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Han R, Ma L, Terzaghi W, Guo Y, Li J. Molecular mechanisms underlying coordinated responses of plants to shade and environmental stresses. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 117:1893-1913. [PMID: 38289877 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Shade avoidance syndrome (SAS) is triggered by a low ratio of red (R) to far-red (FR) light (R/FR ratio), which is caused by neighbor detection and/or canopy shade. In order to compete for the limited light, plants elongate hypocotyls and petioles by deactivating phytochrome B (phyB), a major R light photoreceptor, thus releasing its inhibition of the growth-promoting transcription factors PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORs. Under natural conditions, plants must cope with abiotic stresses such as drought, soil salinity, and extreme temperatures, and biotic stresses such as pathogens and pests. Plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to simultaneously deal with multiple environmental stresses. In this review, we will summarize recent major advances in our understanding of how plants coordinately respond to shade and environmental stresses, and will also discuss the important questions for future research. A deep understanding of how plants synergistically respond to shade together with abiotic and biotic stresses will facilitate the design and breeding of new crop varieties with enhanced tolerance to high-density planting and environmental stresses.
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- Run Han
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Biology, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 18766, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Wiśniewska J, Kęsy J, Mucha N, Tyburski J. Auxin resistant 1 gene (AUX1) mediates auxin effect on Arabidopsis thaliana callus growth by regulating its content and distribution pattern. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 293:154168. [PMID: 38176282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2023.154168] [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: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Callus sustained growth relies heavily on auxin, which is supplied to the culture medium. Surprisingly, there is a noticeable absence of information regarding the involvement of carrier-mediated auxin polar transport gene in callus growth regulation. Here, we delve into the role of the AUXIN RESISTANT 1 (AUX1) influx transporter in the regulation of callus growth, comparing the effects under conditions of light versus darkness. It was observed that callus growth was significantly enhanced under light illumination. This growth-stimulatory effect was accompanied by a decrease in the levels of free auxin within the callus cells when compared to conditions of darkness. In the aux1-22 mutant callus, which lacks functional AUX1, there was a substantial reduction in IAA levels. Nonetheless, the mutant callus exhibited markedly higher growth rates compared to the wild type. This suggests that the reduction in exogenous auxin uptake through the AUX1-dependent pathway may prevent the overaccumulation of growth-restricting hormone concentrations. The growth-stimulatory effect of AUX1 deficiency was counteracted by nonspecific auxin influx transport inhibitors. This finding shows that other auxin influx carriers likely play a role in facilitating the diffusion of auxin from the culture medium to sustain high growth rates. AUX1 was primarily localized in the plasma membranes of the two outermost cell layers of the callus clump and the parenchyma cells adjacent to tracheary elements. Significantly, these locations coincided with the regions of maximal auxin concentration. Consequently, it can be inferred that AUX1 mediates the auxin distribution within the callus.
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- Justyna Wiśniewska
- Plant Physiology and Biotechnology Department, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Plant Physiology and Biotechnology Department, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Plant Physiology and Biotechnology Department, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Plant Physiology and Biotechnology Department, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
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Trivellini A, Toscano S, Romano D, Ferrante A. The Role of Blue and Red Light in the Orchestration of Secondary Metabolites, Nutrient Transport and Plant Quality. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2026. [PMID: 37653943 PMCID: PMC10223693 DOI: 10.3390/plants12102026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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Light is a fundamental environmental parameter for plant growth and development because it provides an energy source for carbon fixation during photosynthesis and regulates many other physiological processes through its signaling. In indoor horticultural cultivation systems, sole-source light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have shown great potential for optimizing growth and producing high-quality products. Light is also a regulator of flowering, acting on phytochromes and inducing or inhibiting photoperiodic plants. Plants respond to light quality through several light receptors that can absorb light at different wavelengths. This review summarizes recent progress in our understanding of the role of blue and red light in the modulation of important plant quality traits, nutrient absorption and assimilation, as well as secondary metabolites, and includes the dynamic signaling networks that are orchestrated by blue and red wavelengths with a focus on transcriptional and metabolic reprogramming, plant productivity, and the nutritional quality of products. Moreover, it highlights future lines of research that should increase our knowledge to develop tailored light recipes to shape the plant characteristics and the nutritional and nutraceutical value of horticultural products.
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- Alice Trivellini
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Università degli Studi di Catania, 95131 Catania, Italy;
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- Department of Science Veterinary, Università degli Studi di Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy;
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Università degli Studi di Catania, 95131 Catania, Italy;
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences—Production, Landscape, Agroenergy, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy;
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Li Y, Tang D, Liu Z, Chen J, Cheng B, Kumar R, Yer H, Li Y. An Improved Procedure for Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of ‘Carrizo’ Citrange. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11111457. [PMID: 35684233 PMCID: PMC9183180 DOI: 10.3390/plants11111457] [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: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although several protocols for genetic transformation of citrus have been published, it is highly desirable to further improve its efficiency. Here we report treatments of Agrobacterium cells and citrus explants prior to and during co-cultivation process to enhance transformation efficiency using a commercially used rootstock ‘Carrizo’ citrange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb. × Poncirius trifoliata (L.) Raf.] as a model plant. We found explants from light-grown seedlings exhibited higher transformation efficiency than those from etiolated seedlings. We pre-cultured Agrobacterium cells in a 1/10 MS, 0.5 g/L 2-(N-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid (MES) and 100 µM acetosyringone liquid medium for 6 h at 25 °C before used to infect citrus explants. We incubated epicotyl segments in an MS liquid medium containing 13.2 µM 6-BA, 4.5 µM 2,4-D, 0.5 µM NAA for 3 h at 25 °C prior to Agrobacterium infection. In the co-cultivation medium, we added 30 µM paclobutrazol and 10 µM lipoic acid. Each of these treatments significantly increased the efficiencies of transformation up to 30.4% (treating Agrobacterium with acetosyringone), 31.8% (treating explants with cytokinin and auxin), 34.9% (paclobutrazol) and 38.6% (lipoic acid), respectively. When the three treatments were combined, we observed that the transformation efficiency was enhanced from 11.5% to 52.3%. The improvement of genetic transformation efficiency mediated by these three simple treatments may facilitate more efficient applications of transgenic and gene editing technologies for functional characterization of citrus genes and for genetic improvement of citrus cultivars.
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- Yanjun Li
- Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; (Y.L.); (D.T.); (R.K.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; (Y.L.); (D.T.); (R.K.); (H.Y.)
- Horticulture and Landscape College, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kearneysville, WV 25430, USA;
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- Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Environmental Horticulture, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Apopka, FL 32703, USA;
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangzhou 510640, China;
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; (Y.L.); (D.T.); (R.K.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; (Y.L.); (D.T.); (R.K.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; (Y.L.); (D.T.); (R.K.); (H.Y.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(860)-486-6780
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Shen Z, Chen M. Deciphering Novel Transcriptional Regulators of Soybean Hypocotyl Elongation Based on Gene Co-expression Network Analysis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:837130. [PMID: 35273629 PMCID: PMC8902393 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.837130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Hypocotyl elongation is the key step of soybean seed germination, as well an important symbol of seedling vitality, but the regulatory mechanisms remain largely elusive. To address the problem, bioinformatics approaches along with the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) were carried out to elucidate the regulatory networks and identify key regulators underlying soybean hypocotyl elongation at transcriptional level. Combining results from WGCNA, yeast one hybridization, and phenotypic analysis of transgenic plants, a cyan module significantly associated with hypocotyl elongation was discerned, from which two novel regulatory submodules were identified as key candidates underpinning soybean hypocotyl elongation by modulating auxin and light responsive signaling pathways. Taken together, our results constructed the regulatory network and identified novel transcriptional regulators of soybean hypocotyl elongation based on WGCNA, which provide new insights into the global regulatory basis of soybean hypocotyl elongation and offer potential targets for soybean improvement to acquire cultivars with well-tuned hypocotyl elongation and seed germination vigor.
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- Zhikang Shen
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
- *Correspondence: Min Chen
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Lv B, Zhu J, Kong X, Ding Z. Light participates in the auxin-dependent regulation of plant growth. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 63:819-822. [PMID: 33215867 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Light is the energy source for plant photosynthesis and influences plant growth and development. Through multiple photoreceptors, plant interprets light signals through various downstream phytohormones such as auxin. Recently, Chen et al. (2020) uncover a new layer of regulation in IPyA pathway of auxin biosynthesis by light. Here we highlight recent studies about how light controls plant growth through regulating auxin biosynthesis and signaling.
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- Bingsheng Lv
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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Biswal DP, Panigrahi KCS. Light- and hormone-mediated development in non-flowering plants: An overview. PLANTA 2020; 253:1. [PMID: 33245411 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03501-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Light, hormones and their interaction regulate different aspects of development in non-flowering plants. They might have played a role in the evolution of different plant groups by conferring specific adaptive evolutionary changes. Plants are sessile organisms. Unlike animals, they lack the opportunity to abandon their habitat in unfavorable conditions. They respond to different environmental cues and adapt accordingly to control their growth and developmental pattern. While phytohormones are known to be internal regulators of plant development, light is a major environmental signal that shapes plant processes. It is plausible that light-hormone crosstalk might have played an important role in plant evolution. But how the crosstalk between light and phytohormone signaling pathways might have shaped the plant evolution is unclear. One of the possible reasons is that flowering plants have been studied extensively in context of plant development, which cannot serve the purpose of evolutionary comparisons. In order to elucidate the role of light, hormone and their crosstalk in the evolutionary adaptation in plant kingdom, one needs to understand various light- and hormone-mediated processes in diverse non-flowering plants. This review is an attempt to outline major light- and phytohormone-mediated responses in non-flowering plant groups such as algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes and gymnosperms.
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- Durga Prasad Biswal
- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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Alallaq S, Ranjan A, Brunoni F, Novák O, Lakehal A, Bellini C. Red Light Controls Adventitious Root Regeneration by Modulating Hormone Homeostasis in Picea abies Seedlings. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:586140. [PMID: 33014006 PMCID: PMC7509059 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.586140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Vegetative propagation relies on the capacity of plants to regenerate de novo adventitious roots (ARs), a quantitative trait controlled by the interaction of endogenous factors, such as hormones and environmental cues among which light plays a central role. However, the physiological and molecular components mediating light cues during AR initiation (ARI) remain largely elusive. Here, we explored the role of red light (RL) on ARI in de-rooted Norway spruce seedlings. We combined investigation of hormone metabolism and gene expression analysis to identify potential signaling pathways. We also performed extensive anatomical characterization to investigate ARI at the cellular level. We showed that in contrast to white light, red light promoted ARI likely by reducing jasmonate (JA) and JA-isoleucine biosynthesis and repressing the accumulation of isopentyl-adenine-type cytokinins. We demonstrated that exogenously applied JA and/or CK inhibit ARI in a dose-dependent manner and found that they possibly act in the same pathway. The negative effect of JA on ARI was confirmed at the histological level. We showed that JA represses the early events of ARI. In conclusion, RL promotes ARI by repressing the accumulation of the wound-induced phytohormones JA and CK.
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- Sanaria Alallaq
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Biology, College of Science for Women, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Physiology, Swedish Agriculture University, Umea, Sweden
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Faculty of Science, Palacký University and Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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Sessa G, Carabelli M, Possenti M, Morelli G, Ruberti I. Multiple Pathways in the Control of the Shade Avoidance Response. PLANTS 2018; 7:plants7040102. [PMID: 30453622 PMCID: PMC6313891 DOI: 10.3390/plants7040102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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To detect the presence of neighboring vegetation, shade-avoiding plants have evolved the ability to perceive and integrate multiple signals. Among them, changes in light quality and quantity are central to elicit and regulate the shade avoidance response. Here, we describe recent progresses in the comprehension of the signaling mechanisms underlying the shade avoidance response, focusing on Arabidopsis, because most of our knowledge derives from studies conducted on this model plant. Shade avoidance is an adaptive response that results in phenotypes with a high relative fitness in individual plants growing within dense vegetation. However, it affects the growth, development, and yield of crops, and the design of new strategies aimed at attenuating shade avoidance at defined developmental stages and/or in specific organs in high-density crop plantings is a major challenge for the future. For this reason, in this review, we also report on recent advances in the molecular description of the shade avoidance response in crops, such as maize and tomato, and discuss their similarities and differences with Arabidopsis.
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- Giovanna Sessa
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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- Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), 00178 Rome, Italy.
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- Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), 00178 Rome, Italy.
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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Iglesias MJ, Sellaro R, Zurbriggen MD, Casal JJ. Multiple links between shade avoidance and auxin networks. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:213-228. [PMID: 29036463 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Auxin has emerged as a key player in the adjustment of plant morphology to the challenge imposed by variable environmental conditions. Shade-avoidance responses, including the promotion of stem and petiole growth, leaf hyponasty, and the inhibition of branching, involve an intimate connection between light and auxin signalling. Low activity of photo-sensory receptors caused by the presence of neighbouring vegetation enhances the activity of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORs (PIFs), which directly promote the expression of genes involved in auxin biosynthesis, conjugation, transport, perception, and signalling. In seedlings, neighbour signals increase auxin levels in the foliage, which then moves to the stem, where it reaches epidermal tissues to promote growth. However, this model only partially accounts for shade-avoidance responses (which may also occur in the absence of increased auxin levels), and understanding the whole picture will require further insight into the functional significance of the multiple links between shade and auxin networks.
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- María José Iglesias
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Argentina
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- IFEVA, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Argentina
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- Institute of Synthetic Biology and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Düsseldorf, Germany
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- IFEVA, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Argentina
- Fundación Instituto Leloir, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires-CONICET, Argentina
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Roychoudhry S, Kieffer M, Del Bianco M, Liao CY, Weijers D, Kepinski S. The developmental and environmental regulation of gravitropic setpoint angle in Arabidopsis and bean. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42664. [PMID: 28256503 PMCID: PMC5335621 DOI: 10.1038/srep42664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Root and shoot branches are major determinants of plant form and critical for the effective capture of resources below and above ground. These branches are often maintained at specific angles with respect to gravity, known as gravitropic set point angles (GSAs). We have previously shown that the mechanism permitting the maintenance of non-vertical GSAs is highly auxin-dependent and here we investigate the developmental and environmental regulation of root and shoot branch GSA. We show that nitrogen and phosphorous deficiency have opposing, auxin signalling-dependent effects on lateral root GSA in Arabidopsis: while low nitrate induces less vertical lateral root GSA, phosphate deficiency results in a more vertical lateral root growth angle, a finding that contrasts with the previously reported growth angle response of bean adventitious roots. We find that this root-class-specific discrepancy in GSA response to low phosphorus is mirrored by similar differences in growth angle response to auxin treatment between these root types. Finally we show that both shaded, low red/far-red light conditions and high temperature induce more vertical growth in Arabidopsis shoot branches. We discuss the significance of these findings in the context of efforts to improve crop performance via the manipulation of root and shoot branch growth angle.
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Zheng K, Wang Y, Zhang N, Jia Q, Wang X, Hou C, Chen JG, Wang S. Involvement of PACLOBUTRAZOL RESISTANCE6/KIDARI, an Atypical bHLH Transcription Factor, in Auxin Responses in Arabidopsis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1813. [PMID: 29114256 PMCID: PMC5660721 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Auxin regulates nearly all aspects of plant growth and development including cell division, cell elongation and cell differentiation, which are achieved largely by rapid regulation of auxin response genes. However, the functions of a large number of auxin response genes remain uncharacterized. Paclobutrazol Resistance (PRE) proteins are non-DNA binding basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors that have been shown to be involved in gibberellin and brassinosteroid signaling, and light responses in Arabidopsis. Here, we provide molecular and genetic evidence that PRE6, one of the six PRE genes in Arabidopsis, is an auxin response gene, and that PRE6 is involved in the regulation of auxin signaling. By using quantitative RT-PCR, we showed that the expression level of PRE6 was increased in response to exogenously applied IAA. GUS staining results also showed that the expression of GUS reporter gene in the PRE6p:GUS transgenic seedlings was elevated in response to auxin. Phenotypic analysis showed that overexpression of PRE6 in Arabidopsis resulted in auxin-related phenotypes including elongated hypocotyl and primary roots, and reduced number of lateral roots when compared with the Col wild type seedlings, whereas opposite phenotypes were observed in the pre6 mutants. Further analysis showed that PRE6 overexpression plants were hyposensitive, whereas pre6 mutants were hypersensitive to auxin in root and hypocotyl elongation and lateral root formation assays. By using protoplasts transfection, we showed that PRE6 functions as a transcriptional repressor. Consistent with this, the expression of the auxin response reporter DR5:GUS was decreased in PRE6 overexpression lines, but increased in pre6 mutants. When co-transfected into protoplasts, ARF5 and ARF8 activated the expression of the PRE6p:GUS reporter. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays showed that ARF5 and ARF8 can be recruited to the promoter regions of PRE6. Taken together, these results suggest that PRE6 is an auxin response gene whose expression is directly regulated by ARF5 and ARF8, and that PRE6 is a transcriptional repressor that negatively regulates auxin responses in Arabidopsis.
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- Kaijie Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
- *Correspondence: Shucai Wang,
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Wang Y, Xiao X, Wang X, Zeng J, Kang H, Fan X, Sha L, Zhang H, Zhou Y. RNA-Seq and iTRAQ Reveal the Dwarfing Mechanism of Dwarf Polish Wheat (Triticum polonicum L.). Int J Biol Sci 2016; 12:653-66. [PMID: 27194943 PMCID: PMC4870709 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.14577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The dwarfing mechanism of Rht-dp in dwarf Polish wheat (DPW) is unknown. Each internode of DPW was significantly shorter than it in high Polish wheat (HPW), and the dwarfism was insensitive to photoperiod, abscisic acid (ABA), gibberellin (GA), cytokinin (CK), auxin and brassinolide (BR). To understand the mechanism, three sets of transcripts, DPW, HPW, and a chimeric set (a combination of DPW and HPW), were constructed using RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq). Based on the chimeric transcripts, 2,446 proteins were identified using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ). A total of 108 unigenes and 12 proteins were considered as dwarfism-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially expressed proteins (DEPs), respectively. Among of these DEGs and DEPs, 6 DEGs and 6 DEPs were found to be involved in flavonoid and S-adenosyl-methionine (SAM) metabolisms; 5 DEGs and 3 DEPs were involved in cellulose metabolism, cell wall plasticity and cell expansion; 2 DEGs were auxin transporters; 2 DEPs were histones; 1 DEP was a peroxidase. These DEGs and DEPs reduced lignin and cellulose contents, increased flavonoid content, possibly decreased S-adenosyl-methionine (SAM) and polyamine contents and increased S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase (SAHH) content in DPW stems, which could limit auxin transport and reduce extensibility of the cell wall, finally limited cell expansion (the cell size of DPW was significantly smaller than HPW cells) and caused dwarfism in DPW.
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- Yi Wang
- 1. Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan, China
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- 1. Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan, China
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- 1. Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan, China
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- 2. College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan, China
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- 1. Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan, China
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- 1. Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan, China
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- 1. Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan, China
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- 1. Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan, China
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- 1. Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Sichuan, China
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Bowrin V, Sutton F. Inversion induced Manihot esculenta stem tubers express key tuberization genes; Mec1, RZF, SuSy1 and PIN2. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2016; 11:e1115167. [PMID: 26785907 PMCID: PMC4871658 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1115167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Revised: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cassava (M. esculenta) gives rise to unique underground stem tubers when stem cuttings are planted in an inverted orientation. The nutritional profile of the stem and root tubers were similar except for protein content which was higher in stem than in root tubers. RT-PCR revealed that several key genes (Mec1, RZF, SuSy1 and PIN2) involved in root tuberization were also expressed in these stem tubers. At five weeks post planting, these genes were expressed in roots and underground stems as in the mature tubers. However at 15 weeks post planting, they were expressed in both root and stem tubers but not in adventitious roots or in the non-tuberized stems. Expression of, the root auxin efflux carrier gene PIN2 in the stem tubers indicate a role for auxin in the stem tuberization process.
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- Valerie Bowrin
- Department of Life Sciences; The University of The West Indies; St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Science Visions Inc.410 7th Street Brookings; SD; 57006, USA
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Transcriptome dynamics of developing maize leaves and genomewide prediction of cis elements and their cognate transcription factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E2477-86. [PMID: 25918418 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500605112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Maize is a major crop and a model plant for studying C4 photosynthesis and leaf development. However, a genomewide regulatory network of leaf development is not yet available. This knowledge is useful for developing C3 crops to perform C4 photosynthesis for enhanced yields. Here, using 22 transcriptomes of developing maize leaves from dry seeds to 192 h post imbibition, we studied gene up- and down-regulation and functional transition during leaf development and inferred sets of strongly coexpressed genes. More significantly, we developed a method to predict transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) and their cognate transcription factors (TFs) using genomic sequence and transcriptomic data. The method requires not only evolutionary conservation of candidate TFBSs and sets of strongly coexpressed genes but also that the genes in a gene set share the same Gene Ontology term so that they are involved in the same biological function. In addition, we developed another method to predict maize TF-TFBS pairs using known TF-TFBS pairs in Arabidopsis or rice. From these efforts, we predicted 1,340 novel TFBSs and 253 new TF-TFBS pairs in the maize genome, far exceeding the 30 TF-TFBS pairs currently known in maize. In most cases studied by both methods, the two methods gave similar predictions. In vitro tests of 12 predicted TF-TFBS interactions showed that our methods perform well. Our study has significantly expanded our knowledge on the regulatory network involved in maize leaf development.
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Moni A, Lee AY, Briggs WR, Han IS. The blue light receptor Phototropin 1 suppresses lateral root growth by controlling cell elongation. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2015; 17:34-40. [PMID: 24803136 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We investigated the relationship between the blue light receptor phototropin 1 (phot1) and lateral root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Fluorescence and confocal microscopy images, as well as PHOT1 mRNA expression studies provide evidence that it is highly expressed in the elongation zone of lateral roots where auxin is accumulating. However, treatment with the auxin transport inhibitor N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid significantly reduced PHOT1 expression in this zone. In addition, PHOT1 expression was higher in darkness than in light. The total number of lateral roots was higher in the phot1 mutant than in wild-type Arabidopsis. Cells in the elongation zone of lateral roots of the phot1 mutant were longer than those of wild-type lateral roots. These findings suggest that PHOT1 plays a role(s) in elongation of lateral roots through the control of an auxin-related signalling pathway.
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- A Moni
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea
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de Lucas M, Prat S. PIFs get BRright: PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORs as integrators of light and hormonal signals. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 202:1126-1141. [PMID: 24571056 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Light and temperature, in coordination with the endogenous clock and the hormones gibberellin (GA) and brassinosteroids (BRs), modulate plant growth and development by affecting the expression of multiple cell wall- and auxin-related genes. PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORS (PIFs) play a central role in the activation of these genes, the activity of these factors being regulated by the circadian clock and phytochrome-mediated protein destabilization. GA signaling is also integrated at the level of PIFs; the DELLA repressors are found to bind these factors and impair their DNA-binding ability. The recent finding that PIFs are co-activated by BES1 and BZR1 highlights a further role of these regulators in BR signal integration, and reveals that PIFs act in a concerted manner with the BR-related BES1/BZR1 factors to activate auxin synthesis and transport at the gene expression level, and synergistically activate several genes with a role in cell expansion. Auxins feed back into this growth regulatory module by inducing GA biosynthesis and BES1/BZR1 gene expression, in addition to directly regulating several of these growth pathway gene targets. An exciting challenge in the future will be to understand how this growth program is dynamically regulated in time and space to orchestrate differential organ expansion and to provide plants with adaptation flexibility.
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- Miguel de Lucas
- Departamento Genética Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología- CSIC, Darwin 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento Genética Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología- CSIC, Darwin 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Dong Z, Jiang C, Chen X, Zhang T, Ding L, Song W, Luo H, Lai J, Chen H, Liu R, Zhang X, Jin W. Maize LAZY1 mediates shoot gravitropism and inflorescence development through regulating auxin transport, auxin signaling, and light response. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 163:1306-22. [PMID: 24089437 PMCID: PMC3813652 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.227314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Auxin is a plant hormone that plays key roles in both shoot gravitropism and inflorescence development. However, these two processes appear to be parallel and to be regulated by distinct players. Here, we report that the maize (Zea mays) prostrate stem1 mutant, which is allelic to the classic mutant lazy plant1 (la1), displays prostrate growth with reduced shoot gravitropism and defective inflorescence development. Map-based cloning identified maize ZmLA1 as the functional ortholog of LAZY1 in rice (Oryza sativa) and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). It has a unique role in inflorescence development and displays enriched expression in reproductive organs such as tassels and ears. Transcription of ZmLA1 responds to auxin and is repressed by light. Furthermore, ZmLA1 physically interacts with a putative auxin transport regulator in the plasma membrane and a putative auxin signaling protein in the nucleus. RNA-SEQ data showed that dozens of auxin transport, auxin response, and light signaling genes were differentially expressed in la1 mutant stems. Therefore, ZmLA1 might mediate the cross talk between shoot gravitropism and inflorescence development by regulating auxin transport, auxin signaling, and probably light response in maize.
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Carabelli M, Turchi L, Ruzza V, Morelli G, Ruberti I. Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper II family of transcription factors to the limelight: central regulators of plant development. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2013; 8:25447. [PMID: 23838958 PMCID: PMC4002598 DOI: 10.4161/psb.25447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The Arabidopsis genome encodes 10 Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper (HD-Zip) II transcription factors that can be subdivided into 4 clades (α-δ). All the γ (ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA HOMEOBOX 2 [ATHB2], HOMEOBOX ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA 1 [HAT1], HAT2) and δ (HAT3, ATHB4) genes are regulated by light quality changes (Low Red [R]/Far-Red [FR]) that induce the shade avoidance response in most of the angiosperms. HD-Zip IIγ and HD-Zip IIδ transcription factors function as positive regulators of shade avoidance, and there is evidence that at least ATHB2 is directly positively regulated by the basic Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) proteins PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) and PIF5. Recent evidence demonstrate that, in addition to their function in shade avoidance, HD-Zip IIγ and HD-Zip IIδ proteins play an essential role in plant development from embryogenesis onwards in a white light environment.
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- Monica Carabelli
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology; National Research Council; Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology; National Research Council; Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology; National Research Council; Rome, Italy
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- Food and Nutrition Research Centre; Agricultural Research Council (CRA); Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology; National Research Council; Rome, Italy
- Correspondence to: Ida Ruberti,
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Ciolfi A, Sessa G, Sassi M, Possenti M, Salvucci S, Carabelli M, Morelli G, Ruberti I. Dynamics of the shade-avoidance response in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 163:331-53. [PMID: 23893169 PMCID: PMC3762654 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.221549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Shade-intolerant plants perceive the reduction in the ratio of red light (R) to far-red light (FR) as a warning of competition with neighboring vegetation and display a suite of developmental responses known as shade avoidance. In recent years, major progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying shade avoidance. Despite this, little is known about the dynamics of this response and the cascade of molecular events leading to plant adaptation to a low-R/FR environment. By combining genome-wide expression profiling and computational analyses, we show highly significant overlap between shade avoidance and deetiolation transcript profiles in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). The direction of the response was dissimilar at the early stages of shade avoidance and congruent at the late ones. This latter regulation requires LONG HYPOCOTYL IN FAR RED1/SLENDER IN CANOPY SHADE1 and phytochrome A, which function largely independently to negatively control shade avoidance. Gene network analysis highlights a subnetwork containing ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5), a master regulator of deetiolation, in the wild type and not in phytochrome A mutant upon prolonged low R/FR. Network analysis also highlights a direct connection between HY5 and HY5 HOMOLOG (HYH), a gene functionally implicated in the inhibition of hypocotyl elongation and known to be a direct target of the HY5 transcription factor. Kinetics analysis show that the HYH gene is indeed late induced by low R/FR and that its up-regulation depends on the action of HY5, since it does not occur in hy5 mutant. Therefore, we propose that one way plants adapt to a low-R/FR environment is by enhancing HY5 function.
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