aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-07-02DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00106-8
Peitong Wang, Jian Feng Ma
{"title":"Knockout of a gene encoding a Gγ protein boosts alkaline tolerance in cereal crops","authors":"Peitong Wang, Jian Feng Ma","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00106-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00106-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 2","pages":"180 - 183"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00106-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10060536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00107-7
Cong Li, Liya Zhang, Xin Wang, Chunsheng Yu, Tao Zhao, Bin Liu, Hongyu Li, Jun Liu, Chunyu Zhang
{"title":"The transcription factor HBF1 directly activates expression of multiple flowering time repressors to delay rice flowering","authors":"Cong Li, Liya Zhang, Xin Wang, Chunsheng Yu, Tao Zhao, Bin Liu, Hongyu Li, Jun Liu, Chunyu Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00107-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00107-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Flowering time (or heading date) is an important agronomic trait that determines the environmental adaptability and yield of many crops, including rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.). Hd3a BINDING REPRESSOR FACTOR 1 (HBF1), a basic leucine zipper transcription factor, delays flowering by decreasing the expression of <i>Early heading date 1</i> (<i>Ehd1</i>), <i>Heading date 3a</i> (<i>Hd3a</i>), and <i>RICE FLOWERING LOCUS T 1</i> (<i>RFT1</i>), but the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Here, we employed the hybrid transcriptional factor (HTF) strategy to enhance the transcriptional activity of HBF1 by fusing it to four copies of the activation domain from <i>Herpes simplex virus</i> VP16. We discovered that transgenic rice lines overexpressing <i>HBF1-VP64</i> (<i>HBF1V</i>) show significant delays in time to flower, compared to lines overexpressing <i>HBF1-MYC</i> or wild-type plants, via the <i>Ehd1</i>–<i>Hd3a</i>/<i>RFT1</i> pathway, under both long-day and short-day conditions. Transcriptome deep sequencing analysis indicated that 19 <i>WRKY</i> family genes are upregulated in the <i>HBF1V</i> overexpression line. We demonstrate that the previously unknown gene, <i>OsWRKY64</i>, is a direct downstream target of HBF1 and represses flowering in rice, whereas three known flowering repressor genes, <i>Days to heading 7</i> (<i>DTH7</i>), <i>CONSTANS 3</i> (<i>OsCO3</i>), and <i>OsWRKY104</i>, are also direct target genes of HBF1 in flowering regulation. Taking these results together, we propose detailed molecular mechanisms by which HBF1 regulates the time to flower in rice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 3","pages":"213 - 223"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10638126/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74073906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generating homozygous mutant populations of barley microspores by ethyl methanesulfonate treatment","authors":"Linli Huang, Guangqi Gao, Congcong Jiang, Guimei Guo, Qiang He, Yingjie Zong, Chenghong Liu, Ping Yang","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00108-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00108-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Induced mutations are important for genetic research and breeding. Mutations induced by physical or chemical mutagenesis are usually heterozygous during the early generations. However, mutations must be fixed prior to phenotyping or field trials, which requires additional rounds of self-pollination. Microspore culture is an effective method to produce double-haploid (DH) plants that are fixed homozygotes. In this study, we conducted ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-induced mutagenesis of microspore cultures of barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i>) cultivar ‘Hua30’ and landrace ‘HTX’. The EMS concentrations were negatively correlated with the efficiency of callus induction and the frequency of mutant plant regeneration. The two genotypes showed different regeneration efficiencies. The phenotypic variation of the regenerated M<sub>1</sub> plants and the presence of genome-wide nucleotide mutations, revealed by whole-genome sequencing, highlight the utility of EMS-induced mutagenesis of isolated microspore cultures for developing DH mutants. Genome-wide analysis of the mutation frequency in the regenerated plants revealed that a considerable proportion of mutations resulted from microspore culture (somaclonal variation) rather than EMS-induced mutagenesis. In addition to producing a population of 1972 homozygous mutant lines that are available for future field trials, this study lays the foundation for optimizing the regeneration efficiency of DH plants and the richness of mutations (mainly by fine-tuning the mutagen dosage).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 3","pages":"202 - 212"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00108-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120503570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-06-06DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00103-x
Zican Chen, Weronika Jasinska, Muhammad Ashraf, Leah Rosental, Jung Hong, Dabing Zhang, Yariv Brotman, Jianxin Shi
{"title":"Lipidomic insights into the response of Arabidopsis sepals to mild heat stress","authors":"Zican Chen, Weronika Jasinska, Muhammad Ashraf, Leah Rosental, Jung Hong, Dabing Zhang, Yariv Brotman, Jianxin Shi","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00103-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00103-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Arabidopsis sepals coordinate flower opening in the morning as ambient temperature rises; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. Mutation of one heat shock protein encoding gene, <i>HSP70-16</i>, impaired sepal heat stress responses (HSR), disrupting lipid metabolism, especially sepal cuticular lipids, leading to abnormal flower opening. To further explore, to what extent, lipids play roles in this process, in this study, we compared lipidomic changes in sepals of <i>hsp70-16</i> and <i>vdac3</i> (mutant of a voltage-dependent anion channel, VDAC3, an HSP70-16 interactor) grown under both normal (22 °C) and mild heat stress (27 °C, mild HS) temperatures. Under normal temperature, neither <i>hsp70-16</i> nor <i>vdac3</i> sepals showed significant changes in total lipids; however, <i>vdac3</i> but not <i>hsp70-16</i> sepals exhibited significant reductions in the ratios of all detected 11 lipid classes, except the monogalactosyldiacylglycerols (MGDGs). Under mild HS temperature, <i>hsp70-16</i> but not <i>vdac3</i> sepals showed dramatic reduction in total lipids. In addition, <i>vdac3</i> sepals exhibited a significant accumulation of plastidic lipids, especially sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols (SQDGs) and phosphatidylglycerols (PGs), whereas <i>hsp70-16</i> sepals had a significant accumulation of triacylglycerols (TAGs) and simultaneous dramatic reductions in SQDGs and phospholipids (PLs), such as phosphatidylcholines (PCs), phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs), and phosphatidylserines (PSs). These findings revealed that the impact of mild HS on sepal lipidome is influenced by genetic factors, and further, that <i>HSP70-16</i> and <i>VDAC3</i> differently affect sepal lipidomic responses to mild HS. Our studies provide a lipidomic insight into functions of HSP and VDAC proteins in the plant’s HSR, in the context of floral development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 3","pages":"224 - 237"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10638258/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72672549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00105-9
Zijun Lan, Sheng Zhong, Li-Jia Qu
{"title":"Insights into pollen–stigma recognition: self-incompatibility mechanisms serve as interspecies barriers in Brassicaceae?","authors":"Zijun Lan, Sheng Zhong, Li-Jia Qu","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00105-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00105-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A new study provides a comprehensive molecular mechanism that controls interspecific incompatibility of self-incompatible (SI) plants in the Brassicaceae. This finding points to a potentially promising path to break interspecific barriers and achieve introgression of desirable traits into crops from distant species among SI crops in the Brassicaceae.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 2","pages":"176 - 179"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00105-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10006271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-05-07DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00104-w
Li Wan
{"title":"TIR enzymatic functions: signaling molecules and receptor mechanisms","authors":"Li Wan","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00104-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00104-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The evolutionarily conserved Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor (TIR) domains across kingdoms of prokaryotes, plants, and animals play critical roles in innate immunity. Recent studies have revealed the enzymatic functions of TIRs, the structural bases of TIRs as holoenzymes, and the identity of TIR-generated small signaling molecules and their receptors, which significantly advanced our understanding on TIR-mediated immune signaling pathways. We reviewed the most up-to-date findings in TIR enzymatic functions from the perspectives of signaling molecules and receptor mechanisms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 2","pages":"172 - 175"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00104-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10006273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-05-02DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00102-y
Ziqin Ye, Jun Qin, Yu Wang, Jinghan Zhang, Xiaoyun Wu, Xiangguo Li, Lifan Sun, Jie Zhang
{"title":"A complete MAP kinase cascade controls hyphopodium formation and virulence of Verticillium dahliae","authors":"Ziqin Ye, Jun Qin, Yu Wang, Jinghan Zhang, Xiaoyun Wu, Xiangguo Li, Lifan Sun, Jie Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00102-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00102-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Phytopathogens develop specialized infection-related structures to penetrate plant cells during infection. Different from phytopathogens that form appressoria or haustoria, the soil-borne root-infecting fungal pathogen <i>Verticillium dahliae</i> forms hyphopodia during infection, which further differentiate into penetration pegs to promote infection. The molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of hyphopodium formation in <i>V. dahliae</i> remain poorly characterized. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are highly conserved cytoplasmic kinases that regulate diverse biological processes in eukaryotes. Here we found that deletion of <i>VdKss1</i>, out of the five MAPKs encoded by <i>V. dahliae</i>, significantly impaired <i>V. dahliae</i> hyphopodium formation, in vitro penetration, and pathogenicity in cotton plants. Constitutive activation of MAPK kinase (MAPKK) VdSte7 and MAPK kinase kinase (MAPKKK) VdSte11 specifically activate VdKss1. Deletion of <i>VdSte7</i> or <i>VdSte11</i> resulted in a phenotype similar to that of the mutant with <i>VdKss1</i> deletion. Thus, this study demonstrates that VdSte11-VdSte7-VdKss1 is a core MAPK cascade that regulates hyphopodium formation and pathogenicity in <i>V. dahliae</i>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 2","pages":"97 - 107"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00102-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50441384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-04-08DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00100-0
Yan-Zhao Feng, Qing-Feng Zhu, Jiao Xue, Pei Chen, Yang Yu
{"title":"Shining in the dark: the big world of small peptides in plants","authors":"Yan-Zhao Feng, Qing-Feng Zhu, Jiao Xue, Pei Chen, Yang Yu","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00100-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00100-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Small peptides represent a subset of dark matter in plant proteomes. Through differential expression patterns and modes of action, small peptides act as important regulators of plant growth and development. Over the past 20 years, many small peptides have been identified due to technical advances in genome sequencing, bioinformatics, and chemical biology. In this article, we summarize the classification of plant small peptides and experimental strategies used to identify them as well as their potential use in agronomic breeding. We review the biological functions and molecular mechanisms of small peptides in plants, discuss current problems in small peptide research and highlight future research directions in this field. Our review provides crucial insight into small peptides in plants and will contribute to a better understanding of their potential roles in biotechnology and agriculture.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 3","pages":"238 - 256"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10638237/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83207953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-03-27DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00099-4
Jessie Fernandez
{"title":"The Phantom Menace: latest findings on effector biology in the rice blast fungus","authors":"Jessie Fernandez","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00099-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00099-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> is a hemibiotrophic fungus responsible for the economically devastating and recalcitrant rice blast disease. However, the blast fungus is not only restricted to rice plants as it can also infect wheat, millet, and other crops. Despite previous outstanding discoveries aimed to understand and control the disease, the fungus remains one of the most important pathogens that threatens global food security. To cause disease, <i>M. oryzae</i> initiates morphological changes to attach, penetrate, and colonize rice cells, all while suppressing plant immune defenses that would otherwise hinder its proliferation. As such, <i>M. oryzae</i> actively secretes a battery of small proteins called “effectors” to manipulate host machinery. In this review, we summarize the latest findings in effector identification, expression, regulation, and functionality. We review the most studied effectors and their roles in pathogenesis. Additionally, we discern the current methodologies to structurally catalog effectors, and we highlight the importance of climate change and its impact on the future of rice blast disease.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 2","pages":"140 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00099-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10295286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-03-17DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00101-z
Si-Si Xie, Cheng-Guo Duan
{"title":"Epigenetic regulation of plant immunity: from chromatin codes to plant disease resistance","authors":"Si-Si Xie, Cheng-Guo Duan","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00101-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00101-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Facing a deteriorating natural environment and an increasing serious food crisis, bioengineering-based breeding is increasing in importance. To defend against pathogen infection, plants have evolved multiple defense mechanisms, including pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered immunity (ETI). A complex regulatory network acts downstream of these PTI and ETI pathways, including hormone signal transduction and transcriptional reprogramming. In recent years, increasing lines of evidence show that epigenetic factors act, as key regulators involved in the transcriptional reprogramming, to modulate plant immune responses. Here, we summarize current progress on the regulatory mechanism of DNA methylation and histone modifications in plant defense responses. In addition, we also discuss the application of epigenetic mechanism-based resistance strategies in plant disease breeding.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":"4 2","pages":"124 - 139"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00101-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10006276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}