{"title":"CrCUL11 regulates hormonal and redox signaling to promote adventitious bud formation in camellia reticulata","authors":"Jing Xie, Cheng Yang, Jianzhao Wang, Xian Yin, Tian Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.scienta.2025.114310","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As an essential ornamental plant for horticultural applications, <em>Camellia reticulata</em> has high ornamental and economic value, yet its in vitro regeneration remains technically challenging. Our research found that <em>CrCUL11</em>, a <em>CULLIN</em> family gene related to auxin signaling, is a key regulatory factor for adventitious bud differentiation in <em>C. reticulata.</em> The heterologous transformation of tobacco indicates that <em>CrCUL11</em> regulates the levels of endogenous auxin and cytokinin, activates transcription factors (e.g., WOX, YUCCA, ARR, and CRE), and forms a hormonal balance network. This network can be achieved through exogenous plant growth regulators (0.20 mg/L IBA + 1.00 mg/L 6-BA) or through red-blue light regulation (blue: red light = 2:1). Importantly, <em>CrCUL11</em> promotes the synthesis of ascorbic acid (AsA) and glutathione (GSH), and eliminates ROS to maintain redox homeostasis. This study reveals the dual role of <em>CrCUL11</em> in hormone-antioxidant crosstalk, providing a new approach for improving the <em>C. reticulata</em> regenerative system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21679,"journal":{"name":"Scientia Horticulturae","volume":"350 ","pages":"Article 114310"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Scientia Horticulturae","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304423825003590","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"HORTICULTURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
As an essential ornamental plant for horticultural applications, Camellia reticulata has high ornamental and economic value, yet its in vitro regeneration remains technically challenging. Our research found that CrCUL11, a CULLIN family gene related to auxin signaling, is a key regulatory factor for adventitious bud differentiation in C. reticulata. The heterologous transformation of tobacco indicates that CrCUL11 regulates the levels of endogenous auxin and cytokinin, activates transcription factors (e.g., WOX, YUCCA, ARR, and CRE), and forms a hormonal balance network. This network can be achieved through exogenous plant growth regulators (0.20 mg/L IBA + 1.00 mg/L 6-BA) or through red-blue light regulation (blue: red light = 2:1). Importantly, CrCUL11 promotes the synthesis of ascorbic acid (AsA) and glutathione (GSH), and eliminates ROS to maintain redox homeostasis. This study reveals the dual role of CrCUL11 in hormone-antioxidant crosstalk, providing a new approach for improving the C. reticulata regenerative system.
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Scientia Horticulturae is an international journal publishing research related to horticultural crops. Articles in the journal deal with open or protected production of vegetables, fruits, edible fungi and ornamentals under temperate, subtropical and tropical conditions. Papers in related areas (biochemistry, micropropagation, soil science, plant breeding, plant physiology, phytopathology, etc.) are considered, if they contain information of direct significance to horticulture. Papers on the technical aspects of horticulture (engineering, crop processing, storage, transport etc.) are accepted for publication only if they relate directly to the living product. In the case of plantation crops, those yielding a product that may be used fresh (e.g. tropical vegetables, citrus, bananas, and other fruits) will be considered, while those papers describing the processing of the product (e.g. rubber, tobacco, and quinine) will not. The scope of the journal includes all horticultural crops but does not include speciality crops such as, medicinal crops or forestry crops, such as bamboo. Basic molecular studies without any direct application in horticulture will not be considered for this journal.