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Rocher F, Dou S, Philippe G, Martin ML, Label P, Langin T, Bonhomme L. Integrative systems biology of wheat susceptibility to Fusarium graminearum uncovers a conserved gene regulatory network and identifies master regulators targeted by fungal core effectors. BMC Biol 2024; 22:53. [PMID: 38443953 PMCID: PMC10916188 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-01852-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Plant diseases are driven by an intricate set of defense mechanisms counterbalanced by the expression of host susceptibility factors promoted through the action of pathogen effectors. In spite of their central role in the establishment of the pathology, the primary components of plant susceptibility are still poorly understood and challenging to trace especially in plant-fungal interactions such as in Fusarium head blight (FHB) of bread wheat. Designing a system-level transcriptomics approach, we leveraged the analysis of wheat responses from a susceptible cultivar facing Fusarium graminearum strains of different aggressiveness and examined their constancy in four other wheat cultivars also developing FHB. RESULTS In this study, we describe unexpected differential expression of a conserved set of transcription factors and an original subset of master regulators were evidenced using a regulation network approach. The dual-integration with the expression data of pathogen effector genes combined with database mining, demonstrated robust connections with the plant molecular regulators and identified relevant candidate genes involved in plant susceptibility, mostly able to suppress plant defense mechanisms. Furthermore, taking advantage of wheat cultivars of contrasting susceptibility levels, a refined list of 142 conserved susceptibility gene candidates was proposed to be necessary host's determinants for the establishment of a compatible interaction. CONCLUSIONS Our findings emphasized major FHB determinants potentially controlling a set of conserved responses associated with susceptibility in bread wheat. They provide new clues for improving FHB control in wheat and also could conceivably leverage further original researches dealing with a broader spectrum of plant pathogens.
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- Florian Rocher
- UMR 1095 Génétique Diversité Ecophysiologie Des Céréales, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- UMR 1095 Génétique Diversité Ecophysiologie Des Céréales, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- UMR 1095 Génétique Diversité Ecophysiologie Des Céréales, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif Sur Yvette, 91190, France
- Université de Paris, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Gif Sur Yvette, 91190, France
- UMR MIA Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif Sur Yvette, France
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- Physique Et Physiologie Intégratives de L'Arbre en Environnement Fluctuant, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, UMR 547, Aubière, Cedex, France
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- UMR 1095 Génétique Diversité Ecophysiologie Des Céréales, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- UMR 1095 Génétique Diversité Ecophysiologie Des Céréales, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Sunic K, Brkljacic L, Vukovic R, Katanic Z, Salopek-Sondi B, Spanic V. Fusarium Head Blight Infection Induced Responses of Six Winter Wheat Varieties in Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway, Photosynthetic Efficiency and Stress Hormones. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:3720. [PMID: 37960076 PMCID: PMC10649800 DOI: 10.3390/plants12213720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 10/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most studied fungal diseases of wheat, causing massive grain yield and quality losses. This study aimed to extend previous studies on the physiological and biochemical responses of winter wheat to FHB stress in a controlled environment by focusing on the ascorbate-glutathione pathway (AsA-GSH), photosynthetic efficiency, and stress hormone levels, thus providing insight into the possible interactions of different defense mechanisms during infection. The activity of AsA-GSH metabolism was increased in FHB resistant varieties, maintaining the redox state of spikes, and consequently preserving functional photosystem II. Furthermore, carotenoids (Car) were shown to be the major pigments in the photosystem assembly, as they decreased in FHB-stressed spikes of resistant and moderately resistant varieties, compared to controls. Car are also the substrate for the synthesis of abscisic acid (ABA), which acts as a fungal effector and its elevated content leads to increased FHB susceptibility in inoculated spikes. The results of this study contributed to the knowledge of FHB resistance mechanisms and can be used to improve the breeding of FHB resistant varieties, which is considered to be the most effective control measure.
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- Katarina Sunic
- Department for Cereal Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural Institute Osijek, Južno predgrađe 17, 31000 Osijek, Croatia;
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Biljenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (L.B.); (B.S.-S.)
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- Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia; (R.V.); (Z.K.)
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- Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia; (R.V.); (Z.K.)
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Biljenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (L.B.); (B.S.-S.)
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- Department for Cereal Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural Institute Osijek, Južno predgrađe 17, 31000 Osijek, Croatia;
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Wu X, Zhu J, Chen X, Zhang J, Lu L, Hao Z, Shi J, Chen J. PYL Family Genes from Liriodendron chinense Positively Respond to Multiple Stresses. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:2609. [PMID: 37514224 PMCID: PMC10386353 DOI: 10.3390/plants12142609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays important roles in response to abiotic and biotic stresses in plants. Pyrabactin resistance 1-like (PYR/PYL) proteins are well-known as ABA receptors, which are responsible for ABA signal transduction. Nevertheless, the characteristics of PYL genes from Liriodendron chinense, an endangered timber tree, remain unclear in coping with various stresses. In this study, five PYLs were identified from the genome of Liriodendron chinense by sequence alignment and conserved motif analysis, which revealed that these LcPYLs contain a conserved gate and latch motif for ABA binding. The LcPYL promoters possess a series of cis-acting elements involved in response to various hormone and abiotic stresses. Moreover, the transcriptome data of Liriodendron hybrid leaves reveal that LcPYL genes specifically transcript under different abiotic stresses; Lchi11622 transcription was induced by drought and cold treatment, and Lchi01385 and Lchi16997 transcription was upregulated under cold and hot stress, respectively. Meanwhile, the LcPYLs with high expression levels shown in the transcriptomes were also found to be upregulated in whole plants treated with the same stresses tested by qPCR. Moreover, under biotic stress caused by scale insect and whitefly, Liriodendron hybrid leaves exhibited a distinct phenotype including disease spots that are dark green in the middle and yellow on the margin; the qPCR results showed that the relative expression levels of Lchi13641 and Lchi11622 in infected leaves were upregulated by 1.76 and 3.75 folds relative to normal leaves, respectively. The subcellular localizations of these stress-responsive LcPYLs were also identified in protoplasts of Liriodendron hybrid. These results provide a foundation to elucidate the function of PYLs from this elite tree species and assist in understanding the molecular mechanism of Liriodendron hybrid in dealing with abiotic and biotic stresses. In future research, the detailed biological function of LcPYLs and the genetic redundancy between LcPYLs can be explored by gene overexpression and knockout based on this study.
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- Xinru Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Diddi N, Lai L, Nguyen CH, Yan D, Nambara E, Abrams S. An efficient and scalable synthesis of a persistent abscisic acid analog (+)-tetralone ABA. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:3014-3019. [PMID: 36942670 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob00060e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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The plant hormone (S)-abscisic acid (ABA) is a signalling molecule found in all plants that triggers plants' responses to environmental stressors such as heat, drought, and salinity. Metabolism-resistant ABA analogs that confer longer lasting effects require multi-step syntheses and high costs that prevent their application in crop protection. To solve this issue, we have developed a two-step, efficient and scalable synthesis of (+)-tetralone ABA from (S)-ABA methyl ester. A challenging three-carbon insertion and a bicyclic ring formation on (S)-ABA methyl ester was achieved through a highly regioselective Knoevenagel condensation, cyclization, and oxidation in one-pot. Further we have studied the biological activity and metabolism of (+)-tetralone ABA in planta and found the analog is hydroxylated similarly to ABA. The biologically active hydroxylated tetralone ABA has greater persistence than 8'-hydroxy ABA as cyclization to the equivalent of phaseic acid is prevented by the aromatic ring. (+)-tetralone ABA complemented the growth retardation of an Arabidopsis ABA-deficient mutant more effectively than (+)-ABA. Taken together, this new synthesis allows the production of the potent ABA agonist efficiently on an industrial scale.
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- Naveen Diddi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5C9, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5C9, Canada.
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5C9, Canada.
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Zulfiqar S, Farooq MA, Zhao T, Wang P, Tabusam J, Wang Y, Xuan S, Zhao J, Chen X, Shen S, Gu A. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS): A Powerful Tool for Crop Improvement and Its Advancement towards Epigenetics. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:5608. [PMID: 36982682 PMCID: PMC10057534 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an RNA-mediated reverse genetics technology that has evolved into an indispensable approach for analyzing the function of genes. It downregulates endogenous genes by utilizing the posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS) machinery of plants to prevent systemic viral infections. Based on recent advances, VIGS can now be used as a high-throughput tool that induces heritable epigenetic modifications in plants through the viral genome by transiently knocking down targeted gene expression. As a result of the progression of DNA methylation induced by VIGS, new stable genotypes with desired traits are being developed in plants. In plants, RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is a mechanism where epigenetic modifiers are guided to target loci by small RNAs, which play a major role in the silencing of the target gene. In this review, we described the molecular mechanisms of DNA and RNA-based viral vectors and the knowledge obtained through altering the genes in the studied plants that are not usually accessible to transgenic techniques. We showed how VIGS-induced gene silencing can be used to characterize transgenerational gene function(s) and altered epigenetic marks, which can improve future plant breeding programs.
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Taj M, Sajjad M, Li M, Yasmeen A, Mubarik MS, Kaniganti S, He C. Potential Targets for CRISPR/Cas Knockdowns to Enhance Genetic Resistance Against Some Diseases in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Front Genet 2022; 13:926955. [PMID: 35783286 PMCID: PMC9245383 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.926955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wheat is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Even though wheat yields have increased considerably in recent years, future wheat production is predicted to face enormous challenges due to global climate change and new versions of diseases. CRISPR/Cas technology is a clean gene technology and can be efficiently used to target genes prone to biotic stress in wheat genome. Herein, the published research papers reporting the genetic factors corresponding to stripe rust, leaf rust, stem rust, powdery mildew, fusarium head blight and some insect pests were critically reviewed to identify negative genetic factors (Susceptible genes) in bread wheat. Out of all reported genetic factors related to these disease, 33 genetic factors (S genes) were found as negative regulators implying that their down-regulation, deletion or silencing improved disease tolerance/resistance. The results of the published studies provided the concept of proof that these 33 genetic factors are potential targets for CRISPR/Cas knockdowns to improve genetic tolerance/resistance against these diseases in wheat. The sequences of the 33 genes were retrieved and re-mapped on the latest wheat reference genome IWGSC RefSeq v2.1. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that pathogens causing the same type of disease had some common conserved motifs and were closely related. Considering the significance of these disease on wheat yield, the S genes identified in this study are suggested to be disrupted using CRISPR/Cas system in wheat. The knockdown mutants of these S genes will add to genetic resources for improving biotic stress resistance in wheat crop.
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- Mehwish Taj
- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Muhammad Sajjad, ; Mingju Li,
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Agricultural Transboundary Pests, Agricultural Environment and Resource Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
- *Correspondence: Muhammad Sajjad, ; Mingju Li,
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Agricultural Transboundary Pests, Agricultural Environment and Resource Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
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Wan C, Yang D, Liu R, Lu H, Che C, Xu Y, Zhang X, Xiao Y, Li JQ, Qin Z. 1′-OH of ABA and its analogs is a crucial functional group correspondence to seed germination and development of plants. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Buhrow LM, Liu Z, Cram D, Sharma T, Foroud NA, Pan Y, Loewen MC. Wheat transcriptome profiling reveals abscisic and gibberellic acid treatments regulate early-stage phytohormone defense signaling, cell wall fortification, and metabolic switches following Fusarium graminearum-challenge. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:798. [PMID: 34742254 PMCID: PMC8571860 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-08069-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Treatment of wheat with the phytohormones abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellic acid (GA) has been shown to affect Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease severity. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the elicited phenotypes remain unclear. Toward addressing this gap in our knowledge, global transcriptomic profiling was applied to the FHB-susceptible wheat cultivar ‘Fielder’ to map the regulatory responses effected upon treatment with ABA, an ABA receptor antagonist (AS6), or GA in the presence or absence of Fusarium graminearum (Fg) challenge. Results Spike treatments resulted in a total of 30,876 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) identified in ‘Fielder’ (26,004) and the Fg (4872) pathogen. Topology overlap and correlation analyses defined 9689 wheat DEGs as Fg-related across the treatments. Further enrichment analyses demonstrated that these included expression changes within ‘Fielder’ defense responses, cell structural metabolism, molecular transport, and membrane/lipid metabolism. Dysregulation of ABA and GA crosstalk arising from repression of ‘Fielder’ FUS3 was noted. As well, expression of a putative Fg ABA-biosynthetic cytochrome P450 was detected. The co-applied condition of Fg + ABA elicited further up-regulation of phytohormone biosynthesis, as well as SA and ET signaling pathways and cell wall/polyphenolic metabolism. In contrast, co-applied Fg + GA mainly suppressed phytohormone biosynthesis and signaling, while modulating primary and secondary metabolism and flowering. Unexpectedly, co-applied Fg + AS6 did not affect ABA biosynthesis or signaling, but rather elicited antagonistic responses tied to stress, phytohormone transport, and FHB disease-related genes. Conclusions Observed exacerbation (misregulation) of classical defense mechanisms and cell wall fortifications upon ABA treatment are consistent with its ability to promote FHB severity and its proposed role as a fungal effector. In contrast, GA was found to modulate primary and secondary metabolism, suggesting a general metabolic shift underlying its reduction in FHB severity. While AS6 did not antagonize traditional ABA pathways, its impact on host defense and Fg responses imply potential for future investigation. Overall, by comparing these findings to those previously reported for four additional plant genotypes, an additive model of the wheat-Fg interaction is proposed in the context of phytohormone responses. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-021-08069-0.
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- Leann M Buhrow
- National Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resources Development Research Centre, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0M8, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Digital Technologies Research Centre, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resources Development Research Centre, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0M8, Canada
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- University of Ottawa, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, 150 Louis-Pasteur Pvt, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403 1st Ave, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Digital Technologies Research Centre, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada.
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- National Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resources Development Research Centre, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0M8, Canada. .,University of Ottawa, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, 150 Louis-Pasteur Pvt, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. .,National Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resources Development Research Centre, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada.
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Nian L, Zhang X, Yi X, Liu X, Ain NU, Yang Y, Li X, Haider FU, Zhu X. Genome-wide identification of ABA receptor PYL/RCAR gene family and their response to cold stress in Medicago sativa L. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2021; 27:1979-1995. [PMID: 34629773 PMCID: PMC8484390 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-01066-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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UNLABELLED Abscisic acid (ABA) is an important phytohormone involved in plant growth, plant development, and the protection of plants against abiotic stresses. PYL/RCAR (pyrabactin resistance/pyr1-like/regulatory components of ABA receptor) is the receptor protein of ABA and the core component of the ABA signal transduction network. The PYL gene family has been identified and analyzed in many species, however, there is no report about the research on the whole genome-wide identification of the alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) PYL gene family. Therefore, to explore the function of alfalfa PYL genes, 39 MsPYL genes were identified by analyzing the recently published genome of alfalfa. Using bioinformatics methods, we systematically analyzed the chromosome location, protein physicochemical properties, evolutionary relationship, conserved motifs, and response to low-temperature stress of the MsPYL family of alfalfa. The results showed that 39 alfalfa MsPYL genes were distributed on 24 chromosomes, and the analysis of gene duplication events showed that fragment duplication was predominant duplication in alfalfa MsPYL family gene expansion. The phylogenetic tree of MsPYL protein of alfalfa and the phylogenetic tree of PYL genes of 3 species show that the MsPYL gene family can be divided into 3 subfamilies, and the structures of the same subfamilies are relatively similar. The 39 MsPYL gene family members of alfalfa contain 10 Motifs. Motif1, Motif2, Motif3, and Motif5 are the conserved motifs shared by these genes; cis-regulatory elements in promoter regions indicate that regulatory elements related to transcription, cell cycle, development, hormone, and stress response are abundantly present in the MsPYL promoter sequences; Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR analysis showed that the expression of MsPYL genes can be induced by low-temperature treatment. This study provides a reference for further exploring the structural and functional characterization of the alfalfa PYL gene family. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-021-01066-3.
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- Lili Nian
- College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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- College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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- The Animal Husbandry Research Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530001 China
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- College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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- Centre of Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Jinshan, Fuzhou, 350002 Fujian China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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- College of Management, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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- College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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Távora FTPK, Bevitori R, Mello RN, Cintra MMDF, Oliveira-Neto OB, Fontes W, Castro MS, Sousa MV, Franco OL, Mehta A. Shotgun proteomics coupled to transient-inducible gene silencing reveal rice susceptibility genes as new sources for blast disease resistance. J Proteomics 2021; 241:104223. [PMID: 33845181 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A comparative proteomic analysis between two near-isogenic rice lines, displaying a resistant and susceptible phenotype upon infection with Magnaporthe oryzae was performed. We identified and validated factors associated with rice disease susceptibility, representing a flourishing source toward a more resolute rice-blast resistance. Proteome profiles were remarkably different during early infection (12 h post-inoculation), revealing several proteins with increased abundance in the compatible interaction. Potential players of rice susceptibility were selected and gene expression was evaluated by RT-qPCR. Gene Ontology analysis disclosed susceptibility gene-encoded proteins claimed to be involved in fungus sustenance and suppression of plant immunity, such as sucrose synthase 4-like, serpin-ZXA-like, nudix hydrolase15, and DjA2 chaperone protein. Two other candidate genes, picked from a previous transcriptome study, were added into our downstream analysis including pyrabactin resistant-like 5 (OsPYL5), and rice ethylene-responsive factor 104 (OsERF104). Further, we validated their role in susceptibility by Transient-Induced Gene Silencing (TIGS) using short antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides that resulted in a remarkable reduction of foliar disease symptoms in the compatible interaction. Therefore, we successfully employed shotgun proteomics and antisense-based gene silencing to prospect and functionally validate rice potential susceptibility factors, which could be further explored to build rice-blast resistance. SIGNIFICANCE: R gene-mediated disease resistance is race-specific and often not durable in the field. More recently, advancements in new breeding techniques (NBTs) have made plant disease susceptibility genes (S-genes) a new target to build a broad spectrum and more durable resistance, hence an alternative source to R-genes in breeding programs. We successfully coupled shotgun proteomics and gene silencing tools to prospect and validate new rice-bast susceptibility genes that can be further exploited toward a more resolute blast disease resistance.
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- Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO, Brazil
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- S-Inova Biotech/Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil; Centro de Análises Proteômicas e Bioquímicas, Pós-graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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Francesconi S, Harfouche A, Maesano M, Balestra GM. UAV-Based Thermal, RGB Imaging and Gene Expression Analysis Allowed Detection of Fusarium Head Blight and Gave New Insights Into the Physiological Responses to the Disease in Durum Wheat. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:628575. [PMID: 33868331 PMCID: PMC8047627 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.628575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Wheat is one of the world's most economically important cereal crop, grown on 220 million hectares. Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease is considered a major threat to durum (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum (Desfontaines) Husnache) and bread wheat (T. aestivum L.) cultivars and is mainly managed by the application of fungicides at anthesis. However, fungicides are applied when FHB symptoms are clearly visible and the spikes are almost entirely bleached (% of diseased spikelets > 80%), by when it is too late to control FHB disease. For this reason, farmers often react by performing repeated fungicide treatments that, however, due to the advanced state of the infection, cause a waste of money and pose significant risks to the environment and non-target organisms. In the present study, we used unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based thermal infrared (TIR) and red-green-blue (RGB) imaging for FHB detection in T. turgidum (cv. Marco Aurelio) under natural field conditions. TIR and RGB data coupled with ground-based measurements such as spike's temperature, photosynthetic efficiency and molecular identification of FHB pathogens, detected FHB at anthesis half-way (Zadoks stage 65, ZS 65), when the percentage (%) of diseased spikelets ranged between 20% and 60%. Moreover, in greenhouse experiments the transcripts of the key genes involved in stomatal closure were mostly up-regulated in F. graminearum-inoculated plants, demonstrating that the physiological mechanism behind the spike's temperature increase and photosynthetic efficiency decrease could be attributed to the closure of the guard cells in response to F. graminearum. In addition, preliminary analysis revealed that there is differential regulation of genes between drought-stressed and F. graminearum-inoculated plants, suggesting that there might be a possibility to discriminate between water stress and FHB infection. This study shows the potential of UAV-based TIR and RGB imaging for field phenotyping of wheat and other cereal crop species in response to environmental stresses. This is anticipated to have enormous promise for the detection of FHB disease and tremendous implications for optimizing the application of fungicides, since global food crop demand is to be met with minimal environmental impacts.
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- Sara Francesconi
- Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-Food and Forest Systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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Li MC, Xie CJ, Meng CW, Zhang YQ, Gao JG, Wang WH, Liu JY, Xu YN. Chemical constituents from Hovenia dulcis Thunb. And their chemotaxonomic significance. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2020.104214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tian B, Xie J, Fu Y, Cheng J, Li B, Chen T, Zhao Y, Gao Z, Yang P, Barbetti MJ, Tyler BM, Jiang D. A cosmopolitan fungal pathogen of dicots adopts an endophytic lifestyle on cereal crops and protects them from major fungal diseases. ISME J 2020; 14:3120-3135. [PMID: 32814863 PMCID: PMC7784893 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00744-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fungal pathogens are seriously threatening food security and natural ecosystems; efficient and environmentally friendly control methods are essential to help safeguard such resources for increasing human populations on a global scale. Here, we find that Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a widespread pathogen of dicotyledons, can grow endophytically in wheat, rice, barley, maize, and oat, providing protection against Fusarium head blight, stripe rust, and rice blast. Protection is also provided by disabled S. sclerotiorum strains harboring a hypovirulence virus. The disabled strain DT-8 promoted wheat yields by 4-18% in the field and consistently reduced Fusarium disease by 40-60% across multiple field trials. We term the host-dependent trophism of S. sclerotiorum, destructively pathogenic or mutualistically endophytic, as schizotrophism. As a biotroph, S. sclerotiorum modified the expression of wheat genes involved in disease resistance and photosynthesis and increased the level of IAA. Our study shows that a broad-spectrum pathogen of one group of plants may be employed as a biocontrol agent in a different group of plants where they can be utilized as beneficial microorganisms while avoiding the risk of in-field release of pathogens. Our study also raises provocative questions about the potential role of schizotrophic endophytes in natural ecosystems.
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- Binnian Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Agro-Technical Extension and Service Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
- Research and Extension Unit, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
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- The UWA School of Agriculture and Environment and The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
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Rajagopalan N, Lu Y, Burton IW, Monteil-Rivera F, Halasz A, Reimer E, Tweidt R, Brûlé-Babel A, Kutcher HR, You FM, Cloutier S, Cuperlovic-Culf M, Hiebert CW, McCallum BD, Loewen MC. A phenylpropanoid diglyceride associates with the leaf rust resistance Lr34res gene in wheat. Phytochemistry 2020; 178:112456. [PMID: 32692663 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The gene Lr34res is one of the most long-lasting sources of quantitative fungal resistance in wheat. It is shown to be effective against leaf, stem, and stripe rusts, as well as powdery mildew and spot blotch. Recent biochemical characterizations of the encoded ABC transporter have outlined a number of allocrites, including phospholipids and abscisic acid, consistent with the established general promiscuity of ABC transporters, but ultimately leaving its mechanism of rust resistance unclear. Working with flag leaves of Triticum aestivum L. variety 'Thatcher' (Tc) and a near-isogenic line of 'Thatcher' into which the Lr34res allele was introgressed (Tc+Lr34res; RL6058), a comparative semi-targeted metabolomics analysis of flavonoid-rich extracts revealed virtually identical profiles with the exception of one metabolite accumulating in Tc+Lr34res, which was not present at comparable levels in Tc. Structural characterization of the purified metabolite revealed a phenylpropanoid diglyceride structure, 1-O-p-coumaroyl-3-O-feruloylglycerol (CFG). Additional profiling of CFG across a collection of near-isogenic lines and representative Lr34 haplotypes highlighted a broad association between the presence of Lr34res and elevated accumulations of CFG. Depletion of CFG upon infection, juxtaposed to its relatively lower anti-fungal activity, suggests CFG may serve as a storage form of the more potent anti-microbial hydroxycinnamic acids that are accessed during defense responses. Altogether these findings suggest a role for the encoded LR34res ABC transporter in modifying the accumulation of CFG, leading to increased accumulation of anti-fungal metabolites, essentially priming the wheat plant for defense.
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- Nandhakishore Rajagopalan
- National Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resources Development Research Center, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resources Development Research Center, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W9, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resources Development Research Center, 1411 Oxford St., Halifax, NS, B3H 3Z1, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resources Development Research Center, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, QC, H4P 2R2, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Energy Mining and Environment Research Center, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, QC, H4P 2R2, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden Research and Development Center, 101 Route 100, Unit 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5, Canada
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- Department of Plant Sciences and the Crop Development Center, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, 66 Dafoe Rd. Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Sciences and the Crop Development Center, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Digital Technologies Research Center, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden Research and Development Center, 101 Route 100, Unit 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden Research and Development Center, 101 Route 100, Unit 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resources Development Research Center, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1A 5A2, Canada.
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Yadav SK, Santosh Kumar VV, Verma RK, Yadav P, Saroha A, Wankhede DP, Chaudhary B, Chinnusamy V. Genome-wide identification and characterization of ABA receptor PYL gene family in rice. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:676. [PMID: 32998689 PMCID: PMC7526420 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-07083-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Abscisic acid (ABA), a key phytohormone that controls plant growth and stress responses, is sensed by the pyrabactin resistance 1(PYR1)/PYR1-like (PYL)/regulatory components of the ABA receptor (RCAR) family of proteins. Comprehensive information on evolution and function of PYL gene family in rice (Oryza sativa) needs further investigation. This study made detailed analysis on evolutionary relationship between PYL family members, collinearity, synteny, gene structure, protein motifs, cis-regulatory elements (CREs), SNP variations, miRNAs targeting PYLs and expression profiles in different tissues and stress responses. RESULTS Based on sequence homology with Arabidopsis PYL proteins, we identified a total of 13 PYLs in rice (BOP clade) and maize (PACCMAD clade), while other members of BOP (wheat - each diploid genome, barley and Brachypodium) and PACCMAD (sorghum and foxtail millet) have 8-9 PYLs. The phylogenetic analysis divided PYLs into three subfamilies that are structurally and functionally conserved across species. Gene structure and motif analysis of OsPYLs revealed that members of each subfamily have similar gene and motif structure. Segmental duplication appears be the driving force for the expansion of PYLs, and the majority of the PYLs underwent evolution under purifying selection in rice. 32 unique potential miRNAs that might target PYLs were identified in rice. Thus, the predicted regulation of PYLs through miRNAs in rice is more elaborate as compared with B. napus. Further, the miRNAs identified to in this study were also regulated by stresses, which adds additional layer of regulation of PYLs. The frequency of SAPs identified was higher in indica cultivars and were predominantly located in START domain that participate in ABA binding. The promoters of most of the OsPYLs have cis-regulatory elements involved in imparting abiotic stress responsive expression. In silico and q-RT-PCR expression analyses of PYL genes revealed multifaceted role of ABARs in shaping plant development as well as abiotic stress responses. CONCLUSION The predicted miRNA mediated regulation of OsPYLs and stress regulated expression of all OsPYLs, at least, under one stress, lays foundation for further validation and fine tuning ABA receptors for stress tolerance without yield penalty in rice.
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- Shashank Kumar Yadav
- Division of Plant Physiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India.,School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, UP, 201310, India
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- Division of Plant Physiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Plant Physiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, UP, 201310, India
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- Division of Plant Physiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India.
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Francesconi S, Balestra GM. The modulation of stomatal conductance and photosynthetic parameters is involved in Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0235482. [PMID: 32603342 PMCID: PMC7326183 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most devastating fungal diseases affecting grain crops and Fusarium graminearum is the most aggressive causal species. Several evidences shown that stomatal closure is involved in the first line of defence against plant pathogens. However, there is very little evidence to show that photosynthetic parameters change in inoculated plants. The aim of the present study was to study the role of stomatal regulation in wheat after F. graminearum inoculation and explore its possible involvement in FHB resistance. RT-qPCR revealed that genes involved in stomatal regulation are induced in the resistant Sumai3 cultivar but not in the susceptible Rebelde cultivar. Seven genes involved in the positive regulation of stomatal closure were up-regulated in Sumai3, but it is most likely, that two genes, TaBG and TaCYP450, involved in the negative regulation of stomatal closure, were strongly induced, suggesting that FHB response is linked to cross-talk between the genes promoting and inhibiting stomatal closure. Increasing temperature of spikes in the wheat genotypes and a decrease in photosynthetic efficiency in Rebelde but not in Sumai3, were observed, confirming the hypothesis that photosynthetic parameters are related to FHB resistance.
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- Sara Francesconi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Forestali (DAFNE), Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Forestali (DAFNE), Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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Gietler M, Fidler J, Labudda M, Nykiel M. Abscisic Acid-Enemy or Savior in the Response of Cereals to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses? Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4607. [PMID: 32610484 PMCID: PMC7369871 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21134607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Abscisic acid (ABA) is well-known phytohormone involved in the control of plant natural developmental processes, as well as the stress response. Although in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) its role in mechanism of the tolerance to most common abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, or extreme temperatures seems to be fairly well recognized, not many authors considered that changes in ABA content may also influence the sensitivity of cereals to adverse environmental factors, e.g., by accelerating senescence, lowering pollen fertility, and inducing seed dormancy. Moreover, recently, ABA has also been regarded as an element of the biotic stress response; however, its role is still highly unclear. Many studies connect the susceptibility to various diseases with increased concentration of this phytohormone. Therefore, in contrast to the original assumptions, the role of ABA in response to biotic and abiotic stress does not always have to be associated with survival mechanisms; on the contrary, in some cases, abscisic acid can be one of the factors that increases the susceptibility of plants to adverse biotic and abiotic environmental factors.
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- Marta Gietler
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland; (J.F.); (M.L.); (M.N.)
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Ma Z, Xie Q, Li G, Jia H, Zhou J, Kong Z, Li N, Yuan Y. Germplasms, genetics and genomics for better control of disastrous wheat Fusarium head blight. Theor Appl Genet 2020; 133:1541-1568. [PMID: 31900498 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03525-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Fusarium head blight (FHB), or scab, for its devastating nature to wheat production and food security, has stimulated worldwide attention. Multidisciplinary efforts have been made to fight against FHB for a long time, but the great progress has been achieved only in the genomics era of the past 20 years, particularly in the areas of resistance gene/QTL discovery, resistance mechanism elucidation and molecular breeding for better resistance. This review includes the following nine main sections, (1) FHB incidence, epidemic and impact, (2) causal Fusarium species, distribution and virulence, (3) types of host resistance to FHB, (4) germplasm exploitation for FHB resistance, (5) genetic control of FHB resistance, (6) fine mapping of Fhb1, Fhb2, Fhb4 and Fhb5, (7) cloning of Fhb1, (8) omics-based gene discovery and resistance mechanism study and (9) breeding for better FHB resistance. The advancements that have been made are outstanding and exciting; however, judged by the complicated nature of resistance to hemi-biotrophic pathogens like Fusarium species and lack of immune germplasm, it is still a long way to go to overcome FHB.
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- Zhengqiang Ma
- Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center and National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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- Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center and National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center and National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center and National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center and National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center and National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center and National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics Center and National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Fabre F, Rocher F, Alouane T, Langin T, Bonhomme L. Searching for FHB Resistances in Bread Wheat: Susceptibility at the Crossroad. Front Plant Sci 2020; 11:731. [PMID: 32595664 PMCID: PMC7300258 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Fusarium head blight (FHB), primarily caused by Fusarium graminearum, is one of the most devastating fungal wheat diseases. During the past decades, many efforts have been deployed to dissect FHB resistance, investigating both the wheat responses to infection and, more recently, the fungal determinants of pathogenicity. Although no total resistance has been identified so far, they demonstrated that some plant functions and the expression of specific genes are needed to promote FHB. Associated with the increasing list of F. graminearum effectors able to divert plant molecular processes, this fact strongly argues for a functional link between susceptibility-related factors and the fate of this disease in wheat. In this review, we gather more recent data concerning the involvement of plant and fungal genes and the functions and mechanisms in the development of FHB susceptibility, and we discuss the possibility to use them to diversify the current sources of FHB resistance.
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Bai G, Xie H, Yao H, Li F, Chen X, Zhang Y, Xiao B, Yang J, Li Y, Yang DH. Genome-wide identification and characterization of ABA receptor PYL/RCAR gene family reveals evolution and roles in drought stress in Nicotiana tabacum. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:575. [PMID: 31296158 PMCID: PMC6625023 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5839-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Abscisic acid (ABA) is an important phytohormone for plant growth, development and responding to stresses such as drought, salinity, and pathogen infection. Pyrabactin Resistance 1 (PYR1)/PYR1-Like (PYL)/Regulatory Component of ABA Receptor (RCAR) (hereafter referred to as PYLs) has been identified as the ABA receptors. The PYL family members have been well studied in many plants. However, the members of PYL family have not been systematically identified at genome level in cultivated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and its two ancestors. In this study, the phylogenic relationships, chromosomal distribution, gene structures, conserved motifs/regions, and expression profiles of NtPYLs were analyzed. RESULTS We identified 29, 11, 16 PYLs in the genomes of allotetraploid N. tabacum, and its two diploid ancestors N. tomentosiformis and N. sylvestris, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that NtPYLs can be divided into three subfamilies, and each NtPYL has one counterpart in N. sylvestris or N. tomentosiformis. Based on microarray analysis of NtPYL transcripts, four NtPYLs (from subfamily II, III), and five NtPYLs (from subfamily I) are highlighted as potential candidates for further functional characterization in N. tabacum seed development, response to ABA, and germination, and resistance to abiotic stresses, respectively. Interestingly, the expression profiles of members in the same NtPYL subfamily showed somehow similar patterns in tissues at different developmental stages and in leaves of seedlings under drought stress, suggesting particular NtPYLs might have multiple functions in both plant development and drought stress response. CONCLUSIONS NtPYLs are highlighted for important functions in seed development, germination and response to ABA, and particular in drought tolerance. This work will not only shed light on the PYL family in tobacco, but also provides some valuable information for functional characterization of ABA receptors in N. tabacum.
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- Ge Bai
- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, Kunming, Yunnan China
- National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, Yunnan China
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- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, Kunming, Yunnan China
- National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, Yunnan China
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- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, Kunming, Yunnan China
- National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, Yunnan China
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- National Tobacco Gene Research Centre, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, Zhengzhou, Henan China
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- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, Kunming, Yunnan China
- National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, Yunnan China
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- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, Kunming, Yunnan China
- National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, Yunnan China
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- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, Kunming, Yunnan China
- National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, Yunnan China
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- National Tobacco Gene Research Centre, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, Zhengzhou, Henan China
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- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, Kunming, Yunnan China
- National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, Yunnan China
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- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan China
- Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biotechnological Breeding, Kunming, Yunnan China
- National Tobacco Genetic Engineering Research Center, Kunming, Yunnan China
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Yu X, Han J, Wang E, Xiao J, Hu R, Yang G, He G. Genome-Wide Identification and Homoeologous Expression Analysis of PP2C Genes in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). Front Genet 2019; 10:561. [PMID: 31249596 PMCID: PMC6582248 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Plant protein phosphatase 2Cs (PP2Cs) play crucial roles in phytohormone signaling, developmental processes, and both biotic and abiotic stress responses. However, little research has been conducted on the PP2C gene family in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), which is an important cereal crop. In this study, a genome-wide investigation of TaPP2C gene family was performed. A total of 257 homoeologs of 95 TaPP2C genes were identified, of which 80% of genes had all the three homoeologs across A, B, and D subgenomes. Domain analysis indicated that all the TaPP2C homoeologs harbored the type 2C phosphatase domains. Based on the phylogenetic analysis, TaPP2Cs were divided into 13 groups (A-M) and 4 single branches, which corresponded to the results of gene structure and protein motif analyses. Results of chromosomal location and synteny relationship analysis of TaPP2C homoeologs revealed that known chromosome translocation events and pericentromeric inversions were responsible for the formation of TaPP2C gene family. Expression patterns of TaPP2C homoeologs in various tissues and under diverse stress conditions were analyzed using publicly available RNA-seq data. The results suggested that TaPP2C genes regulate wheat developmental processes and stress responses. Homoeologous expression patterns of TaPP2C triad homoeologs from A, B, and D subgenomes, revealed expression bias within triads under the normal condition, and variability in expression under different stress treatments. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis of eight TaPP2C genes in group A revealed that they were all up-regulated after abscisic acid treatment. Some genes in group A also responded to other phytohormones such as methyl jasmonate and gibberellin. Yeast two-hybrid assays showed that group A TaPP2Cs also interacted with TaSnRK2.1 and TaSnRK2.2 from subclass II, besides with subclass III TaSnRK2s. TaPP2C135 in group A was transformed into Arabidopsis and germination assay revealed that ectopic expression of TaPP2C135 in Arabidopsis enhanced its tolerance to ABA. Overall, these results enhance our understanding of the function of TaPP2Cs in wheat, and provide novel insights into the roles of group A TaPP2Cs. This information will be useful for in-depth functional analysis of TaPP2Cs in future studies and for wheat breeding.
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- The Genetic Engineering International Cooperation Base of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Chinese Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- The Genetic Engineering International Cooperation Base of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Chinese Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Yang Z, Liu J, Poree F, Schaeufele R, Helmke H, Frackenpohl J, Lehr S, von Koskull-Döring P, Christmann A, Schnyder H, Schmidhalter U, Grill E. Abscisic Acid Receptors and Coreceptors Modulate Plant Water Use Efficiency and Water Productivity. Plant Physiol 2019; 180:1066-1080. [PMID: 30886115 PMCID: PMC6548280 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.01238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Improving the water use efficiency (WUE) of crop plants without trade-offs in growth and yield is considered a utopic goal. However, recent studies on model plants show that partial restriction of transpiration can occur without a reduction in CO2 uptake and photosynthesis. In this study, we analyzed the potentials and constraints of improving WUE in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and in wheat (Triticum aestivum). We show that the analyzed Arabidopsis wild-type plants consume more water than is required for unrestricted growth. WUE was enhanced without a growth penalty by modulating abscisic acid (ABA) responses either by using overexpression of specific ABA receptors or deficiency of ABA coreceptors. Hence, the plants showed higher water productivity compared with the wild-type plants; that is, equal growth with less water. The high WUE trait was resilient to changes in light intensity and water availability, but it was sensitive to the ambient temperature. ABA application to plants generated a partial phenocopy of the water-productivity trait. ABA application, however, was never as effective as genetic modification in enhancing water productivity, probably because ABA indiscriminately targets all ABA receptors. ABA agonists selective for individual ABA receptors might offer an approach to phenocopy the water-productivity trait of the high WUE lines. ABA application to wheat grown under near-field conditions improved WUE without detectable growth trade-offs. Wheat yields are heavily impacted by water deficit, and our identification of this crop as a promising target for WUE improvement may help contribute to greater food security.
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- Zhenyu Yang
- Lehrstuhl für Botanik, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Botanik, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Bayer SAS, Toxicology, Toxicology Research, 355, Rue Dostoievski, CS 90153 Valbonne, 06906 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Division Crop Science, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Division Crop Science, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Division Crop Science, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Division Crop Science, Industriepark Höchst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Botanik, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenernährung, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Straße 2, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Botanik, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354 Freising, Germany
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Foroud NA, Pordel R, Goyal RK, Ryabova D, Eranthodi A, Chatterton S, Kovalchuk I. Chemical Activation of the Ethylene Signaling Pathway Promotes Fusarium graminearum Resistance in Detached Wheat Heads. Phytopathology 2019; 109:796-803. [PMID: 30540553 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-08-18-0286-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Plant signaling hormones such as ethylene have been shown to affect the host response to various pathogens. Often, the resistance responses to necrotrophic fungi are mediated through synergistic interactions of ethylene (ET) with the jasmonate signaling pathway. On the other hand, ET is also an inducer of senescence and cell death, which could be beneficial for some invading necrotrophic pathogens. Fusarium graminearum, a causative agent in Fusarium head blight of wheat, is a hemibiotrophic pathogen, meaning it has both biotrophic and necrotrophic phases during the course of infection. However, the role of ET signaling in the host response to Fusarium spp. is unclear; some studies indicate that ET mediates resistance, while others have shown that it is associated with susceptibility. These discrepancies could be related to various aspects of different experimental designs, and suggest that the role of ET signaling in the host response to FHB is potentially dependent on interactions with some undetermined factors. To investigate whether wheat genotype can influence the ET-mediated response to FHB, the effect of chemical treatments affecting the ET pathway was studied in six wheat genotypes in detached-head assays. ET-inhibitor treatments broke down resistance to both initial infection and disease spread in three resistant wheat genotypes, whereas ET-enhancer treatments resulted in reduced susceptibility in three susceptible genotypes. The results presented here show that the ET signaling can mediate FHB resistance to F. graminearum in different wheat backgrounds.
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- Nora A Foroud
- 1 Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- 1 Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 4B1, Canada
- 2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada; and
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- 3 Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C and E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta, T4L 1W1, Canada
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- 1 Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- 1 Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- 1 Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- 2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada; and
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Dommes AB, Gross T, Herbert DB, Kivivirta KI, Becker A. Virus-induced gene silencing: empowering genetics in non-model organisms. J Exp Bot 2019; 70:757-770. [PMID: 30452695 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an RNA interference-based technology used to transiently knock down target gene expression by utilizing modified plant viral genomes. VIGS can be adapted to many angiosperm species that cover large phylogenetic distances, allowing the analysis of gene functions in species that are not amenable to stable genetic transformation. With a vast amount of sequence information already available and even more likely to become available in the future, VIGS provides a means to analyze the functions of candidate genes identified in large genomic or transcriptomic screens. Here, we provide a comprehensive overview of target species and VIGS vector systems, assess recent key publications in the field, and explain how plant viruses are modified to serve as VIGS vectors. As many reports on the VIGS technique are being published, we also propose minimal reporting guidelines for carrying out these experiments, with the aim of increasing comparability between experiments. Finally, we propose methods for the statistical evaluation of phenotypic results obtained with VIGS-treated plants, as analysis is challenging due to the predominantly transient nature of the silencing effect.
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- Anna B Dommes
- Institute of Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring, Gießen, Germany
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Rogozhin E, Ryazantsev D, Smirnov A, Zavriev S. Primary Structure Analysis of Antifungal Peptides from Cultivated and Wild Cereals. Plants (Basel) 2018; 7:plants7030074. [PMID: 30213105 PMCID: PMC6160967 DOI: 10.3390/plants7030074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cereal-derived bioactive peptides with antimicrobial activity have been poorly explored compared to those from dicotyledonous plants. Furthermore, there are a few reports addressing the structural differences between antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) from cultivated and wild cereals, which may shed light on significant varieties in the range and level of their antimicrobial activity. We performed a primary structure analysis of some antimicrobial peptides from wild and cultivated cereals to find out the features that are associated with the much higher antimicrobial resistance characteristic of wild plants. In this review, we identified and analyzed the main parameters determining significant antifungal activity. They relate to a high variability level in the sequences of C-terminal fragments and a high content of hydrophobic amino acid residues in the biologically active defensins in wild cereals, in contrast to AMPs from cultivated forms that usually exhibit weak, if any, activity. We analyzed the similarity of various physicochemical parameters between thionins and defensins. The presence of a high divergence on a fixed part of any polypeptide that is close to defensins could be a determining factor. For all of the currently known hevein-like peptides of cereals, we can say that the determining factor in this regard is the structure of the chitin-binding domain, and in particular, amino acid residues that are not directly involved in intermolecular interaction with chitin. The analysis of amino acid sequences of alpha-hairpinins (hairpin-like peptides) demonstrated much higher antifungal activity and more specificity of the peptides from wild cereals compared with those from wheat and corn, which may be associated with the presence of a mini cluster of positively charged amino acid residues. In addition, at least one hydrophobic residue may be responsible for binding to the components of fungal cell membranes.
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- Eugene Rogozhin
- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia.
- Gause Institute of New Antibiotics, ul. Bolshaya Pirogovskaya, 11, 119021 Moscow, Russia.
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia.
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- Department of Plant Protection Timiryazev Russian Agricultural University, ul. Timiryazevskaya 49, 127550 Moscow, Russia.
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia.
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He Y, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Ahmad D, Wu L, Jiang P, Ma H. Molecular Characterization and Expression of PFT, an FHB Resistance Gene at the Fhb1 QTL in Wheat. Phytopathology 2018; 108:730-736. [PMID: 29315018 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-11-17-0383-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a destructive fungal disease in wheat worldwide. Efforts have been carried out to combat this disease, and the pore-forming toxin-like (PFT) gene at the quantitative trait locus (QTL) Fhb1 was isolated and found to confer resistance to FHB in Sumai 3. In this study, we characterized PFT in 348 wheat accessions. Four haplotypes of PFT were identified. The wild haplotype of PFT had higher resistance than other haplotypes and explained 13.8% of phenotypic variation in FHB resistance by association analysis. PFT was highly expressed during early flowering and increased after Fusarium graminearum treatment in Sumai 3. Analysis of the 5' flanking sequence of PFT predicted that the cis elements of the PFT promoter were related to hormones and biological defense responses. However, PFT existed not only in the FHB-resistant accessions but also in some susceptible accessions. These results suggested that FHB resistance in a diverse range of wheat genotypes is partially conditioned by PFT. The profiling of FHB resistance and the PFT locus in this large collection of wheat germplasm may prove helpful for incorporating FHB resistance into wheat breeding programs, although more work is needed to reveal the exact role of the QTL Fhb1 in conferring resistance to fungal spread.
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- Yi He
- All authors: Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China; and fourth author: Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- All authors: Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China; and fourth author: Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- All authors: Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China; and fourth author: Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- All authors: Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China; and fourth author: Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- All authors: Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China; and fourth author: Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- All authors: Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China; and fourth author: Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- All authors: Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, China; and fourth author: Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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Takeuchi J, Mimura N, Okamoto M, Yajima S, Sue M, Akiyama T, Monda K, Iba K, Ohnishi T, Todoroki Y. Structure-Based Chemical Design of Abscisic Acid Antagonists That Block PYL-PP2C Receptor Interactions. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:1313-1321. [PMID: 29620349 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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In Arabidopsis, signaling of the stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is mediated by PYR/PYL/RCAR receptors (PYLs), which bind to and inhibit group-A protein phosphatases 2C (PP2Cs), the negative regulators of ABA. X-ray structures of several PYL-ABA and PYL-ABA-PP2C complexes have revealed that a conserved tryptophan in PP2Cs is inserted into a small tunnel adjacent to the C4' of ABA in the PYL-ABA complex and plays a crucial role in the formation and stabilization of the PYL-ABA-PP2C complex. Here, 4'-modified ABA analogues were designed to prevent the insertion of the tryptophan into the tunnel adjacent to the C4' of ABA in these complexes. These analogues were predicted to block PYL-PP2C receptor interactions and thus block ABA signaling. To test this, 4'- O-phenylpropynyl ABA analogues were synthesized as novel PYL antagonists (PANs). Structural, thermodynamic, biochemical, and physiological studies demonstrated that PANs completely abolished ABA-induced PYL-PP2C interactions in vitro and suppressed stress-induced ABA responses in vivo more strongly than did 3'-hexylsulfanyl-ABA (AS6), a PYL antagonist we developed previously. The PANs and AS6 antagonized the effects of ABA to different degrees in different plants, suggesting that these PANs can function as chemical scalpels to dissect the complicated regulatory mechanism of ABA signaling in plants.
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- Jun Takeuchi
- Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 243-0034, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 243-0034, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 243-0034, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Izydorczyk C, Nguyen TN, Jo S, Son S, Tuan PA, Ayele BT. Spatiotemporal modulation of abscisic acid and gibberellin metabolism and signalling mediates the effects of suboptimal and supraoptimal temperatures on seed germination in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Cell Environ 2018; 41:1022-1037. [PMID: 28349595 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Seed germination is a complex process regulated by intrinsic hormonal cues such as abscisic acid (ABA) and gibberellin (GA), and environmental signals including temperature. Using pharmacological, molecular and metabolomics approaches, we show that supraoptimal temperature delays wheat seed germination through maintaining elevated embryonic ABA level via increased expression of ABA biosynthetic genes (TaNCED1 and TaNCED2), increasing embryo ABA sensitivity through upregulation of genes regulating ABA signalling positively (TaPYL5, TaSnRK2, ABI3 and ABI5) and decreasing embryo GA sensitivity via induction of TaRHT1 that regulates GA signalling negatively. Endospermic ABA and GA appeared to have minimal roles in regulating germination at supraoptimal temperature. Germination inhibition by suboptimal temperature is associated with elevated ABA level in the embryo and endosperm tissues, mediated by induction of TaNCEDs and decreased expression of endospermic ABA catabolic genes (TaCYP707As), and increased ABA sensitivity in both tissues via upregulation of TaPYL5, TaSnRK2, ABI3 and ABI5 in the embryo and TaSnRK2 and ABI5 in the endosperm. Furthermore, suboptimal temperature suppresses GA synthesis in both tissues and GA sensitivity in the embryo via repressing GA biosynthetic genes (TaGA20ox and TaGA3ox2) and inducing TaRHT1, respectively. These results highlight that spatiotemporal modulation of ABA and GA metabolism and signalling in wheat seeds underlies germination response to temperature.
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- Conrad Izydorczyk
- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, 222 Agriculture Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, 222 Agriculture Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, 222 Agriculture Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, 222 Agriculture Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, 222 Agriculture Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, 222 Agriculture Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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Kazan K, Gardiner DM. Transcriptomics of cereal-Fusarium graminearum interactions: what we have learned so far. Mol Plant Pathol 2018; 19:764-778. [PMID: 28411402 PMCID: PMC6638174 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The ascomycete fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum causes the globally important Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease on cereal hosts, such as wheat and barley. In addition to reducing grain yield, infection by this pathogen causes major quality losses. In particular, the contamination of food and feed with the F. graminearum trichothecene toxin deoxynivalenol (DON) can have many adverse short- and long-term effects on human and animal health. During the last decade, the interaction between F. graminearum and both cereal and model hosts has been extensively studied through transcriptomic analyses. In this review, we present an overview of how such analyses have advanced our understanding of this economically important plant-microbe interaction. From a host point of view, the transcriptomes of FHB-resistant and FHB-susceptible cereal genotypes, including near-isogenic lines (NILs) that differ by the presence or absence of quantitative trait loci (QTLs), have been studied to understand the mechanisms of disease resistance afforded by such QTLs. Transcriptomic analyses employed to dissect host responses to DON have facilitated the identification of the genes involved in toxin detoxification and disease resistance. From the pathogen point of view, the transcriptome of F. graminearum during pathogenic vs. saprophytic growth, or when infecting different cereal hosts or different tissues of the same host, have been studied. In addition, comparative transcriptomic analyses of F. graminearum knock-out mutants with altered virulence have provided new insights into pathogenicity-related processes. The F. graminearum transcriptomic data generated over the years are now being exploited to build a systems level understanding of the biology of this pathogen, with an ultimate aim of developing effective and sustainable disease prevention strategies.
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- Kemal Kazan
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food Queensland Bioscience PrecinctSt. LuciaQld4067Australia
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation (QAAFI)University of Queensland, Queensland Bioscience PrecinctSt. LuciaQld4067Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food Queensland Bioscience PrecinctSt. LuciaQld4067Australia
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Zhang G, Lu T, Miao W, Sun L, Tian M, Wang J, Hao F. Genome-wide identification of ABA receptor PYL family and expression analysis of PYLs in response to ABA and osmotic stress in Gossypium. PeerJ 2017; 5:e4126. [PMID: 29230363 PMCID: PMC5723141 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Abscisic acid (ABA) receptor pyrabactin resistance1/PYR1-like/regulatory components of ABA receptor (PYR1/PYL/RCAR) (named PYLs for simplicity) are core regulators of ABA signaling, and have been well studied in Arabidopsis and rice. However, knowledge is limited about the PYL family regarding genome organization, gene structure, phylogenesis, gene expression and protein interaction with downstream targets in Gossypium. A comprehensive analysis of the Gossypium PYL family was carried out, and 21, 20, 40 and 39 PYL genes were identified in the genomes from the diploid progenitor G. arboretum, G. raimondii and the tetraploid G. hirsutum and G. barbadense, respectively. Characterization of the physical properties, chromosomal locations, structures and phylogeny of these family members revealed that Gossypium PYLs were quite conservative among the surveyed cotton species. Segmental duplication might be the main force promoting the expansion of PYLs, and the majority of the PYLs underwent evolution under purifying selection in Gossypium. Additionally, the expression profiles of GhPYL genes were specific in tissues. Transcriptions of many GhPYL genes were inhibited by ABA treatments and induced by osmotic stress. A number of GhPYLs can interact with GhABI1A or GhABID in the presence and/or absence of ABA by the yeast-two hybrid method in cotton.
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- Gaofeng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, College of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, College of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China.,Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, College of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, College of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, College of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, College of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, College of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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Pri-Tal O, Shaar-Moshe L, Wiseglass G, Peleg Z, Mosquna A. Non-redundant functions of the dimeric ABA receptor BdPYL1 in the grass Brachypodium. Plant J 2017; 92:774-786. [PMID: 28891214 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Abiotic stresses have severe detrimental effects on agricultural productivity worldwide. Abscisic acid (ABA) levels rise in response to abiotic stresses, and play a role in coordinating physiological responses. ABA elicits its effects by binding a family of soluble receptors, increasing affinity of the receptors to type 2C phosphatases (PP2Cs) leading to phosphatase inhibition. In the current study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the ABA signaling pathway in the cereal model grass Brachypodium distachyon. The Brachypodium genome encodes a family of 10 functionally conserved ABA receptors. The 10th in the series, BdPYL10, encodes a defective receptor and is likely a pseudogene. Combinatorial protein interaction assay further validated computational analysis, which grouped Brachypodium ABA receptors into three subfamilies, similarly to Arabidopsis classification. Brachypodium subfamily III receptors inhibited PP2C activity in vitro and complemented Arabidopsis quadruple (pyr1/pyl1/pyl2/pyl4) mutant. BdPYL1 T-DNA mutant exhibited clear ABA hyposensitivity phenotypes during seedling establishment and in mature plants. Single receptor predominance is in agreement with high transcriptional abundance of only a small Brachypodium ABA receptors subset, harboring the higher marginal significance of BdPYL1. Our findings suggest that unlike the highly redundant ABA core signaling components of Arabidopsis, Brachypodium encompasses a more compact and specialized ABA receptor apparatus. This organization may contribute to plant adaptations to ecological niches. These results lay the groundwork for targeting the prominent ABA receptors for stress perception in grasses, and reveal functional differences and commonalities between monocots and eudicots.
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- Oded Pri-Tal
- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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