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Ma MM, Zhang HF, Tian Q, Wang HC, Zhang FY, Tian X, Zeng RF, Huang XM. MIKC type MADS-box transcription factor LcSVP2 is involved in dormancy regulation of the terminal buds in evergreen perennial litchi ( Litchi chinensis Sonn.). HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2024; 11:uhae150. [PMID: 38988620 PMCID: PMC11233856 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhae150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP), a member of the MADS-box transcription factor family, has been reported to regulate bud dormancy in deciduous perennial plants. Previously, three LcSVPs (LcSVP1, LcSVP2 and LcSVP3) were identified from litchi genome, and LcSVP2 was highly expressed in the terminal buds of litchi during growth cessation or dormancy stages and down-regulated during growth stages. In this study, the role of LcSVP2 in governing litchi bud dormancy was examined. LcSVP2 was highly expressed in the shoots, especially in the terminal buds at growth cessation stage, whereas low expression was showed in roots, female flowers and seeds. LcSVP2 was found to be located in the nucleus and have transcription inhibitory activity. Overexpression of LcSVP2 in Arabidopsis thaliana resulted in a later flowering phenotype compared to the wild-type control. Silencing LcSVP2 in growing litchi terminal buds delayed re-entry of dormancy, resulting in significantly lower dormancy rate. The treatment also significantly up-regulated litchi FLOWERING LOCUS T2 (LcFT2). Further study indicates that LcSVP2 interacts with an AP2-type transcription factor, SMALL ORGAN SIZE1 (LcSMOS1). Silencing LcSMOS1 promoted budbreak and delayed bud dormancy. Abscisic acid (200 mg/L), which enforced bud dormancy, induced a short-term increase in the expression of LcSVP2 and LcSMOS1. Our study reveals that LcSVP2 may play a crucial role, likely together with LcSMOS1, in dormancy onset of the terminal bud and may also serve as a flowering repressor in evergreen perennial litchi.
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Heslop-Harrison G, Nakabayashi K, Espinosa-Ruiz A, Robertson F, Baines R, Thompson CRL, Hermann K, Alabadí D, Leubner-Metzger G, Williams RSB. Functional mechanism study of the allelochemical myrigalone A identifies a group of ultrapotent inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis in plants. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2024; 5:100846. [PMID: 38460510 PMCID: PMC11211550 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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Allelochemicals represent a class of natural products released by plants as root, leaf, and fruit exudates that interfere with the growth and survival of neighboring plants. Understanding how allelochemicals function to regulate plant responses may provide valuable new approaches to better control plant function. One such allelochemical, Myrigalone A (MyA) produced by Myrica gale, inhibits seed germination and seedling growth through an unknown mechanism. Here, we investigate MyA using the tractable model Dictyostelium discoideum and reveal that its activity depends on the conserved homolog of the plant ethylene synthesis protein 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACO). Furthermore, in silico modeling predicts the direct binding of MyA to ACO within the catalytic pocket. In D. discoideum, ablation of ACO mimics the MyA-dependent developmental delay, which is partially restored by exogenous ethylene, and MyA reduces ethylene production. In Arabidopsis thaliana, MyA treatment delays seed germination, and this effect is rescued by exogenous ethylene. It also mimics the effect of established ACO inhibitors on root and hypocotyl extension, blocks ethylene-dependent root hair production, and reduces ethylene production. Finally, in silico binding analyses identify a range of highly potent ethylene inhibitors that block ethylene-dependent response and reduce ethylene production in Arabidopsis. Thus, we demonstrate a molecular mechanism by which the allelochemical MyA reduces ethylene biosynthesis and identify a range of ultrapotent inhibitors of ethylene-regulated responses.
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- George Heslop-Harrison
- Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK; Centre for Plant Molecular Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
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- Centre for Life's Origins and Evolution, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Life's Origins and Evolution, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (CSIC-UPV), 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
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- Centre for Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.
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Wang Y, Sun X, Peng J, Li F, Ali F, Wang Z. Regulation of seed germination: ROS, epigenetic, and hormonal aspects. J Adv Res 2024:S2090-1232(24)00225-X. [PMID: 38838783 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2024.06.001] [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: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/01/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The whole life of a plant is regulated by complex environmental or hormonal signaling networks that control genomic stability, environmental signal transduction, and gene expression affecting plant development and viability. Seed germination, responsible for the transformation from seed to seedling, is a key initiation step in plant growth and is controlled by unique physiological and biochemical processes. It is continuously modulated by various factors including epigenetic modifications, hormone transport, ROS signaling, and interaction among them. ROS showed versatile crucial functions in seed germination including various physiological oxidations to nucleic acid, protein, lipid, or chromatin in the cytoplasm, cell wall, and nucleus. AIM of review: This review intends to provide novel insights into underlying mechanisms of seed germination especially associated with the ROS, and considers how these versatile regulatory mechanisms can be developed as useful tools for crop improvement. KEY SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS OF REVIEW We have summarized the generation and elimination of ROS during seed germination, with a specific focus on uncovering and understanding the mechanisms of seed germination at the level of phytohormones, ROS, and epigenetic switches, as well as the close connections between them. The findings exhibit that ROS plays multiple roles in regulating the ethylene, ABA, and GA homeostasis as well as the Ca2+ signaling, NO signaling, and MAPK cascade in seed germination via either the signal trigger or the oxidative modifier agent. Further, ROS shows the potential in the nuclear genome remodeling and some epigenetic modifiers function, although the detailed mechanisms are unclear in seed germination. We propose that ROS functions as a hub in the complex network regulating seed germination.
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- Yakong Wang
- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572024, Hainan, China; State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572024, Hainan, China
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572024, Hainan, China; State Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio‑breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China.
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Fu Y, Ma L, Li J, Hou D, Zeng B, Zhang L, Liu C, Bi Q, Tan J, Yu X, Bi J, Luo L. Factors Influencing Seed Dormancy and Germination and Advances in Seed Priming Technology. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1319. [PMID: 38794390 PMCID: PMC11125191 DOI: 10.3390/plants13101319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Seed dormancy and germination play pivotal roles in the agronomic traits of plants, and the degree of dormancy intuitively affects the yield and quality of crops in agricultural production. Seed priming is a pre-sowing seed treatment that enhances and accelerates germination, leading to improved seedling establishment. Seed priming technologies, which are designed to partially activate germination, while preventing full seed germination, have exerted a profound impact on agricultural production. Conventional seed priming relies on external priming agents, which often yield unstable results. What works for one variety might not be effective for another. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the internal factors within the metabolic pathways that influence seed physiology and germination. This review unveils the underlying mechanisms of seed metabolism and germination, the factors affecting seed dormancy and germination, as well as the current seed priming technologies that can result in stable and better germination.
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- Yanfeng Fu
- Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai 201106, China; (Y.F.); (X.Y.); (L.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai 201106, China; (J.L.); (D.H.); (Q.B.); (J.T.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institute for Sustainable Horticulture, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 20901 Langley Bypass, Langley, BC V3A 8G9, Canada;
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- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai 201106, China; (J.L.); (D.H.); (Q.B.); (J.T.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai 201106, China; (J.L.); (D.H.); (Q.B.); (J.T.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, Room 622, Building 20, Maizidian Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100125, China; (B.Z.); (L.Z.); (C.L.)
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- National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, Room 622, Building 20, Maizidian Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100125, China; (B.Z.); (L.Z.); (C.L.)
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- National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, Room 622, Building 20, Maizidian Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100125, China; (B.Z.); (L.Z.); (C.L.)
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- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai 201106, China; (J.L.); (D.H.); (Q.B.); (J.T.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai 201106, China; (J.L.); (D.H.); (Q.B.); (J.T.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai 201106, China; (Y.F.); (X.Y.); (L.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai 201106, China; (J.L.); (D.H.); (Q.B.); (J.T.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai 201106, China; (J.L.); (D.H.); (Q.B.); (J.T.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai 201106, China; (Y.F.); (X.Y.); (L.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai 201106, China; (J.L.); (D.H.); (Q.B.); (J.T.)
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Park M, Shin SY, Moon H, Choi W, Shin C. Analysis of the global transcriptome and miRNAome associated with seed dormancy during seed maturation in rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Nipponbare). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:215. [PMID: 38532331 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04928-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Seed dormancy is a biological mechanism that prevents germination until favorable conditions for the subsequent generation of plants are encountered. Therefore, this mechanism must be effectively established during seed maturation. Studies investigating the transcriptome and miRNAome of rice embryos and endosperms at various maturation stages to evaluate seed dormancy are limited. This study aimed to compare the transcriptome and miRNAome of rice seeds during seed maturation. RESULTS Oryza sativa L. cv. Nipponbare seeds were sampled for embryos and endosperms at three maturation stages: 30, 45, and 60 days after heading (DAH). The pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) assay was conducted to assess the level of dormancy in the seeds at each maturation stage. At 60 DAH, the PHS rate was significantly increased compared to those at 30 and 45 DAH, indicating that the dormancy is broken during the later maturation stage (45 DAH to 60 DAH). However, the largest number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially expressed miRNAs (DEmiRs) were identified between 30 and 60 DAH in the embryo and endosperm, implying that the gradual changes in genes and miRNAs from 30 to 60 DAH may play a significant role in breaking seed dormancy. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses confirmed that DEGs related to plant hormones were most abundant in the embryo during 45 DAH to 60 DAH and 30 DAH to 60 DAH transitions. Alternatively, most of the DEGs in the endosperm were related to energy and abiotic stress. MapMan analysis and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction identified four newly profiled auxin-related genes (OsSAUR6/12/23/25) and one ethylene-related gene (OsERF087), which may be involved in seed dormancy during maturation. Additionally, miRNA target prediction (psRNATarget) and degradome dataset (TarDB) indicated a potential association between osa-miR531b and ethylene biosynthesis gene (OsACO4), along with osa-miR390-5p and the abscisic acid (ABA) exporter-related gene (OsMATE19) as factors involved in seed dormancy. CONCLUSIONS Analysis of the transcriptome and miRNAome of rice embryos and endosperms during seed maturation provided new insights into seed dormancy, particularly its relationship with plant hormones such as ABA, auxin, and ethylene.
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- Minsu Park
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Research Center for Plant Plasticity, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
- Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
- Research Center for Plant Plasticity, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Tang X, Liu R, Mei Y, Wang D, He K, Wang NN. Identification of Key Ubiquitination Sites Involved in the Proteasomal Degradation of AtACS7 in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2931. [PMID: 38474174 PMCID: PMC10931761 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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The gaseous hormone ethylene plays pivotal roles in plant growth and development. The rate-limiting enzyme of ethylene biosynthesis in seed plants is 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) synthase (ACS). ACS proteins are encoded by a multigene family and the expression of ACS genes is highly regulated, especially at a post-translational level. AtACS7, the only type III ACS in Arabidopsis, is degraded in a 26S proteasome-dependent pathway. Here, by using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis, two lysine residues of AtACS7, lys285 (K285) and lys366 (K366), were revealed to be ubiquitin-modified in young, light-grown Arabidopsis seedlings but not in etiolated seedlings. Deubiquitylation-mimicking mutations of these residues significantly increased the stability of the AtACS7K285RK366R mutant protein in cell-free degradation assays. All results suggest that K285 and K366 are the major ubiquitination sites on AtACS7, providing deeper insights into the post-translational regulation of AtACS7 in Arabidopsis.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Kamaei R, Kafi M, Afshari RT, Shafaroudi SM, Nabati J. Physiological and molecular changes of onion (Allium cepa L.) seeds under different aging conditions. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:85. [PMID: 38308226 PMCID: PMC10837900 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04773-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND Onion seeds have limited storage capacity compared to other vegetable seeds. It is crucial to identify the mechanisms that induce tolerance to storage conditions and reduce seed deterioration. To address this goal, an experiment was conducted to evaluate changes in germination, biochemical, physiological, and molecular characteristics of onion seed landraces (Horand, Kazerun landraces and Zargan cultivar) at different aging levels (control, three-days and six-days accelerated aging, and natural aging for one year). RESULTS The findings suggest that there was an increase in glucose, fructose, total sugar, and electrolyte leakage in the Horand (HOR), Kazerun (KAZ) landraces, and Zarghan (ZAR) cultivar, with Kazerun exhibiting the greatest increase. The percentage and rate of germination of Kazerun decreased by 54% and 33%, respectively, in six-day accelerated aging compared to the control, while it decreased by 12% and 14%, respectively, in Horand. Protein content decreased with increasing levels of aging, with a decrease of 26% in Kazerun landrace at six days of aging, while it was 16% in Horand landrace. The antioxidant activities of catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase decreased more intensively in Kazerun. The expression of AMY1, BMY1, CTR1, and NPR1 genes were lower in Kazerun landraces than in Horand and Zargan at different aging levels. CONCLUSIONS The AMY1, BMY1, CTR1, and NPR1 genes play a pivotal role in onion seed germination, and their downregulation under stressful conditions has been shown to decrease germination rates. In addition, the activity of CAT, SOD, and GPx enzymes decreased by seed aging, and the amount of glucose, fructose, total sugar and electrolyte leakage increased, which ultimately led to seed deterioration. Based on the results of this experiment, it is recommended to conduct further studies into the molecular aspects involved in onion seed deterioration. More research on the genes related to this process is suggested, as well as investigating the impact of different priming treatments on the genes expression involved in the onion seed aging process.
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- Reza Kamaei
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Agrotechnonogy, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Department of Agrotechnonogy, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Zeng F, Zheng C, Ge W, Gao Y, Pan X, Ye X, Wu X, Sun Y. Regulatory function of the endogenous hormone in the germination process of quinoa seeds. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1322986. [PMID: 38259945 PMCID: PMC10801742 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1322986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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The economic and health significance of quinoa is steadily growing on a global scale. Nevertheless, the primary obstacle to achieving high yields in quinoa cultivation is pre-harvest sprouting (PHS), which is intricately linked to seed dormancy. However, there exists a dearth of research concerning the regulatory mechanisms governing PHS. The regulation of seed germination by various plant hormones has been extensively studied. Consequently, understanding the mechanisms underlying the role of endogenous hormones in the germination process of quinoa seeds and developing strategies to mitigate PHS in quinoa cultivation are of significant research importance. This study employed the HPLC-ESI-MS/MS internal standard and ELISA method to quantify 8 endogenous hormones. The investigation of gene expression changes before and after germination was conducted using RNA-seq analysis, leading to the discovery of 280 differentially expressed genes associated with the regulatory pathway of endogenous hormones. Additionally, a correlation analysis of 99 genes with significant differences identified 14 potential genes that may act as crucial "transportation hubs" in hormonal interactions. Through the performance of an analysis on the modifications in hormone composition and the expression of associated regulatory genes, we posit a prediction that implies the presence of a negative feedback regulatory mechanism of endogenous hormones during the germination of quinoa seeds. This mechanism is potentially influenced by the unique structure of quinoa seeds. To shed light on the involvement of endogenous hormones in the process of quinoa seed germination, we have established a regulatory network. This study aims to offer innovative perspectives on the breeding of quinoa varieties that exhibit resistance to PHS, as well as strategies for preventing PHS.
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industrialization, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sichuan Engineering and Technology Research Center of Coarse Cereal Industrialization, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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Magnani MFC, Cardoso JC. Light and Ethephon Overcoming Seed Dormancy in Friar's Crown ( Melocactus zehntneri, Cactaceae), a Brazilian Cactus. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:4127. [PMID: 38140454 PMCID: PMC10747158 DOI: 10.3390/plants12244127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Seed germination in Melocactus and other cactus species is hampered by dormancy. However, most studies failed to achieve high seed-germination rates, suggesting a complex mechanism of dormancy in Cactaceae. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate whether factors such as light and phytoregulators overcome the dormancy in the seeds of the friar's crown cactus (Melocactus zehntneri). Two consecutive experimental sets were designed: one with seed germination under filter paper conditions and different wavelengths and Photosynthetically Photon Flux Densities (PPFDs); and one in vitro experiment using a culture medium to evaluate the influence of different phytoregulators, such as gibberellic acid (GA3), benzylaminopurine (BAP) and ethephon (ET), both in the germination of seeds of M. zehntneri. Seeds of M. zehntneri are positive photoblastic. Red light and gradual increases in PPFD resulted in the highest germination rates (60.8-61.7%) and germination speed index (4.4-4.5). In vitro seeding in culture media increased the germination percentage to 76% in control without phytoregulators. Ethephon showed a major effect in releasing the germination of dormant seeds of M. zehntneri, totaling 98% of seeds germinated under in vitro conditions, while GA3 and BAP showed minor or no effect on germination. The present study resulted in an efficient in vitro technique for germination and a better understanding of cacti seed dormancy.
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- Mariana Freitas Campos Magnani
- Research Group in Physiology Applied to Agriculture, Center of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, Rodovia Anhanguera, km 174, Araras 13600-970, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Tissue Culture, Department of Biotechnology Plant and Animal Production, Center of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, Rodovia Anhanguera, km 174, Araras 13600-970, SP, Brazil;
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Pandey P, Tripathi A, Dwivedi S, Lal K, Jhang T. Deciphering the mechanisms, hormonal signaling, and potential applications of endophytic microbes to mediate stress tolerance in medicinal plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1250020. [PMID: 38034581 PMCID: PMC10684941 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1250020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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The global healthcare market in the post-pandemic era emphasizes a constant pursuit of therapeutic, adaptogenic, and immune booster drugs. Medicinal plants are the only natural resource to meet this by supplying an array of bioactive secondary metabolites in an economic, greener and sustainable manner. Driven by the thrust in demand for natural immunity imparting nutraceutical and life-saving plant-derived drugs, the acreage for commercial cultivation of medicinal plants has dramatically increased in recent years. Limited resources of land and water, low productivity, poor soil fertility coupled with climate change, and biotic (bacteria, fungi, insects, viruses, nematodes) and abiotic (temperature, drought, salinity, waterlogging, and metal toxicity) stress necessitate medicinal plant productivity enhancement through sustainable strategies. Plants evolved intricate physiological (membrane integrity, organelle structural changes, osmotic adjustments, cell and tissue survival, reclamation, increased root-shoot ratio, antibiosis, hypersensitivity, etc.), biochemical (phytohormones synthesis, proline, protein levels, antioxidant enzymes accumulation, ion exclusion, generation of heat-shock proteins, synthesis of allelochemicals. etc.), and cellular (sensing of stress signals, signaling pathways, modulating expression of stress-responsive genes and proteins, etc.) mechanisms to combat stresses. Endophytes, colonizing in different plant tissues, synthesize novel bioactive compounds that medicinal plants can harness to mitigate environmental cues, thus making the agroecosystems self-sufficient toward green and sustainable approaches. Medicinal plants with a host set of metabolites and endophytes with another set of secondary metabolites interact in a highly complex manner involving adaptive mechanisms, including appropriate cellular responses triggered by stimuli received from the sensors situated on the cytoplasm and transmitting signals to the transcriptional machinery in the nucleus to withstand a stressful environment effectively. Signaling pathways serve as a crucial nexus for sensing stress and establishing plants' proper molecular and cellular responses. However, the underlying mechanisms and critical signaling pathways triggered by endophytic microbes are meager. This review comprehends the diversity of endophytes in medicinal plants and endophyte-mediated plant-microbe interactions for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in medicinal plants by understanding complex adaptive physiological mechanisms and signaling cascades involving defined molecular and cellular responses. Leveraging this knowledge, researchers can design specific microbial formulations that optimize plant health, increase nutrient uptake, boost crop yields, and support a resilient, sustainable agricultural system.
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- Praveen Pandey
- Microbial Technology Department, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
- Division of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resource Conservation, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Microbial Technology Department, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
- Faculty of Education, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, India
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- Division of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resource Conservation, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Division of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resource Conservation, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- Division of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resource Conservation, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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Wei J, Wu XT, Li XY, Soppe WJJ, Cao H, Liu YX. Overexpression of Taetr1-1 promotes enhanced seed dormancy and ethylene insensitivity in wheat. PLANTA 2023; 258:56. [PMID: 37522994 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04211-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Taetr1-1 can promote enhanced seed dormancy and ethylene insensitivity in wheat, indicating a conserved function of ETR1 in regulating seed dormancy. Lots of wheat cultivars have weak dormant seed. Weak seed dormancy can cause pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) in grain which significantly reduces grain yield and quality. The mining of causal genes of PHS resistance will serve to enhance breeding selection and cultivar development. In a previous study in Arabidopsis, we identified reduced dormancy 3 as a loss-of-function mutant of the ethylene receptor 1 (ETR1), which can control seed dormancy through the ERF12-TPL-DOG1 pathway. However, it is unknown whether ETR1 also functions in the regulation of wheat seed dormancy. To identify the regulatory role of ETR1 in wheat, we cloned TaETR1 and overexpressed the gain-of-function mutant Taetr1-1. The result indicated that overexpression of Taetr1-1 can promote enhanced seed dormancy and ethylene insensitivity in wheat. This study contributed to our understanding of the molecular basis for the regulation of wheat PHS resistance.
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- Jun Wei
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Simiyu DC, Jang JH, Lee OR. A group III patatin-like phospholipase gene pPLAIIIδ regulates lignin biosynthesis and influences the rate of seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1212979. [PMID: 37521935 PMCID: PMC10372488 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1212979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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The lignification of plant secondary walls is an important process that provides plants with mechanical support. However, the presence of lignin in the secondary walls affects the readily availability of cellulose required in various industries, including the biofuel, paper, and textile industries. Thus, plants with less lignin are ideal for usage in such industries. Molecular studies have identified genes that regulate plant lignification, including group III plant-specific patatin-related phospholipase genes. Recent studies have reported decreased lignin content when pPLAIIIα, pPLAIIIγ (from Arabidopsis thaliana), and pPLAIIIβ (from Panax ginseng) were overexpressed in Arabidopsis. However, the role played by a closely related gene pPLAIIIδ in lignin biosynthesis has not yet been reported. In this study, we found that overexpression of the pPLAIIIδ significantly reduced the lignin content in secondary cell walls, whereas the silencing of the gene increased secondary walls lignification. Transcript level analysis showed that the key structural and regulatory genes involved in the lignin biosynthesis pathway decreased in overexpression, and increased in plants with silenced pPLAIIIδ. Further analysis revealed that pPLAIIIδ played an influential role in several physiological processes including seed germination, and chlorophyll accumulation. Moreover, the gene also influenced the size of plants and plant organs, including leaves, seeds, and root hairs. Generally, our study provides important insights toward the use of genetic engineering for lignin reduction in plants and provides information about the agronomical and physiological suitability of pPLAIIIδ transgenic plants for utilization in biomass processing industries.
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- David Charles Simiyu
- Department of Applied Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in IT-Bio Convergence System, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- Botany Department, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Department of Applied Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in IT-Bio Convergence System, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in IT-Bio Convergence System, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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Lee CM, Park HS, Baek MK, Jeong OY, Seo J, Kim SM. QTL mapping and improvement of pre-harvest sprouting resistance using japonica weedy rice. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1194058. [PMID: 37342139 PMCID: PMC10277695 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1194058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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The stability of cultivation and production in terms of crop yield has been threatened by climate change due to global warming. Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) is a threat to crops, especially staple foods, including rice, because of reductions in yield and quality. To address the problem of precocious germination before harvest, we performed quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis for PHS using F8 RILs populations derived from japonica weedy rice in Korea. QTL analysis revealed that two stable QTLs, qPH7 and qPH2, associated with PHS resistance were identified on chromosomes 7 and 2, respectively, explaining approximately 38% of the phenotypic variation. The QTL effect in the tested lines significantly decreased the degree of PHS, based on the number of QTLs included. Through fine mapping for main QTL qPH7, the region for the PHS was found to be anchored within 23.575-23.785 Mbp on chromosome 7 using 13 cleaved amplified sequence (CAPS) markers. Among 15 open reading frames (ORFs) within the detected region, one ORF, Os07g0584366, exhibited upregulated expression in the resistant donor, which was approximately nine times higher than that of susceptible japonica cultivars under PHS-inducing conditions. Japonica lines with QTLs related to PHS resistance were developed to improve the characteristics of PHS and design practical PCR-based DNA markers for marker-assisted backcrosses of many other PHS-susceptible japonica cultivars.
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- Chang-Min Lee
- Crop Breeding Division, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- Crop Breeding Division, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- Crop Breeding Division, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- Crop Breeding Division, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- Crop Breeding Division, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Ecological & Environmental System, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Republic of Korea
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Zhang Y, Wang R, Wang X, Zhao C, Shen H, Yang L. Nitric Oxide Regulates Seed Germination by Integrating Multiple Signalling Pathways. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24109052. [PMID: 37240398 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24109052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Seed germination is of great significance for plant development and crop yield. Recently, nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to not only serve as an important nitrogen source during seed development but also to participate in a variety of stress responses in plants to high salt, drought, and high temperature. In addition, NO can affect the process of seed germination by integrating multiple signaling pathways. However, due to the instability of NO gas activity, the network mechanism for its fine regulation of seed germination remains unclear. Therefore, this review aims to summarize the complex anabolic processes of NO in plants, to analyze the interaction mechanisms between NO-triggered signaling pathways and different plant hormones such as abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellic acid (GA), ethylene (ET) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) signaling molecules, and to discuss the physiological responses and molecular mechanisms of seeds during the involvement of NO in abiotic stress, so as to provide a reference for solving the problems of seed dormancy release and improving plant stress tolerance.
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- Yue Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
- Research Center of Korean Pine Engineering and Technology, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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Zheng G, Li W, Zhang S, Mi Q, Luo W, Zhao Y, Qin X, Li W, Pu S, Xu F. Multiomics strategies for decoding seed dormancy breakdown in Paris polyphylla. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:247. [PMID: 37170087 PMCID: PMC10173654 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04262-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The disruption of seed dormancy is a complicated process and is controlled by various factors. Among these factors, membrane lipids and plant hormones are two of the most important ones. Paris polyphylla is an important Chinese herbaceous species, and the dormancy trait of its seed limits the cultivation of this herb. RESULTS In this study, we investigate the global metabolic and transcriptomic profiles of Paris polyphylla during seed dormancy breaking. Widely targeted metabolomics revealed that lysophospholipids (lysoPLs) increased during P. polyphylla seed dormancy breaking. The expression of phospholipase A2 (PLA2), genes correlated to the production of lysoPLs, up-regulated significantly during this process. Abscisic acid (ABA) decreased dramatically during seed dormancy breaking of P. polyphylla. Changes of different GAs varied during P. polyphylla seeds dormancy breaking, 13-OH GAs, such as GA53 were not detected, and GA3 decreased significantly, whereas 13-H GAs, such as GA15, GA24 and GA4 increased. The expression of CYP707As was not synchronous with the change of ABA content, and the expression of most UGTs, GA20ox and GA3ox up-regulated during seed dormancy breaking. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that PLA2 mediated production of lysoPLs may correlate to the seed dormancy breaking of P. polyphylla. The conversion of ABA to ABA-GE catalysed by UGTs may be the main cause of ABA degradation. Through inhibition the expression of genes related to the synthesis of 13-OH GAs and up-regulation genes related to the synthesis of 13-H GAs, P. polyphylla synthesized more bioactive 13-H GA (GA4) to break its seed dormancy.
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- Guowei Zheng
- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, China.
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, China.
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- College of Ethnic Medicines, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, China.
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Kępczyński J, Wójcik A, Dziurka M. NO-mediated dormancy release of Avena fatua caryopses is associated with decrease in abscisic acid sensitivity, content and ABA/GA s ratios. PLANTA 2023; 257:101. [PMID: 37087501 PMCID: PMC10122620 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04117-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION NO releases caryopsis dormancy in Avena fatua, the effect being dependent on the level of dormancy. The NO effect involves also the reduction of caryopsis sensitivity to ABA and to a decrease in the ABA to GAs ratio due to a decrease in ABA levels and the lack of effect on GAs levels before germination is completed. Nitric oxide (NO) from various donors (i.e. SNP, GSNO and acidified KNO2), applied to dry caryopses or during initial germination, released primary dormancy in caryopses. Dormancy in caryopses was gradually lost during dry storage (after-ripening) at 25 °C, enabling germination at 20 °C in the dark. The after-ripening effect is associated with a decrease in NO required for germination. In addition, NO decreased the sensitivity of dormant caryopses to exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) and decreased the embryos' ABA content before germination was completed. However, NO did not affect the content of bioactive gibberellins (GAs) from non-13-hydroxylation (GA4, GA7) and 13-hydroxylation (GA1, GA3, GA6.) pathways. Paclobutrazol (PAC), commonly regarded as a GAs biosynthesis inhibitor, counteracted the dormancy-releasing effect of NO and did not affect the GAs level; however, it increased the ABA content in embryos before germination was completed. Ascorbic acid, sodium benzoate and tiron, scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS), reduced the stimulatory effect of NO on caryopsis germination. This work provides new insight on the participation of NO in releasing A. fatua caryopses dormancy and on the relationship of NO with endogenous ABA and GAs.
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- Jan Kępczyński
- Institute of Biology, University of Szczecin, Wąska 13, 71-415, Szczecin, Poland.
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- Institute of Biology, University of Szczecin, Wąska 13, 71-415, Szczecin, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 20-239, Krakow, Poland
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Li Q, Liu N, Wu C. Novel insights into maize (Zea mays) development and organogenesis for agricultural optimization. PLANTA 2023; 257:94. [PMID: 37031436 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04126-y] [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: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In maize, intrinsic hormone activities and sap fluxes facilitate organogenesis patterning and plant holistic development; these hormone movements should be a primary focus of developmental biology and agricultural optimization strategies. Maize (Zea mays) is an important crop plant with distinctive life history characteristics and structural features. Genetic studies have extended our knowledge of maize developmental processes, genetics, and molecular ecophysiology. In this review, the classical life cycle and life history strategies of maize are analyzed to identify spatiotemporal organogenesis properties and develop a definitive understanding of maize development. The actions of genes and hormones involved in maize organogenesis and sex determination, along with potential molecular mechanisms, are investigated, with findings suggesting central roles of auxin and cytokinins in regulating maize holistic development. Furthermore, investigation of morphological and structural characteristics of maize, particularly node ubiquity and the alternate attachment pattern of lateral organs, yields a novel regulatory model suggesting that maize organ initiation and subsequent development are derived from the stimulation and interaction of auxin and cytokinin fluxes. Propositions that hormone activities and sap flow pathways control organogenesis are thoroughly explored, and initiation and development processes of distinctive maize organs are discussed. Analysis of physiological factors driving hormone and sap movement implicates cues of whole-plant activity for hormone and sap fluxes to stimulate maize inflorescence initiation and organ identity determination. The physiological origins and biogenetic mechanisms underlying maize floral sex determination occurring at the tassel and ear spikelet are thoroughly investigated. The comprehensive outline of maize development and morphogenetic physiology developed in this review will enable farmers to optimize field management and will provide a reference for de novo crop domestication and germplasm improvement using genome editing biotechnologies, promoting agricultural optimization.
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- Qinglin Li
- Crop Genesis and Novel Agronomy Center, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- Shandong ZhongnongTiantai Seed Co., Ltd, Pingyi, 273300, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China.
- College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China.
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Qian W, Zhu Y, Chen Q, Wang S, Chen L, Liu T, Tang H, Yao H. Comprehensive metabolomic and lipidomic alterations in response to heat stress during seed germination and seedling growth of Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1132881. [PMID: 37063208 PMCID: PMC10090499 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1132881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Temperature affects seed germination and seedling growth, which is a critical and complex stage in plant life cycle. However, comprehensive metabolic basis on temperature implicating seed germination and seedling growth remains less known. Here, we applied the high-throughput untargeted metabolomic and advanced shotgun lipidomic approaches to profile the Arabidopsis 182 metabolites and 149 lipids under moderate (22°C, 28°C) and extreme high (34°C, 40°C) temperatures. Our results showed that a typical feature of the metabolism related to organic acids/derivates and amines was obviously enriched at the moderate temperature, which was implicated in many cellular responses towards tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA), carbohydrates and amino acids metabolism, peptide biosynthesis, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and indole 3-acetate (IAA) biosynthetic pathway. Whereas, under extreme high temperatures, there was no seed germination, but 148 out of total 182 metabolites were highly enriched, involving in the galactose metabolism, fatty acid degradation, tryptophan/phenylalanine metabolism, and shikimic acid-mediated pathways especially including alkaloids metabolism and glucosinolate/flavone/flavonol biosynthesis. Phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) also exhibited the gradually increased tendency from moderate temperatures to extreme high temperatures; whereas phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidic acid (PA), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG) were contrary to decrease. Another typical feature of the distinguished metabolites between 22°C and 28°C, the TCA, disaccharides, nucleotides, polypeptides, SQDG and the biosynthesis of fatty acids and glucobrassicin-mediated IAA were obviously decreased at 28°C, while amino acids, trisaccharides, PE, PC, PA, PS, MGDG, DGDG and diacylglycerol (DAG) preferred to enrich at 28°C, which characterized the alteration of metabolites and lipids during fast seedling growth. Taking together, our results provided the comprehensive metabolites phenotyping, revealed the characteristics of metabolites necessary for seed germination and/or seedling growth under different temperatures, and provided insights into the different metabolic regulation of metabolites and lipid homeostasis for seed germination and seedling growth.
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- Wenjuan Qian
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- SCIEX, Analytical Instrument Trading Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Human Phenome Institute, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory at Shanghai International Centre for Molecular Phenomics, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Smit ME, Vatén A, Mair A, Northover CAM, Bergmann DC. Extensive embryonic patterning without cellular differentiation primes the plant epidermis for efficient post-embryonic stomatal activities. Dev Cell 2023; 58:506-521.e5. [PMID: 36931268 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.02.014] [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: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Plant leaves feature epidermal stomata that are organized in stereotyped patterns. How does the pattern originate? We provide transcriptomic, imaging, and genetic evidence that Arabidopsis embryos engage known stomatal fate and patterning factors to create regularly spaced stomatal precursor cells. Analysis of embryos from 36 plant species indicates that this trait is widespread among angiosperms. Embryonic stomatal patterning in Arabidopsis is established in three stages: first, broad SPEECHLESS (SPCH) expression; second, coalescence of SPCH and its targets into discrete domains; and third, one round of asymmetric division to create stomatal precursors. Lineage progression is then halted until after germination. We show that the embryonic stomatal pattern enables fast stomatal differentiation and photosynthetic activity upon germination, but it also guides the formation of additional stomata as the leaf expands. In addition, key stomatal regulators are prevented from driving the fate transitions they can induce after germination, identifying stage-specific layers of regulation that control lineage progression during embryogenesis.
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- Margot E Smit
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Pan J, Zhang H, Zhan Z, Zhao T, Jiang D. A REF6-dependent H3K27me3-depleted state facilitates gene activation during germination in Arabidopsis. J Genet Genomics 2023; 50:178-191. [PMID: 36113770 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2022.09.001] [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: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Seed germination is a critical developmental switch from a quiescent state to active growth, which involves extensive changes in metabolism, gene expression, and cellular identity. However, our understanding of epigenetic and transcriptional reprogramming during this process is limited. The histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) plays a key role in regulating gene repression and cell fate specification. Here, we profile H3K27me3 dynamics and dissect the function of H3K27 demethylation during germination in Arabidopsis. Our temporal genome-wide profiling of H3K27me3 and transcription reveals delayed H3K27me3 reprogramming compared with transcriptomic changes during germination, with H3K27me3 changes mainly occurring when the embryo is entering into vegetative development. RELATIVE OF EARLY FLOWERING 6 (REF6)-mediated H3K27 demethylation is necessary for robust germination but does not significantly contribute to H3K27me3 dynamics during germination, but rather stably establishes an H3K27me3-depleted state that facilitates the activation of hormone-related and expansin-coding genes important for germination. We also show that the REF6 chromatin occupancy is gradually established during germination to counteract increased Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). Our study provides key insights into the H3K27me3 dynamics during germination and suggests the function of H3K27me3 in facilitating cell fate switch. Furthermore, we reveal the importance of H3K27 demethylation-established transcriptional competence in gene activation during germination and likely other developmental processes.
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- Jie Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Baud S, Corso M, Debeaujon I, Dubreucq B, Job D, Marion-Poll A, Miquel M, North H, Rajjou L, Lepiniec L. Recent progress in molecular genetics and omics-driven research in seed biology. C R Biol 2023; 345:61-110. [PMID: 36847120 DOI: 10.5802/crbiol.104] [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: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Elucidating the mechanisms that control seed development, metabolism, and physiology is a fundamental issue in biology. Michel Caboche had long been a catalyst for seed biology research in France up until his untimely passing away last year. To honour his memory, we have updated a review written under his coordination in 2010 entitled "Arabidopsis seed secrets unravelled after a decade of genetic and omics-driven research". This review encompassed different molecular aspects of seed development, reserve accumulation, dormancy and germination, that are studied in the lab created by M. Caboche. We have extended the scope of this review to highlight original experimental approaches implemented in the field over the past decade such as omics approaches aimed at investigating the control of gene expression, protein modifications, primary and specialized metabolites at the tissue or even cellular level, as well as seed biodiversity and the impact of the environment on seed quality.
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Impact of climate perturbations on seeds and seed quality for global agriculture. Biochem J 2023; 480:177-196. [PMID: 36749123 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20220246] [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: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In agriculture, seeds are the most basic and vital input on which croplands productivity depends. These implies a good starting material, good production lines and good storage options. High-quality seed lots must be free of pests and pathogens and contain a required degree of genetic purity. Seeds need also to be stored in good condition between harvest and later sowing, to insure later on the field a good plant density and higher crop yield. In general, these parameters are already widely accepted and considered in many countries where advanced technologies evaluate them. However, the more and more frequently devastating climate changes observed around the world has put seed quality under threat, and current seeds may not be adapted to hazardous and unpredictable conditions. Climate-related factors such as temperature and water availability directly affect seed development and later germination. For these reasons, investigating seed quality in response to climate changes is a step to propose new crop varieties and practices that will bring solutions for our future.
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Jiang K, Guo H, Zhai J. Interplay of phytohormones and epigenetic regulation: A recipe for plant development and plasticity. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 65:381-398. [PMID: 36223083 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Both phytohormone signaling and epigenetic mechanisms have long been known to play crucial roles in plant development and plasticity in response to ambient stimuli. Indeed, diverse signaling pathways mediated by phytohormones and epigenetic processes integrate multiple upstream signals to regulate various plant traits. Emerging evidence indicates that phytohormones and epigenetic processes interact at multiple levels. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of the interplay between phytohormones and epigenetic processes from the perspective of phytohormone biology. We also review chemical regulators used in epigenetic studies and propose strategies for developing novel regulators using multidisciplinary approaches.
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- Kai Jiang
- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Design for Plant Cell Factory of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Design for Plant Cell Factory of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Design for Plant Cell Factory of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Chen WQ, Liu DP, Li ZX, Chen K, Luo J, Xu JL. Transcriptome analysis of knockout mutants of rice seed dormancy gene OsVP1 and Sdr4. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2023; 42:309-319. [PMID: 36445461 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-022-02958-8] [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: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OsVP1 and Sdr4 play an important role in regulating seed dormancy that involved in multiple metabolism and regulatory pathways. Seed dormancy and germination are critical agricultural traits influencing rice grain yield. Although there are some genes have identified previously, the comprehensive understanding based on transcriptome is still deficient. In this study, we generated mutants of two representative regulators of seed germination, Oryza sativa Viviparous1 (OsVP1) and Seed dormancy 4 (Sdr4), by CRISPR/Cas9 approach and named them cr-osvp1 and cr-sdr4. The weakened dormancy of mutants indicated that the functions of OsVP1 and Sdr4 are required for normal early seed dormancy. There were 4157 and 8285 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in cr-osvp1 vs. NIP and cr-sdr4 vs. NIP groups, respectively, with a large number of overlapped DEGs between two groups. The gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis of common DEGs in two groups showed that genes related to carbohydrate metabolic, nucleoside metabolic, amylase activity and plant hormone signal transduction were involved in the dormancy regulation. These results suggest that OsVP1 and Sdr4 play an important role in regulating seed dormancy by multiple metabolism and regulatory pathways. The systematic analysis of the transcriptional level changes provides theoretical basis for the research of seed dormancy and germination in rice.
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- Wen-Qiang Chen
- Engineering Research Center of Ecology and Agricultural Use of Wetland, Ministry of Education/College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, Zhejiang, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Ecology and Agricultural Use of Wetland, Ministry of Education/College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, Zhejiang, China.
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, Guangdong, China.
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Iglesias-Moya J, Cebrián G, Garrido D, Martínez C, Jamilena M. The ethylene receptor mutation etr2b reveals crosstalk between ethylene and ABA in the control of Cucurbita pepo germination. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2023; 175:e13864. [PMID: 36718078 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The enhanced salt tolerance of squash ethylene-insensitive mutants during germination and early stages of seedling development suggested that abscisic acid (ABA) could mediate this tolerance. To gain insight into the crosstalk between ethylene and ABA in seed germination, the germination rate and early seedling growth of wild type (WT) and ethylene-insensitive etr2b mutant were compared in seeds germinated under water and exogenous ABA treatment. The etr2b seeds germinated earlier than WT under both water and ABA, and the effect of ABA on radicle length and seedling growth of etr2b was lower than in WT, indicating that etr2b is also insensitive to ABA. The comparison of ABA and ethylene contents and ABA and ethylene gene expression profiles in WT and etr2b dry and imbibed seeds in either water, NaCl or ABA demonstrated a clear crosstalk between ethylene and ABA in germination. The expression profiles of ethylene genes in WT and etr2b indicated that the role of ethylene in seed germination does not appear to follow the canonical ethylene signaling pathway. Instead, etr2b reduces ABA content during formation of the seeds (dry seeds) and in response to seed imbibition and germination, which means diminished dormancy in the ethylene mutant. The etr2b mutation downregulated the expression of ABA biosynthesis and signaling genes during germination, demonstrating the positive role of ethylene receptor gene CpETR2B on seed germination and early seedling growth in squash is mediated by ABA. The reduced effect of exogenous ABA on ethylene production and ethylene gene expression in etr2b seeds suggests that this regulation is also dependent on ethylene.
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- Jessica Iglesias-Moya
- Department of Biology and Geology, Agri-Food Campus of International Excellence (CeiA3) and Research Centre CIAMBITAL, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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- Department of Biology and Geology, Agri-Food Campus of International Excellence (CeiA3) and Research Centre CIAMBITAL, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Biology and Geology, Agri-Food Campus of International Excellence (CeiA3) and Research Centre CIAMBITAL, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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- Department of Biology and Geology, Agri-Food Campus of International Excellence (CeiA3) and Research Centre CIAMBITAL, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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Ramírez-Rodas YC, Arévalo-Galarza MDL, Cadena-Iñiguez J, Soto-Hernández RM, Peña-Valdivia CB, Guerrero-Analco JA. Chayote Fruit ( Sechium edule var. virens levis) Development and the Effect of Growth Regulators on Seed Germination. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:108. [PMID: 36616239 PMCID: PMC9823722 DOI: 10.3390/plants12010108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The chayote fruit is a nontraditional vegetable belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family. The fruit has an endocarpic recalcitrant seed that emerges postharvest, drastically shortening its shelf life. In this study, the changes during fruit and seed development before and after harvest (ah) are reported. Additionally, in order to investigate how growth regulators (GRs) affect seed germination, 2-cloroethylphosphonic acid (CPA) (200 µL L-1), gibberellic acid (GA3) (100 and 200 mg L-1), auxin (2,4-D) (0.5 and 1.0 mM), and abscisic acid (ABA) (0.5 and 1.0 mM) were applied after harvest. The results showed that the chayote fruit reached horticultural maturity at 21 days after anthesis, with a sigmoid trend: phase I featured slow growth and high transpiration; in phase II, growth was accelerated and accumulation of endosperm was observed; and in phase III, both growth rate and transpiration were reduced, soluble sugars increased, and the seed showed 25% cotyledon development. At day 13 ah, CPA, GA3, and 2,4-D (0.5 mM) increased seed germination, with values between 10 and 15 mm of the embryonary axis, and the treatments with 2,4-D (1 mM) and ABA (0.5 and 1.0 mM) retarded their growth (2-6 mm). This research allowed us to reveal the phenological phases and the shelf life of the chayote fruit, as well as the results of possible postharvest treatment with GRs; our results suggest that strategies to delay viviparism and prolong the shelf life of the fruit should be applied before 10 days ah, when the embryonic axis of the seed has not developed.
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- Yeimy C. Ramírez-Rodas
- Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Km. 36.5 Carretera México-Texcoco, Montecillo 56230, Mexico
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- Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus San Luis Potosí, San Iturbide No. 73, Salinas de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí 78600, Mexico
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- Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Km. 36.5 Carretera México-Texcoco, Montecillo 56230, Mexico
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- Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Km. 36.5 Carretera México-Texcoco, Montecillo 56230, Mexico
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Clúster Biomimic, Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, Xalapa, Veracruz 91073, Mexico
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Jiang Z, Wang M, Nicolas M, Ogé L, Pérez-Garcia MD, Crespel L, Li G, Ding Y, Le Gourrierec J, Grappin P, Sakr S. Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenases: The Hidden Players of Plant Physiology. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232416128. [PMID: 36555768 PMCID: PMC9785579 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232416128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) catalyzes a metabolic hub between glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), which is the oxidation of glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) to 6-phosphogluconolactone concomitantly with the production of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), a reducing power. It is considered to be the rate-limiting step that governs carbon flow through the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (OPPP). The OPPP is the main supplier of reductant (NADPH) for several "reducing" biosynthetic reactions. Although it is involved in multiple physiological processes, current knowledge on its exact role and regulation is still piecemeal. The present review provides a concise and comprehensive picture of the diversity of plant G6PDHs and their role in seed germination, nitrogen assimilation, plant branching, and plant response to abiotic stress. This work will help define future research directions to improve our knowledge of G6PDHs in plant physiology and to integrate this hidden player in plant performance.
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- Zhengrong Jiang
- Institut Agro, University of Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, 49000 Angers, France
- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Dryland-Technology Key Laboratory of Shandong Province, College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut Agro, University of Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, 49000 Angers, France
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- Institut Agro, University of Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, 49000 Angers, France
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Institut Agro, University of Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, 49000 Angers, France
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- Institut Agro, University of Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, 49000 Angers, France
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- Institut Agro, University of Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, 49000 Angers, France
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DELAY OF GERMINATION 1, the Master Regulator of Seed Dormancy, Integrates the Regulatory Network of Phytohormones at the Transcriptional Level to Control Seed Dormancy. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2022; 44:6205-6217. [PMID: 36547084 PMCID: PMC9777134 DOI: 10.3390/cimb44120423] [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: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Seed dormancy, an important adaptive trait that governs germination timing, is endogenously controlled by phytohormones and genetic factors. DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 (DOG1) is the vital genetic regulator of dormancy, significantly affecting the expression of numerous ABA and GA metabolic genes. However, whether DOG1 could influence the expression of other phytohormone-related genes is still unknown. Here, we comprehensively investigated all well-documented hormone-related genes which might be affected in dog1-2 dry or imbibed seeds by using whole-transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq). We found that DOG1 could systematically control the expression of phytohormone-related genes. An evident decrease was observed in the endogenous signal intensity of abscisic acid (ABA) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), while a dramatic increase appeared in that of gibberellins (GA), brassinosteroids (BR), and cytokinin (CK) in the dog1-2 background, which may contribute considerably to its dormancy-deficient phenotype. Collectively, our data highlight the role of DOG1 in balancing the expression of phytohormone-related genes and provide inspirational evidence that DOG1 may integrate the phytohormones network to control seed dormancy.
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He Y, Chen W, Tan J, Luo X, Zhou Y, Gong X, Yao J, Zhuang C, Jiang D. Rice CENTRORADIALIS 2 regulates seed germination and salt tolerance via ABA-mediated pathway. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:4245-4259. [PMID: 36181524 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04215-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A FT/TFL1 subfamily gene, rice CENTRORADIALIS 2, also known as RCN1, regulates seed germination and increase salt tolerance via ABA-mediated pathway. The ABA synthesis and metabolism related genes were changed relative expression levels. Seed germination is a complex biological process that is affected by many factors. Although a number of germination-related genes have been reported, the molecular mechanism of germination regulation has not yet been fully elucidated. Here, we reported that the rice OsCEN2 gene can negatively regulate seed germination. The germination speed of OsCEN2-RNAi seeds was significantly faster while that of OsCEN2-overexpression (OE) seeds was slower than that of the wild type (WT). The results of qRT-PCR showed that the OsCEN2 expression was increased in the early stage of seed germination. Exogenous application of abscisic acid (ABA) on seeds and seedlings showed that OsCEN2-OE seeds and seedlings were highly sensitive to ABA during germination and post-germination growth, respectively. The determination of endogenous ABA content in seeds also showed that the ABA content of OsCEN2-RNAi seeds was lower, while that of OsCEN2-OE seeds was higher. Moreover, the transgenic plants changed salt tolerance because of the altered ABA level. In addition, differences were also observed in the expression of genes related to ABA synthesis and metabolism in the seeds of OsCEN2-transgenic lines. This study reveals that OsCEN2 regulates the germination speed by affecting the content of ABA during seed germination and provides a theoretical basis for research on rice direct seeding.
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- Ying He
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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Oh K, Jiang K. Synthesis of fluorescently labeled pyrazole derivative induceing a triple response in Arabidopsis seedlings. JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE SCIENCE 2022; 47:203-207. [PMID: 36514690 PMCID: PMC9716048 DOI: 10.1584/jpestics.d22-006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A fluorescent labeled pyrazole derivative with a dansyl moiety (EH-DF) was synthesized. Design of EH-DF was carried out by using a dansyl moiety to substitute the naphthalene moiety of the parent compound (EH-1). At a concentration of 30 µM, EH-DF displayed biological activity on inducing a triple response in Arabidopsis seedlings. Compared with the non-chemical treated control, the hypocotyl length of EH-DF-treated Arabidopsis seedlings was reduced from approximately 9.2±0.7 mm to 2.4±0.2 mm. The length of the roots was reduced from 1.7±0.1 mm to 1.0±0.1 mm, and the curvature of the hook of Arabidopsis seedlings increased from 60±16 degrees to 245±35 degrees. The maxim excitation wavelength and emission wavelength of EH-DF were 350 and 535 nm, respectively. Data obtained via fluorescent microscope analysis indicated that intensive fluorescent signals of EH-DF were observed in the shoot of Arabidopsis seedlings.
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- Keimei Oh
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
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Evaluation of reactive oxygen species and photocatalytic degradation of ethylene using β-Ag2MoO4/g-C3N4 composites. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Naing AH, Campol JR, Jeong HY, Chung MY, Kim WC, Kim CK. Overexpression of acdS gene encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase enzyme in petunia negatively affects seed germination. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2022; 41:2201-2211. [PMID: 35988098 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-022-02916-4] [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: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Overexpression of acdS in petunia negatively affects seed germination by suppression of ethylene biosynthesis and signaling genes and induction of abscisic acid biosynthesis genes in the seeds. The acdS gene, which encodes 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase, has been overexpressed in horticultural crops to improve their tolerance to abiotic stress. However, the role of acdS in the germination of crop seeds has not been investigated, despite its suppression of ethylene production. In this study, acdS overexpression significantly reduced seed weight and germination rate in transgenic petunia cv. Merage Rose (T5, T7, and T12) relative to wild type via the suppression of ethylene biosynthesis and signaling genes and induction of abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis genes. The germination rate of T7 was significantly lower than those of T5 and T12, which was linked to higher expression of acdS in the former than the latter. The addition of exogenous ACC and gibberellic acid (GA3) to the germination medium improved the germination rate of T5 seeds and GA3 promoted the germination rate of T12 seeds. However, neither ACC nor GA3 promoted the germination rate of T7 seeds. The improved germination rates in T5 and T12 were associated with the transcriptional regulation of ethylene biosynthesis genes, particularly that of the ACO1 gene, signaling genes, and ABA biosynthesis genes. In this study, we discovered a negative role of acdS in seed germination in petunia. Thus, we highlight the need to consider the negative effect of acdS on seed germination when overexpressing the gene in horticultural crops to improve tolerance to abiotic stress.
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- Aung Htay Naing
- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
- Forest Medicinal Resources Research Center, NIFoS, Yeongju, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, South Korea
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- School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.
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Choi B, Kim TM, Jeong S, Kim Y, Kim E. Effects of Seed Endophytic Bacteria on Life History and Reproductive Traits in a Cosmopolitan Weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:2642. [PMID: 36235508 PMCID: PMC9570735 DOI: 10.3390/plants11192642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Diverse bacteria inhabit plant seeds, and at least some of them can enhance plant performance at the early developmental stage. However, it is still inconclusive whether seed bacteria can influence post-germination traits and their contribution to plant fitness. To explore the evolutionary and ecological consequences of seed endophytic bacteria, we isolated four bacterial strains from the seeds of an annual weedy plant species, Capsella bursa-pastoris, and conducted a common garden experiment using seeds inoculated by isolated bacteria. Seeds infected by bacteria tended to germinate in spring rather than in autumn. Bacterial treatment also altered the expression of plant life history and reproductive traits, including flowering dates, rosette diameter at bolting, number of inflorescences, and fruit production. The results of the path analyses suggested that such effects of bacterial treatments were due to bacterial inoculation as well as germination delayed until spring. Spring germinants with bacterial infection showed a weaker association between post-germination traits and relative fitness than those without bacterial infection. These results suggest that seed bacteria likely affect the expression of post-germination traits directly or indirectly by delaying the germination season. An altered contribution of plant traits to relative fitness implies the influence of seed bacteria on the strength of natural selection.
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Kumar S, Shah SH, Vimala Y, Jatav HS, Ahmad P, Chen Y, Siddique KHM. Abscisic acid: Metabolism, transport, crosstalk with other plant growth regulators, and its role in heavy metal stress mitigation. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:972856. [PMID: 36186053 PMCID: PMC9515544 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.972856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Heavy metal (HM) stress is threatening agricultural crops, ecological systems, and human health worldwide. HM toxicity adversely affects plant growth, physiological processes, and crop productivity by disturbing cellular ionic balance, metabolic balance, cell membrane integrity, and protein and enzyme activities. Plants under HM stress intrinsically develop mechanisms to counter the adversities of HM but not prevent them. However, the exogenous application of abscisic acid (ABA) is a strategy for boosting the tolerance capacity of plants against HM toxicity by improving osmolyte accumulation and antioxidant machinery. ABA is an essential plant growth regulator that modulates various plant growth and metabolic processes, including seed development and germination, vegetative growth, stomatal regulation, flowering, and leaf senescence under diverse environmental conditions. This review summarizes ABA biosynthesis, signaling, transport, and catabolism in plant tissues and the adverse effects of HM stress on crop plants. Moreover, we describe the role of ABA in mitigating HM stress and elucidating the interplay of ABA with other plant growth regulators.
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- Sandeep Kumar
- Plant Physiology and Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Botany, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India
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- Plant Physiology and Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Botany, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India
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- Plant Physiology and Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Botany, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India
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- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University Jobner, Jaipur, India
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- Department of Botany, GDC Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture and School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture and School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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Krzyszton M, Yatusevich R, Wrona M, Sacharowski SP, Adamska D, Swiezewski S. Single seeds exhibit transcriptional heterogeneity during secondary dormancy induction. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 190:211-225. [PMID: 35670742 PMCID: PMC9438484 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Seeds are highly resilient to the external environment, which allows plants to persist in unpredictable and unfavorable conditions. Some plant species have adopted a bet-hedging strategy to germinate a variable fraction of seeds in any given condition, and this could be explained by population-based threshold models. Here, in the model plant Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), we induced secondary dormancy (SD) to address the transcriptional heterogeneity among seeds that leads to binary germination/nongermination outcomes. We developed a single-seed RNA-seq strategy that allowed us to observe a reduction in seed transcriptional heterogeneity as seeds enter stress conditions, followed by an increase during recovery. We identified groups of genes whose expression showed a specific pattern through a time course and used these groups to position the individual seeds along the transcriptional gradient of germination competence. In agreement, transcriptomes of dormancy-deficient seeds (mutant of DELAY OF GERMINATION 1) showed a shift toward higher values of the germination competence index. Interestingly, a significant fraction of genes with variable expression encoded translation-related factors. In summary, interrogating hundreds of single-seed transcriptomes during SD-inducing treatment revealed variability among the transcriptomes that could result from the distribution of population-based sensitivity thresholds. Our results also showed that single-seed RNA-seq is the method of choice for analyzing seed bet-hedging-related phenomena.
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- Laboratory of Seeds Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PAS, Warsaw 02-106, Poland
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- Laboratory of Seeds Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PAS, Warsaw 02-106, Poland
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- Genomics Core Facility, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-097, Poland
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Label-Free Quantitative Proteomics Reveal the Involvement of PRT6 in Arabidopsis thaliana Seed Responsiveness to Ethylene. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23169352. [PMID: 36012613 PMCID: PMC9409418 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In Arabidopsis thaliana, the breaking of seed dormancy in wild type (Col-0) by ethylene at 100 μL L-1 required at least 30 h application. A mutant of the proteolytic N-degron pathway, lacking the E3 ligase PROTEOLYSIS 6 (PRT6), was investigated for its role in ethylene-triggered changes in proteomes during seed germination. Label-free quantitative proteomics was carried out on dormant wild type Col-0 and prt6 seeds treated with (+) or without (-) ethylene. After 16 h, 1737 proteins were identified, but none was significantly different in protein levels in response to ethylene. After longer ethylene treatment (30 h), 2552 proteins were identified, and 619 Differentially Expressed Proteins (DEPs) had significant differences in protein abundances between ethylene treatments and genotypes. In Col, 587 DEPs were enriched for those involved in signal perception and transduction, reserve mobilization and new material generation, which potentially contributed to seed germination. DEPs up-regulated by ethylene in Col included S-adenosylmethionine synthase 1, methionine adenosyltransferase 3 and ACC oxidase involved in ethylene synthesis and of Pyrabactin Resistance1 acting as an ABA receptor, while DEPs down-regulated by ethylene in Col included aldehyde oxidase 4 involved in ABA synthesis. In contrast, in prt6 seeds, ethylene did not result in strong proteomic changes with only 30 DEPs. Taken together, the present work demonstrates that the proteolytic N-degron pathway is essential for ethylene-mediated reprogramming of seed proteomes during germination.
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Farooq MA, Ma W, Shen S, Gu A. Underlying Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms for Seed Germination. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158502. [PMID: 35955637 PMCID: PMC9369107 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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With the burgeoning population of the world, the successful germination of seeds to achieve maximum crop production is very important. Seed germination is a precise balance of phytohormones, light, and temperature that induces endosperm decay. Abscisic acid and gibberellins—mainly with auxins, ethylene, and jasmonic and salicylic acid through interdependent molecular pathways—lead to the rupture of the seed testa, after which the radicle protrudes out and the endosperm provides nutrients according to its growing energy demand. The incident light wavelength and low and supra-optimal temperature modulates phytohormone signaling pathways that induce the synthesis of ROS, which results in the maintenance of seed dormancy and germination. In this review, we have summarized in detail the biochemical and molecular processes occurring in the seed that lead to the germination of the seed. Moreover, an accurate explanation in chronological order of how phytohormones inside the seed act in accordance with the temperature and light signals from outside to degenerate the seed testa for the thriving seed’s germination has also been discussed.
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Stimulation of Germination of Freshly Collected and Cold-Stored Seeds of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11141888. [PMID: 35890522 PMCID: PMC9319471 DOI: 10.3390/plants11141888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Herbicides are the most commonly used means of controlling the growth of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. Their constant use has led to the development of resistant populations. They can be evaluated by studying seed germination and the corresponding grown plants, but A. artemisiifolia exhibits seed dormancy, preventing germination and delaying research. Here, we developed a simple and rapid method to stimulate germination of freshly collected or stored A. artemisiifolia seeds. The germination of A. artemisiifolia freshly collected/stored seeds was evaluated after storage, stratification, and chemical treatments (ethephon, gibberellic acid (GA3), thiourea, KNO3). Ethephon or ethephon + GA3 improved freshly collected seed germination by 88 and 95%, respectively, and germination of stored seeds by 78 and 80%, respectively. In addition, placing the seeds of A. artemisiifolia in ethephon, GA3, ethephon + GA3, or thiourea solutions caused the freshly collected seeds to germinate faster than stored seeds or nontreated seeds. In contrast, the conditioning of seeds in these solutions favored germination of stored seeds, especially when ethephon + GA3 or GA3 was used. Imbibition of the freshly collected A. artemisiifolia seeds in a mixture of ethephon and GA3 can effectively overcome primary dormancy when rapid experimental results are needed. For seeds requiring prolonged storage, conditioning in ethephon, GA3, or thiourea solutions may be applied to promote germination.
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Ortega-Cuadros M, De Souza TL, Berruyer R, Aligon S, Pelletier S, Renou JP, Arias T, Campion C, Guillemette T, Verdier J, Grappin P. Seed Transmission of Pathogens: Non-Canonical Immune Response in Arabidopsis Germinating Seeds Compared to Early Seedlings against the Necrotrophic Fungus Alternaria brassicicola. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11131708. [PMID: 35807659 PMCID: PMC9269218 DOI: 10.3390/plants11131708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The transmission of seed-borne pathogens by the germinating seed is responsible for major crop diseases. The immune responses of the seed facing biotic invaders are poorly documented so far. The Arabidopsis thaliana/Alternaria brassicicola patho-system was used to describe at the transcription level the responses of germinating seeds and young seedling stages to infection by the necrotrophic fungus. RNA-seq analyses of healthy versus inoculated seeds at 3 days after sowing (DAS), stage of radicle emergence, and at 6 and 10 DAS, two stages of seedling establishment, identified thousands of differentially expressed genes by Alternaria infection. Response to hypoxia, ethylene and indole pathways were found to be induced by Alternaria in the germinating seeds. However, surprisingly, the defense responses, namely the salicylic acid (SA) pathway, the response to reactive oxygen species (ROS), the endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD) and programmed cell death, were found to be strongly induced only during the latter post-germination stages. We propose that this non-canonical immune response in early germinating seeds compared to early seedling establishment was potentially due to the seed-to-seedling transition phase. Phenotypic analyses of about 14 mutants altered in the main defense pathways illustrated these specific defense responses. The unexpected germination deficiency and insensitivity to Alternaria in the glucosinolate deficient mutants allow hypothesis of a trade-off between seed germination, necrosis induction and Alternaria transmission to the seedling. The imbalance of the SA and jasmonic acid (JA) pathways to the detriment of the JA also illustrated a non-canonical immune response at the first stages of the seedling.
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- Mailen Ortega-Cuadros
- Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, University City Campus, University of Antioquia, Calle 67 N°53-108, Medellín 050010, Colombia;
- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
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- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
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- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
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- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
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- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
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- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
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- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Downtown Sarasota Campus, 1534 Mound Street, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA;
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- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
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- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
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- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
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- Institut Agro, University Angers, INRAE, IRHS, SFR 4207 QuaSaV, F-49000 Angers, France; (T.L.D.S.); (R.B.); (S.A.); (S.P.); (J.-P.R.); (C.C.); (T.G.); (J.V.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-249-180-483
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Jurdak R, Rodrigues GDAG, Chaumont N, Schivre G, Bourbousse C, Barneche F, Bou Dagher Kharrat M, Bailly C. Intracellular reactive oxygen species trafficking participates in seed dormancy alleviation in Arabidopsis seeds. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 234:850-866. [PMID: 35175638 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) release seed dormancy through an unknown mechanism. We used different seed dormancy-breaking treatments to decipher the dynamics and localization of ROS production during seed germination. We studied the involvement of ROS in the breaking of Arabidopsis seed dormancy by cold stratification, gibberellic acid (GA3 ) and light. We characterized the effects of these treatments on abscisic acid and gibberellins biosynthesis and signalling pathways. ROS, mitochondrial redox status and peroxisomes were visualized and/or quantified during seed imbibition. Finally, we performed a cytogenetic characterization of the nuclei from the embryonic axes during seed germination. We show that mitochondria participate in the early ROS production during seed imbibition and that a possible involvement of peroxisomes in later stages should still be analysed. At the time of radicle protrusion, ROS accumulated within the nucleus, which correlated with nuclear expansion and chromatin decompaction. Taken together, our results provide evidence of the role of ROS trafficking between organelles and of the nuclear redox status in the regulation of seed germination by dormancy.
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- Rana Jurdak
- IBPS, CNRS, UMR 7622 Biologie du Développement, Sorbonne Université, Paris, F-75005, France
- Biodiversity and Functional Genomics Laboratory, Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, Beyrouth, 1107 2050, Lebanon
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- IBPS, CNRS, UMR 7622 Biologie du Développement, Sorbonne Université, Paris, F-75005, France
- Plant Physiology Lab, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil
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- IBPS, CNRS, UMR 7622 Biologie du Développement, Sorbonne Université, Paris, F-75005, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, F-75005, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, F-91405, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, F-75005, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, F-75005, France
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- Biodiversity and Functional Genomics Laboratory, Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, Beyrouth, 1107 2050, Lebanon
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- IBPS, CNRS, UMR 7622 Biologie du Développement, Sorbonne Université, Paris, F-75005, France
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Huang TH, Hsu WH, Mao WT, Yang CH. The Oncidium Ethylene Synthesis Gene Oncidium 1-Aminocyclopropane-1 Carboxylic Acid Synthase 12 and Ethylene Receptor Gene Oncidium ETR1 Affect GA-DELLA and Jasmonic Acid Signaling in Regulating Flowering Time, Anther Dehiscence, and Flower Senescence in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:785441. [PMID: 35432433 PMCID: PMC9011138 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.785441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In plants, the key enzyme in ethylene biosynthesis is 1-aminocyclopropane-1 carboxylic acid (ACC) synthase (ACS), which catalyzes S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) to ACC, the precursor of ethylene. Ethylene binds to its receptors, such as ethylene response 1 (ETR1), to switch on ethylene signal transduction. To understand the function of ACS and ETR1 in orchids, Oncidium ACC synthase 12 (OnACS12) and Oncidium ETR1 (OnETR1) from Oncidium Gower Ramsey were functionally analyzed in Arabidopsis. 35S::OnACS12 caused late flowering and anther indehiscence phenotypes due to its effect on GA-DELLA signaling pathways. 35S::OnACS12 repressed GA biosynthesis genes (CPS, KS, and GA3ox1), which caused the upregulation of DELLA [GA-INSENSITIVE (GAI), RGA-LIKE1 (RGL1), and RGL2] expression. The increase in DELLAs not only suppressed LEAFY (LFY) expression and caused late flowering but also repressed the jasmonic acid (JA) biosynthesis gene DAD1 and caused anther indehiscence by downregulating the endothecium-thickening-related genes MYB26, NST1, and NST2. The ectopic expression of an OnETR1 dominant-negative mutation (OnETR1-C65Y) caused both ethylene and JA insensitivity in Arabidopsis. 35S::OnETR1-C65Y delayed flower/leaf senescence by suppressing downstream genes in ethylene signaling, including EDF1-4 and ERF1, and in JA signaling, including MYC2 and WRKY33. JA signaling repression also resulted in indehiscent anthers via the downregulation of MYB26, NST1, NST2, and MYB85. These results not only provide new insight into the functions of ACS and ETR1 orthologs but also uncover their functional interactions with other hormone signaling pathways, such as GA-DELLA and JA, in plants.
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- Tzu-Hsiang Huang
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Advanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Phartyal SS, Rosbakh S, Gruber M, Poschlod P. The sweet and musky scent of home: biogenic ethylene fine-tunes seed germination in wetlands. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2022; 24:278-285. [PMID: 34990068 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13385] [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: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Wetlands are known for comparatively high production of biogenic ethylene from decomposed sediment. Because the gas has various well-documented effects on seed physiology, we asked whether it can be a vital seed germination cue for wetland plants. Specifically, we explored whether ethylene plays an ecological role in (i) breaking/weakening seed dormancy, (ii) broadening the germination niche width, (iii) promoting germination speed or (iv) altering the germination requirements of six plant species with different occurrence along a hydroperiod gradient. In a factorial experiment, both ethylene-treated and untreated seeds were incubated in combinations of temperature (constant versus fluctuating), illumination (light versus darkness) and oxygen (aerobic versus hypoxia) with and without cold stratification. Our results revealed seed exposure to ethylene did not weaken or break dormancy without cold stratification treatment. However, ethylene helped to broaden the germination niche width, increased overall germination percentage and speed of cold-stratified (non-dormant) seeds. This indicates that ethylene helps those seeds that lost dormancy (non-dormant) to sense favourable water-saturated versus flooded substrate depending on their requirement for aerobic versus hypoxic conditions to trigger germination. We conclude that ethylene does not interfere directly with the dormancy-breaking process in autumn-dispersed seeds that are naturally cold-stratified in winter and germinate in spring/summer. However, ethylene plays a crucial ecological role as a 'flood detector' for different wetland plant communities (reed, mudflat, swamp, shallow water) to synchronize germination of non-dormant seeds in the most suitable habitat at the right time.
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- S S Phartyal
- Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, India
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- Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Identification and Analysis of the EIN3/EIL Gene Family in Populus × xiaohei T. S. Hwang et Liang: Expression Profiling during Stress. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13030382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The ethylene-insensitive 3-like (EIN3/EIL) gene family, as a transcriptional activator in plants, not only plays an important role in the ethylene-signaling pathway in regulating plant growth and development but also participates in the defense against various biotic and abiotic stresses. However, there are few studies on the functions of EIN3/EIL genes in woody plants. Populus × xiaohei is a kind of tree species with strong drought resistance and salt-alkali tolerance and, thus, is an ideal subject for studying abiotic stress mechanisms in trees. Eight EIN3/EIL genes were cloned from Populus × xiaohei. Bioinformatic analysis showed that the PsnEIN3/EIL gene contained a highly conserved EIN3 domain, N-terminal sites rich in proline and glutamine, and other EIN3/EIL family structural characteristics. The results of a multi-species phylogenetic analysis showed that the family EIN3/EIL proteins were divided into three groups (A, B, and C). EIL3 and EIL4 belonged to groups A and B, while EIL2 and EIN3 generally belonged to group C. Analysis of tissue expression characteristics showed that PsnEIN3/EIL was expressed in different tissues and was involved in the development of stem nodes and leaves. The response analysis of the expression of PsnEIN3/EIL under abscisic acid (ABA) and abiotic stresses (salts, heavy metals, alkaline conditions, and drought) showed changes in expression, suggesting that PsnEIN3/EIL may be involved in the processes of plant hormone responses to salts, heavy metals, alkaline conditions, and drought. This study provides a foundation for further elucidation of the functions of EIN3/EIL genes in forest growth and development and abiotic stress responses.
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Zhang J, Qian JY, Bian YH, Liu X, Wang CL. Transcriptome and Metabolite Conjoint Analysis Reveals the Seed Dormancy Release Process in Callery Pear. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23042186. [PMID: 35216299 PMCID: PMC8878392 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042186] [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: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Seed dormancy transition is a vital developmental process for seedling propagation and agricultural production. The process is precisely regulated by diverse endogenous genetic factors and environmental cues. Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana Decne) is an important rootstock species that requires cold stratification to break seed dormancy, but the mechanisms underlying pear seed dormancy release are not yet fully understood. Here, we analyzed the transcriptome profiles at three different stages of cold stratification in callery pear seeds using RNA sequencing combined with phytohormone and sugar content measurements. Significant alterations in hormone contents and carbohydrate metabolism were observed and reflected the dormancy status of the seeds. The expressions of genes related to plant hormone metabolism and signaling transduction, including indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) biosynthesis (ASAs, TSA, NITs, YUC, and AAO) genes as well as several abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellic acid (GA) catabolism and signaling transduction genes (CYP707As, GA2ox, and DELLAs), were consistent with endogenous hormone changes. We further found that several genes involved in cytokinin (CTK), ethylene (ETH), brassionolide (BR), and jasmonic acid (JA) metabolism and signaling transduction were differentially expressed and integrated in pear seed dormancy release. In accordance with changes in starch and soluble sugar contents, the genes associated with starch and sucrose metabolism were significantly up-regulated during seed dormancy release progression. Furthermore, the expression levels of genes involved in lipid metabolism pathways were also up-regulated. Finally, 447 transcription factor (TF) genes (including ERF, bHLH, bZIP, NAC, WRKY, and MYB genes) were observed to be differentially expressed during seed cold stratification and might relate to pear seed dormancy release. Our results suggest that the mechanism underlying pear seed dormancy release is a complex, transcriptionally regulated process involving hormones, sugars, lipids, and TFs.
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Matilla AJ. Exploring Breakthroughs in Three Traits Belonging to Seed Life. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11040490. [PMID: 35214823 PMCID: PMC8875957 DOI: 10.3390/plants11040490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Based on prior knowledge and with the support of new methodology, solid progress in the understanding of seed life has taken place over the few last years. This update reflects recent advances in three key traits of seed life (i.e., preharvest sprouting, genomic imprinting, and stored-mRNA). The first breakthrough refers to cloning of the mitogen-activated protein kinase-kinase 3 (MKK3) gene in barley and wheat. MKK3, in cooperation with ABA signaling, controls seed dormancy. This advance has been determinant in producing improved varieties that are resistant to preharvest sprouting. The second advance concerns to uniparental gene expression (i.e., imprinting). Genomic imprinting primarily occurs in the endosperm. Although great advances have taken place in the last decade, there is still a long way to go to complete the puzzle regarding the role of genomic imprinting in seed development. This trait is probably one of the most important epigenetic facets of developing endosperm. An example of imprinting regulation is polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). The mechanism of PRC2 recruitment to target endosperm with specific genes is, at present, robustly studied. Further progress in the knowledge of recruitment of PRC2 epigenetic machinery is considered in this review. The third breakthrough referred to in this update involves stored mRNA. The role of the population of this mRNA in germination is far from known. Its relations to seed aging, processing bodies (P bodies), and RNA binding proteins (RBPs), and how the stored mRNA is targeted to monosomes, are aspects considered here. Perhaps this third trait is the one that will require greater experimental dedication in the future. In order to make progress, herein are included some questions that are needed to be answered.
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- Angel J Matilla
- Departamento de Biología Funcional (Área Fisiología Vegetal), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Malek M, Ghaderi-Far F, Torabi B, Sadeghipour HR. Dynamics of seed dormancy and germination at high temperature stress is affected by priming and phytohormones in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 269:153614. [PMID: 34979489 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153614] [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: 10/16/2021] [Revised: 12/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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High temperature stress (HTS) imposes secondary dormancy (SD) also known as thermo-dormancy in many seeds. Priming by soil moisture however, may improve germination though under HTS it may compromise seed longevity. Knowledge of how HTS and priming affect dormancy status/viability loss of a particular crop seed species is essential in agriculture. Accordingly, control non-primed and hydro-primed seeds from Dk-xpower and Traper rapeseed cultivars with low and high potential for SD induction, respectively, were compared for germination behavior, response to GA and some phytohormone effectors under HTS. HTS reduced germination in non-primed Dk-xpower and Traper seeds mainly through the induction of thermo-inhibition/death and thermo-dormancy, respectively. Under HTS, GA3 application reduced thermo-dormancy in favor of thermo-inhibition only in Traper but the GA inhibitor paclobutrazol intensified thermo-dormancy in both cultivars. The ABA inhibitor, fluridone also reduced thermo-dormancy in favor of thermo-inhibition only in Traper. Thus, under HTS, GA biosynthesis is determinant in seed thermo-dormancy/thermo-inhibition dynamics. Hydropriming improved germination under HTS through reduced thermo-inhibition/death (Dk-xpower) and thermo-dormancy (Traper). Here, GA3 application increased death and compromised germination mainly in Dk-xpower. Paclubutrazol application however, increased thermo-dormancy by compromising thermo-inhibition/death in Traper. Overall, hydro-priming weakened seed phytohormonal germination responses. Controlled deterioration resulted in decreased longevity of hydro-primed seeds but induced SD in non-primed Traper seeds. Thus, down-regulation of GA biosynthesis may control differential induction of SD in rapeseed seeds under HTS while hydro-priming stimulates seed germination possibly through overcoming limitations in GA biosynthesis. The agricultural importance of these findings at the ecosystem scale is discussed.
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- Mohsen Malek
- Department of Agronomy, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.
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- Department of Agronomy, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
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Sayre-Chavez B, Bettenhausen H, Windes S, Aron P, Cistué L, Fisk S, Helgerson L, Heuberger AL, Tynan S, Hayes P, Muñoz-Amatriaín M. Genetic basis of barley contributions to beer flavor. J Cereal Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2022.103430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Yu LL, Liu CJ, Peng Y, He ZQ, Xu F. New insights into the role of cyanide in the promotion of seed germination in tomato. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:28. [PMID: 35016603 PMCID: PMC8751275 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03405-8] [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: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cyanide is a natural metabolite that exists widely in plants, and it is speculated to be involved in the regulation of various growth and development processes of plants in addition to being regarded as toxic waste. Previous studies have shown that exogenous cyanide treatment helps to improve seed germination, but the mechanism is still unclear. In this study, tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Alisa Craig) was used as the material, and the effects of cyanide pretreatment at different concentrations on tomato seed germination were investigated. RESULTS The results showed that exogenous application of a lower concentration of cyanide (10 μmol/L KCN) for 12 h strongly increased the tomato seed germination rate. RNA-Seq showed that compared with the control, a total of 15,418 differentially expressed genes (P<0.05) were obtained after pretreatment with KCN for 12 h, and in the next 12 h, a total of 13,425 differentially expressed genes (P<0.05) were regulated. GO and KEGG analyses demonstrated that exogenous KCN pretreatment was involved in regulating the expression (mainly downregulation) of seed storage proteins, thereby accelerating the degradation of stored proteins for seed germination. In addition, KCN pretreatment was also involved in stimulating glycolysis, the TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. Notably, it is shown that KCN acted on the regulation of plant hormone biosynthesis and perception, i.e., down-regulated the gene expression of ABA biosynthesis and signal transduction, but up-regulated the expression of genes related to GA biosynthesis and response. Consistent with this, plant hormone measurements confirmed that the levels of ABA were reduced, but GA levels were induced after pretreatment with KCN. CONCLUSION These findings provide new insights into the regulation of seed germination by cyanide, that is cyanide-mediated seed germination occurs in a time- and dose-dependent manner, and is related to the mobilization of energy metabolism and the regulation of some plant hormone signals.
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- Lu-Lu Yu
- Applied Biotechnology Center, Wuhan University of Bioengineering, Wuhan, 430415, China
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- Applied Biotechnology Center, Wuhan University of Bioengineering, Wuhan, 430415, China
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- Applied Biotechnology Center, Wuhan University of Bioengineering, Wuhan, 430415, China
- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China
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- Applied Biotechnology Center, Wuhan University of Bioengineering, Wuhan, 430415, China.
- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China.
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Cai S, Wu L, Wang G, Liu J, Song J, Xu H, Luo J, Shen Y, Shen S. DA-6 improves sunflower seed vigor under Al 3+ stress by regulating Al 3+ balance and ethylene metabolic. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 229:113048. [PMID: 34883324 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.113048] [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: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Aluminum (Al3+) stress restricts plant seed germination and seedling growth seriously. Here, the sunflower "S175″ variety was used to explore the technique of improving seed vigor under Al3+ stress and investigate the effect of diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate (DA-6) on physiological characteristics in sunflower seeds during germination under Al3+ stress. The results showed that 3.0 mmol·L-1 Al3+ treatment significantly suppressed the sunflower seed germination and seedling growth. Al3+ stress significantly increased Al3+ content and secretion rates of citric and malic acids in sunflower seeds during germination. Besides, endogenous ethylene content was increased in Al3+-treated seeds. DA-6 serves as a positive signal to regulate the sunflower seed germination under Al3+ stress. Moreover, DA-6 enhanced the activities of malic dehydrogenase, citrate synthase, and isocitrate dehydrogenase, up-regulated the expressions of organic acid transport-related genes (ALMT and MATE), resulting in reduced accumulation of Al3+. Furthermore, exogenous DA-6 mitigated excessive accumulation of ethylene by decreasing the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-dihydrodipicolinate synthase activity and related-gene expression. However, DA-6 treatment had no effect on abscisic acid or gibberellin metabolism in sunflower seeds under Al3+ stress. These results confirmed that DA-6 application enhanced the germination capacity through induction of the synthesis and transport of malic and citric acids, and suppression of the excessive accumulation of endogenous ethylene, thus contributing to alleviate Al3+ toxicity in sunflower seeds.
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- Shuyu Cai
- School of Architectural Engineering, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Qunxianzhong Road 2799, Shaoxing 312000, China.
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- School of Architectural Engineering, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Qunxianzhong Road 2799, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- School of Architectural Engineering, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Qunxianzhong Road 2799, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- School of Architectural Engineering, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Qunxianzhong Road 2799, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- School of Architectural Engineering, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Qunxianzhong Road 2799, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- School of Architectural Engineering, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Qunxianzhong Road 2799, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- School of Architectural Engineering, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Qunxianzhong Road 2799, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- School of Architectural Engineering, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Qunxianzhong Road 2799, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- School of Architectural Engineering, Shaoxing University Yuanpei College, Qunxianzhong Road 2799, Shaoxing 312000, China
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Endogenous Polyamines and Ethylene Biosynthesis in Relation to Germination of Osmoprimed Brassica napus Seeds under Salt Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010349. [PMID: 35008776 PMCID: PMC8745725 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Currently, seed priming is reported as an efficient and low-cost approach to increase crop yield, which could not only promote seed germination and improve plant growth state but also increase abiotic stress tolerance. Salinity represents one of the most significant abiotic stresses that alters multiple processes in plants. The accumulation of polyamines (PAs) in response to salt stress is one of the most remarkable plant metabolic responses. This paper examined the effect of osmopriming on endogenous polyamine metabolism at the germination and early seedling development of Brassica napus in relation to salinity tolerance. Free, conjugated and bound polyamines were analyzed, and changes in their accumulation were discussed with literature data. The most remarkable differences between the corresponding osmoprimed and unprimed seeds were visible in the free (spermine) and conjugated (putrescine, spermidine) fractions. The arginine decarboxylase pathway seems to be responsible for the accumulation of PAs in primed seeds. The obvious impact of seed priming on tyramine accumulation was also demonstrated. Moreover, the level of ethylene increased considerably in seedlings issued from primed seeds exposed to salt stress. It can be concluded that the polyamines are involved in creating the beneficial effect of osmopriming on germination and early growth of Brassica napus seedlings under saline conditions through moderate changes in their biosynthesis and accumulation.
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