{"title":"The PtobZIP55-PtoMYB170 module regulates the wood anatomical and chemical properties of Populus tomentosa in acclimation to low nitrogen availability.","authors":"Jiangting Wu, Shurong Deng, Yang Wang, Chenlin Jia, Jia Wei, Mengyan Zhou, Dongyue Zhu, Zhuorong Li, Payam Fayyaz, Zhi-Bin Luo, Jing Zhou, Wenguang Shi","doi":"10.1111/jipb.13804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13804","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Poplar plantations are often established on nitrogen-poor land, and poplar growth and wood formation are constrained by low nitrogen (LN) availability. However, the molecular mechanisms by which specific genes regulate wood formation in acclimation to LN availability remain unclear. Here, we report a previously unrecognized module, basic region/leucine zipper 55 (PtobZIP55)-PtoMYB170, which regulates the wood formation of Populus tomentosa in acclimation to LN availability. PtobZIP55 was highly expressed in poplar wood and induced by LN. Altered wood anatomical properties and increased lignification were detected in PtobZIP55-overexpressing poplars, whereas the opposite results were detected in PtobZIP55-knockout poplars. Molecular and transgenic analyses revealed that PtobZIP55 directly binds to the promoter sequence of PtoMYB170 to activate its transcription. The phenotypes of PtoMYB170 transgenic poplars were similar to those of PtobZIP55 transgenic poplars under LN conditions. Further molecular analyses revealed that PtoMYB170 directly bound the promoter sequences of lignin biosynthetic genes to activate their transcription to increase lignin concentrations in LN-treated poplar wood. These results suggest that PtobZIP55 activates PtoMYB170 transcription, which in turn positively regulates lignin biosynthetic genes, increasing lignin deposition in the wood of P. tomentosa in the context of acclimation to LN availability.</p>","PeriodicalId":195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Plant Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613218","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}
Anhui Guo, Hushuai Nie, Huijing Li, Bin Li, Cheng Cheng, Kaiyun Jiang, Shengwei Zhu, Nan Zhao, Jinping Hua
{"title":"The miR3367-lncRNA67-GhCYP724B module regulates male sterility by modulating brassinosteroid biosynthesis and interacting with Aorf27 in Gossypium hirsutum.","authors":"Anhui Guo, Hushuai Nie, Huijing Li, Bin Li, Cheng Cheng, Kaiyun Jiang, Shengwei Zhu, Nan Zhao, Jinping Hua","doi":"10.1111/jipb.13802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13802","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines play a crucial role in utilization of heterosis in crop plants. However, the mechanism underlying the manipulation of male sterility in cotton by long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) and brassinosteroids (BRs) remains elusive. Here, using an integrative approach combining lncRNA transcriptomic profiles with virus-induced gene silencing experiments, we identify a flower bud-specific lncRNA in the maintainer line 2074B, lncRNA67, negatively modulating with male sterility in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). lncRNA67 positively regulates cytochrome P274B (GhCYP724B), which acted as an eTM (endogenous target mimic) for miR3367. The suppression of GhCYP724B induced symptoms of BR deficiency and male semi-sterility in upland cotton as well as in tobacco, which resulted from a reduction in the endogenous BR contents. GhCYP724B regulates BRs synthesis by interacting with GhDIM and GhCYP90B, two BRs biosynthesis proteins. Additionally, GhCYP724B suppressed a unique chimeric open reading frame (Aorf27) in 2074A mitochondrial genome. Ectopic expression of Aorf27 in yeast inhibited cellular growth, and over expression of Aorf27 in tobacco showed male sterility. Overall, the results proved that the miR3367-lncRNA67-GhCYP724B module positively regulates male sterility by modulating BRs biosynthesis. The findings uncovered the function of lncRNA67-GhCYP724B in male sterility, providing a new mechanism for understanding male sterility in upland cotton.</p>","PeriodicalId":195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Plant Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613217","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}
{"title":"New perspective on pollen toxicity in Camellia oleifera.","authors":"Bin Yuan, Xiao-Ming Fan, Fu-Liang Hu, Yi-Bo Luo","doi":"10.1111/jipb.13803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exploring pollen chemical defenses in the economically important plant Camellia oleifera and examining their effects on honeybee flower-visiting behavior improves the understanding of the ecological functions of pollen and informs efforts to manage honeybees to bolster C. oleifera production.</p>","PeriodicalId":195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Plant Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613214","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}
{"title":"The advantages of crosstalk during the evolution of the BZR1-ARF6-PIF4 (BAP) module.","authors":"Runjie Diao, Mengru Zhao, Yannan Liu, Zhenhua Zhang, Bojian Zhong","doi":"10.1111/jipb.13554","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jipb.13554","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The BAP module, comprising BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT 1 (BZR1), AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 6 (ARF6), and PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4), functions as a molecular hub to orchestrate plant growth and development. In Arabidopsis thaliana, components of the BAP module physically interact to form a complex system that integrates light, brassinosteroid (BR), and auxin signals. Little is known about the origin and evolution of the BAP module. Here, we conducted comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses to investigate the evolution and functional diversification of the BAP module. Our results suggest that the BAP module originated in land plants and that the ζ, ε, and γ whole-genome duplication/triplication events contributed to the expansion of BAP module components in seed plants. Comparative transcriptomic analysis suggested that the prototype BAP module arose in Marchantia polymorpha, experienced stepwise evolution, and became established as a mature regulatory system in seed plants. We developed a formula to calculate the signal transduction productivity of the BAP module and demonstrate that more crosstalk among components enables higher signal transduction efficiency. Our results reveal the evolutionary history of the BAP module and provide insights into the evolution of plant signaling networks and the strategies employed by plants to integrate environmental and endogenous signals.</p>","PeriodicalId":195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Plant Biology","volume":" ","pages":"2631-2644"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10215637","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}
{"title":"Cover Image:","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jipb.13302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13302","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Corydalis is an extremely diverse genus of around 530 angiosperm species, mainly distributed in the northern temperate regions, with a diversity center in the Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains region. Chen et al. (pages 2138-2156) constructed a globally comprehensive and robust phylogenetic framework at the section level of Corydalis based on nuclear and plastid genomic data extracted from genome skimming. This work provides an excellent exemplar case study for tackling the challenges of taxonomic research on hyper-diverse taxa in the era of genomics. The cover shows diverse flowers of Corydalis.</p>","PeriodicalId":195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Plant Biology","volume":"65 9","pages":"C1"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jipb.13302","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"6921934","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}
{"title":"Issue information page","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jipb.13301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13301","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Plant Biology","volume":"65 9","pages":"2019-2020"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jipb.13301","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"6921937","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}
{"title":"Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis)","authors":"Zhelong Lin, Lei Chen, Shanjie Tang, Mengjie Zhao, Tong Li, Jia You, Changqing You, Boshu Li, Qinghua Zhao, Dongmei Zhang, Jianli Wang, Zhongbao Shen, Xianwei Song, Shuaibin Zhang, Xiaofeng Cao","doi":"10.1111/jipb.13567","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jipb.13567","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The lack of genome editing platforms has hampered efforts to study and improve forage crops that can be grown on lands not suited to other crops. Here, we established efficient <i>Agrobacterium</i>-mediated clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated nuclease 9 (Cas9) genome editing in a perennial, stress-tolerant forage grass, sheepgrass (<i>Leymus chinensis</i>). By screening for active single-guide RNAs (sgRNAs), accessions that regenerate well, suitable <i>Agrobacterium</i> strains, and optimal culture media, and co-expressing the morphogenic factor <i>TaWOX5</i>, we achieved 11% transformation and 5.83% editing efficiency in sheepgrass. Knocking out <i>Teosinte Branched1</i> (<i>TB1</i>) significantly increased tiller number and biomass. This study opens avenues for studying gene function and breeding in sheepgrass.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Plant Biology","volume":"65 11","pages":"2416-2420"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10214417","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}
Yu-Han He, Song-Yu Chen, Xing-Yan Chen, You-Ping Xu, Yan Liang, Xin-Zhong Cai
{"title":"RALF22 promotes plant immunity and amplifies the Pep3 immune signal","authors":"Yu-Han He, Song-Yu Chen, Xing-Yan Chen, You-Ping Xu, Yan Liang, Xin-Zhong Cai","doi":"10.1111/jipb.13566","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jipb.13566","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Rapid alkalinization factors (RALFs) in plants have been reported to dampen pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity via suppressing PAMP-induced complex formation between the pattern recognition receptor (PRR) and its co-receptor BAK1. However, the direct and positive role of RALFs in plant immunity remains largely unknown. Herein, we report the direct and positive roles of a typical RALF, RALF22, in plant immunity. RALF22 alone directly elicited a variety of typical immune responses and triggered resistance against the devastating necrotrophic fungal pathogen <i>Sclerotinia sclerotiorum</i> in a FERONIA (FER)-dependent manner. LORELEI (LRE)-like glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein 1 (LLG1) and NADPH oxidase RBOHD were required for RALF22-elicited reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. The mutation of cysteines conserved in the C terminus of RALFs abolished, while the constitutive formation of two disulfide bridges between these cysteines promoted the RALF22-elicited ROS production and resistance against <i>S. sclerotiorum</i>, demonstrating the requirement of these cysteines in the functions of RALF22 in plant immunity. Furthermore, RALF22 amplified the Pep3-induced immune signal by dramatically increasing the abundance of <i>PROPEP3</i> transcript and protein. Supply with RALF22 induced resistance against <i>S. sclerotiorum</i> in <i>Brassica</i> crop plants. Collectively, our results reveal that RALF22 triggers immune responses and augments the Pep3-induced immune signal in a FER-dependent manner, and exhibits the potential to be exploited as an immune elicitor in crop protection.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Plant Biology","volume":"65 11","pages":"2519-2534"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10216603","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}
Dake Zhao, Ya Zhang, Huanxing Ren, Yana Shi, Ding Dong, Zonghang Li, Guanghong Cui, Yong Shen, Zongmin Mou, Edward J. Kennelly, Luqi Huang, Jue Ruan, Suiyun Chen, Diqiu Yu, Yupeng Cun
{"title":"Multi-omics analysis reveals the evolutionary origin of diterpenoid alkaloid biosynthesis pathways in Aconitum","authors":"Dake Zhao, Ya Zhang, Huanxing Ren, Yana Shi, Ding Dong, Zonghang Li, Guanghong Cui, Yong Shen, Zongmin Mou, Edward J. Kennelly, Luqi Huang, Jue Ruan, Suiyun Chen, Diqiu Yu, Yupeng Cun","doi":"10.1111/jipb.13565","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jipb.13565","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Diterpenoid alkaloids (DAs) have been often utilized in clinical practice due to their analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. Natural DAs are prevalent in the family Ranunculaceae, notably in the <i>Aconitum</i> genus. Nevertheless, the evolutionary origin of the biosynthesis pathway responsible for DA production remains unknown. In this study, we successfully assembled a high-quality, pseudochromosome-level genome of the DA-rich species <i>Aconitum vilmorinianum (A. vilmorinianum)</i> (5.76 Gb). An <i>A. vilmorinianum</i>-specific whole-genome duplication event was discovered using comparative genomic analysis, which may aid in the evolution of the DA biosynthesis pathway. We identified several genes involved in DA biosynthesis via integrated genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses. These genes included enzymes encoding target <i>ent</i>-kaurene oxidases and aminotransferases, which facilitated the activation of diterpenes and insertion of nitrogen atoms into diterpene skeletons, thereby mediating the transformation of diterpenes into DAs. The divergence periods of these genes in <i>A. vilmorinianum</i> were further assessed, and it was shown that two major types of genes were involved in the establishment of the DA biosynthesis pathway. Our integrated analysis offers fresh insights into the evolutionary origin of DAs in <i>A. vilmorinianum</i> as well as suggestions for engineering the biosynthetic pathways to obtain desired DAs.</p>","PeriodicalId":195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Plant Biology","volume":"65 10","pages":"2320-2335"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10186107","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}