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Nicolas P, Pattison RJ, Zheng Y, Lapidot-Cohen T, Brotman Y, Osorio S, Fernie AR, Fei Z, Catalá C. Starch deficiency in tomato causes transcriptional reprogramming that modulates fruit development, metabolism, and stress responses. J Exp Bot 2023; 74:6331-6348. [PMID: 37279327 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit store carbon as starch during early development and mobilize it at the onset of ripening. Starch accumulation has been suggested to buffer fluctuations in carbon supply to the fruit under abiotic stress, and contribute to sugar levels in ripe fruit. However, the role of starch accumulation and metabolism during fruit development is still unclear. Here we show that the tomato mutant adpressa (adp) harbors a mutation in a gene encoding the small subunit of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase that abolishes starch synthesis. The disruption of starch biosynthesis causes major transcriptional and metabolic remodeling in adp fruit but only minor effects on fruit size and ripening. Changes in gene expression and metabolite profiles indicate that the lack of carbon flow into starch increases levels of soluble sugars during fruit growth, triggers a readjustment of central carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and activates growth and stress protection pathways. Accordingly, adp fruits are remarkably resistant to blossom-end rot, a common physiological disorder induced by environmental stress. Our results provide insights into the effects of perturbations of carbohydrate metabolism on tomato fruit development, with potential implications for the enhancement of protective mechanisms against abiotic stress in fleshy fruit.
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora', Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Nicolas P, Shinozaki Y, Powell A, Philippe G, Snyder SI, Bao K, Zheng Y, Xu Y, Courtney L, Vrebalov J, Casteel CL, Mueller LA, Fei Z, Giovannoni JJ, Rose JKC, Catalá C. Spatiotemporal dynamics of the tomato fruit transcriptome under prolonged water stress. Plant Physiol 2022; 190:2557-2578. [PMID: 36135793 PMCID: PMC9706477 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Water availability influences all aspects of plant growth and development; however, most studies of plant responses to drought have focused on vegetative organs, notably roots and leaves. Far less is known about the molecular bases of drought acclimation responses in fruits, which are complex organs with distinct tissue types. To obtain a more comprehensive picture of the molecular mechanisms governing fruit development under drought, we profiled the transcriptomes of a spectrum of fruit tissues from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), spanning early growth through ripening and collected from plants grown under varying intensities of water stress. In addition, we compared transcriptional changes in fruit with those in leaves to highlight different and conserved transcriptome signatures in vegetative and reproductive organs. We observed extensive and diverse genetic reprogramming in different fruit tissues and leaves, each associated with a unique response to drought acclimation. These included major transcriptional shifts in the placenta of growing fruit and in the seeds of ripe fruit related to cell growth and epigenetic regulation, respectively. Changes in metabolic and hormonal pathways, such as those related to starch, carotenoids, jasmonic acid, and ethylene metabolism, were associated with distinct fruit tissues and developmental stages. Gene coexpression network analysis provided further insights into the tissue-specific regulation of distinct responses to water stress. Our data highlight the spatiotemporal specificity of drought responses in tomato fruit and indicate known and unrevealed molecular regulatory mechanisms involved in drought acclimation, during both vegetative and reproductive stages of development.
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- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Pattison RJ, Csukasi F, Zheng Y, Fei Z, van der Knaap E, Catalá C. Comprehensive Tissue-Specific Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Distinct Regulatory Programs during Early Tomato Fruit Development. Plant Physiol 2015; 168:1684-701. [PMID: 26099271 PMCID: PMC4528740 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/21/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Fruit formation and early development involve a range of physiological and morphological transformations of the various constituent tissues of the ovary. These developmental changes vary considerably according to tissue type, but molecular analyses at an organ-wide level inevitably obscure many tissue-specific phenomena. We used laser-capture microdissection coupled to high-throughput RNA sequencing to analyze the transcriptome of ovaries and fruit tissues of the wild tomato species Solanum pimpinellifolium. This laser-capture microdissection-high-throughput RNA sequencing approach allowed quantitative global profiling of gene expression at previously unobtainable levels of spatial resolution, revealing numerous contrasting transcriptome profiles and uncovering rare and cell type-specific transcripts. Coexpressed gene clusters linked specific tissues and stages to major transcriptional changes underlying the ovary-to-fruit transition and provided evidence of regulatory modules related to cell division, photosynthesis, and auxin transport in internal fruit tissues, together with parallel specialization of the pericarp transcriptome in stress responses and secondary metabolism. Analysis of transcription factor expression and regulatory motifs indicated putative gene regulatory modules that may regulate the development of different tissues and hormonal processes. Major alterations in the expression of hormone metabolic and signaling components illustrate the complex hormonal control underpinning fruit formation, with intricate spatiotemporal variations suggesting separate regulatory programs.
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- Richard J Pattison
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14853 (R.J.P., F.C., Y.Z., Z.F., C.C.);United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York 14853 (Z.F.);Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (E.v.d.K.); andPlant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (C.C.)
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14853 (R.J.P., F.C., Y.Z., Z.F., C.C.);United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York 14853 (Z.F.);Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (E.v.d.K.); andPlant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (C.C.)
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14853 (R.J.P., F.C., Y.Z., Z.F., C.C.);United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York 14853 (Z.F.);Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (E.v.d.K.); andPlant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (C.C.)
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14853 (R.J.P., F.C., Y.Z., Z.F., C.C.);United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York 14853 (Z.F.);Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (E.v.d.K.); andPlant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (C.C.)
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14853 (R.J.P., F.C., Y.Z., Z.F., C.C.);United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York 14853 (Z.F.);Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (E.v.d.K.); andPlant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (C.C.)
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14853 (R.J.P., F.C., Y.Z., Z.F., C.C.);United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, New York 14853 (Z.F.);Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (E.v.d.K.); andPlant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (C.C.)
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Pattison RJ, Csukasi F, Catalá C. Mechanisms regulating auxin action during fruit development. Physiol Plant 2014; 151:62-72. [PMID: 24329770 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Revised: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Auxin controls many aspects of fruit development, including fruit set and growth, ripening and abscission. However, the mechanisms by which auxin regulates these processes are still poorly understood. While it is generally agreed that precise spatial and temporal control of auxin distribution and signaling are required for fruit development, the dynamics of auxin biosynthesis and the mechanisms for its transport to different fruit tissues are mostly unknown. Despite major advances in elucidating many aspects of auxin biology in vegetative tissues, until recently, the nature and importance of auxin metabolism, transport and signaling during fruit ontogeny remained obscure. In this review, we summarize recent research that has started to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which auxin is produced and transported in the fruit and to unravel the complexity of auxin signaling during fruit development. We also discuss recent approaches used to reveal the genes and regulatory networks that mediate cell and tissue-specific control of auxin levels in the developing fruit.
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The temporal and spatial control of auxin distribution has a key role in the regulation of plant growth and development, and much has been learnt about the mechanisms that influence auxin pools and gradients in vegetative tissues, particularly in Arabidopsis. For example polar auxin transport, mediated by PIN and AUX/LAX proteins, is central to the control of auxin distribution. In contrast, very little information is known about the dynamics of auxin distribution and the molecular basis of its transport within and between fruit tissues, despite the fact that auxin regulates many aspects of fruit development, which include fruit formation, expansion, ripening and abscission. In addition, functional information regarding the key regulators of auxin fluxes during both vegetative and reproductive development in species other than Arabidopsis is scarce. To address these issues, we have investigated the spatiotemporal distribution of auxin during tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit development and the function of the PIN and AUX/LAX gene families. Differential concentrations of auxin become apparent during early fruit growth, with auxin levels being higher in internal tissues than in the fruit pericarp and the pattern of auxin accumulation depended on polar transport. Ten tomato PIN (SlPIN1 to 10) and five AUX/LAX (SlLAX1 to 5) genes were identified and found to display heterogeneous expression patterns, with tissue and developmental-stage specificity. RNAi-mediated co-silencing of SlPIN4 and SlPIN3 did not affect fruit development, which suggested functional redundancy of PIN proteins, but did lead to a vegetative phenotype, and revealed a role for these genes in the regulation of tomato shoot architecture.
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Catalá C, Howe KJ, Hucko S, Rose JKC, Thannhauser TW. Towards characterization of the glycoproteome of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
fruit using Concanavalin A lectin affinity chromatography and LC-MALDI-MS/MS analysis. Proteomics 2011; 11:1530-44. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2010] [Revised: 01/03/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Isaacson T, Damasceno CMB, Saravanan RS, He Y, Catalá C, Saladié M, Rose JKC. Sample extraction techniques for enhanced proteomic analysis of plant tissues. Nat Protoc 2007; 1:769-74. [PMID: 17406306 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 330] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Major improvements in proteomic techniques in recent years have led to an increase in their application in all biological fields, including plant sciences. For all proteomic approaches, protein extraction and sample preparation are of utmost importance for optimal results; however, extraction of proteins from plant tissues represents a great challenge. Plant tissues usually contain relatively low amounts of proteins and high concentrations of proteases and compounds that potentially can limit tissue disintegration and interfere with subsequent protein separation and identification. An effective protein extraction protocol must also be adaptable to the great variation in the sets of secondary metabolites and potentially contaminating compounds that occurs between tissues (e.g., leaves, roots, fruit, seeds and stems) and between species. Here we present two basic protein extraction protocols that have successfully been used with diverse plant tissues, including recalcitrant tissues. The first method is based on phenol extraction coupled with ammonium acetate precipitation, and the second is based on trichloroacetic acid (TCA) precipitation. Both extraction protocols can be completed within 2 d.
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- Tal Isaacson
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Urbanowicz BR, Bennett AB, Del Campillo E, Catalá C, Hayashi T, Henrissat B, Höfte H, McQueen-Mason SJ, Patterson SE, Shoseyov O, Teeri TT, Rose JKC. Structural organization and a standardized nomenclature for plant endo-1,4-beta-glucanases (cellulases) of glycosyl hydrolase family 9. Plant Physiol 2007; 144:1693-6. [PMID: 17687051 PMCID: PMC1949884 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.102574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Urbanowicz BR, Catalá C, Irwin D, Wilson DB, Ripoll DR, Rose JKC. A Tomato Endo-β-1,4-glucanase, SlCel9C1, Represents a Distinct Subclass with a New Family of Carbohydrate Binding Modules (CBM49). J Biol Chem 2007; 282:12066-74. [PMID: 17322304 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m607925200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A critical structural feature of many microbial endo-beta-1,4-glucanases (EGases, or cellulases) is a carbohydrate binding module (CBM), which is required for effective crystalline cellulose degradation. However, CBMs are absent from plant EGases that have been biochemically characterized to date, and accordingly, plant EGases are not generally thought to have the capacity to degrade crystalline cellulose. We report the biochemical characterization of a tomato EGase, Solanum lycopersicum Cel8 (SlCel9C1), with a distinct C-terminal noncatalytic module that represents a previously uncharacterized family of CBMs. In vitro binding studies demonstrated that this module indeed binds to crystalline cellulose and can similarly bind as part of a recombinant chimeric fusion protein containing an EGase catalytic domain from the bacterium Thermobifida fusca. Site-directed mutagenesis studies show that tryptophans 559 and 573 play a role in crystalline cellulose binding. The SlCel9C1 CBM, which represents a new CBM family (CBM49), is a defining feature of a new structural subclass (Class C) of plant EGases, with members present throughout the plant kingdom. In addition, the SlCel9C1 catalytic domain was shown to hydrolyze artificial cellulosic polymers, cellulose oligosaccharides, and a variety of plant cell wall polysaccharides.
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- Breeanna R Urbanowicz
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Saladié M, Rose JKC, Cosgrove DJ, Catalá C. Characterization of a new xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) from ripening tomato fruit and implications for the diverse modes of enzymic action. Plant J 2006; 47:282-95. [PMID: 16774648 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02784.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases (XTHs) are cell wall-modifying enzymes that align within three or four distinct phylogenetic subgroups. One explanation for this grouping is association with different enzymic modes of action, as XTHs can have xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (XET) or endohydrolase (XEH) activities. While Group 1 and 2 XTHs predominantly exhibit XET activity, to date the activity of only one member of Group 3 has been reported: nasturtium TmXH1, which has a highly specialized function and hydrolyses seed-storage xyloglucan rather than modifying cell wall structure. Tomato fruit ripening was selected as a model to test the hypothesis that preferential XEH activity might be a defining characteristic of Group 3 XTHs, which would be expressed during processes where net xyloglucan depolymerization occurs. Database searches identified 25 tomato XTHs, and one gene (SlXTH5) was of particular interest as it aligned within Group 3 and was expressed abundantly during ripening. Recombinant SlXTH5 protein acted primarily as a transglucosylase in vitro and depolymerized xyloglucan more rapidly in the presence than in the absence of xyloglucan oligosaccharides (XGOs), indicative of XET activity. Thus, there is no correlation between the XTH phylogenetic grouping and the preferential enzymic activities (XET or XEH) of the proteins in those groups. Similar analyses of SlXTH2, a Group 2 tomato XTH, and nasturtium seed TmXTH1 revealed a spectrum of modes of action, suggesting that all XTHs have the capacity to function in both modes. The biomechanical properties of plant walls were unaffected by incubation with SlXTH5, with or without XGOs, suggesting that XTHs do not represent primary cell wall-loosening agents. The possible roles of SlXTH5 in vivo are discussed.
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- Montserrat Saladié
- Department of Plant Biology, 228 Plant Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Recent studies have further confirmed the ubiquity of cell wall restructuring during plant growth and development, and have emphasized the fact that our understanding of the breadth of molecular processes that mediate wall modification is still rudimentary. In the past few years, both enzymatic and non-enzymatic agents that apparently contribute to wall disassembly have been identified, and it is likely that additional mechanisms will continue to be revealed. These discoveries are being propelled by the development of new biochemical and biophysical assays, by database mining in the wake of the explosion of plant sequence information from genome sequencing and expressed sequence tags, and by a variety of strategies used to catalog the cell wall proteome. The daunting question of how these mechanistically diverse and complex processes are coordinated remains unresolved.
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- Jocelyn K C Rose
- Department of Plant Biology, 331 Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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Catalá C, Rose JK, York WS, Albersheim P, Darvill AG, Bennett AB. Characterization of a tomato xyloglucan endotransglycosylase gene that is down-regulated by auxin in etiolated hypocotyls. Plant Physiol 2001; 127:1180-92. [PMID: 11706197 PMCID: PMC129286 DOI: 10.1104/pp.010481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2001] [Accepted: 08/13/2001] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The reorganization of the cellulose-xyloglucan matrix is proposed to serve as an important mechanism in the control of strength and extensibility of the plant primary cell wall. One of the key enzymes associated with xyloglucan metabolism is xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (XET), which catalyzes the endocleavage and religation of xyloglucan molecules. As with other plant species, XETs are encoded by a gene family in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum cv T5). In a previous study, we demonstrated that the tomato XET gene LeEXT was abundantly expressed in the rapidly expanding region of the etiolated hypocotyl and was induced to higher levels by auxin. Here, we report the identification of a new tomato XET gene, LeXET2, that shows a different spatial expression and diametrically opposite pattern of auxin regulation from LeEXT. LeXET2 was expressed more abundantly in the mature nonelongating regions of the hypocotyl, and its mRNA abundance decreased dramatically following auxin treatment of etiolated hypocotyl segments. Analysis of the effect of several plant hormones on LeXET2 expression revealed that the inhibition of LeXET2 mRNA accumulation also occurred with cytokinin treatment. LeXET2 mRNA levels increased significantly in hypocotyl segments treated with gibberellin, but this increase could be prevented by adding auxin or cytokinin to the incubation media. Recombinant LeXET2 protein obtained by heterologous expression in Pichia pastoris exhibited greater XET activity against xyloglucan from tomato than that from three other species. The opposite patterns of expression and differential auxin regulation of LeXET2 and LeEXT suggest that they encode XETs with distinct roles during plant growth and development.
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- C Catalá
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 220 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602-4712, USA.
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Catalá C, Rose JK, Bennett AB. Auxin-regulated genes encoding cell wall-modifying proteins are expressed during early tomato fruit growth. Plant Physiol 2000; 122:527-34. [PMID: 10677445 PMCID: PMC58889 DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.2.527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/1999] [Accepted: 10/22/1999] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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An expansin gene, LeExp2, was isolated from auxin-treated, etiolated tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum cv T5) hypocotyls. LeExp2 mRNA expression was restricted to the growing regions of the tomato hypocotyl and was up-regulated during incubation of hypocotyl segments with auxin. The pattern of expression of LeExp2 was also studied during tomato fruit growth, a developmental process involving rapid cell enlargement. The expression of genes encoding a xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (LeEXT1) and an endo-1, 4-beta-glucanase (Cel7), which, like LeExp2, are auxin-regulated in etiolated hypocotyls (C. Catalá, J.K.C. Rose, A.B. Bennett [1997] Plant J 12: 417-426), was also studied to examine the potential for synergistic action with expansins. LeExp2 and LeEXT1 genes were coordinately regulated, with their mRNA accumulation peaking during the stages of highest growth, while Cel7 mRNA abundance increased and remained constant during later stages of fruit growth. The expression of LeExp2, LeEXT1, and Cel7 was undetectable or negligible at the onset of and during fruit ripening, which is consistent with a specific role of these genes in regulating cell wall loosening during fruit growth, not in ripening-associated cell wall disassembly.
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- C Catalá
- Mann Laboratory, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Catalá C, Rose JK, Bennett AB. Auxin regulation and spatial localization of an endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase and a xyloglucan endotransglycosylase in expanding tomato hypocotyls. Plant J 1997; 12:417-426. [PMID: 9301092 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1997.12020417.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Xyloglucan, the primary hemicellulosic cell wall polysaccharide in dicotyledons, undergoes substantial modification during auxin-stimulated cell expansion. To identify candidates for mediating xyloglucan turnover, the expression and auxin regulation of tomato Cel7 and LeEXT, genes encoding an endo-1,4-beta-glucanase (EGase) and a xyloglucan endotransglycosylase (XET), respectively, were examined. LeEXT mRNA was present primarily in elongating regions of the hypocotyl and was induced to higher levels by hormone treatments that elicited elongation of hypocotyl segments. Cel7 mRNA abundance was very low in both elongating and mature regions of the hypocotyl but was induced to accumulate to high levels in both hypocotyl regions by auxin application. Analysis of the time dependence of expression of Cel7 and LeEXT during auxin treatment suggested that induction of these genes is not required for rapid growth responses but may participate in the cell wall changes involved in sustained cell elongation. Localization of Cel7 and LeEXT mRNA by in situ hybridization revealed that both genes are expressed in outer cell layers of the hypocotyl. In untreated etiolated seedlings, LeEXT mRNA was detected in epidermal cells of the elongating region, a tissue considered to play a key role in auxin-induced elongation. After auxin treatment, Cel7 and LeEXT mRNA showed an overlapping spatial distribution in the epidermis and outer cortical cell layers. We conclude that LeEXT and Cel7 exhibit both unique and overlapping patterns of expression and have the potential to act cooperatively in mediating cell wall disassembly associated with expansive growth.
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- C Catalá
- Mann Laboratory, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Catalá C, Ostin A, Chamarro J, Sandberg G, Crozier A. Metabolism of Indole-3-Acetic Acid by Pericarp Discs from Immature and Mature Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill). Plant Physiol 1992; 100:1457-63. [PMID: 16653145 PMCID: PMC1075806 DOI: 10.1104/pp.100.3.1457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
[1'-(14)C, (13)C(6)]Indole-3-acetic acid was infiltrated into immature pericarp discs from fruits of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., cv Moneymaker). After a 24-h incubation period the discs were extracted with methanol and the partially purified extract was analyzed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-radiocounting. Five metabolite peaks (1-5) were detected and subsequently analyzed by combined high-performance liquid chromatography-frit-fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry. The metabolite 4 fraction was found to contain [(13)C(6)]-indole-3-acetylaspartic acid, and analysis of metabolite 5 identified [(13)C(6)]indole-3-acetyl-beta-d-glucose. The other metabolites could not be identified, but alkaline hydrolysis studies and gel permeation chromatography indicated that metabolites 1 and 3 were both amide conjugates with a molecular weight of approximately 600. Studies with radiolabeled indole-3-acetic acid, indole-3-acetylaspartic acid, and indole-3-acetyl-beta-d-glucose demonstrated that in immature pericarp indole-3-acetic acid is deactivated primarily via metabolism to indole-3-acetylaspartic acid, which is further converted to metabolites 1, 2, and 3. In mature, pink pericarp discs, indole-3-acetic acid is converted more extensively to its glucosyl conjugate. Conjugation of indole-3-acetic acid to indole-3-acetylaspartic acid appears to be dependent upon protein synthesis because it is inhibited by cycloheximide. In contrast, cycloheximide has little effect on the further conversion of indole-3-acetylaspartic acid to metabolites 1, 2, and 3.
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- C Catalá
- Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Jaime Roig 11, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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