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Lin M, Islamov B, Aleliūnas A, Armonienė R, Gorash A, Meigas E, Ingver A, Tamm I, Kollist H, Strazdiņa V, Bleidere M, Brazauskas G, Lillemo M. Genome-wide association analysis identifies a consistent QTL for powdery mildew resistance on chromosome 3A in Nordic and Baltic spring wheat. Theor Appl Genet 2024; 137:25. [PMID: 38240841 PMCID: PMC10799116 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04529-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
Abstract
KEY MESSAGE QPm.NOBAL-3A is an important QTL providing robust adult plant powdery mildew resistance in Nordic and Baltic spring wheat, aiding sustainable crop protection and breeding. Powdery mildew, caused by the biotrophic fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, poses a significant threat to bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), one of the world's most crucial cereal crops. Enhancing cultivar resistance against this devastating disease requires a comprehensive understanding of the genetic basis of powdery mildew resistance. In this study, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using extensive field trial data from multiple environments across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Norway. The study involved a diverse panel of recent wheat cultivars and breeding lines sourced from the Baltic region and Norway. We identified a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 3A, designated as QPm.NOBAL-3A, which consistently conferred high resistance to powdery mildew across various environments and countries. Furthermore, the consistency of the QTL haplotype effect was validated using an independent Norwegian spring wheat panel. Subsequent greenhouse seedling inoculations with 15 representative powdery mildew isolates on a subset of the GWAS panel indicated that this QTL provides adult plant resistance and is likely of race non-specific nature. Moreover, we developed and validated KASP markers for QPm.NOBAL-3A tailored for use in breeding. These findings provide a critical foundation for marker-assisted selection in breeding programs aimed at pyramiding resistance QTL/genes to achieve durable and broad-spectrum resistance against powdery mildew.
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- Min Lin
- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, NO-1432, ÅS, Norway
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- Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge, J. Aamisepa 1, Jõgeva Alevik, 48309, Jõgeva Maakond, Estonia
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 58344, Akademija, Lithuania
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 58344, Akademija, Lithuania
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 58344, Akademija, Lithuania
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- Institute of Bioengineering, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge, J. Aamisepa 1, Jõgeva Alevik, 48309, Jõgeva Maakond, Estonia
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- Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge, J. Aamisepa 1, Jõgeva Alevik, 48309, Jõgeva Maakond, Estonia
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- Institute of Bioengineering, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Zinatnes Iela 2, Cesis County, 4126, Latvia
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Zinatnes Iela 2, Cesis County, 4126, Latvia
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 58344, Akademija, Lithuania
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, NO-1432, ÅS, Norway.
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Pri-Tal O, Sun Y, Dadras A, Fürst-Jansen JMR, Zimran G, Michaeli D, Wijerathna-Yapa A, Shpilman M, Merilo E, Yarmolinsky D, Efroni I, de Vries J, Kollist H, Mosquna A. Constitutive activation of ABA receptors in Arabidopsis reveals unique regulatory circuitries. New Phytol 2024; 241:703-714. [PMID: 37915144 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19363] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
Abstract
Abscisic acid (ABA) is best known for regulating the responses to abiotic stressors. Thus, applications of ABA signaling pathways are considered promising targets for securing yield under stress. ABA levels rise in response to abiotic stress, mounting physiological and metabolic responses that promote plant survival under unfavorable conditions. ABA elicits its effects by binding to a family of soluble receptors found in monomeric and dimeric states, differing in their affinity to ABA and co-receptors. However, the in vivo significance of the biochemical differences between these receptors remains unclear. We took a gain-of-function approach to study receptor-specific functionality. First, we introduced activating mutations that enforce active ABA-bound receptor conformation. We then transformed Arabidopsis ABA-deficient mutants with the constitutive receptors and monitored suppression of the ABA deficiency phenotype. Our findings suggest that PYL4 and PYL5, monomeric ABA receptors, have differential activity in regulating transpiration and transcription of ABA biosynthesis and stress response genes. Through genetic and metabolic data, we demonstrate that PYR1, but not PYL5, is sufficient to activate the ABA positive feedback mechanism. We propose that ABA signaling - from perception to response - flows differently when triggered by different PYLs, due to tissue and transcription barriers, thus resulting in distinct circuitries.
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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, 7610000, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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- Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Goettingen, Goldschmidtsr. 1, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- University of Goettingen, Campus Institute Data Science (CIDAS), Goldschmidstr. 1, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610000, Israel
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Waszczak C, Yarmolinsky D, Leal Gavarrón M, Vahisalu T, Sierla M, Zamora O, Carter R, Puukko T, Sipari N, Lamminmäki A, Durner J, Ernst D, Winkler JB, Paulin L, Auvinen P, Fleming AJ, Andersson MX, Kollist H, Kangasjärvi J. Synthesis and import of GDP-l-fucose into the Golgi affect plant-water relations. New Phytol 2024; 241:747-763. [PMID: 37964509 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19378] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Land plants evolved multiple adaptations to restrict transpiration. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not sufficiently understood. We used an ozone-sensitivity forward genetics approach to identify Arabidopsis thaliana mutants impaired in gas exchange regulation. High water loss from detached leaves and impaired decrease of leaf conductance in response to multiple stomata-closing stimuli were identified in a mutant of MURUS1 (MUR1), an enzyme required for GDP-l-fucose biosynthesis. High water loss observed in mur1 was independent from stomatal movements and instead could be linked to metabolic defects. Plants defective in import of GDP-l-Fuc into the Golgi apparatus phenocopied the high water loss of mur1 mutants, linking this phenotype to Golgi-localized fucosylation events. However, impaired fucosylation of xyloglucan, N-linked glycans, and arabinogalactan proteins did not explain the aberrant water loss of mur1 mutants. Partial reversion of mur1 water loss phenotype by borate supplementation and high water loss observed in boron uptake mutants link mur1 gas exchange phenotypes to pleiotropic consequences of l-fucose and boron deficiency, which in turn affect mechanical and morphological properties of stomatal complexes and whole-plant physiology. Our work emphasizes the impact of fucose metabolism and boron uptake on plant-water relations.
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- Cezary Waszczak
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, CB2 1LR, Cambridge, UK
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Viikki Metabolomics Unit, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Environmental Simulation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Jaślan J, Marten I, Jakobson L, Arjus T, Deeken R, Sarmiento C, De Angeli A, Brosché M, Kollist H, Hedrich R. ALMT-independent guard cell R-type anion currents. New Phytol 2023; 239:2225-2234. [PMID: 37434346 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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Plant transpiration is controlled by stomata, with S- and R-type anion channels playing key roles in guard cell action. Arabidopsis mutants lacking the ALMT12/QUAC1 R-type anion channel function in guard cells show only a partial reduction in R-type channel currents. The molecular nature of these remaining R-type anion currents is still unclear. To further elucidate this, patch clamp, transcript and gas-exchange measurements were performed with wild-type (WT) and different almt mutant plants. The R-type current fraction in the almt12 mutant exhibited the same voltage dependence, susceptibility to ATP block and lacked a chloride permeability as the WT. Therefore, we asked whether the R-type anion currents in the ALMT12/QUAC1-free mutant are caused by additional ALMT isoforms. In WT guard cells, ALMT12, ALMT13 and ALMT14 transcripts were detected, whereas only ALMT13 was found expressed in the almt12 mutant. Substantial R-type anion currents still remained active in the almt12/13 and almt12/14 double mutants as well as the almt12/13/14 triple mutant. In good agreement, CO2 -triggered stomatal closure required the activity of ALMT12 but not ALMT13 or ALMT14. The results suggest that, with the exception of ALMT12, channel species other than ALMTs carry the guard cell R-type anion currents.
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- Justyna Jaślan
- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Würzburg, D-97082, Germany
- IPSiM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, 34060, France
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Würzburg, D-97082, Germany
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
- Estonian Crop Research Institute, J. Aamisepa 1, Jõgeva, 48309, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Würzburg, D-97082, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, 12618, Estonia
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- IPSiM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, 34060, France
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00790, Finland
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), Würzburg, D-97082, Germany
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Azoulay-Shemer T, Schulze S, Nissan-Roda D, Bosmans K, Shapira O, Weckwerth P, Zamora O, Yarmolinsky D, Trainin T, Kollist H, Huffaker A, Rappel WJ, Schroeder JI. A role for ethylene signaling and biosynthesis in regulating and accelerating CO 2 - and abscisic acid-mediated stomatal movements in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 2023; 238:2460-2475. [PMID: 36994603 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18918] [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: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Little is known about long-distance mesophyll-driven signals that regulate stomatal conductance. Soluble and/or vapor-phase molecules have been proposed. In this study, the involvement of the gaseous signal ethylene in the modulation of stomatal conductance in Arabidopsis thaliana by CO2 /abscisic acid (ABA) was examined. We present a diffusion model which indicates that gaseous signaling molecule/s with a shorter/direct diffusion pathway to guard cells are more probable for rapid mesophyll-dependent stomatal conductance changes. We, therefore, analyzed different Arabidopsis ethylene-signaling and biosynthesis mutants for their ethylene production and kinetics of stomatal responses to ABA/[CO2 ]-shifts. According to our research, higher [CO2 ] causes Arabidopsis rosettes to produce more ethylene. An ACC-synthase octuple mutant with reduced ethylene biosynthesis exhibits dysfunctional CO2 -induced stomatal movements. Ethylene-insensitive receptor (gain-of-function), etr1-1 and etr2-1, and signaling, ein2-5 and ein2-1, mutants showed intact stomatal responses to [CO2 ]-shifts, whereas loss-of-function ethylene receptor mutants, including etr2-3;ein4-4;ers2-3, etr1-6;etr2-3 and etr1-6, showed markedly accelerated stomatal responses to [CO2 ]-shifts. Further investigation revealed a significantly impaired stomatal closure to ABA in the ACC-synthase octuple mutant and accelerated stomatal responses in the etr1-6;etr2-3, and etr1-6, but not in the etr2-3;ein4-4;ers2-3 mutants. These findings suggest essential functions of ethylene biosynthesis and signaling components in tuning/accelerating stomatal conductance responses to CO2 and ABA.
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- Tamar Azoulay-Shemer
- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
- Fruit Tree Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Fruit Tree Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Fruit Tree Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Fruit Tree Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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Hirt H, Al-Babili S, Almeida-Trapp M, Martin A, Aranda M, Bartels D, Bennett M, Blilou I, Boer D, Boulouis A, Bowler C, Brunel-Muguet S, Chardon F, Colcombet J, Colot V, Daszkowska-Golec A, Dinneny JR, Field B, Froehlich K, Gardener CH, Gojon A, Gomès E, Gomez-Alvarez EM, Gutierrez C, Havaux M, Hayes S, Heard E, Hodges M, Alghamdi AK, Laplaze L, Lauersen KJ, Leonhardt N, Johnson X, Jones J, Kollist H, Kopriva S, Krapp A, Masson MLP, McCabe MF, Merendino L, Molina A, Moreno Ramirez JL, Mueller-Roeber B, Nicolas M, Nir I, Orduna IO, Pardo JM, Reichheld JP, Rodriguez PL, Rouached H, Saad MM, Schlögelhofer P, Singh KA, De Smet I, Stanschewski C, Stra A, Tester M, Walsh C, Weber APM, Weigel D, Wigge P, Wrzaczek M, Wulff BBH, Young IM. PlantACT! - how to tackle the climate crisis. Trends Plant Sci 2023; 28:537-543. [PMID: 36740490 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have created a global climate crisis which requires immediate interventions to mitigate the negative effects on all aspects of life on this planet. As current agriculture and land use contributes up to 25% of total GHG emissions, plant scientists take center stage in finding possible solutions for a transition to sustainable agriculture and land use. In this article, the PlantACT! (Plants for climate ACTion!) initiative of plant scientists lays out a road map of how and in which areas plant scientists can contribute to finding immediate, mid-term, and long-term solutions, and what changes are necessary to implement these solutions at the personal, institutional, and funding levels.
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- Heribert Hirt
- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Core labs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- IPSiM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- University of Bonn, Molecular Physiology, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Future Food Beacon and School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- UMR7141, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, 75005 Paris, France
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- INRAE, Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, UMR 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et nutritions N, C, S, SFR Normandie Végétal (FED 4277), Esplanade de la Paix, 14032 Caen, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000, Versailles, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Université Paris Cité, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Stanford University, Department of Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, UMR7265, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- IPSiM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- EGFV, Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRAE, ISVV, F-33882 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Nicolas Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Aix-Marseille University, CEA, CNRS UMR7265, BIAM, CEA/Cadarache, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstr. 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Université Paris Cité, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, 34394 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Bioengineering Program, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, Saint Paul-Lez-Durance, F-13108, France
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- Photosynthesis and Environment Team (P&E), Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies d'Aix-Marseille (BIAM), UMR 7265 CNRS-CEA-Université Aix-Marseille II, CEA Cadarache Bat 156, 13108 St Paul lez Durance, France
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute for Plant Sciences, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000, Versailles, France
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Climate and Livability Initiative, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université Evry, Université Paris Cité, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA/CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC), Campus de Montegancedo-UPM, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- University Potsdam, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Molecular Biology, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; Department of Plants Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, ARO, Volcani Institute, HaMaccabbim Road, 68, Rishon LeZion, Israel; Stanford University, Department of Biology, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla-41092, Spain
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- Laboratoire Genome et Developpement des Plantes, Universite ́ Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Plantas Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Univ, Politécnica Avd de los Naranjos, Edificio CPI, 8 ES-46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA; Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- DARWIN21, Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK
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- Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science (CEPLAS), Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Max-Planck-Ring 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University Potsdam, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Molecular Biology, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, Branišovská 1160/31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic; Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Biocenter 3, PO Box 65, FIN-00014, Helsinki University, Finland
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Desert Agriculture (CDA), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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Yeh CY, Wang YS, Takahashi Y, Kuusk K, Paul K, Arjus T, Yadlos O, Schroeder JI, Ilves I, Garcia-Sosa AT, Kollist H. MPK12 in stomatal CO 2 signaling: function beyond its kinase activity. New Phytol 2023. [PMID: 36978283 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18913] [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: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Protein phosphorylation is a major molecular switch involved in the regulation of stomatal opening and closure. Previous research defined interaction between MAP kinase 12 and Raf-like kinase HT1 as a required step for stomatal movements caused by changes in CO2 concentration. However, whether MPK12 kinase activity is required for regulation of CO2 -induced stomatal responses warrants in-depth investigation. We apply genetic, biochemical, and structural modeling approaches to examining the noncatalytic role of MPK12 in guard cell CO2 signaling that relies on allosteric inhibition of HT1. We show that CO2 /HCO3 - -enhanced MPK12 interaction with HT1 is independent of its kinase activity. By analyzing gas exchange of plant lines expressing various kinase-dead and constitutively active versions of MPK12 in a plant line where MPK12 is deleted, we confirmed that CO2 -dependent stomatal responses rely on MPK12's ability to bind to HT1, but not its kinase activity. We also demonstrate that purified MPK12 and HT1 proteins form a heterodimer in the presence of CO2 /HCO3 - and present structural modeling that explains the MPK12:HT1 interaction interface. These data add to the model that MPK12 kinase-activity-independent interaction with HT1 functions as a molecular switch by which guard cells sense changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration.
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- Chung-Yueh Yeh
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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Takahashi Y, Bosmans KC, Hsu PK, Paul K, Seitz C, Yeh CY, Wang YS, Yarmolinsky D, Sierla M, Vahisalu T, McCammon JA, Kangasjärvi J, Zhang L, Kollist H, Trac T, Schroeder JI. Stomatal CO 2/bicarbonate sensor consists of two interacting protein kinases, Raf-like HT1 and non-kinase-activity requiring MPK12/MPK4. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabq6161. [PMID: 36475789 PMCID: PMC9728965 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq6161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The continuing rise in the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration causes stomatal closing, thus critically affecting transpirational water loss, photosynthesis, and plant growth. However, the primary CO2 sensor remains unknown. Here, we show that elevated CO2 triggers interaction of the MAP kinases MPK4/MPK12 with the HT1 protein kinase, thus inhibiting HT1 kinase activity. At low CO2, HT1 phosphorylates and activates the downstream negatively regulating CBC1 kinase. Physiologically relevant HT1-mediated phosphorylation sites in CBC1 are identified. In a genetic screen, we identify dominant active HT1 mutants that cause insensitivity to elevated CO2. Dominant HT1 mutants abrogate the CO2/bicarbonate-induced MPK4/12-HT1 interaction and HT1 inhibition, which may be explained by a structural AlphaFold2- and Gaussian-accelerated dynamics-generated model. Unexpectedly, MAP kinase activity is not required for CO2 sensor function and CO2-triggered HT1 inhibition and stomatal closing. The presented findings reveal that MPK4/12 and HT1 together constitute the long-sought primary stomatal CO2/bicarbonate sensor upstream of the CBC1 kinase in plants.
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- Yohei Takahashi
- School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
- Corresponding author. (Y.T.); (J.I.S.)
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- School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
- Corresponding author. (Y.T.); (J.I.S.)
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Ando E, Kollist H, Fukatsu K, Kinoshita T, Terashima I. Elevated CO 2 induces rapid dephosphorylation of plasma membrane H + -ATPase in guard cells. New Phytol 2022; 236:2061-2074. [PMID: 36089821 PMCID: PMC9828774 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Light induces stomatal opening, which is driven by plasma membrane (PM) H+ -ATPase in guard cells. The activation of guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase is mediated by phosphorylation of the penultimate C-terminal residue, threonine. The phosphorylation is induced by photosynthesis as well as blue light photoreceptor phototropin. Here, we investigated the effects of cessation of photosynthesis on the phosphorylation level of guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Immunodetection of guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase, time-resolved leaf gas-exchange analyses and stomatal aperture measurements were carried out. We found that light-dark transition of leaves induced dephosphorylation of the penultimate residue at 1 min post-transition. Gas-exchange analyses confirmed that the dephosphorylation is accompanied by an increase in the intercellular CO2 concentration, caused by the cessation of photosynthetic CO2 fixation. We discovered that CO2 induces guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase dephosphorylation as well as stomatal closure. Interestingly, reverse-genetic analyses using guard-cell CO2 signal transduction mutants suggested that the dephosphorylation is mediated by a mechanism distinct from the established CO2 signalling pathway. Moreover, type 2C protein phosphatases D6 and D9 were required for the dephosphorylation and promoted stomatal closure upon the light-dark transition. Our results indicate that CO2 -mediated dephosphorylation of guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase underlies stomatal closure.
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- Eigo Ando
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of ScienceThe University of TokyoHongo 7‐3‐1, BunkyoTokyo113‐0033Japan
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of ScienceNagoya UniversityFuro‐cho, ChikusaNagoyaAichi464‐8602Japan
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuTartu50411Estonia
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of ScienceNagoya UniversityFuro‐cho, ChikusaNagoyaAichi464‐8602Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of ScienceNagoya UniversityFuro‐cho, ChikusaNagoyaAichi464‐8602Japan
- Institute of Transformative Bio‐Molecules (WPI‐ITbM)Nagoya UniversityFuro‐cho, ChikusaNagoyaAichi464‐8602Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of ScienceThe University of TokyoHongo 7‐3‐1, BunkyoTokyo113‐0033Japan
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Pei D, Hua D, Deng J, Wang Z, Song C, Wang Y, Wang Y, Qi J, Kollist H, Yang S, Guo Y, Gong Z. Phosphorylation of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase AHA2 by BAK1 is required for ABA-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2022; 34:2708-2729. [PMID: 35404404 PMCID: PMC9252505 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
Stomatal opening is largely promoted by light-activated plasma membrane-localized proton ATPases (PM H+-ATPases), while their closure is mainly modulated by abscisic acid (ABA) signaling during drought stress. It is unknown whether PM H+-ATPases participate in ABA-induced stomatal closure. We established that BRI1-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR KINASE 1 (BAK1) interacts with, phosphorylates and activates the major PM Arabidopsis H+-ATPase isoform 2 (AHA2). Detached leaves from aha2-6 single mutant Arabidopsis thaliana plants lost as much water as bak1-4 single and aha2-6 bak1-4 double mutants, with all three mutants losing more water than the wild-type (Columbia-0 [Col-0]). In agreement with these observations, aha2-6, bak1-4, and aha2-6 bak1-4 mutants were less sensitive to ABA-induced stomatal closure than Col-0, whereas the aha2-6 mutation did not affect ABA-inhibited stomatal opening under light conditions. ABA-activated BAK1 phosphorylated AHA2 at Ser-944 in its C-terminus and activated AHA2, leading to rapid H+ efflux, cytoplasmic alkalinization, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, to initiate ABA signal transduction and stomatal closure. The phosphorylation-mimicking mutation AHA2S944D driven by its own promoter could largely compensate for the defective phenotypes of water loss, cytoplasmic alkalinization, and ROS accumulation in both aha2-6 and bak1-4 mutants. Our results uncover a crucial role of AHA2 in cytoplasmic alkalinization and ABA-induced stomatal closure during the plant's response to drought stress.
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- Dan Pei
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Crop Stress Biology, Institute of Plant Stress Biology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Jalakas P, Nuhkat M, Vahisalu T, Merilo E, Brosché M, Kollist H. Erratum to: Combined action of guard cell plasma membrane rapid- and slow-type anion channels in stomatal regulation. Plant Physiol 2022; 188:2382. [PMID: 34964480 PMCID: PMC8968334 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Jalakas P, Nuhkat M, Vahisalu T, Merilo E, Brosché M, Kollist H. Combined action of guard cell plasma membrane rapid- and slow-type anion channels in stomatal regulation. Plant Physiol 2021; 187:2126-2133. [PMID: 34009364 PMCID: PMC8644578 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab202] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
Abstract
Initiation of stomatal closure by various stimuli requires activation of guard cell plasma membrane anion channels, which are defined as rapid (R)- and slow (S)-type. The single-gene loss-of-function mutants of these proteins are well characterized. However, the impact of suppressing both the S- and R-type channels has not been studied. Here, by generating and studying double and triple Arabidopsis thaliana mutants of SLOW ANION CHANNEL1 (SLAC1), SLAC1 HOMOLOG3 (SLAH3), and ALUMINUM-ACTIVATED MALATE TRANSPORTER 12/QUICK-ACTIVATING ANION CHANNEL 1 (QUAC1), we show that impairment of R- and S-type channels gradually increased whole-plant steady-state stomatal conductance. Ozone-induced cell death also increased gradually in higher-order mutants with the highest levels observed in the quac1 slac1 slah3 triple mutant. Strikingly, while single mutants retained stomatal responsiveness to abscisic acid, darkness, reduced air humidity, and elevated CO2, the double mutant lacking SLAC1 and QUAC1 was nearly insensitive to these stimuli, indicating the need for coordinated activation of both R- and S-type anion channels in stomatal closure.
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- Pirko Jalakas
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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Nuhkat M, Brosché M, Stoelzle-Feix S, Dietrich P, Hedrich R, Roelfsema MRG, Kollist H. Rapid depolarization and cytosolic calcium increase go hand-in-hand in mesophyll cells' ozone response. New Phytol 2021; 232:1692-1702. [PMID: 34482538 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plant stress signalling involves bursts of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can be mimicked by the application of acute pulses of ozone. Such ozone-pulses inhibit photosynthesis and trigger stomatal closure in a few minutes, but the signalling that underlies these responses remains largely unknown. We measured changes in Arabidopsis thaliana gas exchange after treatment with acute pulses of ozone and set up a system for simultaneous measurement of membrane potential and cytosolic calcium with the fluorescent reporter R-GECO1. We show that within 1 min, prior to stomatal closure, O3 triggered a drop in whole-plant CO2 uptake. Within this early phase, O3 pulses (200-1000 ppb) elicited simultaneous membrane depolarization and cytosolic calcium increase, whereas these pulses had no long-term effect on either stomatal conductance or photosynthesis. In contrast, pulses of 5000 ppb O3 induced cell death, systemic Ca2+ signals and an irreversible drop in stomatal conductance and photosynthetic capacity. We conclude that mesophyll cells respond to ozone in a few seconds by distinct pattern of plasma membrane depolarizations accompanied by an increase in the cytosolic calcium ion (Ca2+ ) level. These responses became systemic only at very high ozone concentrations. Thus, plants have rapid mechanism to sense and discriminate the strength of ozone signals.
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- Maris Nuhkat
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1, Biocentre 3, Helsinki, 00790, Finland
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstrasse 5, Erlangen, 91058, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biosciences, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Würzburg, D-97082, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biosciences, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, Würzburg, D-97082, Germany
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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Waadt R, Kudla J, Kollist H. Multiparameter in vivo imaging in plants using genetically encoded fluorescent indicator multiplexing. Plant Physiol 2021; 187:537-549. [PMID: 35237819 PMCID: PMC8491039 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Biological processes are highly dynamic, and during plant growth, development, and environmental interactions, they occur and influence each other on diverse spatiotemporal scales. Understanding plant physiology on an organismic scale requires analyzing biological processes from various perspectives, down to the cellular and molecular levels. Ideally, such analyses should be conducted on intact and living plant tissues. Fluorescent protein (FP)-based in vivo biosensing using genetically encoded fluorescent indicators (GEFIs) is a state-of-the-art methodology for directly monitoring cellular ion, redox, sugar, hormone, ATP and phosphatidic acid dynamics, and protein kinase activities in plants. The steadily growing number of diverse but technically compatible genetically encoded biosensors, the development of dual-reporting indicators, and recent achievements in plate-reader-based analyses now allow for GEFI multiplexing: the simultaneous recording of multiple GEFIs in a single experiment. This in turn enables in vivo multiparameter analyses: the simultaneous recording of various biological processes in living organisms. Here, we provide an update on currently established direct FP-based biosensors in plants, discuss their functional principles, and highlight important biological findings accomplished by employing various approaches of GEFI-based multiplexing. We also discuss challenges and provide advice for FP-based biosensor analyses in plants.
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- Rainer Waadt
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
- Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossplatz 7, Münster 48149, Germany
- Author for communication:
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- Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossplatz 7, Münster 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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Zamora O, Schulze S, Azoulay-Shemer T, Parik H, Unt J, Brosché M, Schroeder JI, Yarmolinsky D, Kollist H. Jasmonic acid and salicylic acid play minor roles in stomatal regulation by CO 2 , abscisic acid, darkness, vapor pressure deficit and ozone. Plant J 2021; 108:134-150. [PMID: 34289193 PMCID: PMC8842987 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) regulate stomatal closure, preventing pathogen invasion into plants. However, to what extent abscisic acid (ABA), SA and JA interact, and what the roles of SA and JA are in stomatal responses to environmental cues, remains unclear. Here, by using intact plant gas-exchange measurements in JA and SA single and double mutants, we show that stomatal responsiveness to CO2 , light intensity, ABA, high vapor pressure deficit and ozone either did not or, for some stimuli only, very slightly depended upon JA and SA biosynthesis and signaling mutants, including dde2, sid2, coi1, jai1, myc2 and npr1 alleles. Although the stomata in the mutants studied clearly responded to ABA, CO2 , light and ozone, ABA-triggered stomatal closure in npr1-1 was slightly accelerated compared with the wild type. Stomatal reopening after ozone pulses was quicker in the coi1-16 mutant than in the wild type. In intact Arabidopsis plants, spraying with methyl-JA led to only a modest reduction in stomatal conductance 80 min after treatment, whereas ABA and CO2 induced pronounced stomatal closure within minutes. We could not document a reduction of stomatal conductance after spraying with SA. Coronatine-induced stomatal opening was initiated slowly after 1.5-2.0 h, and reached a maximum by 3 h after spraying intact plants. Our results suggest that ABA, CO2 and light are major regulators of rapid guard cell signaling, whereas JA and SA could play only minor roles in the whole-plant stomatal response to environmental cues in Arabidopsis and Solanum lycopersicum (tomato).
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- Olena Zamora
- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Fruit Tree Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), the Volcani Center, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel, and
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
- For correspondence ()
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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Morales LO, Shapiguzov A, Safronov O, Leppälä J, Vaahtera L, Yarmolinsky D, Kollist H, Brosché M. Ozone responses in Arabidopsis: beyond stomatal conductance. Plant Physiol 2021; 186:180-192. [PMID: 33624812 PMCID: PMC8154098 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Tropospheric ozone (O3) is a major air pollutant that decreases yield of important crops worldwide. Despite long-lasting research of its negative effects on plants, there are many gaps in our knowledge on how plants respond to O3. In this study, we used natural variation in the model plant Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) to characterize molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying O3 sensitivity. A key parameter in models for O3 damage is stomatal uptake. Here we show that the extent of O3 damage in the sensitive Arabidopsis accession Shahdara (Sha) does not correspond with O3 uptake, pointing toward stomata-independent mechanisms for the development of O3 damage. We compared tolerant (Col-0) versus sensitive accessions (Sha, Cvi-0) in assays related to photosynthesis, cell death, antioxidants, and transcriptional regulation. Acute O3 exposure increased cell death, development of lesions in the leaves, and decreased photosynthesis in sensitive accessions. In both Sha and Cvi-0, O3-induced lesions were associated with decreased maximal chlorophyll fluorescence and low quantum yield of electron transfer from Photosystem II to plastoquinone. However, O3-induced repression of photosynthesis in these two O3-sensitive accessions developed in different ways. We demonstrate that O3 sensitivity in Arabidopsis is influenced by genetic diversity given that Sha and Cvi-0 developed accession-specific transcriptional responses to O3. Our findings advance the understanding of plant responses to O3 and set a framework for future studies to characterize molecular and physiological mechanisms allowing plants to respond to high O3 levels in the atmosphere as a result of high air pollution and climate change.
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- Luis O Morales
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- School of Science & Technology, The Life Science Center-Biology, Örebro University, SE-70182 Örebro, Sweden
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Schulze S, Dubeaux G, Ceciliato PHO, Munemasa S, Nuhkat M, Yarmolinsky D, Aguilar J, Diaz R, Azoulay-Shemer T, Steinhorst L, Offenborn JN, Kudla J, Kollist H, Schroeder JI. A role for calcium-dependent protein kinases in differential CO 2 - and ABA-controlled stomatal closing and low CO 2 -induced stomatal opening in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 2021; 229:2765-2779. [PMID: 33187027 PMCID: PMC7902375 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Low concentrations of CO2 cause stomatal opening, whereas [CO2 ] elevation leads to stomatal closure. Classical studies have suggested a role for Ca2+ and protein phosphorylation in CO2 -induced stomatal closing. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CPKs) and calcineurin-B-like proteins (CBLs) can sense and translate cytosolic elevation of the second messenger Ca2+ into specific phosphorylation events. However, Ca2+ -binding proteins that function in the stomatal CO2 response remain unknown. Time-resolved stomatal conductance measurements using intact plants, and guard cell patch-clamp experiments were performed. We isolated cpk quintuple mutants and analyzed stomatal movements in response to CO2 , light and abscisic acid (ABA). Interestingly, we found that cpk3/5/6/11/23 quintuple mutant plants, but not other analyzed cpk quadruple/quintuple mutants, were defective in high CO2 -induced stomatal closure and, unexpectedly, also in low CO2 -induced stomatal opening. Furthermore, K+ -uptake-channel activities were reduced in cpk3/5/6/11/23 quintuple mutants, in correlation with the stomatal opening phenotype. However, light-mediated stomatal opening remained unaffected, and ABA responses showed slowing in some experiments. By contrast, CO2 -regulated stomatal movement kinetics were not clearly affected in plasma membrane-targeted cbl1/4/5/8/9 quintuple mutant plants. Our findings describe combinatorial cpk mutants that function in CO2 control of stomatal movements and support the results of classical studies showing a role for Ca2+ in this response.
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- Sebastian Schulze
- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Tsushima-Naka, Okayama 700–8530, Japan
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
- Fruit Tree Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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Chan C, Panzeri D, Okuma E, Tõldsepp K, Wang YY, Louh GY, Chin TC, Yeh YH, Yeh HL, Yekondi S, Huang YH, Huang TY, Chiou TJ, Murata Y, Kollist H, Zimmerli L. STRESS INDUCED FACTOR 2 Regulates Arabidopsis Stomatal Immunity through Phosphorylation of the Anion Channel SLAC1. Plant Cell 2020; 32:2216-2236. [PMID: 32327536 PMCID: PMC7346559 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Upon recognition of microbes, pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) activate pattern-triggered immunity. FLAGELLIN SENSING2 (FLS2) and BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE1-ASSOCIATED KINASE1 (BAK1) form a typical PRR complex that senses bacteria. Here, we report that the kinase activity of the malectin-like receptor-like kinase STRESS INDUCED FACTOR 2 (SIF2) is critical for Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) resistance to bacteria by regulating stomatal immunity. SIF2 physically associates with the FLS2-BAK1 PRR complex and interacts with and phosphorylates the guard cell SLOW ANION CHANNEL1 (SLAC1), which is necessary for abscisic acid (ABA)-mediated stomatal closure. SIF2 is also required for the activation of ABA-induced S-type anion currents in Arabidopsis protoplasts, and SIF2 is sufficient to activate SLAC1 anion channels in Xenopus oocytes. SIF2-mediated activation of SLAC1 depends on specific phosphorylation of Ser 65. This work reveals that SIF2 functions between the FLS2-BAK1 initial immunity receptor complex and the final actuator SLAC1 in stomatal immunity.
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- Ching Chan
- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Johansson KSL, El-Soda M, Pagel E, Meyer RC, Tõldsepp K, Nilsson AK, Brosché M, Kollist H, Uddling J, Andersson MX. Genetic controls of short- and long-term stomatal CO2 responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Ann Bot 2020; 126:179-190. [PMID: 32296835 PMCID: PMC7304471 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa065] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The stomatal conductance (gs) of most plant species decreases in response to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration. This response could have a significant impact on plant water use in a future climate. However, the regulation of the CO2-induced stomatal closure response is not fully understood. Moreover, the potential genetic links between short-term (within minutes to hours) and long-term (within weeks to months) responses of gs to increased atmospheric CO2 have not been explored. METHODS We used Arabidopsis thaliana recombinant inbred lines originating from accessions Col-0 (strong CO2 response) and C24 (weak CO2 response) to study short- and long-term controls of gs. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping was used to identify loci controlling short- and long-term gs responses to elevated CO2, as well as other stomata-related traits. KEY RESULTS Short- and long-term stomatal responses to elevated CO2 were significantly correlated. Both short- and long-term responses were associated with a QTL at the end of chromosome 2. The location of this QTL was confirmed using near-isogenic lines and it was fine-mapped to a 410-kb region. The QTL did not correspond to any known gene involved in stomatal closure and had no effect on the responsiveness to abscisic acid. Additionally, we identified numerous other loci associated with stomatal regulation. CONCLUSIONS We identified and confirmed the effect of a strong QTL corresponding to a yet unknown regulator of stomatal closure in response to elevated CO2 concentration. The correlation between short- and long-term stomatal CO2 responses and the genetic link between these traits highlight the importance of understanding guard cell CO2 signalling to predict and manipulate plant water use in a world with increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration. This study demonstrates the power of using natural variation to unravel the genetic regulation of complex traits.
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- Karin S L Johansson
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Zhang L, Takahashi Y, Hsu PK, Kollist H, Merilo E, Krysan PJ, Schroeder JI. FRET kinase sensor development reveals SnRK2/OST1 activation by ABA but not by MeJA and high CO 2 during stomatal closure. eLife 2020; 9:e56351. [PMID: 32463362 PMCID: PMC7289597 DOI: 10.7554/elife.56351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Sucrose-non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-2s (SnRK2s) are critical for plant abiotic stress responses, including abscisic acid (ABA) signaling. Here, we develop a genetically encoded reporter for SnRK2 kinase activity. This sensor, named SNACS, shows an increase in the ratio of yellow to cyan fluorescence emission by OST1/SnRK2.6-mediated phosphorylation of a defined serine residue in SNACS. ABA rapidly increases FRET efficiency in N. benthamiana leaf cells and Arabidopsis guard cells. Interestingly, protein kinase inhibition decreases FRET efficiency in guard cells, providing direct experimental evidence that basal SnRK2 activity prevails in guard cells. Moreover, in contrast to ABA, the stomatal closing stimuli, elevated CO2 and MeJA, did not increase SNACS FRET ratios. These findings and gas exchange analyses of quintuple/sextuple ABA receptor mutants show that stomatal CO2 signaling requires basal ABA and SnRK2 signaling, but not SnRK2 activation. A recent model that CO2 signaling is mediated by PYL4/PYL5 ABA-receptors could not be supported here in two independent labs. We report a potent approach for real-time live-cell investigations of stress signaling.
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- Li Zhang
- Cell and Developmental Biology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San DiegoSan DiegoUnited States
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San DiegoSan DiegoUnited States
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San DiegoSan DiegoUnited States
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- Institute of Technology, University of TartuTartuEstonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of TartuTartuEstonia
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- Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonUnited States
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San DiegoSan DiegoUnited States
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Kalliola M, Jakobson L, Davidsson P, Pennanen V, Waszczak C, Yarmolinsky D, Zamora O, Palva ET, Kariola T, Kollist H, Brosché M. Differential role of MAX2 and strigolactones in pathogen, ozone, and stomatal responses. Plant Direct 2020; 4:e00206. [PMID: 32128474 PMCID: PMC7047155 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.206] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Strigolactones are a group of phytohormones that control developmental processes including shoot branching and various plant-environment interactions in plants. We previously showed that the strigolactone perception mutant more axillary branches 2 (max2) has increased susceptibility to plant pathogenic bacteria. Here we show that both strigolactone biosynthesis (max3 and max4) and perception mutants (max2 and dwarf14) are significantly more sensitive to Pseudomonas syringae DC3000. Moreover, in response to P. syringae infection, high levels of SA accumulated in max2 and this mutant was ozone sensitive. Further analysis of gene expression revealed no major role for strigolactone in regulation of defense gene expression. In contrast, guard cell function was clearly impaired in max2 and depending on the assay used, also in max3, max4, and d14 mutants. We analyzed stomatal responses to stimuli that cause stomatal closure. While the response to abscisic acid (ABA) was not impaired in any of the mutants, the response to darkness and high CO2 was impaired in max2 and d14-1 mutants, and to CO2 also in strigolactone synthesis (max3, max4) mutants. To position the role of MAX2 in the guard cell signaling network, max2 was crossed with mutants defective in ABA biosynthesis or signaling. This revealed that MAX2 acts in a signaling pathway that functions in parallel to the guard cell ABA signaling pathway. We propose that the impaired defense responses of max2 are related to higher stomatal conductance that allows increased entry of bacteria or air pollutants like ozone. Furthermore, as MAX2 appears to act in a specific branch of guard cell signaling (related to CO2 signaling), this protein could be one of the components that allow guard cells to distinguish between different environmental conditions.
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- Maria Kalliola
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesViikki Plant Science CentreUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesViikki Plant Science CentreUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesViikki Plant Science CentreUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research ProgrammeFaculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesViikki Plant Science CentreUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuTartuEstonia
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesViikki Plant Science CentreUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- LUMA Centre Päijät‐HämeUniversity of HelsinkiLahtiFinland
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuTartuEstonia
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research ProgrammeFaculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesViikki Plant Science CentreUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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Zhang J, De-Oliveira-Ceciliato P, Takahashi Y, Schulze S, Dubeaux G, Hauser F, Azoulay-Shemer T, Tõldsepp K, Kollist H, Rappel WJ, Schroeder JI. Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms of CO 2-Mediated Regulation of Stomatal Movements. Curr Biol 2019; 28:R1356-R1363. [PMID: 30513335 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Plants must continually balance the influx of CO2 for photosynthesis against the loss of water vapor through stomatal pores in their leaves. This balance can be achieved by controlling the aperture of the stomatal pores in response to several environmental stimuli. Elevation in atmospheric [CO2] induces stomatal closure and further impacts leaf temperatures, plant growth and water-use efficiency, and global crop productivity. Here, we review recent advances in understanding CO2-perception mechanisms and CO2-mediated signal transduction in the regulation of stomatal movements, and we explore how these mechanisms are integrated with other signaling pathways in guard cells.
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- Jingbo Zhang
- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Physics Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Huang S, Waadt R, Nuhkat M, Kollist H, Hedrich R, Roelfsema MRG. Calcium signals in guard cells enhance the efficiency by which abscisic acid triggers stomatal closure. New Phytol 2019; 224:177-187. [PMID: 31179540 PMCID: PMC6771588 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [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: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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During drought, abscisic acid (ABA) induces closure of stomata via a signaling pathway that involves the calcium (Ca2+ )-independent protein kinase OST1, as well as Ca2+ -dependent protein kinases. However, the interconnection between OST1 and Ca2+ signaling in ABA-induced stomatal closure has not been fully resolved. ABA-induced Ca2+ signals were monitored in intact Arabidopsis leaves, which express the ratiometric Ca2+ reporter R-GECO1-mTurquoise and the Ca2+ -dependent activation of S-type anion channels was recorded with intracellular double-barreled microelectrodes. ABA triggered Ca2+ signals that occurred during the initiation period, as well as in the acceleration phase of stomatal closure. However, a subset of stomata closed in the absence of Ca2+ signals. On average, stomata closed faster if Ca2+ signals were elicited during the ABA response. Loss of OST1 prevented ABA-induced stomatal closure and repressed Ca2+ signals, whereas elevation of the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration caused a rapid activation of SLAC1 and SLAH3 anion channels. Our data show that the majority of Ca2+ signals are evoked during the acceleration phase of stomatal closure, which is initiated by OST1. These Ca2+ signals are likely to activate Ca2+ -dependent protein kinases, which enhance the activity of S-type anion channels and boost stomatal closure.
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- Shouguang Huang
- Molecular Plant Physiology and BiophysicsJulius‐von‐Sachs Institute for BiosciencesBiocenter, Würzburg UniversityJulius‐von‐Sachs‐Platz 2D‐97082 WürzburgGermany
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- Centre for Organismal StudiesPlant Developmental BiologyRuprecht‐Karls‐Universität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 230D‐69120 HeidelbergGermany
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuNooruse 1Tartu50411Estonia
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuNooruse 1Tartu50411Estonia
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and BiophysicsJulius‐von‐Sachs Institute for BiosciencesBiocenter, Würzburg UniversityJulius‐von‐Sachs‐Platz 2D‐97082 WürzburgGermany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and BiophysicsJulius‐von‐Sachs Institute for BiosciencesBiocenter, Würzburg UniversityJulius‐von‐Sachs‐Platz 2D‐97082 WürzburgGermany
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Dittrich M, Mueller HM, Bauer H, Peirats-Llobet M, Rodriguez PL, Geilfus CM, Carpentier SC, Al Rasheid KAS, Kollist H, Merilo E, Herrmann J, Müller T, Ache P, Hetherington AM, Hedrich R. The role of Arabidopsis ABA receptors from the PYR/PYL/RCAR family in stomatal acclimation and closure signal integration. Nat Plants 2019; 5:1002-1011. [PMID: 31451795 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0490-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Stomata are microscopic pores found on the surfaces of leaves that act to control CO2 uptake and water loss. By integrating information derived from endogenous signals with cues from the surrounding environment, the guard cells, which surround the pore, 'set' the stomatal aperture to suit the prevailing conditions. Much research has concentrated on understanding the rapid intracellular changes that result in immediate changes to the stomatal aperture. In this study, we look instead at how stomata acclimate to longer timescale variations in their environment. We show that the closure-inducing signals abscisic acid (ABA), increased CO2, decreased relative air humidity and darkness each access a unique gene network made up of clusters (or modules) of common cellular processes. However, within these networks some gene clusters are shared amongst all four stimuli. All stimuli modulate the expression of members of the PYR/PYL/RCAR family of ABA receptors. However, they are modulated differentially in a stimulus-specific manner. Of the six members of the PYR/PYL/RCAR family expressed in guard cells, PYL2 is sufficient for guard cell ABA-induced responses, whereas in the responses to CO2, PYL4 and PYL5 are essential. Overall, our work shows the importance of ABA as a central regulator and integrator of long-term changes in stomatal behaviour, including sensitivity, elicited by external signals. Understanding this architecture may aid in breeding crops with improved water and nutrient efficiency.
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- Marcus Dittrich
- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- SYBIOMA, Proteomics Core Facility, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Dittrich M, Mueller HM, Bauer H, Peirats-Llobet M, Rodriguez PL, Geilfus CM, Carpentier SC, Al Rasheid KAS, Kollist H, Merilo E, Herrmann J, Müller T, Ache P, Hetherington AM, Hedrich R. The role of Arabidopsis ABA receptors from the PYR/PYL/RCAR family in stomatal acclimation and closure signal integration. Nat Plants 2019; 5:1002-1011. [PMID: 31451795 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0490-490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Stomata are microscopic pores found on the surfaces of leaves that act to control CO2 uptake and water loss. By integrating information derived from endogenous signals with cues from the surrounding environment, the guard cells, which surround the pore, 'set' the stomatal aperture to suit the prevailing conditions. Much research has concentrated on understanding the rapid intracellular changes that result in immediate changes to the stomatal aperture. In this study, we look instead at how stomata acclimate to longer timescale variations in their environment. We show that the closure-inducing signals abscisic acid (ABA), increased CO2, decreased relative air humidity and darkness each access a unique gene network made up of clusters (or modules) of common cellular processes. However, within these networks some gene clusters are shared amongst all four stimuli. All stimuli modulate the expression of members of the PYR/PYL/RCAR family of ABA receptors. However, they are modulated differentially in a stimulus-specific manner. Of the six members of the PYR/PYL/RCAR family expressed in guard cells, PYL2 is sufficient for guard cell ABA-induced responses, whereas in the responses to CO2, PYL4 and PYL5 are essential. Overall, our work shows the importance of ABA as a central regulator and integrator of long-term changes in stomatal behaviour, including sensitivity, elicited by external signals. Understanding this architecture may aid in breeding crops with improved water and nutrient efficiency.
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- Marcus Dittrich
- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- SYBIOMA, Proteomics Core Facility, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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SIGNIFICANCE Stomata sense the intercellular carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration (Ci) and water availability under changing environmental conditions and adjust their apertures to maintain optimal cellular conditions for photosynthesis. Stomatal movements are regulated by a complex network of signaling cascades where reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a key role as signaling molecules. Recent Advances: Recent research has uncovered several new signaling components involved in CO2- and abscisic acid-triggered guard cell signaling pathways. In addition, we are beginning to understand the complex interactions between different signaling pathways. CRITICAL ISSUES Plants close their stomata in reaction to stress conditions, such as drought, and the subsequent decrease in Ci leads to ROS production through photorespiration and over-reduction of the chloroplast electron transport chain. This reduces plant growth and thus drought may cause severe yield losses for agriculture especially in arid areas. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The focus of future research should be drawn toward understanding the interplay between various signaling pathways and how ROS, redox, and hormonal balance changes in space and time. Translating this knowledge from model species to crop plants will help in the development of new drought-resistant crop species with high yields.
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- Sanna Ehonen
- 1 Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,2 Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 3 Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- 1 Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Kollist H, Zandalinas SI, Sengupta S, Nuhkat M, Kangasjärvi J, Mittler R. Rapid Responses to Abiotic Stress: Priming the Landscape for the Signal Transduction Network. Trends Plant Sci 2019; 24:25-37. [PMID: 30401516 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.4] [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: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Plants grow and reproduce within a highly dynamic environment that can see abrupt changes in conditions, such as light intensity, temperature, humidity, or interactions with biotic agents. Recent studies revealed that plants can respond within seconds to some of these conditions, engaging many different metabolic and molecular networks, as well as rapidly altering their stomatal aperture. Some of these rapid responses were further shown to propagate throughout the entire plant via waves of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Ca2+ that are possibly mediated through the plant vascular system. Here, we propose that the integration of these signals is mediated through pulses of gene expression that are coordinated throughout the plant in a systemic manner by the ROS/Ca+2 waves.
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- Hannes Kollist
- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- The Division of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA; The Department of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-5017, USA
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- The Division of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA; The Department of Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65201, USA.
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Tõldsepp K, Zhang J, Takahashi Y, Sindarovska Y, Hõrak H, Ceciliato PHO, Koolmeister K, Wang YS, Vaahtera L, Jakobson L, Yeh CY, Park J, Brosche M, Kollist H, Schroeder JI. Mitogen-activated protein kinases MPK4 and MPK12 are key components mediating CO 2 -induced stomatal movements. Plant J 2018; 96:1018-1035. [PMID: 30203878 PMCID: PMC6261798 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Respiration in leaves and the continued elevation in the atmospheric CO2 concentration cause CO2 -mediated reduction in stomatal pore apertures. Several mutants have been isolated for which stomatal responses to both abscisic acid (ABA) and CO2 are simultaneously defective. However, there are only few mutations that impair the stomatal response to elevated CO2 , but not to ABA. Such mutants are invaluable in unraveling the molecular mechanisms of early CO2 signal transduction in guard cells. Recently, mutations in the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, MPK12, have been shown to partially impair CO2 -induced stomatal closure. Here, we show that mpk12 plants, in which MPK4 is stably silenced specifically in guard cells (mpk12 mpk4GC homozygous double-mutants), completely lack CO2 -induced stomatal responses and have impaired activation of guard cell S-type anion channels in response to elevated CO2 /bicarbonate. However, ABA-induced stomatal closure, S-type anion channel activation and ABA-induced marker gene expression remain intact in the mpk12 mpk4GC double-mutants. These findings suggest that MPK12 and MPK4 act very early in CO2 signaling, upstream of, or parallel to the convergence of CO2 and ABA signal transduction. The activities of MPK4 and MPK12 protein kinases were not directly modulated by CO2 /bicarbonate in vitro, suggesting that they are not direct CO2 /bicarbonate sensors. Further data indicate that MPK4 and MPK12 have distinguishable roles in Arabidopsis and that the previously suggested role of RHC1 in stomatal CO2 signaling is minor, whereas MPK4 and MPK12 act as key components of early stomatal CO2 signal transduction.
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- Kadri Tõldsepp
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0116, USA
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Sierla M, Hõrak H, Overmyer K, Waszczak C, Yarmolinsky D, Maierhofer T, Vainonen JP, Salojärvi J, Denessiouk K, Laanemets K, Tõldsepp K, Vahisalu T, Gauthier A, Puukko T, Paulin L, Auvinen P, Geiger D, Hedrich R, Kollist H, Kangasjärvi J. The Receptor-like Pseudokinase GHR1 Is Required for Stomatal Closure. Plant Cell 2018; 30:2813-2837. [PMID: 30361234 PMCID: PMC6305979 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Guard cells control the aperture of stomatal pores to balance photosynthetic carbon dioxide uptake with evaporative water loss. Stomatal closure is triggered by several stimuli that initiate complex signaling networks to govern the activity of ion channels. Activation of SLOW ANION CHANNEL1 (SLAC1) is central to the process of stomatal closure and requires the leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase (LRR-RLK) GUARD CELL HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-RESISTANT1 (GHR1), among other signaling components. Here, based on functional analysis of nine Arabidopsis thaliana ghr1 mutant alleles identified in two independent forward-genetic ozone-sensitivity screens, we found that GHR1 is required for stomatal responses to apoplastic reactive oxygen species, abscisic acid, high CO2 concentrations, and diurnal light/dark transitions. Furthermore, we show that the amino acid residues of GHR1 involved in ATP binding are not required for stomatal closure in Arabidopsis or the activation of SLAC1 anion currents in Xenopus laevis oocytes and present supporting in silico and in vitro evidence suggesting that GHR1 is an inactive pseudokinase. Biochemical analyses suggested that GHR1-mediated activation of SLAC1 occurs via interacting proteins and that CALCIUM-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE3 interacts with GHR1. We propose that GHR1 acts in stomatal closure as a scaffolding component.
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- Maija Sierla
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Jalakas P, Merilo E, Kollist H, Brosché M. ABA-mediated regulation of stomatal density is OST1-independent. Plant Direct 2018; 2:e00082. [PMID: 31245747 PMCID: PMC6508810 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Stomata, small pores on the surfaces of leaves formed by a pair of guard cells, adapt rapidly to changes in the environment by adjusting the aperture width. As a long-term response, the number of stomata is regulated during stomatal development. The hormone abscisic acid (ABA) regulates both processes. In ABA mediated guard cell signaling the protein kinase OPEN STOMATA1 (OST1) has a central role, as stomatal closure in the ost1 mutant is impaired in response to ABA and to different environmental stimuli. We aimed to dissect the contribution of different ABA-related regulatory mechanisms in determining stomatal conductance, a combination of stomatal density and aperture width, and crossed the ost1 mutant with mutants that either decreased (aba3) or increased (cyp707a1/a3) the concentration of ABA in plants. The double mutant ost1 aba3 had higher stomatal conductance than either parent due to a combination of increased stomatal aperture width and higher stomatal density. In the triple mutant ost1 cyp707a1/a3, stomatal conductance was significantly lower compared to ost1-3 due to lower stomatal density. Further characterization of the single, double and triple mutants showed that responses to treatments that lead to stomatal closure were impaired in ost1 as well as ost1 aba3 and ost1 cyp707a1/a3 mutants, supporting a critical role for OST1 in stomatal aperture regulation. On the basis of our results, we suggest that two signaling pathways regulate water flux from leaves, that is, stomatal conductance: an ABA-dependent pathway that determines stomatal density independent of OST1; and an OST1-dependent pathway that regulates rapid changes in stomatal aperture.
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- Pirko Jalakas
- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuTartuEstonia
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuTartuEstonia
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuTartuEstonia
- Viikki Plant Science Centre, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research ProgrammeFaculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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Cui F, Wu H, Safronov O, Zhang P, Kumar R, Kollist H, Salojärvi J, Panstruga R, Overmyer K. Arabidopsis MLO2 is a negative regulator of sensitivity to extracellular reactive oxygen species. Plant Cell Environ 2018; 41:782-796. [PMID: 29333607 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
The atmospheric pollutant ozone (O3 ) is a strong oxidant that causes extracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, has significant ecological relevance, and is used here as a non-invasive ROS inducer to study plant signalling. Previous genetic screens identified several mutants exhibiting enhanced O3 sensitivity, but few with enhanced tolerance. We found that loss-of-function mutants in Arabidopsis MLO2, a gene implicated in susceptibility to powdery mildew disease, exhibit enhanced dose-dependent tolerance to O3 and extracellular ROS, but a normal response to intracellular ROS. This phenotype is increased in a mlo2 mlo6 mlo12 triple mutant, reminiscent of the genetic redundancy of MLO genes in powdery mildew resistance. Stomatal assays revealed that enhanced O3 tolerance in mlo2 mutants is not caused by altered stomatal conductance. We explored modulation of the mlo2-associated O3 tolerance, powdery mildew resistance, and early senescence phenotypes by genetic epistasis analysis, involving mutants with known effects on ROS sensitivity or antifungal defence. Mining of publicly accessible microarray data suggests that these MLO proteins regulate accumulation of abiotic stress response transcripts, and transcript accumulation of MLO2 itself is O3 responsive. In summary, our data reveal MLO2 as a novel negative regulator in plant ROS responses, which links biotic and abiotic stress response pathways.
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- Fuqiang Cui
- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Biology I, RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, 848125, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Biology I, RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Merilo E, Yarmolinsky D, Jalakas P, Parik H, Tulva I, Rasulov B, Kilk K, Kollist H. Stomatal VPD Response: There Is More to the Story Than ABA. Plant Physiol 2018; 176:851-864. [PMID: 28986421 PMCID: PMC5761775 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Guard cells shrink and close stomatal pores when air humidity decreases (i.e. when the difference between the vapor pressures of leaf and atmosphere [VPD] increases). The role of abscisic acid (ABA) in VPD-induced stomatal closure has been studied using ABA-related mutants that respond to VPD in some studies and not in others. The importance of ABA biosynthesis in guard cells versus vasculature for whole-plant stomatal regulation is unclear as well. Here, we show that Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) lines carrying mutations in different steps of ABA biosynthesis as well as pea (Pisum sativum) wilty and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) flacca ABA-deficient mutants had higher stomatal conductance compared with wild-type plants. To characterize the role of ABA production in different cells, we generated transgenic plants where ABA biosynthesis was rescued in guard cells or phloem companion cells of an ABA-deficient mutant. In both cases, the whole-plant stomatal conductance, stunted growth phenotype, and leaf ABA level were restored to wild-type values, pointing to the redundancy of ABA sources and to the effectiveness of leaf ABA transport. All ABA-deficient lines closed their stomata rapidly and extensively in response to high VPD, whereas plants with mutated protein kinase OST1 showed stunted VPD-induced responses. Another strongly ABA-insensitive mutant, defective in the six ABA PYR/RCAR receptors, responded to changes in VPD in both directions strongly and symmetrically, indicating that its VPD-induced closure could be passive hydraulic. We discuss that both the VPD-induced passive hydraulic stomatal closure and the stomatal VPD regulation of ABA-deficient mutants may be conditional on the initial pretreatment stomatal conductance.
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- Ebe Merilo
- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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Vaidya AS, Peterson FC, Yarmolinsky D, Merilo E, Verstraeten I, Park SY, Elzinga D, Kaundal A, Helander J, Lozano-Juste J, Otani M, Wu K, Jensen DR, Kollist H, Volkman BF, Cutler SR. A Rationally Designed Agonist Defines Subfamily IIIA Abscisic Acid Receptors As Critical Targets for Manipulating Transpiration. ACS Chem Biol 2017; 12:2842-2848. [PMID: 28949512 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Increasing drought and diminishing freshwater supplies have stimulated interest in developing small molecules that can be used to control transpiration. Receptors for the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) have emerged as key targets for this application, because ABA controls the apertures of stomata, which in turn regulate transpiration. Here, we describe the rational design of cyanabactin, an ABA receptor agonist that preferentially activates Pyrabactin Resistance 1 (PYR1) with low nanomolar potency. A 1.63 Å X-ray crystallographic structure of cyanabactin in complex with PYR1 illustrates that cyanabactin's arylnitrile mimics ABA's cyclohexenone oxygen and engages the tryptophan lock, a key component required to stabilize activated receptors. Further, its sulfonamide and 4-methylbenzyl substructures mimic ABA's carboxylate and C6 methyl groups, respectively. Isothermal titration calorimetry measurements show that cyanabactin's compact structure provides ready access to high ligand efficiency on a relatively simple scaffold. Cyanabactin treatments reduce Arabidopsis whole-plant stomatal conductance and activate multiple ABA responses, demonstrating that its in vitro potency translates to ABA-like activity in vivo. Genetic analyses show that the effects of cyanabactin, and the previously identified agonist quinabactin, can be abolished by the genetic removal of PYR1 and PYL1, which form subclade A within the dimeric subfamily III receptors. Thus, cyanabactin is a potent and selective agonist with a wide spectrum of ABA-like activities that defines subfamily IIIA receptors as key target sites for manipulating transpiration.
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- Aditya S. Vaidya
- Department
of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States
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- Institute
of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute
of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Department
of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States
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- Institute
of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States
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- Department
of Botany and Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Jalakas P, Yarmolinsky D, Kollist H, Brosché M. Isolation of Guard-cell Enriched Tissue for RNA Extraction. Bio Protoc 2017; 7:e2447. [PMID: 34541162 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.2447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Revised: 06/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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This is a protocol for isolation of guard cell enriched samples from Arabidopsis thaliana plants for RNA extraction. Leaves are blended in ice-water and filtered through nylon mesh to obtain guard cell enriched fragments. With guard cell enriched samples, gene expression analysis can be done, e.g., comparing different gene expression levels in guard cells versus whole leaf to determine if a gene of interest is predominantly expressed in guard cells. It can also be used to study the effect of treatments or different genetic backgrounds in the regulation of the guard cell expressed genes.
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- Pirko Jalakas
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.,Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland*For correspondence:
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Jalakas P, Huang YC, Yeh YH, Zimmerli L, Merilo E, Kollist H, Brosché M. The Role of ENHANCED RESPONSES TO ABA1 (ERA1) in Arabidopsis Stomatal Responses Is Beyond ABA Signaling. Plant Physiol 2017; 174:665-671. [PMID: 28330935 PMCID: PMC5462056 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Proper stomatal responses are essential for plant function in an altered environment. The core signaling pathway for abscisic acid (ABA)-induced stomatal closure involves perception of the hormone that leads to the activation of guard cell anion channels by the protein kinase OPEN STOMATA1. Several other regulators are suggested to modulate the ABA signaling pathway, including the protein ENHANCED RESPONSE TO ABA1 (ERA1), that encodes the farnesyl transferase β-subunit. The era1 mutant is hypersensitive to ABA during seed germination and shows a more closed stomata phenotype. Using a genetics approach with the double mutants era1 abi1-1 and era1 ost1, we show that while era1 suppressed the high stomatal conductance of abi1-1 and ost1, the ERA1 function was not required for stomatal closure in response to ABA and environmental factors. Further experiments indicated a role for ERA1 in blue light-induced stomatal opening. In addition, we show that ERA1 function in disease resistance was independent of its role in stomatal regulation. Our results indicate a function for ERA1 in stomatal opening and pathogen immunity.
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- Pirko Jalakas
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia (P.J., E.M., H.K., M.B.); Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan (Y.-C.H., Y.-H.Y., L.Z.); and Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland (M.B.)
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia (P.J., E.M., H.K., M.B.); Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan (Y.-C.H., Y.-H.Y., L.Z.); and Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland (M.B.)
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia (P.J., E.M., H.K., M.B.); Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan (Y.-C.H., Y.-H.Y., L.Z.); and Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland (M.B.)
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia (P.J., E.M., H.K., M.B.); Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan (Y.-C.H., Y.-H.Y., L.Z.); and Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland (M.B.)
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia (P.J., E.M., H.K., M.B.); Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan (Y.-C.H., Y.-H.Y., L.Z.); and Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland (M.B.)
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia (P.J., E.M., H.K., M.B.); Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan (Y.-C.H., Y.-H.Y., L.Z.); and Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland (M.B.)
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia (P.J., E.M., H.K., M.B.); Department of Life Science and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan (Y.-C.H., Y.-H.Y., L.Z.); and Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland (M.B.)
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Hõrak H, Kollist H, Merilo E. Fern Stomatal Responses to ABA and CO 2 Depend on Species and Growth Conditions. Plant Physiol 2017; 174:672-679. [PMID: 28351911 PMCID: PMC5462029 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Changing atmospheric CO2 levels, climate, and air humidity affect plant gas exchange that is controlled by stomata, small pores on plant leaves and stems formed by guard cells. Evolution has shaped the morphology and regulatory mechanisms governing stomatal movements to correspond to the needs of various land plant groups over the past 400 million years. Stomata close in response to the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA), elevated CO2 concentration, and reduced air humidity. Whether the active regulatory mechanisms that control stomatal closure in response to these stimuli are present already in mosses, the oldest plant group with stomata, or were acquired more recently in angiosperms remains controversial. It has been suggested that the stomata of the basal vascular plants, such as ferns and lycophytes, close solely hydropassively. On the other hand, active stomatal closure in response to ABA and CO2 was found in several moss, lycophyte, and fern species. Here, we show that the stomata of two temperate fern species respond to ABA and CO2 and that an active mechanism of stomatal regulation in response to reduced air humidity is present in some ferns. Importantly, fern stomatal responses depend on growth conditions. The data indicate that the stomatal behavior of ferns is more complex than anticipated before, and active stomatal regulation is present in some ferns and has possibly been lost in others. Further analysis that takes into account fern species, life history, evolutionary age, and growth conditions is required to gain insight into the evolution of land plant stomatal responses.
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- Hanna Hõrak
- Plant Signal Research Group, University of Tartu, Institute of Technology, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, University of Tartu, Institute of Technology, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Plant Signal Research Group, University of Tartu, Institute of Technology, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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Jakobson L, Vaahtera L, Tõldsepp K, Nuhkat M, Wang C, Wang YS, Hõrak H, Valk E, Pechter P, Sindarovska Y, Tang J, Xiao C, Xu Y, Gerst Talas U, García-Sosa AT, Kangasjärvi S, Maran U, Remm M, Roelfsema MRG, Hu H, Kangasjärvi J, Loog M, Schroeder JI, Kollist H, Brosché M. Natural Variation in Arabidopsis Cvi-0 Accession Reveals an Important Role of MPK12 in Guard Cell CO2 Signaling. PLoS Biol 2016; 14:e2000322. [PMID: 27923039 PMCID: PMC5147794 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2000322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [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: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Plant gas exchange is regulated by guard cells that form stomatal pores. Stomatal adjustments are crucial for plant survival; they regulate uptake of CO2 for photosynthesis, loss of water, and entrance of air pollutants such as ozone. We mapped ozone hypersensitivity, more open stomata, and stomatal CO2-insensitivity phenotypes of the Arabidopsis thaliana accession Cvi-0 to a single amino acid substitution in MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN (MAP) KINASE 12 (MPK12). In parallel, we showed that stomatal CO2-insensitivity phenotypes of a mutant cis (CO2-insensitive) were caused by a deletion of MPK12. Lack of MPK12 impaired bicarbonate-induced activation of S-type anion channels. We demonstrated that MPK12 interacted with the protein kinase HIGH LEAF TEMPERATURE 1 (HT1)-a central node in guard cell CO2 signaling-and that MPK12 functions as an inhibitor of HT1. These data provide a new function for plant MPKs as protein kinase inhibitors and suggest a mechanism through which guard cell CO2 signaling controls plant water management.
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- Liina Jakobson
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biosciences, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Hõrak H, Sierla M, Tõldsepp K, Wang C, Wang YS, Nuhkat M, Valk E, Pechter P, Merilo E, Salojärvi J, Overmyer K, Loog M, Brosché M, Schroeder JI, Kangasjärvi J, Kollist H. A Dominant Mutation in the HT1 Kinase Uncovers Roles of MAP Kinases and GHR1 in CO2-Induced Stomatal Closure. Plant Cell 2016; 28:2493-2509. [PMID: 27694184 PMCID: PMC5134974 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Activation of the guard cell S-type anion channel SLAC1 is important for stomatal closure in response to diverse stimuli, including elevated CO2 The majority of known SLAC1 activation mechanisms depend on abscisic acid (ABA) signaling. Several lines of evidence point to a parallel ABA-independent mechanism of CO2-induced stomatal regulation; however, molecular details of this pathway remain scarce. Here, we isolated a dominant mutation in the protein kinase HIGH LEAF TEMPERATURE1 (HT1), an essential regulator of stomatal CO2 responses, in an ozone sensitivity screen of Arabidopsis thaliana The mutation caused constitutively open stomata and impaired stomatal CO2 responses. We show that the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MPKs) MPK4 and MPK12 can inhibit HT1 activity in vitro and this inhibition is decreased for the dominant allele of HT1. We also show that HT1 inhibits the activation of the SLAC1 anion channel by the protein kinases OPEN STOMATA1 and GUARD CELL HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-RESISTANT1 (GHR1) in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Notably, MPK12 can restore SLAC1 activation in the presence of HT1, but not in the presence of the dominant allele of HT1. Based on these data, we propose a model for sequential roles of MPK12, HT1, and GHR1 in the ABA-independent regulation of SLAC1 during CO2-induced stomatal closure.
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- Hanna Hõrak
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Plant Biology, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Division of Plant Biology, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Plant Biology, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
- Division of Plant Biology, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology Section, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116
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- Division of Plant Biology, Viikki Plant Science Centre, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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Jakobson L, Lindgren LO, Verdier G, Laanemets K, Brosché M, Beisson F, Kollist H. BODYGUARD is required for the biosynthesis of cutin in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 2016; 211:614-26. [PMID: 26990896 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The cuticle plays a critical role in plant survival during extreme drought conditions. There are, however, surprisingly, many gaps in our understanding of cuticle biosynthesis. An Arabidopsis thaliana T-DNA mutant library was screened for mutants with enhanced transpiration using a simple condensation spot method. Five mutants, named cool breath (cb), were isolated. The cb5 mutant was found to be allelic to bodyguard (bdg), which is affected in an α/β-hydrolase fold protein important for cuticle structure. The analysis of cuticle components in cb5 (renamed as bdg-6) and another T-DNA mutant allele (bdg-7) revealed no impairment in wax synthesis, but a strong decrease in total cutin monomer load in young leaves and flowers. Root suberin content was also reduced. Overexpression of BDG increased total leaf cutin monomer content nearly four times by affecting preferentially C18 polyunsaturated ω-OH fatty acids and dicarboxylic acids. Whole-plant gas exchange analysis showed that bdg-6 had higher cuticular conductance and rate of transpiration; however, plant lines overexpressing BDG resembled the wild-type with regard to these characteristics. This study identifies BDG as an important component of the cutin biosynthesis machinery in Arabidopsis. We also show that, using BDG, cutin can be greatly modified without altering the cuticular water barrier properties and transpiration.
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- Liina Jakobson
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Department of Environmental Plant Biology and Microbiology, CEA-CNRS-Aix Marseille University, UMR 7265/LB3M, Cadarache CEA Research Center, F-13108, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Department of Environmental Plant Biology and Microbiology, CEA-CNRS-Aix Marseille University, UMR 7265/LB3M, Cadarache CEA Research Center, F-13108, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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McLachlan DH, Lan J, Geilfus CM, Dodd AN, Larson T, Baker A, Hõrak H, Kollist H, He Z, Graham I, Mickelbart MV, Hetherington AM. The Breakdown of Stored Triacylglycerols Is Required during Light-Induced Stomatal Opening. Curr Biol 2016; 26:707-12. [PMID: 26898465 PMCID: PMC4791430 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Revised: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Stomata regulate the uptake of CO2 and the loss of water vapor [1] and contribute to the control of water-use efficiency [2] in plants. Although the guard-cell-signaling pathway coupling blue light perception to ion channel activity is relatively well understood [3], we know less about the sources of ATP required to drive K+ uptake [3, 4, 5, 6]. Here, we show that triacylglycerols (TAGs), present in Arabidopsis guard cells as lipid droplets (LDs), are involved in light-induced stomatal opening. Illumination induces reductions in LD abundance, and this involves the PHOT1 and PHOT2 blue light receptors [3]. Light also induces decreases in specific TAG molecular species. We hypothesized that TAG-derived fatty acids are metabolized by peroxisomal β-oxidation to produce ATP required for stomatal opening. In silico analysis revealed that guard cells express all the genes required for β-oxidation, and we showed that light-induced stomatal opening is delayed in three TAG catabolism mutants (sdp1, pxa1, and cgi-58) and in stomata treated with a TAG breakdown inhibitor. We reasoned that, if ATP supply was delaying light-induced stomatal opening, then the activity of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase should be reduced at this time. Monitoring changes in apoplastic pH in the mutants showed that this was the case. Together, our results reveal a new role for TAGs in vegetative tissue and show that PHOT1 and PHOT2 are involved in reductions in LD abundance. Reductions in LD abundance in guard cells of the lycophyte Selaginella suggest that TAG breakdown may represent an evolutionarily conserved mechanism in light-induced stomatal opening. Guard cells break down triacylglycerols to supply ATP for use in stomatal opening Light-induced stomatal opening is delayed in triacylglycerol catabolism mutants PHOT blue light receptors are involved in reductions in lipid droplet (LD) abundance Light-induced reductions in LD abundance occur in Selaginella guard cells
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- Deirdre H McLachlan
- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Institut fur Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald- Straße 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK; Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
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Rutowicz K, Puzio M, Halibart-Puzio J, Lirski M, Kotliński M, Kroteń MA, Knizewski L, Lange B, Muszewska A, Śniegowska-Świerk K, Kościelniak J, Iwanicka-Nowicka R, Buza K, Janowiak F, Żmuda K, Jõesaar I, Laskowska-Kaszub K, Fogtman A, Kollist H, Zielenkiewicz P, Tiuryn J, Siedlecki P, Swiezewski S, Ginalski K, Koblowska M, Archacki R, Wilczynski B, Rapacz M, Jerzmanowski A. A Specialized Histone H1 Variant Is Required for Adaptive Responses to Complex Abiotic Stress and Related DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 2015; 169:2080-101. [PMID: 26351307 PMCID: PMC4634048 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Linker (H1) histones play critical roles in chromatin compaction in higher eukaryotes. They are also the most variable of the histones, with numerous nonallelic variants cooccurring in the same cell. Plants contain a distinct subclass of minor H1 variants that are induced by drought and abscisic acid and have been implicated in mediating adaptive responses to stress. However, how these variants facilitate adaptation remains poorly understood. Here, we show that the single Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) stress-inducible variant H1.3 occurs in plants in two separate and most likely autonomous pools: a constitutive guard cell-specific pool and a facultative environmentally controlled pool localized in other tissues. Physiological and transcriptomic analyses of h1.3 null mutants demonstrate that H1.3 is required for both proper stomatal functioning under normal growth conditions and adaptive developmental responses to combined light and water deficiency. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analysis, we show that H1.3 has superfast chromatin dynamics, and in contrast to the main Arabidopsis H1 variants H1.1 and H1.2, it has no stable bound fraction. The results of global occupancy studies demonstrate that, while H1.3 has the same overall binding properties as the main H1 variants, including predominant heterochromatin localization, it differs from them in its preferences for chromatin regions with epigenetic signatures of active and repressed transcription. We also show that H1.3 is required for a substantial part of DNA methylation associated with environmental stress, suggesting that the likely mechanism underlying H1.3 function may be the facilitation of chromatin accessibility by direct competition with the main H1 variants.
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- Kinga Rutowicz
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (K.R., J.H.-P., M.L., M.Kot., A.M., R.I.-N., A.F., P.Z., P.S., S.S., M.Kob., A.J.);Laboratory of Systems Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland (M.P., M.Kot., B.L., R.I.-N., K.L.-K., P.S., M.Kob., R.A., A.J.);Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Rzeszów, 36-100 Kolbuszowa, Poland (J.H.-P.);College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland (M.A.K.);Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Center of New Technologies (L.K., A.M., K.G.), and Institute of Informatics (K.B., J.T., B.W.), University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland;Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Cracow, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (K.Ś.-Ś., J.K., K.Ż., M.R.);Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 30-239 Cracow, Poland (F.J.); andInstitute of Technology, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia (I.J., H.K.)
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Guzel Deger A, Scherzer S, Nuhkat M, Kedzierska J, Kollist H, Brosché M, Unyayar S, Boudsocq M, Hedrich R, Roelfsema MRG. Guard cell SLAC1-type anion channels mediate flagellin-induced stomatal closure. New Phytol 2015; 208:162-73. [PMID: 25932909 PMCID: PMC4949714 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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During infection plants recognize microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs), and this leads to stomatal closure. This study analyzes the molecular mechanisms underlying this MAMP response and its interrelation with ABA signaling. Stomata in intact Arabidopsis thaliana plants were stimulated with the bacterial MAMP flg22, or the stress hormone ABA, by using the noninvasive nanoinfusion technique. Intracellular double-barreled microelectrodes were applied to measure the activity of plasma membrane ion channels. Flg22 induced rapid stomatal closure and stimulated the SLAC1 and SLAH3 anion channels in guard cells. Loss of both channels resulted in cells that lacked flg22-induced anion channel activity and stomata that did not close in response to flg22 or ABA. Rapid flg22-dependent stomatal closure was impaired in plants that were flagellin receptor (FLS2)-deficient, as well as in the ost1-2 (Open Stomata 1) mutant, which lacks a key ABA-signaling protein kinase. By contrast, stomata of the ABA protein phosphatase mutant abi1-1 (ABscisic acid Insensitive 1) remained flg22-responsive. These data suggest that the initial steps in flg22 and ABA signaling are different, but that the pathways merge at the level of OST1 and lead to activation of SLAC1 and SLAH3 anion channels.
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- Aysin Guzel Deger
- Molecular Plant Physiology and BiophysicsJulius‐von‐Sachs Institute for BiosciencesBiocenterUniversity of WürzburgJulius‐von‐Sachs‐Platz 2D‐97082WürzburgGermany
- Faculty of Science and LettersDepartment of BiologyUniversity of Mersin33343MersinTurkey
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and BiophysicsJulius‐von‐Sachs Institute for BiosciencesBiocenterUniversity of WürzburgJulius‐von‐Sachs‐Platz 2D‐97082WürzburgGermany
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuNooruse 1Tartu50411Estonia
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and BiophysicsJulius‐von‐Sachs Institute for BiosciencesBiocenterUniversity of WürzburgJulius‐von‐Sachs‐Platz 2D‐97082WürzburgGermany
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuNooruse 1Tartu50411Estonia
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuNooruse 1Tartu50411Estonia
- Division of Plant BiologyDepartment of BiosciencesUniversity of HelsinkiPO box 65FI‐00014HelsinkiFinland
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- Faculty of Science and LettersDepartment of BiologyUniversity of Mersin33343MersinTurkey
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris‐SaclayUMR9213/UMR1403 CNRS‐INRA‐Université Paris Sud‐Université Evry Val d'Essonne‐Université Paris DiderotSaclay Plant SciencesBat 630, rue Noetzlin91405OrsayFrance
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and BiophysicsJulius‐von‐Sachs Institute for BiosciencesBiocenterUniversity of WürzburgJulius‐von‐Sachs‐Platz 2D‐97082WürzburgGermany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and BiophysicsJulius‐von‐Sachs Institute for BiosciencesBiocenterUniversity of WürzburgJulius‐von‐Sachs‐Platz 2D‐97082WürzburgGermany
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Merilo E, Jalakas P, Laanemets K, Mohammadi O, Hõrak H, Kollist H, Brosché M. Abscisic Acid Transport and Homeostasis in the Context of Stomatal Regulation. Mol Plant 2015; 8:1321-33. [PMID: 26099923 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 12/15/2014] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The discovery of cytosolic ABA receptors is an important breakthrough in stomatal research; signaling via these receptors is involved in determining the basal stomatal conductance and stomatal responsiveness. However, the source of ABA in guard cells is still not fully understood. The level of ABA increases in guard cells by de novo synthesis, recycling from inactive conjugates via β-glucosidases BG1 and BG2 and by import, whereas it decreases by hydroxylation, conjugation, and export. ABA importers include the NRT1/PTR family protein AIT1, ATP-binding cassette protein ABCG40, and possibly ABCG22, whereas the DTX family member DTX50 and ABCG25 function as ABA exporters. Here, we review the proteins involved in ABA transport and homeostasis and their physiological role in stomatal regulation. Recent experiments suggest that functional redundancy probably exists among ABA transporters between vasculature and guard cells and ABA recycling proteins, as stomatal functioning remained intact in abcg22, abcg25, abcg40, ait1, and bg1bg2 mutants. Only the initial response to reduced air humidity was significantly delayed in abcg22. Considering the reports showing autonomous ABA synthesis in guard cells, we discuss that rapid stomatal responses to atmospheric factors might depend primarily on guard cell-synthesized ABA, whereas in the case of long-term soil water deficit, ABA synthesized in the vasculature might have a significant role.
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- Ebe Merilo
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia.
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia; Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Bourdais G, Burdiak P, Gauthier A, Nitsch L, Salojärvi J, Rayapuram C, Idänheimo N, Hunter K, Kimura S, Merilo E, Vaattovaara A, Oracz K, Kaufholdt D, Pallon A, Anggoro DT, Glów D, Lowe J, Zhou J, Mohammadi O, Puukko T, Albert A, Lang H, Ernst D, Kollist H, Brosché M, Durner J, Borst JW, Collinge DB, Karpiński S, Lyngkjær MF, Robatzek S, Wrzaczek M, Kangasjärvi J. Large-Scale Phenomics Identifies Primary and Fine-Tuning Roles for CRKs in Responses Related to Oxidative Stress. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005373. [PMID: 26197346 PMCID: PMC4511522 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases (CRKs) are transmembrane proteins characterized by the presence of two domains of unknown function 26 (DUF26) in their ectodomain. The CRKs form one of the largest groups of receptor-like protein kinases in plants, but their biological functions have so far remained largely uncharacterized. We conducted a large-scale phenotyping approach of a nearly complete crk T-DNA insertion line collection showing that CRKs control important aspects of plant development and stress adaptation in response to biotic and abiotic stimuli in a non-redundant fashion. In particular, the analysis of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-related stress responses, such as regulation of the stomatal aperture, suggests that CRKs participate in ROS/redox signalling and sensing. CRKs play general and fine-tuning roles in the regulation of stomatal closure induced by microbial and abiotic cues. Despite their great number and high similarity, large-scale phenotyping identified specific functions in diverse processes for many CRKs and indicated that CRK2 and CRK5 play predominant roles in growth regulation and stress adaptation, respectively. As a whole, the CRKs contribute to specificity in ROS signalling. Individual CRKs control distinct responses in an antagonistic fashion suggesting future potential for using CRKs in genetic approaches to improve plant performance and stress tolerance.
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- Gildas Bourdais
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Plant Biotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Microspectroscopy Center, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences and Copenhagen Plant Science Center, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Plant Biotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Plant Physiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Plant Biotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Unit Environmental Simulation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Environmental Simulation, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Microspectroscopy Center, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences and Copenhagen Plant Science Center, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Plant Biotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences and Copenhagen Plant Science Center, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Merilo E, Jalakas P, Kollist H, Brosché M. The role of ABA recycling and transporter proteins in rapid stomatal responses to reduced air humidity, elevated CO2, and exogenous ABA. Mol Plant 2015; 8:657-9. [PMID: 25620768 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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- Ebe Merilo
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia.
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia; Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Piisilä M, Keceli MA, Brader G, Jakobson L, Jõesaar I, Sipari N, Kollist H, Palva ET, Kariola T. The F-box protein MAX2 contributes to resistance to bacterial phytopathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biol 2015; 15:53. [PMID: 25849639 PMCID: PMC4340836 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0434-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [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: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Arabidopsis thaliana F-box protein MORE AXILLARY GROWTH2 (MAX2) has previously been characterized for its role in plant development. MAX2 appears essential for the perception of the newly characterized phytohormone strigolactone, a negative regulator of polar auxin transport in Arabidopsis. RESULTS A reverse genetic screen for F-box protein mutants altered in their stress responses identified MAX2 as a component of plant defense. Here we show that MAX2 contributes to plant resistance against pathogenic bacteria. Interestingly, max2 mutant plants showed increased susceptibility to the bacterial necrotroph Pectobacterium carotovorum as well as to the hemi-biotroph Pseudomonas syringae but not to the fungal necrotroph Botrytis cinerea. max2 mutant phenotype was associated with constitutively increased stomatal conductance and decreased tolerance to apoplastic ROS but also with alterations in hormonal balance. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that MAX2 previously characterized for its role in regulation of polar auxin transport in Arabidopsis, and thus plant development also significantly influences plant disease resistance. We conclude that the increased susceptibility to P. syringae and P. carotovorum is due to increased stomatal conductance in max2 mutants promoting pathogen entry into the plant apoplast. Additional factors contributing to pathogen susceptibility in max2 plants include decreased tolerance to pathogen-triggered apoplastic ROS and alterations in hormonal signaling.
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- Maria Piisilä
- />Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FIN-00014 Finland
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- />Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FIN-00014 Finland
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- />Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Bioresources, Health and Environment Department, Tulln an der Donau, 3430 Austria
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- />Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411 Estonia
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- />Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411 Estonia
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- />Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FIN-00014 Finland
- />Viikki Metabolomics Unit, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FIN-00014 Finland
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- />Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411 Estonia
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- />Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FIN-00014 Finland
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- />Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FIN-00014 Finland
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Kollist H, Nuhkat M, Roelfsema MRG. Closing gaps: linking elements that control stomatal movement. New Phytol 2014; 203:44-62. [PMID: 24800691 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [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: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Stomata are an attractive experimental system in plant biology, because the responses of guard cells to environmental signals can be directly linked to changes in the aperture of stomatal pores. In this review, the mechanics of stomatal movement are discussed in relation to ion transport in guard cells. Emphasis is placed on the ion pumps, transporters, and channels in the plasma membrane, as well as in the vacuolar membrane. The biophysical properties of transport proteins for H(+), K(+), Ca(2+), and anions are discussed and related to their function in guard cells during stomatal movements. Guard cell signaling pathways for ABA, CO2, ozone, microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) and blue light are presented. Special attention is given to the regulation of the slow anion channel (SLAC) and SLAC homolog (SLAH)-type anion channels by the ABA signalosome. Over the last decade, several knowledge gaps in the regulation of ion transport in guard cells have been closed. The current state of knowledge is an excellent starting point for tackling important open questions concerning stress tolerance in plants.
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- Hannes Kollist
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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Merilo E, Jõesaar I, Brosché M, Kollist H. To open or to close: species-specific stomatal responses to simultaneously applied opposing environmental factors. New Phytol 2014; 202:499-508. [PMID: 24392838 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 11/30/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Plant stomatal responses to single environmental factors are well studied; however, responses to a change in two (or more) factors - a common situation in nature - have been less frequently addressed. We studied the stomatal responses to a simultaneous application of opposing environmental factors in six evolutionarily distant mono- and dicotyledonous herbs representing different life strategies (ruderals, competitors and stress-tolerators) to clarify whether the crosstalk between opening- and closure-inducing pathways leading to stomatal response is universal or species-specific. Custom-made gas exchange devices were used to study the stomatal responses to a simultaneous application of two opposing factors: decreased/increased CO2 concentration and light availability or reduced air humidity. The studied species responded similarly to changes in single environmental factors, but showed species-specific and nonadditive responses to two simultaneously applied opposing factors. The stomata of the ruderals Arabidopsis thaliana and Thellungiella salsuginea (previously Thellungiella halophila) always opened, whereas those of competitor-ruderals either closed in all two-factor combinations (Triticum aestivum), remained relatively unchanged (Nicotiana tabacum) or showed a response dominated by reduced air humidity (Hordeum vulgare). Our results, indicating that in changing environmental conditions species-specific stomatal responses are evident that cannot be predicted from studying one factor at a time, might be interesting for stomatal modellers, too.
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- Ebe Merilo
- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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Idänheimo N, Gauthier A, Salojärvi J, Siligato R, Brosché M, Kollist H, Mähönen AP, Kangasjärvi J, Wrzaczek M. The Arabidopsis thaliana cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases CRK6 and CRK7 protect against apoplastic oxidative stress. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 445:457-62. [PMID: 24530916 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Receptor-like kinases are important regulators of many different processes in plants. Despite their large number only a few have been functionally characterized. One of the largest subgroups of receptor-like kinases in Arabidopsis is the cysteine-rich receptor like kinases (CRKs). High sequence similarity among the CRKs has been suggested as major cause for functional redundancy. The genomic localization of CRK genes in back-to-back repeats has made their characterization through mutant analysis unpractical. Expression profiling has linked the CRKs with reactive oxygen species, important signaling molecules in plants. Here we have investigated the role of two CRKs, CRK6 and CRK7, and analyzed their role in extracellular ROS signaling. CRK6 and CRK7 are active protein kinases with differential preference for divalent cations. Our results suggest that CRK7 is involved in mediating the responses to extracellular but not chloroplastic ROS production.
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- Niina Idänheimo
- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia.
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu 50411, Estonia.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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Li J, Besseau S, Törönen P, Sipari N, Kollist H, Holm L, Palva ET. Defense-related transcription factors WRKY70 and WRKY54 modulate osmotic stress tolerance by regulating stomatal aperture in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 2013; 200:457-472. [PMID: 23815736 PMCID: PMC4284015 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [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: 05/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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WRKY transcription factors (TFs) have been mainly associated with plant defense, but recent studies have suggested additional roles in the regulation of other physiological processes. Here, we explored the possible contribution of two related group III WRKY TFs, WRKY70 and WRKY54, to osmotic stress tolerance. These TFs are positive regulators of plant defense, and co-operate as negative regulators of salicylic acid (SA) biosynthesis and senescence. We employed single and double mutants of wrky54 and wrky70, as well as a WRKY70 overexpressor line, to explore the role of these TFs in osmotic stress (polyethylene glycol) responses. Their effect on gene expression was characterized by microarrays and verified by quantitative PCR. Stomatal phenotypes were assessed by water retention and stomatal conductance measurements. The wrky54wrky70 double mutants exhibited clearly enhanced tolerance to osmotic stress. However, gene expression analysis showed reduced induction of osmotic stress-responsive genes in addition to reduced accumulation of the osmoprotectant proline. By contrast, the enhanced tolerance was correlated with improved water retention and enhanced stomatal closure. These findings demonstrate that WRKY70 and WRKY54 co-operate as negative regulators of stomatal closure and, consequently, osmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis, suggesting that they have an important role, not only in plant defense, but also in abiotic stress signaling.
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- Jing Li
- Viikki Biocenter, Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Université François Rabelais de Tours, EA2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, 37200, Tours, France
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- Viikki Biocenter, Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Viikki Biocenter, Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- Viikki Biocenter, Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Viikki Biocenter, Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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