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Karas BJ, Ross L, Novero M, Amyot L, Shrestha A, Inada S, Nakano M, Sakai T, Bonetta D, Sato S, Murray JD, Bonfante P, Szczyglowski K. Intragenic complementation at the Lotus japonicus CELLULOSE SYNTHASE-LIKE D1 locus rescues root hair defects. Plant Physiol 2021; 186:2037-2050. [PMID: 34618101 PMCID: PMC8331140 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Root hair cells form the primary interface of plants with the soil environment, playing key roles in nutrient uptake and plant defense. In legumes, they are typically the first cells to become infected by nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria during root nodule symbiosis. Here, we report a role for the CELLULOSE SYNTHASE-LIKE D1 (CSLD1) gene in root hair development in the legume species Lotus japonicus. CSLD1 belongs to the cellulose synthase protein family that includes cellulose synthases and cellulose synthase-like proteins, the latter thought to be involved in the biosynthesis of hemicellulose. We describe 11 Ljcsld1 mutant alleles that impose either short (Ljcsld1-1) or variable (Ljcsld1-2 to 11) root hair length phenotypes. Examination of Ljcsld1-1 and one variable-length root hair mutant, Ljcsld1-6, revealed increased root hair cell wall thickness, which in Ljcsld1-1 was significantly more pronounced and also associated with a strong defect in root nodule symbiosis. Lotus japonicus plants heterozygous for Ljcsld1-1 exhibited intermediate root hair lengths, suggesting incomplete dominance. Intragenic complementation was observed between alleles with mutations in different CSLD1 domains, suggesting CSLD1 function is modular and that the protein may operate as a homodimer or multimer during root hair development.
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- Bogumil J Karas
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, Canada, N5V 4T3
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, Canada, N5V 4T3
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, Canada, N5V 4T3
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-nino-cho, Nishiku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, Canada, N5V 4T3
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular and Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, Canada, N5V 4T3
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
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Szczyglowski K, Ross L. Baring the roots of nodulation. Nat Plants 2021; 7:244-245. [PMID: 33686228 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-021-00886-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Krzysztof Szczyglowski
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
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Shrestha A, Zhong S, Therrien J, Huebert T, Sato S, Mun T, Andersen SU, Stougaard J, Lepage A, Niebel A, Ross L, Szczyglowski K. Lotus japonicus Nuclear Factor YA1, a nodule emergence stage-specific regulator of auxin signalling. New Phytol 2021; 229:1535-1552. [PMID: 32978812 PMCID: PMC7984406 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Organogenesis of legume root nodules begins with the nodulation factor-dependent stimulation of compatible root cells to initiate divisions, signifying an early nodule primordium formation event. This is followed by cellular differentiation, including cell expansion and vascular bundle formation, and we previously showed that Lotus japonicus NF-YA1 is essential for this process, presumably by regulating three members of the SHORT INTERNODES/STYLISH (STY) transcription factor gene family. In this study, we used combined genetics, genomics and cell biology approaches to characterize the role of STY genes during root nodule formation and to test a hypothesis that they mediate nodule development by stimulating auxin signalling. We show here that L. japonicus STYs are required for nodule emergence. This is attributed to the NF-YA1-dependent regulatory cascade, comprising STY genes and their downstream targets, YUCCA1 and YUCCA11, involved in a local auxin biosynthesis at the post-initial cell division stage. An analogous NF-YA1/STY regulatory module seems to operate in Medicago truncatula in association with the indeterminate nodule patterning. Our data define L. japonicus and M. truncatula NF-YA1 genes as important nodule emergence stage-specific regulators of auxin signalling while indicating that the inductive stage and subsequent formation of early nodule primordia are mediated through an independent mechanism(s).
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- Arina Shrestha
- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaLondon Research and Development CentreLondonONN5V 4T3Canada
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Western OntarioLondonONN6A 5BFCanada
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- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaLondon Research and Development CentreLondonONN5V 4T3Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaLondon Research and Development CentreLondonONN5V 4T3Canada
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Western OntarioLondonONN6A 5BFCanada
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- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaLondon Research and Development CentreLondonONN5V 4T3Canada
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- Graduate School of Life SciencesTohoku University2‐1‐1 KatahiraSendai980‐8577Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and GeneticsAarhus UniversityAarhusDK‐8000Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and GeneticsAarhus UniversityAarhusDK‐8000Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and GeneticsAarhus UniversityAarhusDK‐8000Denmark
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes‐Microorganismes (LIPM)Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche pour l’Agriculturel’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Castanet‐Tolosan31326France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes‐Microorganismes (LIPM)Université de Toulouse, Institut National de la Recherche pour l’Agriculturel’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Castanet‐Tolosan31326France
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- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaLondon Research and Development CentreLondonONN5V 4T3Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaLondon Research and Development CentreLondonONN5V 4T3Canada
- Department of BiologyUniversity of Western OntarioLondonONN6A 5BFCanada
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Miri M, Janakirama P, Huebert T, Ross L, McDowell T, Orosz K, Markmann K, Szczyglowski K. Inside out: root cortex-localized LHK1 cytokinin receptor limits epidermal infection of Lotus japonicus roots by Mesorhizobium loti. New Phytol 2019; 222:1523-1537. [PMID: 30636324 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
During Lotus japonicus-Mesorhizobium loti symbiosis, the LOTUS HISTIDINE KINASE1 (LHK1) cytokinin receptor regulates both the initiation of nodule formation and the scope of root infection. However, the exact spatiotemporal mechanism by which this receptor exerts its symbiotic functions has remained elusive. In this study, we performed cell type-specific complementation experiments in the hyperinfected lhk1-1 mutant background, targeting LHK1 to either the root epidermis or the root cortex. We also utilized various genetic backgrounds to characterize expression of several genes regulating symbiotic infection. We show here that expression of LHK1 in the root cortex is required and sufficient to regulate both nodule formation and epidermal infections. The LHK1-dependent signalling that restricts subsequent infection events is triggered before initial cell divisions for nodule primordium formation. We also demonstrate that AHK4, the Arabidopsis orthologue of LHK1, is able to regulate M. loti infection in L. japonicus, suggesting that an endogenous cytokinin receptor could be sufficient for engineering nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis in nonlegumes. Our data provide experimental evidence for the existence of an LHK1-dependent root cortex-to-epidermis feedback mechanism regulating rhizobial infection. This root-localized regulatory module functionally links with the systemic autoregulation of nodulation (AON) to maintain the homeostasis of symbiotic infection.
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- Mandana Miri
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5BF, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Fanshawe College, 1001 Fanshawe College Boulevard, London, ON, N5Y 5R6, Canada
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- The Center for Plant Molecular Biology, Tübingen University, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5BF, Canada
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Hossain MS, Shrestha A, Zhong S, Miri M, Austin RS, Sato S, Ross L, Huebert T, Tromas A, Torres-Jerez I, Tang Y, Udvardi M, Murray JD, Szczyglowski K. Lotus japonicus NF-YA1 Plays an Essential Role During Nodule Differentiation and Targets Members of the SHI/STY Gene Family. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2016; 29:950-964. [PMID: 27929718 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-10-16-0206-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Legume plants engage in intimate relationships with rhizobial bacteria to form nitrogen-fixing nodules, root-derived organs that accommodate the microsymbiont. Members of the Nuclear Factor Y (NF-Y) gene family, which have undergone significant expansion and functional diversification during plant evolution, are essential for this symbiotic liaison. Acting in a partially redundant manner, NF-Y proteins were shown, previously, to regulate bacterial infection, including selection of a superior rhizobial strain, and to mediate nodule structure formation. However, the exact mechanism by which these transcriptional factors exert their symbiotic functions has remained elusive. By carrying out detailed functional analyses of Lotus japonicus mutants, we demonstrate that LjNF-YA1 becomes indispensable downstream from the initial cortical cell divisions but prior to nodule differentiation, including cell enlargement and vascular bundle formation. Three affiliates of the SHORT INTERNODES/STYLISH transcription factor gene family, called STY1, STY2, and STY3, are demonstrated to be among likely direct targets of LjNF-YA1, and our results point to their involvement in nodule formation.
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- Md Shakhawat Hossain
- 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada
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- 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada
- 2 Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
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- 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada
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- 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada
- 2 Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
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- 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada
- 2 Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
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- 3 Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan; and
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- 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada
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- 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada
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- 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada
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- 4 Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.A
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- 4 Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.A
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- 4 Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.A
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- 4 Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.A
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- 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada
- 2 Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
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Miri M, Janakirama P, Held M, Ross L, Szczyglowski K. Into the Root: How Cytokinin Controls Rhizobial Infection. Trends Plant Sci 2016; 21:178-186. [PMID: 26459665 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
Leguminous plants selectively initiate primary responses to rhizobial nodulation factors (NF) that ultimately lead to symbiotic root nodule formation. Functioning downstream, cytokinin has emerged as the key endogenous plant signal for nodule differentiation, but its role in mediating rhizobial entry into the root remains obscure. Nonetheless, such a role is suggested by aberrant infection phenotypes of plant mutants with defects in cytokinin signaling. We postulate that cytokinin participates in orchestrating signaling events that promote rhizobial colonization of the root cortex and limit the extent of subsequent infection at the root epidermis, thus maintaining homeostasis of the symbiotic interaction. We further argue that cytokinin signaling must have been crucial during the evolution of plant cell predisposition for rhizobial colonization.
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- Mandana Miri
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, ONT, NV5 4T3, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ONT, N6A 5BF, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, ONT, NV5 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, ONT, NV5 4T3, Canada; Current address: Intrexon Corporation, 329 Oyster Pt. Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, ONT, NV5 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, ONT, NV5 4T3, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ONT, N6A 5BF, Canada.
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Yoon HJ, Hossain MS, Held M, Hou H, Kehl M, Tromas A, Sato S, Tabata S, Andersen SU, Stougaard J, Ross L, Szczyglowski K. Lotus japonicus SUNERGOS1 encodes a predicted subunit A of a DNA topoisomerase VI that is required for nodule differentiation and accommodation of rhizobial infection. Plant J 2014; 78:811-21. [PMID: 24661810 PMCID: PMC4282747 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 12/03/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
A symbiotic mutant of Lotus japonicus, called sunergos1-1 (suner1-1), originated from a har1-1 suppressor screen. suner1-1 supports epidermal infection by Mesorhizobium loti and initiates cell divisions for organogenesis of nodule primordia. However, these processes appear to be temporarily stalled early during symbiotic interaction, leading to a low nodule number phenotype. This defect is ephemeral and near wild-type nodule numbers are reached by suner1-1 at a later point after infection. Using an approach that combined map-based cloning and next-generation sequencing we have identified the causative mutation and show that the suner1-1 phenotype is determined by a weak recessive allele, with the corresponding wild-type SUNER1 locus encoding a predicted subunit A of a DNA topoisomerase VI. Our data suggest that at least one function of SUNER1 during symbiosis is to participate in endoreduplication, which is an essential step during normal differentiation of functional, nitrogen-fixing nodules.
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- Hwi Joong Yoon
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research CentreLondon, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western OntarioLondon, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research CentreLondon, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research CentreLondon, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western OntarioLondon, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research CentreLondon, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research CentreLondon, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western OntarioLondon, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research CentreLondon, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Kazusa DNA Research InstituteKisarazu, Chiba, 292-0812, Japan
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- Kazusa DNA Research InstituteKisarazu, Chiba, 292-0812, Japan
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- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus UniversityGustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus UniversityGustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research CentreLondon, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research CentreLondon, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western OntarioLondon, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada
- *For correspondence (e-mail )
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Held M, Hou H, Miri M, Huynh C, Ross L, Hossain MS, Sato S, Tabata S, Perry J, Wang TL, Szczyglowski K. Lotus japonicus cytokinin receptors work partially redundantly to mediate nodule formation. Plant Cell 2014; 26:678-94. [PMID: 24585837 PMCID: PMC3967033 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.119362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Previous analysis of the Lotus histidine kinase1 (Lhk1) cytokinin receptor gene has shown that it is required and also sufficient for nodule formation in Lotus japonicus. The L. japonicus mutant carrying the loss-of-function lhk1-1 allele is hyperinfected by its symbiotic partner, Mesorhizobium loti, in the initial absence of nodule organogenesis. At a later time point following bacterial infection, lhk1-1 develops a limited number of nodules, suggesting the presence of an Lhk1-independent mechanism. We have tested a hypothesis that other cytokinin receptors function in at least a partially redundant manner with LHK1 to mediate nodule organogenesis in L. japonicus. We show here that L. japonicus contains a small family of four cytokinin receptor genes, which all respond to M. loti infection. We show that within the root cortex, LHK1 performs an essential role but also works partially redundantly with LHK1A and LHK3 to mediate cell divisions for nodule primordium formation. The LHK1 receptor is also presumed to partake in mediating a feedback mechanism that negatively regulates bacterial infections at the root epidermis. Interestingly, the Arabidopsis thaliana AHK4 receptor gene can functionally replace Lhk1 in mediating nodule organogenesis, indicating that the ability to perform this developmental process is not determined by unique, legume-specific properties of LHK1.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Arabidopsis/drug effects
- Arabidopsis/growth & development
- Cytokinins/metabolism
- Cytokinins/pharmacology
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects
- Lotus/drug effects
- Lotus/genetics
- Lotus/growth & development
- Lotus/microbiology
- Mesorhizobium
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutation/genetics
- Organogenesis/drug effects
- Organogenesis/genetics
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins/chemistry
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Root Nodules, Plant/drug effects
- Root Nodules, Plant/growth & development
- Root Nodules, Plant/microbiology
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- Mark Held
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop
Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario N6A 5BF, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop
Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop
Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario N6A 5BF, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop
Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop
Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop
Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818,
Japan
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- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818,
Japan
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop
Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario N6A 5BF, Canada
- Address correspondence to
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Held M, Hou H, Miri M, Huynh C, Ross L, Hossain MS, Sato S, Tabata S, Perry J, Wang TL, Szczyglowski K. Lotus japonicus cytokinin receptors work partially redundantly to mediate nodule formation. Plant Cell 2014. [PMID: 24585837 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.119382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Previous analysis of the Lotus histidine kinase1 (Lhk1) cytokinin receptor gene has shown that it is required and also sufficient for nodule formation in Lotus japonicus. The L. japonicus mutant carrying the loss-of-function lhk1-1 allele is hyperinfected by its symbiotic partner, Mesorhizobium loti, in the initial absence of nodule organogenesis. At a later time point following bacterial infection, lhk1-1 develops a limited number of nodules, suggesting the presence of an Lhk1-independent mechanism. We have tested a hypothesis that other cytokinin receptors function in at least a partially redundant manner with LHK1 to mediate nodule organogenesis in L. japonicus. We show here that L. japonicus contains a small family of four cytokinin receptor genes, which all respond to M. loti infection. We show that within the root cortex, LHK1 performs an essential role but also works partially redundantly with LHK1A and LHK3 to mediate cell divisions for nodule primordium formation. The LHK1 receptor is also presumed to partake in mediating a feedback mechanism that negatively regulates bacterial infections at the root epidermis. Interestingly, the Arabidopsis thaliana AHK4 receptor gene can functionally replace Lhk1 in mediating nodule organogenesis, indicating that the ability to perform this developmental process is not determined by unique, legume-specific properties of LHK1.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Arabidopsis/drug effects
- Arabidopsis/growth & development
- Cytokinins/metabolism
- Cytokinins/pharmacology
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects
- Lotus/drug effects
- Lotus/genetics
- Lotus/growth & development
- Lotus/microbiology
- Mesorhizobium
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutation/genetics
- Organogenesis/drug effects
- Organogenesis/genetics
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins/chemistry
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Root Nodules, Plant/drug effects
- Root Nodules, Plant/growth & development
- Root Nodules, Plant/microbiology
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- Mark Held
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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Suzaki T, Kim CS, Takeda N, Szczyglowski K, Kawaguchi M. TRICOT encodes an AMP1-related carboxypeptidase that regulates root nodule development and shoot apical meristem maintenance in Lotus japonicus. Development 2013; 140:353-61. [PMID: 23250209 DOI: 10.1242/dev.089631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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During the course of evolution, mainly leguminous plants have acquired the ability to form de novo structures called root nodules. Recent studies on the autoregulation and hormonal controls of nodulation have identified key mechanisms and also indicated a possible link to other developmental processes, such as the formation of the shoot apical meristem (SAM). However, our understanding of nodulation is still limited by the low number of nodulation-related genes that have been identified. Here, we show that the induced mutation tricot (tco) can suppress the activity of spontaneous nodule formation 2, a gain-of-function mutation of the cytokinin receptor in Lotus japonicus. Our analyses of tco mutant plants demonstrate that TCO positively regulates rhizobial infection and nodule organogenesis. Defects in auxin regulation are also observed during nodule development in tco mutants. In addition to its role in nodulation, TCO is involved in the maintenance of the SAM. The TCO gene was isolated by a map-based cloning approach and found to encode a putative glutamate carboxypeptidase with greatest similarity to Arabidopsis ALTERED MERISTEM PROGRAM 1, which is involved in cell proliferation in the SAM. Taken together, our analyses have not only identified a novel gene for regulation of nodule organogenesis but also provide significant additional evidence for a common genetic regulatory mechanism in nodulation and SAM formation. These new data will contribute further to our understanding of the evolution and genetic basis of nodulation.
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- Takuya Suzaki
- Division of Symbiotic Systems, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.
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Liao J, Singh S, Hossain MS, Andersen SU, Ross L, Bonetta D, Zhou Y, Sato S, Tabata S, Stougaard J, Szczyglowski K, Parniske M. Negative regulation of CCaMK is essential for symbiotic infection. Plant J 2012; 72:572-84. [PMID: 22775286 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2012.05098.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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One of the earliest responses of legumes to symbiotic signalling is oscillation of the calcium concentration in the nucleoplasm of root epidermal cells. Integration and decoding of the calcium-spiking signal involve a calcium- and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CCaMK) and its phosphorylation substrates, such as CYCLOPS. Here we describe the Lotus japonicus ccamk-14 mutant that originated from a har1-1 suppressor screen. The ccamk-14 mutation causes a serine to asparagine substitution at position 337 located within the calmodulin binding site, which we determined to be an in vitro phosphorylation site in CCaMK. We show that ccamk-14 exerts cell-specific effects on symbiosis. The mutant is characterized by an increased frequency of epidermal infections and significantly compromised cortical infections by Mesorhizobium loti and also the arbuscular mycorrhiza fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. The S337 residue is conserved across angiosperm CCaMKs, and testing discrete substitutions at this site showed that it participates in a negative regulation of CCaMK activity, which is required for the cell-type-specific integration of symbiotic signalling.
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- Jinqiu Liao
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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Hossain MS, Liao J, James EK, Sato S, Tabata S, Jurkiewicz A, Madsen LH, Stougaard J, Ross L, Szczyglowski K. Lotus japonicus ARPC1 is required for rhizobial infection. Plant Physiol 2012; 160:917-28. [PMID: 22864583 PMCID: PMC3461565 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.202572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Remodeling of the plant cell cytoskeleton precedes symbiotic entry of nitrogen-fixing bacteria within the host plant roots. Here we identify a Lotus japonicus gene encoding a predicted ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN COMPONENT1 (ARPC1) as essential for rhizobial infection but not for arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis. In other organisms ARPC1 constitutes a subunit of the ARP2/3 complex, the major nucleator of Y-branched actin filaments. The L. japonicus arpc1 mutant showed a distorted trichome phenotype and was defective in epidermal infection thread formation, producing mostly empty nodules. A few partially colonized nodules that did form in arpc1 contained abnormal infections. Together with previously described L. japonicus Nck-associated protein1 and 121F-specific p53 inducible RNA mutants, which are also impaired in the accommodation of rhizobia, our data indicate that ARPC1 and, by inference a suppressor of cAMP receptor/WASP-family verpolin homologous protein-ARP2/3 pathway, must have been coopted during evolution of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis to specifically mediate bacterial entry.
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MESH Headings
- Actin Cytoskeleton/genetics
- Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism
- Actin-Related Protein 2-3 Complex/genetics
- Actin-Related Protein 2-3 Complex/metabolism
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens/genetics
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Genetic Loci
- Lotus/genetics
- Lotus/growth & development
- Lotus/metabolism
- Lotus/microbiology
- Mesorhizobium/growth & development
- Mutation
- Mycorrhizae/growth & development
- Phenotype
- Plant Epidermis/metabolism
- Plant Epidermis/microbiology
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/metabolism
- Plants, Genetically Modified/microbiology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Root Nodules, Plant/growth & development
- Root Nodules, Plant/microbiology
- Seeds/genetics
- Seeds/metabolism
- Symbiosis
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Kosuta S, Held M, Hossain MS, Morieri G, Macgillivary A, Johansen C, Antolín-Llovera M, Parniske M, Oldroyd GED, Downie AJ, Karas B, Szczyglowski K. Lotus japonicus symRK-14 uncouples the cortical and epidermal symbiotic program. Plant J 2011; 67:929-940. [PMID: 21595760 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04645.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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SYMRK is a leucine-rich-repeat (LRR)-receptor kinase that mediates intracellular symbioses of legumes with rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. It participates in signalling events that lead to epidermal calcium spiking, an early cellular response that is typically considered as central for intracellular accommodation and nodule organogenesis. Here, we describe the Lotus japonicus symRK-14 mutation that alters a conserved GDPC amino-acid sequence in the SYMRK extracellular domain. Normal infection of the epidermis by fungal or bacterial symbionts was aborted in symRK-14. Likewise, epidermal responses of symRK-14 to bacterial signalling, including calcium spiking, NIN gene expression and infection thread formation, were significantly reduced. In contrast, no major negative effects on the formation of nodule primordia and cortical infection were detected. Cumulatively, our data show that the symRK-14 mutation uncouples the epidermal and cortical symbiotic program, while indicating that the SYMRK extracellular domain participates in transduction of non-equivalent signalling events. The GDPC sequence was found to be highly conserved in LRR-receptor kinases in legumes and non-legumes, including the evolutionarily distant bryophytes. Conservation of the GDPC sequence in nearly one-fourth of LRR-receptor-like kinases in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana suggests, however, that this sequence might also play an important non-symbiotic function in this plant.
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- Sonja Kosuta
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, ON N5V4T3 Canada
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Held M, Hossain MS, Yokota K, Bonfante P, Stougaard J, Szczyglowski K. Common and not so common symbiotic entry. Trends Plant Sci 2010; 15:540-545. [PMID: 20829094 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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: 05/21/2010] [Revised: 07/26/2010] [Accepted: 08/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Great advances have been made in our understanding of the host plant's common symbiosis functions, which in legumes mediate intracellular accommodation of both nitrogen-fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) fungi. However, it has become apparent that additional plant genes are required specifically for bacterial entry inside the host root. In this opinion article, we consider Lotus japonicus nap1 and pir1 symbiotic mutants within the context of other deleterious mutations that impair an intracellular accommodation of bacteria but have no impact on the colonization of roots by AM fungi. We highlight a clear delineation of early signaling events during bacterial versus AM symbioses while suggesting a more intricate origin of the plant's ability for intracellular accommodation of bacteria.
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- Mark Held
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario NV5 4T3, Canada
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Karas B, Amyot L, Johansen C, Sato S, Tabata S, Kawaguchi M, Szczyglowski K. Conservation of lotus and Arabidopsis basic helix-loop-helix proteins reveals new players in root hair development. Plant Physiol 2009; 151:1175-85. [PMID: 19675148 PMCID: PMC2773103 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.143867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins constitute a large family of transcriptional regulators in plants. Although they have been shown to play important roles in a wide variety of developmental processes, relatively few have been functionally characterized. Here, we describe the map-based cloning of the Lotus japonicus ROOTHAIRLESS1 (LjRHL1) locus. Deleterious mutations in this locus prevent root hair development, which also aborts root hair-dependent colonization of the host root by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. We show that the LjRHL1 gene encodes a presumed bHLH transcription factor that functions in a nonredundant manner to control root hair development in L. japonicus. Homology search and cross-species complementation experiments defined three members of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) bHLH protein family, At2g24260, At4g30980, and At5g58010, as functionally equivalent to LjRHL1. Curiously, At2g24260 and At4g30980 mRNA species accumulate independently from the known positive regulators of root hair cell fate, while all three genes act in a partially redundant manner to regulate root hair development in Arabidopsis.
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Yano K, Shibata S, Chen WL, Sato S, Kaneko T, Jurkiewicz A, Sandal N, Banba M, Imaizumi-Anraku H, Kojima T, Ohtomo R, Szczyglowski K, Stougaard J, Tabata S, Hayashi M, Kouchi H, Umehara Y. CERBERUS, a novel U-box protein containing WD-40 repeats, is required for formation of the infection thread and nodule development in the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis. Plant J 2009; 60:168-80. [PMID: 19508425 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03943.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Endosymbiotic infection of legume plants by Rhizobium bacteria is initiated through infection threads (ITs) which are initiated within and penetrate from root hairs and deliver the endosymbionts into nodule cells. Despite recent progress in understanding the mutual recognition and early symbiotic signaling cascades in host legumes, the molecular mechanisms underlying bacterial infection processes and successive nodule organogenesis are still poorly understood. We isolated a novel symbiotic mutant of Lotus japonicus, cerberus, which shows defects in IT formation and nodule organogenesis. Map-based cloning of the causal gene allowed us to identify the CERBERUS gene, which encodes a novel protein containing a U-box domain and WD-40 repeats. CERBERUS expression was detected in the roots and nodules, and was enhanced after inoculation of Mesorhizobium loti. Strong expression was detected in developing nodule primordia and the infected zone of mature nodules. In cerberus mutants, Rhizobium colonized curled root hair tips, but hardly penetrated into root hair cells. The occasional ITs that were formed inside the root hair cells were mostly arrested within the epidermal cell layer. Nodule organogenesis was aborted prematurely, resulting in the formation of a large number of small bumps which contained no endosymbiotic bacteria. These phenotypic and genetic analyses, together with comparisons with other legume mutants with defects in IT formation, indicate that CERBERUS plays a critical role in the very early steps of IT formation as well as in growth and differentiation of nodules.
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- Koji Yano
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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Yokota K, Fukai E, Madsen LH, Jurkiewicz A, Rueda P, Radutoiu S, Held M, Hossain MS, Szczyglowski K, Morieri G, Oldroyd GED, Downie JA, Nielsen MW, Rusek AM, Sato S, Tabata S, James EK, Oyaizu H, Sandal N, Stougaard J. Rearrangement of actin cytoskeleton mediates invasion of Lotus japonicus roots by Mesorhizobium loti. Plant Cell 2009; 21:267-84. [PMID: 19136645 PMCID: PMC2648097 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.063693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2008] [Revised: 12/03/2008] [Accepted: 12/18/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Infection thread-dependent invasion of legume roots by rhizobia leads to internalization of bacteria into the plant cells, which is one of the salient features of root nodule symbiosis. We found that two genes, Nap1 (for Nck-associated protein 1) and Pir1 (for 121F-specific p53 inducible RNA), involved in actin rearrangements were essential for infection thread formation and colonization of Lotus japonicus roots by its natural microsymbiont, Mesorhizobium loti. nap1 and pir1 mutants developed an excess of uncolonized nodule primordia, indicating that these two genes were not essential for the initiation of nodule organogenesis per se. However, both the formation and subsequent progression of infection threads into the root cortex were significantly impaired in these mutants. We demonstrate that these infection defects were due to disturbed actin cytoskeleton organization. Short root hairs of the mutants had mostly transverse or web-like actin filaments, while bundles of actin filaments in wild-type root hairs were predominantly longitudinal. Corroborating these observations, temporal and spatial differences in actin filament organization between wild-type and mutant root hairs were also observed after Nod factor treatment, while calcium influx and spiking appeared unperturbed. Together with various effects on plant growth and seed formation, the nap1 and pir1 alleles also conferred a characteristic distorted trichome phenotype, suggesting a more general role for Nap1 and Pir1 in processes establishing cell polarity or polar growth in L. japonicus.
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- Keisuke Yokota
- Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Szczyglowski K, Stougaard J. Lotus genome: pod of gold for legume research. Trends Plant Sci 2008; 13:515-517. [PMID: 18762442 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2008] [Revised: 07/29/2008] [Accepted: 08/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Gregor Mendel's study of the common garden pea (Pisum sativum) provided the fundamentals for modern genetics and plant breeding and highlighted the utility and value of model organisms. One hundred and forty-three years later, insight into the genome structure of a model legume, Lotus japonicus, might provide the key to sustainable agriculture.
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- Krzysztof Szczyglowski
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3 Canada.
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Frugier F, Kosuta S, Murray JD, Crespi M, Szczyglowski K. Cytokinin: secret agent of symbiosis. Trends Plant Sci 2008; 13:115-20. [PMID: 18296104 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2007] [Revised: 01/11/2008] [Accepted: 01/14/2008] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The symbiotic interaction between Rhizobium bacteria and legumes leads to the induction of a new root organ: the nitrogen-fixing nodule. Recent findings have uncovered that cytokinin is instrumental in this developmental process, but they also suggest a broader role for cytokinin in mediating rhizobial infection. In this opinion article, we propose that cytokinin is the key differentiation signal for nodule organogenesis. Furthermore, we discuss a model in which cytokinin might also influence bacterial infection by controlling the expression of NIN (Nodule Inception) and other transcriptional regulators through mechanisms operating both locally and systemically.
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- Florian Frugier
- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif sur Yvette cedex, France
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Saito K, Yoshikawa M, Yano K, Miwa H, Uchida H, Asamizu E, Sato S, Tabata S, Imaizumi-Anraku H, Umehara Y, Kouchi H, Murooka Y, Szczyglowski K, Downie JA, Parniske M, Hayashi M, Kawaguchi M. NUCLEOPORIN85 is required for calcium spiking, fungal and bacterial symbioses, and seed production in Lotus japonicus. Plant Cell 2007; 19:610-24. [PMID: 17307929 PMCID: PMC1867344 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.046938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2006] [Revised: 12/04/2006] [Accepted: 01/25/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In Lotus japonicus, seven genetic loci have been identified thus far as components of a common symbiosis (Sym) pathway shared by rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. We characterized the nup85 mutants (nup85-1, -2, and -3) required for both symbioses and cloned the corresponding gene. When inoculated with Glomus intraradices, the hyphae managed to enter between epidermal cells, but they were unable to penetrate the cortical cell layer. The nup85-2 mutation conferred a weak and temperature-sensitive symbiotic phenotype, which resulted in low arbuscule formation at 22 degrees C but allowed significantly higher arbuscule formation in plant cortical cells at 18 degrees C. On the other hand, the nup85 mutants either did not form nodules or formed few nodules. When treated with Nod factor of Mesorhizobium loti, nup85 roots showed a high degree of root hair branching but failed to induce calcium spiking. In seedlings grown under uninoculated conditions supplied with nitrate, nup85 did not arrest plant growth but significantly reduced seed production. NUP85 encodes a putative nucleoporin with extensive similarity to vertebrate NUP85. Together with symbiotic nucleoporin NUP133, L. japonicus NUP85 might be part of a specific nuclear pore subcomplex that is crucial for fungal and rhizobial colonization and seed production.
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- Katsuharu Saito
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Murray JD, Karas BJ, Sato S, Tabata S, Amyot L, Szczyglowski K. A cytokinin perception mutant colonized by Rhizobium in the absence of nodule organogenesis. Science 2006; 315:101-4. [PMID: 17110535 DOI: 10.1126/science.1132514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 291] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [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: 11/02/2022]
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In legumes, Nod-factor signaling by rhizobia initiates the development of the nitrogen-fixing nodule symbiosis, but the direct cell division stimulus that brings about nodule primordia inception in the root cortex remains obscure. We showed that Lotus japonicus plants homozygous for a mutation in the HYPERINFECTED 1 (HIT1) locus exhibit abundant infection-thread formation but fail to initiate timely cortical cell divisions in response to rhizobial signaling. We demonstrated that the corresponding gene encodes a cytokinin receptor that is required for the activation of the nodule inception regulator Nin and nodule organogenesis.
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- Jeremy D Murray
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, 1391 Sandford Street, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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Murray J, Karas B, Ross L, Brachmann A, Wagg C, Geil R, Perry J, Nowakowski K, MacGillivary M, Held M, Stougaard J, Peterson L, Parniske M, Szczyglowski K. Genetic suppressors of the Lotus japonicus har1-1 hypernodulation phenotype. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2006; 19:1082-91. [PMID: 17022172 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-19-1082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Lotus japonicus har1 mutants respond to inoculation with Mesorhizobium loti by forming an excessive number of nodules due to genetic lesions in the HAR1 autoregulatory receptor kinase gene. In order to expand the repertoire of mutants available for the genetic dissection of the root nodule symbiosis (RNS), a screen for suppressors of the L. japonicus har1-1 hypernodulation phenotype was performed. Of 150,000 M2 plants analyzed, 61 stable L. japonicus double-mutant lines were isolated. In the context of the har1-1 mutation, 26 mutant lines were unable to form RNS, whereas the remaining 35 mutant lines carried more subtle symbiotic phenotypes, either forming white ineffective nodules or showing reduced nodulation capacity. When challenged with Glomus intraradices, 18 of the 61 suppressor lines were unable to establish a symbiosis with this arbuscular mycorrhiza fungus. Using a combined approach of genetic mapping, targeting induced local lesions in genomics, and sequencing, all non-nodulating mutant lines were characterized and shown to represent new alleles of at least nine independent symbiotic loci. The class of mutants with reduced nodulation capacity was of particular interest because some of them may specify novel plant functions that regulate nodule development in L. japonicus. To facilitate mapping of the latter class of mutants, an introgression line, in which the har1-1 allele was introduced into a polymorphic background of L. japonicus ecotype MG20, was constructed.
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- Jeremy Murray
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, 1391 Sandford Street, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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Murray J, Geil R, Wagg C, Karas B, Szczyglowski K, Peterson RL. Genetic supressors of Lotus japonicus har1-1 hypernodulation show altered interactions with Glomus intraradices. Funct Plant Biol 2006; 33:749-755. [PMID: 32689285 DOI: 10.1071/fp06083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 05/19/2006] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Mutant lines of Lotus japonicus (Regel) Larsen that show defects in nodulation as well as in mycorrhiza formation are valuable resources for studying the events required for the establishment of functional symbioses. In this study, 11 mutant lines derived from a screen for genetic suppressors of har1-1 hypernodulation were assessed quantitatively for their ability to form arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. The presence of extraradical mycelia, appressoria, intraradical hyphae, arbuscules and vesicles were scored. Roots of the har1-1 parental line were heavily colonised by six weeks after inoculation with the AM fungus Glomus intraradices showing the typical Arum-type colonisation pattern. Five mutants lacked internal root colonisation with blocks either at the surface of epidermal cells or at the outer tangential wall of cortical cells. These AM- lines showed some differences in relation to the amount of extraradical hyphae, the number of appressoria, and the degree of abnormal appressorium morphology. Four mutants had internal root colonisation but at a lower level than the parental line. Two mutants showed no difference from the parental line. Results of this study provide additional genetic resources for studying the mechanism of root colonisation by AM fungi.
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- Jeremy Murray
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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Sandal N, Petersen TR, Murray J, Umehara Y, Karas B, Yano K, Kumagai H, Yoshikawa M, Saito K, Hayashi M, Murakami Y, Wang X, Hakoyama T, Imaizumi-Anraku H, Sato S, Kato T, Chen W, Hossain MS, Shibata S, Wang TL, Yokota K, Larsen K, Kanamori N, Madsen E, Radutoiu S, Madsen LH, Radu TG, Krusell L, Ooki Y, Banba M, Betti M, Rispail N, Skøt L, Tuck E, Perry J, Yoshida S, Vickers K, Pike J, Mulder L, Charpentier M, Müller J, Ohtomo R, Kojima T, Ando S, Marquez AJ, Gresshoff PM, Harada K, Webb J, Hata S, Suganuma N, Kouchi H, Kawasaki S, Tabata S, Hayashi M, Parniske M, Szczyglowski K, Kawaguchi M, Stougaard J. Genetics of symbiosis in Lotus japonicus: recombinant inbred lines, comparative genetic maps, and map position of 35 symbiotic loci. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2006; 19:80-91. [PMID: 16404956 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-19-0080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Development of molecular tools for the analysis of the plant genetic contribution to rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbiosis has provided major advances in our understanding of plant-microbe interactions, and several key symbiotic genes have been identified and characterized. In order to increase the efficiency of genetic analysis in the model legume Lotus japonicus, we present here a selection of improved genetic tools. The two genetic linkage maps previously developed from an interspecific cross between L. japonicus Gifu and L. filicaulis, and an intraspecific cross between the two ecotypes L. japonicus Gifu and L. japonicus MG-20, were aligned through a set of anchor markers. Regions of linkage groups, where genetic resolution is obtained preferentially using one or the other parental combination, are highlighted. Additional genetic resolution and stabilized mapping populations were obtained in recombinant inbred lines derived by a single seed descent from the two populations. For faster mapping of new loci, a selection of reliable markers spread over the chromosome arms provides a common framework for more efficient identification of new alleles and new symbiotic loci among uncharacterized mutant lines. Combining resources from the Lotus community, map positions of a large collection of symbiotic loci are provided together with alleles and closely linked molecular markers. Altogether, this establishes a common genetic resource for Lotus spp. A web-based version will enable this resource to be curated and updated regularly.
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- Niels Sandal
- Laboratory of Gene Expression, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej, Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Kistner C, Winzer T, Pitzschke A, Mulder L, Sato S, Kaneko T, Tabata S, Sandal N, Stougaard J, Webb KJ, Szczyglowski K, Parniske M. Seven Lotus japonicus genes required for transcriptional reprogramming of the root during fungal and bacterial symbiosis. Plant Cell 2005; 17:2217-29. [PMID: 15980262 PMCID: PMC1182484 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.032714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2005] [Revised: 05/19/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A combined genetic and transcriptome analysis was performed to study the molecular basis of the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis. By testing the AM phenotype of nodulation-impaired mutants and complementation analysis, we defined seven Lotus japonicus common symbiosis genes (SYMRK, CASTOR, POLLUX, SYM3, SYM6, SYM15, and SYM24) that are required for both fungal and bacterial entry into root epidermal or cortical cells. To describe the phenotype of these mutants at the molecular level, we screened for differentiating transcriptional responses of mutant and wild-type roots by large-scale gene expression profiling using cDNA-amplified fragment length polymorphism. Two percent of root transcripts was found to increase in abundance during AM development, from which a set of AM-regulated marker genes was established. A Ser-protease (SbtS) and a Cys-protease (CysS) were also activated during root nodule development. AM-induced transcriptional activation was abolished in roots carrying mutations in common symbiosis genes, suggesting a central position of these genes in a pathway leading to the transcriptional activation of downstream genes. By contrast, AM fungus-induced gene repression appeared to be unaffected in mutant backgrounds, which indicates the presence of additional independent signaling pathways.
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Gene Expression, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Gene Expression, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB, United Kingdom
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada
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Vincill ED, Szczyglowski K, Roberts DM. GmN70 and LjN70. Anion transporters of the symbiosome membrane of nodules with a transport preference for nitrate. Plant Physiol 2005; 137:1435-44. [PMID: 15793072 PMCID: PMC1088332 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.051953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2004] [Revised: 10/11/2004] [Accepted: 10/14/2004] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A cDNA was isolated from soybean (Glycine max) nodules that encodes a putative transporter (GmN70) of the major facilitator superfamily. GmN70 is expressed predominantly in mature nitrogen-fixing root nodules. By western-blot and immunocytochemical analyses, GmN70 was localized to the symbiosome membrane of infected root nodule cells, suggesting a transport role in symbiosis. To investigate its transport function, cRNA encoding GmN70 was expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, and two-electrode voltage clamp analysis was performed. Ooctyes expressing GmN70 showed outward currents that are carried by anions with a selectivity of nitrate > nitrite > > chloride. These currents showed little sensitivity to pH or the nature of the counter cation in the oocyte bath solution. One-half maximal currents were induced by nitrate concentrations between 1 to 3 mm. No apparent transport of organic anions was observed. Voltage clamp records of an ortholog of GmN70 from Lotus japonicus (LjN70; K. Szczyglowski, P. Kapranov, D. Hamburger, F.J. de Bruijn [1998] Plant Mol Biol 37: 651-661) also showed anion currents with a similar selectivity profile. Overall, these findings suggest that GmN70 and LjN70 are inorganic anion transporters of the symbiosome membrane with enhanced preference for nitrate. These transport activities may aid in regulation of ion and membrane potential homeostasis, possibly in response to external nitrate concentrations that are known to regulate the symbiosis.
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- Eric D Vincill
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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Karas B, Murray J, Gorzelak M, Smith A, Sato S, Tabata S, Szczyglowski K. Invasion of Lotus japonicus root hairless 1 by Mesorhizobium loti involves the nodulation factor-dependent induction of root hairs. Plant Physiol 2005; 137:1331-44. [PMID: 15778455 PMCID: PMC1088324 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.057513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2004] [Revised: 01/11/2005] [Accepted: 01/17/2005] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In many legumes, including Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula, susceptible root hairs are the primary sites for the initial signal perception and physical contact between the host plant and the compatible nitrogen-fixing bacteria that leads to the initiation of root invasion and nodule organogenesis. However, diverse mechanisms of nodulation have been described in a variety of legume species that do not rely on root hairs. To clarify the significance of root hairs during the L. japonicus-Mesorhizobium loti symbiosis, we have isolated and performed a detailed analysis of four independent L. japonicus root hair developmental mutants. We show that although important for the efficient colonization of roots, the presence of wild-type root hairs is not required for the initiation of nodule primordia (NP) organogenesis and the colonization of the nodule structures. In the genetic background of the L. japonicus root hairless 1 mutant, the nodulation factor-dependent formation of NP provides the structural basis for alternative modes of invasion by M. loti. Surprisingly, one mode of root colonization involves nodulation factor-dependent induction of NP-associated cortical root hairs and epidermal root hairs, which, in turn, support bacterial invasion. In addition, entry of M. loti through cracks at the cortical surface of the NP is described. These novel mechanisms of nodule colonization by M. loti explain the fully functional, albeit significantly delayed, nodulation phenotype of the L. japonicus ROOT HAIRLESS mutant.
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- Bogumil Karas
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, Ontario, N5V 4T3, Canada
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Madsen EB, Madsen LH, Radutoiu S, Olbryt M, Rakwalska M, Szczyglowski K, Sato S, Kaneko T, Tabata S, Sandal N, Stougaard J. A receptor kinase gene of the LysM type is involved in legume perception of rhizobial signals. Nature 2003; 425:637-40. [PMID: 14534591 DOI: 10.1038/nature02045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 567] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2003] [Accepted: 09/11/2003] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Plants belonging to the legume family develop nitrogen-fixing root nodules in symbiosis with bacteria commonly known as rhizobia. The legume host encodes all of the functions necessary to build the specialized symbiotic organ, the nodule, but the process is elicited by the bacteria. Molecular communication initiates the interaction, and signals, usually flavones, secreted by the legume root induce the bacteria to produce a lipochitin-oligosaccharide signal molecule (Nod-factor), which in turn triggers the plant organogenic process. An important determinant of bacterial host specificity is the structure of the Nod-factor, suggesting that a plant receptor is involved in signal perception and signal transduction initiating the plant developmental response. Here we describe the cloning of a putative Nod-factor receptor kinase gene (NFR5) from Lotus japonicus. NFR5 is essential for Nod-factor perception and encodes an unusual transmembrane serine/threonine receptor-like kinase required for the earliest detectable plant responses to bacteria and Nod-factor. The extracellular domain of the putative receptor has three modules with similarity to LysM domains known from peptidoglycan-binding proteins and chitinases. Together with an atypical kinase domain structure this characterizes an unusual receptor-like kinase.
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- Esben Bjørn Madsen
- Laboratory of Gene Expression, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Krzysztof Szczyglowski
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, 1391 Sandford Street, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada.
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Krusell L, Madsen LH, Sato S, Aubert G, Genua A, Szczyglowski K, Duc G, Kaneko T, Tabata S, de Bruijn F, Pajuelo E, Sandal N, Stougaard J. Shoot control of root development and nodulation is mediated by a receptor-like kinase. Nature 2002; 420:422-6. [PMID: 12442170 DOI: 10.1038/nature01207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 337] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2002] [Accepted: 10/11/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In legumes, root nodule organogenesis is activated in response to morphogenic lipochitin oligosaccharides that are synthesized by bacteria, commonly known as rhizobia. Successful symbiotic interaction results in the formation of highly specialized organs called root nodules, which provide a unique environment for symbiotic nitrogen fixation. In wild-type plants the number of nodules is regulated by a signalling mechanism integrating environmental and developmental cues to arrest most rhizobial infections within the susceptible zone of the root. Furthermore, a feedback mechanism controls the temporal and spatial susceptibility to infection of the root system. This mechanism is referred to as autoregulation of nodulation, as earlier nodulation events inhibit nodulation of younger root tissues. Lotus japonicus plants homozygous for a mutation in the hypernodulation aberrant root (har1) locus escape this regulation and form an excessive number of nodules. Here we report the molecular cloning and expression analysis of the HAR1 gene and the pea orthologue, Pisum sativum, SYM29. HAR1 encodes a putative serine/threonine receptor kinase, which is required for shoot-controlled regulation of root growth, nodule number, and for nitrate sensitivity of symbiotic development.
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- Lene Krusell
- Laboratory of Gene Expression, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Stracke S, Kistner C, Yoshida S, Mulder L, Sato S, Kaneko T, Tabata S, Sandal N, Stougaard J, Szczyglowski K, Parniske M. A plant receptor-like kinase required for both bacterial and fungal symbiosis. Nature 2002; 417:959-62. [PMID: 12087405 DOI: 10.1038/nature00841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 506] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [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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Most higher plant species can enter a root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, in which plant carbon is traded for fungal phosphate. This is an ancient symbiosis, which has been detected in fossils of early land plants. In contrast, the nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbioses of plants with bacteria evolved more recently, and are phylogenetically restricted to the rosid I clade of plants. Both symbioses rely on partially overlapping genetic programmes. We have identified the molecular basis for this convergence by cloning orthologous SYMRK ('symbiosis receptor-like kinase') genes from Lotus and pea, which are required for both fungal and bacterial recognition. SYMRK is predicted to have a signal peptide, an extracellular domain comprising leucine-rich repeats, a transmembrane and an intracellular protein kinase domain. Lotus SYMRK is required for a symbiotic signal transduction pathway leading from the perception of microbial signal molecules to rapid symbiosis-related gene activation. The perception of symbiotic fungi and bacteria is mediated by at least one common signalling component, which could have been recruited during the evolution of root nodule symbioses from the already existing arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis.
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- Silke Stracke
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Kapranov P, Routt SM, Bankaitis VA, de Bruijn FJ, Szczyglowski K. Nodule-specific regulation of phosphatidylinositol transfer protein expression in Lotus japonicus. Plant Cell 2001; 13:1369-82. [PMID: 11402166 PMCID: PMC135581 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.13.6.1369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2001] [Accepted: 04/11/2001] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) modulate signal transduction pathways and membrane-trafficking functions in eukaryotes. Here, we describe the characterization of a gene family from Lotus japonicus that encodes a novel class of plant PITP-like proteins (LjPLPs) and that is regulated in an unusual nodule-specific manner. Members of this gene family were identified based on their nucleotide sequence homology with a previously described cDNA, LjNOD16, which encodes the L. japonicus late nodulin Nlj16. Nlj16 or highly related amino acid sequences are shown to constitute C-terminal domains of LjPLPs and are suggested to function as specific plasma membrane targeting modules. The expression patterns of one member of this gene family (LjPLP-IV) revealed that LjNOD16 mRNA synthesis in nodules is the result of the transcriptional activity of a nodule-specific promoter located in an intron of the LjPLP-IV gene. This intron-borne bidirectional promoter also generates nodule-specific antisense transcripts derived from the N-terminal PITP domain coding region of the LjPLP-IV gene. We propose that Nlj16 protein synthesis and LjPLP-IV antisense transcript generation are components of an elaborate mechanism designed to control LjPLP synthesis and/or functioning in nodules.
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- P Kapranov
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Wopereis J, Pajuelo E, Dazzo FB, Jiang Q, Gresshoff PM, De Bruijn FJ, Stougaard J, Szczyglowski K. Short root mutant of Lotus japonicus with a dramatically altered symbiotic phenotype. Plant J 2000; 23:97-114. [PMID: 10929105 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2000.00799.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Legume plants carefully control the extent of nodulation in response to rhizobial infection. To examine the mechanism underlying this process we conducted a detailed analysis of the Lotus japonicus hypernodulating mutants, har1-1, 2 and 3 that define a new locus, HYPERNODULATION ABERRANT ROOT FORMATION (Har1), involved in root and symbiotic development. Mutations in the Har1 locus alter root architecture by inhibiting root elongation, diminishing root diameter and stimulating lateral root initiation. At the cellular level these developmental alterations are associated with changes in the position and duration of root cell growth and result in a premature differentiation of har1-1 mutant root. No significant differences between har1-1 mutant and wild-type plants were detected with respect to root growth responses to 1-aminocyclopropane1-carboxylic acid, the immediate precursor of ethylene, and auxin; however, cytokinin in the presence of AVG (aminoetoxyvinylglycine) was found to stimulate root elongation of the har1-1 mutant but not the wild-type. After inoculation with Mesorhizobium loti, the har1 mutant lines display an unusual hypernodulation (HNR) response, characterized by unrestricted nodulation (hypernodulation), and a concomitant drastic inhibition of root and shoot growth. These observations implicate a role for the Har1 locus in both symbiotic and non-symbiotic development of L. japonicus, and suggest that regulatory processes controlling nodule organogenesis and nodule number are integrated in an overall mechanism governing root growth and development.
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- J Wopereis
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312, USA
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- J Stougaard
- Laboratory of Gene Expression, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, DK-8000 C, Denmark
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Kapranov P, Jensen TJ, Poulsen C, de Bruijn FJ, Szczyglowski K. A protein phosphatase 2C gene, LjNPP2C1, from Lotus japonicus induced during root nodule development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:1738-43. [PMID: 9990094 PMCID: PMC15579 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.4.1738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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Symbiotic interactions between legumes and compatible strains of rhizobia result in root nodule formation. This new plant organ provides the unique physiological environment required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation by the bacterial endosymbiont and assimilation of this nitrogen by the plant partner. We have isolated two related genes (LjNPP2C1 and LjPP2C2) from the model legume Lotus japonicus that encode protein phosphatase type 2C (PP2C). Expression of the LjNPP2C1 gene was found to be enhanced specifically in L. japonicus nodules, whereas the LjPP2C2 gene was expressed at a similar level in nodules and roots. A glutathione S-transferase-LjNPP2C1 fusion protein was shown to have Mg2+- or Mn2+-dependent and okadaic acid-insensitive PP2C activity in vitro. A chimeric construct containing the full-length LjNPP2C1 cDNA, under the control of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae alcohol dehydrogenase promoter, was found to be able to complement a yeast PP2C-deficient mutant (pct1Delta). The transcript level of the LjNPP2C1 gene was found to increase significantly in mature nodules, and its highest expression level occurred after leghemoglobin (lb) gene induction, a molecular marker for late developmental events in nodule organogenesis. Expression of the LjNPP2C1 gene was found to be drastically altered in specific L. japonicus lines carrying monogenic-recessive mutations in symbiosis-related loci, suggesting that the product of the LjNPP2C1 gene may function at both early and late stages of nodule development.
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- P Kapranov
- Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Szczyglowski K, Kapranov P, Hamburger D, de Bruijn FJ. The Lotus japonicus LjNOD70 nodulin gene encodes a protein with similarities to transporters. Plant Mol Biol 1998; 37:651-661. [PMID: 9687069 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006043428636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A novel nodule-specific gene, LjNOD70, associated with late stages in Lotus japonicus nodule development and/or functioning was characterized. The LjNOD70 gene is a member of a small family of closely related L. japonicus genes. Two major mRNA species corresponding to the LjNOD70 gene were identified in nodules and shown to be the result of a mechanism resembling alternative splicing. The longer, presumably unspliced, mRNA species was shown to contain a single open reading frame (ORF), encoding a polytopic hydrophobic protein, LjN70, with a predicted molecular mass of 70 kDa. The second, presumably spliced, mRNA species was shown to be less abundant in nodules. The absence of the presumptive 'intron' was found to divide the reading frame into an upstream and a downstream ORF encoding the partial N- and C-terminal regions of the LjN70 protein, respectively. The predicted amino acid sequence of nodulin LjN70 revealed structural features characteristic of transport proteins, and was found to share similarity with the oxalate/formate exchange protein of Oxalobacter formigenes. Therefore, we postulate that the L. japonicus LjNOD70 gene family encodes nodule-specific transport proteins, which may have evolved as a result of exon-intron shuffling.
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MESH Headings
- Alternative Splicing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- DNA Primers/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- DNA, Plant/isolation & purification
- Fabaceae/genetics
- Fabaceae/growth & development
- Fabaceae/metabolism
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Plant
- Introns
- Membrane Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plants, Medicinal
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Plant/genetics
- RNA, Plant/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Tissue Distribution
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- K Szczyglowski
- Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, East Lansing 48824-1312, USA
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Szczyglowski K, Hamburger D, Kapranov P, de Bruijn FJ. Construction of a Lotus japonicus late nodulin expressed sequence tag library and identification of novel nodule-specific genes. Plant Physiol 1997; 114:1335-46. [PMID: 9276951 PMCID: PMC158426 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.4.1335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A range of novel expressed sequence tags (ESTs) associated with late developmental events during nodule organogenesis in the legume Lotus japonicus were identified using mRNA differential display; 110 differentially displayed polymerase chain reaction products were cloned and analyzed. Of 88 unique cDNAs obtained, 22 shared significant homology to DNA/protein sequences in the respective databases. This group comprises, among others, a nodule-specific homolog of protein phosphatase 2C, a peptide transporter protein, and a nodule-specific form of cytochrome P450. RNA gel-blot analysis of 16 differentially displayed ESTs confirmed their nodule-specific expression pattern. The kinetics of mRNA accumulation of the majority of the ESTs analyzed were found to resemble the expression pattern observed for the L. japonicus leghemoglobin gene. These results indicate that the newly isolated molecular markers correspond to genes induced during late developmental stages of L. japonicus nodule organogenesis and provide important, novel tools for the study of nodulation.
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- K Szczyglowski
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA.
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We have isolated a Lotus japonicus cDNA corresponding to a highly abundant, late nodule-specific RNA species that encodes a polypeptide with a predicted molecular mass of 15.6 kD. The protein and its corresponding gene were designated Nlj16 and LjNOD16, respectively. LjNOD16 was found to be expressed only in the infected cells of L. japonicus nodules. Related DNA sequences could be identified in the genomes of both Glycine max and Medicago sativa. In the latter, a homologous mRNA species was detected in the nodules. Unlike LjNOD16, its alfalfa homologs appear to represent low-abundance mRNA species. However, the proteins corresponding to the LjNOD16 and its alfalfa homolog could be detected at similar levels in nodules but not in roots of both legume species. The predicted amino acid sequence analysis of nodulin Nlj16 revealed the presence of a long alpha-helical region and a positively charged C terminus. The former domain has a very high propensity to form a coiled-coil type structure, indicating that nodulin Nlj16 may interact with an as-yet-unidentified protein target(s) in the nodule-infected cells. Homology searches revealed no significant similarities to any known sequences in the databases, with the exception of two related, anonymous Arabidopsis expressed sequence tags.
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- P Kapranov
- Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, East Lansing 48824, USA
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Szczyglowski K, Potter T, Stoltzfus J, Fujimoto SY, de Bruijn FJ. Differential expression of the Sesbania rostrata leghemoglobin glb3 gene promoter in transgenic legume and non-legume plants. Plant Mol Biol 1996; 31:931-5. [PMID: 8806425 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [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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The involvement of the Sesbania rostrata glb3 gene promoter NICE (nodule-infected cell expression) element in root-enhanced expression of 5'-Srglb3-uidA-3'nos chimeric gene was investigated in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plants. The full-length wild-type Srglb3 promoter directed root meristem-enhanced expression in transgenic tobacco plants. The expression pattern of nine selected Srglb3 promoter mutations in the NICE element was examined in transgenic tobacco plants and compared with the pattern observed in nodules of transgenic Lotus corniculatus plants. The results suggest that the highly conserved motifs in the NICE element play an important role in expression in roots of non-legume plants.
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- K Szczyglowski
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1312, USA
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Goormachtig S, Valerio-Lepiniec M, Szczyglowski K, Van Montagu M, Holsters M, de Bruijn FJ. Use of differential display to identify novel Sesbania rostrata genes enhanced by Azorhizobium caulinodans infection. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 1995; 8:816-824. [PMID: 8664492 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-8-0816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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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Upon infection of the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata with Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571, nodules are formed on the roots as well as on the stems. Stem nodules appear at multiple predetermined sites consisting of dormant root primordia, which are positioned in vertical rows along the stem of the plant. We used the differential display method to isolate and characterize three cDNA clones (differential display; didi-2, didi-13, and didi-20), corresponding to genes whose expression is enhanced in the dormant root primordia after inoculation. Database searches revealed that the deduced (partial) didi-2 gene product shares significant similarity with hydroxyproline-rich cell wall proteins. The (partial) didi-13 and didi-20 products are similar to chitinases and chalcone reductases, respectively. Transcripts corresponding to the cDNA clones didi-2 and didi-13 were first detectable 1 day after inoculation. In contrast, didi-20 transcripts were found at low levels in uninfected root primordia and were enhanced significantly around 3 days after inoculation. In addition, a cDNA was isolated (didi-42) that corresponds to the previously identified leghemoglobin gene Srlb6. These studies show that differential display is a useful method for the isolation of infection-related genes.
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- S Goormachtig
- Laboratorium voor Genetica, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Plants contain most of the growth hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in conjugated forms believed to be inactive in promoting growth. The iaglu gene, which controls the first step in the biosynthesis of the IAA conjugates of Zea mays, encodes (uridine 5'-diphosphate-glucose:indol-3-ylacetyl)-beta-D-glucosyl transferase. Protein synthesized by Escherichia coli that contained cloned 1-O-beta-D-indol-3-ylacetyl-glucose complementary DNA (cDNA) was catalytically active. The predicted amino acid sequence of the cDNA was confirmed by amino-terminal sequencing of the purified enzyme. Homologous nucleotide sequences were found in all plants tested. The blockage or enhancement of iaglu expression may permit regulation of plant growth.
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- J B Szerszen
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
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Szczyglowski K, Szabados L, Fujimoto SY, Silver D, de Bruijn FJ. Site-specific mutagenesis of the nodule-infected cell expression (NICE) element and the AT-rich element ATRE-BS2* of the Sesbania rostrata leghemoglobin glb3 promoter. Plant Cell 1994; 6:317-32. [PMID: 8180496 PMCID: PMC160436 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.6.3.317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Sesbania rostrata leghemoglobin glb3 (Srglb3) promoter sequences responsible for expression in infected cells of transgenic Lotus corniculatus nodules were delimited to a 78-bp Dral-Hinfl fragment. This region, which is located between coordinates -194 to -116 relative to the start codon of the Srglb3 gene, was named the nodule-infected cell expression (NICE) element. Insertion of the NICE element into the truncated nopaline synthase promoter was found to confer a nodule-specific expression pattern on this normally root-enhanced promoter. Within the NICE element, three distinct motifs ([A]AAAGAT, TTGTCTCTT, and CACCC[T]) were identified; they are highly conserved in the promoter regions of a variety of plant (leg)hemoglobin genes. The NICE element and the adjacent AT-rich element (ATRE-BS2*) were subjected to site-directed mutagenesis. The expression patterns of nine selected Srglb3 promoter fragments carrying mutations in ATRE-BS2* and 19 with mutations in the NICE element were examined. Mutations in ATRE-BS2* had varying effects on Srglb3 promoter activity, ranging from a two- to threefold reduction to a slight stimulation of activity. Mutations in the highly conserved (A)AAAGAT motif of the NICE element reduced Srglb3 promoter activity two- to fourfold, whereas mutations in the TCTT portion of the TTGTCTCTT motif virtually abolished promoter activity, demonstrating the essential nature of these motifs for Srglb3 gene expression. An A-to-T substitution in the CACCC(T) motif of the NICE element also abolished Srglb3 promoter activity, while a C-to-T mutation at position 4 resulted in a threefold reduction of promoter strength. The latter phenotypes resemble the effect of similar mutations in the conserved CACCC motif located in the promoter region of mammalian beta-globin genes. The possible analogies between these two systems will be discussed.
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- K Szczyglowski
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1312
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Welters P, Metz B, Felix G, Palme K, Szczyglowski K, de Bruijn FJ. Interaction of a rhizobial DNA-binding protein with the promoter region of a plant leghemoglobin gene. Plant Physiol 1993; 102:1095-107. [PMID: 8278541 PMCID: PMC158894 DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.4.1095] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A nucleotide sequence was identified approximately 650 bp upstream of the Sesbania rostrata leghemoglobin gene Srglb3 start codon, which interacts specifically with a proteinaceous DNA-binding factor found in nodule extracts but not in extracts from leaves or roots. The binding site for this factor was delimited using footprinting techniques. The DNA-binding activity of this factor was found to be heat stable, dependent on divalent cations, and derived from the (infecting) Azorhizobium caulinodans bacteria or bacteroids (A. caulinodans bacterial binding factor 1, AcBBF1). A 9- to 10-kD protein was isolated from a free-living culture of A. caulinodans that co-purifies with the DNA-binding activity (A. caulinodans bacterial binding protein 1, AcBBP1) and interacts specifically with its target (S. rostrata bacterial binding site 1, SrBBS1). The amino acid sequence of the N-terminal 27 residues of AcBBP1 was determined and was found to share significant similarity (46% identity; 68% similarity) with a domain of the herpes simplex virus major DNA-binding protein infected cell protein 8 (ICP8). An insertion mutation in the SrBBS1 was found to result in a substantial reduction of the expression of a Srglb3-gus reporter gene fusion in nodules of transgenic Lotus corniculatus plants, suggesting a role for this element in Srglb3 promoter activity. Based on these results, we propose that (a) bacterial transacting factor(s) may play a role in infected cell-specific expression of the symbiotically induced plant lb genes.
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- P Welters
- Max Planck Institut fur Zuchtungsforschung, Köln, Germany
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