Alberto González-Delgado, José M Jiménez-Gómez, Krzysztof Wabnik
{"title":"Regulatory principles of photoperiod-driven clock function in plants.","authors":"Alberto González-Delgado, José M Jiménez-Gómez, Krzysztof Wabnik","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The circadian clock provides a fundamental timing mechanism for plant fitting to seasonal changes in the photoperiod. Although photoperiodic regulation of developmental transition has been studied in several species, our understanding of core circadian clock parallelisms across species is sparse. Here we present a comparative analysis of circadian clock networks by identifying common regulatory principles that govern key genes in photoperiodic developmental transition. Using time-course transcriptomic datasets from long-day plants and short-day plants taken in different photoperiods, we propose a model that integrates a minimal set of circadian clock components to predict the necessary conditions governing species-specific clock outputs. This study identifies regulatory patterns associated with circadian clock function across different plants, linking photoperiod interpretation with minimal clock architecture.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143473094","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":"Sophisticated regulation of broad-spectrum disease resistance in maize.","authors":"Jiankun Li, Yanwen Yu, Yihao Zhang, Mingyue Gou","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Maize production suffers largely from the unpredictable and often simultaneous occurrence of multiple diseases, highlighting the urgent need for broad-spectrum resistant (BSR) genes. Recently, Zhu et al. identified a ZmCPK39-ZmDi19-ZmPR10 module that confers resistance to three maize (Zea mays) foliar diseases, providing a strategic framework to improve maize BSR.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143256833","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 interplay of singlet oxygen and ABI4 in plant growth regulation.","authors":"Zhong-Wei Zhang, Yu-Fan Fu, Guang-Deng Chen, Christiane Reinbothe, Steffen Reinbothe, Shu Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abscisic acid (ABA) and the AP2/ERF (APETALA 2/ETHYLENE-RESPONSIVE FACTOR)-type transcription factor ABA INSENSITIVE 4 (ABI4) control plant growth and development. We review how singlet oxygen, which is produced in chloroplasts of the fluorescent mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (arabidopsis), and ABI4 may cooperate in transcriptional and translational reprogramming to cause plants to halt growth or demise. Key elements of singlet oxygen- and ABI4-dependent chloroplast-to-nucleus retrograde signaling involve the chloroplast EXECUTER (EX) 1 and EX2 proteins as well as nuclear WRKY transcription factors. Mutants designed to study singlet oxygen signaling, that lack either ABI4 or the EX1 and EX2 proteins, do not show most of the growth effects of singlet oxygen. We propose a model that positions ABI4 downstream of WRKY transcription factors and EX1 and EX2.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"156-166"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475512","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-07DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.008
Vijay Gahlaut, Vandana Jaiswal
{"title":"Two mutations in one QTL confer shattering resistance.","authors":"Vijay Gahlaut, Vandana Jaiswal","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Resistance to shattering is essential for seed production in domesticated crops. In a recent study, Li et al. found that this trait arose in soybean through mutations in two genes, Shattering1 (Sh1) and Pod dehiscence1 (Pdh1), within a single quantitative trait locus (QTL). Sh1 reduces fiber cap cell wall thickness, while Pdh1 regulates lignin distribution. These genes could be valuable targets for breeding shattering-resistant crops.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"131-133"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142795216","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.017
Wolfgang R Hess, Annegret Wilde, Conrad W Mullineaux
{"title":"Does mRNA targeting explain gene retention in chloroplasts?","authors":"Wolfgang R Hess, Annegret Wilde, Conrad W Mullineaux","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During their evolution from cyanobacteria, plastids have relinquished most of their genes to the host cell nucleus, but have retained a core set of genes that are transcribed and translated within the organelle. Previous explanations have included incompatible codon or base composition, problems importing certain proteins across the double membrane, or the need for tight regulation in concert with the redox status of the electron transport chain. In this opinion article we propose the 'mRNA targeting hypothesis'. Studies in cyanobacteria suggest that mRNAs encoding core photosynthetic proteins have features that are crucial for membrane targeting and coordination of early steps in complex assembly. We propose that the requirement for intimate involvement of mRNA molecules at the thylakoid surface explains the retention of core photosynthetic genes in chloroplasts.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"147-155"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142508727","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.008
George Lister Cawood, Jurriaan Ton
{"title":"Decoding resilience: ecology, regulation, and evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters.","authors":"George Lister Cawood, Jurriaan Ton","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Secondary metabolism is crucial for plant survival and can generate chemistry with nutritional, therapeutic, and industrial value. Biosynthetic genes of selected secondary metabolites cluster within localised chromosomal regions. The arrangement of these biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) challenges the long-held model of random gene order in eukaryotes, raising questions about their regulation, ecological significance, and evolution. In this review, we address these questions by exploring the contribution of BGCs to ecologically relevant plant-biotic interactions, while also evaluating the molecular-(epi)genetic mechanisms controlling their coordinated stress- and tissue-specific expression. Based on evidence that BGCs have distinct chromatin signatures and are enriched with transposable elements (TEs), we integrate emerging hypotheses into an updated evolutionary model emphasising how stress-induced epigenetic processes have shaped BGC formation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"185-198"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142406916","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-31DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.008
Rohini Garg, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Mukesh Jain
{"title":"Single same-cell multiome for dissecting key plant traits.","authors":"Rohini Garg, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Mukesh Jain","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding molecular dynamics at the single cell level is crucial to understand plant traits. Recently, Liu et al. and Cui et al. reported multiome analysis in the same cell/nucleus to dissect the key plant traits (osmotic stress response and pod development). Their results provide novel insights into pathways and regulatory networks at a single cell resolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"128-130"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142564053","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.012
Judit Dobránszki, Dolores R Agius, Margot M J Berger, Panagiotis N Moschou, Philippe Gallusci, Federico Martinelli
{"title":"Plant memory and communication of encounters.","authors":"Judit Dobránszki, Dolores R Agius, Margot M J Berger, Panagiotis N Moschou, Philippe Gallusci, Federico Martinelli","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plants can communicate with each other and other living organisms in a very sophisticated manner. They use biological molecules and even physical cues to establish a molecular dialogue with beneficial organisms as well as with their predators and pathogens. Several studies were recently published that explore how plants communicate with each other about their previous encounters or stressful experiences. However, there is an almost complete lack of knowledge about how these intra- and interspecies communications are directly regulated at the epigenetic level. In this perspective article we provide new hypotheses for the possible epigenetic modifications that regulate plant responses at the communication level.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"199-212"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142639995","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 evolutionary advantage of artemisinin production by Artemisia annua.","authors":"Qinggang Yin, Li Xiang, Xiaoyan Han, Yujun Zhang, Ruiqing Lyu, Ling Yuan, Shilin Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Artemisinin, a potent antimalarial compound, is predominantly derived from Artemisia annua. The uniqueness of artemisinin production in A. annua lies in its complex biochemical pathways and genetic composition, distinguishing it from other plant species, even within the Asteraceae family. In this review, we investigate the potential of A. annua for artemisinin production, drawing evidence from natural populations and mutants. Leveraging high-quality whole-genome sequence analyses, we offer insights into the evolution of artemisinin biosynthesis. We also highlight current understanding of the protective functions of artemisinin in A. annua in response to both biotic and abiotic stresses. In addition, we explore the mechanisms used by A. annua to mitigate the phytotoxicity generated by artemisinin catabolism.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"213-226"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142372953","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}