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Tsompani, D.

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bioRxiv2024

GIBBERELLIN SIGNALING THROUGH RGA SUPPRESSES GCN5 EFFECT ON STAMEN ELONGATION OF ARABIDOPSIS FLOWERS

Histone acetyltransferases (HAT) modify the amino-terminal tails of the core histone proteins via acetylation, regulating chromatin structure and transcription. The GENERAL CONTROL NON-DEREPRESSIBLE 5 (GCN5) is a HAT that specifically acetylates H3K14 residues. GCN5 has been associated with cell division and differentiation, meristem function, root, stem, foliar and floral development, and plant environmental response. The flowers of gcn5-6 plants display reduced length of stamen and exhibit male sterility relative to the wild-type plants. We show these effects may arise from gibberellin (GA) signaling defects. The signaling pathway of bioactive GAs depends on the proteolysis of their repressors, DELLA proteins. The DELLA protein, REPRESSOR OF GA (RGA), represses plant growth, inflorescence, flower and seed development. Our molecular data indicate that GCN5 is required for activation and H3K14 acetylation of genes involved in the late stages of GA biosynthesis and catabolism. We studied the genetic interaction of RGA and GCN5; RGA can partially suppress GCN5 action. The reduced elongation of the stamen filament of gcn5-6 mutants is reversed in the rga-t2;gcn5-6 double mutants. This mechanism involved suppressing the GCN5 effect on the expression and histone acetylation in GAI-locus by RGA. Interestingly, RGA and RGL2 do not suppress ADA2b function, suggesting that ADA2b acts downstream in GA signaling and is distinct from GCN5 activity. In conclusion, we propose that the action of GCN5 on stamen elongation is mediated partially by RGA and GA signaling.

plant biology↗

bioRxiv2020

microRNA-seq of cartilage reveals an over-abundance of miR-140-3p which contains functional isomiRs

MiR-140 is selectively expressed in cartilage. Deletion of the entire miR-140 locus in mice results in growth retardation and early-onset osteoarthritis-like pathology, however the relative contribution of miR-140-5p or miR-140-3p to the phenotype remains to be determined. An unbiased small RNA sequencing approach identified miR-140-3p as significantly more abundant (>10-fold) than miR-140-5p in human cartilage. Analysis of these data identified multiple miR-140-3p isomiRs differing from the miRBase annotation at both the 5 and 3 end, with >99% having one of two seed sequences (5 bases 2-8). Canonical (miR-140-3p.2) and shifted (miR-140-3p.1) seed isomiRs were overexpressed in chondrocytes and transcriptomics performed to identify targets. miR-140-3p.1 and miR-140-3p.2 significantly down-regulated 694 and 238 genes respectively, of which only 162 genes were commonly down-regulated. IsomiR targets were validated using 3 UTR luciferase assays. miR-140-3p.1 targets were enriched within up-regulated genes in rib chondrocytes of Mir140-null mice and within down-regulated genes during human chondrogenesis. Finally, through imputing the expression of miR-140 from the expression of the host gene WWP2 in 124 previously published datasets, an inverse correlation with miR-140-3p.1 predicted targets was identified. Together these data suggest the novel seed containing isomiR miR-140-3p.1 is more functional than original consensus miR-140-3p seed containing isomiR.

molecular biology↗