Epigenetic mechanisms affect the curled leaf phenotype in the hypomethylated ddc mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Arabidopsis thaliana
ChIP-qPCR
Curled leaf
Epigenomics
WGBS
ddc mutant
Journal
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology
ISSN: 1873-2259
Titre abrégé: Plant Sci
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 9882015
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
received:
21
09
2021
revised:
02
02
2022
accepted:
12
03
2022
entrez:
29
4
2022
pubmed:
30
4
2022
medline:
4
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The ddc mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana is characterized by pleiotropic phenotypic alterations including a curl-shaped leaf, previously explained by disturbed auxin metabolism and transport. The present study was aimed at further explore the molecular bases underlying the abnormal phenotype of the ddc leaf. We demonstrated that genes specifically related to leaf fate commitment and morphogenesis were misexpressed on developing ddc leaves, such as upregulation of CURLY LEAF (CLF) and downregulation of ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 (AS2), KNOTTED-like gene from A. thaliana (KNAT6), TEOSINTE-LIKE1 CYCLOIDEA and PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR 2 (TCP2) and others. The CLF gene, encoding a component of Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) which adds trimethylation marks at Lys27 of histone H3, was overexpressed in the ddc mutant and concomitantly was correlated with DNA methylation-dependent repression of its negative regulator UCL1. KNAT6, encoding a class 1 KNOX homeotic gene, had increased H3K27me3 trimethylation levels, suggesting it is a target gene of the CLF containing PRC2 complex in the ddc mutant. We postulate that different epigenetic mechanisms modulate expression of genes related to auxin pathways as well as gene targets of Polycomb repressive action, during leaf morphogenesis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35487663
pii: S0168-9452(22)00078-4
doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111254
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Arabidopsis Proteins
0
Indoleacetic Acids
0
KNAT6 protein, Arabidopsis
0
Transcription Factors
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
111254Informations de copyright
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