Gibberellin Regulates the <i>Arabidopsis</i> Floral Transition through miR156-Targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING–LIKE Transcription Factors

Yu, Sha; Galvão, Vinícius Costa; Zhang, Yanchun; Horrer, Daniel; Zhang, Tianqi; Hao, Yanhong; Feng, Yu‐Qi; Wang, Shui; Schmid, Markus; Wang, Jiawei

doi:10.1105/tpc.112.101014

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“…Further genetic analysis suggests that the early-flowering phenotype of GbWRKY1-overexpressing Arabidopsis depends on the expression of SOC1 (Fig. 4E), which participates in DELLA-mediated flowering time control (Yu et al, 2012). Interestingly, wildtype and GbWRKY1-RNAi plants did not show observable differences in terms of plant morphology and sensitivity to PAC (Fig.…”

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“…[See online article for color version of this figure. ] A recent study demonstrated that DELLA proteins modulate flowering time by a direct binding of RGA to SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING-LIKE (SPL) to attenuate the SPL transcriptional activities of SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS1 (SOC1; Yu et al, 2012). Our results demonstrate that the expression of SOC1 is consistently up-regulated by the overexpression of GbWRKY1 during seedling development (Fig.…”

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Cotton WRKY1 Mediates the Plant Defense-to-Development Transition during Infection of Cotton byVerticillium dahliaeby ActivatingJASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN1Expression

Luo

et al. 2014

Plant Physiology

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Plants have evolved an elaborate signaling network to ensure an appropriate level of immune response to meet the differing demands of developmental processes. Previous research has demonstrated that DELLA proteins physically interact with JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN1 (JAZ1) and dynamically regulate the interaction of the gibberellin (GA) and jasmonate (JA) signaling pathways. However, whether and how the JAZ1-DELLA regulatory node is regulated at the transcriptional level in plants under normal growth conditions or during pathogen infection is not known. Here, we demonstrate multiple functions of cotton (Gossypium barbadense) GbWRKY1 in the plant defense response and during development. Although GbWRKY1 expression is induced rapidly by methyl jasmonate and infection by Verticillium dahliae, our results show that GbWRKY1 is a negative regulator of the JA-mediated defense response and plant resistance to the pathogens Botrytis cinerea and V. dahliae. Under normal growth conditions, GbWRKY1-overexpressing lines displayed GA-associated phenotypes, including organ elongation and early flowering, coupled with the down-regulation of the putative targets of DELLA. We show that the GA-related phenotypes of GbWRKY1-overexpressing plants depend on the constitutive expression of Gossypium hirsutum GhJAZ1. We also show that GhJAZ1 can be transactivated by GbWRKY1 through TGAC core sequences, and the adjacent sequences of this binding site are essential for binding specificity and affinity to GbWRKY1, as revealed by dual-luciferase reporter assays and electrophoretic mobility shift assays. In summary, our data suggest that GbWRKY1 is a critical regulator mediating the plant defense-to-development transition during V. dahliae infection by activating JAZ1 expression.

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Cotton WRKY1 Mediates the Plant Defense-to-Development Transition during Infection of Cotton byVerticillium dahliaeby ActivatingJASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN1Expression

Luo

et al. 2014

Plant Physiology

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“…Third, it may be that other unrelated proteins repress flowering in addition to GNC and GNL in the absence of GA. In this regard, it is interesting that the protein SPL9 was recently identified as a DELLA-controlled flowering time regulator in Arabidopsis and that GA was recently described to promote the expression of the SPL genes SPL3, SPL4, and SPL5 in a SOC1-dependent manner (Wu et al, 2009;Jung et al, 2012;Yu et al, 2012). Thus, DELLA repression of SPL gene expression and SPL protein activity could potentially delay flowering in ga1 in parallel to GNC and GNL.…”

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Cross-Repressive Interactions between SOC1 and the GATAs GNC and GNL/CGA1 in the Control of Greening, Cold Tolerance, and Flowering Time in Arabidopsis

Richter¹,

Bastakis²,

2013

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The paralogous and functionally redundant GATA transcription factors GNC (for GATA, NITRATE-INDUCIBLE, CARBON-METABOLISM INVOLVED) and GNL/CGA1 (for GNC-LIKE/CYTOKININ-RESPONSIVE GATA FACTOR1) from Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) promote greening and repress flowering downstream from the phytohormone gibberellin. The target genes of GNC and GNL with regard to flowering time control have not been identified as yet. Here, we show by genetic and molecular analysis that the two GATA factors act upstream from the flowering time regulator SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS1 (SOC1) to directly repress SOC1 expression and thereby repress flowering. Interestingly, this analysis inversely also reveals that the MADS box transcription factor SOC1 directly represses GNC and GNL expression to control cold tolerance and greening, two further physiological processes that are under the control of SOC1. In summary, these findings support the case of a cross-repressive interaction between the GATA factors GNC and GNL and the MADS box transcription factor SOC1 in flowering time control on the one side and greening and cold tolerance on the other that may be governed by the various signaling inputs that are integrated at the level of SOC1 expression.

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“…SPL gene expression is inhibited by DELLA proteins (SI Appendix, Fig. S5), so a decrease in them could result in increased SPL expression (36). However, transcripts of genes encoding two major DELLA proteins (RGL1 and RGA) were unchanged or elevated in DOG1-RNAi leaves (SI Appendix, Fig.…”

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DELAY OF GERMINATION1 ( DOG1 ) regulates both seed dormancy and flowering time through microRNA pathways

Huo

Wei

Bradford

2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

166

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Seed germination and flowering, two critical developmental transitions in plant life cycles, are coordinately regulated by genetic and environmental factors to match plant establishment and reproduction to seasonal cues. The DELAY OF GERMINATION1 (DOG1) gene is involved in regulating seed dormancy in response to temperature and has also been associated genetically with pleiotropic flowering phenotypes across diverse Arabidopsis thaliana accessions and locations. Here we show that DOG1 can regulate seed dormancy and flowering times in lettuce (Lactuca sativa, Ls) and Arabidopsis through an influence on levels of microRNAs (miRNAs) miR156 and miR172. In lettuce, suppression of LsDOG1 expression enabled seed germination at high temperature and promoted early flowering in association with reduced miR156 and increased miR172 levels. In Arabidopsis, higher miR156 levels resulting from overexpression of the MIR156 gene enhanced seed dormancy and delayed flowering. These phenotypic effects, as well as conversion of MIR156 transcripts to miR156, were compromised in DOG1 loss-of-function mutant plants, especially in seeds. Overexpression of MIR172 reduced seed dormancy and promoted early flowering in Arabidopsis, and the effect on flowering required functional DOG1. Transcript levels of several genes associated with miRNA processing were consistently lower in dry seeds of Arabidopsis and lettuce when DOG1 was mutated or its expression was reduced; in contrast, transcript levels of these genes were elevated in a DOG1 gain-of-function mutant. Our results reveal a previously unknown linkage between two critical developmental phase transitions in the plant life cycle through a DOG1-miR156-miR172 interaction.T he life cycles of flowering plants are characterized by distinct phase transitions such as from seed to seedling (germination) or from vegetative to reproductive development (flowering) (1). The timing of germination and flowering both require precise environmental sensing and integrated responses to multiple inputs so that developmental transitions can be accurately matched to seasonal conditions (1-3). Seeds use temperature as a signal of the seasonal and current environmental conditions to determine opportune times to germinate with respect to the potential for seedling survival (2, 4, 5). Similarly, in many plants the transition from vegetative to floral development occurs in response to environmental cues, particularly temperature and day length (6, 7). Ecological and evolutionary studies have found that seed germination and flowering traits within species are coadapted across habitat ranges (8-11). Seed dormancy and germination are regulated primarily by the antagonistic actions of the plant hormones gibberellin (GA; promotive) and abscisic acid (ABA; inhibitory), whose synthesis and action vary in response to environmental signals (12). Recent studies indicate that canonical genes regulating flowering, such as FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC), are also involved in the transition from seed dormanc...

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Gibberellin Regulates the Arabidopsis Floral Transition through miR156-Targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING–LIKE Transcription Factors

Cited by 386 publications

References 73 publications

Cotton WRKY1 Mediates the Plant Defense-to-Development Transition during Infection of Cotton byVerticillium dahliaeby ActivatingJASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN1Expression

Cotton WRKY1 Mediates the Plant Defense-to-Development Transition during Infection of Cotton byVerticillium dahliaeby ActivatingJASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN1Expression

Cross-Repressive Interactions between SOC1 and the GATAs GNC and GNL/CGA1 in the Control of Greening, Cold Tolerance, and Flowering Time in Arabidopsis

DELAY OF GERMINATION1 ( DOG1 ) regulates both seed dormancy and flowering time through microRNA pathways

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