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Wang W, Huang L, Song Y, Gui S, Cao J, Zhang H, Du M, Chen J, Wang Z, Zhou J, Meng X, Zeng D, Li J, Wang Y. LAZY4 acts additively with the starch-statolith-dependent gravity-sensing pathway to regulate shoot gravitropism and tiller angle in rice. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2024:100943. [PMID: 38897199 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Rice tiller angle is a key agronomic trait that has significant effects on the establishment of a high-yield rice population. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the control of rice tiller angle remains to be clarified. Here, we characterized the novel tiller-angle gene LAZY4 (LA4) in rice through map-based cloning. LA4 encodes a C3H2C3-type RING zinc-finger E3 ligase localized in the nucleus, and an in vitro ubiquitination assay revealed that the conserved RING finger domain is essential for its E3 ligase activity. We found that expression of LA4 can be induced by gravistimulation and that loss of LA4 function leads to defective shoot gravitropism caused by impaired asymmetric auxin redistribution upon gravistimulation. Genetic analysis demonstrated that LA4 acts in a distinct pathway from the starch biosynthesis regulators LA2 and LA3, which function in the starch-statolith-dependent pathway. Further genetic analysis showed that LA4 regulates shoot gravitropism and tiller angle by acting upstream of LA1 to mediate lateral auxin transport upon gravistimulation. Our studies reveal that LA4 regulates shoot gravitropism and tiller angle upstream of LA1 through a novel pathway independent of the LA2-LA3-mediated gravity-sensing mechanism, providing new insights into the rice tiller-angle regulatory network.
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- Wenguang Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an 271018, China
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- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an 271018, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an 271018, China
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; Yazhouwan National Laboratory, Sanya 572024, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai' an 271018, China; Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China.
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Hansson M, Youssef HM, Zakhrabekova S, Stuart D, Svensson JT, Dockter C, Stein N, Waugh R, Lundqvist U, Franckowiak J. A guide to barley mutants. Hereditas 2024; 161:11. [PMID: 38454479 PMCID: PMC10921644 DOI: 10.1186/s41065-023-00304-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Mutants have had a fundamental impact upon scientific and applied genetics. They have paved the way for the molecular and genomic era, and most of today's crop plants are derived from breeding programs involving mutagenic treatments. RESULTS Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is one of the most widely grown cereals in the world and has a long history as a crop plant. Barley breeding started more than 100 years ago and large breeding programs have collected and generated a wide range of natural and induced mutants, which often were deposited in genebanks around the world. In recent years, an increased interest in genetic diversity has brought many historic mutants into focus because the collections are regarded as valuable resources for understanding the genetic control of barley biology and barley breeding. The increased interest has been fueled also by recent advances in genomic research, which provided new tools and possibilities to analyze and reveal the genetic diversity of mutant collections. CONCLUSION Since detailed knowledge about phenotypic characters of the mutants is the key to success of genetic and genomic studies, we here provide a comprehensive description of mostly morphological barley mutants. The review is closely linked to the International Database for Barley Genes and Barley Genetic Stocks ( bgs.nordgen.org ) where further details and additional images of each mutant described in this review can be found.
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- Mats Hansson
- Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 35, 22362, Lund, Sweden.
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt
- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences III, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, 06120, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 35, 22362, Lund, Sweden
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- Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen), Växthusvägen 12, 23456, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, J. C. Jacobsens Gade 4, 1799, Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), OT Gatersleben, Stadt Seeland, E06466, Germany
- Center for Integrated Breeding Research (CiBreed), Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
- School of Agriculture Food and Wine, Waite Campus, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, 5064, Australia
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- Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen), Växthusvägen 12, 23456, Alnarp, Sweden
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 411 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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Yang N, Ren J, Dai S, Wang K, Leung M, Lu Y, An Y, Burlingame A, Xu S, Wang Z, Yu W, Li N. The Quantitative Biotinylproteomics Studies Reveal a WInd-Related Kinase 1 (Raf-Like Kinase 36) Functioning as an Early Signaling Component in Wind-Induced Thigmomorphogenesis and Gravitropism. Mol Cell Proteomics 2024; 23:100738. [PMID: 38364992 PMCID: PMC10951710 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2024.100738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
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Wind is one of the most prevalent environmental forces entraining plants to develop various mechano-responses, collectively called thigmomorphogenesis. Largely unknown is how plants transduce these versatile wind force signals downstream to nuclear events and to the development of thigmomorphogenic phenotype or anemotropic response. To identify molecular components at the early steps of the wind force signaling, two mechanical signaling-related phosphoproteins, identified from our previous phosphoproteomic study of Arabidopsis touch response, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MKK1) and 2 (MKK2), were selected for performing in planta TurboID (ID)-based quantitative proximity-labeling (PL) proteomics. This quantitative biotinylproteomics was separately performed on MKK1-ID and MKK2-ID transgenic plants, respectively, using the genetically engineered TurboID biotin ligase expression transgenics as a universal control. This unique PTM proteomics successfully identified 11 and 71 MKK1 and MKK2 putative interactors, respectively. Biotin occupancy ratio (BOR) was found to be an alternative parameter to measure the extent of proximity and specificity between the proximal target proteins and the bait fusion protein. Bioinformatics analysis of these biotinylprotein data also found that TurboID biotin ligase favorably labels the loop region of target proteins. A WInd-Related Kinase 1 (WIRK1), previously known as rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma (Raf)-like kinase 36 (RAF36), was found to be a putative common interactor for both MKK1 and MKK2 and preferentially interacts with MKK2. Further molecular biology studies of the Arabidopsis RAF36 kinase found that it plays a role in wind regulation of the touch-responsive TCH3 and CML38 gene expression and the phosphorylation of a touch-regulated PATL3 phosphoprotein. Measurement of leaf morphology and shoot gravitropic response of wirk1 (raf36) mutant revealed that the WIRK1 gene is involved in both wind-triggered rosette thigmomorphogenesis and gravitropism of Arabidopsis stems, suggesting that the WIRK1 (RAF36) protein probably functioning upstream of both MKK1 and MKK2 and that it may serve as the crosstalk point among multiple mechano-signal transduction pathways mediating both wind mechano-response and gravitropism.
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- Nan Yang
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China; Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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Shabrangy A. Using Magnetic Fields to Enhance the Seed Germination, Growth, and Yield of Plants. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2788:375-395. [PMID: 38656526 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3782-1_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Geomagnetic field (GMF) protects living organisms on the Earth from the radiation coming from space along with other environmental factors during evolution, and it has affected the growth and development of plants. Many researchers have always been interested in investigating these effects in different aspects. In this chapter, we focus on the methods of using different types of magnetic fields (MFs) to investigate the dimensions of their biological effects on plants. The aim is to increase seed germination, growth characters, and yield of plants using the following methods: (1) Using MFs lower than GMF to study effects of GMF on the growth and yield of plants. (2) Using reversed magnetic fields (RMFs) lower than GMF to study its effects on the growth and development of plants during evolution. (3) Using static magnetic fields (SMFs) higher than GMF and reversed SMFs to study effects of the south (S) and north (N) magnetic pole on plants. (4) Using electromagnetic fields (EMFs) to increase and accelerate seed germination, growth, and yield of plants, and establish the status of plants against other environmental stresses. (5) Using magnetized water (MW) to improve plant seed germination, growth, and yield. (6) Using high gradient magnetic field (HGMF) to study magneto-tropism in plants. In this chapter, we recommend application of various types of MFs to study their biological effects on plants to improve crop production.
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- Azita Shabrangy
- Plant Functional Genomics Lab, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria.
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Pantazopoulou CK, Buti S, Nguyen CT, Oskam L, Weits DA, Farmer EE, Kajala K, Pierik R. Mechanodetection of neighbor plants elicits adaptive leaf movements through calcium dynamics. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5827. [PMID: 37730832 PMCID: PMC10511701 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41530-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Plants detect their neighbors via various cues, including reflected light and touching of leaf tips, which elicit upward leaf movement (hyponasty). It is currently unknown how touch is sensed and how the signal is transferred from the leaf tip to the petiole base that drives hyponasty. Here, we show that touch-induced hyponasty involves a signal transduction pathway that is distinct from light-mediated hyponasty. We found that mechanostimulation of the leaf tip upon touching causes cytosolic calcium ([Ca2+]cyt induction in leaf tip trichomes that spreads towards the petiole. Both perturbation of the calcium response and the absence of trichomes reduce touch-induced hyponasty. Finally, using plant competition assays, we show that touch-induced hyponasty is adaptive in dense stands of Arabidopsis. We thus establish a novel, adaptive mechanism regulating hyponastic leaf movement in response to mechanostimulation by neighbors in dense vegetation.
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- Chrysoula K Pantazopoulou
- Plant-Environment Signaling, Institute of Environment Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Plant-Environment Signaling, Institute of Environment Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Plant-Environment Signaling, Institute of Environment Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Plant-Environment Signaling, Institute of Environment Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Plant-Environment Signaling, Institute of Environment Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Plant-Environment Signaling, Institute of Environment Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Li J, Sheng Y, Xu H, Li Q, Lin X, Zhou Y, Zhao Y, Song X, Wang J. Transcriptome and hormone metabolome reveal the mechanism of stem bending in water lily ( Nymphaea tetragona) cut-flowers. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1195389. [PMID: 37746018 PMCID: PMC10515221 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1195389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Water lilies are popular ornamental cut-flowers with significant economic and cultural value. However, stem bending affects the preservation of cut-flowers during their vase life. To gain further insights into the molecular mechanisms of stem bending, transcriptome profiling, hormone measurement, and morphological analysis were performed using the stems of the 'Blue Bird' water lily. Transcriptome analysis revealed that 607 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were associated with the dorsal and ventral stems of the water lily, of which 247 were up-regulated and 360 were down-regulated. Significant differences in genes associated with plant hormones, calcium ions, glucose metabolism, and photosynthesis pathways genes involved in the dorsal and ventral areas of the curved stem. In particular, DEGs were associated with the hormone synthesis, gravity response, starch granules, Ca2+ ions, and photosynthesis. The results of qRT-PCR were consistent with that of the transcriptome sequence analysis. A total of 12 hormones were detected, of which abscisic acid, indole-3-carboxaldehyde, indole-3-carboxaldehyde and jasmonic acid were significantly differentially expressed in the dorsal and ventral stems, and were significantly higher in the dorsal stem than in the ventral stem. The cell morphology in the dorsal and ventral areas of the curved stem clearly changed during vase life. The direction of starch granule settlement was consistent with the bending direction of the water lily stem, as well as the direction of gravity. In conclusion, stem bending in water lily cut-flowers is regulated by multiple factors and genes. This study provides an important theoretical basis for understanding the complex regulatory mechanism of water lily stem bending.
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- Jie Li
- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan, Haikou, Hainan, China
- College of Agricultural, Hengxing University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics and Germplasm Innovation of Tropical Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources Biology of Tropical Special Ornamental Plants of Hainan, Haikou, Hainan, China
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Clark CB, Ma J. The genetic basis of shoot architecture in soybean. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2023; 43:55. [PMID: 37351274 PMCID: PMC10281916 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-023-01391-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Shoot architecture refers to the three-dimensional body plan of the above ground organs of the plant. The patterning of this body plan results from the tight genetic control of the size and maintenance of meristems, the initiation of axillary growth, and the timing of developmental phase transition. Variation in shoot architecture can result in dramatic differences in plant productivity and/or grain yield due to their effects on light interception, photosynthetic efficiency, response to agronomic inputs, and environmental adaptation. The fine-tuning of shoot architecture has consequently been of great interest to plant breeders, driving the need for deeper understanding of the genes and molecular mechanisms governing these traits. In soybean, the world's most important oil and protein crop, major components of shoot architecture include stem growth habit, plant height, branch angle, branch number, leaf petiole angle, and the size and shape of leaves. Key genes underlying some of these traits have been identified to integrate hormonal, developmental, and environmental signals modulating the growth and orientation of shoot organs. Here we summarize the current knowledge and recent advances in the understanding of the genetic control of these important architectural traits in soybean.
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- Chancelor B. Clark
- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 915 W Mitch Daniels Blvd, West Lafayette, 47907 IN USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 915 W Mitch Daniels Blvd, West Lafayette, 47907 IN USA
- Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA
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Yamazaki C, Yamazaki T, Kojima M, Takebayashi Y, Sakakibara H, Uheda E, Oka M, Kamada M, Shimazu T, Kasahara H, Sano H, Suzuki T, Higashibata A, Miyamoto K, Ueda J. Comprehensive analyses of plant hormones in etiolated pea and maize seedlings grown under microgravity conditions in space: Relevance to the International Space Station experiment "Auxin Transport". LIFE SCIENCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 2023; 36:138-146. [PMID: 36682823 DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2022.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Functional relationships between endogenous levels of plant hormones in the growth and development of shoots in etiolated Alaska pea and etiolated Golden Cross Bantam maize seedlings under different gravities were investigated in the "Auxin Transport" experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Comprehensive analyses of 31 species of plant hormones of pea and maize seedlings grown under microgravity (μg) in space and 1 g conditions were conducted. Principal component analysis (PCA) and a multiple regression analysis with the dataset from the plant hormone analysis of the etiolated pea seedlings grown under μg and 1 g conditions in the presence and absence of 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA) revealed endogenous levels of auxin correlated positively with bending and length of epicotyls. Endogenous cytokinins correlated negatively with them. These results suggest an interaction of auxin and cytokinins in automorphogenesis and growth inhibition of etiolated Alaska pea epicotyls grown under μg conditions in space. Less polar auxin transport with reduced endogenous levels of auxin increased endogenous levels of cytokinins, resulting in changing the growth direction of epicotyls and inhibiting growth. On the other hand, almost no close relationship between endogenous plant hormone levels and growth and development in etiolated maize seedlings grown was observed under μg conditions in space, as per Schulze et al. (1992). However, endogenous levels of IAA in the seedlings grown under μg conditions in space were significantly higher than those grown on Earth, similar to the cases of polar auxin transport already reported.
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- Chiaki Yamazaki
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.
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- Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
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- Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
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- Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan; Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyamacho-minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan.
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- Future Development Division, Advanced Engineering Services Co., Ltd., 1-6-1 Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0032, Japan.
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- Technology and Research Promotion Department, Japan Space Forum, Shin-Otemachi Bldg. 7F, 2-2-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan.
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- Utilization Engineering Department, Japan Manned Space System Corporation, Space Station Test Building, Tsukuba Space Center, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.
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- Utilization Engineering Department, Japan Manned Space System Corporation, Space Station Test Building, Tsukuba Space Center, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan.
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- Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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The Course of Mechanical Stress: Types, Perception, and Plant Response. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12020217. [PMID: 36829495 PMCID: PMC9953051 DOI: 10.3390/biology12020217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Mechanical stimuli, together with the corresponding plant perception mechanisms and the finely tuned thigmomorphogenetic response, has been of scientific and practical interest since the mid-17th century. As an emerging field, there are many challenges in the research of mechanical stress. Indeed, studies on different plant species (annual/perennial) and plant organs (stem/root) using different approaches (field, wet lab, and in silico/computational) have delivered insufficient findings that frequently impede the practical application of the acquired knowledge. Accordingly, the current work distils existing mechanical stress knowledge by bringing in side-by-side the research conducted on both stem and roots. First, the various types of mechanical stress encountered by plants are defined. Second, plant perception mechanisms are outlined. Finally, the different strategies employed by the plant stem and roots to counteract the perceived mechanical stresses are summarized, depicting the corresponding morphological, phytohormonal, and molecular characteristics. The comprehensive literature on both perennial (woody) and annual plants was reviewed, considering the potential benefits and drawbacks of the two plant types, which allowed us to highlight current gaps in knowledge as areas of interest for future research.
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Zhao R, Liu Z, Li Z, Xu S, Sheng X. Gravity induces asymmetric Ca 2+ spikes in the root cap in the early stage of gravitropism. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2022; 17:2025325. [PMID: 35023420 PMCID: PMC9176234 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2021.2025325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Gravitropism is an important strategy for the adaptation of plants to the changing environment. Previous reports indicated that Ca2+ participated in plant gravity response. However, present information on the functions of Ca2+ in plant gravitropism was obtained mainly on coleoptiles, hypocotyls, and petioles, little is known about the dynamic changes of Ca2+ during root gravitropism. In the present study, the transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana R-GECO1 was placed horizontally and subsequently vertically on a refitted Leica SP8 laser scanning confocal microscopy with a vertical stage. Real-time observations indicated that gravistimulation induced not only an increase in the Ca2+ concentration, but also an accelerated occurrence of Ca2+ sparks in the root cap, especially in the lower side of the lateral root cap, indicating a strong tie between Ca2+ dynamics and gravistimulation during the early stage of root gravity response.
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- Ruoxin Zhao
- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Hosamani R, Swamy BK, Dsouza A, Sathasivam M. Plant responses to hypergravity: a comprehensive review. PLANTA 2022; 257:17. [PMID: 36534189 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-022-04051-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Hypergravity is an effective novel stimulus to elucidate plant gravitational and mechanobiological behaviour. Here, we review the current understanding of phenotypic, physio-biochemical, and molecular plant responses to simulated hypergravity. Plants readily respond to altered gravity conditions, such as microgravity or hypergravity. Hypergravity-a gravitational force higher than that on the Earth's surface (> 1g)-can be simulated using centrifuges. Exposing seeds, seedlings, or plant cell cultures to hypergravity elicits characteristic morphological, physio-biochemical, and molecular changes. While several studies have provided insights into plant responses and underlying mechanisms, much is still elusive, including the interplay of hypergravity with gravitropism. Moreover, hypergravity is of great significance for mechano- and space/gravitational biologists to elucidate fundamental plant behaviour. In this review, we provide an overview of the phenotypic, physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of plants to hypergravity. We then discuss the involvement of hypergravity in plant gravitropism-the directional growth along the gravity vector. Finally, we highlight future research directions to expand our understanding of hypergravity in plant biology.
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- Ravikumar Hosamani
- Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IABT), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, India.
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- Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IABT), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, India
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- Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IABT), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, India
- College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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Hasenstein KH, Park MR, John SP, Ajala C. High-gradient magnetic fields and starch metabolism: results from a space experiment. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18256. [PMID: 36309570 PMCID: PMC9617909 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22691-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Directing plant growth in weightlessness requires understanding the processes that establish plant orientation and how to manipulate them. Both gravi- and phototropism determine directional growth and previous experiments showed that high gradient magnetic fields (HGMF) can induce curvature in roots and shoots. Experiments with Brassica rapa verified that that gravitropism-like induction of curvature is possible in space and that the HGMF-responsive organelles are amyloplasts. We assessed the effect of space and HGMF based on 16 genes and compared their transcription with static growth and clinorotation. Amyloplasts size in root tips increased under weightlessness but decreased under clinorotation but not in response to magnetic fields. Amyloplast size changes were correlated with reduced amylase transcription in space samples and enhanced transcription after clinorotation. Mechanostimulation and weightlessness have opposite effects on the size of amyloplasts. The data show that plants perceive weightlessness, and that their metabolism adjusts to microgravity and mechanostimulation. Thus, clinorotation as surrogate for space research may lead to incorrect interpretations.
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- K H Hasenstein
- Biology Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504-43602, USA.
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- Biology Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504-43602, USA
- Central Area Crop Breeding Div., National Institute of Crop Science, Suwon, 16429, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Biology Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504-43602, USA
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- Biology Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504-43602, USA
- Cemvita Factory, 9350 Kirby Drive, Suite 100, Houston, TX, 77054, USA
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Brenya E, Pervin M, Chen ZH, Tissue DT, Johnson S, Braam J, Cazzonelli CI. Mechanical stress acclimation in plants: Linking hormones and somatic memory to thigmomorphogenesis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:989-1010. [PMID: 34984703 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A single event of mechanical stimulation is perceived by mechanoreceptors that transduce rapid transient signalling to regulate gene expression. Prolonged mechanical stress for days to weeks culminates in cellular changes that strengthen the plant architecture leading to thigmomorphogenesis. The convergence of multiple signalling pathways regulates mechanically induced tolerance to numerous biotic and abiotic stresses. Emerging evidence showed prolonged mechanical stimulation can modify the baseline level of gene expression in naive tissues, heighten gene expression, and prime disease resistance upon a subsequent pathogen encounter. The phenotypes of thigmomorphogenesis can persist throughout growth without continued stimulation, revealing somatic-stress memory. Epigenetic processes regulate TOUCH gene expression and could program transcriptional memory in differentiating cells to program thigmomorphogenesis. We discuss the early perception, gene regulatory and phytohormone pathways that facilitate thigmomorphogenesis and mechanical stress acclimation in Arabidopsis and other plant species. We provide insights regarding: (1) the regulatory mechanisms induced by single or prolonged events of mechanical stress, (2) how mechanical stress confers transcriptional memory to induce cross-acclimation to future stress, and (3) why thigmomorphogenesis might resemble an epigenetic phenomenon. Deeper knowledge of how prolonged mechanical stimulation programs somatic memory and primes defence acclimation could transform solutions to improve agricultural sustainability in stressful environments.
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- Eric Brenya
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
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Entanglement of Arabidopsis Seedlings to a Mesh Substrate under Microgravity Conditions in KIBO on the ISS. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11070956. [PMID: 35406935 PMCID: PMC9003378 DOI: 10.3390/plants11070956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The International Space Station (ISS) provides a precious opportunity to study plant growth and development under microgravity (micro-G) conditions. In this study, four lines of Arabidopsis seeds (wild type, wild-type MCA1-GFP, mca1-knockout, and MCA1-overexpressed) were cultured on a nylon lace mesh placed on Gelrite-solidified MS-medium in the Japanese experiment module KIBO on the ISS, and the entanglement of roots with the mesh was examined under micro-G and 1-G conditions. We found that root entanglement with the mesh was enhanced, and root coiling was induced under the micro-G condition. This behavior was less pronounced in mca1-knockout seedlings, although MCA1-GFP distribution at the root tip of the seedlings was nearly the same in micro-G-grown seedlings and the ground control seedlings. Possible involvement of MCA1 in the root entanglement is discussed.
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Niklas KJ, Telewski FW. Environmental-biomechanical reciprocity and the evolution of plant material properties. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:1067-1079. [PMID: 34487177 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Abiotic-biotic interactions have shaped organic evolution since life first began. Abiotic factors influence growth, survival, and reproductive success, whereas biotic responses to abiotic factors have changed the physical environment (and indeed created new environments). This reciprocity is well illustrated by land plants who begin and end their existence in the same location while growing in size over the course of years or even millennia, during which environment factors change over many orders of magnitude. A biomechanical, ecological, and evolutionary perspective reveals that plants are (i) composed of materials (cells and tissues) that function as cellular solids (i.e. materials composed of one or more solid and fluid phases); (ii) that have evolved greater rigidity (as a consequence of chemical and structural changes in their solid phases); (iii) allowing for increases in body size and (iv) permitting acclimation to more physiologically and ecologically diverse and challenging habitats; which (v) have profoundly altered biotic as well as abiotic environmental factors (e.g. the creation of soils, carbon sequestration, and water cycles). A critical component of this evolutionary innovation is the extent to which mechanical perturbations have shaped plant form and function and how form and function have shaped ecological dynamics over the course of evolution.
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- Karl J Niklas
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, W.J. Beal Botanical Garden, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Codjoe JM, Miller K, Haswell ES. Plant cell mechanobiology: Greater than the sum of its parts. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:129-145. [PMID: 34524447 PMCID: PMC8773992 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The ability to sense and respond to physical forces is critical for the proper function of cells, tissues, and organisms across the evolutionary tree. Plants sense gravity, osmotic conditions, pathogen invasion, wind, and the presence of barriers in the soil, and dynamically integrate internal and external stimuli during every stage of growth and development. While the field of plant mechanobiology is growing, much is still poorly understood-including the interplay between mechanical and biochemical information at the single-cell level. In this review, we provide an overview of the mechanical properties of three main components of the plant cell and the mechanoperceptive pathways that link them, with an emphasis on areas of complexity and interaction. We discuss the concept of mechanical homeostasis, or "mechanostasis," and examine the ways in which cellular structures and pathways serve to maintain it. We argue that viewing mechanics and mechanotransduction as emergent properties of the plant cell can be a useful conceptual framework for synthesizing current knowledge and driving future research.
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- Jennette M Codjoe
- Department of Biology and Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, 63130, USA
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- Department of Biology and Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, 63130, USA
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Chin S, Blancaflor EB. Plant Gravitropism: From Mechanistic Insights into Plant Function on Earth to Plants Colonizing Other Worlds. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2368:1-41. [PMID: 34647245 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gravitropism, the growth of roots and shoots toward or away from the direction of gravity, has been studied for centuries. Such studies have not only led to a better understanding of the gravitropic process itself, but also paved new paths leading to deeper mechanistic insights into a wide range of research areas. These include hormone biology, cell signal transduction, regulation of gene expression, plant evolution, and plant interactions with a variety of environmental stimuli. In addition to contributions to basic knowledge about how plants function, there is accumulating evidence that gravitropism confers adaptive advantages to crops, particularly under marginal agricultural soils. Therefore, gravitropism is emerging as a breeding target for enhancing agricultural productivity. Moreover, research on gravitropism has spawned several studies on plant growth in microgravity that have enabled researchers to uncouple the effects of gravity from other tropisms. Although rapid progress on understanding gravitropism witnessed during the past decade continues to be driven by traditional molecular, physiological, and cell biological tools, these tools have been enriched by technological innovations in next-generation omics platforms and microgravity analog facilities. In this chapter, we review the field of gravitropism by highlighting recent landmark studies that have provided unique insights into this classic research topic while also discussing potential contributions to agriculture on Earth and beyond.
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- Sabrina Chin
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
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Furutani M, Morita MT. LAZY1-LIKE-mediated gravity signaling pathway in root gravitropic set-point angle control. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 187:1087-1095. [PMID: 34734273 PMCID: PMC8566294 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Gravity signaling components contribute to the control of root gravitropic set-point angle through protein polarization relay within columella.
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- Masahiko Furutani
- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- FAFU-UCR Joint Center and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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- Division of Plant Environmental Responses, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8556, Japan
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Using the Automated Botanical Contact Device (ABCD) to Deliver Reproducible, Intermittent Touch Stimulation to Plants. Methods Mol Biol 2021. [PMID: 34647250 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Despite mechanical stimulation having profound effects on plant growth and development and modulating responses to many other stimuli, including to gravity, much of the molecular machinery triggering plant mechanical responses remains unknown. This gap in our knowledge arises in part from difficulties in applying reproducible, long-term touch stimulation to plants. We describe the design and implementation of the Automated Botanical Contact Device (ABCD) that applies intermittent, controlled, and highly reproducible mechanical stimulation by drawing a plastic sheet across experimental plants. The device uses a computer numerical control platform and continuously monitors plant growth and development using automated computer vision and image analysis. The system is designed around an open-source architecture to help promote the generation of comparable datasets between laboratories. The ABCD also offers a scalable system that could be deployed in the controlled environment setting, such as a greenhouse, to manipulate plant growth and development through controlled, repetitive mechanostimulation.
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Electrical Signaling of Plants under Abiotic Stressors: Transmission of Stimulus-Specific Information. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910715. [PMID: 34639056 PMCID: PMC8509212 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Plants have developed complex systems of perception and signaling to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Electrical signaling is one of the most promising candidates for the regulatory mechanisms of the systemic functional response under the local action of various stimuli. Long-distance electrical signals of plants, such as action potential (AP), variation potential (VP), and systemic potential (SP), show specificities to types of inducing stimuli. The systemic response induced by a long-distance electrical signal, representing a change in the activity of a complex of molecular-physiological processes, includes a nonspecific component and a stimulus-specific component. This review discusses possible mechanisms for transmitting information about the nature of the stimulus and the formation of a specific systemic response with the participation of electrical signals induced by various abiotic factors.
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Gravity determines shape of body tissue and affects the functions of life, both in plants and animals. The cellular response to gravity is an active process of mechanotransduction. Although plants and animals share some common mechanisms of gravity sensing in spite of their distant phylogenetic origin, each species has its own mechanism to sense and respond to gravity. In this review, we discuss current understanding regarding the mechanisms of cellular gravity sensing in plants and animals. Understanding gravisensing also contributes to life on Earth, e.g., understanding osteoporosis and muscle atrophy. Furthermore, in the current age of Mars exploration, understanding cellular responses to gravity will form the foundation of living in space.
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The gravistimulation-induced very slow Ca 2+ increase in Arabidopsis seedlings requires MCA1, a Ca 2+-permeable mechanosensitive channel. Sci Rep 2021; 11:227. [PMID: 33420331 PMCID: PMC7794229 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80733-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Gravity is a critical environmental factor affecting the morphology and function of plants on Earth. Gravistimulation triggered by changes in the gravity vector induces an increase in the cytoplasmic free calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+]c) as an early process of gravity sensing; however, its role and molecular mechanism are still unclear. When seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana expressing apoaequorin were rotated from the upright position to the upside-down position, a biphasic [Ca2+]c-increase composed of a fast-transient [Ca2+]c-increase followed by a slow [Ca2+]c-increase was observed. We find here a novel type [Ca2+]c-increase, designated a very slow [Ca2+]c-increase that is observed when the seedlings were rotated back to the upright position from the upside-down position. The very slow [Ca2+]c-increase was strongly attenuated in knockout seedlings defective in MCA1, a mechanosensitive Ca2+-permeable channel (MSCC), and was partially restored in MCA1-complemented seedlings. The mechanosensitive ion channel blocker, gadolinium, blocked the very slow [Ca2+]c-increase. This is the first report suggesting the possible involvement of MCA1 in an early event related to gravity sensing in Arabidopsis seedlings.
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Fang X, Liu B, Shao Q, Huang X, Li J, Luan S, He K. AtPiezo Plays an Important Role in Root Cap Mechanotransduction. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:E467. [PMID: 33466520 PMCID: PMC7796506 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22010467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Plants encounter a variety of mechanical stimuli during their growth and development. It is currently believed that mechanosensitive ion channels play an essential role in the initial perception of mechanical force in plants. Over the past decade, the study of Piezo, a mechanosensitive ion channel in animals, has made significant progress. It has been proved that the perception of mechanical force in various physiological processes of animals is indispensable. However, little is still known about the function of its homologs in plants. In this study, by investigating the function of the AtPiezo gene in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, we found that AtPiezo plays a role in the perception of mechanical force in plant root cap and the flow of Ca2+ is involved in this process. These findings allow us to understand the function of AtPiezo from the perspective of plants and provide new insights into the mechanism of plant root cap in response to mechanical stimuli.
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- Xianming Fang
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; (X.F.); (B.L.); (Q.S.); (X.H.); (J.L.)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; (X.F.); (B.L.); (Q.S.); (X.H.); (J.L.)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; (X.F.); (B.L.); (Q.S.); (X.H.); (J.L.)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; (X.F.); (B.L.); (Q.S.); (X.H.); (J.L.)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; (X.F.); (B.L.); (Q.S.); (X.H.); (J.L.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; (X.F.); (B.L.); (Q.S.); (X.H.); (J.L.)
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Levernier N, Pouliquen O, Forterre Y. An Integrative Model of Plant Gravitropism Linking Statoliths Position and Auxin Transport. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:651928. [PMID: 33854523 PMCID: PMC8039511 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.651928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Gravity is a major cue for the proper growth and development of plants. The response of plants to gravity implies starch-filled plastids, the statoliths, which sediments at the bottom of the gravisensing cells, the statocytes. Statoliths are assumed to modify the transport of the growth hormone, auxin, by acting on specific auxin transporters, PIN proteins. However, the complete gravitropic signaling pathway from the intracellular signal associated to statoliths to the plant bending is still not well-understood. In this article, we build on recent experimental results showing that statoliths do not act as gravitational force sensor, but as position sensor, to develop a bottom-up theory of plant gravitropism. The main hypothesis of the model is that the presence of statoliths modifies PIN trafficking close to the cell membrane. This basic assumption, coupled with auxin transport and growth in an idealized tissue made of a one-dimensional array of cells, recovers several major features of the gravitropic response of plants. First, the model provides a new interpretation for the response of a plant to a steady stimulus, the so-called sine-law of plant gravitropism. Second, it predicts the existence of a gravity-independent memory process as observed recently in experiments studying the response to transient stimulus. The model suggests that the timescale of this process is associated to PIN turnover, calling for new experimental studies.
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Farmer EE, Gao YQ, Lenzoni G, Wolfender JL, Wu Q. Wound- and mechanostimulated electrical signals control hormone responses. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 227:1037-1050. [PMID: 32392391 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Plants in nature are constantly exposed to organisms that touch them and wound them. A highly conserved response to these stimuli is a rapid collapse of membrane potential (i.e. a decrease of electrical field strength across membranes). This can be coupled to the production and/or action of jasmonate or ethylene. Here, the various types of electrical signals in plants are discussed in the context of hormone responses. Genetic approaches are revealing genes involved in wound-induced electrical signalling. These include clade 3 GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE (GLR) genes, Arabidopsis H+ -ATPases (AHAs), RESPIRATORY BURST OXIDASE HOMOLOGUEs (RBOHs), and genes that determine cell wall properties. We briefly review touch- and wound-induced increases in cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations and their temporal relationship to electrical activities. We then look at the questions that need addressing to link mechanostimulation and wound-induced electrical activity to hormone responses. Utilizing recently published results, we also present a hypothesis for wound-response leaf-to-leaf electrical signalling. This model is based on rapid electro-osmotic coupling between the phloem and xylem. The model suggests that the depolarization of membranes within the vascular matrix triggered by physical stimuli and/or chemical elicitors is linked to changes in phloem turgor and that this plays vital roles in leaf-to-leaf electrical signal propagation.
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- Edward E Farmer
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, CH-1211, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, CH-1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Biophore, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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Ibragimova N, Mokshina N, Ageeva M, Gurjanov O, Mikshina P. Rearrangement of the Cellulose-Enriched Cell Wall in Flax Phloem Fibers over the Course of the Gravitropic Reaction. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21155322. [PMID: 32727025 PMCID: PMC7432630 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21155322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The plant cell wall is a complex structure consisting of a polysaccharide network. The rearrangements of the cell wall during the various physiological reactions of plants, however, are still not fully characterized. Profound changes in cell wall organization are detected by microscopy in the phloem fibers of flax (Linum usitatissimum) during the restoration of the vertical position of the inclined stems. To characterize the underlying biochemical and structural changes in the major cell wall polysaccharides, we compared the fiber cell walls of non-inclined and gravistimulated plants by focusing mainly on differences in non-cellulosic polysaccharides and the fine cellulose structure. Biochemical analysis revealed a slight increase in the content of pectins in the fiber cell walls of gravistimulated plants as well as an increase in accessibility for labeling non-cellulosic polysaccharides. The presence of galactosylated xyloglucan in the gelatinous cell wall layer of flax fibers was demonstrated, and its labeling was more pronounced in the gravistimulated plants. Using solid state NMR, an increase in the crystallinity of the cellulose in gravistimulated plants, along with a decrease in cellulose mobility, was demonstrated. Thus, gravistimulation may affect the rearrangement of the cell wall, which can enable restoration in a vertical position of the plant stem.
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Hagihara T, Toyota M. Mechanical Signaling in the Sensitive Plant Mimosa pudica L. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 9:E587. [PMID: 32375332 PMCID: PMC7284940 DOI: 10.3390/plants9050587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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As sessile organisms, plants do not possess the nerves and muscles that facilitate movement in most animals. However, several plant species can move quickly in response to various stimuli (e.g., touch). One such plant species, Mimosa pudica L., possesses the motor organ pulvinus at the junction of the leaflet-rachilla, rachilla-petiole, and petiole-stem, and upon mechanical stimulation, this organ immediately closes the leaflets and moves the petiole. Previous electrophysiological studies have demonstrated that a long-distance and rapid electrical signal propagates through M. pudica in response to mechanical stimulation. Furthermore, the spatial and temporal patterns of the action potential in the pulvinar motor cells were found to be closely correlated with rapid movements. In this review, we summarize findings from past research and discuss the mechanisms underlying long-distance signal transduction in M. pudica. We also propose a model in which the action potential, followed by water flux (i.e., a loss of turgor pressure) in the pulvinar motor cells is a critical step to enable rapid movement.
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- Takuma Hagihara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan;
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Yang Z, Guo G, Yang N, Pun SS, Ho TKL, Ji L, Hu I, Zhang J, Burlingame AL, Li N. The change of gravity vector induces short-term phosphoproteomic alterations in Arabidopsis. J Proteomics 2020; 218:103720. [PMID: 32120044 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Plants can sense the gravitational force. When plants perceive a change in this natural force, they tend to reorient their organs with respect to the direction of the gravity vector, i.e., the shoot stem curves up. In the present study, we performed a 4C quantitative phosphoproteomics to identify those altered protein phosphosites resulting from 150 s of reorientation of Arabidopsis plants on earth. A total of 5556 phosphopeptides were identified from the gravistimulated Arabidopsis. Quantification based on the 15N-stable isotope labeling in Arabidopsis (SILIA) and computational analysis of the extracted ion chromatogram (XIC) of phosphopeptides showed eight and five unique PTM peptide arrays (UPAs) being up- and down-regulated, respectively, by gravistimulation. Among the 13 plant reorientation-responsive protein groups, many are related to the cytoskeleton dynamic and plastid movement. Interestingly, the most gravistimulation-responsive phosphosites are three serine residues, S350, S376, and S410, of a blue light receptor Phototropin 1 (PHOT1). The immunoblots experiment confirmed that the change of gravity vector indeed affected the phosphorylation level of S410 in PHOT1. The functional role of PHOT1 in gravitropic response was further validated with gravicurvature measurement in the darkness of both the loss-of-function double mutant phot1phot2 and its complementary transgenic plant PHOT1/phot1phot2. SIGNIFICANCE: The organs of sessile organisms, plants, are able to move in response to environmental stimuli, such as gravity vector, touch, light, water, or nutrients, which is termed tropism. For instance, the bending of plant shoots to the light source is called phototropism. Since all plants growing on earth are continuously exposed to the gravitational field, plants receive the mechanical signal elicited by the gravity vector change and convert it into plant morphogenesis, growth, and development. Past studies have resulted in various hypotheses for gravisensing, but our knowledge about how the signal of gravity force is transduced in plant cells is still minimal. In the present study, we performed a SILIA-based 4C quantitative phosphoproteomics on 150-s gravistimulated Arabidopsis seedlings to explore the phosphoproteins involved in the gravitropic response. Our data demonstrated that such a short-term reorientation of Arabidopsis caused changes in phosphorylation of cytoskeleton structural proteins like Chloroplast Unusual Positioning1 (CHUP1), Patellin3 (PATL3), and Plastid Movement Impaired2 (PMI2), as well as the blue light receptor Phototropin1 (PHOT1). These results suggested that protein phosphorylation plays a crucial role in gravisignaling, and two primary tropic responses of plants, gravitropism and phototropism, may share some common components and signaling pathways. We expect that the phosphoproteins detected from this study will facilitate the subsequent molecular and cellular studies on the mechanism underlying the signal transduction in plant gravitropic response.
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- Zhu Yang
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518057, China; State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of ISOM and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.; School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518057, China.
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Heinrich MK, von Mammen S, Hofstadler DN, Wahby M, Zahadat P, Skrzypczak T, Soorati MD, Krela R, Kwiatkowski W, Schmickl T, Ayres P, Stoy K, Hamann H. Constructing living buildings: a review of relevant technologies for a novel application of biohybrid robotics. J R Soc Interface 2019; 16:20190238. [PMID: 31362616 PMCID: PMC6685033 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Biohybrid robotics takes an engineering approach to the expansion and exploitation of biological behaviours for application to automated tasks. Here, we identify the construction of living buildings and infrastructure as a high-potential application domain for biohybrid robotics, and review technological advances relevant to its future development. Construction, civil infrastructure maintenance and building occupancy in the last decades have comprised a major portion of economic production, energy consumption and carbon emissions. Integrating biological organisms into automated construction tasks and permanent building components therefore has high potential for impact. Live materials can provide several advantages over standard synthetic construction materials, including self-repair of damage, increase rather than degradation of structural performance over time, resilience to corrosive environments, support of biodiversity, and mitigation of urban heat islands. Here, we review relevant technologies, which are currently disparate. They span robotics, self-organizing systems, artificial life, construction automation, structural engineering, architecture, bioengineering, biomaterials, and molecular and cellular biology. In these disciplines, developments relevant to biohybrid construction and living buildings are in the early stages, and typically are not exchanged between disciplines. We, therefore, consider this review useful to the future development of biohybrid engineering for this highly interdisciplinary application.
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- Mary Katherine Heinrich
- Institute of Computer Engineering, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- School of Architecture, Centre for IT and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Human–Computer Interaction, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Computer Engineering, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Artificial Life Lab, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Department of Computer Science, IT University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Artificial Life Lab, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- School of Architecture, Centre for IT and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Computer Science, IT University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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- Institute of Computer Engineering, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Nakamura M, Nishimura T, Morita MT. Gravity sensing and signal conversion in plant gravitropism. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:3495-3506. [PMID: 30976802 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Plant organs control their growth orientation in response to gravity. Within gravity-sensing cells, the input (gravity sensing) and signal conversion (gravity signalling) progress sequentially. The cells contain a number of high-density, starch-accumulating amyloplasts, which sense gravity when they reposition themselves by sedimentation to the bottom of the cell when the plant organ is re-orientated. This triggers the next step of gravity signalling, when the physical signal generated by the sedimentation of the amyloplasts is converted into a biochemical signal, which redirects auxin transport towards the lower flank of the plant organ. This review focuses on recent advances in our knowledge of the regulatory mechanisms that underlie amyloplast sedimentation and the system by which this is perceived, and on recent progress in characterising the factors that play significant roles in gravity signalling by which the sedimentation is linked to the regulation of directional auxin transport. Finally, we discuss the contribution of gravity signalling factors to the mechanisms that control the gravitropic set-point angle.
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- Moritaka Nakamura
- Division of Plant Environmental Responses, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Plant Environmental Responses, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Plant Environmental Responses, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Japan
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Chauvet H, Moulia B, Legué V, Forterre Y, Pouliquen O. Revealing the hierarchy of processes and time-scales that control the tropic response of shoots to gravi-stimulations. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:1955-1967. [PMID: 30916341 PMCID: PMC6436155 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Gravity is a major abiotic cue for plant growth. However, little is known about the responses of plants to various patterns of gravi-stimulation, with apparent contradictions being observed between the dose-like responses recorded under transient stimuli in microgravity environments and the responses under steady-state inclinations recorded on earth. Of particular importance is how the gravitropic response of an organ is affected by the temporal dynamics of downstream processes in the signalling pathway, such as statolith motion in statocytes or the redistribution of auxin transporters. Here, we used a combination of experiments on the whole-plant scale and live-cell imaging techniques on wheat coleoptiles in centrifuge devices to investigate both the kinematics of shoot-bending induced by transient inclination, and the motion of the statoliths in response to cell inclination. Unlike previous observations in microgravity, the response of shoots to transient inclinations appears to be independent of the level of gravity, with a response time much longer than the duration of statolith sedimentation. This reveals the existence of a memory process in the gravitropic signalling pathway, independent of statolith dynamics. By combining this memory process with statolith motion, a mathematical model is built that unifies the different laws found in the literature and that predicts the early bending response of shoots to arbitrary gravi-stimulations.
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- Hugo Chauvet
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IUSTI, Marseille, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IUSTI, Marseille, France
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Lee JS, Wilson ME, Richardson RA, Haswell ES. Genetic and physical interactions between the organellar mechanosensitive ion channel homologs MSL1, MSL2, and MSL3 reveal a role for inter-organellar communication in plant development. PLANT DIRECT 2019; 3:e00124. [PMID: 31245767 PMCID: PMC6508831 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Plant development requires communication on many levels, including between cells and between organelles within a cell. For example, mitochondria and plastids have been proposed to be sensors of environmental stress and to coordinate their responses. Here we present evidence for communication between mitochondria and chloroplasts during leaf and root development, based on genetic and physical interactions between three Mechanosensitive channel of Small conductance-Like (MSL) proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana. MSL proteins are Arabidopsis homologs of the bacterial Mechanosensitive channel of Small conductance (MscS), which relieves cellular osmotic pressure to protect against lysis during hypoosmotic shock. MSL1 localizes to the inner mitochondrial membrane, while MSL2 and MSL3 localize to the inner plastid membrane and are required to maintain plastid osmotic homeostasis during normal growth and development. In this study, we characterized the phenotypic effect of a genetic lesion in MSL1, both in wild type and in msl2 msl3 mutant backgrounds. msl1 single mutants appear wild type for all phenotypes examined. The characteristic leaf rumpling in msl2 msl3 double mutants was exacerbated in the msl1 msl2 msl3 triple mutant. However, the introduction of the msl1 lesion into the msl2 msl3 mutant background suppressed other msl2 msl3 mutant phenotypes, including ectopic callus formation, accumulation of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in the shoot apical meristem, decreased root length, and reduced number of lateral roots. All these phenotypes could be recovered by molecular complementation with a transgene containing a wild type version of MSL1. In yeast-based interaction studies, MSL1 interacted with itself, but not with MSL2 or MSL3. These results establish that the abnormalities observed in msl2 msl3 double mutants is partially dependent on the presence of functional MSL1 and suggest a possible role for communication between plastid and mitochondria in seedling development.
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- Josephine S. Lee
- NSF Center for Engineering MechanoBiologyDepartment of BiologyWashington University in Saint LouisSaint LouisMissouri
- Present address:
Broad InstituteCambridgeMassachusetts
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- NSF Center for Engineering MechanoBiologyDepartment of BiologyWashington University in Saint LouisSaint LouisMissouri
- Present address:
Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSaint LouisMissouri
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- NSF Center for Engineering MechanoBiologyDepartment of BiologyWashington University in Saint LouisSaint LouisMissouri
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- NSF Center for Engineering MechanoBiologyDepartment of BiologyWashington University in Saint LouisSaint LouisMissouri
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Miyamoto K, Inui A, Uheda E, Oka M, Kamada M, Yamazaki C, Shimazu T, Kasahara H, Sano H, Suzuki T, Higashibata A, Ueda J. Polar auxin transport is essential to maintain growth and development of etiolated pea and maize seedlings grown under 1 g conditions: Relevance to the international space station experiment. LIFE SCIENCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 2019; 20:1-11. [PMID: 30797426 DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2018.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We conducted "Auxin Transport" space experiments in 2016 and 2017 in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) on the International Space Station (ISS), with the principal objective being integrated analyses of the growth and development of etiolated pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Alaska) and maize (Zea mays L. cv Golden Cross Bantam) seedlings under true microgravity conditions in space relative to auxin dynamics. Etiolated pea seedlings grown under microgravity conditions in space for 3 days showed automorphogenesis. Epicotyls and roots bent ca. 45° and 20° toward the direction away from the cotyledons, respectively, whereas those grown under artificial 1 g conditions produced by a centrifuge in the Cell Biology Experimental Facility (CBEF) in space showed negative and positive gravitropic response in epicotyls and in roots, respectively. On the other hand, the coleoptiles of 4-day-old etiolated maize seedlings grew almost straight, but the mesocotyls curved and grew toward a random direction under microgravity conditions in space. In contrast, the coleoptiles and mesocotyls of etiolated maize seedlings grown under 1 g conditions on Earth were almost straight and grew upward or toward the direction against the gravity vector. The polar auxin transport activity in etiolated pea epicotyls and in maize shoots was significantly inhibited and enhanced, respectively, under microgravity conditions in space as compared with artificial 1 g conditions in space or 1 g conditions on Earth. An inhibitor of polar auxin transport, 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA) substantially affected the growth direction and polar auxin transport activity in etiolated pea seedlings grown under both artificial 1 g and microgravity conditions in space. These results strongly suggest that adequate polar auxin transport is essential for gravitropic response in plants. Possible mechanisms enhancing polar auxin transport in etiolated maize seedlings grown under microgravity conditions in space are also proposed.
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- Kensuke Miyamoto
- Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan; Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyamacho-minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
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- Future Development Division, Advanced Engineering Services Co., Ltd., 1-6-1 Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0032, Japan
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- Technology and Research Promotion Department, Japan Space Forum, Shin-Otemachi Bldg. 7F, 2-2-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
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- Technology and Research Promotion Department, Japan Space Forum, Shin-Otemachi Bldg. 7F, 2-2-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
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- Utilization Engineering Department, Japan Manned Space System Corporation, Space Station Test Building, Tsukuba Space Center, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan
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- Utilization Engineering Department, Japan Manned Space System Corporation, Space Station Test Building, Tsukuba Space Center, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan
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- Kibo Utilization Center, Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan
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- Kibo Utilization Center, Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8505, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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Muthert LWF, Izzo LG, van Zanten M, Aronne G. Root Tropisms: Investigations on Earth and in Space to Unravel Plant Growth Direction. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1807. [PMID: 32153599 PMCID: PMC7047216 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Root tropisms are important responses of plants, allowing them to adapt their growth direction. Research on plant tropisms is indispensable for future space programs that envisage plant-based life support systems for long-term missions and planet colonization. Root tropisms encompass responses toward or away from different environmental stimuli, with an underexplored level of mechanistic divergence. Research into signaling events that coordinate tropistic responses is complicated by the consistent coincidence of various environmental stimuli, often interacting via shared signaling mechanisms. On Earth the major determinant of root growth direction is the gravitational vector, acting through gravitropism and overruling most other tropistic responses to environmental stimuli. Critical advancements in the understanding of root tropisms have been achieved nullifying the gravitropic dominance with experiments performed in the microgravity environment. In this review, we summarize current knowledge on root tropisms to different environmental stimuli. We highlight that the term tropism must be used with care, because it can be easily confused with a change in root growth direction due to asymmetrical damage to the root, as can occur in apparent chemotropism, electrotropism, and magnetotropism. Clearly, the use of Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for tropism research contributed much to our understanding of the underlying regulatory processes and signaling events. However, pronounced differences in tropisms exist among species, and we argue that these should be further investigated to get a more comprehensive view of the signaling pathways and sensors. Finally, we point out that the Cholodny-Went theory of asymmetric auxin distribution remains to be the central and unifying tropistic mechanism after 100 years. Nevertheless, it becomes increasingly clear that the theory is not applicable to all root tropistic responses, and we propose further research to unravel commonalities and differences in the molecular and physiological processes orchestrating root tropisms.
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
- *Correspondence: Luigi Gennaro Izzo,
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Regulation of plant root angle is critical for obtaining nutrients and water and is an important trait for plant breeding. A plant’s final, long-term root angle is the net result of a complex series of decisions made by a root tip in response to changes in nutrient availability, impediments, the gravity vector and other stimuli. When a root tip is displaced from the gravity vector, the short-term process of gravitropism results in rapid reorientation of the root toward the vertical. Here, we explore both short- and long-term regulation of root growth angle, using natural variation in tomato to identify shared and separate genetic features of the two responses. Mapping of expression quantitative trait loci mapping and leveraging natural variation between and within species including Arabidopsis suggest a role for PURPLE ACID PHOSPHATASE 27 and CELL DIVISION CYCLE 73 in determining root angle.
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Toyota M, Spencer D, Sawai-Toyota S, Jiaqi W, Zhang T, Koo AJ, Howe GA, Gilroy S. Glutamate triggers long-distance, calcium-based plant defense signaling. Science 2018; 361:1112-1115. [PMID: 30213912 DOI: 10.1126/science.aat7744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 485] [Impact Index Per Article: 80.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Animals require rapid, long-range molecular signaling networks to integrate sensing and response throughout their bodies. The amino acid glutamate acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate central nervous system, facilitating long-range information exchange via activation of glutamate receptor channels. Similarly, plants sense local signals, such as herbivore attack, and transmit this information throughout the plant body to rapidly activate defense responses in undamaged parts. Here we show that glutamate is a wound signal in plants. Ion channels of the GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE family act as sensors that convert this signal into an increase in intracellular calcium ion concentration that propagates to distant organs, where defense responses are then induced.
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- Masatsugu Toyota
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan. .,Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53593, USA.,JST, PRESTO, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53593, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.,Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.,Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Department of Energy-PRL, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53593, USA.
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Quantitative and functional posttranslational modification proteomics reveals that TREPH1 plays a role in plant touch-delayed bolting. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E10265-E10274. [PMID: 30291188 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1814006115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Environmental mechanical forces, such as wind and touch, trigger gene-expression regulation and developmental changes, called "thigmomorphogenesis," in plants, demonstrating the ability of plants to perceive such stimuli. In Arabidopsis, a major thigmomorphogenetic response is delayed bolting, i.e., emergence of the flowering stem. The signaling components responsible for mechanotransduction of the touch response are largely unknown. Here, we performed a high-throughput SILIA (stable isotope labeling in Arabidopsis)-based quantitative phosphoproteomics analysis to profile changes in protein phosphorylation resulting from 40 seconds of force stimulation in Arabidopsis thaliana Of the 24 touch-responsive phosphopeptides identified, many were derived from kinases, phosphatases, cytoskeleton proteins, membrane proteins, and ion transporters. In addition, the previously uncharacterized protein TOUCH-REGULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN1 (TREPH1) became rapidly phosphorylated in touch-stimulated plants, as confirmed by immunoblots. TREPH1 fractionates as a soluble protein and is shown to be required for the touch-induced delay of bolting and gene-expression changes. Furthermore, a nonphosphorylatable site-specific isoform of TREPH1 (S625A) failed to restore touch-induced flowering delay of treph1-1, indicating the necessity of S625 for TREPH1 function and providing evidence consistent with the possible functional relevance of the touch-regulated TREPH1 phosphorylation. Taken together, these findings identify a phosphoprotein player in Arabidopsis thigmomorphogenesis regulation and provide evidence that TREPH1 and its touch-induced phosphorylation may play a role in touch-induced bolting delay, a major component of thigmomorphogenesis.
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Bizet F, Pereda-Loth V, Chauvet H, Gérard J, Eche B, Girousse C, Courtade M, Perbal G, Legué V. Both gravistimulation onset and removal trigger an increase of cytoplasmic free calcium in statocytes of roots grown in microgravity. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11442. [PMID: 30061667 PMCID: PMC6065396 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29788-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Gravity is a permanent environmental signal guiding plant growth and development. Gravity sensing in plants starts with the displacement of starch-filled plastids called statoliths, ultimately leading to auxin redistribution and organ curvature. While the involvement in gravity sensing of several actors such as calcium is known, the effect of statolith displacement on calcium changes remains enigmatic. Microgravity is a unique environmental condition offering the opportunity to decipher this link. In this study, roots of Brassica napus were grown aboard the International Space Station (ISS) either in microgravity or in a centrifuge simulating Earth gravity. The impact of short simulated gravity onset and removal was measured on statolith positioning and intracellular free calcium was assessed using pyroantimonate precipitates as cytosolic calcium markers. Our findings show that a ten-minute onset or removal of gravity induces very low statolith displacement, but which is, nevertheless, associated with an increase of the number of pyroantimonate precipitates. These results highlight that a change in the cytosolic calcium distribution is triggered in absence of a significant statolith displacement.
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- François Bizet
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- UMR IAM, INRA, Université de Lorraine, 54280, Champenoux, France
- UMR EEF, INRA, Université de Lorraine, 54280, Champenoux, France
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- GSBMS, AMIS5288, University of Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, GDEC, F- 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
- UMR IAM, INRA, Université de Lorraine, 54280, Champenoux, France.
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Mokshina N, Gorshkov O, Ibragimova N, Pozhvanov G, Gorshkova T. Screenplay of flax phloem fiber behavior during gravitropic reaction. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2018; 13:e1486144. [PMID: 29969361 PMCID: PMC6110356 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1486144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Flax phloem fibers act as constitutively formed "muscles" that support the vertical position of the high but narrow stem. The specific mechanical properties of flax fibers and of similar fibers in other plant species are provided by the development of tertiary cell wall with tensed cellulose microfibrils. The work of phloem fibers becomes especially pronounced during the restoration of stem vertical position if it was disturbed. Gravistimulation of flax plants induces considerable modification of phloem fibers at the pulling stem side - the lumen diameter increases, while the cell wall thickness goes down. Here we show that the action of phloem fibers as motors of stem vertical position restoration is coupled to the cell wall remodelling as well as the increase of osmolytes (mainly potassium and malate) content, and accumulation of the γ-amino-butyric acid that may be involved in signalling events. The molecular players that take part in these processes are suggested.
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- N. Mokshina
- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Kazan, Russian Federation
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Resistance from agar medium impacts the helical growth of Arabidopsis primary roots. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2018; 85:43-50. [PMID: 29852351 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Agar is widely used in studies of root growth since it can be mixed at different concentrations to impact mechanical impedance. At high concentrations (1.2-1.5%), growth of Arabidopsis roots has been found to be wavy, but little research has explored this behavior based on a quantitative understanding of mechanical behavior. To this end, agar media with concentration ranging from 0.5% to 1.2% were prepared to produce gradient resistance during root penetration, and Young's moduli and penetrometer resistance were tested. Arabidopsis roots were then cultivated in these agar media with gradient stiffness. The result showed that Young's modulus increased linearly with the increase of concentration of agar media. For Arabidopsis primary roots, it was preferred to develop a helical pattern in agar media with concentration from 0.5% to 1.0%. As stiffness of agar increased, the percentage of helical roots and helix diameters in each agar medium declined; root lengths and auxin distributions showed variety. We demonstrate that the size of helical deformation decreases with agar stiffness as expected by theoretical analysis based on a combination of growth-induced mechanical buckling. In conclusion, the resistance from agar media impacts the properties of root helix, and helical roots growth is driven by growth force. Growth force and external mechanical forces contribute to root phenotypes in Arabidopsis.
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Hollender CA, Pascal T, Tabb A, Hadiarto T, Srinivasan C, Wang W, Liu Z, Scorza R, Dardick C. Loss of a highly conserved sterile alpha motif domain gene ( WEEP) results in pendulous branch growth in peach trees. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E4690-E4699. [PMID: 29712856 PMCID: PMC5960274 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1704515115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Plant shoots typically grow upward in opposition to the pull of gravity. However, exceptions exist throughout the plant kingdom. Most conspicuous are trees with weeping or pendulous branches. While such trees have long been cultivated and appreciated for their ornamental value, the molecular basis behind the weeping habit is not known. Here, we characterized a weeping tree phenotype in Prunus persica (peach) and identified the underlying genetic mutation using a genomic sequencing approach. Weeping peach tree shoots exhibited a downward elliptical growth pattern and did not exhibit an upward bending in response to 90° reorientation. The causative allele was found to be an uncharacterized gene, Ppa013325, having a 1.8-Kb deletion spanning the 5' end. This gene, dubbed WEEP, was predominantly expressed in phloem tissues and encodes a highly conserved 129-amino acid protein containing a sterile alpha motif (SAM) domain. Silencing WEEP in the related tree species Prunus domestica (plum) resulted in more outward, downward, and wandering shoot orientations compared to standard trees, supporting a role for WEEP in directing lateral shoot growth in trees. This previously unknown regulator of branch orientation, which may also be a regulator of gravity perception or response, provides insights into our understanding of how tree branches grow in opposition to gravity and could serve as a critical target for manipulating tree architecture for improved tree shape in agricultural and horticulture applications.
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- Courtney A Hollender
- Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Kearneysville, WV 25430
- Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Unité Génétique et Amélioration de Fruits et Légumes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 84140 Montfavet, France
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- Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Kearneysville, WV 25430
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- Indonesian Center for Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research and Development (BB Biogen), Bogor, Indonesia
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- Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Kearneysville, WV 25430
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, College of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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- Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Kearneysville, WV 25430
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- Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Kearneysville, WV 25430;
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Shoot architecture is determined by the organization and activities of apical, axillary, intercalary, secondary, and inflorescence meristems and by the subsequent development of stems, leaves, shoot branches, and inflorescences. In this review, we discuss the unifying principles of hormonal and genetic control of shoot architecture including advances in our understanding of lateral branch outgrowth; control of stem elongation, thickness, and angle; and regulation of inflorescence development. We focus on recent progress made mainly in Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, pea, maize, and tomato, including the identification of new genes and mechanisms controlling shoot architecture. Key advances include elucidation of mechanisms by which strigolactones, auxins, and genes such as IDEAL PLANT ARCHITECTURE1 and TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 control shoot architecture. Knowledge now available provides a foundation for rational approaches to crop breeding and the generation of ideotypes with defined architectural features to improve performance and productivity.
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- Bing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Australia;
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Mayorova TD, Smith CL, Hammar K, Winters CA, Pivovarova NB, Aronova MA, Leapman RD, Reese TS. Cells containing aragonite crystals mediate responses to gravity in Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa), an animal lacking neurons and synapses. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0190905. [PMID: 29342202 PMCID: PMC5771587 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Trichoplax adhaerens has only six cell types. The function as well as the structure of crystal cells, the least numerous cell type, presented an enigma. Crystal cells are arrayed around the perimeter of the animal and each contains a birefringent crystal. Crystal cells resemble lithocytes in other animals so we looked for evidence they are gravity sensors. Confocal microscopy showed that their cup-shaped nuclei are oriented toward the edge of the animal, and that the crystal shifts downward under the influence of gravity. Some animals spontaneously lack crystal cells and these animals behaved differently upon being tilted vertically than animals with a typical number of crystal cells. EM revealed crystal cell contacts with fiber cells and epithelial cells but these contacts lacked features of synapses. EM spectroscopic analyses showed that crystals consist of the aragonite form of calcium carbonate. We thus provide behavioral evidence that Trichoplax are able to sense gravity, and that crystal cells are likely to be their gravity receptors. Moreover, because placozoans are thought to have evolved during Ediacaran or Cryogenian eras associated with aragonite seas, and their crystals are made of aragonite, they may have acquired gravity sensors during this early era.
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- Tatiana D. Mayorova
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Central Microscopy Facility, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Cellular Imaging and Macromolecular Biophysics, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Cellular Imaging and Macromolecular Biophysics, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Gorshkov O, Mokshina N, Ibragimova N, Ageeva M, Gogoleva N, Gorshkova T. Phloem fibres as motors of gravitropic behaviour of flax plants: level of transcriptome. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2018; 45:203-214. [PMID: 32291034 DOI: 10.1071/fp16348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Restoration of stem vertical position after plant inclination is a widely spread version of plant orientation in accordance with gravity vector direction. Gravitropic behaviour of flax plants involves the formation of curvature in stem region that has ceased elongation long in advance of stem inclination. The important participants of such behaviour are phloem fibres with constitutively formed tertiary cell wall (G-layer). We performed the large-scale transcriptome profiling of phloem fibres isolated from pulling and opposite sides of gravitropic curvature and compared with control plant fibres. Significant changes in transcript abundance take place for genes encoding proteins of several ion channels, transcription factors and other regulating elements. The largest number of upregulated genes belonged to the cell wall category; many of those were specifically upregulated in fibres of pulling stem side. The obtained data permit to suggest the mechanism of fibre participation in gravitropic reaction that involves the increase of turgor pressure and the rearrangements of cell wall structure in order to improve contractile properties, and to identify the regulatory elements that operate specifically in the fibres of the pulling stem side making gelatinous phloem fibres an important element of gravitropic response in herbaceous plants.
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- Oleg Gorshkov
- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lobachevsky str., 2/31, Kazan, 420111, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lobachevsky str., 2/31, Kazan, 420111, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lobachevsky str., 2/31, Kazan, 420111, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lobachevsky str., 2/31, Kazan, 420111, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lobachevsky str., 2/31, Kazan, 420111, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lobachevsky str., 2/31, Kazan, 420111, Russia
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Shevchenko GV. Putative gravisensors among microtubule associated proteins. Cell Biol Int 2017; 43:983-990. [PMID: 28656641 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Despite of long period of investigation (over 100 years), still a lot of questions remain unclear about molecular mechanisms of plant graviperception. This requires designing new experiments and new approaches to be applied in gravitational biology. Investigation of plant cell reactions under clinorotation (plant disorientation in respect to gravity vector) is of significant importance to such type of research. Clinorotation is known to cause changes of cell polarity and exert mechanical stress in plant cells. Microtubular cytoskeleton is highly dynamic structure and it responds to both of these stresses. Due to turgor pressure and cell elongation, endogenous mechanical forces influence microtubule orientation in order to coordinate cell growth. Rearrangements of microtubules are regulated by numerous associated proteins which functional activity is not fully clear. In this review, we discuss how MT associated proteins regulate cortical MT arrays under mechanical stress and consider how these proteins may act as plant cell gravisensors. Investigation of microtubule associated proteins under clinorotation might shed the light on molecular mechanism of plant cytoskeleton arrangement and its involvement in initial reactions of cell graviperception.
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- Galina V Shevchenko
- Institute of Botany, NAS Ukraine, Cell Biology Department, 2, Tereshchenkivska St., Kiev, 01004, Ukraine
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Singh M, Gupta A, Laxmi A. Striking the Right Chord: Signaling Enigma during Root Gravitropism. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1304. [PMID: 28798760 PMCID: PMC5529344 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Plants being sessile can often be judged as passive acceptors of their environment. However, plants are actually even more active in responding to the factors from their surroundings. Plants do not have eyes, ears or vestibular system like animals, still they "know" which way is up and which way is down? This is facilitated by receptor molecules within plant which perceive changes in internal and external conditions such as light, touch, obstacles; and initiate signaling pathways that enable the plant to react. Plant responses that involve a definite and specific movement are called "tropic" responses. Perhaps the best known and studied tropisms are phototropism, i.e., response to light, and geotropism, i.e., response to gravity. A robust root system is vital for plant growth as it can provide physical anchorage to soil as well as absorb water, nutrients and essential minerals from soil efficiently. Gravitropic responses of both primary as well as lateral root thus become critical for plant growth and development. The molecular mechanisms of root gravitropism has been delved intensively, however, the mechanism behind how the potential energy of gravity stimulus converts into a biochemical signal in vascular plants is still unknown, due to which gravity sensing in plants still remains one of the most fascinating questions in molecular biology. Communications within plants occur through phytohormones and other chemical substances produced in plants which have a developmental or physiological effect on growth. Here, we review current knowledge of various intrinsic signaling mechanisms that modulate root gravitropism in order to point out the questions and emerging developments in plant directional growth responses. We are also discussing the roles of sugar signals and their interaction with phytohormone machinery, specifically in context of root directional responses.
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- Manjul Singh
- National Institute of Plant Genome ResearchNew Delhi, India
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South CampusNew Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome ResearchNew Delhi, India
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South CampusNew Delhi, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome ResearchNew Delhi, India
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There is increasing evidence that all cells sense mechanical forces in order to perform their functions. In animals, mechanotransduction has been studied during the establishment of cell polarity, fate, and division in single cells, and increasingly is studied in the context of a multicellular tissue. What about plant systems? Our goal in this review is to summarize what is known about the perception of mechanical cues in plants, and to provide a brief comparison with animals.
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- Olivier Hamant
- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, University Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, F-69342, Lyon, France.
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Mailbox 1137, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
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Hamant O, Haswell ES. Life behind the wall: sensing mechanical cues in plants. BMC Biol 2017. [PMID: 28697754 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0403-405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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There is increasing evidence that all cells sense mechanical forces in order to perform their functions. In animals, mechanotransduction has been studied during the establishment of cell polarity, fate, and division in single cells, and increasingly is studied in the context of a multicellular tissue. What about plant systems? Our goal in this review is to summarize what is known about the perception of mechanical cues in plants, and to provide a brief comparison with animals.
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- Olivier Hamant
- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, University Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, F-69342, Lyon, France.
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Mailbox 1137, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
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Bygdell J, Srivastava V, Obudulu O, Srivastava MK, Nilsson R, Sundberg B, Trygg J, Mellerowicz EJ, Wingsle G. Protein expression in tension wood formation monitored at high tissue resolution in Populus. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2017; 68:3405-3417. [PMID: 28633298 PMCID: PMC5853651 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Tension wood (TW) is a specialized tissue with contractile properties that is formed by the vascular cambium in response to gravitational stimuli. We quantitatively analysed the proteomes of Populus tremula cambium and its xylem cell derivatives in stems forming normal wood (NW) and TW to reveal the mechanisms underlying TW formation. Phloem-, cambium-, and wood-forming tissues were sampled by tangential cryosectioning and pooled into nine independent samples. The proteomes of TW and NW samples were similar in the phloem and cambium samples, but diverged early during xylogenesis, demonstrating that reprogramming is an integral part of TW formation. For example, 14-3-3, reactive oxygen species, ribosomal and ATPase complex proteins were found to be up-regulated at early stages of xylem differentiation during TW formation. At later stages of xylem differentiation, proteins involved in the biosynthesis of cellulose and enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of rhamnogalacturonan-I, rhamnogalacturonan-II, arabinogalactan-II and fasciclin-like arabinogalactan proteins were up-regulated in TW. Surprisingly, two isoforms of exostosin family proteins with putative xylan xylosyl transferase function and several lignin biosynthesis proteins were also up-regulated, even though xylan and lignin are known to be less abundant in TW than in NW. These data provided new insight into the processes behind TW formation.
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- Joakim Bygdell
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Computational life science cluster (CLiC), Umeå University, Sweden
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- Division of Glycoscience, School of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Crop Improvement Division, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, UP, India
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Computational life science cluster (CLiC), Umeå University, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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