Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-10-02DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01819-4
Jessica Orozco, Paula Guzmán-Delgado, Maciej A. Zwieniecki
{"title":"Megafire smoke exposure jeopardizes tree carbohydrate reserves and yield","authors":"Jessica Orozco, Paula Guzmán-Delgado, Maciej A. Zwieniecki","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01819-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01819-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The global incidence of megafires is on the rise, leading to extensive areas being shrouded in dense smoke for prolonged periods, spanning days or weeks<sup>1</sup>. Here, by integrating long-term regional observations of non-structural carbohydrate content in trees across California’s Central Valley with spatiotemporal satellite data, we present compelling evidence that dense smoke plumes negatively impact carbohydrate stores in three tree species: <i>Prunus dulcis</i>, <i>Pistacia vera</i> and <i>Juglans regia</i>. Our findings show that the presence of smoke causes a significant decrease in total non-structural carbohydrates, with reductions in the accumulation of both soluble sugar and starch reserves. This decline in carbohydrate levels persists through the trees’ dormancy period into the next season’s bloom, culminating in a reduced yield. Our results highlight a previously unrecognized wildfire threat that could affect plant health and ecosystem stability in both agricultural and natural environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01806-9
Claudia Martinho
{"title":"From RdDM to plant defence","authors":"Claudia Martinho","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01806-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-024-01806-9","url":null,"abstract":"Genetic analysis has shown that RNA polymerase V (Pol V) regulates plant defence independently of its known function in RNA-directed DNA methylation. These findings reveal a mechanism whereby Pol V transcripts regulate gene expression upon infection with pathogens.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142330338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01795-9
Huaxun Ye, Mei Louden, Jon A. T. Reinders
{"title":"A novel in vivo genome editing doubled haploid system for Zea mays L.","authors":"Huaxun Ye, Mei Louden, Jon A. T. Reinders","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01795-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-024-01795-9","url":null,"abstract":"Doubled haploid (DH) technologies accelerate maize inbred development. Recently, methods using CRISPR–Cas have created gene-edited maize DH populations, albeit with relatively low editing frequencies. Restoring fertility via haploid chromosome doubling remains a critically important production constraint. Thus, improved editing and chromosome doubling outcomes are needed. Here we obtained maternally derived diploid embryos in vivo by ectopically co-expressing Zea mays BABY BOOM and cyclin D-like gene products within unfertilized egg cells. When combined with gene editing, the in vivo method enables the production of mature seed with a maternally derived, gene-edited diploid embryo without requiring in vitro tissue culture methods nor the use of a chemical chromosome doubling agent. In summary, we report a novel approach for creating gene-edited maize DH populations that we expect can accelerate genetic gain in a scalable, cost-effective manner. Ye et al. use a novel genetic haploid genome doubling method with parthenogenesis and gene editing to produce edited, maternally derived di-haploid progeny. A truncated BABY BOOM peptide confers both parthenogenesis and haploid genome doubling.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142325579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01807-8
Mathieu Raingeval, Basile Leduque, Pierre Baduel, Alejandro Edera, Fabrice Roux, Vincent Colot, Leandro Quadrana
{"title":"Retrotransposon-driven environmental regulation of FLC leads to adaptive response to herbicide","authors":"Mathieu Raingeval, Basile Leduque, Pierre Baduel, Alejandro Edera, Fabrice Roux, Vincent Colot, Leandro Quadrana","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01807-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01807-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The mobilization of transposable elements is a potent source of mutations. In plants, several stransposable elements respond to external cues, fuelling the hypothesis that natural transposition can create environmentally sensitive alleles for adaptation. Here we report on the detailed characterization of a retrotransposon insertion within the first intron of the <i>Arabidopsis</i> floral-repressor gene <i>FLOWERING LOCUS C</i> (<i>FLC</i>) and the discovery of its role for adaptation. The insertion mutation augments the environmental sensitivity of <i>FLC</i> by affecting the balance between coding and non-coding transcripts in response to stress, thus expediting flowering. This balance is modulated by DNA methylation and orchestrated by IBM2, a factor involved in the processing of intronic heterochromatic sequences. The stress-sensitive allele of <i>FLC</i> has spread across populations subjected to recurrent chemical weeding, and we show that retrotransposon-driven acceleration of the life cycle represents a rapid response to herbicide application. Our work provides a compelling example of a transposable element-driven environmentally sensitive allele that confers an adaptive response in nature.</p>","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142329015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01792-y
Marco Catoni
{"title":"Transposable elements underlie genetic adaptation","authors":"Marco Catoni","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01792-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01792-y","url":null,"abstract":"The insertion of the stress-responsive transposable element (TE) ONSEN into a critical flowering regulator gene confers an adaptive response to herbicide treatment in Arabidopsis thaliana natural accessions.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142325577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01805-w
Takashi Akagi, Shigeo S. Sugano
{"title":"Random epigenetic inactivation of the X-chromosomal HaMSter gene causes sex ratio distortion in persimmon","authors":"Takashi Akagi, Shigeo S. Sugano","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01805-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01805-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In contrast to the recent progress in the genome sequencing of plant sex chromosomes, the functional contribution of the genes in sex chromosomes remains little known<sup>1</sup>. They were classically thought to be related to sexual dimorphism, which is beneficial to male or female functions, including segregation ratios. Here we focused on the functional evolution of the sex ratio distortion-related locus <i>Half Male Sterile/Inviable</i> (<i>HaMSter</i>), which is located in the short sex-linked region in diploid persimmon (<i>Diospyros lotus</i>). The expression of <i>HaMSter</i>, encoding a plant1589-like undefined protein, is necessary for production of viable seeds. Notably, only X-allelic <i>HaMSter</i> is substantially expressed and half of the maternal X alleles of <i>HaMSter</i> is randomly inactivated, which results in sex ratio distortion in seeds. Genome-wide DNA methylome analyses revealed endosperm-specific DNA hypermethylation, especially in the X-linked region. The maintenance/release of this hypermethylation is linked to inactivation/activation of <i>HaMSter</i> expression, respectively, which determines the sex ratio distortion pattern.</p>","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142325578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01808-7
Young Geun Mok, Sunghyun Hong, Da In Seo, Seunghee Choi, Hee Kyoung Kim, Da Mon Jin, JungEun Joanna Lee, Jin-Soo Kim
{"title":"Herbicide-resistant plants produced by precision adenine base editing in plastid DNA","authors":"Young Geun Mok, Sunghyun Hong, Da In Seo, Seunghee Choi, Hee Kyoung Kim, Da Mon Jin, JungEun Joanna Lee, Jin-Soo Kim","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01808-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01808-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>CRISPR-free, protein-only cytosine base editors (CBEs) or adenine base editors, composed of DNA-binding proteins such as zinc finger proteins or transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) and nucleobase cytosine or adenine deaminases, respectively, enable organellar DNA editing in cultured cells, animals and plants<sup>1,2,3,4</sup>. TALE-linked double-stranded DNA deaminase toxin A (DddA<sub>tox</sub>)-derived CBEs (DdCBEs) and TALE-linked adenine deaminases (TALEDs) install C-to-T and A-to-G single-nucleotide conversions, respectively, in mitochondria and chloroplasts<sup>5,6,7,8,9</sup>. Interestingly, whereas TALEDs exclusively induce A-to-G conversions without C-to-T conversions in mammalian mitochondrial DNA<sup>10</sup>, they often install unwanted C-to-T edits in addition to intended A-to-G edits in plastid DNA<sup>7,9,11,12</sup>. Here we show that uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG)-fused TALEDs (UDG-TALEDs) minimize C-to-T conversions without reducing the A-to-G editing efficiency and install a mutation in the chloroplast <i>psbA</i> gene that encodes a single-amino-acid substitution (S264G), which confers herbicide resistance in the resulting plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":18.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142321828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-09-24DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01800-1
Xiang Lu, Yao He, Jin-Qiao Guo, Yue Wang, Qian Yan, Qing Xiong, Hui Shi, Qingqing Hou, Junjie Yin, Yi-Bang An, Yi-Di Chen, Cheng-Shuang Yang, Ye Mao, Xiaobo Zhu, Yongyan Tang, Jiali Liu, Yu Bi, Li Song, Long Wang, Yihua Yang, Min He, Weitao Li, Xuewei Chen, Jing Wang
{"title":"Dynamics of epitranscriptomes uncover translational reprogramming directed by ac4C in rice during pathogen infection","authors":"Xiang Lu, Yao He, Jin-Qiao Guo, Yue Wang, Qian Yan, Qing Xiong, Hui Shi, Qingqing Hou, Junjie Yin, Yi-Bang An, Yi-Di Chen, Cheng-Shuang Yang, Ye Mao, Xiaobo Zhu, Yongyan Tang, Jiali Liu, Yu Bi, Li Song, Long Wang, Yihua Yang, Min He, Weitao Li, Xuewei Chen, Jing Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01800-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-024-01800-1","url":null,"abstract":"Messenger RNA modifications play pivotal roles in RNA biology, but comprehensive landscape changes of epitranscriptomes remain largely unknown in plant immune response. Here we report translational reprogramming directed by ac4C mRNA modification upon pathogen challenge. We first investigate the dynamics of translatomes and epitranscriptomes and uncover that the change in ac4C at single-base resolution promotes translational reprogramming upon Magnaporthe oryzae infection. Then by characterizing the specific distributions of m1A, 2’O-Nm, ac4C, m5C, m6A and m7G, we find that ac4Cs, unlike other modifications, are enriched at the 3rd position of codons, which stabilizes the Watson–Crick base pairing. Importantly, we demonstrate that upon pathogen infection, the increased expression of the ac4C writer OsNAT10/OsACYR (N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE FOR CYTIDINE IN RNA) promotes translation to facilitate rapid activation of immune responses, including the enhancement of jasmonic acid biosynthesis. Our study provides an atlas of mRNA modifications and insights into ac4C function in plant immunity. By characterizing the dynamics of epitranscriptomes and translatomes upon Magnaporthe oryzae infection, the authors uncover that ac4C enriched in the 3rd nt of codons improves translation of mRNA to enhance rice resistance against M. oryzae.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142313712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-09-23DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01796-8
Anchilie F. Mangilet, Joachim Weber, Sandra Schüler, Manon Adler, Eneza Yoeli Mjema, Paula Heilmann, Angie Herold, Monique Renneberg, Luise Nagel, Irina Droste-Borel, Samuel Streicher, Thomas Schmutzer, Gregor Rot, Boris Macek, Cornelius Schmidtke, Sascha Laubinger
{"title":"The Arabidopsis U1 snRNP regulates mRNA 3′-end processing","authors":"Anchilie F. Mangilet, Joachim Weber, Sandra Schüler, Manon Adler, Eneza Yoeli Mjema, Paula Heilmann, Angie Herold, Monique Renneberg, Luise Nagel, Irina Droste-Borel, Samuel Streicher, Thomas Schmutzer, Gregor Rot, Boris Macek, Cornelius Schmidtke, Sascha Laubinger","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01796-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-024-01796-8","url":null,"abstract":"The removal of introns by the spliceosome is a key gene regulatory mechanism in eukaryotes, with the U1 snRNP subunit playing a crucial role in the early stages of splicing. Studies in metazoans show that the U1 snRNP also conducts splicing-independent functions, but the lack of genetic tools and knowledge about U1 snRNP-associated proteins have limited the study of such splicing-independent functions in plants. Here we describe an RNA-centric approach that identified more than 200 proteins associated with the Arabidopsis U1 snRNP and revealed a tight link to mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation factors. Interestingly, we found that the U1 snRNP protects mRNAs against premature cleavage and polyadenylation within introns—a mechanism known as telescripting in metazoans—while also influencing alternative polyadenylation site selection in 3′-UTRs. Overall, our work provides a comprehensive view of U1 snRNP interactors and reveals novel functions in regulating mRNA 3′-end processing in Arabidopsis, laying the groundwork for understanding non-canonical functions of plant U1 snRNPs. Researchers found that a plant U1 snRNP complex associates with 200 proteins and conducts splicing-independent roles by safeguarding RNAs against premature cleavage and polyadenylation, similar to a process known as telescripting in metazoans.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-024-01796-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142276827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PlantsPub Date : 2024-09-19DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01793-x
Yetong Qi, Jiahui Wu, Zhu Yang, Hongjun Li, Lang Liu, Haixia Wang, Xinyuan Sun, Xinya Wu, Jiahui Nie, Jing Zhou, Meng Xu, Xintong Wu, Susan Breen, Ruimin Yu, Dong Cheng, Qingguo Sun, Huishan Qiu, Yingtao Zuo, Petra C. Boevink, Paul R. J. Birch, Zhendong Tian
{"title":"Chloroplast elongation factors break the growth–immunity trade-off by simultaneously promoting yield and defence","authors":"Yetong Qi, Jiahui Wu, Zhu Yang, Hongjun Li, Lang Liu, Haixia Wang, Xinyuan Sun, Xinya Wu, Jiahui Nie, Jing Zhou, Meng Xu, Xintong Wu, Susan Breen, Ruimin Yu, Dong Cheng, Qingguo Sun, Huishan Qiu, Yingtao Zuo, Petra C. Boevink, Paul R. J. Birch, Zhendong Tian","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01793-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-024-01793-x","url":null,"abstract":"Chloroplasts regulate plant development and immunity. Here we report that potato chloroplast elongation factors StTuA and StTuB, targeted by Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector Pi22926, positively regulate immunity and growth. Plants expressing Pi22926, or silenced for TuA/B, show increased P. infestans susceptibility and decreased photosynthesis, plant growth and tuber yield. By contrast, StTuA/B overexpression reduces susceptibility, elevates chloroplast-derived reactive oxygen species production and increases photosynthesis and potato tuber yield by enhancing chloroplast protein translation. Another plant target of Pi22926, StMAP3Kβ2, interacts with StTuB, phosphorylating it to promote its translocation into chloroplasts. However, Pi22926 attenuates StTuB association with StMAP3Kβ2 and phosphorylation. This reduces StTuB translocation into chloroplasts, leading to its proteasome-mediated turnover in the cytoplasm. We uncover new mechanisms by which a pathogen effector inhibits immunity by disrupting key chloroplast functions. This work shows that StTuA/B break the growth–immunity trade-off, promoting both disease resistance and yield, revealing the enormous potential of chloroplast biology in crop breeding. Enhanced expression of chloroplast elongation factors StTuA/B increases potato disease resistance and photosynthesis, while oomycete effector Pi22926 inhibits their entry into the chloroplasts by disrupting their phosphorylation by StMAP3Kβ2.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142245257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}