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Cadena-Ramos AI, De-la-Peña C. Picky eaters: selective autophagy in plant cells. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 117:364-384. [PMID: 37864806 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
Abstract
Autophagy, a fundamental cellular process, plays a vital role in maintaining cellular homeostasis by degrading damaged or unnecessary components. While selective autophagy has been extensively studied in animal cells, its significance in plant cells has only recently gained attention. In this review, we delve into the intriguing realm selective autophagy in plants, with specific focus on its involvement in nutrient recycling, organelle turnover, and stress response. Moreover, recent studies have unveiled the interesting interplay between selective autophagy and epigenetic mechanisms in plants, elucidating the significance of epigenetic regulation in modulating autophagy-related gene expression and finely tuning the selective autophagy process in plants. By synthesizing existing knowledge, this review highlights the emerging field of selective autophagy in plant cells, emphasizing its pivotal role in maintaining nutrient homeostasis, facilitating cellular adaptation, and shedding light on the epigenetic regulation that governs these processes. Our comprehensive study provides the way for a deeper understanding of the dynamic control of cellular responses to nutrient availability and stress conditions, opening new avenues for future research in this field of autophagy in plant physiology.
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- Alexis I Cadena-Ramos
- Unidad de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Calle 43 No. 130 x 32 y 34 Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Unidad de Biotecnología, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Calle 43 No. 130 x 32 y 34 Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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Jovanović I, Frantová N, Zouhar J. A sword or a buffet: plant endomembrane system in viral infections. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1226498. [PMID: 37636115 PMCID: PMC10453817 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1226498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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The plant endomembrane system is an elaborate collection of membrane-bound compartments that perform distinct tasks in plant growth and development, and in responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. Most plant viruses are positive-strand RNA viruses that remodel the host endomembrane system to establish intricate replication compartments. Their fundamental role is to create optimal conditions for viral replication, and to protect replication complexes and the cell-to-cell movement machinery from host defenses. In addition to the intracellular antiviral defense, represented mainly by RNA interference and effector-triggered immunity, recent findings indicate that plant antiviral immunity also includes membrane-localized receptor-like kinases that detect viral molecular patterns and trigger immune responses, which are similar to those observed for bacterial and fungal pathogens. Another recently identified part of plant antiviral defenses is executed by selective autophagy that mediates a specific degradation of viral proteins, resulting in an infection arrest. In a perpetual tug-of-war, certain host autophagy components may be exploited by viral proteins to support or protect an effective viral replication. In this review, we present recent advances in the understanding of the molecular interplay between viral components and plant endomembrane-associated pathways.
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- Ivana Jovanović
- Department of Crop Science, Breeding and Plant Medicine, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Crop Science, Breeding and Plant Medicine, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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Ortmann S, Marx J, Lampe C, Handrick V, Ehnert TM, Zinecker S, Reimers M, Bonas U, Erickson JL. A conserved microtubule-binding region in Xanthomonas XopL is indispensable for induced plant cell death reactions. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011263. [PMID: 37578981 PMCID: PMC10449215 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Pathogenic Xanthomonas bacteria cause disease on more than 400 plant species. These Gram-negative bacteria utilize the type III secretion system to inject type III effector proteins (T3Es) directly into the plant cell cytosol where they can manipulate plant pathways to promote virulence. The host range of a given Xanthomonas species is limited, and T3E repertoires are specialized during interactions with specific plant species. Some effectors, however, are retained across most strains, such as Xanthomonas Outer Protein L (XopL). As an 'ancestral' effector, XopL contributes to the virulence of multiple xanthomonads, infecting diverse plant species. XopL homologs harbor a combination of a leucine-rich-repeat (LRR) domain and an XL-box which has E3 ligase activity. Despite similar domain structure there is evidence to suggest that XopL function has diverged, exemplified by the finding that XopLs expressed in plants often display bacterial species-dependent differences in their sub-cellular localization and plant cell death reactions. We found that XopL from X. euvesicatoria (XopLXe) directly associates with plant microtubules (MTs) and causes strong cell death in agroinfection assays in N. benthamiana. Localization of XopLXe homologs from three additional Xanthomonas species, of diverse infection strategy and plant host, revealed that the distantly related X. campestris pv. campestris harbors a XopL (XopLXcc) that fails to localize to MTs and to cause plant cell death. Comparative sequence analyses of MT-binding XopLs and XopLXcc identified a proline-rich-region (PRR)/α-helical region important for MT localization. Functional analyses of XopLXe truncations and amino acid exchanges within the PRR suggest that MT-localized XopL activity is required for plant cell death reactions. This study exemplifies how the study of a T3E within the context of a genus rather than a single species can shed light on how effector localization is linked to biochemical activity.
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- Simon Ortmann
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
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Ibrahim T, Khandare V, Mirkin FG, Tumtas Y, Bubeck D, Bozkurt TO. AlphaFold2-multimer guided high-accuracy prediction of typical and atypical ATG8-binding motifs. PLoS Biol 2023; 21:e3001962. [PMID: 36753519 PMCID: PMC9907853 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Macroautophagy/autophagy is an intracellular degradation process central to cellular homeostasis and defense against pathogens in eukaryotic cells. Regulation of autophagy relies on hierarchical binding of autophagy cargo receptors and adaptors to ATG8/LC3 protein family members. Interactions with ATG8/LC3 are typically facilitated by a conserved, short linear sequence, referred to as the ATG8/LC3 interacting motif/region (AIM/LIR), present in autophagy adaptors and receptors as well as pathogen virulence factors targeting host autophagy machinery. Since the canonical AIM/LIR sequence can be found in many proteins, identifying functional AIM/LIR motifs has proven challenging. Here, we show that protein modelling using Alphafold-Multimer (AF2-multimer) identifies both canonical and atypical AIM/LIR motifs with a high level of accuracy. AF2-multimer can be modified to detect additional functional AIM/LIR motifs by using protein sequences with mutations in primary AIM/LIR residues. By combining protein modelling data from AF2-multimer with phylogenetic analysis of protein sequences and protein-protein interaction assays, we demonstrate that AF2-multimer predicts the physiologically relevant AIM motif in the ATG8-interacting protein 2 (ATI-2) as well as the previously uncharacterized noncanonical AIM motif in ATG3 from potato (Solanum tuberosum). AF2-multimer also identified the AIM/LIR motifs in pathogen-encoded virulence factors that target ATG8 members in their plant and human hosts, revealing that cross-kingdom ATG8-LIR/AIM associations can also be predicted by AF2-multimer. We conclude that the AF2-guided discovery of autophagy adaptors/receptors will substantially accelerate our understanding of the molecular basis of autophagy in all biological kingdoms.
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- Tarhan Ibrahim
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Biochemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- INGEBI-CONICET, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (DB); (TOB)
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (DB); (TOB)
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Yang Y, Xiang Y, Niu Y. An Overview of the Molecular Mechanisms and Functions of Autophagic Pathways in Plants. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2021; 16:1977527. [PMID: 34617497 PMCID: PMC9208794 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2021.1977527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved pathway for the degradation of damaged or toxic components. Under normal conditions, autophagy maintains cellular homeostasis. It can be triggered by senescence and various stresses. In the process of autophagy, autophagy-related (ATG) proteins not only function as central signal regulators but also participate in the development of complex survival mechanisms when plants suffer from adverse environments. Therefore, ATGs play significant roles in metabolism, development and stress tolerance. In the past decade, both the molecular mechanisms of autophagy and a large number of components involved in the assembly of autophagic vesicles have been identified. In recent studies, an increasing number of components, mechanisms, and receptors have appeared in the autophagy pathway. In this paper, we mainly review the recent progress of research on the molecular mechanisms of plant autophagy, as well as its function under biotic stress and abiotic stress.
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- Yang Yang
- Moe Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences,Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Moe Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences,Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Moe Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences,Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Lin Y, Guo R, Ji C, Zhou J, Jiang L. New insights into AtNBR1 as a selective autophagy cargo receptor in Arabidopsis. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2021; 16:1839226. [PMID: 33124509 PMCID: PMC7781739 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1839226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Selective autophagy, mediated by cargo receptors and recruiting specific targets to autophagosomes for degradation and recycling, plays an important role in quality control and cellular homeostasis in eukaryotes. The Arabidopsis AtNBR1 shares a similar domain organization with the mammalian autophagic receptors p62 and NBR1. We recently demonstrated that AtNBR1 functions as a selective autophagy receptor for the exocyst component AtExo70E2, a marker for the Exocyst-positive organelle (EXPO), which was achieved via a specific ATG8-AtNBR1-AtExo70E2 interaction in Arabidopsis. Here we further showed that nbr1 CRISPR mutants exhibit an early senescence phenotype under short-day growth conditions, which can be restored by complementation with expression of AtNBR1pro::AtNBR1-GFP in the mutant. Interestingly, in addition to the typical cytosolic and punctate patterns, YFP-AtNBR1 also exhibited a microtubule pattern particularly in the cortical layer. Treatments with the microtubule depolymerizer oryzalin but not the microfilament depolymerizer latrunculin B abolished the microtubule pattern and affected the vacuolar delivery of YFP-AtNBR1 upon autophagy induction. These results indicated that microtubules may be required for AtNBR1 to shuttle its cargos to the vacuole during plant autophagy. The present study thus sheds new light on the recognition and movement pattern of AtNBR1 in selective autophagy in Arabidopsis.
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- Youshun Lin
- Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- CONTACT Changyang Ji,
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- Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Jun Zhou,
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- Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Liwen Jiang, Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Wang P, Gao E, Hussey PJ. Autophagosome Biogenesis in Plants: An Actin Cytoskeleton Perspective. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 25:850-858. [PMID: 32345568 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
At the subcellular level, the cytoskeleton regulates cell structure, organelle movement, and cytoplasmic streaming. Autophagy is a process to remove unwanted biomaterials or damaged organelles through double membrane compartments known as autophagosomes. Autophagosome biogenesis requires vesicle trafficking between donor and acceptor compartments, membrane expansion, and fusion, which is very likely to be regulated by the cytoskeleton. Recent studies have demonstrated that by knocking out key actin-regulating proteins, autophagosome biogenesis is inhibited. However, the formation of ATG8 positive structures are not affected when the entire actin network is disrupted. Here, we discuss this paradox and propose the function of the actin cytoskeleton in plant autophagy.
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- Pengwei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei Province, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Hubei Province, PR China
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK; Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Charles University, Faculty of Science, Viničná 5, CZ 128 43 Praha 2, Czechia.
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A selective autophagy cargo receptor NBR1 modulates abscisic acid signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Sci Rep 2020; 10:7778. [PMID: 32385330 PMCID: PMC7211012 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64765-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The plant selective autophagy cargo receptor neighbour of breast cancer 1 gene (NBR1) has been scarcely studied in the context of abiotic stress. We wanted to expand this knowledge by using Arabidopsis thaliana lines with constitutive ectopic overexpression of the AtNBR1 gene (OX lines) and the AtNBR1 Knock-Out (KO lines). Transcriptomic analysis of the shoots and roots of one representative OX line indicated differences in gene expression relative to the parental (WT) line. In shoots, many differentially expressed genes, either up- or down-regulated, were involved in responses to stimuli and stress. In roots the most significant difference was observed in a set of downregulated genes that is mainly related to translation and formation of ribonucleoprotein complexes. The link between AtNBR1 overexpression and abscisic acid (ABA) signalling was suggested by an interaction network analysis of these differentially expressed genes. Most hubs of this network were associated with ABA signalling. Although transcriptomic analysis suggested enhancement of ABA responses, ABA levels were unchanged in the OX shoots. Moreover, some of the phenotypes of the OX (delayed germination, increased number of closed stomata) and the KO lines (increased number of lateral root initiation sites) indicate that AtNBR1 is essential for fine-tuning of the ABA signalling pathway. The interaction of AtNBR1 with three regulatory proteins of ABA pathway (ABI3, ABI4 and ABI5) was observed in planta. It suggests that AtNBR1 might play role in maintaining the balance of ABA signalling by controlling their level and/or activity.
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Olmedilla A, Sandalio LM. Selective Autophagy of Peroxisomes in Plants: From Housekeeping to Development and Stress Responses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1021. [PMID: 31555306 PMCID: PMC6722239 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Peroxisomes are dynamic organelles involved in multiple functions, including oxygen and nitrogen reactive species metabolism. In plants, these organelles have a close relationship with chloroplasts and mitochondria, characterized by intense metabolic activity and signal transduction. Peroxisomes undergo rapid changes in size, morphology, and abundance depending on the plant development stage and environmental conditions. As peroxisomes are essential not only for redox homeostasis but also for sensing stress, signaling transduction, and cell survival, their formation and degradation need to be rigorously regulated. In this review, new insights into the regulation of plant peroxisomes are briefly described, with a particular emphasis on pexophagy components and their regulation.
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- Adela Olmedilla
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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Dagdas YF, Pandey P, Tumtas Y, Sanguankiattichai N, Belhaj K, Duggan C, Leary AY, Segretin ME, Contreras MP, Savage Z, Khandare VS, Kamoun S, Bozkurt TO. Host autophagy machinery is diverted to the pathogen interface to mediate focal defense responses against the Irish potato famine pathogen. eLife 2018; 7:37476. [PMID: 29932422 PMCID: PMC6029844 DOI: 10.7554/elife.37476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
During plant cell invasion, the oomycete Phytophthora infestans remains enveloped by host-derived membranes whose functional properties are poorly understood. P. infestans secretes a myriad of effector proteins through these interfaces for plant colonization. Recently we showed that the effector protein PexRD54 reprograms host-selective autophagy by antagonising antimicrobial-autophagy receptor Joka2/NBR1 for ATG8CL binding (Dagdas et al., 2016). Here, we show that during infection, ATG8CL/Joka2 labelled defense-related autophagosomes are diverted toward the perimicrobial host membrane to restrict pathogen growth. PexRD54 also localizes to autophagosomes across the perimicrobial membrane, consistent with the view that the pathogen remodels host-microbe interface by co-opting the host autophagy machinery. Furthermore, we show that the host-pathogen interface is a hotspot for autophagosome biogenesis. Notably, overexpression of the early autophagosome biogenesis protein ATG9 enhances plant immunity. Our results implicate selective autophagy in polarized immune responses of plants and point to more complex functions for autophagy than the widely known degradative roles.
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- Yasin F Dagdas
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.,The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- INGEBI-CONICET, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.,INGEBI-CONICET, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Dagdas YF, Pandey P, Tumtas Y, Sanguankiattichai N, Belhaj K, Duggan C, Leary AY, Segretin ME, Contreras MP, Savage Z, Khandare VS, Kamoun S, Bozkurt TO. Host autophagy machinery is diverted to the pathogen interface to mediate focal defense responses against the Irish potato famine pathogen. eLife 2018; 7:37476. [PMID: 29932422 DOI: 10.7554/elife.37476.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
Abstract
During plant cell invasion, the oomycete Phytophthora infestans remains enveloped by host-derived membranes whose functional properties are poorly understood. P. infestans secretes a myriad of effector proteins through these interfaces for plant colonization. Recently we showed that the effector protein PexRD54 reprograms host-selective autophagy by antagonising antimicrobial-autophagy receptor Joka2/NBR1 for ATG8CL binding (Dagdas et al., 2016). Here, we show that during infection, ATG8CL/Joka2 labelled defense-related autophagosomes are diverted toward the perimicrobial host membrane to restrict pathogen growth. PexRD54 also localizes to autophagosomes across the perimicrobial membrane, consistent with the view that the pathogen remodels host-microbe interface by co-opting the host autophagy machinery. Furthermore, we show that the host-pathogen interface is a hotspot for autophagosome biogenesis. Notably, overexpression of the early autophagosome biogenesis protein ATG9 enhances plant immunity. Our results implicate selective autophagy in polarized immune responses of plants and point to more complex functions for autophagy than the widely known degradative roles.
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- Yasin F Dagdas
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
- The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- INGEBI-CONICET, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- INGEBI-CONICET, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Soto-Burgos J, Zhuang X, Jiang L, Bassham DC. Dynamics of Autophagosome Formation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 176:219-229. [PMID: 29061903 PMCID: PMC5761814 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Environmental stress activates autophagy and leads to autophagosome formation at the endoplasmic reticulum.
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- Junmarie Soto-Burgos
- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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Batoko H, Dagdas Y, Baluska F, Sirko A. Understanding and exploiting autophagy signaling in plants. Essays Biochem 2017; 61:675-685. [PMID: 29233877 PMCID: PMC5869243 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20170034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Autophagy is an essential catabolic pathway and is activated by various endogenous and exogenous stimuli. In particular, autophagy is required to allow sessile organisms such as plants to cope with biotic or abiotic stress conditions. It is thought that these various environmental signaling pathways are somehow integrated with autophagy signaling. However, the molecular mechanisms of plant autophagy signaling are not well understood, leaving a big gap of knowledge as a barrier to being able to manipulate this important pathway to improve plant growth and development. In this review, we discuss possible regulatory mechanisms at the core of plant autophagy signaling.
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- Henri Batoko
- Université catholique de Louvain, Institut des Sciences de la Vie, Croix du Sud 4, L7.07.14, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Kordyum EL, Shevchenko GV, Brykov VO. Cytoskeleton during aerenchyma formation in plants. Cell Biol Int 2017; 43:991-998. [DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Elizabeth L. Kordyum
- M.G. Kholodny Institute of BotanyNational Academy of Sciences of UkraineKyiv Ukraine
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- M.G. Kholodny Institute of BotanyNational Academy of Sciences of UkraineKyiv Ukraine
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- M.G. Kholodny Institute of BotanyNational Academy of Sciences of UkraineKyiv Ukraine
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Wang Y, Zheng X, Yu B, Han S, Guo J, Tang H, Yu AYL, Deng H, Hong Y, Liu Y. Disruption of microtubules in plants suppresses macroautophagy and triggers starch excess-associated chloroplast autophagy. Autophagy 2016; 11:2259-74. [PMID: 26566764 PMCID: PMC4835195 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2015.1113365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Microtubules, the major components of cytoskeleton, are involved in various fundamental biological processes in plants. Recent studies in mammalian cells have revealed the importance of microtubule cytoskeleton in autophagy. However, little is known about the roles of microtubules in plant autophagy. Here, we found that ATG6 interacts with TUB8/β-tubulin 8 and colocalizes with microtubules in Nicotiana benthamiana. Disruption of microtubules by either silencing of tubulin genes or treatment with microtubule-depolymerizing agents in N. benthamiana reduces autophagosome formation during upregulation of nocturnal or oxidation-induced macroautophagy. Furthermore, a blockage of leaf starch degradation occurred in microtubule-disrupted cells and triggered a distinct ATG6-, ATG5- and ATG7-independent autophagic pathway termed starch excess-associated chloroplast autophagy (SEX chlorophagy) for clearance of dysfunctional chloroplasts. Our findings reveal that an intact microtubule network is important for efficient macroautophagy and leaf starch degradation.
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- Yan Wang
- a Center for Plant Biology ; Beijing , China.,b MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Tsinghua University ; Beijing , China
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- a Center for Plant Biology ; Beijing , China.,b MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Tsinghua University ; Beijing , China
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- a Center for Plant Biology ; Beijing , China.,b MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Tsinghua University ; Beijing , China
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- a Center for Plant Biology ; Beijing , China.,b MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Tsinghua University ; Beijing , China
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- a Center for Plant Biology ; Beijing , China
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- b MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Tsinghua University ; Beijing , China
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- b MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Tsinghua University ; Beijing , China
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- b MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Tsinghua University ; Beijing , China
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- c Research Center for Plant RNA Signaling; College of Life and Environmental Sciences; Hangzhou Normal University ; Hangzhou , China
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- a Center for Plant Biology ; Beijing , China.,b MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; School of Life Sciences; Tsinghua University ; Beijing , China
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Wang Y, Zheng X, Liu Y. Functional links between microtubules, autophagy and leaf starch degradation in plants. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2016; 11:e1201626. [PMID: 27322929 PMCID: PMC4991325 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2016.1201626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Mounting evidence suggests that microtubules play important roles in several aspects of autophagy in mammalian cells, such as autophagosome biogenesis, autophagosome trafficking and autolysosome formation. However, little research attention has been paid to the engagement of microtubules in plant autophagy. Recently, we reported novel findings in Nicotiana benthamiana that disruption of microtubules reduces autophagosome formation during upregulation of macroautophagy and triggers a specific type of chloroplast autophagy (SEX chlorophagy), which is closely associated with the starch-excess phenotype of leaves. These findings reveal important functional links between microtubules, autophagy and leaf starch degradation in plants.
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- Yan Wang
- Center for Plant Biology and MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Plant Biology and MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Plant Biology and MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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New Insight into the Mechanism and Function of Autophagy in Plant Cells. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 320:1-40. [PMID: 26614870 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2015.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Autophagy is a degradation pathway that is conserved throughout eukaryotic organisms and plays important roles in the tolerance of abiotic and biotic stresses. It functions as a housekeeping process to remove unwanted cell components under normal conditions, and is induced during stress and senescence to break down damaged cellular contents and to recycle materials. The target components are engulfed into specialized transport structures termed autophagosomes and are subsequently delivered to the vacuole for degradation. Here, we review milestones in the study of autophagy in plants, discuss recent advances in our understanding of the mechanism and physiological roles of plant autophagy, and highlight potential future directions of research.
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