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Yan J, Chen Q, Cui X, Zhao P, Gao S, Yang B, Liu JX, Tong T, Deyholos MK, Jiang YQ. Ectopic overexpression of a membrane-tethered transcription factor gene NAC60 from oilseed rape positively modulates programmed cell death and age-triggered leaf senescence. Plant J 2021; 105:600-618. [PMID: 33119146 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 09/23/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Senescence is an integrative final stage of plant development that is governed by internal and external cues. The NAM, ATAF1/2, CUC2 (NAC) transcription factor (TF) family is specific to plants and membrane-tethered NAC TFs (MTTFs) constitute a unique and sophisticated mechanism in stress responses and development. However, the function of MTTFs in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) remains unknown. Here, we report that BnaNAC60 is an MTTF associated with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Expression of BnaNAC60 was induced during the progression of leaf senescence. Translocation of BnaNAC60 into nuclei was induced by ER stress and oxidative stress treatments. It binds to the NTLBS motif, rather than the canonical NAC recognition site. Overexpression of BnaNAC60 devoid of the transmembrane domain, but not the full-length BnaNAC60, induces significant reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and hypersensitive response-like cell death in both tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) and oilseed rape protoplasts. Moreover, ectopic overexpression of BnaNAC60 devoid of the transmembrane domain, but not the full-length BnaNAC60, in Arabidopsis also induces precocious leaf senescence. Furthermore, screening and expression profiling identified an array of functional genes that are significantly induced by BnaNAC60 expression. Further it was found that BnaNAC60 can activate the promoter activities of BnaNYC1, BnaRbohD, BnaBFN1, BnaZAT12, and multiple BnaVPEs in a dual-luciferase reporter assay. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled to quantitative PCR assays revealed that BnaNAC60 directly binds to the promoter regions of these downstream target genes. To summarize, our data show that BnaNAC60 is an MTTF that modulates cell death, ROS accumulation, and leaf senescence.
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- Jingli Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Rolletschek H, Schwender J, König C, Chapman KD, Romsdahl T, Lorenz C, Braun HP, Denolf P, Van Audenhove K, Munz E, Heinzel N, Ortleb S, Rutten T, McCorkle S, Borysyuk T, Guendel A, Shi H, Vander Auwermeulen M, Bourot S, Borisjuk L. Cellular Plasticity in Response to Suppression of Storage Proteins in the Brassica napus Embryo. Plant Cell 2020; 32:2383-2401. [PMID: 32358071 PMCID: PMC7346569 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The tradeoff between protein and oil storage in oilseed crops has been tested here in oilseed rape (Brassica napus) by analyzing the effect of suppressing key genes encoding protein storage products (napin and cruciferin). The phenotypic outcomes were assessed using NMR and mass spectrometry imaging, microscopy, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, immunological assays, and flux balance analysis. Surprisingly, the profile of storage products was only moderately changed in RNA interference transgenics. However, embryonic cells had undergone remarkable architectural rearrangements. The suppression of storage proteins led to the elaboration of membrane stacks enriched with oleosin (sixfold higher protein abundance) and novel endoplasmic reticulum morphology. Protein rebalancing and amino acid metabolism were focal points of the metabolic adjustments to maintain embryonic carbon/nitrogen homeostasis. Flux balance analysis indicated a rather minor additional demand for cofactors (ATP and NADPH). Thus, cellular plasticity in seeds protects against perturbations to its storage capabilities and, hence, contributes materially to homeostasis. This study provides mechanistic insights into the intriguing link between lipid and protein storage, which have implications for biotechnological strategies directed at improving oilseed crops.
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- Hardy Rolletschek
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of North Texas, BioDiscovery Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Denton, Texas 76203
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- University of North Texas, BioDiscovery Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, Denton, Texas 76203
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- Institut für Pflanzengenetik, Universität Hannover, 30419 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut für Pflanzengenetik, Universität Hannover, 30419 Hannover, Germany
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- BASF Innovation Center Ghent, 9052-Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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Liu J, Hao W, Liu J, Fan S, Zhao W, Deng L, Wang X, Hu Z, Hua W, Wang H. A Novel Chimeric Mitochondrial Gene Confers Cytoplasmic Effects on Seed Oil Content in Polyploid Rapeseed (Brassica napus). Mol Plant 2019; 12:582-596. [PMID: 30703566 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2019.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Cytoplasmic effects (CEs) have been discovered to influence a diverse array of agronomic traits in crops, and understanding the underlying mechanisms can help accelerate breeding programs. Seed oil content (SOC) is of great agricultural, nutritional, and economic importance. However, the genetic basis of CEs on SOC (CE-SOC) remains enigmatic. In this study, we use an optimized approach to sequence the cytoplasmic (plastid and mitochondrial) genomes of allotetraploid oilseed rape (Brassica napus) cultivars, 51218 and 56366, that bear contrasting CE-SOC. By combining comparative genomics and genome-wide transcriptome analysis, we identify mitochondria-encoded orf188 as a potential CE-SOC determinant gene. Functional analyses in the model system Arabidopsis thaliana and rapeseed demonstrated that orf188 governs CE-SOC and could significantly increase SOC, strikingly, through promoting the yield of ATP. Consistent with this finding, transcriptional profiling with microarray and RNA sequencing revealed that orf188 affects transcriptional reprogramming of mitochondrial energy metabolism to facilitate ATP production. Intriguingly, orf188 is a previously uncharacterized chimeric gene, and the presence of this genetic novelty endows rapeseed with positive CE-SOC. Our results shed light on the molecular basis of CEs on a key quantitative trait in polyploid crops and enrich the theory of maternal control of oil content, providing new scientific guidance for breeding high-oil rapeseed germplasms.
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- Jun Liu
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China; Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China.
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Zhai Z, Keereetaweep J, Liu H, Feil R, Lunn JE, Shanklin J. Trehalose 6-Phosphate Positively Regulates Fatty Acid Synthesis by Stabilizing WRINKLED1. Plant Cell 2018; 30:2616-2627. [PMID: 30249634 PMCID: PMC6241258 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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WRINKLED1 (WRI1), the transcriptional activator of fatty acid synthesis, was recently identified as a target of KIN10, a catalytic α-subunit of the SUCROSE-NON-FERMENTING1-RELATED PROTEIN KINASE1 (SnRK1). We tested the hypothesis that trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P), a signal of cellular sucrose status, can regulate fatty acid synthesis by inhibiting SnRK1. Incubation of Brassica napus suspension cells in medium containing T6P, or overexpression of the Escherichia coli T6P synthase, OtsA, in Nicotiana benthamiana, significantly increased T6P levels, WRI1 levels, and fatty acid synthesis rates. T6P directly bound to purified recombinant KIN10 with an equilibrium dissociation constant (K d) of 32 ± 6 μM based on microscale thermophoresis. GEMINIVIRUS REP-INTERACTING KINASE1 (GRIK1) bound to KIN10 (K d 19 ± 3 μM) and activated it by phosphorylation. In the presence of T6P, the GRIK1-KIN10 association was weakened by more than 3-fold (K d 68 ± 9.8 μM), which reduced both the phosphorylation of KIN10 and its activity. T6P-dependent inhibition of SnRK1 activity was reduced in extracts of individual Arabidopsis thaliana grik1 and grik2 mutants relative to the wild type, while SnRK1 activity in grik1 grik2 extracts was enhanced by T6P. These results indicate that the T6P sensitivity of SnRK1 in vivo is GRIK1/GRIK2 dependent. Based on our findings, we propose a mechanistic model that links sugar signaling and fatty acid homeostasis.
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- Zhiyang Zhai
- Department of Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Department of Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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Li Q, Chen Y, Yue F, Qian W, Song H. Microspore culture reveals high fitness of B. napus-like gametes in an interspecific hybrid between Brassica napus and B. oleracea. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193548. [PMID: 29494698 PMCID: PMC5832323 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The strategies of crossing B. napus with parental species play important role in broadening and improving the genetic basis of B. napus by the introgression of genetic resources from parental species. With these strategies, it is easy to select new types of B. napus, but difficult to select new types of B. rapa or B. oleracea by self-pollination. This characteristic may be a consequence of high competition with B. napus gametes. To verify the role of gamete viability in producing new B. napus individuals, the meiotic chromosome behavior of the interspecific hybrid between B. napus (Zhongshuang 9) and B. oleracea (6m08) was studied, and microspore-derived (MD) individuals were analyzed. The highest fitness of the 9:19 (1.10%) pattern was observed with a 5.49-fold higher than theoretical expectation among the six chromosome segregation patterns in the hybrid. A total of 43 MD lines with more than 14 chromosomes were developed from the hybrid, and 8 (18.6%) of them were B. napus-like (n = 19) type gametes, having the potential to broaden the genetic basis of natural B. napus (GD = 0.43 ± 0.04). It is easy to produce B. napus-like gametes with 19 chromosomes, and these gametes showed high fitness and competition in the microspore-derived lines, suggesting it might be easy to select new types of B. napus from the interspecific hybrid between B. napus and B. oleracea.
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- Qinfei Li
- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- * E-mail: (WQ); (HS)
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- * E-mail: (WQ); (HS)
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Yan J, Tong T, Li X, Chen Q, Dai M, Niu F, Yang M, Deyholos MK, Yang B, Jiang YQ. A Novel NAC-Type Transcription Factor, NAC87, from Oilseed Rape Modulates Reactive Oxygen Species Accumulation and Cell Death. Plant Cell Physiol 2018; 59:290-303. [PMID: 29186531 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcx184] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are thought to play a dual role in plants by functioning as signaling molecules and toxic by-products of aerobic metabolism. The hypersensitive response (HR) is a typical feature of immune responses in plants and also a type of programmed cell death (PCD). How these two processes are regulated in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) at the transcriptional level remains largely unknown. In this study, we report that an oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) NAM-ATAF-CUC (NAC)-type transcription factor NAC87 modulates ROS and cell death accompanied by typical changes at the morphological and cellular levels. The BnaNAC87 gene was induced by multiple stress and hormone treatments and was highly expressed in senescent leaves by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR). BnaNAC87 is located in nuclei and has transcriptional activation activity. Expression of BnaNAC87 promoted significant ROS production, cell death as well as death of protoplasts, as indicated by histological staining. In addition, putative downstream target genes of NAC87 were identified through both qRT-PCR and dual luciferase reporter assays. We found that genes implicated in ROS generation (RbohB), cell death (VPE1a, ZEN1), leaf senescence (WRKY6, ZAT12) and defense (PR2, PR5 and HIN1) were significantly induced. Through an electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), we confirmed that BnaNAC87 directly binds to the NACRS-containing promoter fragments of ZEN1, ZAT12, HIN1 and PR5 genes. From these results, we conclude that oilseed rape NAC87 is a novel NAC transcription factor that acts as a positive regulator of ROS metabolism and cell death.
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- Jingli Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China
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- Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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Yan X, Li C, Yang J, Wang L, Jiang C, Wei W. Induction of telomere-mediated chromosomal truncation and behavior of truncated chromosomes in Brassica napus. Plant J 2017; 91:700-713. [PMID: 28500683 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Engineered minichromosomes could be stably inherited and serve as a platform for simultaneously transferring and stably expressing multiple genes. Chromosomal truncation mediated by repeats of telomeric sequences is a promising approach for the generation of minichromosomes. In the present work, direct repetitive sequences of Arabidopsis telomere were used to study telomere-mediated truncation of chromosomes in Brassica napus. Transgenes containing alien Arabidopsis telomere were successfully obtained, and Southern blotting and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) results show that the transgenes resulted in successful chromosomal truncation in B. napus. In addition, truncated chromosomes were inherited at rates lower than that predicted by Mendelian rules. To determine the potential manipulations and applications of the engineered chromosomes, such as the stacking of multiple transgenes and the Cre/lox and FRT/FLP recombination systems, both amenable to genetic manipulations through site-specific recombination in somatic cells, were tested for their ability to undergo recombination in B. napus. These results demonstrate that alien Arabidopsis telomere is able to mediate chromosomal truncation in B. napus. This technology would be feasible for chromosomal engineering and for studies on chromosome structure and function in B. napus.
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- Xiaohong Yan
- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Henan Institute of Science and Technology/Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding of Henan Province, Xinxiang, 453003, China
- College of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, 071001, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430062, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Henan Institute of Science and Technology/Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Biological Breeding of Henan Province, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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Zhan Z, Nwafor CC, Hou Z, Gong J, Zhu B, Jiang Y, Zhou Y, Wu J, Piao Z, Tong Y, Liu C, Zhang C. Cytological and morphological analysis of hybrids between Brassicoraphanus, and Brassica napus for introgression of clubroot resistant trait into Brassica napus L. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177470. [PMID: 28505203 PMCID: PMC5432170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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: 11/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Interspecific hybridization is a powerful tool for improvement of crop species, it has the potential to broaden the genetic base and create new plant forms for breeding programs. Synthetic allopolyploid is a widely-used model for the study of genetic recombination and fixed heterosis in Brassica. In Brassica napus breeding, identification and introgression of new sources of clubroot resistance trait from wild or related species into it by hybridization is a long-term crop management strategy for clubroot disease. Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is a close relative of the Brassica and most radish accessions are immune to the clubroot disease. A synthesized allotetraploid Brassicoraphanus (RRCC, 2n = 36) between R. sativus cv. HQ-04 (2n = 18, RR) and Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra (L.H Bailey) (2n = 18, CC) proved resistant of multiple clubroot disease pathogen P. brassicae. To predict the possibility to transfer the clubroot resistance trait from the RR subgenome of allotetraploid Brassicoraphanus (RRCC, 2n = 36) into Brassica napus (AACC, 2n = 38), we analyzed the frequency of chromosome pairings in the F1 hybrids produced from a cross between B. napus cv. HS5 and the allotetraploid, characterize the genomic composition of some backcrossed progeny (BC1) using GISH, BAC-FISH and AFLP techniques. The level of intergenomic pairing between A and R genomes in the F1 hybrid was high, allosyndetic bivalents formed in 73.53% PMCs indicative of significant level of homeologous recombination between two genomes and high probability of incorporating chromosomal segments/genes from R-genome into A/C-genomes. The BC1 plants inherited variant extra R chromosomes or fragments from allotetraploid as revealed by GISH and AFLP analysis. 13.51% BC2 individuals were resistant to clubroot disease, and several resistance lines had high pollen fertility, Overall, the genetic material presented in this work represents a potential new genetic resource for practical use in breeding B. napus clubroot resistant cultivars.
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- Zongxiang Zhan
- National Research Center of Rapeseed Engineering and Technology and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Research Center of Rapeseed Engineering and Technology and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Research Center of Rapeseed Engineering and Technology and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Research Center of Rapeseed Engineering and Technology and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- National Research Center of Rapeseed Engineering and Technology and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Research Center of Rapeseed Engineering and Technology and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- Yichang Academy of Agriculture Science, Yichang, China
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- National Research Center of Rapeseed Engineering and Technology and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Research Center of Rapeseed Engineering and Technology and College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Pan Y, Lu Z, Lu J, Li X, Cong R, Ren T. Effects of low sink demand on leaf photosynthesis under potassium deficiency. Plant Physiol Biochem 2017; 113:110-121. [PMID: 28196349 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 09/05/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The interaction between low sink demand and potassium (K) deficiency in leaf photosynthesis was not intensively investigated, therefore this interaction was investigated in winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). Plants subjected to sufficient (+K) or insufficient (-K) K supply treatments were maintained or removed their flowers and pods; these conditions were defined as high sink demand (HS) or low sink demand (LS), respectively. The low sink demand induced a lower photosynthetic rate (Pn), especially in the -K treatment during the first week. A negative relationship between Pn and carbohydrate concentration was observed in the -K treatment but not in the +K treatment, suggesting that the decrease in Pn in the -K treatment was the result of sink feedback regulation under low sink demand. Longer sink removal duration increased carbohydrate concentration, but the enhanced assimilate did not influence Pn. On the contrary, low sink demand resulted in a high K concentration, slower chloroplast degradation rate and better PSII activity, inducing a higher Pn compared with HS. Consequently, low sink demand decreased leaf photosynthesis over the short term due to sink feedback regulation, and potassium deficiency enhanced the photosynthetic decrease through carbohydrate accumulation and a lower carbohydrate concentration threshold for initiating photosynthesis depression. A longer duration of limited sink demand and sufficient potassium supply resulted in a higher photosynthesis rate because of delayed chloroplast degradation. This finding indicates that the nutritional status plays a role in leaf photosynthesis variations due to sink-source manipulation.
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- Yonghui Pan
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430070, China; Microelement Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430070, China; Microelement Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430070, China; Microelement Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430070, China; Microelement Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430070, China; Microelement Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430070, China; Microelement Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Guo Y, Si P, Wang N, Wen J, Yi B, Ma C, Tu J, Zou J, Fu T, Shen J. Genetic effects and genotype × environment interactions govern seed oil content in Brassica napus L. BMC Genet 2017; 18:1. [PMID: 28056775 PMCID: PMC5217400 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-016-0468-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 06/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND As seed oil content (OC) is a key measure of rapeseed quality, better understanding the genetic basis of OC would greatly facilitate the breeding of high-oil cultivars. Here, we investigated the components of genetic effects and genotype × environment interactions (GE) that govern OC using a full diallel set of nine parents, which represented a wide range of the Chinese rapeseed cultivars and pure lines with various OCs. RESULTS Our results from an embryo-cytoplasm-maternal (GoCGm) model for diploid seeds showed that OC was primarily determined by genetic effects (VG) and GE (VGE), which together accounted for 86.19% of the phenotypic variance (VP). GE (VGE) alone accounted for 51.68% of the total genetic variance, indicating the importance of GE interaction for OC. Furthermore, maternal variance explained 75.03% of the total genetic variance, embryo and cytoplasmic effects accounted for 21.02% and 3.95%, respectively. We also found that the OC of F1 seeds was mainly determined by maternal effect and slightly affected by xenia. Thus, the OC of rapeseed was simultaneously affected by various genetic components, including maternal, embryo, cytoplasm, xenia and GE effects. In addition, general combining ability (GCA), specific combining ability (SCA), and maternal variance had significant influence on OC. The lines H2 and H1 were good general combiners, suggesting that they would be the best parental candidates for OC improvement. Crosses H3 × M2 and H1 × M3 exhibited significant SCA, suggesting their potentials in hybrid development. CONCLUSIONS Our study thoroughly investigated and reliably quantified various genetic factors associated with OC of rapeseed by using a full diallel and backcross and reciprocal backcross. This findings lay a foundation for future genetic studies of OC and provide guidance for breeding of high-oil rapeseed cultivars.
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- Yanli Guo
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- Center for Plant Genetics and Breeding, School of Plant Biology, the University of Western Australia (M080), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Research Council Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9 Canada
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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Song L, Zhou Z, Tang S, Zhang Z, Xia S, Qin M, Li B, Wen J, Yi B, Shen J, Ma C, Fu T, Tu J. Ectopic Expression of BnaC.CP20.1 Results in Premature Tapetal Programmed Cell Death in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol 2016; 57:1972-84. [PMID: 27388342 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 02/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Tapetal programmed cell death (PCD) is essential in pollen grain development, and cysteine proteases are ubiquitous enzymes participating in plant PCD. Although the major papain-like cysteine proteases (PLCPs) have been investigated, the exact functions of many PLCPs are still poorly understood in PCD. Here, we identified a PLCP gene, BnaC.CP20.1, which was closely related to XP_013596648.1 from Brassica oleracea. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed that BnaC.CP20.1 expression was down-regulated in male-sterile lines in oilseed rape, suggesting a connection between this gene and male sterility. BnaC.CP20.1 is especially active in the tapetum and microspores in Brassica napus from the uninucleate stage until formation of mature pollen grains during anther development. On expression of BnaC.CP20.1 prior to the tetrad stage, BnA9::BnaC.CP20.1 transgenic lines in Arabidopsis thaliana showed a male-sterile phenotype with shortened siliques containing fewer or no seeds by self-crossing. Scanning electron microscopy indicated that the reticulate exine was defective in aborted microspores. Callose degradation was delayed and microspores were not released from the tetrad in a timely fashion. Additionally, the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay indicated that BnaC.CP20.1 ectopic expression led to premature tapetal PCD. Transmission electron microscopy analyses further demonstrated that the pollen abortion was due to the absence of tectum connections to the bacula in the transgenic anthers. These findings suggest that timely expression of BnaC.CP20.1 is necessary for tapetal degeneration and pollen wall formation.
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- Liping Song
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Wheat Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Solís MT, Berenguer E, Risueño MC, Testillano PS. BnPME is progressively induced after microspore reprogramming to embryogenesis, correlating with pectin de-esterification and cell differentiation in Brassica napus. BMC Plant Biol 2016; 16:176. [PMID: 27514748 PMCID: PMC4981949 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0863-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pectins are one of the main components of plant cell walls. They are secreted to the wall as highly methylesterified forms that can be de-esterified by pectin methylesterases (PMEs). The degree of methylesterification of pectins changes during development, PMEs are involved in the cell wall remodeling that occurs during diverse plant developmental processes. Nevertheless, the functional meaning of pectin-related wall remodeling in different cell types and processes remains unclear. In vivo, the microspore follows the gametophytic pathway and differentiates to form the pollen grain. In vitro, the microspore can be reprogrammed by stress treatments becoming a totipotent cell that starts to proliferate and follows the embryogenic pathway, a process known as microspore embryogenesis. RESULTS To investigate if the change of developmental programme of the microspore towards embryogenesis involves changes in pectin esterification levels, which would cause the cell wall remodeling during the process, in the present study, dynamics of PME expression and degrees of pectin esterification have been analysed during microspore embryogenesis and compared with the gametophytic development, in Brassica napus. A multidisciplinary approach has been adopted including BnPME gene expression analysis by quantitative RT-PCR, fluorescence in situ hybridization, immuno-dot-blot and immunofluorescence with JIM5 and JIM7 antibodies to reveal low and highly-methylesterified pectins. The results showed that cell differentiation at advanced developmental stages involved induction of BnPME expression and pectin de-esterification, processes that were also detected in zygotic embryos, providing additional evidence that microspore embryogenesis mimics zygotic embryogenesis. By contrast, early microspore embryogenesis, totipotency and proliferation were associated with low expression of BnPME and high levels of esterified pectins. CONCLUSIONS The results show that the change of developmental programme of the microspore involves changes in pectin esterification associated with proliferation and differentiation events, which may cause the cell wall remodeling during the process. The findings indicate pectin-related modifications in the cell wall during microspore embryogenesis, providing new insights into the role of pectin esterification and cell wall configuration in microspore totipotency, embryogenesis induction and progression.
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- María-Teresa Solís
- Pollen Biotechnology of Crop Plants group, Biological Research Center, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Pollen Biotechnology of Crop Plants group, Biological Research Center, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Pollen Biotechnology of Crop Plants group, Biological Research Center, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Pollen Biotechnology of Crop Plants group, Biological Research Center, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Yoo MJ, Ma T, Zhu N, Liu L, Harmon AC, Wang Q, Chen S. Genome-wide identification and homeolog-specific expression analysis of the SnRK2 genes in Brassica napus guard cells. Plant Mol Biol 2016; 91:211-27. [PMID: 26898295 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-016-0456-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase 2 (SnRK2) proteins constitute a small plant-specific serine/threonine kinase family involved in abscisic acid (ABA) signaling and plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Although SnRK2s have been well-studied in Arabidopsis thaliana, little is known about SnRK2s in Brassica napus. Here we identified 30 putative sequences encoding 10 SnRK2 proteins in the B. napus genome and the expression profiles of a subset of 14 SnRK2 genes in guard cells of B. napus. In agreement with its polyploid origin, B. napus maintains both homeologs from its diploid parents. The results of quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and reanalysis of RNA-Seq data showed that certain BnSnRK2 genes were commonly expressed in leaf tissues in different varieties of B. napus. In particular, qRT-PCR results showed that 12 of the 14 BnSnRK2s responded to drought stress in leaves and in ABA-treated guard cells. Among them, BnSnRK2.4 and BnSnRK2.6 were of interest because of their robust responsiveness to ABA treatment and drought stress. Notably, BnSnRK2 genes exhibited up-regulation of different homeologs, particularly in response to abiotic stress. The homeolog expression bias in BnSnRK2 genes suggests that parental origin of genes might be responsible for efficient regulation of stress responses in polyploids. This work has laid a foundation for future functional characterization of the different BnSnKR2 homeologs in B. napus and its parents, especially their functions in guard cell signaling and stress responses.
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- Mi-Jeong Yoo
- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
- College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
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Li L, Ye C, Zhao R, Li X, Liu WZ, Wu F, Yan J, Jiang YQ, Yang B. Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) 4 from rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is a novel member inducing ROS accumulation and cell death. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 467:792-7. [PMID: 26498521 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.10.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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MAPKKK is the largest family of MAPK cascade, which is known to play important roles in plant growth, development and immune responses. So far, only a few have been functionally characterized even in the model plant, Arabidopsis due to the potential functional redundancy of MAPKKK. We previously identified and cloned a few MAPKKK family genes from rapeseed. In this study, BnaMAPKKK4 was characterized as a member in eliciting accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and hypersensitive response (HR)-like cell death. This is accompanied with accumulation of malondialdehyde (MDA), anthocyanin as well as nuclear DNA fragmentation. The transcript abundance of a series of ROS accumulation, cell death, and defense response related genes were up-regulated by the expression of MAPKKK4. Further investigation identified BnaMAPKKK4 elicited ROS through the downstream MPK3. These results indicate that BnaMAPKKK4 and its downstream components function in the ROS-induced cell death.
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- Liang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China.
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Rodríguez-Sanz H, Solís MT, López MF, Gómez-Cadenas A, Risueño MC, Testillano PS. Auxin Biosynthesis, Accumulation, Action and Transport are Involved in Stress-Induced Microspore Embryogenesis Initiation and Progression in Brassica napus. Plant Cell Physiol 2015; 56:1401-17. [PMID: 25907568 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Isolated microspores are reprogrammed in vitro by stress, becoming totipotent cells and producing embryos and plants via a process known as microspore embryogenesis. Despite the abundance of data on auxin involvement in plant development and embryogenesis, no data are available regarding the dynamics of auxin concentration, cellular localization and the expression of biosynthesis genes during microspore embryogenesis. This work involved the analysis of auxin concentration and cellular accumulation; expression of TAA1 and NIT2 encoding enzymes of two auxin biosynthetic pathways; expression of the PIN1-like efflux carrier; and the effects of inhibition of auxin transport and action by N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA) and α-(p-chlorophenoxy) isobutyric acid (PCIB) during Brassica napus microspore embryogenesis. The results indicated de novo auxin synthesis after stress-induced microspore reprogramming and embryogenesis initiation, accompanying the first cell divisions. The progressive increase of auxin concentration during progression of embryogenesis correlated with the expression patterns of TAA1 and NIT2 genes of auxin biosynthetic pathways. Auxin was evenly distributed in early embryos, whereas in heart/torpedo embryos auxin was accumulated in apical and basal embryo regions. Auxin efflux carrier PIN1-like gene expression was induced in early multicellular embryos and increased at the globular/torpedo embryo stages. Inhibition of polar auxin transport (PAT) and action, by NPA and PCIB, impaired embryo development, indicating that PAT and auxin action are required for microspore embryo progression. NPA also modified auxin embryo accumulation patterns. These findings indicate that endogenous auxin biosynthesis, action and polar transport are required in stress-induced microspore reprogramming, embryogenesis initiation and progression.
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- Héctor Rodríguez-Sanz
- Pollen Biotechnology of Crop Plants group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB) CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Pollen Biotechnology of Crop Plants group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB) CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Universidad Jaume I, Campus Riu Sec, 12071, Castellón, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Universidad Jaume I, Campus Riu Sec, 12071, Castellón, Spain
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- Pollen Biotechnology of Crop Plants group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB) CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Pollen Biotechnology of Crop Plants group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB) CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Wang B, Guo X, Wang C, Ma J, Niu F, Zhang H, Yang B, Liang W, Han F, Jiang YQ. Identification and characterization of plant-specific NAC gene family in canola (Brassica napus L.) reveal novel members involved in cell death. Plant Mol Biol 2015; 87:395-411. [PMID: 25616736 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-015-0286-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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NAC transcription factors are plant-specific and play important roles in plant development processes, response to biotic and abiotic cues and hormone signaling. However, to date, little is known about the NAC genes in canola (or oilseed rape, Brassica napus L.). In this study, a total of 60 NAC genes were identified from canola through a systematical analysis and mining of expressed sequence tags. Among these, the cDNA sequences of 41 NAC genes were successfully cloned. The translated protein sequences of canola NAC genes with the NAC genes from representative species were phylogenetically clustered into three major groups and multiple subgroups. The transcriptional activities of these BnaNAC proteins were assayed in yeast. In addition, by quantitative real-time RT-PCR, we further observed that some of these BnaNACs were regulated by different hormone stimuli or abiotic stresses. Interestingly, we successfully identified two novel BnaNACs, BnaNAC19 and BnaNAC82, which could elicit hypersensitive response-like cell death when expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves, which was mediated by accumulation of reactive oxygen species. Overall, our work has laid a solid foundation for further characterization of this important NAC gene family in canola.
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- Boya Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China,
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Niu F, Wang B, Wu F, Yan J, Li L, Wang C, Wang Y, Yang B, Jiang YQ. Canola (Brassica napus L.) NAC103 transcription factor gene is a novel player inducing reactive oxygen species accumulation and cell death in plants. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 454:30-5. [PMID: 25450358 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.10.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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NAC transcription factors are plant-specific and play important roles in many processes including plant development, response to biotic and abiotic stresses and hormone signaling. So far, only a few NAC genes have been identified to mediate cell death. In this study, we identified a novel NAC gene from canola (Brassica napus L.), BnaNAC103 which induces reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and cell death in Nicotianabenthamiana leaves. We found that BnaNAC103 responded to multiple signalings, including cold, salicylic acid (SA) and a fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. BnaNAC103 is located in the nucleus. Expression of full-length BnaNAC103, but not either the N-terminal NAC domain or C-terminal regulatory domain, was identified to induce hypersensitive response (HR)-like cell death when expressed in N. benthamiana. The cell death triggered by BnaNAC103 is preceded by accumulation of ROS, with diaminobenzidine (DAB) staining supporting this. Moreover, quantification of ion leakage and malondialdehyde (MDA) of leaf discs indicates significant cell membrane breakage and lipid peroxidation induced by BnaNAC103 expression. Taken together, our work has identified a novel NAC transcription factor gene modulating ROS level and cell death in plants.
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- Fangfang Niu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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McDonald MR, Sharma K, Gossen BD, Deora A, Feng J, Hwang SF. The Role of Primary and Secondary Infection in Host Response to Plasmodiophora brassicae. Phytopathology 2014; 104:1078-87. [PMID: 24655290 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-07-13-0189-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The disease cycle of Plasmodiophora brassicae consists of a primary phase in root hairs followed by a secondary phase in the root cortex and adjacent tissues. However, the role of root hair infection in subsequent cortical infection and development of P. brassicae is not well understood. To examine the role of the primary and secondary stages separately, inoculation studies with resting spores (source of primary zoospores) and secondary zoospores of a virulent and avirulent pathotype were conducted on canola (Brassica napus). The size of secondary zoospores and number of nuclei were also examined. The zoospores were larger (≈9.6 to 14.4 μm) than in previous reports and all were uninucleate. Inoculation with secondary zoospores alone produced both primary and secondary infection, even with the avirulent pathotype. No symptoms developed from inoculation with avirulent primary zoospores but tiny, bead-shaped clubs developed from inoculation with avirulent secondary zoospores. Inoculation with virulent secondary zoospores alone resulted in lower disease severity than inoculation with virulent resting spores alone. The results indicate that recognition of infection by the host and initiation of a response (induction or suppression of resistance) occurs during primary infection, although recognition can also occur during cortical infection and development.
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Hao W, Fan S, Hua W, Wang H. Effective extraction and assembly methods for simultaneously obtaining plastid and mitochondrial genomes. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108291. [PMID: 25251391 PMCID: PMC4177114 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background In conventional approaches to plastid and mitochondrial genome sequencing, the sequencing steps are performed separately; thus, plastid DNA (ptDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) should be prepared independently. However, it is difficult to extract pure ptDNA and mtDNA from plant tissue. Following the development of high-throughput sequencing technology, many researchers have attempted to obtain plastid genomes or mitochondrial genomes using high-throughput sequencing data from total DNA. Unfortunately, the huge datasets generated consume massive computing and storage resources and cost a great deal, and even more importantly, excessive pollution reads affect the accuracy of the assembly. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an effective method that can generate base sequences from plant tissue and that is suitable for all plant species. Here, we describe a highly effective, low-cost method for obtaining plastid and mitochondrial genomes simultaneously. Results First, we obtained high-quality DNA employing Partial Concentration Extraction. Second, we evaluated the purity of the DNA sample and determined the sequencing dataset size employing Vector Control Quantitative Analysis. Third, paired-end reads were obtained using a high-throughput sequencing platform. Fourth, we obtained scaffolds employing Two-step Assembly. Finally, we filled in gaps using specific methods and obtained complete plastid and mitochondrial genomes. To ensure the accuracy of plastid and mitochondrial genomes, we validated the assembly using PCR and Sanger sequencing. Using this method,we obtained complete plastid and mitochondrial genomes with lengths of 153,533 nt and 223,412 nt separately. Conclusion A simple method for extracting, evaluating, sequencing and assembling plastid and mitochondrial genomes was developed. This method has many advantages: it is timesaving, inexpensive and reproducible and produces high-quality sequence. Furthermore, this method can produce plastid and mitochondrial genomes simultaneously and be used for other plant species. Due to its simplicity and extensive applicability, this method will support research on plant cytoplasmic genomes.
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- Wanjun Hao
- Key Laboratory for Biological Sciences of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biological Sciences of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Wuhan, China
- College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biological Sciences of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biological Sciences of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Dubas E, Moravčíková J, Libantová J, Matušíková I, Benková E, Zur I, Krzewska M. The influence of heat stress on auxin distribution in transgenic B. napus microspores and microspore-derived embryos. Protoplasma 2014; 251:1077-87. [PMID: 24553810 PMCID: PMC4125814 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-014-0616-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plant embryogenesis is regulated by differential distribution of the plant hormone auxin. However, the cells establishing these gradients during microspore embryogenesis remain to be identified. For the first time, we describe, using the DR5 or DR5rev reporter gene systems, the GFP- and GUS-based auxin biosensors to monitor auxin during Brassica napus androgenesis at cellular resolution in the initial stages. Our study provides evidence that the distribution of auxin changes during embryo development and depends on the temperature-inducible in vitro culture conditions. For this, microspores (mcs) were induced to embryogenesis by heat treatment and then subjected to genetic modification via Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The duration of high temperature treatment had a significant influence on auxin distribution in isolated and in vitro-cultured microspores and on microspore-derived embryo development. In the "mild" heat-treated (1 day at 32 °C) mcs, auxin localized in a polar way already at the uni-nucleate microspore, which was critical for the initiation of embryos with suspensor-like structure. Assuming a mean mcs radius of 20 μm, endogenous auxin content in a single cell corresponded to concentration of 1.01 μM. In mcs subjected to a prolonged heat (5 days at 32 °C), although auxin concentration increased dozen times, auxin polarization was set up at a few-celled pro-embryos without suspensor. Those embryos were enclosed in the outer wall called the exine. The exine rupture was accompanied by the auxin gradient polarization. Relative quantitative estimation of auxin, using time-lapse imaging, revealed that primordia possess up to 1.3-fold higher amounts than those found in the root apices of transgenic MDEs in the presence of exogenous auxin. Our results show, for the first time, which concentration of endogenous auxin coincides with the first cell division and how the high temperature interplays with auxin, by what affects delay early establishing microspore polarity. Moreover, we present how the local auxin accumulation demonstrates the apical-basal axis formation of the androgenic embryo and directs the axiality of the adult haploid plant.
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- Ewa Dubas
- The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239, Kraków, Poland,
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Chalhoub B, Denoeud F, Liu S, Parkin IAP, Tang H, Wang X, Chiquet J, Belcram H, Tong C, Samans B, Corréa M, Da Silva C, Just J, Falentin C, Koh CS, Le Clainche I, Bernard M, Bento P, Noel B, Labadie K, Alberti A, Charles M, Arnaud D, Guo H, Daviaud C, Alamery S, Jabbari K, Zhao M, Edger PP, Chelaifa H, Tack D, Lassalle G, Mestiri I, Schnel N, Le Paslier MC, Fan G, Renault V, Bayer PE, Golicz AA, Manoli S, Lee TH, Thi VHD, Chalabi S, Hu Q, Fan C, Tollenaere R, Lu Y, Battail C, Shen J, Sidebottom CHD, Wang X, Canaguier A, Chauveau A, Bérard A, Deniot G, Guan M, Liu Z, Sun F, Lim YP, Lyons E, Town CD, Bancroft I, Wang X, Meng J, Ma J, Pires JC, King GJ, Brunel D, Delourme R, Renard M, Aury JM, Adams KL, Batley J, Snowdon RJ, Tost J, Edwards D, Zhou Y, Hua W, Sharpe AG, Paterson AH, Guan C, Wincker P. Plant genetics. Early allopolyploid evolution in the post-Neolithic Brassica napus oilseed genome. Science 2014. [PMID: 25146293 DOI: 10.1126/science.125343] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) was formed ~7500 years ago by hybridization between B. rapa and B. oleracea, followed by chromosome doubling, a process known as allopolyploidy. Together with more ancient polyploidizations, this conferred an aggregate 72× genome multiplication since the origin of angiosperms and high gene content. We examined the B. napus genome and the consequences of its recent duplication. The constituent An and Cn subgenomes are engaged in subtle structural, functional, and epigenetic cross-talk, with abundant homeologous exchanges. Incipient gene loss and expression divergence have begun. Selection in B. napus oilseed types has accelerated the loss of glucosinolate genes, while preserving expansion of oil biosynthesis genes. These processes provide insights into allopolyploid evolution and its relationship with crop domestication and improvement.
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- Boulos Chalhoub
- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France.
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France. Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France. Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada.
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- J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry, University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian Province, China
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. Center of Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, Hebei United University, Tangshan, Hebei 063000, China
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- Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Modélisation d'Evry-UMR 8071 CNRS/Université d'Evry val d'Essonne-USC INRA, Evry, France
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Research Center for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (IGEPP) UMR1349, BP35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- National Research Council Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France
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- INRA, Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux, US1279, Centre National de Génotypage, CEA-IG, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Laboratory for Epigenetics and Environment, Centre National de Génotypage, CEA-IG, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91000 Evry, France
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France. Cologne Center for Genomics, University of Cologne, Weyertal 115b, 50931 Köln, Germany
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, WSLR Building B018, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (IGEPP) UMR1349, BP35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (IGEPP) UMR1349, BP35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- INRA, Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux, US1279, Centre National de Génotypage, CEA-IG, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Beijing Genome Institute-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- Fondation Jean Dausset-Centre d'Étude du Polymorphisme Humain, 27 rue Juliette Dodu, 75010 Paris, France
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA)/Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, UMR1165, Organization and Evolution of Plant Genomes, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- INRA, Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux, US1279, Centre National de Génotypage, CEA-IG, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- INRA, Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux, US1279, Centre National de Génotypage, CEA-IG, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (IGEPP) UMR1349, BP35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Beijing Genome Institute-Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518083, China
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- Molecular Genetics and Genomics Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, Chungnam National University, Daejeon-305764, South Korea
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- School of Plant Sciences, iPlant Collaborative, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, WSLR Building B018, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
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- INRA, Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux, US1279, Centre National de Génotypage, CEA-IG, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (IGEPP) UMR1349, BP35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- INRA, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (IGEPP) UMR1349, BP35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia. School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Research Center for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Laboratory for Epigenetics and Environment, Centre National de Génotypage, CEA-IG, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91000 Evry, France
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia. School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, WA 6009, Australia.
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China.
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- National Research Council Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada.
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Génomique (IG), Genoscope, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France. Université d'Evry Val d'Essone, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France. Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France.
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Rommi K, Hakala TK, Holopainen U, Nordlund E, Poutanen K, Lantto R. Effect of enzyme-aided cell wall disintegration on protein extractability from intact and dehulled rapeseed (Brassica rapa L. and Brassica napus L.) press cakes. J Agric Food Chem 2014; 62:7989-7997. [PMID: 25039585 DOI: 10.1021/jf501802e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cell-wall- and pectin-degrading enzyme preparations were used to enhance extractability of proteins from rapeseed press cake. Rapeseed press cakes from cold pressing of intact Brassica rapa and partially dehulled Brassica napus seeds, containing 36-40% protein and 35% carbohydrates, were treated with pectinolytic (Pectinex Ultra SP-L), xylanolytic (Depol 740L), and cellulolytic (Celluclast 1.5L) enzyme preparations. Pectinex caused effective disintegration of embryonic cell walls through hydrolysis of pectic polysaccharides and glucans and increased protein extraction by up to 1.7-fold in comparison to treatment without enzyme addition. Accordingly, 56% and 74% of the total protein in the intact and dehulled press cakes was extracted. Light microscopy of the press cakes suggested the presence of pectins colocalized with proteins inside the embryo cells. Hydrolysis of these intracellular pectins and deconstruction of embryonic cell walls during Pectinex treatment were concluded to relate with enhanced protein release.
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- Katariina Rommi
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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Kang L, Du X, Zhou Y, Zhu B, Ge X, Li Z. Development of a complete set of monosomic alien addition lines between Brassica napus and Isatis indigotica (Chinese woad). Plant Cell Rep 2014; 33:1355-64. [PMID: 24781060 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1621-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2014] [Revised: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A complete set of monosomic alien addition lines of Brassica napus with one of the seven chromosomes of Isatis indigotica and the recombinant mitochondria was developed and characterized. Monosomic alien addition lines (MAALs) are valuable for elucidating the genome structure and transferring the useful genes and traits in plant breeding. Isatis indigotica (Chinese woad, 2n = 14, II) in Isatideae tribe of Brassicaceae family has been widely cultivated as a medicinal and dye plant in China. Herein, the intertribal somatic hybrid (2n = 52, AACCII) between B. napus cv. Huashuang 3 (2n = 38, AACC) and I. indigotica produced previously was backcrossed recurrently to parental B. napus, and 32 MAAL plants were isolated. Based on their phenotype, 5S and 45S rDNA loci and chromosome-specific SSR markers, these MAALs were classified into seven groups corresponding to potential seven types of MAALs carrying one of the seven I. indigotica chromosomes. One of the MAALs could be distinguishable by expressing the brown anthers of I. indigotica, other two hosted the chromosome with 5S or 45S rDNA locus, but the remaining four were identifiable by SSR markers. The simultaneous detection of the same SSR maker and gene locus in different MAALs revealed the paralogs on the chromosomes involved. The recombinant mitochondrial genome in MAALs was likely related with their male sterility with carpellody stamens, while the MAAL with normal brown anthers probably carried the restoring gene for the male sterility. The complete set of MAALs should be useful for exploiting the I. indigotica genome and for promoting the introgression of valuable genes to B. napus.
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- Lei Kang
- National Key Lab of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Crop Molecular Breeding Technology, National Center of Oil Crop Improvement (Wuhan), College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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The influence of electric field treatment on dedifferentiation and calli formation on rape hypocotyls was investigated. Segments, 10 mm long, of the upper part of rape (Brassica napus L., cv. GórczaΔski) hypocotyls were stimulated by different combinations of voltage/time (1.5 V/120 h, 3 V/3 h, 10 V/15 min and 30 V/30 s) under in vitro conditions. With all electric field treatments, segments oriented with their apical part towards the cathode produced more calli as compared to control (non-treated with electric field). Under opposite orientation slight inhibition of callus growth was observed. As the strongest effect on callus growth was observed after treatment with 30 V/30 s, this electric field treatment was selected for following analyses: the incorporation of [14C]-2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) and [14C]- BAP (benzylaminopurine) from the culture medium, changes in ACC (1-aminocyclopropane- 1-carboxylic acid) level and the redox activity in apical and bottom parts of hypocotyls during 18 d of culture.
In contrast to changes in fresh weight, electric field treatment (30 V/30 s) stimulated a higher accumulation of 2,4-D and BAP in basal parts of hypocotyls than in apical ones. Moreover, orienting the apical part towards the cathode resulted in lower uptake of hormones as compared with the opposite orientation. The ACC concentration increased, especially in the basal parts of hypocotyls, independently on electric field application. However, the highest level was observed after electric field treatment with orientation of the apical part towards the anode. The distribution of oxidative substances (measured as the amount of ferric ions) between the apical and bottom part of hypocotyls was not changed when the apical parts were oriented towards the cathode. Under these conditions a decrease in apical and an increase in basal parts was observed during culture. Opposite orientation influenced the redistribution of oxidative substances from the first day of electric field treatment. Based on these results we suggest that electric field action can be connected with its influence on specific concentration of oxidative substances and hormone distribution in cells.
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- Maria Filek
- Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakoẃ.
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Zhu M, Zhu N, Song WY, Harmon AC, Assmann SM, Chen S. Thiol-based redox proteins in abscisic acid and methyl jasmonate signaling in Brassica napus guard cells. Plant J 2014; 78:491-515. [PMID: 24580573 PMCID: PMC4019734 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 07/13/2013] [Revised: 12/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Reversibly oxidized cysteine sulfhydryl groups serve as redox sensors or targets of redox sensing that are important in various physiological processes. However, little is known about redox-sensitive proteins in guard cells and how they function in stomatal signaling. In this study, Brassica napus guard-cell proteins altered by redox in response to abscisic acid (ABA) or methyl jasmonate (MeJA) were identified by complementary proteomics approaches, saturation differential in-gel electrophoresis and isotope-coded affinity tagging. In total, 65 and 118 potential redox-responsive proteins were identified in ABA- and MeJA-treated guard cells, respectively. All the proteins contain at least one cysteine, and over half of them are predicted to form intra-molecular disulfide bonds. Most of the proteins fall into the functional groups of 'energy', 'stress and defense' and 'metabolism'. Based on the peptide sequences identified by mass spectrometry, 30 proteins were common to ABA- and MeJA-treated samples. A total of 44 cysteines were mapped in the identified proteins, and their levels of redox sensitivity were quantified. Two of the proteins, a sucrose non-fermenting 1-related protein kinase and an isopropylmalate dehydrogenase, were confirmed to be redox-regulated and involved in stomatal movement. This study creates an inventory of potential redox switches, and highlights a protein redox regulatory mechanism in ABA and MeJA signal transduction in guard cells.
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- Mengmeng Zhu
- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- Corresponding author: Sixue Chen, Ph.D., Tel: (352) 273-8330; Fax: (352) 273-8284,
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Solís MT, Chakrabarti N, Corredor E, Cortés-Eslava J, Rodríguez-Serrano M, Biggiogera M, Risueño MC, Testillano PS. Epigenetic changes accompany developmental programmed cell death in tapetum cells. Plant Cell Physiol 2014; 55:16-29. [PMID: 24151205 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The tapetum, the nursing tissue inside anthers, undergoes cellular degradation by programmed cell death (PCD) during late stages of microspore-early pollen development. Despite the key function of tapetum, little is known about the molecular mechanisms regulating this cell death process in which profound nuclear and chromatin changes occur. Epigenetic features (DNA methylation and histone modifications) have been revealed as hallmarks that establish the functional status of chromatin domains, but no evidence on the epigenetic regulation of PCD has been reported. DNA methylation is accomplished by DNA methyltransferases, among which DNA methyl transferase 1 (MET1) constitutes one of the CG maintenance methyltransferase in plants, also showing de novo methyltransferase activity. In this work, the changes in epigenetic marks during the PCD of tapetal cells have been investigated by a multidisciplinary approach to reveal the dynamics of DNA methylation and the pattern of expression of MET1 in relation to the main cellular changes of this PCD process which have also been characterized in two species, Brassica napus and Nicotiana tabacum. The results showed that tapetum PCD progresses with the increase in global DNA methylation and MET1 expression, epigenetic changes that accompanied the reorganization of the nuclear architecture and a high chromatin condensation, activity of caspase 3-like proteases and Cyt c release. The reported data indicate a relationship between the PCD process and the DNA methylation dynamics and MET1 expression in tapetal cells, suggesting a possible new role for the epigenetic marks in the nuclear events occurring during this cell death process and providing new insights into the epigenetic control of plant PCD.
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- María-Teresa Solís
- Pollen Biotechnology of Crop Plants group, Biological Research Center, CIB, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Dubas E, Custers J, Kieft H, Wędzony M, van Lammeren AAM. Characterization of polarity development through 2- and 3-D imaging during the initial phase of microspore embryogenesis in Brassica napus L. Protoplasma 2014; 251:103-13. [PMID: 23933840 PMCID: PMC3893475 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-013-0530-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 04/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Isolated microspores of B. napus in culture change their developmental pathway from gametophytic to sporophytic and form embryo-like structures (ELS) upon prolonged heat shock treatment (5 days at 32 °C). ELS express polarity during the initial days of endosporic development. In this study, we focussed on the analysis of polarity development of ELS without suspensor. Fluorescence microscopy and 3-D confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) without tissue interfering enabled us to get a good insight in the distribution of nuclei, mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the architecture of microtubular (MT) cytoskeleton and the places of 5-bromo-2'-deoxy-uridine (BrdU) incorporation in successive stages of microspore embryogenesis. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis revealed, for the first time, the appearance of a fibrillar extracellular matrix-like structure (ECM-like structure) in androgenic embryos without suspensor. Two types of endosporic development were distinguished based upon the initial location of the microspore nucleus. The polarity of dividing and growing cells was recognized by the differential distributions of organelles, by the organization of the MT cytoskeleton and by the visualization of DNA synthesis in the cell cycle. The directional location of nuclei, ER, mitochondria and starch grains in relation to the MTs configurations were early polarity indicators. Both exine rupture and ECM-like structure on the outer surfaces of ELS are supposed to stabilize ELS's morphological polarity. As the role of cell polarity during early endosporic microspore embryogenesis in apical-basal cell fate determination remains unclear, microspore culture system provides a powerful in vitro tool for studying the developmental processes that take place during the earliest stages of plant embryogenesis.
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- Ewa Dubas
- The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239, Kraków, Poland,
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Pu Y, Gao J, Guo Y, Liu T, Zhu L, Xu P, Yi B, Wen J, Tu J, Ma C, Fu T, Zou J, Shen J. A novel dominant glossy mutation causes suppression of wax biosynthesis pathway and deficiency of cuticular wax in Brassica napus. BMC Plant Biol 2013; 13:215. [PMID: 24330756 PMCID: PMC3881019 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aerial parts of land plants are covered with cuticular waxes that limit non-stomatal water loss and gaseous exchange, and protect plants from ultraviolet radiation and pathogen attack. This is the first report on the characterization and genetic mapping of a novel dominant glossy mutant (BnaA.GL) in Brassica napus. RESULTS Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the cuticle ultrastructure of GL mutant leaf and stem were altered dramatically compared with that of wide type (WT). Scanning electron microscopy corroborated the reduction of wax on the leaf and stem surface. A cuticular wax analysis of the GL mutant leaves further confirmed the drastic decrease in the total wax content, and a wax compositional analysis revealed an increase in aldehydes but a severe decrease in alkanes, ketones and secondary alcohols. These results suggested a likely blockage of the decarbonylation step in the wax biosynthesis pathway. Genetic mapping narrowed the location of the BnaA.GL gene to the end of A9 chromosome. A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chip assay in combination with bulk segregant analysis (BSA) also located SNPs in the same region. Two SNPs, two single sequence repeat (SSR) markers and one IP marker were located on the flanking region of the BnaA.GL gene at a distance of 0.6 cM. A gene homologous to ECERIFERUM1 (CER1) was located in the mapped region. A cDNA microarray chip assay revealed coordinated down regulation of genes encoding enzymes of the cuticular wax biosynthetic pathway in the glossy mutant, with BnCER1 being one of the most severely suppressed genes. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicated that surface wax biosynthesis is broadly affected in the glossy mutant due to the suppression of the BnCER1 and other wax-related genes. These findings offer novel clues for elucidating the molecular basis of the glossy phenotype.
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- Yuanyuan Pu
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Research Council Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0 W9, Canada
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Musse M, De Franceschi L, Cambert M, Sorin C, Le Caherec F, Burel A, Bouchereau A, Mariette F, Leport L. Structural changes in senescing oilseed rape leaves at tissue and subcellular levels monitored by nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry through water status. Plant Physiol 2013; 163:392-406. [PMID: 23903438 PMCID: PMC3762658 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.223123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Nitrogen use efficiency is relatively low in oilseed rape (Brassica napus) due to weak nitrogen remobilization during leaf senescence. Monitoring the kinetics of water distribution associated with the reorganization of cell structures, therefore, would be valuable to improve the characterization of nutrient recycling in leaf tissues and the associated senescence processes. In this study, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry was used to describe water distribution and status at the cellular level in different leaf ranks of well-watered plants. It was shown to be able to detect slight variations in the evolution of senescence. The NMR results were linked to physiological characterization of the leaves and to light and electron micrographs. A relationship between cell hydration and leaf senescence was revealed and associated with changes in the NMR signal. The relative intensities and the transverse relaxation times of the NMR signal components associated with vacuole water were positively correlated with senescence, describing water uptake and vacuole and cell enlargement. Moreover, the relative intensity of the NMR signal that we assigned to the chloroplast water decreased during the senescence process, in agreement with the decrease in relative chloroplast volume estimated from micrographs. The results are discussed on the basis of water flux occurring at the cellular level during senescence. One of the main applications of this study would be for plant phenotyping, especially for plants under environmental stress such as nitrogen starvation.
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- Maja Musse
- Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture, Food Process Engineering Research Unit, F–35044 Rennes cedex, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.M.)
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, 5 Boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bu., A.Bo., F.M., L.L.)
- INRA, UMR 1349, Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (IGEPP), UMR INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université de Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu cedex, France (L.D.F., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bo., L.L.); and
- Microscopy, Rennes Imaging Center, Faculté de Médecine, CS 34317 Rennes cedex, France (A.Bu.)
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- Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture, Food Process Engineering Research Unit, F–35044 Rennes cedex, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.M.)
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, 5 Boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bu., A.Bo., F.M., L.L.)
- INRA, UMR 1349, Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (IGEPP), UMR INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université de Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu cedex, France (L.D.F., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bo., L.L.); and
- Microscopy, Rennes Imaging Center, Faculté de Médecine, CS 34317 Rennes cedex, France (A.Bu.)
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- Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture, Food Process Engineering Research Unit, F–35044 Rennes cedex, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.M.)
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, 5 Boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bu., A.Bo., F.M., L.L.)
- INRA, UMR 1349, Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (IGEPP), UMR INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université de Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu cedex, France (L.D.F., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bo., L.L.); and
- Microscopy, Rennes Imaging Center, Faculté de Médecine, CS 34317 Rennes cedex, France (A.Bu.)
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- Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture, Food Process Engineering Research Unit, F–35044 Rennes cedex, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.M.)
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, 5 Boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bu., A.Bo., F.M., L.L.)
- INRA, UMR 1349, Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (IGEPP), UMR INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université de Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu cedex, France (L.D.F., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bo., L.L.); and
- Microscopy, Rennes Imaging Center, Faculté de Médecine, CS 34317 Rennes cedex, France (A.Bu.)
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- Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture, Food Process Engineering Research Unit, F–35044 Rennes cedex, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.M.)
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, 5 Boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bu., A.Bo., F.M., L.L.)
- INRA, UMR 1349, Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (IGEPP), UMR INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université de Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu cedex, France (L.D.F., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bo., L.L.); and
- Microscopy, Rennes Imaging Center, Faculté de Médecine, CS 34317 Rennes cedex, France (A.Bu.)
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- Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture, Food Process Engineering Research Unit, F–35044 Rennes cedex, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.M.)
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, 5 Boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bu., A.Bo., F.M., L.L.)
- INRA, UMR 1349, Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (IGEPP), UMR INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université de Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu cedex, France (L.D.F., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bo., L.L.); and
- Microscopy, Rennes Imaging Center, Faculté de Médecine, CS 34317 Rennes cedex, France (A.Bu.)
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- Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture, Food Process Engineering Research Unit, F–35044 Rennes cedex, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.M.)
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, 5 Boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bu., A.Bo., F.M., L.L.)
- INRA, UMR 1349, Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (IGEPP), UMR INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université de Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu cedex, France (L.D.F., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bo., L.L.); and
- Microscopy, Rennes Imaging Center, Faculté de Médecine, CS 34317 Rennes cedex, France (A.Bu.)
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- Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture, Food Process Engineering Research Unit, F–35044 Rennes cedex, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.M.)
- Université Européenne de Bretagne, 5 Boulevard Laënnec, 35000 Rennes, France (M.M., L.D.F., M.C., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bu., A.Bo., F.M., L.L.)
- INRA, UMR 1349, Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (IGEPP), UMR INRA-Agrocampus Ouest-Université de Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu cedex, France (L.D.F., C.S., F.L.C., A.Bo., L.L.); and
- Microscopy, Rennes Imaging Center, Faculté de Médecine, CS 34317 Rennes cedex, France (A.Bu.)
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Suzuki T, Tsunekawa S, Koizuka C, Yamamoto K, Imamura J, Nakamura K, Ishiguro S. Development and disintegration of tapetum-specific lipid-accumulating organelles, elaioplasts and tapetosomes, in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus. Plant Sci 2013; 207:25-36. [PMID: 23602096 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 10/06/2012] [Revised: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/09/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The pollen coat covering the surface of pollen grains has many important roles for pollination. In Brassicaceae plants, the pollen coat components are synthesized and temporarily accumulated in two tapetum-specific organelles, the elaioplast and the tapetosome. Although many biochemical and electron microscopic analyses have been attempted, the structure and biogenesis of these organelles have not been fully elucidated. To resolve this problem, we performed live imaging of these organelles using two markers, FIB1a-GFP and GRP17-GFP. FIB1a is an Arabidopsis fibrillin, a structural protein of elaioplast plastoglobules. In transgenic Arabidopsis, fluorescence of FIB1a-GFP appeared in young elaioplasts, in which small plastoglobules were developing. However, the fluorescence disappeared in later stages, while enlargement of plastoglobules continued. GRP17 is an Arabidopsis oleopollenin, an oleosin-like protein in tapetosomes. Fluorescence microscopy of GRP17-GFP expressed in Arabidopsis and Brassica napus revealed that tapetosomes do not contain oleopollenin-coated vesicles but have an outer envelope, indicating that the tapetosome structure is distinct from seed oil bodies. Visualization of GRP17-GFP also demonstrated that the tapetal cells become protoplasts and migrate into locules before pollen coat formation, and provided live imaging of the foot formation between pollen grains and stigmatic papilla cells.
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- Toshiya Suzuki
- Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Chen G, Deng W, Peng F, Truksa M, Singer S, Snyder CL, Mietkiewska E, Weselake RJ. Brassica napus TT16 homologs with different genomic origins and expression levels encode proteins that regulate a broad range of endothelium-associated genes at the transcriptional level. Plant J 2013; 74:663-77. [PMID: 23425240 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 02/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The transcription factor TRANSPARENT TESTA 16 (TT16) plays an important role in endothelial cell specification and proanthocyanidin (PA) accumulation. However, its precise regulatory function with regard to the expression of endothelial-associated genes in developing seeds, and especially in the PA-producing inner integument, remains largely unknown. Therefore, we endeavored to characterize four TT16 homologs from the allotetraploid oil crop species Brassica napus, and systematically explore their regulatory function in endothelial development. Our results indicated that all four BnTT16 genes were predominantly expressed in the early stages of seed development, but at distinct levels, and encoded functional proteins. Bntt16 RNA interference lines exhibited abnormal endothelial development and decreased PA content, while PA polymerization was not affected. In addition to the previously reported function of TT16 in the transcriptional regulation of anthocyanidin reductase (ANR) and dihydroflavonol reductase (TT3), we also determined that BnTT16 proteins played a significant role in the transcriptional regulation of five other genes involved in the PA biosynthetic pathway (P < 0.01). Moreover, we identified two genes involved in inner integument development that were strongly regulated by the BnTT16 proteins (TT2 and δ-vacuolar processing enzyme). These results will better our understanding of the precise role of TT16 in endothelial development in Brassicaceae species, and could potentially be used for the future improvement of oilseed crops.
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- Guanqun Chen
- Alberta Innovates Phytola Centre, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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Soroka AI. [Differentiation of haploid and diploid rape plants at the cytological and morphological levels]. Tsitol Genet 2013; 47:34-39. [PMID: 23745361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Some cytological and morphological characteristics of haploid and dihaploid plants of winter rape obtained via anther culture were studied. It was shown that in haploid plants the number of chloroplasts in stomata guard cells and the size of the stomata guard cells themselves were much smaller, and the number of stomata per unit area was greater than in doubled haploids and diploids. Haploids were also characterized by a smaller size of petals and anthers, and in general, a smaller flower compared to dihaploids and diploids.
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Tewari RK, Prommer J, Watanabe M. Endogenous nitric oxide generation in protoplast chloroplasts. Plant Cell Rep 2013; 32:31-44. [PMID: 22971939 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1338-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2012] [Revised: 08/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/29/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE : NO generation is studied in the protoplast chloroplasts. NO, ONOO ( - ) and ROS (O ( 2 ) ( - ) and H ( 2 ) O ( 2 ) ) are generated in chloroplasts. Nitric oxide synthase-like protein appears to be involved in NO generation. Nitric oxide stimulates chlorophyll biosynthesis and chloroplast differentiation. The present study was conducted to better understand the process of NO generation in the leaf chloroplasts and protoplasts. NO, peroxynitrite and superoxide anion were investigated in the protoplasts and isolated chloroplasts using specific dyes, confocal laser scanning and light microscopy. The level of NO was highest after protoplast isolation and subsequently decreased during culture. Suppression of NO signal in the presence of PTIO, suggests that diaminofluorescein-2 diacetate (DAF-2DA) detected NO. Detection of peroxynitrite, a reaction product of NO and superoxide anion, further suggests NO generation. Moreover, generation of NO and peroxynitrite in the chloroplasts of wild-type Arabidopsis and their absence or weak signals in the leaf-derived protoplasts of Atnoa1 mutants confirmed the reactivity of DAF-2DA and aminophenyl fluorescein to NO and peroxynitrite, respectively. Isolated chloroplasts also showed signal of NO. Suppression of NO signal in the presence of 100 μM nitric oxide synthase inhibitors [L-NNA, Nω-nitro-L-arginine and PBIT, S,S'-1,3-phenylene-bis(1,2-ethanediyl)-bis-isothiourea] revealed that nitric oxide synthase-like system is involved in NO synthesis. Suppression of NO signal in the protoplasts isolated in the presence of cycloheximide suggests de novo synthesis of NO generating protein during the process of protoplast isolation. Furthermore, the lack of inhibition of NO production by sodium tungstate (250 μM) and inhibition by L-NNA, and PBIT suggest involvement NOS-like protein, but not nitrate reductase, in NO generation in the leaf chloroplasts and protoplasts.
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- Rajesh Kumar Tewari
- Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648, Matsudo, Chiba, 271-8510, Japan.
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Tang X, Liu Y, He Y, Ma L, Sun MX. Exine dehiscing induces rape microspore polarity, which results in different daughter cell fate and fixes the apical-basal axis of the embryo. J Exp Bot 2013; 64:215-28. [PMID: 23162119 PMCID: PMC3528033 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The roles of cell polarity and the first asymmetric cell division during early embryogenesis in apical-basal cell fate determination remain unclear. Previously, a novel Brassica napus microspore embryogenesis system was established, by which rape exine-dehisced microspores were induced by physical stress. Unlike traditional microspore culture, cell polarity and subsequent asymmetric division appeared in the exine-dehisced microspore, which finally developed into a typical embryo with a suspensor. Further studies indicated that polarity is critical for apical-basal cell fate determination and suspensor formation. However, the pattern of the first division was not only determined by cell polarity but was also regulated by the position of the ruptured exine. The first division could be equal or unequal, with its orientation essentially perpendicular to the polar axis. In both types of cell division, the two daughter cells could have different cell fates and give rise to an embryo with a suspensor, similar to zygotic apical-basal cell differentiation. The alignment of the two daughter cells is consistent with the orientation of the apical-basal axis of future embryonic development. Thus, the results revealed that exine dehiscing induces rape microspore polarization, and this polarity results in a different cell fate and fixes the apical-basal axis of embryogenesis, but is uncoupled from cell asymmetric division. The present study demonstrated the relationships among cell polarity, asymmetric cell division, and cell fate determination in early embryogenesis.
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- Xingchun Tang
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- College of Life and Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Reusche M, Thole K, Janz D, Truskina J, Rindfleisch S, Drübert C, Polle A, Lipka V, Teichmann T. Verticillium infection triggers VASCULAR-RELATED NAC DOMAIN7-dependent de novo xylem formation and enhances drought tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2012; 24:3823-37. [PMID: 23023171 PMCID: PMC3480305 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.103374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Revised: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The soilborne fungal plant pathogen Verticillium longisporum invades the roots of its Brassicaceae hosts and proliferates in the plant vascular system. Typical aboveground symptoms of Verticillium infection on Brassica napus and Arabidopsis thaliana are stunted growth, vein clearing, and leaf chloroses. Here, we provide evidence that vein clearing is caused by pathogen-induced transdifferentiation of chloroplast-containing bundle sheath cells to functional xylem elements. In addition, our findings suggest that reinitiation of cambial activity and transdifferentiation of xylem parenchyma cells results in xylem hyperplasia within the vasculature of Arabidopsis leaves, hypocotyls, and roots. The observed de novo xylem formation correlates with Verticillium-induced expression of the VASCULAR-RELATED NAC DOMAIN (VND) transcription factor gene VND7. Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing the chimeric repressor VND7-SRDX under control of a Verticillium infection-responsive promoter exhibit reduced de novo xylem formation. Interestingly, infected Arabidopsis wild-type plants show higher drought stress tolerance compared with noninfected plants, whereas this effect is attenuated by suppression of VND7 activity. Together, our results suggest that V. longisporum triggers a tissue-specific developmental plant program that compensates for compromised water transport and enhances the water storage capacity of infected Brassicaceae host plants. In conclusion, we provide evidence that this natural plant-fungus pathosystem has conditionally mutualistic features.
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- Michael Reusche
- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
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- Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg-August-University Gottingen, Büsgenweg 2, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
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- Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg-August-University Gottingen, Büsgenweg 2, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
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- Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgen-Institute, Georg-August-University Gottingen, Büsgenweg 2, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
- Address correspondence to
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
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Prem D, Solís MT, Bárány I, Rodríguez-Sanz H, Risueño MC, Testillano PS. A new microspore embryogenesis system under low temperature which mimics zygotic embryogenesis initials, expresses auxin and efficiently regenerates doubled-haploid plants in Brassica napus. BMC Plant Biol 2012; 12:127. [PMID: 22857779 PMCID: PMC3464609 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Microspore embryogenesis represents a unique system of single cell reprogramming in plants wherein a highly specialized cell, the microspore, by specific stress treatment, switches its fate towards an embryogenesis pathway. In Brassica napus, a model species for this phenomenon, incubation of isolated microspores at 32°C is considered to be a pre-requisite for embryogenesis induction. RESULTS We have developed a new in vitro system at lower temperature (18°C) to efficiently induce microspore embryogenesis throughout two different developmental pathways: one involving the formation of suspensor-like structures (52.4%) and another producing multicellular embryos without suspensor (13.1%); additionally, a small proportion of non-responsive microspores followed a gametophytic-like development (34.4%) leading to mature pollen. The suspensor-like pathway followed at 18°C involved the establishment of asymmetric identities from the first microspore division and an early polarity leading to different cell fates, suspensor and embryo development, which were formed by cells with different organizations and endogenous auxin distribution, similar to zygotic embryogenesis. In addition, a new strategy for germination of microspore derived embryos was developed for achieving more than 90% conversion of embryos to plantlets, with a predominance of spontaneous doubled haploids plants. CONCLUSION The present work reveals a novel mechanism for efficient microspore embryogenesis induction in B. napus using continuous low temperature treatment. Results indicated that low temperature applied for longer periods favours an embryogenesis pathway whose first division originates asymmetric cell identities, early polarity establishment and the formation of suspensor-like structures, mimicking zygotic embryogenesis. This new in vitro system provides a convenient tool to analyze in situ the mechanisms underlying different developmental pathways during the microspore reprogramming, breaking or not the cellular symmetry, the establishment of polarity and the developmental embryo patterning, which further produce mature embryos and plants.
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- Deepak Prem
- Plant Development and Nuclear Architecture, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Development and Nuclear Architecture, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Development and Nuclear Architecture, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Development and Nuclear Architecture, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Development and Nuclear Architecture, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Development and Nuclear Architecture, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CIB-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Cannesan MA, Durand C, Burel C, Gangneux C, Lerouge P, Ishii T, Laval K, Follet-Gueye ML, Driouich A, Vicré-Gibouin M. Effect of arabinogalactan proteins from the root caps of pea and Brassica napus on Aphanomyces euteiches zoospore chemotaxis and germination. Plant Physiol 2012; 159:1658-70. [PMID: 22645070 PMCID: PMC3425204 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.198507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Root tips of many plant species release a number of border, or border-like, cells that are thought to play a major role in the protection of root meristem. However, little is currently known on the structure and function of the cell wall components of such root cells. Here, we investigate the sugar composition of the cell wall of the root cap in two species: pea (Pisum sativum), which makes border cells, and Brassica napus, which makes border-like cells. We find that the cell walls are highly enriched in arabinose and galactose, two major residues of arabinogalactan proteins. We confirm the presence of arabinogalactan protein epitopes on root cap cell walls using immunofluorescence microscopy. We then focused on these proteoglycans by analyzing their carbohydrate moieties, linkages, and electrophoretic characteristics. The data reveal (1) significant structural differences between B. napus and pea root cap arabinogalactan proteins and (2) a cross-link between these proteoglycans and pectic polysaccharides. Finally, we assessed the impact of root cap arabinogalactan proteins on the behavior of zoospores of Aphanomyces euteiches, an oomycetous pathogen of pea roots. We find that although the arabinogalactan proteins of both species induce encystment and prevent germination, the effects of both species are similar. However, the arabinogalactan protein fraction from pea attracts zoospores far more effectively than that from B. napus. This suggests that root arabinogalactan proteins are involved in the control of early infection of roots and highlights a novel role for these proteoglycans in root-microbe interactions.
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- Marc Antoine Cannesan
- Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, Équipe d'Accueil 4358, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France (M.A.C., C.D., C.B., P.L., M.-L.F.-G., A.D., M.V.-G.)
- Laboratoire BioSol, Esitpa, 76134 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (C.G., K.L.); and
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-nai, Ibaraki 305–8687, Japan (T.I.)
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- Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, Équipe d'Accueil 4358, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France (M.A.C., C.D., C.B., P.L., M.-L.F.-G., A.D., M.V.-G.)
- Laboratoire BioSol, Esitpa, 76134 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (C.G., K.L.); and
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-nai, Ibaraki 305–8687, Japan (T.I.)
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- Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, Équipe d'Accueil 4358, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France (M.A.C., C.D., C.B., P.L., M.-L.F.-G., A.D., M.V.-G.)
- Laboratoire BioSol, Esitpa, 76134 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (C.G., K.L.); and
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-nai, Ibaraki 305–8687, Japan (T.I.)
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- Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, Équipe d'Accueil 4358, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France (M.A.C., C.D., C.B., P.L., M.-L.F.-G., A.D., M.V.-G.)
- Laboratoire BioSol, Esitpa, 76134 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (C.G., K.L.); and
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-nai, Ibaraki 305–8687, Japan (T.I.)
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- Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, Équipe d'Accueil 4358, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France (M.A.C., C.D., C.B., P.L., M.-L.F.-G., A.D., M.V.-G.)
- Laboratoire BioSol, Esitpa, 76134 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (C.G., K.L.); and
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-nai, Ibaraki 305–8687, Japan (T.I.)
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- Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, Équipe d'Accueil 4358, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France (M.A.C., C.D., C.B., P.L., M.-L.F.-G., A.D., M.V.-G.)
- Laboratoire BioSol, Esitpa, 76134 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (C.G., K.L.); and
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-nai, Ibaraki 305–8687, Japan (T.I.)
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- Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, Équipe d'Accueil 4358, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France (M.A.C., C.D., C.B., P.L., M.-L.F.-G., A.D., M.V.-G.)
- Laboratoire BioSol, Esitpa, 76134 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (C.G., K.L.); and
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-nai, Ibaraki 305–8687, Japan (T.I.)
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- Laboratoire Glycobiologie et Matrice Extracellulaire Végétale, Équipe d'Accueil 4358, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France (M.A.C., C.D., C.B., P.L., M.-L.F.-G., A.D., M.V.-G.)
- Laboratoire BioSol, Esitpa, 76134 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (C.G., K.L.); and
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu Danchi-nai, Ibaraki 305–8687, Japan (T.I.)
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Zelko I, Lux A, Sterckeman T, Martinka M, Kollárová K, Lisková D. An easy method for cutting and fluorescent staining of thin roots. Ann Bot 2012; 110:475-8. [PMID: 22419758 PMCID: PMC3394640 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cutting plant material is essential for observing internal structures and may be difficult for various reasons. Most fixation agents such as aldehydes, as well as embedding resins, do not allow subsequent use of fluorescent staining and make material too soft to make good-quality hand-sections. Moreover, cutting thin roots can be very difficult and time consuming. A new, fast and effective method to provide good-quality sections and fluorescent staining of fresh or fixed root samples, including those of very thin roots (such as Arabidopsis or Noccaea), is described here. METHODS To overcome the above-mentioned difficulties the following procedure is proposed: fixation in methanol (when fresh material cannot be used) followed by en bloc staining with toluidine blue, embedding in 6 % agarose, preparation of free-hand sections of embedded material, staining with fluorescent dye, and observation in a microscope under UV light. KEY RESULTS Despite eventual slight deformation of primary cell walls (depending on the species and root developmental stage), this method allows effective observation of different structures such as ontogenetic changes of cells along the root axis, e.g. development of xylem elements, deposition of Casparian bands and suberin lamellae in endodermis or exodermis or peri-endodermal thickenings in Noccaea roots. CONCLUSIONS This method provides good-quality sections and allows relatively rapid detection of cell-wall modifications. Also important is the possibility of using this method for free-hand cutting of extremely thin roots such as those of Arabidopsis.
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- Ivan Zelko
- Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Liu J, Hua W, Yang HL, Zhan GM, Li RJ, Deng LB, Wang XF, Liu GH, Wang HZ. The BnGRF2 gene (GRF2-like gene from Brassica napus) enhances seed oil production through regulating cell number and plant photosynthesis. J Exp Bot 2012; 63:3727-40. [PMID: 22442419 PMCID: PMC3388832 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [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: 11/08/2011] [Revised: 02/05/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Seed yield and oil content are two important agricultural characteristics in oil crop breeding, and a lot of functional gene research is being concentrated on increasing these factors. In this study, by differential gene expression analyses between rapeseed lines (zy036 and 51070) which exhibit different levels of seed oil production, BnGRF2 (Brassica napus growth-regulating factor 2-like gene) was identified in the high oil-producing line zy036. To elucidate the possible roles of BnGRF2 in seed oil production, the cDNA sequences of the rapeseed GRF2 gene were isolated. The Blastn result showed that rapeseed contained BnGRF2a/2b which were located in the A genome (A1 and A3) and C genome (C1 and C6), respectively, and the dominantly expressed gene BnGRF2a was chosen for transgenic research. Analysis of 35S-BnGRF2a transgenic Arabidopsis showed that overexpressed BnGRF2a resulted in an increase in seed oil production of >50%. Moreover, BnGRF2a also induced a >20% enlargement in extended leaves and >40% improvement in photosynthetic efficiency because of an increase in the chlorophyll content. Furthermore, transcriptome analyses indicated that some genes associated with cell proliferation, photosynthesis, and oil synthesis were up-regulated, which revealed that cell number and plant photosynthesis contributed to the increased seed weight and oil content. Because of less efficient self-fertilization induced by the longer pistil in the 35S-BnGRF2a transgenic line, Napin-BnGRF2a transgenic lines were further used to identify the function of BnGRF2, and the results showed that seed oil production also could increase >40% compared with the wild-type control. The results suggest that improvement to economically important characteristics in oil crops may be achieved by manipulation of the GRF2 expression level.
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- Jing Liu
- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062, P.R.China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062, P.R.China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062, P.R.China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062, P.R.China
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- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R.China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062, P.R.China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062, P.R.China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062, P.R.China
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- Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062, P.R.China
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Zhou Z, Dun X, Xia S, Shi D, Qin M, Yi B, Wen J, Shen J, Ma C, Tu J, Fu T. BnMs3 is required for tapetal differentiation and degradation, microspore separation, and pollen-wall biosynthesis in Brassica napus. J Exp Bot 2012; 63:2041-58. [PMID: 22174440 PMCID: PMC3295392 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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7365AB, a recessive genetic male sterility system, is controlled by BnMs3 in Brassica napus, which encodes a Tic40 protein required for tapetum development. However, the role of BnMs3 in rapeseed anther development is still largely unclear. In this research, cytological analysis revealed that anther development of a Bnms3 mutant has defects in the transition of the tapetum to the secretory type, callose degradation, and pollen-wall formation. A total of 76 down-regulated unigenes in the Bnms3 mutant, several of which are associated with tapetum development, callose degeneration, and pollen development, were isolated by suppression subtractive hybridization combined with a macroarray analysis. Reverse genetics was applied by means of Arabidopsis insertional mutant lines to characterize the function of these unigenes and revealed that MSR02 is only required for transport of sporopollenin precursors through the plasma membrane of the tapetum. The real-time PCR data have further verified that BnMs3 plays a primary role in tapetal differentiation by affecting the expression of a few key transcription factors, participates in tapetal degradation by modulating the expression of cysteine protease genes, and influences microspore separation by manipulating the expression of BnA6 and BnMSR66 related to callose degradation and of BnQRT1 and BnQRT3 required for the primary cell-wall degradation of the pollen mother cell. Moreover, BnMs3 takes part in pollen-wall formation by affecting the expression of a series of genes involved in biosynthesis and transport of sporopollenin precursors. All of the above results suggest that BnMs3 participates in tapetum development, microspore release, and pollen-wall formation in B. napus.
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Tewari RK, Watanabe D, Watanabe M. Chloroplastic NADPH oxidase-like activity-mediated perpetual hydrogen peroxide generation in the chloroplast induces apoptotic-like death of Brassica napus leaf protoplasts. Planta 2012; 235:99-110. [PMID: 21853253 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1495-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Despite extensive research over the past years, regeneration from protoplasts has been observed in only a limited number of plant species. Protoplasts undergo complex metabolic modification during their isolation. The isolation of protoplasts induces reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in Brassica napus leaf protoplasts. The present study was conducted to provide new insight into the mechanism of ROS generation in B. napus leaf protoplasts. In vivo localization of H(2)O(2) and enzymes involved in H(2)O(2) generation and detoxification, molecular antioxidant-ascorbate and its redox state and lipid peroxidation were investigated in the leaf and isolated protoplasts. Incubating leaf strips in the macerating enzyme (ME) for different duration (3, 6, and 12 h) induced accumulation of H(2)O(2) and malondialdehyde (lipid peroxidation, an index of membrane damage) in protoplasts. The level of H(2)O(2) was highest just after protoplast isolation and subsequently decreased during culture. Superoxide generating NADPH oxidase (NOX)-like activity was enhanced, whereas superoxide dismutase (SOD) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) decreased in the protoplasts compared to leaves. Diaminobenzidine peroxidase (DAB-POD) activity was also lower in the protoplasts compared to leaves. Total ascorbate content, ascorbate to dehydroascorbate ratio (redox state), were enhanced in the protoplasts compared to leaves. Higher activity of NOX-like enzyme and weakening in the activity of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, APX, and DAB-POD) in protoplasts resulted in excessive accumulation of H(2)O(2) in chloroplasts of protoplasts. Chloroplastic NADPH oxidase-like activity mediated perpetual H(2)O(2) generation probably induced apoptotic-like cell death of B. napus leaf protoplasts as indicated by parallel DNA laddering and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential.
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- Rajesh Kumar Tewari
- Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Chiba, 271-8510, Japan,
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Fujii K, Ohmido N. Stable progeny production of the amphidiploid resynthesized Brassica napus cv. Hanakkori, a newly bred vegetable. Theor Appl Genet 2011; 123:1433-1443. [PMID: 21861174 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1678-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/30/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Resynthesized Brassica napus cv. Hanakkori (AACC, 2n = 38) was produced by cross-hybridization between B. rapa (AA, 2n = 20) and B. oleracea (CC, 2n = 18) as a new vegetative crop. Many studies have provided evidences for the instability and close relationship between A and C genome in the resynthesized B. napus cultivars. In fact, seed produced to obtain progeny in Hanakkori had unstable morphological characters and generated many off-type plants. In this study, we investigated the pollen fertility, chromosome number, structure, and behavior linked to various Hanakkori phenotypes to define factors of unstable phenotypic expression in the progeny. Hanakkori phenotypes were categorized into five types. The results of pollen fertility, chromosome number, and fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis for somatic mitosis cells indicated that the off-type plants had lower pollen fertility, aberrant chromosome number, and structures with small chromosome fragments. Observation of chromosomes at meiosis showed that the meiotic division in off-type plants led to appreciably higher abnormalities than in on-type plants. However, polyvalent chromosomes were observed frequently in both on- and off-type plants in diplotene stage of meiosis. We assume that the unstable morphological characters in resynthesized progeny were the result of abnormal division in meiosis. It results as important that the plants of normal phenotype, chromosome structure and minimized abnormal meiosis are selected to stabilize progeny.
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- K Fujii
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture and Forestry, Yamaguchi 753-0214, Japan.
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Elhiti M, Ashihara H, Stasolla C. Distinct fluctuations in nucleotide metabolism accompany the enhanced in vitro embryogenic capacity of Brassica cells over-expressing SHOOTMERISTEMLESS. Planta 2011; 234:1251-1265. [PMID: 21773791 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1482-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Besides regulating meristem formation and maintenance in vivo, SHOOTMERISTEMLESS (STM) has been shown to affect embryogenesis. While the over-expression of Brassica napus (Bn)STM enhances the number of microspore-derived embryos produced in culture and their ability to regenerate viable plants, a down-regulation of this gene represses the embryogenic process (Elhiti et al., J Exp Bot, 61:4069-4085, 2010). Synthesis and degradation of pyrimidine and purine nucleotides were measured in developing microspore-derived embryos (MDEs) generated from B. napus lines ectopically expressing or down-regulating BnSTM. Pyrimidine metabolism was investigated by following the metabolic fate of exogenously supplied (14)C-uridine, uracil and orotic acid, whereas purine metabolism was estimated by using (14)C-adenine, adenosine and inosine. The improvement in embryo number and quality affected by the ectopic expression of BnSTM was linked to the increased pyrimidine and purine salvage activity during the early phases of embryogenesis and the enlargement of the adenylate pool (ATP + ADP) required for the active growth of the embryos. This was due to an increase in transcriptional and enzymatic activity of several salvage enzymes, including adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) and adenosine kinase (ADK). The highly operative salvage pathway induced by the ectopic expression of BnSTM was associated with a slow catabolism of nucleotides, suggesting the presence of an antagonist mechanism controlling the rate of salvage and degradation pathways. During the second half of embryogenesis utilization of uridine for UTP + UDPglucose (UDPG) synthesis increased in the embryos over-expressing BnSTM, and this coincided with a better post-germination performance. All these events were precluded by the down-regulation of BnSTM which repressed the formation of the embryos and their post-embryonic performance. Overall, this work provides evidence that precise metabolic changes are associated with proper embryo development in culture.
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- Mohamed Elhiti
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt
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Dubas E, Custers J, Kieft H, Wędzony M, van Lammeren AAM. Microtubule configurations and nuclear DNA synthesis during initiation of suspensor-bearing embryos from Brassica napus cv. Topas microspores. Plant Cell Rep 2011; 30:2105-16. [PMID: 21779827 PMCID: PMC3192950 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1117-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 04/26/2011] [Revised: 06/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In the new Brassica napus microspore culture system, wherein embryos with suspensors are formed, ab initio mimics zygotic embryogenesis. The system provides a powerful in vitro tool for studying the diverse developmental processes that take place during early stages of plant embryogenesis. Here, we studied in this new culture system both the temporal and spatial distribution of nuclear DNA synthesis places and the organization of the microtubular (MT) cytoskeleton, which were visualized with a refined whole mount immunolocalization technology and 3D confocal laser scanning microscopy. A 'mild' heat stress induced microspores to elongate, to rearrange their MT cytoskeleton and to re-enter the cell cycle and perform a predictable sequence of divisions. These events led to the formation of a filamentous suspensor-like structure, of which the distal tip cell gave rise to the embryo proper. Cells of the developing pro-embryo characterized endoplasmic (EMTs) and cortical microtubules (CMTs) in various configurations in the successive stages of the cell cycle. However, the most prominent changes in MT configurations and nuclear DNA replication concerned the first sporophytic division occurring within microspores and the apical cell of the pro-embryo. Microspore embryogenesis was preceded by pre-prophase band formation and DNA synthesis. The apical cell of the pro-embryo exhibited a random organization of CMTs and, in relation to this, isotropic expansion occurred, mimicking the development of the apical cell of the zygotic situation. Moreover, the apical cell entered the S phase shortly before it divided transversally at the stage that the suspensor was 3-8 celled.
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- Ewa Dubas
- Laboratory for Plant Cell Biology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Radix building 107, W1 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Ahuja I, Borgen BH, Hansen M, Honne BI, Müller C, Rohloff J, Rossiter JT, Bones AM. Oilseed rape seeds with ablated defence cells of the glucosinolate-myrosinase system. Production and characteristics of double haploid MINELESS plants of Brassica napus L. J Exp Bot 2011; 62:4975-93. [PMID: 21778185 PMCID: PMC3193006 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 03/10/2011] [Revised: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Oilseed rape and other crop plants of the family Brassicaceae contain a unique defence system known as the glucosinolate-myrosinase system or the 'mustard oil bomb'. The 'mustard oil bomb' which includes myrosinase and glucosinolates is triggered by abiotic and biotic stress, resulting in the formation of toxic products such as nitriles and isothiocyanates. Myrosinase is present in specialist cells known as 'myrosin cells' and can also be known as toxic mines. The myrosin cell idioblasts of Brassica napus were genetically reprogrammed to undergo controlled cell death (ablation) during seed development. These myrosin cell-free plants have been named MINELESS as they lack toxic mines. This has led to the production of oilseed rape with a significant reduction both in myrosinase levels and in the hydrolysis of glucosinolates. Even though the myrosinase activity in MINELESS was very low compared with the wild type, variation was observed. This variability was overcome by producing homozygous seeds. A microspore culture technique involving non-fertile haploid MINELESS plants was developed and these plants were treated with colchicine to produce double haploid MINELESS plants with full fertility. Double haploid MINELESS plants had significantly reduced myrosinase levels and glucosinolate hydrolysis products. Wild-type and MINELESS plants exhibited significant differences in growth parameters such as plant height, leaf traits, matter accumulation, and yield parameters. The growth and developmental pattern of MINELESS plants was relatively slow compared with the wild type. The characteristics of the pure double haploid MINELESS plant are described and its importance for future biochemical, agricultural, dietary, functional genomics, and plant defence studies is discussed.
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- Ishita Ahuja
- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Realfagbygget, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Realfagbygget, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås Norway
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- Bioforsk Div. Grassland and Landscape, Kvithamar, N-7500 Stjørdal, Norway
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- Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstrasse 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Realfagbygget, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Realfagbygget, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Tsuwamoto R, Harada T. The Arabidopsis CORI3 promoter contains two cis-acting regulatory regions required for transcriptional activity in companion cells. Plant Cell Rep 2011; 30:1723-33. [PMID: 21559970 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1080-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2011] [Revised: 03/23/2011] [Accepted: 04/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Companion cells are metabolically active and functionally specialized cells that behave as terminals for the transport of materials between phloem and the surrounding tissue. Although previous research has clarified the distinct function of companion cells, it is still largely unknown how plants establish and maintain the special identity of these cells. To shed further light on this issue, we carried out expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis. To minimize the difficulty of dissociating and gathering intact companion cells, vascular strings with an abundant content of companion cells were excised from the petioles of Brassica napus. By random sequencing with a string-specific cDNA library derived by suppression subtractive hybridization between the string itself and the petiole from which it had been removed, we identified 377 ESTs and assembled them into 247 EST groups. The most frequent EST was ExBdl-102 (15 of 377 ESTs), which showed the highest sequence similarity to the Arabidopsis CORI3 (CORONATINE INDUCED 3) gene. The CORI3 promoter:GUS showed predominant expression in the vascular tissue of Arabidopsis. Through transient expression assay using Brassica vasculature and gene-gun-mediated transient assay, we found two integrated cis-regulatory regions of the CORI3 promoter. This work has provided not only string-specific EST information and shown that two novel cis-regulatory regions sustain transcriptional activity in companion cells, but also a series of procedures for efficiently examining the transcriptional framework of companion cells by exploiting the histochemical advantage of B. napus as an experimental material.
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- Ryo Tsuwamoto
- Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
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Watanabe M, Yumi O, Itoh Y, Yasuda K, Kamachi K, Ratcliffe RG. Deamination role of inducible glutamate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 7 in Brassica napus leaf protoplasts. Phytochemistry 2011; 72:587-93. [PMID: 21353684 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Revised: 01/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) is a ubiquitous enzyme that catalyzes the reversible amination of 2-oxoglutarate to glutamate. In Brassica napus, GDH isoenzymes 1 and 7 are hexamers of β and α subunits, respectively and the isoenzyme profile in leaves is known to change on wounding. Here, parallels were sought between the effects of wounding and protoplast isolation because of the possible relevance of changes in GDH activity to the perturbed metabolism in recalcitrant B. napus protoplasts. When leaf protoplasts of B. napus were isolated, GDH7 isoforms predominated. Transcription of GDH2, which encodes the GDH α subunit, was activated and translation of the GDH2 mRNA was also activated to synthesize α subunit polypeptides. When detached leaves absorbed either acidic 5mM jasmonic acid or salicylic acid solutions via petioles, GDH7 isoenzymes were activated and the GDH isoenzyme patterns were similar to those of protoplasts. Salicylic acid β-glycosides were generated soon after treatment with the pectinase-cellulase enzyme solution and peaked at 1h. NMR spectroscopic analysis of protoplasts and unstressed leaves incubated with 5mM (15)NH(4)Cl showed that the change in GDH isoenzyme profile had no effect on ammonium assimilation. Protoplast isolation changed the redox state with NAD(P)H and oxidized glutathione levels increasing, and ascorbate, dehydroascorbate, NAD(P) and glutathione decreasing. ATP content in protoplasts declined to 2.6% of that in leaves, while that in wounded leaves increased by twofold. It is concluded that GDH7 does not support net amination in vivo and it is suggested that the increase in GDH7 activity is a response to oxidative stress during protoplast isolation.
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- Masami Watanabe
- Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Chiba 271-8510, Japan.
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Wu L, El-Mezawy A, Shah S. A seed coat outer integument-specific promoter for Brassica napus. Plant Cell Rep 2011; 30:75-80. [PMID: 21052676 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0945-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2010] [Revised: 10/07/2010] [Accepted: 10/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In search for seed coat-specific promoters for canola (Brassica napus), transgenic plants carrying a 2,121 bp fragment of Arabidopsis thaliana At4g12960 promoter (AtGILTpro) fused to the uidA reporter gene (GUS) were generated. Out of 7 independent events in transgenic canola plants raised, 2 exhibited GUS activity exclusively in the outer integument of the seed coat. GUS activity in other tissues was also observed in the remaining five transformants. Therefore, the AtGILT promoter can be used as a canola seed coat outer integument-specific promoter after the generation and selection of desired transformants from several transgenic lines.
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- Limin Wu
- Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, PO Bag 4000, Hwy 16A & 75 St., Vegreville, AB, T9C 1T4, Canada.
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Yi B, Zeng F, Lei S, Chen Y, Yao X, Zhu Y, Wen J, Shen J, Ma C, Tu J, Fu T. Two duplicate CYP704B1-homologous genes BnMs1 and BnMs2 are required for pollen exine formation and tapetal development in Brassica napus. Plant J 2010; 63:925-38. [PMID: 20598092 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04289.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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S45A, a double recessive mutant at both the BnMs1 and BnMs2 loci in Brassica napus, produces no pollen in mature anthers and no seeds by self-fertilization. The BnMs1 and BnMs2 genes, which have redundant functions in the control of male fertility, are positioned on linkage groups N7 and N16, respectively, and are located at the same locus on Arabidopsis chromosome 1 based on collinearity between Arabidopsis and Brassica. Complementation tests indicated that one candidate gene, BnCYP704B1, a member of the cytochrome P450 family, can rescue male sterility. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of the developing anther showed that pollen-wall formation in the mutant was severely compromised, with a lack of sporopollenin or exine. The phenotype was first evident at the tetrad stage (stage 7) of anther development, coinciding with the maximum BnCYP704B1 mRNA accumulation observed in tapetal cells at stages 7-8 (haploid stage). TEM also suggested that development of the tapetum was seriously defective due to the disturbed lipid metabolism in the S45A mutant. A TUNEL assay indicated that the pattern of programmed cell death in the tapetum of the S45A mutant was defective. Lipid analysis showed that the total fatty acid content was reduced in the S45A mutant, indicating that BnCYP704B1 is involved in lipid metabolism. These data suggest that BnCYP704B1 participates in a vital tapetum-specific metabolic pathway that is not only involved in exine formation but is also required for basic tapetal cell development and function.
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- Bin Yi
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Rapeseed Improvement in Wuhan, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Cifuentes M, Eber F, Lucas MO, Lode M, Chèvre AM, Jenczewski E. Repeated polyploidy drove different levels of crossover suppression between homoeologous chromosomes in Brassica napus allohaploids. Plant Cell 2010; 22:2265-76. [PMID: 20639447 PMCID: PMC2929116 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.072991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Allopolyploid species contain more than two sets of related chromosomes (homoeologs) that must be sorted during meiosis to ensure fertility. As polyploid species usually have multiple origins, one intriguing, yet largely underexplored, question is whether different mechanisms suppressing crossovers between homoeologs may coexist within the same polyphyletic species. We addressed this question using Brassica napus, a young polyphyletic allopolyploid species. We first analyzed the meiotic behavior of 363 allohaploids produced from 29 accessions, which represent a large part of B. napus genetic diversity. Two main clear-cut meiotic phenotypes were observed, encompassing a twofold difference in the number of univalents at metaphase I. We then sequenced two chloroplast intergenic regions to gain insight into the maternal origins of the same 29 accessions; only two plastid haplotypes were found, and these correlated with the dichotomy of meiotic phenotypes. Finally, we analyzed genetic diversity at the PrBn locus, which was shown to determine meiotic behavior in a segregating population of B. napus allohaploids. We observed that segregation of two alleles at PrBn could adequately explain a large part of the variation in meiotic behavior found among B. napus allohaploids. Overall, our results suggest that repeated polyploidy resulted in different levels of crossover suppression between homoeologs in B. napus allohaploids.
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- Marta Cifuentes
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318, INRA-AgroParisTech. Bâtiment 7, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Centre de Versailles-Grignon, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 118, Amélioration des Plantes et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-35653 Le Rheu, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 118, Amélioration des Plantes et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-35653 Le Rheu, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 118, Amélioration des Plantes et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-35653 Le Rheu, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 118, Amélioration des Plantes et Biotechnologies Végétales, F-35653 Le Rheu, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318, INRA-AgroParisTech. Bâtiment 7, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Centre de Versailles-Grignon, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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