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Ariel FD, Manavella PA. When junk DNA turns functional: transposon-derived non-coding RNAs in plants. J Exp Bot 2021; 72:4132-4143. [PMID: 33606874 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [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: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) are major contributors to genome complexity in eukaryotes. TE mobilization may cause genome instability, although it can also drive genome diversity throughout evolution. TE transposition may influence the transcriptional activity of neighboring genes by modulating the epigenomic profile of the region or by altering the relative position of regulatory elements. Notably, TEs have emerged in the last few years as an important source of functional long and small non-coding RNAs. A plethora of small RNAs derived from TEs have been linked to the trans regulation of gene activity at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. Furthermore, TE-derived long non-coding RNAs have been shown to modulate gene expression by interacting with protein partners, sequestering active small RNAs, and forming duplexes with DNA or other RNA molecules. In this review, we summarize our current knowledge of the functional and mechanistic paradigms of TE-derived long and small non-coding RNAs and discuss their role in plant development and evolution.
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Affiliation(s)
- Federico D Ariel
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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Clavel M, Pélissier T, Montavon T, Tschopp MA, Pouch-Pélissier MN, Descombin J, Jean V, Dunoyer P, Bousquet-Antonelli C, Deragon JM. Evolutionary history of double-stranded RNA binding proteins in plants: identification of new cofactors involved in easiRNA biogenesis. Plant Mol Biol 2016; 91:131-47. [PMID: 26858002 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-016-0448-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
In this work, we retrace the evolutionary history of plant double-stranded RNA binding proteins (DRBs), a group of non-catalytic factors containing one or more double-stranded RNA binding motif (dsRBM) that play important roles in small RNA biogenesis and functions. Using a phylogenetic approach, we show that multiple dsRBM DRBs are systematically composed of two different types of dsRBMs evolving under different constraints and likely fulfilling complementary functions. In vascular plants, four distinct clades of multiple dsRBM DRBs are always present with the exception of Brassicaceae species, that do not possess member of the newly identified clade we named DRB6. We also identified a second new and highly conserved DRB family (we named DRB7) whose members possess a single dsRBM that shows concerted evolution with the most C-terminal dsRBM domain of the Dicer-like 4 (DCL4) proteins. Using a BiFC approach, we observed that Arabidopsis thaliana DRB7.2 (AtDRB7.2) can directly interact with AtDRB4 but not with AtDCL4 and we provide evidence that both AtDRB7.2 and AtDRB4 participate in the epigenetically activated siRNAs pathway.
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- Marion Clavel
- UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- UMR 6293 CNRS - INSERM U1103 - GreD, Clermont Université, 24 avenue des Landais, B.P. 80026, 63171, Aubière Cedex, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, UPR2357, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Department of Biology LFW D17/D18, ETH Zürich, Universitätsstrasse 2, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- UMR 6293 CNRS - INSERM U1103 - GreD, Clermont Université, 24 avenue des Landais, B.P. 80026, 63171, Aubière Cedex, France
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- UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, UPR2357, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France
- CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan Cedex, France
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- UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan Cedex, France.
- CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Perpignan Cedex, France.
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