scholarly journals Chemical Perturbation of Chloroplast-Related Processes Affects Circadian Rhythms of Gene Expression in Arabidopsis: Salicylic Acid Application Can Entrain the Clock

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koumis Philippou ◽  
Amanda M. Davis ◽  
Seth J. Davis ◽  
Alfredo Sánchez-Villarreal

Author(s):  
Huaming He ◽  
Jordi Denecker ◽  
Katrien Van Der Kelen ◽  
Patrick Willems ◽  
Robin Pottie ◽  
...  

Abstract Signaling events triggered by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) regulate plant growth and defense by orchestrating a genome-wide transcriptional reprogramming. However, the specific mechanisms that govern H2O2-dependent gene expression are still poorly understood. Here, we identify the Arabidopsis Mediator complex subunit MED8 as a regulator of H2O2 responses. The introduction of the med8 mutation in a constitutive oxidative stress genetic background (catalase-deficient, cat2) was associated with enhanced activation of the salicylic acid pathway and accelerated cell death. Interestingly, med8 seedlings were more tolerant to oxidative stress generated by the herbicide methyl viologen (MV) and exhibited transcriptional hyperactivation of defense signaling, in particular salicylic acid- and jasmonic acid-related pathways. The med8-triggered tolerance to MV was manipulated by the introduction of secondary mutations in salicylic acid and jasmonic acid pathways. In addition, analysis of the Mediator interactome revealed interactions with components involved in mRNA processing and microRNA biogenesis, hence expanding the role of Mediator beyond transcription. Notably, MED8 interacted with the transcriptional regulator NEGATIVE ON TATA-LESS, NOT2, to control the expression of H2O2-inducible genes and stress responses. Our work establishes MED8 as a component regulating oxidative stress responses and demonstrates that it acts as a negative regulator of H2O2-driven activation of defense gene expression.





Neuron ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Liu ◽  
Qiang Yu ◽  
Zuoshi Huang ◽  
Laurence J. Zwiebel ◽  
Jeffrey C. Hall ◽  
...  


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew D. Beale ◽  
Emily Kruchek ◽  
Stephen J. Kitcatt ◽  
Erin A. Henslee ◽  
Jack S.W. Parry ◽  
...  

Temperature compensation and period determination by casein kinase 1 (CK1) are conserved features of eukaryotic circadian rhythms, whereas the clock gene transcription factors that facilitate daily gene expression rhythms differ between phylogenetic kingdoms. Human red blood cells (RBCs) exhibit temperature-compensated circadian rhythms, which, because RBCs lack nuclei, must occur in the absence of a circadian transcription-translation feedback loop. We tested whether period determination and temperature compensation are dependent on CKs in RBCs. As with nucleated cell types, broad-spectrum kinase inhibition with staurosporine lengthened the period of the RBC clock at 37°C, with more specific inhibition of CK1 and CK2 also eliciting robust changes in circadian period. Strikingly, inhibition of CK1 abolished temperature compensation and increased the Q10 for the period of oscillation in RBCs, similar to observations in nucleated cells. This indicates that CK1 activity is essential for circadian rhythms irrespective of the presence or absence of clock gene expression cycles.



Planta ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 247 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shayan Sarkar ◽  
Abhimanyu Das ◽  
Prashant Khandagale ◽  
Indu B. Maiti ◽  
Sudip Chattopadhyay ◽  
...  


Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Montejano-Ramírez ◽  
Ernesto García-Pineda ◽  
Eduardo Valencia-Cantero

Plants face a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses including attack by microbial phytopathogens and nutrient deficiencies. Some bacterial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) activate defense and iron-deficiency responses in plants. To establish a relationship between defense and iron deficiency through VOCs, we identified key genes in the defense and iron-deprivation responses of the legume model Medicago truncatula and evaluated the effect of the rhizobacterial VOC N,N-dimethylhexadecylamine (DMHDA) on the gene expression in these pathways by RT-qPCR. DMHDA increased M. truncatula growth 1.5-fold under both iron-sufficient and iron-deficient conditions compared with untreated plants, whereas salicylic acid and jasmonic acid decreased growth. Iron-deficiency induced iron uptake and defense gene expression. Moreover, the effect was greater in combination with DMHDA. Salicylic acid, Pseudomonas syringae, jasmonic acid, and Botrytis cinerea had inhibitory effects on growth and iron response gene expression but activated defense genes. Taken together, our results showed that the VOC DMHDA activates defense and iron-deprivation pathways while inducing a growth promoting effect unlike conventional phytohormones, highlighting that DMHDA does not mimic jasmonic acid but induces an alternative pathway. This is a novel aspect in the complex interactions between biotic and abiotic stresses.



Author(s):  
María Armida Orrantia-Araujo ◽  
Miguel Ángel Martínez-Téllez ◽  
Marisela Rivera-Domínguez ◽  
Miguel Ángel Hernández-Oñate ◽  
Irasema Vargas-Arispuro


2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (4) ◽  
pp. R1206-R1212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Christophe Leloup ◽  
Albert Goldbeter

With the use of a molecular model for circadian rhythms in Drosophila based on transcriptional regulation, we show how a single, critical pulse of light can permanently suppress circadian rhythmicity, whereas a second light pulse can restore the abolished rhythm. The phenomena occur via the pulsatile induction of either protein degradation or gene expression in conditions in which a stable steady state coexists with stable circadian oscillations of the limit cycle type. The model indicates that suppression by a light pulse can only be accounted for by assuming that the biochemical effects of such a pulse much outlast its actual duration. We determine the characteristics of critical pulses suppressing the oscillations as a function of the phase at which the rhythm is perturbed. The model predicts how the amplitude and duration of the biochemical changes induced by critical pulses vary with this phase. The results provide a molecular, dynamic explanation for the long-term suppression of circadian rhythms observed in a variety of organisms in response to a single light pulse and for the subsequent restoration of the rhythms by a second light pulse.



1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Joseph S Takahashi


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