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Molecular Plant 2017年第10期10卷 1307-1320页

作者： Pratibha Ravindran Vivek Verma Petra Stamm Prakash P. Kumar department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science National University of Singapore Singapore 117543 Singapore present address: Department of Biosciences Durham University South Road Durham DH1 3LE UK

The DELLA protein RGA-LIKE2 （RGL2） is a key transcriptional repressor of gibberellic acid （GA） signaling that regulates seed germination. We identified GATA12, a gene encoding a GATA-type zinc finger transcription factor, as one of the downstream targets of RGL2 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our data show that freshly harvested （unstratified） seeds of GATA 12 antisense suppression lines have reduced dormancy compared with the wild-type, while ectopic expression lines show enhanced seed dormancy. We show that GATA12 expression is negatively regulated by GA, and its transcript levels decline dramatically under dormancy- breaking conditions such as dry storage and cold stratification of seeds. GATA12 promoter has several GAMYB- and DOF-associated motifs that are known to be GA- and RGL2-responsive, respectively. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay showed that a protein complex containing RGL2 can bind to GATA12 promoter and thereby regulate its expression. RGL2 lacks a DNA binding domain and requires a transcription factor to induce GATA12 expression. Our data show that this RGL2-containing protein complex includes DNA BINDING1 ZINC FINGER6 （DOF6）, which is a known negative regulator of germination in freshly harvested seeds. We further show that this novel RGL2-DOF6 complex is required for activating GATA12 expression, thus revealing a molecular mechanism to enforce primary seed dormancy.

关键词： seed germination primary dormancy DELLA RGL2 DOF6 gibberellin

Acorn size and tolerance to seed predators:the multiple roles of acorns as food for seed predators,fruit for dispersal and fuel for growth

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Integrative Zoology 2018年第3期13卷 251-266页

作者： Andrew W.BARTLOW Salvatore JAGOSTA Rachel CURTIS Xianfeng YI Michael ASTEELE department of Biology and The WIESS Institute for Environmental Science and Sustainability Wilkes UniversityWilkes BarrePennsylvaniaUSA present address:department of Biology University of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahUSA Center for Environmental Studies and department of Biology Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginiaUSA present address:department of Veterinary Integrative biosciences Texas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexasUSA College of Life Sciences Jiangxi Normal UniversityNanchangJiangxiChina.

Fitness of parents and offspring is affected by offspring size.In oaks(Quercus spp.),acorns vary considerably in size across,and within,species.Seed size influences dispersal and establishment of oaks,but it is not known whether size imparts tolerance to seed predators.Here,we examine the relative extent to which cotyledon size serves as both a means for sustaining partial consumption and energy reserves for developing seedlings during early stages of establishment.Acorns of 6 oak species were damaged to simulate acorn predation by vertebrate and invertebrate seed predators.Seedling germination/emergence and growth rates were used to assess seedling performance.We predicted that if cotyledons are important for dispersal,acorns should show tolerance to partial seed consumption.Alternatively,if the cotyledon functions primarily as an energy reserve,damage should significantly influence seedling performance.Acorns of each species germinated and produced seedlings even after removing>50%of the cotyledon.Seed mass explained only some of the variation in performance.Within species,larger acorns performed better than smaller acorns when damaged.Undamaged acorns performed as well or better than damaged acorns.There was no pattern among individual species with increasing amounts of damage.In some species,simulated invertebrate damage resulted in the poorest performance,suggesting alternative strategies of oaks to sustain damage.Large cotyledons in acorns may be important for attracting seed dispersers and sustaining partial damage,while also providing energy to young seedlings.Success of oak establishment may follow from the resilience of acorns to sustain damage at an early stage.

关键词： acorns damage tolerance dispersal Quercus seed size

An Epigenetic Role for Disrupted Paternal Gene Expression in Postzygotic Seed Abortion in Arabidopsis Interspecific Hybrids

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Molecular Plant 2015年第12期8卷 1766-1775页

作者： Ryan C. Kirkbride Helen Hong Yu Gyoungju Nah Changqing Zhang Xiaoli Shi Z. Jeffrey Chen department of Molecular biosciences Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology The University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712 USA These authors contributed equally to this article. present address: department of Plant Science Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences Seoul National University Seou1151-921 South Korea present address: Plants for Human Health Institute North Carolina State University 600 Laureate Way Kannapolis NC 28081 USA present address: Institute of Theoretical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences PO Box 2735 Beijing 100080 China

Interspecific hybrids often increase the levels of heterozygosity and hybrid vigor, but some interspecific hybrid seeds are aborted shortly after fertilization. The mechanism behind this postzygotic seed abortion is poorly understood. Here, we report genome-wide analysis of allelic expression changes in developing siliques and seeds in three F1 interspecific crosses between Arabidopsis thaliana （Col, Ler, or C24） and Arabidopsis arenosa. The majority of maternally expressed genes （MEGs） were shared among all three F1 interspecific crosses, whereas ~90% of 272 paternally expressed genes （PEGs） were found only in one or two F1 crosses, suggesting a role for disrupted paternal gene expression in seed abortion that varies in different crosses. Consistent with this notion, 12 PEGs in the infertile interspecific hybrids matched MEGs in fertile intraspecific hybrids. This disruption of PEGs in the interspecific hybrids was consistent with the upregulation of the genes in the paternal-excess interploidy cross （2X6） between a diploid mother and a hexaploid father, leading to the seed abortion. Moreover, a subset of PEGs in the interspecific crosses were also upregulated in the intraspecific hybrid metlXWT or meaXWT, in which the mutant of MET1 （DNA METHYL TRANSFERASE1） or MEDEA, a Polycomb Repressive Complex2 gene, was used as the maternal parent. These data suggest that maternal epigenetic factors and paternal gene expression play important roles in the postzygotic seed abortion in interspecific hybrids or neo-allopolyploids.

关键词： epigenetics imprinting paternal gene expression polyploidy hybrid incompatibility seeddevelopment

Arsenite provides a selective signal that coordinates arsenate uptake and detoxification through the regulation of PHR1 stability in Arabidopsis

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Molecular Plant 2021年第9期14卷 1489-1507页

作者： Cristina Navarro Cristian Mateo-Elizalde Thotegowdanapalya C.Mohan Eduardo Sanchez-Bermejo Oscar Urrutia Maria Nieves Fernandez-Muniz Jose M.Garcia-Mina Riansares Munoz Javier Paz-Ares Gabriel Castrillo Antonio Leyva department of Plant Molecular Genetics Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMadrid 28049Spain department of Environmental Biology Sciences SchoolUniversity of NavarraPamplona 31008Spain department of Analytical Chemistry School of Chemical SciencesUniversidad Complutense de MadridMadrid 28040Spain present address:department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Faculty of Life SciencesJSS Academy of Higher Education and ResearchMysuruKarnataka 570015India present address:S&A Fresh Produce.Brook Farm MardenHereford HR13ETUK Future Food Beacon of Excellence&School of biosciences University of NottinghamNottingham LE125RDUK

In nature,plants acquire nutrients from soils to sustain growth,and at the same time,they need to avoid the uptake of toxic compounds and/or possess tolerance systems to cope with them.This is particularly challenging when the toxic compound and the nutrient are chemically similar,as in the case of phosphate and arsenate.In this study,we demonstrated that regulatory elements of the phosphate starvation response(PSR)coordinate the arsenate detoxification machinery in the cell.We showed that arsenate repression of the phosphate transporter PHT1;1 is associated with the degradation of the PSR master regulator PHR1.Once arsenic is sequestered into the vacuole,PHR1 stability is restored and PHT1;1 expression is recovered.Furthermore,we identified an arsenite responsive SKP1-like protein and a PHR1 interactor F-box(PHIF1)as constituents of the SCF complex responsible for PHR1 degradation.We found that arsenite,the form to which arsenate is reduced for compartmentalization in vacuoles,represses PHT1;1 expression,providing a highly selective signal versus phosphate to control PHT1;1 expression in response to arsenate.Collectively,our results provide molecular insights into a sensing mechanism that regulates arsenate/phosphate uptake depending on the plant’s detoxification capacity.

关键词： arsenic signaling F-box protein arsenate uptake arsenic detoxification phosphate starvation phytoremediation

RIP1 （ROP Interactive Partner 1）/ICR1 Marks Pollen Germination Sites and May Act in the ROP1 Pathway in the Control of Polarized Pollen Growth

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Molecular Plant 2008年第6期1卷 1021-1035页

作者： Shundai Li Ying Gu An Yan Elizabeth Lord Zhen-Biao Yang Center for Plant Cell Biology Institute of Integrative Genome Biology and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences University of California Riverside CA92521 USA present address: Energy biosciences Institute University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA

Rho family small GTPases are universal signaling switches in the control of cell polarity in eukaryotic cells. Their polar distribution to the cell cortex is critical for the execution of their functions, yet the mechanism for this distribution is poorly understood. Using a yeast two-hybrid method, we identified RIP1 （ROP interactive partner 1）, which belongs to a family of five members of novel proteins that share a C-terminal region that interacts with ROP. When expressed in Arabidopsis pollen, green fluorescence protein GFP-tagged RIP1 was localized to the nucleus of mature pollen. When pollen grains were hydrated in germination medium, GFP-RIP1 switched from the nucleus to the cell cortex at the future pollen germination site and was maintained in the apical cortex of germinating pollen and growing pollen tubes. RIP1 was found to interact with ROP1 in pollen tubes, and the cortical RIP1 localization was influenced by the activity of ROP1. Overexpression of RIP1 induced growth depolarization in pollen tubes, a phenotype similar to that induced by ROP1 overexpression. Interestingly, RIP1 overexpression enhanced GFP-ROP1 recruitment to the plasma membrane （PM） of pollen tubes. Based on these observations, we hypothesize that RIP1 is involved in the positive feedback regulation of ROP1 localization to the PM, leading to the establishment of a polar site for pollen germination and pollen tube growth.

关键词： Pollen Tube Retinopathy of Prematurity RIPK1 gene FEEDBACK REGULATION Nucleus Pollen pollen germination Two-Hybrid System Techniques Cell Polarity

β-defensins and the epididymis： contrasting influences of prenatal, postnatal, and adult scenarios

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Asian Journal of Andrology 2016年第2期18卷 323-328,J0008页

作者： Camilla M Ribeiro Erick JR Silva Barry T Hinton Maria Christina W Avellar Section of Experime.ntaI.Endocrinology Department of Pharmacology Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina Sao Paulo Brazil department of Cell Biology University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville Virginia USA present address: department of Pharmacology Institute Of Biosciences of BotucatuUniversidade Estadual Paulista 'Julio de Mesquita Filho' Botucatu Sao Paulo 186).8-970 Brazil.

β-defensins are components of host defense, with antimicrobial and pleiotropic immuno-modulatory properties. Research over the last 15 years has demonstrated abundant expression of a variety of β-defensins in the postnatal epididymis of different species. A gradient of region- and cell-specific expression of these proteins is observed in the epithelium of the postnatal epididymis. Their secretion into the luminal fluid and binding to spermatozoa as they travel along the epididymis has suggested their involvement in reproduction-specific tasks. Therefore, continuous attention has been given to various β-defensins for their role in sperm function and fertility. Although β-defensins are largely dependent on androgens, the underlying mechanisms regulating their expression and function in the epididymis are not well understood. Recent investigation has pointed out to a new and interesting scenario where β-defensins emerge with a different expression pattern in the Wolffian duct, the embryonic precursor of the epididymis, as opposed to the adult epididymis, thereby redefining the concept concerning the multifunctional roles of β-defensins in the developing epididymis. In this review, we summarize some current views of β-defensins in the epididymis highlighting our most recent data and speculations on their role in the developing epididymis during the prenatal-to-postnatal transition, bringing attention to the many unanswered questions in this research area that may contribute to a better understanding of epididymal biology and male fertility.

关键词： androgens embryogenesis epididymis organogenesis β-defensins

Dissecting Abscisic Acid Signaling Pathways Involved in Cuticle Formation

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Molecular Plant 2016年第6期9卷 926-938页

作者： Fuqiang Cui Mikael Brosche Mikko T. Lehtonen Ali Amiryousefi Enjun Xu Matleena Punkkinen Jari P.T. Valkonen Hiroaki Fujii Kirk Overmyer Division of Plant Biology Viikki Plant Science Centre Department of Biosciences University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland department of Agricultural Sciences University of Helsinki PO Box 27 00014 Helsinki Finland department of Biochemistry Molecular Plant Biology University of Turku Turku 20014 Finland Institute of Technology University of Tartu Nooruse 1 Tartu 50411 Estonia present address: Institute of Botany The Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China

The cuticle is the outer physical barrier of aerial plant surfaces and an important interaction point between plants and the environment. Many environmental stresses affect cuticle formation, yet the regulatory pathways involved remain undefined. We used a genetics and gene expression analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana to define an abscisic acid （ABA） signaling loop that positively regulates cuticle formation via the core ABA signaling pathway, including the PYR/PYL receptors, PP2C phosphatase, and SNF1-Related Protein Kinase （SnRK） 2.21SnRK2.3/SnRK2.6. Downstream of the SnRK2 kinases, cuticle formation was not regulated by the ABA-responsive element-binding transcription factors but rather by DEWAX, MYB16, MYB94, and MYB96. Additionally, low air humidity increased cuticle formation independent of the core ABA pathway and cell death/reactive oxygen species signaling attenuated expression of cuticle-biosynthesis genes. In Physcornitrella patens, exogenous ABA suppressed expression of cuticle- related genes, whose Arabidopsis orthologs were ABA-induced. Hence, the mechanisms regulating cuticle formation are conserved but sophisticated in land plants. Signaling specifically related to cuticle deficiency was identified to play a major role in the adaptation of ABA signaling pathway mutants to increased humidity and in modulating their immunity to Botrytis cinerea in Arabidopsis. These results define a cuticle-specific downstream branch in the ABA signaling pathway that regulates responses to the external environment.

关键词： cuticle abscisic acid Arabidopsis Physcomitrella Botrytis land plants

Structural Flexibility Enables Alternative Maturation, ARGONAUTE Sorting and Activities of miR168, a Global Gene Silencing Regulator in Plants

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Molecular Plant 2018年第8期11卷 1008-1023页

作者： Taichiro Iki Antoine Cléry Nicolas G. Bologna Alexis Sarazin Christopher A. Brosnan Nathan Pumplin Frédéric H.T. Allain Olivier Voinnet department of Biology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Universit&tstrasse 2 ZUrich 8092 Switzerland Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics Department of Biology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich Switzerland Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy Platform ETH Zürich Switzerland present address: Laboratory of Germline Biology Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences Osaka University 1-3 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka Japan

In eukaryotes, the RNase-Ⅲ Dicer often produces length/sequence microRNA （miRNA） variants, called ＂isomiRs＂, owing to intrinsic structural/sequence determinants of the miRNA precursors （pre-miRNAs）. In this study, we combined biophysics, genetics and biochemistry approaches to study Arabidopsis miR168, the key feedback regulator of central plant silencing effector protein ARGONAUTE1 （AGO1）. We identified a motif conserved among plant premiR168 orthologs, which enables flexible internal basepairing underlying at least three metastable structural configurations. These configurations promote alternative, accurate Dicer cleavage events generating length and structural isomiR168 variants with distinctive AGO sorting properties and modes of action. Among these isomiR168s, a duplex with a 22-nt guide strand exhibits strikingly preferential affinity for AGO10, the closest AGO1 paralog. The 22-nt miR168-AGO10 complex antagonizes AGO1 accumulation in part via ＂transitive RNAi＂, a silencing-amplification process, to maintain appropriate AGO1 cellular homeostasis. Furthermore, we found that the tombusviral P19 silencing-suppressor protein displays markedly weaker affinity for the 22-nt form among its isomiR168 cargoes, thereby promoting AGO10-directed suppression of AGOl-mediated antiviral silencing. Taken together, these findings indicate that structural flexibility, a previously overlooked property of premiRNAs, considerably increases the versatility and regulatory potential of individual MIRNA genes, and that some pathogens might have evolved the capacity or mechanisms to usurp this property.

关键词： microRNA miR168 Dicer ARGONAUTE tombusvirus P19

Draft Genome Sequence of Mentha Iongifolia and Development of Resources for Mint Cultivar Improvement

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Molecular Plant 2017年第2期10卷 323-339页

作者： Kelly J. Vining Sean R. Johnson Amirhossein Ahkami Iris Lange Amber N. Parrish Susan C. Trapp Rodney B. Croteau Shannon C.K. Straub Iovanna Pandelova B. Markus Lange department of Horticulture Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331 USA M. J. Murdock Metabolomics Laboratory Institute of Biological Chemistry Washington State University Pullman WA 99164-6340 USA department of Biology Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva NY 14456 USA present address: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) Richiand WA 99354 USA present address: Medifluidics Inc. Fort Collins. CO 80525 USA

The genus Mentha encompasses mint species cultivated for their essential oils, which are formulated into a vast array of consumer products. Desirable oil characteristics and resistance to the fungal disease Verti- cillium wilt are top priorities for the mint industry. However, cultivated mints have complex polyploid ge- homes and are sterile. Breeding efforts, therefore, require the development of genomic resources for fertile mint species. Here, we present draft de novo genome and plastome assemblies for a wilt-resistant South African accession of Mentha Iongifolia （L.） Huds., a diploid species ancestral to cultivated peppermint and spearmint. The 353 Mb genome contains 35 597 predicted protein-coding genes, including 292 disease resistance gene homologs, and nine genes determining essential oil characteristics. A genetic linkage map ordered 1397 genome scaffolds on 12 pseudochromosomes. More than two million simple sequence repeats were identified, which will facilitate molecular marker development. The M. Iongifolia genome is a valuable resource for both metabolic engineering and molecular breeding. This is exemplified by employing the genome sequence to clone and functionally characterize the promoters in a peppermint cultivar, and demonstrating the utility of a glandular trichome-specific promoter to increase expression of a biosynthetic gene, thereby modulating essential oil composition.

关键词： aromatic plant essential oil genome mint Verticillium wilt

NADPH oxidase family proteins:signaling dynamics to disease management

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Cellular & Molecular Immunology 2022年第6期19卷 660-686页

作者： Rizwana Begum Shilpa Thota Abubakar Abdulkadir Gagandeep Kaur Prathyusha Bagam Sanjay Batra present address:department of Environmental Medicine University of RochesterSchool of Medicine and DentistryRochesterNY14642USA Laboratory of Pulmonary Immunotoxicology Department of Environmental ToxicologySouthern University and A&M CollegeBaton RougeLA70813USA present address:Division of Systems Biology National Center for Toxicological ResearchJeffersonAR72079USA

Reactive oxygen species(ROS)are pervasive signaling molecules in biological systems.In humans,a lack of ROS causes chronic and extreme bacterial infections,while uncontrolled release of these factors causes pathologies due to excessive inflammation.Professional phagocytes such as neutrophils(PMNs),eosinophils,monocytes,and macrophages use superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase(NOX)as part of their arsenal of antimicrobial mechanisms to produce high levels of ROS.NOX is a multisubunit enzyme complex composed of five essential subunits,two of which are localized in the membrane,while three are localized in the cytosol.In resting phagocytes,the oxidase complex is unassembled and inactive;however,it becomes activated after cytosolic components translocate to the membrane and are assembled into a functional oxidase.The NOX isoforms play a variety of roles in cellular differentiation,development,proliferation,apoptosis,cytoskeletal control,migration,and contraction.Recent studies have identified NOX as a major contributor to disease pathologies,resulting in a shift in focus on inhibiting the formation of potentially harmful free radicals.Therefore,a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms and the transduction pathways involved in NOX-mediated signaling is essential for the development of new therapeutic agents that minimize the hyperproduction of ROS.The current review provides a thorough overview of the various NOX enzymes and their roles in disease pathophysiology,highlights pharmacological strategies,and discusses the importance of computational modeling for future NOX-related studies.

关键词： NADPH oxidase Reactive oxygen species Inflammation Inhibitors In silico