seven groups in the phylogenetic analysis. All eight genes had a single E2F-TDP domain and few genes had additional domains. Two segmental duplication gene pairs were observed within tomato, in addition to cis-regulatory elements, miRNA target sites and phosphorylation sites which play an important role in plant development and stress response in tomato. To explore the three-dimensional (3D) models and gene ontology (GO) annotations of SlE2F/DP proteins, we pointed to their putative transporter activity and their interaction with several putative ligands. The localization of SlE2F/DP-GFP fused proteins in the nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum suggested that they may act in other biological functions. Expression studies revealed the differential expression pattern of most of the SlE2F/DP genes in various organs. Moreover, the expression of E2F/DP genes against abiotic stress, particularly SlE2F/DP2 and/or SlE2F/DP7, was upregulated in response to heat, salt, cold and ABA treatment. Furthermore, the co-expression analysis of SlE2F/DP genes with multiple metabolic pathways was co-expressed with defence genes, transcription factors and so on, suggested their crucial role in various biological processes. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our findings provide a way to understand the structure and function of SlE2F/DP genes; it might be helpful to improve fruit development and tolerance against abiotic stress through marker-assisted selection or transgenic approaches.
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- Dhanasekar Divya
- Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-950, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, 50463, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, 50463, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-950, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-950, Republic of Korea.
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Mishra S, Duarte GT, Horemans N, Ruytinx J, Gudkov D, Danchenko M. Complexity of responses to ionizing radiation in plants, and the impact on interacting biotic factors. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 924:171567. [PMID: 38460702 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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In nature, plants are simultaneously exposed to different abiotic (e.g., heat, drought, and salinity) and biotic (e.g., bacteria, fungi, and insects) stresses. Climate change and anthropogenic pressure are expected to intensify the frequency of stress factors. Although plants are well equipped with unique and common defense systems protecting against stressors, they may compromise their growth and development for survival in such challenging environments. Ionizing radiation is a peculiar stress factor capable of causing clustered damage. Radionuclides are both naturally present on the planet and produced by human activities. Natural and artificial radioactivity affects plants on molecular, biochemical, cellular, physiological, populational, and transgenerational levels. Moreover, the fitness of pests, pathogens, and symbionts is concomitantly challenged in radiologically contaminated areas. Plant responses to artificial acute ionizing radiation exposure and laboratory-simulated or field chronic exposure are often discordant. Acute or chronic ionizing radiation exposure may occasionally prime the defense system of plants to better tolerate the biotic stress or could often exhaust their metabolic reserves, making plants more susceptible to pests and pathogens. Currently, these alternatives are only marginally explored. Our review summarizes the available literature on the responses of host plants, biotic factors, and their interaction to ionizing radiation exposure. Such systematic analysis contributes to improved risk assessment in radiologically contaminated areas.
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- Shubhi Mishra
- Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 950 07 Nitra, Slovakia
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- Unit for Biosphere Impact Studies, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN, 2400 Mol, Belgium
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- Unit for Biosphere Impact Studies, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN, 2400 Mol, Belgium; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Bio-engineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 04210 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 950 07 Nitra, Slovakia.
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Zaragoza JZ, Klap K, Heidstra R, Zhou W, Scheres B. The dual role of the RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED protein in the DNA damage response is coordinated by the interaction with LXCXE-containing proteins. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 118:1194-1206. [PMID: 38321589 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Living organisms possess mechanisms to safeguard genome integrity. To avoid spreading mutations, DNA lesions are detected and cell division is temporarily arrested to allow repair mechanisms. Afterward, cells either resume division or respond to unsuccessful repair by undergoing programmed cell death (PCD). How the success rate of DNA repair connects to later cell fate decisions remains incompletely known, particularly in plants. The Arabidopsis thaliana RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED1 (RBR) protein and its partner E2FA, play both structural and transcriptional functions in the DNA damage response (DDR). Here we provide evidence that distinct RBR protein interactions with LXCXE motif-containing proteins guide these processes. Using the N849F substitution in the RBR B-pocket domain, which specifically disrupts binding to the LXCXE motif, we show that these interactions are dispensable in unchallenging conditions. However, N849F substitution abolishes RBR nuclear foci and promotes PCD and growth arrest upon genotoxic stress. NAC044, which promotes growth arrest and PCD, accumulates after the initial recruitment of RBR to foci and can bind non-focalized RBR through the LXCXE motif in a phosphorylation-independent manner, allowing interaction at different cell cycle phases. Disrupting NAC044-RBR interaction impairs PCD, but their genetic interaction points to opposite independent roles in the regulation of PCD. The LXCXE-binding dependency of the roles of RBR in the DDR suggests a coordinating mechanism to translate DNA repair success to cell survival. We propose that RBR and NAC044 act in two distinct DDR pathways, but interact to integrate input from both DDR pathways to decide upon an irreversible cell fate decision.
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- Jorge Zamora Zaragoza
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Biotechnology, Rijk Zwaan Breeding B.V., Eerste Kruisweg 9, 4793 RS, Fijnaart, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Biotechnology, Rijk Zwaan Breeding B.V., Eerste Kruisweg 9, 4793 RS, Fijnaart, The Netherlands
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Herbst J, Li QQ, De Veylder L. Mechanistic insights into DNA damage recognition and checkpoint control in plants. NATURE PLANTS 2024; 10:539-550. [PMID: 38503962 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01652-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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The plant DNA damage response (DDR) pathway safeguards genomic integrity by rapid recognition and repair of DNA lesions that, if unrepaired, may cause genome instability. Most frequently, DNA repair goes hand in hand with a transient cell cycle arrest, which allows cells to repair the DNA lesions before engaging in a mitotic event, but consequently also affects plant growth and yield. Through the identification of DDR proteins and cell cycle regulators that react to DNA double-strand breaks or replication defects, it has become clear that these proteins and regulators form highly interconnected networks. These networks operate at both the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels and include liquid-liquid phase separation and epigenetic mechanisms. Strikingly, whereas the upstream DDR sensors and signalling components are well conserved across eukaryotes, some of the more downstream effectors are diverged in plants, probably to suit unique lifestyle features. Additionally, DDR components display functional diversity across ancient plant species, dicots and monocots. The observed resistance of DDR mutants towards aluminium toxicity, phosphate limitation and seed ageing indicates that gaining knowledge about the plant DDR may offer solutions to combat the effects of climate change and the associated risk for food security.
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- Josephine Herbst
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Gent, Belgium.
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Hao R, Zhou W, Li J, Luo M, Scheres B, Guo Y. On salt stress, PLETHORA signaling maintains root meristems. Dev Cell 2023; 58:1657-1669.e5. [PMID: 37480843 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 04/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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Salt stress is one of the unfavorable environmental factors to affect plants. Salinity represses root growth, resulting in reduced biomass of agricultural plants. Little is known about how plants maintain root growth to counteract salt stress. The AP2-domain transcription factors PLETHORA1/2 (PLT1/2) act as master regulators in root meristem maintenance in Arabidopsis. In this study, we report that the salt overly sensitive (SOS) pathway component SOS2 regulates PLT1/2 at the post-transcriptional level. Salt-activated SOS2 interacts and phosphorylates PLT1/2 through their conserved C-terminal motifs to stabilize PLT1/2, critical for root apical meristem maintenance under salt stress. The phospho-mimetic version of PLT1/2 restored meristem and primary root length reduction of sos2-2 and plt1-4 plt2-2 mutants on salt treatment. Moreover, SOS2-mediated PLT1/2 phosphorylation improves root growth recovery after salt stress alleviation. We identify a SOS2-PLT1/2 core protein module that is required for protecting primary root growth and meristem maintenance from salt stress.
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- Rong Hao
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Developmental Biology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands; Rijk Zwaan R&D, 4793 RS Fijnaart, the Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Casati P. E2F transcription factors and their complementary roles during DNA damage responses. MOLECULAR PLANT 2023; 16:1373-1375. [PMID: 37592750 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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- Paula Casati
- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000 Rosario, Argentina.
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Gombos M, Raynaud C, Nomoto Y, Molnár E, Brik-Chaouche R, Takatsuka H, Zaki A, Bernula D, Latrasse D, Mineta K, Nagy F, He X, Iwakawa H, Őszi E, An J, Suzuki T, Papdi C, Bergis C, Benhamed M, Bögre L, Ito M, Magyar Z. The canonical E2Fs together with RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED are required to establish quiescence during plant development. Commun Biol 2023; 6:903. [PMID: 37666980 PMCID: PMC10477330 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05259-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023] Open
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Maintaining stable and transient quiescence in differentiated and stem cells, respectively, requires repression of the cell cycle. The plant RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED (RBR) has been implicated in stem cell maintenance, presumably by forming repressor complexes with E2F transcription factors. Surprisingly we find that mutations in all three canonical E2Fs do not hinder the cell cycle, but similarly to RBR silencing, result in hyperplasia. Contrary to the growth arrest that occurs when exit from proliferation to differentiation is inhibited upon RBR silencing, the e2fabc mutant develops enlarged organs with supernumerary stem and differentiated cells as quiescence is compromised. While E2F, RBR and the M-phase regulatory MYB3Rs are part of the DREAM repressor complexes, and recruited to overlapping groups of targets, they regulate distinct sets of genes. Only the loss of E2Fs but not the MYB3Rs interferes with quiescence, which might be due to the ability of E2Fs to control both G1-S and some key G2-M targets. We conclude that collectively the three canonical E2Fs in complex with RBR have central roles in establishing cellular quiescence during organ development, leading to enhanced plant growth.
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- Magdolna Gombos
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
- Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
- Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Biological Sciences, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
- Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
- Doctoral School in Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
- Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
- Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, 487-8501, Japan
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- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Biological Sciences, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
- Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
- Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Biological Sciences, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary.
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Yin C, Sun A, Guo T, Mao X, Fang Y. Arabidopsis lamin-like proteins CRWN1 and CRWN2 interact with SUPPRESSOR OF NPR1-1 INDUCIBLE 1 and RAD51D to prevent DNA damage. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:3345-3362. [PMID: 37335899 PMCID: PMC10473219 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Plants cope with various recurring stress conditions that often induce DNA damage, ultimately affecting plant genome integrity, growth, and productivity. The CROWDED NUCLEI (CRWN) family comprises lamin-like proteins with multiple functions, such as regulating gene expression, genome organization, and DNA damage repair in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). However, the mechanisms and consequences of CRWNs in DNA damage repair are largely unknown. Here, we reveal that CRWNs maintain genome stability by forming repairing nuclear bodies at DNA double-strand breaks. We demonstrate that CRWN1 and CRWN2 physically associate with the DNA damage repair proteins RAD51D and SUPPRESSOR OF NPR1-1 Inducible 1 (SNI1) and act in the same genetic pathway to mediate this process. Moreover, CRWN1 and CRWN2 partially localize at γ-H2AX foci upon DNA damage. Notably, CRWN1 and CRWN2 undergo liquid-liquid phase separation to form highly dynamic droplet-like structures with RAD51D and SNI1 to promote the DNA damage response (DDR). Collectively, our data shed light on the function of plant lamin-like proteins in the DDR and maintenance of genome stability.
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- Chunmei Yin
- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
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- National key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Nisa M, Eekhout T, Bergis C, Pedroza-Garcia JA, He X, Mazubert C, Vercauteren I, Cools T, Brik-Chaouche R, Drouin-Wahbi J, Chmaiss L, Latrasse D, Bergounioux C, Vandepoele K, Benhamed M, De Veylder L, Raynaud C. Distinctive and complementary roles of E2F transcription factors during plant replication stress responses. MOLECULAR PLANT 2023; 16:1269-1282. [PMID: 37415334 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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Survival of living organisms is fully dependent on their maintenance of genome integrity, being permanently threatened by replication stress in proliferating cells. Although the plant DNA damage response (DDR) regulator SOG1 has been demonstrated to cope with replication defects, accumulating evidence points to other pathways functioning independent of SOG1. Here, we report the roles of the Arabidopsis E2FA and EF2B transcription factors, two well-characterized regulators of DNA replication, in plant response to replication stress. Through a combination of reverse genetics and chromatin immunoprecipitation approaches, we show that E2FA and E2FB share many target genes with SOG1, providing evidence for their involvement in the DDR. Analysis of double- and triple-mutant combinations revealed that E2FB, rather than E2FA, plays the most prominent role in sustaining plant growth in the presence of replication defects, either operating antagonistically or synergistically with SOG1. Conversely, SOG1 aids in overcoming the replication defects of E2FA/E2FB-deficient plants. Collectively, our data reveal a complex transcriptional network controlling the replication stress response in which E2Fs and SOG1 act as key regulatory factors.
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- Maherun Nisa
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université de Paris Cité, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Sertse D, You FM, Klymiuk V, Haile JK, N'Diaye A, Pozniak CJ, Cloutier S, Kagale S. Historical Selection, Adaptation Signatures, and Ambiguity of Introgressions in Wheat. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24098390. [PMID: 37176097 PMCID: PMC10179502 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24098390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Wheat was one of the crops domesticated in the Fertile Crescent region approximately 10,000 years ago. Despite undergoing recent polyploidization, hull-to-free-thresh transition events, and domestication bottlenecks, wheat is now grown in over 130 countries and accounts for a quarter of the world's cereal production. The main reason for its widespread success is its broad genetic diversity that allows it to thrive in different environments. To trace historical selection and hybridization signatures, genome scans were performed on two datasets: approximately 113K SNPs from 921 predominantly bread wheat accessions and approximately 110K SNPs from about 400 wheat accessions representing all ploidy levels. To identify environmental factors associated with the loci, a genome-environment association (GEA) was also performed. The genome scans on both datasets identified a highly differentiated region on chromosome 4A where accessions in the first dataset were dichotomized into a group (n = 691), comprising nearly all cultivars, wild emmer, and most landraces, and a second group (n = 230), dominated by landraces and spelt accessions. The grouping of cultivars is likely linked to their potential ancestor, bread wheat cv. Norin-10. The 4A region harbored important genes involved in adaptations to environmental conditions. The GEA detected loci associated with latitude and temperature. The genetic signatures detected in this study provide insight into the historical selection and hybridization events in the wheat genome that shaped its current genetic structure and facilitated its success in a wide spectrum of environmental conditions. The genome scans and GEA approaches applied in this study can help in screening the germplasm housed in gene banks for breeding, and for conservation purposes.
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- Demissew Sertse
- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council Canada, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council Canada, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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Duarte GT, Volkova PY, Fiengo Perez F, Horemans N. Chronic Ionizing Radiation of Plants: An Evolutionary Factor from Direct Damage to Non-Target Effects. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1178. [PMID: 36904038 PMCID: PMC10005729 DOI: 10.3390/plants12051178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In present times, the levels of ionizing radiation (IR) on the surface of Earth are relatively low, posing no high challenges for the survival of contemporary life forms. IR derives from natural sources and naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM), the nuclear industry, medical applications, and as a result of radiation disasters or nuclear tests. In the current review, we discuss modern sources of radioactivity, its direct and indirect effects on different plant species, and the scope of the radiation protection of plants. We present an overview of the molecular mechanisms of radiation responses in plants, which leads to a tempting conjecture of the evolutionary role of IR as a limiting factor for land colonization and plant diversification rates. The hypothesis-driven analysis of available plant genomic data suggests an overall DNA repair gene families' depletion in land plants compared to ancestral groups, which overlaps with a decrease in levels of radiation exposure on the surface of Earth millions of years ago. The potential contribution of chronic IR as an evolutionary factor in combination with other environmental factors is discussed.
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- Belgian Nuclear Research Centre—SCK CEN, 2400 Mol, Belgium
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Syndecan-4 Mediates the Cellular Entry of Adeno-Associated Virus 9. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043141. [PMID: 36834552 PMCID: PMC9963952 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Due to their low pathogenicity, immunogenicity, and long-term gene expression, adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors emerged as safe and efficient gene delivery tools, over-coming setbacks experienced with other viral gene delivery systems in early gene therapy trials. Among AAVs, AAV9 can translocate through the blood-brain barrier (BBB), making it a promising gene delivery tool for transducing the central nervous system (CNS) via systemic administration. Recent reports on the shortcomings of AAV9-mediated gene delivery into the CNS require reviewing the molecular base of AAV9 cellular biology. A more detailed understanding of AAV9's cellular entry would eradicate current hurdles and enable more efficient AAV9-based gene therapy approaches. Syndecans, the transmembrane family of heparan-sulfate proteoglycans, facilitate the cellular uptake of various viruses and drug delivery systems. Utilizing human cell lines and syndecan-specific cellular assays, we assessed the involvement of syndecans in AAV9's cellular entry. The ubiquitously expressed isoform, syndecan-4 proved its superiority in facilitating AAV9 internalization among syndecans. Introducing syndecan-4 into poorly transducible cell lines enabled robust AAV9-dependent gene transduction, while its knockdown reduced AAV9's cellular entry. Attachment of AAV9 to syndecan-4 is mediated not just by the polyanionic heparan-sulfate chains but also by the cell-binding domain of the extracellular syndecan-4 core protein. Co-immunoprecipitation assays and affinity proteomics also confirmed the role of syndecan-4 in the cellular entry of AAV9. Overall, our findings highlight the universally expressed syndecan-4 as a significant contributor to the cellular internalization of AAV9 and provide a molecular-based, rational explanation for the low gene delivery potential of AAV9 into the CNS.
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Szurman-Zubrzycka M, Jędrzejek P, Szarejko I. How Do Plants Cope with DNA Damage? A Concise Review on the DDR Pathway in Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032404. [PMID: 36768727 PMCID: PMC9916837 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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DNA damage is induced by many factors, some of which naturally occur in the environment. Because of their sessile nature, plants are especially exposed to unfavorable conditions causing DNA damage. In response to this damage, the DDR (DNA damage response) pathway is activated. This pathway is highly conserved between eukaryotes; however, there are some plant-specific DDR elements, such as SOG1-a transcription factor that is a central DDR regulator in plants. In general, DDR signaling activates transcriptional and epigenetic regulators that orchestrate the cell cycle arrest and DNA repair mechanisms upon DNA damage. The cell cycle halts to give the cell time to repair damaged DNA before replication. If the repair is successful, the cell cycle is reactivated. However, if the DNA repair mechanisms fail and DNA lesions accumulate, the cell enters the apoptotic pathway. Thereby the proper maintenance of DDR is crucial for plants to survive. It is particularly important for agronomically important species because exposure to environmental stresses causing DNA damage leads to growth inhibition and yield reduction. Thereby, gaining knowledge regarding the DDR pathway in crops may have a huge agronomic impact-it may be useful in breeding new cultivars more tolerant to such stresses. In this review, we characterize different genotoxic agents and their mode of action, describe DDR activation and signaling and summarize DNA repair mechanisms in plants.
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Hu Y, Rosado D, Lindbäck LN, Micko J, Pedmale UV. Cryptochromes and UBP12/13 deubiquitinases antagonistically regulate DNA damage response in Arabidopsis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.15.524001. [PMID: 36712126 PMCID: PMC9882212 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.15.524001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Cryptochromes (CRYs) are evolutionarily conserved blue-light receptors that evolved from bacterial photolyases that repair damaged DNA. Today, CRYs have lost their ability to repair damaged DNA; however, prior reports suggest that human CRYs can respond to DNA damage. Currently, the role of CRYs in the DNA damage response (DDR) is lacking, especially in plants. Therefore, we evaluated the role of plant CRYs in DDR along with UBP12/13 deubiquitinases, which interact with and regulate the CRY2 protein. We found that cry1cry2 was hypersensitive, while ubp12ubp13 was hyposensitive to UVC-induced DNA damage. Elevated UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and the lack of DNA repair protein RAD51 accumulation in cry1cry2 plants indicate that CRYs are required for DNA repair. On the contrary, CPD levels diminished and RAD51 protein levels elevated in plants lacking UBP12 and UBP13, indicating their role in DDR repression. Temporal transcriptomic analysis revealed that DDR-induced transcriptional responses were subdued in cry1cry2, but elevated in ubp12ubp13 compared to WT. Through transcriptional modeling of the time-course transcriptome, we found that genes quickly induced by UVC (15 min) are targets of CAMTA 1-3 transcription factors, which we found are required for DDR. This transcriptional regulation seems, however, diminished in the cry1cry2 mutant, indicating that CAMTAs are required for CRY2-mediated DDR. Furthermore, we observed enhanced CRY2-UBP13 interaction and formation of CRY2 nuclear speckles under UVC, suggesting that UVC activates CRY2 similarly to blue light. Together, our data reveal the temporal dynamics of the transcriptional events underlying UVC-induced genotoxicity and expand our knowledge of the role of CRY and UBP12/13 in DDR.
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- Yuzhao Hu
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
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Bais P, Alidrissi L, Blilou I. Detecting Protein-Protein Interactions Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) and Luciferase Complementation Assays (LCA). Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2690:121-131. [PMID: 37450143 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3327-4_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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In multicellular organisms, establishing the full body plane involves cell-cell signaling where protein associations are important for the diverse cellular functions within the cells. For the study of protein-protein interactions (PPI), bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) and luciferase complementation assays (LCA) have proven to be reliable tools that can be used to confirm the physical association of two proteins in a semi-in vivo environment. This chapter provides a detailed description of these two techniques using Nicotiana benthamiana as a semi-in vivo transient expression system. As an example, we will use the interaction of the two well-described transcription factors SHORT-ROOT (SHR) and SCARECROW (SCR), which are known as regulators of asymmetric cell division and stem cell specification in the root meristem of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. While the BiFC assay provides subcellular information by displaying a fluorescence signal, nuclear in this case, resulting from the reconstituted fluorophore, the LCA generates a quantitative readout of the SCR-SHR interaction. The combination of both assays provides information on the localization and strength of the PPI.
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- Pepijn Bais
- BESE Division, Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- BESE Division, Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- BESE Division, Plant Cell and Developmental Biology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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León-Ruiz JA, Cruz Ramírez A. Predicted landscape of RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED LxCxE-mediated interactions across the Chloroplastida. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 112:1507-1524. [PMID: 36305297 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The colonization of land by a single streptophyte algae lineage some 450 million years ago has been linked to multiple key innovations such as three-dimensional growth, alternation of generations, the presence of stomata, as well as innovations inherent to the birth of major plant lineages, such as the origins of vascular tissues, roots, seeds and flowers. Multicellularity, which evolved multiple times in the Chloroplastida coupled with precise spatiotemporal control of proliferation and differentiation were instrumental for the evolution of these traits. RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED (RBR), the plant homolog of the metazoan Retinoblastoma protein (pRB), is a highly conserved and multifunctional core cell cycle regulator that has been implicated in the evolution of multicellularity in the green lineage as well as in plant multicellularity-related processes such as proliferation, differentiation, stem cell regulation and asymmetric cell division. RBR fulfills these roles through context-specific protein-protein interactions with proteins containing the Leu-x-Cys-x-Glu (LxCxE) short-linear motif (SLiM); however, how RBR-LxCxE interactions have changed throughout major innovations in the Viridiplantae kingdom is a question that remains unexplored. Here, we employ an in silico evo-devo approach to predict and analyze potential RBR-LxCxE interactions in different representative species of key Chloroplastida lineages, providing a valuable resource for deciphering RBR-LxCxE multiple functions. Furthermore, our analyses suggest that RBR-LxCxE interactions are an important component of RBR functions and that interactions with chromatin modifiers/remodelers, DNA replication and repair machinery are highly conserved throughout the Viridiplantae, while LxCxE interactions with transcriptional regulators likely diversified throughout the water-to-land transition.
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- Jesús A León-Ruiz
- Molecular and Developmental Complexity Group, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera, Irapuato-León, Irapuato, 36821, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Molecular and Developmental Complexity Group, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera, Irapuato-León, Irapuato, 36821, Guanajuato, Mexico
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de Luxán-Hernández C, Lohmann J, Tranque E, Chumova J, Binarova P, Salinas J, Weingartner M. MDF is a conserved splicing factor and modulates cell division and stress response in Arabidopsis. Life Sci Alliance 2022; 6:6/1/e202201507. [PMID: 36265897 PMCID: PMC9585968 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The coordination of cell division with stress response is essential for maintaining genome stability in plant meristems. Proteins involved in pre-mRNA splicing are important for these processes in animal and human cells. Based on its homology to the splicing factor SART1, which is implicated in the control of cell division and genome stability in human cells, we analyzed if MDF has similar functions in plants. We found that MDF associates with U4/U6.U5 tri-snRNP proteins and is essential for correct splicing of 2,037 transcripts. Loss of MDF function leads to cell division defects and cell death in meristems and was associated with up-regulation of stress-induced genes and down-regulation of mitotic regulators. In addition, the mdf-1 mutant is hypersensitive to DNA damage treatment supporting its role in coordinating stress response with cell division. Our analysis of a dephosphomutant of MDF suggested how its protein activity might be controlled. Our work uncovers the conserved function of a plant splicing factor and provides novel insight into the interplay of pre-mRNA processing and genome stability in plants.
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana y de Plantas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas “Margarita Salas” (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana y de Plantas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas “Margarita Salas” (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Sulimenko V, Dráberová E, Dráber P. γ-Tubulin in microtubule nucleation and beyond. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:880761. [PMID: 36158181 PMCID: PMC9503634 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.880761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Microtubules composed of αβ-tubulin dimers are dynamic cytoskeletal polymers that play key roles in essential cellular processes such as cell division, organelle positioning, intracellular transport, and cell migration. γ-Tubulin is a highly conserved member of the tubulin family that is required for microtubule nucleation. γ-Tubulin, together with its associated proteins, forms the γ-tubulin ring complex (γ-TuRC), that templates microtubules. Here we review recent advances in the structure of γ-TuRC, its activation, and centrosomal recruitment. This provides new mechanistic insights into the molecular mechanism of microtubule nucleation. Accumulating data suggest that γ-tubulin also has other, less well understood functions. We discuss emerging evidence that γ-tubulin can form oligomers and filaments, has specific nuclear functions, and might be involved in centrosomal cross-talk between microtubules and microfilaments.
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- *Correspondence: Vadym Sulimenko, ; Pavel Dráber,
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Pokora W, Tułodziecki S, Dettlaff-Pokora A, Aksmann A. Cross Talk between Hydrogen Peroxide and Nitric Oxide in the Unicellular Green Algae Cell Cycle: How Does It Work? Cells 2022; 11:cells11152425. [PMID: 35954269 PMCID: PMC9368121 DOI: 10.3390/cells11152425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The regulatory role of some reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS), such as hydrogen peroxide or nitric oxide, has been demonstrated in some higher plants and algae. Their involvement in regulation of the organism, tissue and single cell development can also be seen in many animals. In green cells, the redox potential is an important photosynthesis regulatory factor that may lead to an increase or decrease in growth rate. ROS and RNS are important signals involved in the regulation of photoautotrophic growth that, in turn, allow the cell to attain the commitment competence. Both hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide are directly involved in algal cell development as the signals that regulate expression of proteins required for completing the cell cycle, such as cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases, or histone proteins and E2F complex proteins. Such regulation seems to relate to the direct interaction of these signaling molecules with the redox-sensitive transcription factors, but also with regulation of signaling pathways including MAPK, G-protein and calmodulin-dependent pathways. In this paper, we aim to elucidate the involvement of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide in algal cell cycle regulation, considering the role of these molecules in higher plants. We also evaluate the commercial applicability of this knowledge. The creation of a simple tool, such as a precisely established modification of hydrogen peroxide and/or nitric oxide at the cellular level, leading to changes in the ROS-RNS cross-talk network, can be used for the optimization of the efficiency of algal cell growth and may be especially important in the context of increasing the role of algal biomass in science and industry. It could be a part of an important scientific challenge that biotechnology is currently focused on.
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- Wojciech Pokora
- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk Wita, Stwosza 59, 83-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk Wita, Stwosza 59, 83-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk Wita, Stwosza 59, 83-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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Siqueira JA, Silva MF, Wakin T, Nunes-Nesi A, Araújo WL. Metabolic and DNA checkpoints for the enhancement of Al tolerance. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 430:128366. [PMID: 35168102 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Acidic soils are a major limiting factor for food production in many developing countries. High concentrations of soluble Al cations, particularly Al3+, inhibit cell division and root elongation in plants. Al3+ damages several biomolecules, including DNA, impairing gene expression and cell cycle progression. Notably, the loss-of-function mutants of DNA checkpoints may mediate Al tolerance. Furthermore, mitochondrial organic acids play key roles in neutralizing Al3+ within the cell and around the rhizosphere. Here, we provide knowledge synthesis on interactions between checkpoints related to mitochondrial organic acid homeostasis and DNA integrity mediating Al tolerance in land plants. These interactions, coupled with remarkable advances in tools related to metabolism and cell cycle, may facilitate the development of next-generation productive crops under Al toxicity.
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- João Antonio Siqueira
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
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Gómez MS, Sheridan ML, Casati P. E2Fb and E2Fa transcription factors independently regulate the DNA damage response after ultraviolet B exposure in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:1098-1115. [PMID: 34859915 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Ultraviolet (UV)B radiation affects plant growth inhibiting cell proliferation. This inhibition is in part controlled by the activity of transcription factors from the E2F family. In particular, the participation of E2Fc and E2Fe in UV-B responses in Arabidopsis plants was previously reported. However, the E2Fa and E2Fb contribution to these processes has still not been investigated. Thus, in this work, we provide evidence that, in Arabidopsis, both E2Fa and E2Fb control leaf size under UV-B conditions without participating in the repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in the DNA. Nevertheless, in UV-B-exposed seedlings, E2Fa, but not E2Fb, regulates primary root elongation, cell proliferation, and programmed cell death in the meristematic zone. Using e2fa mutants that overexpress E2Fb, we showed that the role of E2Fa in the roots could not be replaced by E2Fb. Finally, our results show that E2Fa and E2Fb differentially regulate the expression of genes that activate the DNA damage response and cell cycle progression, both under conditions without UV-B and after exposure. Overall, we showed that both E2Fa and E2Fb have different and non-redundant roles in developmental and DNA damage responses in Arabidopsis plants exposed to UV-B.
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- María Sol Gómez
- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario, 2000, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario, 2000, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario, 2000, Argentina
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DNA Double-Strand Break Repairs and Their Application in Plant DNA Integration. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13020322. [PMID: 35205367 PMCID: PMC8871565 DOI: 10.3390/genes13020322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Double-strand breaks (DSBs) are considered to be one of the most harmful and mutagenic forms of DNA damage. They are highly toxic if unrepaired, and can cause genome rearrangements and even cell death. Cells employ two major pathways to repair DSBs: homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). In plants, most applications of genome modification techniques depend on the development of DSB repair pathways, such as Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (AMT) and gene targeting (GT). In this paper, we review the achieved knowledge and recent advances on the DNA DSB response and its main repair pathways; discuss how these pathways affect Agrobacterium-mediated T-DNA integration and gene targeting in plants; and describe promising strategies for producing DSBs artificially, at definite sites in the genome.
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Li J, Liang W, Liu Y, Ren Z, Ci D, Chang J, Qian W. The Arabidopsis ATR-SOG1 signaling module regulates pleiotropic developmental adjustments in response to 3'-blocked DNA repair intermediates. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:852-866. [PMID: 34791445 PMCID: PMC8824664 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Base excision repair and active DNA demethylation produce repair intermediates with DNA molecules blocked at the 3'-OH end by an aldehyde or phosphate group. However, both the physiological consequences of these accumulated single-strand DNAs break with 3'-blocked ends (DNA 3'-blocks) and the signaling pathways responding to unrepaired DNA 3'-blocks remain unclear in plants. Here, we investigated the effects of DNA 3'-blocks on plant development using the zinc finger DNA 3'-phosphoesterase (zdp) AP endonuclease2 (ape2) double mutant, in which 3'-blocking residues are poorly repaired. The accumulation of DNA 3'-blocked triggered diverse developmental defects that were dependent on the ATM and RAD3-related (ATR)-suppressor of gamma response 1 (SOG1) signaling module. SOG1 mutation rescued the developmental defects of zdp ape2 leaves by preventing cell endoreplication and promoting cell proliferation. However, SOG1 mutation caused intensive meristematic cell death in the radicle of zdp ape2 following germination, resulting in rapid termination of radicle growth. Notably, mutating FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE (FPG) in zdp ape2 sog1 partially recovered its radicle growth, demonstrating that DNA 3'-blocks generated by FPG caused the meristematic defects. Surprisingly, despite lacking a functional radicle, zdp ape2 sog1 mutants compensated the lack of root growth by generating anchor roots having low levels of DNA damage response. Our results reveal dual roles of SOG1 in regulating root establishment when seeds germinate with excess DNA 3'-blocks.
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- Jinchao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Pedroza-Garcia JA, Xiang Y, De Veylder L. Cell cycle checkpoint control in response to DNA damage by environmental stresses. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:490-507. [PMID: 34741364 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Being sessile organisms, plants are ubiquitously exposed to stresses that can affect the DNA replication process or cause DNA damage. To cope with these problems, plants utilize DNA damage response (DDR) pathways, consisting of both highly conserved and plant-specific elements. As a part of this DDR, cell cycle checkpoint control mechanisms either pause the cell cycle, to allow DNA repair, or lead cells into differentiation or programmed cell death, to prevent the transmission of DNA errors in the organism through mitosis or to its offspring via meiosis. The two major DDR cell cycle checkpoints control either the replication process or the G2/M transition. The latter is largely overseen by the plant-specific SOG1 transcription factor, which drives the activity of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and MYB3R proteins, which are rate limiting for the G2/M transition. By contrast, the replication checkpoint is controlled by different players, including the conserved kinase WEE1 and likely the transcriptional repressor RBR1. These checkpoint mechanisms are called upon during developmental processes, in retrograde signaling pathways, and in response to biotic and abiotic stresses, including metal toxicity, cold, salinity, and phosphate deficiency. Additionally, the recent expansion of research from Arabidopsis to other model plants has revealed species-specific aspects of the DDR. Overall, it is becoming evidently clear that the DNA damage checkpoint mechanisms represent an important aspect of the adaptation of plants to a changing environment, hence gaining more knowledge about this topic might be helpful to increase the resilience of plants to climate change.
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- José Antonio Pedroza-Garcia
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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Singh G, Batzenschlager M, Tomkova D, Herzog E, Hoffmann E, Houlné G, Schmit AC, Berr A, Chabouté ME. GIP1 and GIP2 Contribute to the Maintenance of Genome Stability at the Nuclear Periphery. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 12:804928. [PMID: 35154196 PMCID: PMC8830487 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.804928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The maintenance of genetic information is important in eukaryotes notably through mechanisms occurring at the nuclear periphery where inner nuclear membrane proteins and nuclear pore-associated components are key factors regulating the DNA damage response (DDR). However, this aspect of DDR regulation is still poorly documented in plants. We addressed here how genomic stability is impaired in the gamma-tubulin complex component 3-interacting protein (gip1gip2) double mutants showing defective nuclear shaping. Using neutral comet assays for DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) detection, we showed that GIP1 and GIP2 act redundantly to maintain genome stability. At the cellular level, γ-H2AX foci in gip1gip2 were more abundant and heterogeneous in their size compared to wild-type (WT) in root meristematic nuclei, indicative of constitutive DNA damage. This was linked to a constitutive activation of the DDR in the gip1gip2 mutant, with more emphasis on the homologous recombination (HR) repair pathway. In addition, we noticed the presence of numerous RAD51 foci which did not colocalize with γ-H2AX foci. The expression of GIP1-GFP in the double mutant rescued the cellular response to DNA damage, leading to the systematic colocalization of RAD51 and γ-H2AX foci. Interestingly, a significant proportion of RAD51 foci colocalized with GIP1-GFP at the nuclear periphery. Altogether, our data suggest that GIPs may partly contribute to the spatio-temporal recruitment of RAD51 at the nuclear periphery.
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- Gaurav Singh
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Lang L, Pettkó-Szandtner A, Tunçay Elbaşı H, Takatsuka H, Nomoto Y, Zaki A, Dorokhov S, De Jaeger G, Eeckhout D, Ito M, Magyar Z, Bögre L, Heese M, Schnittger A. The DREAM complex represses growth in response to DNA damage in Arabidopsis. Life Sci Alliance 2021; 4:4/12/e202101141. [PMID: 34583930 PMCID: PMC8500230 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202101141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The DNA of all organisms is constantly damaged by physiological processes and environmental conditions. Upon persistent damage, plant growth and cell proliferation are reduced. Based on previous findings that RBR1, the only Arabidopsis homolog of the mammalian tumor suppressor gene retinoblastoma, plays a key role in the DNA damage response in plants, we unravel here the network of RBR1 interactors under DNA stress conditions. This led to the identification of homologs of every DREAM component in Arabidopsis, including previously not recognized homologs of LIN52. Interestingly, we also discovered NAC044, a mediator of DNA damage response in plants and close homolog of the major DNA damage regulator SOG1, to directly interact with RBR1 and the DREAM component LIN37B. Consistently, not only mutants in NAC044 but also the double mutant of the two LIN37 homologs and mutants for the DREAM component E2FB showed reduced sensitivities to DNA-damaging conditions. Our work indicates the existence of multiple DREAM complexes that work in conjunction with NAC044 to mediate growth arrest after DNA damage.
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- Lucas Lang
- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Hamburg, Institute for Plant Sciences and Microbiology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Proteomic Research, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary.,Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Hamburg, Institute for Plant Sciences and Microbiology, Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK.,School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Hamburg, Institute for Plant Sciences and Microbiology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Hamburg, Institute for Plant Sciences and Microbiology, Hamburg, Germany
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Gentric N, Genschik P, Noir S. Connections between the Cell Cycle and the DNA Damage Response in Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22179558. [PMID: 34502465 PMCID: PMC8431409 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants are especially exposed to various stresses, including genotoxic stress, which results in altered genome integrity. Upon the detection of DNA damage, distinct cellular responses lead to cell cycle arrest and the induction of DNA repair mechanisms. Interestingly, it has been shown that some cell cycle regulators are not only required for meristem activity and plant development but are also key to cope with the occurrence of DNA lesions. In this review, we first summarize some important regulatory steps of the plant cell cycle and present a brief overview of the DNA damage response (DDR) mechanisms. Then, the role played by some cell cycle regulators at the interface between the cell cycle and DNA damage responses is discussed more specifically.
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Mahapatra K, Banerjee S, De S, Mitra M, Roy P, Roy S. An Insight Into the Mechanism of Plant Organelle Genome Maintenance and Implications of Organelle Genome in Crop Improvement: An Update. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:671698. [PMID: 34447743 PMCID: PMC8383295 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.671698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Besides the nuclear genome, plants possess two small extra chromosomal genomes in mitochondria and chloroplast, respectively, which contribute a small fraction of the organelles’ proteome. Both mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA have originated endosymbiotically and most of their prokaryotic genes were either lost or transferred to the nuclear genome through endosymbiotic gene transfer during the course of evolution. Due to their immobile nature, plant nuclear and organellar genomes face continuous threat from diverse exogenous agents as well as some reactive by-products or intermediates released from various endogenous metabolic pathways. These factors eventually affect the overall plant growth and development and finally productivity. The detailed mechanism of DNA damage response and repair following accumulation of various forms of DNA lesions, including single and double-strand breaks (SSBs and DSBs) have been well documented for the nuclear genome and now it has been extended to the organelles also. Recently, it has been shown that both mitochondria and chloroplast possess a counterpart of most of the nuclear DNA damage repair pathways and share remarkable similarities with different damage repair proteins present in the nucleus. Among various repair pathways, homologous recombination (HR) is crucial for the repair as well as the evolution of organellar genomes. Along with the repair pathways, various other factors, such as the MSH1 and WHIRLY family proteins, WHY1, WHY2, and WHY3 are also known to be involved in maintaining low mutation rates and structural integrity of mitochondrial and chloroplast genome. SOG1, the central regulator in DNA damage response in plants, has also been found to mediate endoreduplication and cell-cycle progression through chloroplast to nucleus retrograde signaling in response to chloroplast genome instability. Various proteins associated with the maintenance of genome stability are targeted to both nuclear and organellar compartments, establishing communication between organelles as well as organelles and nucleus. Therefore, understanding the mechanism of DNA damage repair and inter compartmental crosstalk mechanism in various sub-cellular organelles following induction of DNA damage and identification of key components of such signaling cascades may eventually be translated into strategies for crop improvement under abiotic and genotoxic stress conditions. This review mainly highlights the current understanding as well as the importance of different aspects of organelle genome maintenance mechanisms in higher plants.
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- Kalyan Mahapatra
- Department of Botany, UGC Center for Advanced Studies, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India
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- Department of Botany, UGC Center for Advanced Studies, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India
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- Department of Botany, UGC Center for Advanced Studies, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India
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- Department of Botany, UGC Center for Advanced Studies, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India
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- Department of Botany, UGC Center for Advanced Studies, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India
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- Department of Botany, UGC Center for Advanced Studies, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India
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Li L, Shi Q, Li Z, Gao J. Genome-wide identification and functional characterization of the PheE2F/DP gene family in Moso bamboo. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:158. [PMID: 33781213 PMCID: PMC8008544 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-02924-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND E2F/DP proteins have been shown to regulate genes implicated in cell cycle control and DNA repair. However, to date, research into the potential role of the Moso bamboo E2F/DP family has been limited. RESULTS Here, we identified 23 E2F/DPs in the Moso bamboo genome, including nine E2F genes, six DP genes, eight DEL genes and one gene with a partial E2F domain. An estimation of the divergence time of the paralogous gene pairs suggested that the E2F/DP family expansion primarily occurred through a whole-genome duplication event. A regulatory element and coexpression network analysis indicated that E2F/DP regulated the expression of cell cycle-related genes. A yeast two-hybrid assay and expression analysis based on transcriptome data and in situ hybridization indicated that the PheE2F-PheDP complex played important roles in winter Moso bamboo shoot growth. The qRT-PCR results showed that the PheE2F/DPs exhibited diverse expression patterns in response to drought and salt treatment and diurnal cycles. CONCLUSION Our findings provide novel insights into the Moso bamboo E2F/DP family and partial experimental evidence for further functional verification of the PheE2F/DPs.
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- Long Li
- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, Key Laboratory of Bamboo and Rattan Science and Technology, State Forestry Administration, Beijing, China.
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Perrotta L, Giordo R, Francis D, Rogers HJ, Albani D. Molecular Analysis of the E2F/DP Gene Family of Daucus carota and Involvement of the DcE2F1 Factor in Cell Proliferation. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:652570. [PMID: 33777085 PMCID: PMC7994507 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.652570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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E2F transcription factors are key components of the RB/E2F pathway that, through the action of cyclin-dependent kinases, regulates cell cycle progression in both plants and animals. Moreover, plant and animal E2Fs have also been shown to regulate other cellular functions in addition to cell proliferation. Based on structural and functional features, they can be divided into different classes that have been shown to act as activators or repressors of E2F-dependent genes. Among the first plant E2F factors to be reported, we previously described DcE2F1, an activating E2F which is expressed in cycling carrot (Daucus carota) cells. In this study, we describe the identification of the additional members of the E2F/DP family of D. carota, which includes four typical E2Fs, three atypical E2F/DEL genes, and three related DP genes. Expression analyses of the carrot E2F and DP genes reveal distinctive patterns and suggest that the functions of some of them are not necessarily linked to cell proliferation. DcE2F1 was previously shown to transactivate an E2F-responsive promoter in transient assays but the functional role of this protein in planta was not defined. Sequence comparisons indicate that DcE2F1 could be an ortholog of the AtE2FA factor of Arabidopsis thaliana. Moreover, ectopic expression of the DcE2F1 cDNA in transgenic Arabidopsis plants is able to upregulate AtE2FB and promotes cell proliferation, giving rise to polycotyly with low frequency, effects that are highly similar to those observed when over-expressing AtE2FA. These results indicate that DcE2F1 is involved in the control of cell proliferation and plays important roles in the regulation of embryo and plant development.
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- Lara Perrotta
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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Direct Regulation of DNA Repair by E2F and RB in Mammals and Plants: Core Function or Convergent Evolution? Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13050934. [PMID: 33668093 PMCID: PMC7956360 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13050934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Retinoblastoma (RB) proteins and E2F transcription factors partner together to regulate the cell cycle in many eukaryotic organisms. In organisms that lack one or both of these proteins, other proteins have taken on the essential function of cell cycle regulation. RB and E2F also have important functions outside of the cell cycle, including DNA repair. This review summarizes the non-canonical functions of RB and E2F in maintaining genome integrity and raises the question of whether such functions have always been present or have evolved more recently. Abstract Members of the E2F transcription factor family regulate the expression of genes important for DNA replication and mitotic cell division in most eukaryotes. Homologs of the retinoblastoma (RB) tumor suppressor inhibit the activity of E2F factors, thus controlling cell cycle progression. Organisms such as budding and fission yeast have lost genes encoding E2F and RB, but have gained genes encoding other proteins that take on E2F and RB cell cycle-related functions. In addition to regulating cell proliferation, E2F and RB homologs have non-canonical functions outside the mitotic cell cycle in a variety of eukaryotes. For example, in both mammals and plants, E2F and RB homologs localize to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and directly promote repair by homologous recombination (HR). Here, we discuss the parallels between mammalian E2F1 and RB and their Arabidopsis homologs, E2FA and RB-related (RBR), with respect to their recruitment to sites of DNA damage and how they help recruit repair factors important for DNA end resection. We also explore the question of whether this role in DNA repair is a conserved ancient function of the E2F and RB homologs in the last eukaryotic common ancestor or whether this function evolved independently in mammals and plants.
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Duan S, Hu L, Dong B, Jin HL, Wang HB. Signaling from Plastid Genome Stability Modulates Endoreplication and Cell Cycle during Plant Development. Cell Rep 2021; 32:108019. [PMID: 32783941 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Plastid-nucleus genome coordination is crucial for plastid activity, but the mechanisms remain unclear. By treating Arabidopsis plants with the organellar genome-damaging agent ciprofloxacin, we found that plastid genome instability can alter endoreplication and the cell cycle. Similar results are observed in the plastid genome instability mutants of reca1why1why3. Cell division and embryo development are disturbed in the reca1why1why3 mutant. Notably, SMR5 and SMR7 genes, which encode cell-cycle kinase inhibitors, are upregulated in plastid genome instability plants, and the mutation of SMR7 can restore the endoreplication and growth phenotype of reca1why1why3 plants. Furthermore, we establish that the DNA damage response transcription factor SOG1 mediates the alteration of endoreplication and cell cycle triggered by plastid genome instability. Finally, we demonstrate that reactive oxygen species produced in plastids are important for plastid-nucleus genome coordination. Our findings uncover a molecular mechanism for the coordination of plastid and nuclear genomes during plant growth and development.
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- Sujuan Duan
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China; Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 510006 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 510006 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China; Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, 510006 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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Okimune KI, Nagy SK, Hataya S, Endo Y, Takasuka TE. Reconstitution of Drosophila and human chromatins by wheat germ cell-free co-expression system. BMC Biotechnol 2020; 20:62. [PMID: 33261588 PMCID: PMC7708258 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-020-00655-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Elaboration of the epigenetic regulation of chromatin is a long-standing aim in molecular and cellular biology. Hence, there is a great demand for the development of in vitro methods to reconstitute chromatin that can be used directly for biochemical assays. The widely used wheat germ cell-free protein expression method provides broad applications to investigate the function and structure of eukaryotic proteins. Such advantages, including high translation efficiency, flexibility, and possible automatization, are beneficial for achieving native-like chromatin substrates for in vitro studies. RESULTS We describe a novel, single-step in vitro chromatin assembly method by using the wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis. We demonstrated that both Drosophila and human chromatins can be reconstituted in the course of the in vitro translation of core histones by the addition of chromatin assembly factors, circular plasmid, and topoisomerase I in an ATP-dependent manner. Drosophila chromatin assembly was performed in 4 h at 26 °C, in the presence of premixed mRNAs encoding the core histones, dAcf1/dISWI chromatin remodeling complex, and nucleosome assembly protein, dNAP1. Similarly, the human chromatin was assembled by co-expressing the human core histones with Drosophila chromatin remodeling factor, dISWI, and chromatin chaperone, dNLP, for 6 h at 26 °C. The presence of reconstituted chromatin was monitored by DNA supercoiling assay, also the regular spacing of nucleosomes was assessed by Micrococcal nuclease assay. Furthermore, Drosophila linker histone H1-containing chromatin was reconstituted, affirming that the in vitro assembled chromatin is suitable for downstream applications. CONCLUSIONS The method described in this study allows the assembly of Drosophila and human chromatins, possibly in native-like form, by using a wheat germ cell-free protein expression. Although both chromatins were reconstituted successfully, there were unexpected differences with respect to the required ratio of histone-coding mRNAs and the reaction time. Overall, our new in vitro chromatin reconstitution method will aid to characterize the unrevealed structure, function, and regulation of chromatin dynamics.
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- Kei-Ichi Okimune
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Graduate School of Global Food Resources, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Proteo-Science Center of Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. .,Graduate School of Global Food Resources, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. .,GI-CORE, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan.
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Wang J, Nan N, Shi L, Li N, Huang S, Zhang A, Liu Y, Guo P, Liu B, Xu ZY. Arabidopsis BRCA1 represses RRTF1-mediated ROS production and ROS-responsive gene expression under dehydration stress. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 228:1591-1610. [PMID: 32621388 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) act as important secondary messengers in abscisic acid (ABA) signaling and induce stomatal closure under dehydration stress. The breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1), an important tumor suppressor in animals, functions primarily in the maintenance of genome integrity in animals and plants. However, whether and how the plant BRCA1 regulates intracellular ROS homeostasis in guard cells under dehydration stress remains unknown. Here, we found that Arabidopsis atbrca1 loss-of-function mutants showed dehydration stress tolerance. This stress tolerant phenotype of atbrca1 was a result of ABA- and ROS-induced stomatal closure, which was enhanced in atbrca1 mutants compared with the wild-type. AtBRCA1 downregulated the expression of ROS-responsive and marker genes. Notably, these genes were also the targets of the AP2/ERF transcriptional activator RRTF1/ERF109. Under normal conditions, AtBRCA1 physically interacted with RRTF1 and inhibited its binding to the GCC-box-like sequence in target gene promoters. Under dehydration stress, the expression of AtBRCA1 was dramatically reduced and that of RRTF1 was activated, thus inducing the expression of ROS-responsive genes. Overall, our study reveals a novel molecular function of AtBRCA1 in the transcriptional regulation of intracellular ROS homeostasis under dehydration stress.
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- Jie Wang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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Desvoyes B, Gutierrez C. Roles of plant retinoblastoma protein: cell cycle and beyond. EMBO J 2020; 39:e105802. [PMID: 32865261 PMCID: PMC7527812 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020105802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The human retinoblastoma (RB1) protein is a tumor suppressor that negatively regulates cell cycle progression through its interaction with members of the E2F/DP family of transcription factors. However, RB-related (RBR) proteins are an early acquisition during eukaryote evolution present in plant lineages, including unicellular algae, ancient plants (ferns, lycophytes, liverworts, mosses), gymnosperms, and angiosperms. The main RBR protein domains and interactions with E2Fs are conserved in all eukaryotes and not only regulate the G1/S transition but also the G2/M transition, as part of DREAM complexes. RBR proteins are also important for asymmetric cell division, stem cell maintenance, and the DNA damage response (DDR). RBR proteins play crucial roles at every developmental phase transition, in association with chromatin factors, as well as during the reproductive phase during female and male gametes production and embryo development. Here, we review the processes where plant RBR proteins play a role and discuss possible avenues of research to obtain a full picture of the multifunctional roles of RBR for plant life.
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Zluhan-Martínez E, Pérez-Koldenkova V, Ponce-Castañeda MV, Sánchez MDLP, García-Ponce B, Miguel-Hernández S, Álvarez-Buylla ER, Garay-Arroyo A. Beyond What Your Retina Can See: Similarities of Retinoblastoma Function between Plants and Animals, from Developmental Processes to Epigenetic Regulation. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4925. [PMID: 32664691 PMCID: PMC7404004 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21144925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The Retinoblastoma protein (pRb) is a key cell cycle regulator conserved in a wide variety of organisms. Experimental analysis of pRb's functions in animals and plants has revealed that this protein participates in cell proliferation and differentiation processes. In addition, pRb in animals and its orthologs in plants (RBR), are part of highly conserved protein complexes which suggest the possibility that analogies exist not only between functions carried out by pRb orthologs themselves, but also in the structure and roles of the protein networks where these proteins are involved. Here, we present examples of pRb/RBR participation in cell cycle control, cell differentiation, and in the regulation of epigenetic changes and chromatin remodeling machinery, highlighting the similarities that exist between the composition of such networks in plants and animals.
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- Estephania Zluhan-Martínez
- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de Plantas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM 04510, Mexico; (E.Z.-M.); (M.d.l.P.S.); (B.G.-P.)
- Posgrado en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán 04510, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Microscopía Avanzada, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Av. Cuauhtémoc, 330. Col. Doctores, Alc. Cuauhtémoc 06720, Mexico;
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- Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Centro Médico Nacional SXXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City 06720, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de Plantas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM 04510, Mexico; (E.Z.-M.); (M.d.l.P.S.); (B.G.-P.)
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de Plantas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM 04510, Mexico; (E.Z.-M.); (M.d.l.P.S.); (B.G.-P.)
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- Laboratorio de Citopatología Ambiental, Departamento de Morfología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Zacatenco, Calle Wilfrido Massieu Esquina Cda, Manuel Stampa 07738, Mexico;
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de Plantas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM 04510, Mexico; (E.Z.-M.); (M.d.l.P.S.); (B.G.-P.)
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- Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Epigenética, Desarrollo y Evolución de Plantas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM 04510, Mexico; (E.Z.-M.); (M.d.l.P.S.); (B.G.-P.)
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Gentric N, Masoud K, Journot RP, Cognat V, Chabouté ME, Noir S, Genschik P. The F-Box-Like Protein FBL17 Is a Regulator of DNA-Damage Response and Colocalizes with RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED1 at DNA Lesion Sites. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 183:1295-1305. [PMID: 32414898 PMCID: PMC7333706 DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), the F-box protein F-BOX-LIKE17 (FBL17) was previously identified as an important cell-cycle regulatory protein. FBL17 is required for cell division during pollen development and for normal cell-cycle progression and endoreplication during the diploid sporophyte phase. FBL17 was reported to control the stability of the CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE inhibitor KIP-RELATED PROTEIN (KRP), which may underlie the drastic reduction in cell division activity in both shoot and root apical meristems observed in fbl17 loss-of-function mutants. However, whether FBL17 has other substrates and functions besides degrading KRPs remains poorly understood. Here we show that mutation of FBL17 leads not only to misregulation of cell cycle genes, but also to a strong upregulation of genes involved in DNA damage and repair processes. This phenotype is associated with a higher frequency of DNA lesions in fbl17 and increased cell death in the root meristem, even in the absence of genotoxic stress. Notably, the constitutive activation of DNA damage response genes is largely SOG1-independent in fbl17 In addition, through analyses of root elongation, accumulation of cell death, and occurrence of γH2AX foci, we found that fbl17 mutants are hypersensitive to DNA double-strand break-induced genotoxic stress. Notably, we observed that the FBL17 protein is recruited at nuclear foci upon double-strand break induction and colocalizes with γH2AX, but only in the presence of RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED1. Altogether, our results highlight a role for FBL17 in DNA damage response, likely by ubiquitylating proteins involved in DNA-damage signaling or repair.
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- Naomie Gentric
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Wang X, Ye L, Lyu M, Ursache R, Löytynoja A, Mähönen AP. An inducible genome editing system for plants. NATURE PLANTS 2020; 6:766-772. [PMID: 32601420 PMCID: PMC7611339 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-0695-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Conditional manipulation of gene expression is a key approach to investigating the primary function of a gene in a biological process. While conditional and cell-type-specific overexpression systems exist for plants, there are currently no systems available to disable a gene completely and conditionally. Here, we present a new tool with which target genes can efficiently and conditionally be knocked out by genome editing at any developmental stage. Target genes can also be knocked out in a cell-type-specific manner. Our tool is easy to construct and will be particularly useful for studying genes having null alleles that are non-viable or show pleiotropic developmental defects.
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- Xin Wang
- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore, Campus UNIL-Sorge, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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de Luxán-Hernández C, Lohmann J, Hellmeyer W, Seanpong S, Wöltje K, Magyar Z, Pettkó-Szandtner A, Pélissier T, De Jaeger G, Hoth S, Mathieu O, Weingartner M. PP7L is essential for MAIL1-mediated transposable element silencing and primary root growth. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 102:703-717. [PMID: 31849124 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The two paralogous Arabidopsis genes MAINTENANCE OF MERISTEMS (MAIN) and MAINTENANCE OF MERISTEMS LIKE1 (MAIL1) encode a conserved retrotransposon-related plant mobile domain and are known to be required for silencing of transposable elements (TE) and for primary root development. Loss of function of either MAIN or MAIL1 leads to release of heterochromatic TEs, reduced condensation of pericentromeric heterochromatin, cell death of meristem cells and growth arrest of the primary root soon after germination. Here, we show that they act in one protein complex that also contains the inactive isoform of PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 7 (PP7), which is named PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 7-LIKE (PP7L). PP7L was previously shown to be important for chloroplast biogenesis and efficient chloroplast protein synthesis. We show that loss of PP7L function leads to the same root growth phenotype as loss of MAIL1 or MAIN. In addition, pp7l mutants show similar silencing defects. Double mutant analyses confirmed that the three proteins act in the same molecular pathway. The primary root growth arrest, which is associated with cell death of stem cells and their daughter cells, is a consequence of genome instability. Our data demonstrate so far unrecognized functions of an inactive phosphatase isoform in a protein complex that is essential for silencing of heterochromatic elements and for maintenance of genome stability in dividing cells.
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- Cloe de Luxán-Hernández
- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 22609, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 22609, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 22609, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 22609, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 22609, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
- Laboratory of Proteomics Research, Biological Research Centre, Temesvári krt. 62, 6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- GReD - CNRS UMR6293 - Inserm U1103, Université Clermont Auvergne, UFR de Médecine, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France
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- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, 9052, Gent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052, Gent, Belgium
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 22609, Germany
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- GReD - CNRS UMR6293 - Inserm U1103, Université Clermont Auvergne, UFR de Médecine, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 22609, Germany
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Hendrix S, Iven V, Eekhout T, Huybrechts M, Pecqueur I, Horemans N, Keunen E, De Veylder L, Vangronsveld J, Cuypers A. Suppressor of Gamma Response 1 Modulates the DNA Damage Response and Oxidative Stress Response in Leaves of Cadmium-Exposed Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:366. [PMID: 32308663 PMCID: PMC7145961 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) exposure causes an oxidative challenge and inhibits cell cycle progression, ultimately impacting plant growth. Stress-induced effects on the cell cycle are often a consequence of activation of the DNA damage response (DDR). The main aim of this study was to investigate the role of the transcription factor SUPPRESSOR OF GAMMA RESPONSE 1 (SOG1) and three downstream cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors of the SIAMESE-RELATED (SMR) family in the Cd-induced DDR and oxidative challenge in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. Effects of Cd on plant growth, cell cycle regulation and the expression of DDR genes were highly similar between the wildtype and smr4/5/7 mutant. In contrast, sog1-7 mutant leaves displayed a much lower Cd sensitivity within the experimental time-frame and significantly less pronounced upregulations of DDR-related genes, indicating the involvement of SOG1 in the Cd-induced DDR. Cadmium-induced responses related to the oxidative challenge were disturbed in the sog1-7 mutant, as indicated by delayed Cd-induced increases of hydrogen peroxide and glutathione concentrations and lower upregulations of oxidative stress-related genes. In conclusion, our results attribute a novel role to SOG1 in regulating the oxidative stress response and connect oxidative stress to the DDR in Cd-exposed plants.
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- Sophie Hendrix
- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Biosphere Impact Studies, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCKCEN), Mol, Belgium
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Nagy SK, Kállai BM, András J, Mészáros T. A novel family of expression vectors with multiple affinity tags for wheat germ cell-free protein expression. BMC Biotechnol 2020; 20:17. [PMID: 32169064 PMCID: PMC7071761 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-020-00610-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Cell-free protein expression has become a widely used alternative of in vivo, cell-based systems in functional and structural studies of proteins. The wheat germ-based method outstands from the commercially available eukaryotic in vitro translation systems by its flexibility, high translation efficiency and success rate of properly folded eukaryotic protein synthesis. The original T7 promoter containing pEU3-NII vector was improved previously by addition of a ligation-independent cloning site, His6- and GST-tags, and a TEV protease cleavage site to facilitate the creation of recombinant plasmids, permit affinity purification, and enable production of purified, tag-free target proteins, respectively. Results Here, we describe a further development of pEU3-NII vector by inserting the rare-cutting, NotI restriction enzyme cleavage site to simplify vector linearization step prior to in vitro transcription. Additionally, His12, FLAG, and Halo affinity tag coding vectors have been created to increase detection sensitivity, specificity of interaction studies, and provide covalently linkable ligands for pull-down assays, respectively. Finally, the presented GST-His6, and GST-biotin double-tagging vectors could broaden the range of possibilities of protein-protein interaction studies. Conclusions The new generation of pEU3-NII vector family allows a more rapid production of translationally active mRNA and wheat germ cell-free expression of target proteins with a wide variety of affinity tags thus enables designing flexible and diverse experimental arrangement for in vitro studies of proteins.
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- Szilvia Krisztina Nagy
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, 37-47 Tűzoltó Street, Budapest, H-1094, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, 37-47 Tűzoltó Street, Budapest, H-1094, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, 37-47 Tűzoltó Street, Budapest, H-1094, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, 37-47 Tűzoltó Street, Budapest, H-1094, Hungary.
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Raynaud C, Nisa M. A conserved role for γ-tubulin as a regulator of E2F transcription factors. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:1199-1202. [PMID: 32076727 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This article comments on:
Kállai BM, Kourová H, Chumová J, Papdi C, Trögelová L, Kofroňová O, Hozák P, Filimonenko V, Mészáros T, Magyar Z, Bögre L, Binarová P. 2020. γ-Tubulin interacts with E2F transcription factors to regulate proliferation and endocycling in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 1265–1277.
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- Cécile Raynaud
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Orsay, France
- Université de Paris, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Orsay, France
- Université de Paris, CNRS, INRAE, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Orsay, France
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Őszi E, Papdi C, Mohammed B, Petkó-Szandtner A, Leviczky T, Molnár E, Galvan-Ampudia C, Khan S, Juez EL, Horváth B, Bögre L, Magyar Z. E2FB Interacts with RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED and Regulates Cell Proliferation during Leaf Development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 182:518-533. [PMID: 31694902 PMCID: PMC6945829 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Cell cycle entry and quiescence are regulated by the E2F transcription factors in association with RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED (RBR). E2FB is considered to be a transcriptional activator of cell cycle genes, but its function during development remains poorly understood. Here, by studying E2FB-RBR interaction, E2F target gene expression, and epidermal cell number and shape in e2fb mutant and overexpression lines during leaf development in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), we show that E2FB in association with RBR plays a role in the inhibition of cell proliferation to establish quiescence. In young leaves, both RBR and E2FB are abundant and form a repressor complex that is reinforced by an autoregulatory loop. Increased E2FB levels, either by expression driven by its own promoter or ectopically together with DIMERIZATION PARTNER A, further elevate the amount of this repressor complex, leading to reduced leaf cell number. Cell overproliferation in e2fb mutants and in plants overexpressing a truncated form of E2FB lacking the RBR binding domain strongly suggested that RBR repression specifically acts through E2FB. The increased number of small cells below the guard cells and of fully developed stomata indicated that meristemoids preferentially hyperproliferate. As leaf development progresses and cells differentiate, the amount of RBR and E2FB gradually declined. At this stage, elevation of E2FB level can overcome RBR repression, leading to reactivation of cell division in pavement cells. In summary, E2FB in association with RBR is central to regulating cell proliferation during organ development to determine final leaf cell number.
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- Erika Őszi
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
- Doctoral School in Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
- Doctoral School in Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Laboratoire de Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, F-69364 Lyon, France
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- Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Royal Holloway University of London, School of Biological Sciences, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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Waterworth WM, Wilson M, Wang D, Nuhse T, Warward S, Selley J, West CE. Phosphoproteomic analysis reveals plant DNA damage signalling pathways with a functional role for histone H2AX phosphorylation in plant growth under genotoxic stress. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 100:1007-1021. [PMID: 31410901 PMCID: PMC6900162 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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DNA damage responses are crucial for plant growth under genotoxic stress. Accumulating evidence indicates that DNA damage responses differ between plant cell types. Here, quantitative shotgun phosphoproteomics provided high-throughput analysis of the DNA damage response network in callus cells. MS analysis revealed a wide network of highly dynamic changes in the phosphoprotein profile of genotoxin-treated cells, largely mediated by the ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MUTATED (ATM) protein kinase, representing candidate factors that modulate plant growth, development and DNA repair. A C-terminal dual serine target motif unique to H2AX in the plant lineage showed 171-fold phosphorylation that was absent in atm mutant lines. The physiological significance of post-translational DNA damage signalling to plant growth and survival was demonstrated using reverse genetics and complementation studies of h2ax mutants, establishing the functional role of ATM-mediated histone modification in plant growth under genotoxic stress. Our findings demonstrate the complexity and functional significance of post-translational DNA damage signalling responses in plants and establish the requirement of H2AX phosphorylation for plant survival under genotoxic stress.
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- Centre for Plant SciencesUniversity of LeedsWoodhouse LaneLeedsLS2 9JTUK
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- Leeds OmicsUniversity of LeedsLeedsLS2 9JTUK
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- Faculty of Life SciencesUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PTUK
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- Faculty of Life SciencesUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PTUK
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- Faculty of Life SciencesUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PTUK
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Camborde L, Raynaud C, Dumas B, Gaulin E. DNA-Damaging Effectors: New Players in the Effector Arena. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 24:1094-1101. [PMID: 31699522 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In animal cells, nuclear DNA is the target of genotoxins produced by bacterial pathogens that cause genomic mutations eventually leading to apoptosis, senescence, and carcinogenic development. In response to the insult, the DNA damage response (DDR) is activated to ensure lesion repair. Accumulation of DNA breaks is also detected in plants during microbial infection. In this opinion article we propose that phytopathogens can produce DNA-damaging effectors. The recent identification of a functional genotoxin in devastating eukaryotic plant pathogens, such as oomycetes, supports the concept that DNA-damaging effectors may contribute to pathogenicity. Additionally, this raises the question of how plants can perceive these damages and whether this perception can be connected to the plant immune system.
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- Laurent Camborde
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Évry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, France.
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Li G, Zou W, Jian L, Qian J, Zhao J. AtNSE1 and AtNSE3 are required for embryo pattern formation and maintenance of cell viability during Arabidopsis embryogenesis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:6229-6244. [PMID: 31408172 PMCID: PMC6859727 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz373] [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: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Embryogenesis is an essential process during seed development in higher plants. It has previously been shown that mutation of the Arabidopsis non-SMC element genes AtNSE1 or AtNSE3 leads to early embryo abortion, and their proteins can interact with each other directly. However, the crucial regions of these proteins in this interaction and how the proteins are cytologically involved in Arabidopsis embryo development are unknown. In this study, we found that the C-terminal including the Ring-like motif of AtNSE1 can interact with the N-terminal of AtNSE3, and only the Ring-like motif is essential for binding with three α motifs of AtNSE2 (homologous to AtMMS21). Using genetic assays and by analysing molecular markers of cell fate decisions (STM, WOX5, and WOX8) in mutant nse1 and nse3 embryos, we found that AtNSE1 and AtNSE3 work non-redundantly in early embryo development, and that differentiation of the apical meristem and the hypophysis fails in the mutants, which have disrupted auxin transportation and responses. However, the upper cells of the suspensor in the mutants seem to have proper embryo cell identity. Cytological examination showed that cell death occurred from the early embryo stage, and that vacuolar programmed cell death and necrosis in the nse1 and nse3 mutant embryos led to ovule abortion. Thus, AtNSE1 and AtNSE3 are essential for maintaining cell viability and growth during early embryogenesis. Our results improve our understanding of the functions of SMC5/6 complex in early embryogenesis in Arabidopsis.
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- Gang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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E2F1 acetylation directs p300/CBP-mediated histone acetylation at DNA double-strand breaks to facilitate repair. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4951. [PMID: 31666529 PMCID: PMC6821830 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12861-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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E2F1 and retinoblastoma (RB) tumor-suppressor protein not only regulate the periodic expression of genes important for cell proliferation, but also localize to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) to promote repair. E2F1 is acetylated in response to DNA damage but the role this plays in DNA repair is unknown. Here we demonstrate that E2F1 acetylation creates a binding motif for the bromodomains of the p300/KAT3B and CBP/KAT3A acetyltransferases and that this interaction is required for the recruitment of p300 and CBP to DSBs and the induction of histone acetylation at sites of damage. A knock-in mutation that blocks E2F1 acetylation abolishes the recruitment of p300 and CBP to DSBs and also the accumulation of other chromatin modifying activities and repair factors, including Tip60, BRG1 and NBS1, and renders mice hypersensitive to ionizing radiation (IR). These findings reveal an important role for E2F1 acetylation in orchestrating the remodeling of chromatin structure at DSBs to facilitate repair. E2F1, which localises to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) to promote repair, is acetylated in response to DNA damage but the role this plays in DNA repair is unknown. Here the authors show that E2F1 acetylation creates a binding motif for the bromodomains of the p300/KAT3B and CBP/KAT3A acetyltransferases, which is required for recruitment of p300 and CBP to DSBs, to facilate repair.
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