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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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}
aBIOTECHPub Date : 2023-02-23DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00097-6
Hao He, Linhao Ge, Zhaolei Li, Xueping Zhou, Fangfang Li
{"title":"Pepino mosaic virus antagonizes plant m6A modification by promoting the autophagic degradation of the m6A writer HAKAI","authors":"Hao He, Linhao Ge, Zhaolei Li, Xueping Zhou, Fangfang Li","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00097-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00097-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Autophagy plays an active anti-viral role in plants. Increasing evidence suggests that viruses can inhibit or manipulate autophagy, thereby winning the arms race between plants and viruses. Here, we demonstrate that overexpression of an m<sup>6</sup>A writer from <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>, SlHAKAI, could negatively regulate pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) infection, inhibit viral RNA and protein accumulations by affecting viral m<sup>6</sup>A levels in tomato plants and vice versa. The PepMV-encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) directly interacts with SlHAKAI and reduces its protein accumulation. The RdRP-mediated decreased protein accumulation of SlHAKAI is sensitive to the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine and is compromised by knocking down a core autophagy gene. Furthermore, PepMV RdRP could interact with an essential autophagy-related protein, SlBeclin1. RdRP, SlHAKAI, and SlBeclin1 interaction complexes form bright granules in the cytoplasm. Silencing of <i>Beclin1</i> in <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> plants abolishes the RdRP-mediated degradation of SlHAKAI, indicating the requirement of Beclin1 in this process. This study uncovers that the PepMV RdRP exploits the autophagy pathway by interacting with SlBeclin1 to promote the autophagic degradation of the SlHAKAI protein, thereby inhibiting the m<sup>6</sup>A modification-mediated plant defense responses.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00097-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50507526","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 : 2023-02-18DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00096-7
Kun Luo, Jiao Guo, Dejia He, Guangwei Li, Thérèse Ouellet
{"title":"Deoxynivalenol accumulation and detoxification in cereals and its potential role in wheat–Fusarium graminearum interactions","authors":"Kun Luo, Jiao Guo, Dejia He, Guangwei Li, Thérèse Ouellet","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00096-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00096-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a prominent mycotoxin showing significant accumulation in cereal plants during infection by the phytopathogen <i>Fusarium graminearum</i>. It is a virulence factor that is important in the spread of <i>F. graminearum</i> within cereal heads, and it causes serious yield losses and significant contamination of cereal grains. In recent decades, genetic and genomic studies have facilitated the characterization of the molecular pathways of DON biosynthesis in <i>F. graminearum</i> and the environmental factors that influence DON accumulation. In addition, diverse scab resistance traits related to the repression of DON accumulation in plants have been identified, and experimental studies of wheat–pathogen interactions have contributed to understanding detoxification mechanisms in host plants. The present review illustrates and summarizes the molecular networks of DON mycotoxin production in <i>F. graminearum</i> and the methods of DON detoxification in plants based on the current literature, which provides molecular targets for crop improvement programs. This review also comprehensively discusses recent advances and challenges related to genetic engineering-mediated cultivar improvements to strengthen scab resistance. Furthermore, ongoing advancements in genetic engineering will enable the application of these molecular targets to develop more scab-resistant wheat cultivars with DON detoxification traits.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00096-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50492249","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 : 2023-02-18DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00098-5
Deng Chen, Xuan Cai, Junjie Xing, Shen Chen, Juan Zhao, Zhiguang Qu, Guotian Li, Hao Liu, Lu Zheng, Junbin Huang, Xiao-Lin Chen
{"title":"A lipid droplet-associated protein Nem1 regulates appressorium function for infection of Magnaporthe oryzae","authors":"Deng Chen, Xuan Cai, Junjie Xing, Shen Chen, Juan Zhao, Zhiguang Qu, Guotian Li, Hao Liu, Lu Zheng, Junbin Huang, Xiao-Lin Chen","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00098-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00098-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Lipid droplets are important storages in fungal conidia and can be used by plant pathogenic fungi for infection. However, the regulatory mechanism of lipid droplets formation and the utilization during fungal development and infection are largely unknown. Here, in <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i>, we identified a lipid droplet-associated protein Nem1 that played a key role in lipid droplets biogenesis and utilization. Nem1 was highly expressed in conidia, but lowly expressed in appressoria, and its encoded protein was localized to lipid droplets. Deletion of <i>NEM1</i> resulted in reduced numbers of lipid droplets and decreased content of diacylglycerol (DAG) or triacylglycerol (TAG). <i>NEM1</i> was required for asexual development especially conidia production. The Δ<i>nem1</i> mutant was nearly loss of virulence to host plants due to defects in appressorial penetration and invasive growth. Remarkably, Nem1 was regulated by the TOR signaling pathway and involved in the autophagy process. The Ser303 residue of Nem1 could be phosphorylated by the cAMP-PKA signaling pathway and was important for biological function of Nem1. Together, our study revealed a regulatory mechanism of lipid biogenesis and metabolism during the conidium and appressorium formation of the rice blast fungus.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00098-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50492248","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 : 2023-02-10DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00095-8
Hongcui Pei, Yushan Li, Yanhong Liu, Pan Liu, Jialin Zhang, Xueni Ren, Zefu Lu
{"title":"Chromatin accessibility landscapes revealed the subgenome-divergent regulation networks during wheat grain development","authors":"Hongcui Pei, Yushan Li, Yanhong Liu, Pan Liu, Jialin Zhang, Xueni Ren, Zefu Lu","doi":"10.1007/s42994-023-00095-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-023-00095-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Development of wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L<i>.</i>) grain mainly depends on the processes of starch synthesis and storage protein accumulation, which are critical for grain yield and quality. However, the regulatory network underlying the transcriptional and physiological changes of grain development is still not clear. Here, we combined ATAC-seq and RNA-seq to discover the chromatin accessibility and gene expression dynamics during these processes. We found that the chromatin accessibility changes are tightly associated with differential transcriptomic expressions, and the proportion of distal ACRs was increased gradually during grain development. Specific transcription factor (TF) binding sites were enriched at different stages and were diversified among the 3 subgenomes. We further predicted the potential interactions between key TFs and genes related with starch and storage protein biosynthesis and found different copies of some key TFs played diversified roles. Overall, our findings have provided numerous resources and illustrated the regulatory network during wheat grain development, which would shed light on the improvement of wheat yields and qualities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-023-00095-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9521486","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 : 2023-02-04DOI: 10.1007/s42994-022-00094-1
Dandan Yang, Zhao Wang, Xiaozhen Huang, Cao Xu
{"title":"Molecular regulation of tomato male reproductive development","authors":"Dandan Yang, Zhao Wang, Xiaozhen Huang, Cao Xu","doi":"10.1007/s42994-022-00094-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42994-022-00094-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The reproductive success of flowering plants, which directly affects crop yield, is sensitive to environmental changes. A thorough understanding of how crop reproductive development adapts to climate changes is vital for ensuring global food security. In addition to being a high-value vegetable crop, tomato is also a model plant used for research on plant reproductive development. Tomato crops are cultivated under highly diverse climatic conditions worldwide. Targeted crosses of hybrid varieties have resulted in increased yields and abiotic stress resistance; however, tomato reproduction, especially male reproductive development, is sensitive to temperature fluctuations, which can lead to aborted male gametophytes, with detrimental effects on fruit set. We herein review the cytological features as well as genetic and molecular pathways influencing tomato male reproductive organ development and responses to abiotic stress. We also compare the shared features among the associated regulatory mechanisms of tomato and other plants. Collectively, this review highlights the opportunities and challenges related to characterizing and exploiting genic male sterility in tomato hybrid breeding programs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53135,"journal":{"name":"aBIOTECH","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42994-022-00094-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10298377","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}