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Khan I, Sohail, Zaman S, Li G, Fu M. Adaptive responses of plants to light stress: mechanisms of photoprotection and acclimation. A review. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2025; 16:1550125. [PMID: 40225024 PMCID: PMC11986725 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1550125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2025] [Indexed: 04/15/2025]
Abstract
Plants depend on solar energy for growth via oxygenic photosynthesis. However, when light levels exceed the optimal range for photosynthesis, it causes abiotic stress and harms plant physiology. In response to excessive light, plants activate a series of signaling pathways starting from the chloroplast and affecting the entire plant, leading to stress-specific physiological changes. These signals prompt various physiological and biochemical adjustments aimed at counteracting the negative impacts of high light intensity, including photodamage and photoinhibition. Mechanisms to protect against light stress involve scavenging of chloroplastic reactive oxygen species (ROS), adjustments in chloroplast and stomatal positioning, and increased anthocyanin production to safeguard the photosynthetic machinery. Given that this machinery is a primary target for stress-induced damage, plants have evolved acclimation strategies like dissipating thermal energy via non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), repairing Photosystem II (PSII), and regulating the transcription of photosynthetic proteins. Fluctuating light presents a less severe but consistent stress, which has not been extensively studied. Nevertheless, current research indicates that state transitions and cyclic electron flow play crucial roles in helping plants adapt to varying light conditions. This review encapsulates the latest understanding of plant physiological and biochemical responses to both high light and low light stress.
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- Imran Khan
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Botany, University of Malakand KPK, Chakdara, Pakistan
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Kong SG, Yamazaki Y, Shimada A, Kijima ST, Hirose K, Katoh K, Ahn J, Song HG, Han JW, Higa T, Takano A, Nakamura Y, Suetsugu N, Kohda D, Uyeda TQP, Wada M. CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING 1 is a plant-specific actin polymerization factor regulating chloroplast movement. THE PLANT CELL 2024; 36:1159-1181. [PMID: 38134410 PMCID: PMC10980345 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Plants have unique responses to fluctuating light conditions. One such response involves chloroplast photorelocation movement, which optimizes photosynthesis under weak light by the accumulation of chloroplasts along the periclinal side of the cell, which prevents photodamage under strong light by avoiding chloroplast positioning toward the anticlinal side of the cell. This light-responsive chloroplast movement relies on the reorganization of chloroplast actin (cp-actin) filaments. Previous studies have suggested that CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING 1 (CHUP1) is essential for chloroplast photorelocation movement as a regulator of cp-actin filaments. In this study, we conducted comprehensive analyses to understand CHUP1 function. Functional, fluorescently tagged CHUP1 colocalized with and was coordinately reorganized with cp-actin filaments on the chloroplast outer envelope during chloroplast movement in Arabidopsis thaliana. CHUP1 distribution was reversibly regulated in a blue light- and phototropin-dependent manner. X-ray crystallography revealed that the CHUP1-C-terminal domain shares structural homology with the formin homology 2 (FH2) domain, despite lacking sequence similarity. Furthermore, the CHUP1-C-terminal domain promoted actin polymerization in the presence of profilin in vitro. Taken together, our findings indicate that CHUP1 is a plant-specific actin polymerization factor that has convergently evolved to assemble cp-actin filaments and enables chloroplast photorelocation movement.
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- Sam-Geun Kong
- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, Chungnam 32588, Korea
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Division of Structural Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, Chungnam 32588, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, Chungnam 32588, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, Chungnam 32588, Korea
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Structural Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Division of Structural Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- Division of Structural Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki 305-8562, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
- Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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Yuan N, Mendu L, Ghose K, Witte CS, Frugoli J, Mendu V. FKF1 Interacts with CHUP1 and Regulates Chloroplast Movement in Arabidopsis. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:542. [PMID: 36771626 PMCID: PMC9920714 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Plants have mechanisms to relocate chloroplasts based on light intensities in order to maximize photosynthesis and reduce photodamage. Under low light, chloroplasts move to the periclinal walls to increase photosynthesis (accumulation) and move to the anticlinal walls under high light to avoid photodamage, and even cell death (avoidance). Arabidopsis blue light receptors phot1 and phot2 (phototropins) have been reported to regulate chloroplast movement. This study discovered that another blue light receptor, FLAVIN-BINDING KELCH REPEAT F-BOX1 (FKF1), regulates chloroplast photorelocation by physically interacting with chloroplast unusual positioning protein 1 (CHUP1), a critical component of the chloroplast motility system. Leaf cross-sectioning and red-light transmittance results showed that overexpression of FKF1 compromised the avoidance response, while the absence of FKF1 enhanced chloroplast movements under high light. Western blot analysis showed that CHUP1 protein abundance is altered in FKF1 mutants and overexpression lines, indicating a potential regulation of CHUP1 by FKF1. qPCR results showed that two photorelocation pathway genes, JAC1 and THRUMIN1, were upregulated in FKF1-OE lines, and overexpression of FKF1 in the THRUMIN1 mutant weakened its accumulation and avoidance responses, indicating that JAC1 and THRUMIN1 may play a role in the FKF1-mediated chloroplast avoidance response. However, the precise functional roles of JAC1 and THRUMIN1 in this process are not known.
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- Ning Yuan
- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
- Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
- Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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Wada M. Light-dependent spatiotemporal control of plant cell development and organelle movement in fern gametophytes. Microscopy (Oxf) 2019; 68:13-36. [PMID: 30576547 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfy143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The haploid gametophyte generation of ferns is an excellent experimental material for cell biology studies because of its simple structure and high sensitivity to light. Each step of the developmental process, such as cell growth, cell cycle and the direction of cell division, is controlled, step by step, by light, unlike what happens in complex seed plant tissues. To perform analyses at the cell or organelle level, we have developed special tools, instruments and techniques, such as a cuvette suitable for repeated centrifugation in particular directions, microbeam irradiators for partial cell irradiation and single-cell ligation technique to create enucleated cells. Some of our main discoveries are as follows: (1) changes in the intracellular position of the nucleus in long protonemal cells by centrifugation revealed that the nuclear position or a factor(s) that is/are co-centrifuged with the nucleus is important for the decision regarding the place of the formation of preprophase bands and the timing of their disappearance, which determines the position where the new cell wall attaches to the mother cell wall; (2) even within a single cell, various phenomena could be induced by blue or red light, with the localization of the blue or red light receptors being different depending on the phenomenon; (3) de novo mRNA synthesis is not involved in the signal transduction pathways underlying light-induced chloroplast movements. In this review article, various microscopic techniques, in addition to the results of physiology studies in fern gametophytes, are described.
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- Masamitsu Wada
- Department of Biological science, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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Plants are sessile and require diverse strategies to adapt to fluctuations in the surrounding light conditions. Consequently, the photorelocation movement of chloroplasts is essential to prevent damages that are induced by intense light (avoidance response) and to ensure efficient photosynthetic activities under weak light conditions (accumulation response). The mechanisms that underlie chloroplast movements have been revealed through analysis of the behavior of individual chloroplasts and it has been found that these organelles can move in any direction without turning. This implies that any part of the chloroplast periphery can function as the leading or trailing edge during movement. This ability is mediated by a special structure, which consists of short actin filaments that are polymerized at the leading edge of moving chloroplasts and are specifically localized in the space between the chloroplast and the plasma membrane, and is called chloroplast-actin. In addition, several of the genes that encode proteins that are involved in chloroplast-actin polymerization or maintenance have been identified. In this Review, we discuss the mechanisms that regulate chloroplast movements through polymerization of the chloroplast-actin and propose a model for actin-driven chloroplast photorelocation movement.
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- Masamitsu Wada
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudaehak-ro Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do 32588, Republic of Korea
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Suetsugu N, Higa T, Wada M. Ferns, mosses and liverworts as model systems for light-mediated chloroplast movements. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:2447-2456. [PMID: 27859339 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Light-induced chloroplast movement is found in most plant species, including algae and land plants. In land plants with multiple small chloroplasts, under weak light conditions, the chloroplasts move towards the light and accumulate on the periclinal cell walls to efficiently perceive light for photosynthesis (the accumulation response). Under strong light conditions, chloroplasts escape from light to avoid photodamage (the avoidance response). In most plant species, blue light induces chloroplast movement, and phototropin receptor kinases are the blue light receptors. Molecular mechanisms for photoreceptors, signal transduction and chloroplast motility systems are being studied using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. However, to further understand the molecular mechanisms and evolutionary history of chloroplast movement in green plants, analyses using other plant systems are required. Here, we review recent works on chloroplast movement in green algae, liverwort, mosses and ferns that provide new insights on chloroplast movement.
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- Noriyuki Suetsugu
- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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Kong SG, Wada M. Molecular basis of chloroplast photorelocation movement. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2016; 129:159-66. [PMID: 26794773 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-016-0788-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Chloroplast photorelocation movement is an essential physiological response for sessile plant survival and the optimization of photosynthetic ability. Simple but effective experiments on the physiological, cell biological and molecular genetic aspects have been widely used to investigate the signaling components of chloroplast photorelocation movement in Arabidopsis for the past few decades. Although recent knowledge on chloroplast photorelocation movement has led us to a deeper understanding of its physiological and molecular basis, the biochemical roles of the downstream factors remain largely unknown. In this review, we briefly summarize recent advances regarding chloroplast photorelocation movement and propose that a new high-resolution approach is necessary to investigate the molecular mechanism underlying actin-based chloroplast photorelocation movement.
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- Sam-Geun Kong
- Division of Structural Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
- Research Center for Live-Protein Dynamics, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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WADA M. Chloroplast and nuclear photorelocation movements. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2016; 92:387-411. [PMID: 27840388 PMCID: PMC5328789 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.92.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Chloroplasts move toward weak light to increase photosynthetic efficiency, and migrate away from strong light to protect chloroplasts from photodamage and eventual cell death. These chloroplast behaviors were first observed more than 100 years ago, but the underlying mechanism has only recently been identified. Ideal plant materials, such as fern gametophytes for photobiological and cell biological approaches, and Arabidopsis thaliana for genetic analyses, have been used along with sophisticated methods, such as partial cell irradiation and time-lapse video recording under infrared light to study chloroplast movement. These studies have revealed precise chloroplast behavior, and identified photoreceptors, other relevant protein components, and novel actin filament structures required for chloroplast movement. In this review, our findings regarding chloroplast and nuclear movements are described.
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- Masamitsu WADA
- Department Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiosawa, Tokyo, Japan
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Ho QT, Berghuijs HNC, Watté R, Verboven P, Herremans E, Yin X, Retta MA, Aernouts B, Saeys W, Helfen L, Farquhar GD, Struik PC, Nicolaï BM. Three-dimensional microscale modelling of CO2 transport and light propagation in tomato leaves enlightens photosynthesis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:50-61. [PMID: 26082079 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Revised: 05/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present a combined three-dimensional (3-D) model of light propagation, CO2 diffusion and photosynthesis in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) leaves. The model incorporates a geometrical representation of the actual leaf microstructure that we obtained with synchrotron radiation X-ray laminography, and was evaluated using measurements of gas exchange and leaf optical properties. The combination of the 3-D microstructure of leaf tissue and chloroplast movement induced by changes in light intensity affects the simulated CO2 transport within the leaf. The model predicts extensive reassimilation of CO2 produced by respiration and photorespiration. Simulations also suggest that carbonic anhydrase could enhance photosynthesis at low CO2 levels but had little impact on photosynthesis at high CO2 levels. The model confirms that scaling of photosynthetic capacity with absorbed light would improve efficiency of CO2 fixation in the leaf, especially at low light intensity.
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- Quang Tri Ho
- Flanders Center of Postharvest Technology/BIOSYST-MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Flanders Center of Postharvest Technology/BIOSYST-MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- BioSolar Cells, P.O. Box 98, 6700 AB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Flanders Center of Postharvest Technology/BIOSYST-MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Flanders Center of Postharvest Technology/BIOSYST-MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Flanders Center of Postharvest Technology/BIOSYST-MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- BioSolar Cells, P.O. Box 98, 6700 AB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Flanders Center of Postharvest Technology/BIOSYST-MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Flanders Center of Postharvest Technology/BIOSYST-MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Flanders Center of Postharvest Technology/BIOSYST-MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Application of Synchrotron Radiation/ANKA, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, CS40220, F-38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- BioSolar Cells, P.O. Box 98, 6700 AB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Flanders Center of Postharvest Technology/BIOSYST-MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Chloroplast Movement in Higher Plants, Ferns and Bryophytes: A Comparative Point of View. ADVANCES IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6988-5_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Recent advances in understanding the molecular mechanism of chloroplast photorelocation movement. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2013; 1837:522-30. [PMID: 24333784 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Plants are photosynthetic organisms that have evolved unique systems to adapt fluctuating environmental light conditions. In addition to well-known movement responses such as phototropism, stomatal opening, and nastic leaf movements, chloroplast photorelocation movement is one of the essential cellular responses to optimize photosynthetic ability and avoid photodamage. For these adaptations, chloroplasts accumulate at the areas of cells illuminated with low light (called accumulation response), while they scatter from the area illuminated with strong light (called avoidance response). Plant-specific photoreceptors (phototropin, phytochrome, and/or neochrome) mediate these dynamic directional movements in response to incident light position and intensity. Several factors involved in the mechanisms underlying the processes from light perception to actin-based movements have also been identified through molecular genetic approach. This review aims to discuss recent findings in the field relating to how chloroplasts move at molecular levels. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Dynamic and ultrastructure of bioenergetic membranes and their components.
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Tsuboi H, Wada M. Chloroplasts continuously monitor photoreceptor signals during accumulation movement. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2013; 126:557-566. [PMID: 23263455 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-012-0542-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Under low light conditions, chloroplasts gather at a cell surface to maximize light absorption for efficient photosynthesis, which is called the accumulation response. Phototropin1 (phot1) and phototropin2 (phot2) were identified as blue light photoreceptors in the accumulation response that occurs in Arabidopsis thaliana and Adiantum capillus-veneris with neochrome1 (neo1) as a red light photoreceptor in A. capillus-veneris. However, the signal molecule that is emitted from the photoreceptors and transmitted to the chloroplasts is not known. To investigate this topic, the accumulation response was induced by partial cell irradiation with a microbeam of red, blue and far-red light in A. capillus-veneris gametophyte cells. Chloroplasts moved towards the irradiated region and were able to sense the signal as long as its signal flowed. The signal from neo1 had a longer life than the signal that came from phototropins. When two microbeams with the same wavelength and the same fluence rate were placed 20 μm apart from each other and were applied to a dark-adapted cell, chloroplasts at an equidistant position always moved towards the center (midpoint) of the two microbeams, but not towards either one. This result indicates that chloroplasts are detecting the concentration of the signal but not the direction of signal flow. Chloroplasts repeatedly move and stop at roughly 10 s intervals during the accumulation response, suggesting that they monitor the intermittent signal waves from photoreceptors.
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- Hidenori Tsuboi
- Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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Kong SG, Arai Y, Suetsugu N, Yanagida T, Wada M. Rapid severing and motility of chloroplast-actin filaments are required for the chloroplast avoidance response in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:572-90. [PMID: 23404888 PMCID: PMC3608779 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.109694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Revised: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Phototropins (phot1 and phot2 in Arabidopsis thaliana) relay blue light intensity information to the chloroplasts, which move toward weak light (the accumulation response) and away from strong light (the avoidance response). Chloroplast-actin (cp-actin) filaments are vital for mediating these chloroplast photorelocation movements. In this report, we examine in detail the cp-actin filament dynamics by which the chloroplast avoidance response is regulated. Although stochastic dynamics of cortical actin fragments are observed on the chloroplasts, the basic mechanisms underlying the disappearance (including severing and turnover) of the cp-actin filaments are regulated differently from those of cortical actin filaments. phot2 plays a pivotal role in the strong blue light-induced severing and random motility of cp-actin filaments, processes that are therefore essential for asymmetric cp-actin formation for the avoidance response. In addition, phot2 functions in the bundling of cp-actin filaments that is induced by dark incubation. By contrast, the function of phot1 is dispensable for these responses. Our findings suggest that phot2 is the primary photoreceptor involved in the rapid reorganization of cp-actin filaments that allows chloroplasts to change direction rapidly and control the velocity of the avoidance movement according to the light's intensity and position.
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- Sam-Geun Kong
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- Laboratories for Nanobiology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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- Laboratories for Nanobiology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Kong SG, Suetsugu N, Kikuchi S, Nakai M, Nagatani A, Wada M. Both phototropin 1 and 2 localize on the chloroplast outer membrane with distinct localization activity. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 54:80-92. [PMID: 23161859 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Chloroplasts change their position to adapt cellular activities to fluctuating environmental light conditions. Phototropins (phot1 and phot2 in Arabidopsis) are plant-specific blue light photoreceptors that perceive changes in light intensity and direction, and mediate actin-based chloroplast photorelocation movements. Both phot1 and phot2 regulate the chloroplast accumulation response, while phot2 is mostly responsible for the regulation of the avoidance response. Although it has been widely accepted that distinct intracellular localizations of phototropins are implicated in the specificity, the mechanism underlying the phot2-specific avoidance response has remained elusive. In this study, we examined the relationship of the phot2 localization pattern to the chloroplast photorelocation movement. First, the fusion of a nuclear localization signal with phot2, which effectively reduced the amount of phot2 in the cytoplasm, retained the activity for both the accumulation and avoidance responses, indicating that membrane-localized phot2 but not cytoplasmic phot2 is functional to mediate the responses. Importantly, some fractions of phot2, and of phot1 to a lesser extent, were localized on the chloroplast outer membrane. Moreover, the deletion of the C-terminal region of phot2, which was previously shown to be defective in blue light-induced Golgi localization and avoidance response, affected the localization pattern on the chloroplast outer membrane. Taken together, these results suggest that dynamic phot2 trafficking from the plasma membrane to the Golgi apparatus and the chloroplast outer membrane might be involved in the avoidance response.
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- Sam-Geun Kong
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
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Tsuboi H, Sutoh K, Wada M. Epigenetic memory of DNAi associated with cytosine methylation and histone modification in fern. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2012; 7:1477-1483. [PMID: 22990449 PMCID: PMC3548873 DOI: 10.4161/psb.21974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Gene silencing technology, such as RNA interference (RNAi), is commonly used to reduce gene expression in plant cells, and exogenous double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) can induce gene silencing in higher plants. Previously, we showed that the delivery of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) fragments, such as PCR products of an endogenous gene sequence, into fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) gametophytic cells induces a sequence-specific gene silencing that we termed DNAi. In this study, we used a neochrome 1 gene (NEO1) that mediates both red light-induced chloroplast movement and phototropism as a model of DNAi and confirmed that the NEO1 function was suppressed by the repression of the NEO1 gene. Interestingly, the gene silencing effect by DNAi was found in the progeny. Cytosine methylation was detected in the NEO1-silenced lines. The DNA modifications was present in the transcriptional region of NEO1, but no differences between wild type and the silenced lines were found in the downstream region of NEO1. Our data suggest that the DNAi gene silencing effect that was inherited throughout the next generation is regulated by epigenetic modification. Furthermore, the histone deacetylase inhibitor, trichostatin A (TSA), recovered the expression and function of NEO1 in the silenced lines, suggesting that histone deacetylation is essential for the direct suppression of target genes by DNAi.
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- Hidenori Tsuboi
- Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Tokyo Metropolitan University; Tokyo, Japan
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Suetsugu N, Sato Y, Tsuboi H, Kasahara M, Imaizumi T, Kagawa T, Hiwatashi Y, Hasebe M, Wada M. The KAC Family of Kinesin-Like Proteins is Essential for the Association of Chloroplasts with the Plasma Membrane in Land Plants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 53:1854-65. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Tsuboi H, Wada M. Distribution pattern changes of actin filaments during chloroplast movement in Adiantum capillus-veneris. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2012; 125:417-28. [PMID: 21755418 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-011-0444-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Chloroplasts change their positions in a cell in response to light intensities. The photoreceptors involved in chloroplast photo-relocation movements and the behavior of chloroplasts during their migration were identified in our previous studies, but the mechanism of movement has yet to be clarified. In this study, the behavior of actin filaments under various light conditions was observed in Adiantum capillus-veneris gametophytes. In chloroplasts staying in one place under a weak light condition and not moving, circular structures composed of actin filaments were observed around the chloroplast periphery. In contrast, short actin filaments were observed at the leading edge of moving chloroplasts induced by partial cell irradiation. In the dark, the circular structures found under the weak light condition disappeared and then reappeared around the moving chloroplasts. Mutant analyses revealed that the disappearance of the circular actin structure was mediated by the blue light photoreceptor, phototropin2.
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Tsuboi H, Nakamura S, Schäfer E, Wada M. Red light-induced phytochrome relocation into the nucleus in Adiantum capillus-veneris. MOLECULAR PLANT 2012; 5:611-8. [PMID: 22266427 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Phytochromes in seed plants are known to move into nuclei in a red light-dependent manner with or without interacting factors. Here, we show phytochrome relocation to the nuclear region in phytochrome-dependent Adiantum capillus-veneris spore germination by partial spore-irradiation experiments. The nuclear or non-nuclear region of imbibed spores was irradiated with a microbeam of red and/or far-red light and the localization of phytochrome involved in spore germination was estimated from the germination rate. The phytochrome for spore germination existed throughout whole spore under darkness after imbibition, but gradually migrated to the nuclear region following red light irradiation. Intracellular distribution of PHY-GUS fusion proteins expressed in germinated spores by particle bombardment showed the migration of Acphy2, but not Acphy1, into nucleus in a red light-dependent manner, suggesting that Acphy2 is the photoreceptor for fern spore germination.
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Tsuboi H, Wada M. Chloroplasts move towards the nearest anticlinal walls under dark condition. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2012; 125:301-310. [PMID: 21626210 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-011-0433-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2011] [Accepted: 05/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Chloroplasts change their intracellular positions in response to their light environment. Under darkness, chloroplasts assume special positions that are different from those under light conditions. Here, we analyzed chloroplast dark positioning using Adiantum capillus-veneris gametophyte cells. When chloroplasts were transferred into darkness, during the first 1-5 h, they moved towards the anticlinal cell walls bordering the adjacent cells rather rapidly. Then, they slowed down and accumulated at the anticlinal walls gradually over the following 24-36 h. The chloroplast movements could be roughly classified into two different categories: initial rapid straight movement and later, slow staggering movement. When the chloroplast accumulation response was induced in dark-adapted cells by partial cell irradiation with a microbeam targeted to the center of the cells, chloroplasts moved towards the beam spot from the anticlinal walls. However, when the microbeam was switched off, they moved to the nearest anticlinal walls and not to their original positions if they were not the closest, indicating that they know the direction of the nearest anticlinal wall and do not have particular areas that they migrate to during dark positioning.
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Kong SG, Wada M. New insights into dynamic actin-based chloroplast photorelocation movement. MOLECULAR PLANT 2011; 4:771-81. [PMID: 21772030 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Chloroplast movement is essential for plants to survive under various environmental light conditions. Phototropins-plant-specific blue-light-activated receptor kinases-mediate the response by perceiving light intensity and direction. Recently, novel chloroplast actin (cp-actin) filaments have been identified as playing a pivotal role in the directional chloroplast photorelocation movement. Encouraging progress has recently been made in this field of research through molecular genetics and cell biological analyses. This review describes factors that have been identified as being involved in chloroplast movement and their roles in the regulation of cp-actin filaments, thus providing a basis for reflection on their biochemical activities and functions.
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- Sam-Geun Kong
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Chloroplast photorelocation movement is essential for the sessile plant survival and plays a role for efficient photosynthesis and avoiding photodamage of chloroplasts. There are several ways to observe or detect chloroplast movement directly or indirectly. Here, techniques for the induction of chloroplast movement and how to detect the responses, as well as various points of attention and advice for the experiments, are described.
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- Masamitsu Wada
- Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Tsuboi H, Wada M. Chloroplasts can move in any direction to avoid strong light. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2011; 124:201-210. [PMID: 20589409 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-010-0364-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 05/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Chloroplasts migrate in response to different light intensities. Under weak light, chloroplasts gather at an illuminated area to maximize light absorption and photosynthesis rates (the accumulation response). In contrast, chloroplasts escape from strong light to avoid photodamage (the avoidance response). Photoreceptors involved in these phenomena have been identified in Arabidopsis thaliana and Adiantum capillus-veneris. Chloroplast behavior has been studied in detail during the accumulation response, but not for the avoidance response. Hence, we analyzed the chloroplast avoidance response in detail using dark-adapted Adiantum capillus-veneris gametophyte cells and partial cell irradiation with a microbeam of blue light. Chloroplasts escaped from an irradiated spot. Both duration of this response and the distance of the migrated chloroplasts were proportional to the total fluence irradiated. The speed of movement during the avoidance response was dependent on the fluence rate, but the speed of the accumulation response towards the microbeam from cell periphery was constant irrespective of fluence rate. When a chloroplast was only partially irradiated with a strong microbeam, it moved away towards the non-irradiated region within a few minutes. During this avoidance response two additional microbeam irradiations were applied to different locus of the same chloroplast. Under these conditions the chloroplast changed the moving direction after a lag time of a few minutes without rolling. Taken together, these findings indicate that chloroplasts can move in any direction and never have an intrinsic polarity. Similar phenomenon was observed in chloroplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana palisade cells.
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- Hidenori Tsuboi
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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Suetsugu N, Dolja VV, Wada M. Why have chloroplasts developed a unique motility system? PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2010; 5:1190-6. [PMID: 20855973 PMCID: PMC3115347 DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.10.12802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Organelle movement in plants is dependent on actin filaments with most of the organelles being transported along the actin cables by class XI myosins. Although chloroplast movement is also actin filament-dependent, a potential role of myosin motors in this process is poorly understood. Interestingly, chloroplasts can move in any direction, and change the direction within short time periods, suggesting that chloroplasts use the newly formed actin filaments rather than preexisting actin cables. Furthermore, the data on myosin gene knockouts and knockdowns in Arabidopsis and tobacco do not support myosins' XI role in chloroplast movement. Our recent studies revealed that chloroplast movement and positioning are mediated by the short actin filaments localized at chloroplast periphery (cp-actin filaments) rather than cytoplasmic actin cables. The accumulation of cp-actin filaments depends on kinesin-like proteins, KAC1 and KAC2, as well as on a chloroplast outer membrane protein CHUP1. We propose that plants evolved a myosin XI-independent mechanism of the actin-based chloroplast movement that is distinct from the mechanism used by other organelles.
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- Noriyuki Suetsugu
- Department of Biology; Faculty of Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing; Oregon State University; Corvallis, OR USA
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- Department of Biology; Faculty of Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan
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Iwabuchi K, Takagi S. Actin-based mechanisms for light-dependent intracellular positioning of nuclei and chloroplasts in Arabidopsis. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2010; 5:1010-3. [PMID: 20724834 PMCID: PMC3115182 DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.8.12233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2010] [Accepted: 05/02/2010] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The plant organelles, chloroplast and nucleus, change their position in response to light. In Arabidopsis thaliana leaf cells, chloroplasts and nuclei are distributed along the inner periclinal wall in darkness. In strong blue light, they become positioned along the anticlinal wall, while in weak blue light, only chloroplasts are accumulated along the inner and outer periclinal walls. Blue-light dependent positioning of both organelles is mediated by the blue-light receptor phototropin and controlled by the actin cytoskeleton. Interestingly, however, it seems that chloroplast movement requires short, fine actin filaments organized at the chloroplast edge, whereas nuclear movement does cytoplasmic, thick actin bundles intimately associated with the nucleus. Although there are many similarities between photo-relocation movements of chloroplasts and nuclei, plant cells appear to have evolved distinct mechanisms to regulate actin organization required for driving the movements of these organelles.
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Tsuboi H, Wada M. Speed of signal transfer in the chloroplast accumulation response. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2010; 123:381-90. [PMID: 19953289 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-009-0284-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2009] [Accepted: 10/25/2009] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Chloroplast photorelocation movement is important for plants to perform efficient photosynthesis. Phototropins were identified as blue-light receptors for chloroplast movement in Arabidopsis thaliana and in the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris, whereas neochrome functions as a dual red/blue light receptor in the latter. However, the signal transduction pathways involved in chloroplast movement remain to be clarified. To investigate the kinetic properties of signalling from these photoreceptors to the chloroplasts, we deduced the speed of signal transfer using Adiantum capillus-veneris gametophytes. When a region of dark-adapted gametophyte cells was subjected to microbeam irradiation, chloroplasts moved towards the irradiated area even in subsequent darkness. We therefore recorded the movement and calculated the speeds of signal transfer by time-lapse imaging. Movement speeds under red or blue light were similar, e.g., about 1.0 microm min(-1) in prothallial cells. However, speeds varied according to cell polarity in protonemal cells. The speed of signal transfer from the protonemal apex to the base was approximately 0.7 microm min(-1), but roughly 2.3 microm min(-1) in the opposite direction. The speed of signal transfer in Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll cells was approximately 0.8 microm min(-1) by comparison. Surprisingly, chloroplasts located farthest away from the microbeam were found to move faster than those in close proximity to the site of irradiation both in Adiantum capillus-veneris and A. thaliana.
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- Hidenori Tsuboi
- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-Osawa 1-1, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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Tsuboi H, Wada M. The speed of intracellular signal transfer for chloroplast movement. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2010; 5:433-5. [PMID: 20383069 PMCID: PMC2958595 DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.4.11338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2010] [Accepted: 01/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The photoreceptors for chloroplast photorelocation movement have been known, but the signal(s) raised by photoreceptors remains unknown. To know the properties of the signal(s) for chloroplast accumulation movement, we examined the speed of signal transferred from light-irradiated area to chloroplasts in gametophytes of Adiantum capillus-veneris. When dark-adapted gametophyte cells were irradiated with a microbeam of various light intensities of red or blue light for 1 min or continuously, the chloroplasts started to move towards the irradiated area. The speed of signal transfer was calculated from the relationship between the timing of start moving and the distance of chloroplasts from the microbeam and was found to be constant at any light conditions. In prothallial cells, the speed was about 1.0 μm min(-1) and in protonemal cells about 0.7 μm min(-1) towards base and about 2.3 μm min(-1) towards the apex. We confirmed the speed of signal transfer in Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll cells under continuous irradiation of blue light, as was about 0.8 μm min(-1). Possible candidates of the signal are discussed depending on the speed of signal transfer.
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