{"title":"AKR2A is involved in the flowering process of <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>.","authors":"Qian Tang, Ya-Nan Zhao, Shan Luo, Shan Lu","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2100685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2100685","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Flowering at an appropriate time is crucial for plant development and reproduction. In <i>Arabidopsis</i>, the flowering process is managed by a regulatory network composed of at least 6 independent pathways. As a core protein in flowering regulation, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) participates in almost all these pathways. ANKYRIN REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 2A (AKR2A) was initially discovered as a 14-3-3-interacting protein. It was then found to be involved in the transportation of chloroplast outer membrane proteins and the resistance to low-temperature stress. Here, we identified an <i>akr2a</i> null mutant with a delayed flowering phenotype. Through the quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assays, we demonstrated that AKR2A modulates the flowering process through its interaction with FT.</p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"2100685"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9311315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40530487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The epigenetic regulator ULTRAPETALA1 suppresses <i>de novo</i> root regeneration from <i>Arabidopsis</i> leaf explants.","authors":"Jingjing Tian, Qian Xing, Tingting Jing, Xing Fan, Qingzhu Zhang, Ralf Müller-Xing","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2031784","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2031784","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plants have the potency to regenerate adventitious roots from aerial organs after detachment. In <i>Arabidopsis thaliana, de novo</i> root regeneration (DNRR) from leaf explants is triggered by wounding signaling that rapidly induces the expression of the ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR (ERF) transcription factors ERF109 and ABR1 (ERF111). In turn, the ERFs promote the expression of ASA1, an essential enzyme of auxin biosynthesis, which contributes to rooting by providing high levels of auxin near the wounding side of the leaf. Here, we show that the loss of the epigenetic regulator ULTRAPETALA1 (ULT1), which interacts with Polycomb and Trithorax Group proteins, accelerates and reinforces adventitious root formation. Expression of <i>ERF109</i> and <i>ASA1</i> was increased in <i>ult1</i> mutants, whereas <i>ABR1</i> was not significantly changed. Cultivation of explants on media with exogenous auxin equates adventitious root formation in wild-type with <i>ult1</i> mutants, suggesting that ULT1 negatively regulates DNRR by suppressing auxin biosynthesis. Based on these findings, we propose that ULT1 is involved in a novel mechanism that prevents overproliferation of adventitious roots during DNRR.</p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":"17 1","pages":"2031784"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/cb/f3/KPSB_17_2031784.PMC9746478.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10421606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Krishan K Verma, Xiu-Peng Song, Dong-Mei Li, Munna Singh, Jian-Ming Wu, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Anjney Sharma, Bao-Qing Zhang, Yang-Rui Li
{"title":"Silicon and soil microorganisms improve rhizospheric soil health with bacterial community, plant growth, performance and yield.","authors":"Krishan K Verma, Xiu-Peng Song, Dong-Mei Li, Munna Singh, Jian-Ming Wu, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Anjney Sharma, Bao-Qing Zhang, Yang-Rui Li","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2104004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2104004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The interaction of silicon and soil microorganisms stimulates crop enhancement to ensure sustainable agriculture. Silicon may potentially increase nutrient availability in rhizosphere with improved plants' growth, development as it does not produce phytotoxicity. The rhizospheric microbiome accommodates a variety of microbial species that live in a small area of soil directly associated with the hidden half plants' system. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) play a major role in plant development in response to adverse climatic conditions. PGPRs may enhance the growth, quality, productivity in variety of crops, and mitigate abiotic stresses by reprogramming stress-induced physiological variations in plants via different mechanisms, such as synthesis of indole-3-acetic acid, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase, exopolysaccharides, volatile organic compounds, atmospheric nitrogen fixation, and phosphate solubilization. Our article eye upon interactions of silicon and plant microbes which seems to be an opportunity for sustainable agriculture for series of crops and cropping systems in years to come, essential to safeguard the food security for masses.</p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":"17 1","pages":"2104004"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9364706/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10621573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karaba N Nataraja, K H Dhanyalakshmi, Geetha Govind, Ralf Oelmüller
{"title":"Activation of drought tolerant traits in crops: endophytes as elicitors.","authors":"Karaba N Nataraja, K H Dhanyalakshmi, Geetha Govind, Ralf Oelmüller","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2120300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2120300","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drought challenges crop production worldwide. The issue is aggravated by frequent drought episodes and unpredictable rainfall patterns associated with global climate change. While the efforts to breed drought-resistant crop varieties are progressing, the need of the hour is immediate strategies to sustain the yields of existing ones. As per recent studies, stress adaptive traits can be activated using specific elicitors. Endophytes that inhabit host plants asymptomatically are natural elicitors/bio-stimulators capable of activating host gene expression, conferring several benefits to the hosts. This review discusses the scope of using trait-specific endophytes in activating drought adaptive traits in crop varieties.</p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":"17 1","pages":"2120300"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9665085/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10787941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiao Liu, Yujiao Wu, Haiqi Fu, Shu Song, Qian He, Yongqing Yang
{"title":"SCaBP3/CBL7 negatively regulates the plasma membrane H<sup>+</sup>-ATPase and modulates hypocotyl elongation in <i>Arabidopsis</i>.","authors":"Xiao Liu, Yujiao Wu, Haiqi Fu, Shu Song, Qian He, Yongqing Yang","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2092699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2092699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The regulation of hypocotyl elongation is an important process in plant growth and development and depends on the activity of the plasma membrane (PM) H<sup>+</sup>-ATPase. In this study, we found that the Arabidopsis protein SOS3-LIKE CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN3 (SCaBP3) negatively regulates PM H<sup>+</sup>-ATPase activity in yeast and hypocotyl elongation in dark-grown seedlings. Yeast two-hybrid assays showed that SCaBP3 interacts with representative members of the Arabidopsis PM H<sup>+</sup>-ATPase family. Experiments in RS-72 yeast showed that SCaBP3 negatively regulates PM H<sup>+</sup>-ATPase activity-dependent yeast cell growth. Hypocotyl elongation was promoted in the loss-of-function mutant <i>scabp3</i> and inhibited in <i>SCaBP3</i> overexpression lines of Arabidopsis. We propose that SCaBP3 modulates hypocotyl elongation by negatively regulating PM H<sup>+</sup>-ATPase activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"2092699"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9245577/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40406602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monoubiquitinated MxIRT1 acts as an iron receptor to determine MxIRT1 vacuole degradation or plasma membrane recycling via endocytosis.","authors":"Song Tan, Shuang Li, Xiu-Yue Zhang, Yu-Meng Li, Peng Zhang, Li-Ping Yin","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2095141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2095141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 1 (IRT1) is critical for iron uptake in roots, and its exocytosis to the plasma membrane (PM) is regulated by the iron status sensed by the histidine-rich domain (HRM). However, studies on the fate of IRT1 after fusion with PM in response to iron conditions are still limited. In this study, we found that K165 and K196 regulate the monoubiquitination of MxIRT1 (mUb-MxIRT1), which acts as a receptor delivering signals from HRM to downstream effectors such as clathrin to determine the fate of MxIRT1. Iron supply led MxIRT1 in the PM to monoubiquitin-dependent endocytosis which could be inhibited by endocytosis inhibitor TyrA23 or in the double site-directed mutant K165/K196R. Subsequently, the endocytosis pathway to the vacuole was inhibited by vacuolar protease inhibitor Leupeptin in excessive iron conditions and the inability of being able to respond to iron change, indicated by the protein accumulating in the PM, contributed to iron toxicity in K165/K196R transgenic Arabidopsis. With iron availability decreasing again, MxIRT1 could dock close to the PM waiting for to be recycled. Another monoubiquitination site, K26, was necessary for MxIRT1 Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) export as site-directed mutant K26R lost the ability of PM targeting, and co-localized with the COPII subunit of the coat protein OsSec24. Therefore, after K26-directed ER export and iron-induced PM fusion, mUb-MxIRT1 determines subsequent vacuolar degradation or recycling to the PM via endocytosis for maintaining iron homeostasis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"2095141"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9255258/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40468760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuanshuang Wu, Suhui Xiao, Jiaseng Qi, Yongchang Gong, Kunzhi Li
{"title":"<i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i> BsEB-1: an endophytic bacterium isolated from the root of <i>Bletilla striata</i> that can promote its growth.","authors":"Yuanshuang Wu, Suhui Xiao, Jiaseng Qi, Yongchang Gong, Kunzhi Li","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2100626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2100626","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An endophytic <i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i> (BsEB-1) was obtained from the roots of <i>Bletilla striata</i>. We investigated its growth-promoting properties and observed the impact of its inoculation on both the growth and polysaccharide content of <i>Bletilla striata</i> tubers. It was found that BsEB-1 possessed three growth-promoting activities: phosphate-solubilizing, produced indoleacetic acid (IAA) and siderophores, but had no nitrogen-fixing activity. BsEB-1 could rapidly attach to the root hairs of <i>Bletilla striata</i> tissue culture seedlings and endophytically colonize the region of maturation in the roots. It also significantly promoted the rooting and transplant survival rate of the seedlings, as well as the growth and expansion of the tubers, but did not increase their polysaccharide content. <i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i> BsEB-1 exhibits potential for applications in the artificial planting of <i>Bletilla striata.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"2100626"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9354766/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40668129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ying Zhang, Wanjun Liu, Xiaoxin Shi, Yuxing Zhang, Guoqiang Du
{"title":"The characteristic of Yatu morphogenesis and the efficacy of exogenous hormones on the development of Yatu during fruit development in 'Yali' pear (<i>Pyrus bretschneideri</i> Rehd.).","authors":"Ying Zhang, Wanjun Liu, Xiaoxin Shi, Yuxing Zhang, Guoqiang Du","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2106075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2106075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Yatu is a protuberance formed on the base part of 'Yali' pear fruit, near the pedicel, causing a shape like a duck head termed Yatu. It is a typical phenotypic trait to evaluate fruit appearance quality. The mechanism for Yatu formation has not been clear yet. Here, 90.8% of fruits with Yatu generated in outer base part of fruits. Primitive cells of Yatu were found at 10 days after pollination (DAP). There were higher expression levels of <i>PbGA20ox2, PbIPT7a</i>, and <i>PbIPT5a</i>, lower transcription levels of <i>PbGA2ox1, PbNCED1</i>, and <i>PbNCED3</i> in outer base part of fruits at 10 DAP, accompanied with significantly higher levels of GA<sub>3</sub>, ZR, (GA<sub>3</sub>+ ZR)/ABA, and lower ABA content compared to that in the inner base part of fruits. GA<sub>3</sub> + 6-BA promoted Yatu development by increasing GA<sub>3</sub> content at 10 and 20 DAP, and ZR content at 20 DAP. PAC suppressed Yatu morphogenesis and development by increasing ABA level at 10 DAP. These results suggest that Yatu usually generated in outer base part of fruits, relatively higher GA<sub>3</sub> and ZR contents, lower ABA content promoted Yatu morphogenesis and development.</p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":" ","pages":"2106075"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9348129/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40675275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tania Ho-Plágaro, María Isabel Tamayo-Navarrete, José M García Garrido
{"title":"Microtubule cytoskeleton and mycorrhizal roots.","authors":"Tania Ho-Plágaro, María Isabel Tamayo-Navarrete, José M García Garrido","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2031504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2031504","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For the establishment of the Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis it is essential that epidermis and cortical cells from plant roots suffer a strong reorganization to allow the penetration of intracellular fungal hyphae. In the same manner, the new formation of a periarbuscular membrane and a symbiotic interface with specific compositions are required for a functional symbiosis. It is believed that the cytoskeleton of the plant host plays an essential role in these processes, particularly the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton, as huge modifications have been observed in the MT array of root cells accompanying the establishment of the AM symbiosis. Recent research has established a link between microtubule rearrangements and arbuscule functioning. However, further research is required to elucidate the specific functions of MT cytoskeleton along the different stages of the arbuscule life cycle and to unravel the signals triggering these changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":"17 1","pages":"2031504"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9746496/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10339287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qi Di, Yi Li, Danping Zhang, Wei Wu, Lin Zhang, Xing Zhao, Li Luo, Liangliang Yu
{"title":"A novel type of phytosulfokine, PSK-ε, positively regulates root elongation and formation of lateral roots and root nodules in <i>Medicago truncatula</i>.","authors":"Qi Di, Yi Li, Danping Zhang, Wei Wu, Lin Zhang, Xing Zhao, Li Luo, Liangliang Yu","doi":"10.1080/15592324.2022.2134672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2022.2134672","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Phytosulfokines (PSKs) are a class of tyrosine-sulfated pentapeptides. PSK-α, PSK-γ, and PSK-δ are three reported PSK members involved in regulating plant growth, development, and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Here, we reported a novel type of PSK, PSK-ε with the sequence Y<sub>SO3</sub>VY<sub>SO3</sub>TN, and its precursor proteins (MtPSKε, LjPSKε, and GmPSKε), specifically from legume species. PSK-ε peptide differs from PSK-δ by one amino acid and is close to PSK-δ in the phylogenetic relationship. Expression profile analysis showed that <i>MtPSKε</i> was highly expressed in <i>Medicago truncatula</i> roots, especially in root tips and emerged lateral roots. Application of the synthetic sulfated PSK-ε peptide and overexpression of <i>MtPSKε</i> significantly promoted <i>M. truncatula</i> root elongation and increased lateral root number, probably by inducing cell division and expansion in roots. Furthermore, <i>MtPSKε</i> expression was induced by rhizobia infection and was detected in root nodules including nodule primordia. Both PSK-ε peptide treatment and <i>MtPSKε</i> overexpression significantly increased nodule number in <i>M. truncatula</i>. Taken together, these results demonstrate that PSK-ε, a novel type of phytosulfokine, positively regulates root elongation and formation of lateral root and root nodule in <i>M. truncatula</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20232,"journal":{"name":"Plant Signaling & Behavior","volume":"17 1","pages":"2134672"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662189/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10404800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}