Nature PlantsPub Date : 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01959-1
Xiujuan Yang, Gang Li, Jin Shi, Laura G. Wilkinson, Matthew K. Aubert, Kelly Houston, Neil J. Shirley, Hengbin Gao, Ryan Lister, Lucia Colombo, Matthew R. Tucker
{"title":"Author Correction: MADS31 supports female germline development by repressing the post-fertilization programme in cereal ovules","authors":"Xiujuan Yang, Gang Li, Jin Shi, Laura G. Wilkinson, Matthew K. Aubert, Kelly Houston, Neil J. Shirley, Hengbin Gao, Ryan Lister, Lucia Colombo, Matthew R. Tucker","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-01959-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-01959-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 3","pages":"661-661"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-01959-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143541832","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 : 2025-02-25DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01922-0
J. L. Baulies, R. E. Rodríguez, F. E. Lazzara, D. Liebsch, X. Zhao, J. Zeng, L. Bald, C. Schommer, J. U. Lohmann, J. F. Palatnik
{"title":"MicroRNA control of stem cell reconstitution and growth in root regeneration","authors":"J. L. Baulies, R. E. Rodríguez, F. E. Lazzara, D. Liebsch, X. Zhao, J. Zeng, L. Bald, C. Schommer, J. U. Lohmann, J. F. Palatnik","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-01922-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-01922-0","url":null,"abstract":"Plants display a remarkable regeneration capacity, which allows them to replace damaged or lost cells, tissues and organs, and thus recover from a broad spectrum of injuries1,2. Even lost stem cells can be regenerated from non-stem cells after competence acquisition, highlighting the enormous plasticity of plant cells. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this process are still poorly understood. In the root, the highly conserved microRNA miR396 and its targets, the GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs (GRFs), control the transition from stem cells to proliferative cells. miR396 promotes stem cell activity by repressing and excluding the GRFs from the stem cell area. In turn, the GRFs promote cell division in the proliferation zone3. Here we show that the miR396–GRF regulatory module guides stem cell reconstitution after root tip excision, playing a dual role: while miR396 promotes competence, the GRFs control regeneration speed. Moreover, plants with ectopic miR396 expression have defined stem cell niches before the excision but do not reconstitute them afterwards, remaining in an open state despite continuing to grow. We propose that this phenomenon is caused by dispersed stem cell activity, which supports growth after root tip excision without reconstituting the organized and spatially restricted stem cell niche typical of Arabidopsis roots. The miR396–GRF module controls a trade-off between competence and speed during root tip regeneration in Arabidopsis. Roots ectopically expressing miR396 grow without stem cell niche reconstitution, probably due to dispersed stem cell activity.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 3","pages":"531-542"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143486380","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 : 2025-02-25DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01939-5
Penelope M. C. Smith, Manuel González-Guerrero
{"title":"BRUTUS links iron with legume–rhizobia symbiosis","authors":"Penelope M. C. Smith, Manuel González-Guerrero","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-01939-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-01939-5","url":null,"abstract":"BRUTUS is an iron sensor that negatively regulates iron uptake when iron is sufficient. New work shows that BRUTUS orthologues in legumes positively regulate the establishment of symbiosis with rhizobia on the basis of iron availability through mono-ubiquitination of their transcription factor target.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 3","pages":"389-391"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143485897","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 : 2025-02-25DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01928-8
Ziyao Hu, Huibin Han, Guodong Wang
{"title":"A microRNA defines root regeneration","authors":"Ziyao Hu, Huibin Han, Guodong Wang","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-01928-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-01928-8","url":null,"abstract":"Injury-induced regeneration allows plants to restore lost or damaged cells, tissues and organs and thus to survive severe injuries. A recent study shows that the microRNA396–GROWTH REGULATING FACTORs (miR396–GRFs) module has a bifunctional role in restoring a damaged root: miR396 bolsters regeneration potential, while its targets, the GRFs, accelerate regeneration speed.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 3","pages":"387-388"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143485898","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 : 2025-02-25DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01916-y
{"title":"MADS31 coordinates germline development in cereal ovules","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-01916-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-01916-y","url":null,"abstract":"The ovule nucellus generates and then nurtures the female germline until maturity, preparing it for fertilization and seed development. We reveal that a B-sister MADS-box transcription factor, MADS31, is expressed in the inner subdomain of the nucellus and sustains germline development by preventing expression of post-fertilization genes.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 3","pages":"394-395"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143485946","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 : 2025-02-25DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01915-z
Xiujuan Yang, Gang Li, Jin Shi, Laura G. Wilkinson, Matthew K. Aubert, Kelly Houston, Neil J. Shirley, Hengbin Gao, Ryan Lister, Lucia Colombo, Matthew R. Tucker
{"title":"MADS31 supports female germline development by repressing the post-fertilization programme in cereal ovules","authors":"Xiujuan Yang, Gang Li, Jin Shi, Laura G. Wilkinson, Matthew K. Aubert, Kelly Houston, Neil J. Shirley, Hengbin Gao, Ryan Lister, Lucia Colombo, Matthew R. Tucker","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-01915-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-01915-z","url":null,"abstract":"The female germline of flowering plants develops within a niche of sporophytic (somatic) ovule cells, also referred to as the nucellus. How niche cells maintain their own somatic developmental programme, yet support the development of adjoining germline cells, remains largely unknown. Here we report that MADS31, a conserved MADS-box transcription factor from the B-sister subclass, is a potent regulator of niche cell identity. In barley, MADS31 is preferentially expressed in nucellar cells directly adjoining the germline, and loss-of-function mads31 mutants exhibit deformed and disorganized nucellar cells, leading to impaired germline development and partial female sterility. Remarkably similar phenotypes are observed in mads31 mutants in wheat, suggesting functional conservation within the Triticeae tribe. Molecular assays indicate that MADS31 encodes a potent transcriptional repressor, targeting genes in the ovule that are normally active in the seed. One prominent target of MADS31 is NRPD4b, a seed-expressed component of RNA polymerase IV/V that is involved in epigenetic regulation. NRPD4b is directly repressed by MADS31 in vivo and is derepressed in mads31 ovules, while overexpression of NRPD4b recapitulates the mads31 ovule phenotype. Thus, repression of NRPD4b by MADS31 is required to maintain ovule niche functionality. Our findings reveal a new mechanism by which somatic ovule tissues maintain their identity and support germline development before transitioning to the post-fertilization programme. A somatic niche embraces the female germline in cereal ovules. MADS31 precisely maintains developmental progression of this niche to support the germline by repressing the post-fertilization programme.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 3","pages":"543-560"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-01915-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143485899","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 : 2025-02-24DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01921-1
Makoto Shirakawa, Tomoki Oguro, Shigeo S. Sugano, Shohei Yamaoka, Mayu Sagara, Mai Tanida, Kyoko Sunuma, Takuya Iwami, Tatsuyoshi Nakanishi, Keita Horiuchi, Kie Kumaishi, Soma Yoshida, Mutsumi Watanabe, Takayuki Tohge, Takamasa Suzuki, Yasunori Ichihashi, Atsushi Takemiya, Nobutoshi Yamaguchi, Takayuki Kohchi, Toshiro Ito
{"title":"Co-option and neofunctionalization of stomatal executors for defence against herbivores in Brassicales","authors":"Makoto Shirakawa, Tomoki Oguro, Shigeo S. Sugano, Shohei Yamaoka, Mayu Sagara, Mai Tanida, Kyoko Sunuma, Takuya Iwami, Tatsuyoshi Nakanishi, Keita Horiuchi, Kie Kumaishi, Soma Yoshida, Mutsumi Watanabe, Takayuki Tohge, Takamasa Suzuki, Yasunori Ichihashi, Atsushi Takemiya, Nobutoshi Yamaguchi, Takayuki Kohchi, Toshiro Ito","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-01921-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-01921-1","url":null,"abstract":"Co-option of gene regulatory networks leads to the acquisition of new cell types and tissues. Stomata, valves formed by guard cells (GCs), are present in most land plants and regulate CO2 exchange. The transcription factor (TF) FAMA globally regulates GC differentiation. In the Brassicales, FAMA also promotes the development of idioblast myrosin cells (MCs), another type of specialized cell along the vasculature essential for Brassicales-specific chemical defences. Here we show that in Arabidopsis thaliana, FAMA directly induces the TF gene WASABI MAKER (WSB), which triggers MC differentiation. WSB and STOMATAL CARPENTER 1 (SCAP1, a stomatal lineage-specific direct FAMA target), synergistically promote GC differentiation. wsb mutants lacked MCs and the wsb scap1 double mutant lacked normal GCs. Evolutionary analyses revealed that WSB is conserved across stomatous angiosperms. We propose that the conserved and reduced transcriptional FAMA–WSB module was co-opted before evolving to induce MC differentiation. The authors identified a transcriptional module, FAMA–WASABI MAKER (WSB), for the development of stomata and idioblast myrosin cells. They propose that the conserved and reduced FAMA–WSB module was co-opted before evolving to induce idioblast development.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 3","pages":"483-504"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-01921-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143477696","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 : 2025-02-24DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01890-x
Margot E. Smit
{"title":"Finding factors that enforce the multifaceted functions of FAMA","authors":"Margot E. Smit","doi":"10.1038/s41477-024-01890-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-024-01890-x","url":null,"abstract":"Guard cells and myrosin cells have different functions, morphology and location and yet share regulators and a large part of their transcriptome. FAMA is required for the differentiation of both cell types. A recent study reveals WASABI MAKER as a FAMA target that is involved in both differentiation processes.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 3","pages":"385-386"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143477713","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 : 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01941-x
{"title":"Loving the alien","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41477-025-01941-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41477-025-01941-x","url":null,"abstract":"Science is often characterized as advancing through the discovery of rare and improbable events. For almost 200 years the Galápagos islands have supplied many such ‘black swans’, both zoological and botanical.","PeriodicalId":18904,"journal":{"name":"Nature Plants","volume":"11 2","pages":"147-147"},"PeriodicalIF":15.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-01941-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143462432","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}