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New Phytol ; 229(3): 1535-1552, 2021 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32978812

RESUMEN

Organogenesis of legume root nodules begins with the nodulation factor-dependent stimulation of compatible root cells to initiate divisions, signifying an early nodule primordium formation event. This is followed by cellular differentiation, including cell expansion and vascular bundle formation, and we previously showed that Lotus japonicus NF-YA1 is essential for this process, presumably by regulating three members of the SHORT INTERNODES/STYLISH (STY) transcription factor gene family. In this study, we used combined genetics, genomics and cell biology approaches to characterize the role of STY genes during root nodule formation and to test a hypothesis that they mediate nodule development by stimulating auxin signalling. We show here that L. japonicus STYs are required for nodule emergence. This is attributed to the NF-YA1-dependent regulatory cascade, comprising STY genes and their downstream targets, YUCCA1 and YUCCA11, involved in a local auxin biosynthesis at the post-initial cell division stage. An analogous NF-YA1/STY regulatory module seems to operate in Medicago truncatula in association with the indeterminate nodule patterning. Our data define L. japonicus and M. truncatula NF-YA1 genes as important nodule emergence stage-specific regulators of auxin signalling while indicating that the inductive stage and subsequent formation of early nodule primordia are mediated through an independent mechanism(s).


Asunto(s)
Lotus , Medicago truncatula , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Ácidos Indolacéticos , Lotus/genética , Lotus/metabolismo , Medicago truncatula/genética , Medicago truncatula/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/genética , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Simbiosis
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PLoS One ; 12(11): e0188923, 2017.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29186192

RESUMEN

Promoters with tissue-specific activity are very useful to address cell-autonomous and non cell autonomous functions of candidate genes. Although this strategy is widely used in Arabidopsis thaliana, its use to study tissue-specific regulation of root symbiotic interactions in legumes has only started recently. Moreover, using tissue specific promoter activity to drive a GAL4-VP16 chimeric transcription factor that can bind short upstream activation sequences (UAS) is an efficient way to target and enhance the expression of any gene of interest. Here, we developed a collection of promoters with different root cell layers specific activities in Medicago truncatula and tested their abilities to drive the expression of a chimeric GAL4-VP16 transcription factor in a trans-activation UAS: ß-Glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene system. By developing a binary vector devoted to modular Golden Gate cloning together with a collection of adapted tissue specific promoters and coding sequences we could test the activity of four of these promoters in trans-activation GAL4/UAS systems and compare them to "classical" promoter GUS fusions. Roots showing high levels of tissue specific expression of the GUS activity could be obtained with this trans-activation system. We therefore provide the legume community with new tools for efficient modular Golden Gate cloning, tissue specific expression and a trans-activation system. This study provides the ground work for future development of stable transgenic lines in Medicago truncatula.


Asunto(s)
Medicago truncatula/genética , Transactivadores/genética , Activación Transcripcional , Clonación Molecular , Genes de Plantas , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas
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Plant Physiol ; 171(3): 2256-76, 2016 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27217496

RESUMEN

Nod factors (NFs) are lipochitooligosaccharidic signal molecules produced by rhizobia, which play a key role in the rhizobium-legume symbiotic interaction. In this study, we analyzed the gene expression reprogramming induced by purified NF (4 and 24 h of treatment) in the root epidermis of the model legume Medicago truncatula Tissue-specific transcriptome analysis was achieved by laser-capture microdissection coupled to high-depth RNA sequencing. The expression of 17,191 genes was detected in the epidermis, among which 1,070 were found to be regulated by NF addition, including previously characterized NF-induced marker genes. Many genes exhibited strong levels of transcriptional activation, sometimes only transiently at 4 h, indicating highly dynamic regulation. Expression reprogramming affected a variety of cellular processes, including perception, signaling, regulation of gene expression, as well as cell wall, cytoskeleton, transport, metabolism, and defense, with numerous NF-induced genes never identified before. Strikingly, early epidermal activation of cytokinin (CK) pathways was indicated, based on the induction of CK metabolic and signaling genes, including the CRE1 receptor essential to promote nodulation. These transcriptional activations were independently validated using promoter:ß-glucuronidase fusions with the MtCRE1 CK receptor gene and a CK response reporter (TWO COMPONENT SIGNALING SENSOR NEW). A CK pretreatment reduced the NF induction of the EARLY NODULIN11 (ENOD11) symbiotic marker, while a CK-degrading enzyme (CYTOKININ OXIDASE/DEHYDROGENASE3) ectopically expressed in the root epidermis led to increased NF induction of ENOD11 and nodulation. Therefore, CK may play both positive and negative roles in M. truncatula nodulation.


Asunto(s)
Citocininas/metabolismo , Lipopolisacáridos/metabolismo , Medicago truncatula/metabolismo , Epidermis de la Planta/metabolismo , Raíces de Plantas/metabolismo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Rayos Láser , Lipopolisacáridos/farmacología , Medicago truncatula/genética , Epidermis de la Planta/efectos de los fármacos , Epidermis de la Planta/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Raíces de Plantas/genética , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/genética , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/metabolismo , Análisis de Secuencia de ARN/métodos , Transducción de Señal
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Plant Physiol ; 169(4): 2761-73, 2015 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26432878

RESUMEN

The endosymbiotic association between legumes and soil bacteria called rhizobia leads to the formation of a new root-derived organ called the nodule in which differentiated bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form that can be assimilated by the host plant. Successful root infection by rhizobia and nodule organogenesis require the activation of symbiotic genes that are controlled by a set of transcription factors (TFs). We recently identified Medicago truncatula nuclear factor-YA1 (MtNF-YA1) and MtNF-YA2 as two M. truncatula TFs playing a central role during key steps of the Sinorhizobium meliloti-M. truncatula symbiotic interaction. NF-YA TFs interact with NF-YB and NF-YC subunits to regulate target genes containing the CCAAT box consensus sequence. In this study, using a yeast two-hybrid screen approach, we identified the NF-YB and NF-YC subunits able to interact with MtNF-YA1 and MtNF-YA2. In yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and in planta, we further demonstrated by both coimmunoprecipitation and bimolecular fluorescence complementation that these NF-YA, -B, and -C subunits interact and form a stable NF-Y heterotrimeric complex. Reverse genetic and chromatin immunoprecipitation-PCR approaches revealed the importance of these newly identified NF-YB and NF-YC subunits for rhizobial symbiosis and binding to the promoter of MtERN1 (for Ethylene Responsive factor required for Nodulation), a direct target gene of MtNF-YA1 and MtNF-YA2. Finally, we verified that a similar trimer is formed in planta by the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) NF-Y subunits, revealing the existence of evolutionary conserved NF-Y protein complexes to control nodulation in leguminous plants. This sheds light on the process whereby an ancient heterotrimeric TF mainly controlling cell division in animals has acquired specialized functions in plants.


Asunto(s)
Factor de Unión a CCAAT/genética , Fabaceae/genética , Filogenia , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Nodulación de la Raíz de la Planta/genética , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Factor de Unión a CCAAT/clasificación , Factor de Unión a CCAAT/metabolismo , Núcleo Celular/genética , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Citoplasma/genética , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Fabaceae/metabolismo , Fabaceae/microbiología , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica/métodos , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Interacciones Huésped-Patógeno , Medicago truncatula/genética , Medicago truncatula/microbiología , Microscopía Confocal , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Phaseolus/genética , Phaseolus/microbiología , Proteínas de Plantas/clasificación , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Unión Proteica , Interferencia de ARN , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa , Rhizobium/fisiología , Homología de Secuencia de Aminoácido , Sinorhizobium meliloti/fisiología , Simbiosis , Factores de Transcripción/clasificación , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Técnicas del Sistema de Dos Híbridos
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Plant J ; 79(5): 757-68, 2014 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24930743

RESUMEN

During endosymbiotic interactions between legume plants and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, successful root infection by bacteria and nodule organogenesis requires the perception and transduction of bacterial lipo-chitooligosaccharidic signal called Nod factor (NF). NF perception in legume roots leads to the activation of an early signaling pathway and of a set of symbiotic genes which is controlled by specific early transcription factors (TFs) including CYCLOPS/IPD3, NSP1, NSP2, ERN1 and NIN. In this study, we bring convincing evidence that the Medicago truncatula CCAAT-box-binding NF-YA1 TF, previously associated with later stages of rhizobial infection and nodule meristem formation is, together with its closest homolog NF-YA2, also an essential positive regulator of the NF-signaling pathway. Here we show that NF-YA1 and NF-YA2 are both expressed in epidermal cells responding to NFs and their knock-down by reverse genetic approaches severely affects the NF-induced expression of symbiotic genes and rhizobial infection. Further over-expression, transactivation and ChIP-PCR approaches indicate that NF-YA1 and NF-YA2 function, at least in part, via the direct activation of ERN1. We thus propose a model in which NF-YA1 and NF-YA2 appear as early symbiotic regulators acting downstream of DMI3 and NIN and possibly within the same regulatory complexes as NSP1/2 to directly activate the expression of ERN1.


Asunto(s)
Factor de Unión a CCAAT/genética , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Medicago truncatula/genética , Transducción de Señal , Sinorhizobium meliloti/fisiología , Simbiosis , Factor de Unión a CCAAT/metabolismo , Expresión Génica , Genes Reporteros , Medicago truncatula/citología , Medicago truncatula/microbiología , Medicago truncatula/fisiología , Microdisección , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Raíces de Plantas/citología , Raíces de Plantas/genética , Raíces de Plantas/microbiología , Raíces de Plantas/fisiología , ARN de Planta/química , ARN de Planta/genética , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/citología , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/genética , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/microbiología , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/fisiología , Análisis de Secuencia de ARN , Nicotiana/genética , Nicotiana/microbiología , Nicotiana/fisiología , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo
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J Exp Bot ; 65(2): 481-94, 2014 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24319255

RESUMEN

Symbiosis between legume plants and soil rhizobia culminates in the formation of a novel root organ, the 'nodule', containing bacteria differentiated as facultative nitrogen-fixing organelles. MtNF-YA1 is a Medicago truncatula CCAAT box-binding transcription factor (TF), formerly called HAP2-1, highly expressed in mature nodules and required for nodule meristem function and persistence. Here a role for MtNF-YA1 during early nodule development is demonstrated. Detailed expression analysis based on RNA sequencing, quantitiative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), as well as promoter-ß-glucuronidase (GUS) fusions reveal that MtNF-YA1 is first induced at the onset of symbiotic development during preparation for, and initiation and progression of, symbiotic infection. Moreover, using a new knock-out mutant, Mtnf-ya1-1, it is shown that MtNF-YA1 controls infection thread (IT) progression from initial root infection through colonization of nodule tissues. Extensive confocal and electronic microscopic observations suggest that the bulbous and erratic IT growth phenotypes observed in Mtnf-ya1-1 could be a consequence of the fact that walls of ITs in this mutant are thinner and less coherent than in the wild type. It is proposed that MtNF-YA1 controls rhizobial infection progression by regulating the formation and the wall of ITs.


Asunto(s)
Medicago truncatula/microbiología , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Sinorhizobium meliloti/fisiología , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Secuencia de Bases , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Prueba de Complementación Genética , Medicago truncatula/genética , Mutación/genética , Fenotipo , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/microbiología , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/ultraestructura , Simbiosis/genética , Factores de Transcripción/genética
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New Phytol ; 191(2): 391-404, 2011 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21679315

RESUMEN

This study aimed at defining the role of a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor gene from Medicago truncatula, MtbHLH1, whose expression is upregulated during the development of root nodules produced upon infection by rhizobia bacteria. We used MtbHLH1 promoter::GUS fusions and quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction analyses to finely characterize the MtbHLH1 expression pattern. We altered MtbHLH1 function by expressing a dominantly repressed construct (CRES-T approach) and looked for possible MtbHLH1 target genes by transcriptomics. We found that MtbHLH1 is expressed in nodule primordia cells derived from pericycle divisions, in nodule vascular bundles (VBs) and in uninfected cells of the nitrogen (N) fixation zone. MtbHLH1 is also expressed in root tips, lateral root primordia cells and root VBs, and induced upon auxin treatment. Altering MtbHLH1 function led to an unusual phenotype, with a modified patterning of nodule VB development and a reduced growth of aerial parts of the plant, even though the nodules were able to fix atmospheric N. Several putative MtbHLH1 regulated genes were identified, including an asparagine synthase and a LOB (lateral organ boundary) transcription factor. Our results suggest that the MtbHLH1 gene is involved in the control of nodule vasculature patterning and nutrient exchanges between nodules and roots.


Asunto(s)
Factores de Transcripción con Motivo Hélice-Asa-Hélice Básico/metabolismo , Medicago truncatula/metabolismo , Rhizobium/fisiología , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción con Motivo Hélice-Asa-Hélice Básico/genética , Tipificación del Cuerpo , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas/efectos de los fármacos , Ácidos Indolacéticos/farmacología , Medicago truncatula/genética , Medicago truncatula/microbiología , Medicago truncatula/fisiología , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Fijación del Nitrógeno/genética , Fenotipo , Reguladores del Crecimiento de las Plantas/farmacología , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Nodulación de la Raíz de la Planta , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Rhizobium/genética , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/genética , Nódulos de las Raíces de las Plantas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Simbiosis/genética
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