Leaf senescence is a complex but tightly regulated developmental process involving a coordinated sequence of multiple molecular events, which ultimately leads to death of the leaf. Efforts to understand the mechanisti...Leaf senescence is a complex but tightly regulated developmental process involving a coordinated sequence of multiple molecular events, which ultimately leads to death of the leaf. Efforts to understand the mechanistic principles underlying leaf senescence have been largely made by transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies over the past decade. This review focuses on recent milestones in leaf senes- cence research obtained using multi-omics technologies, as well as future endeavors toward systems understanding of leaf senescence processes. In particular, we discuss recent advances in understanding molecular events during leaf senescence through genome-wide transcriptome analyses in Arabidopsis. We also describe comparative transcriptome analyses used to unveil the commonality and diversity of regulatory mechanisms governing leaf senescence in the plant kingdom. Finally, we provide current illustrations of epigenomic, proteomic, and metabolomic landscapes of leaf senescence. We envisage that integration of multi-omics leaf senescence data will enable us to address unresolved questions regarding leaf senescence, including determining the molecular principles that coordinate concurrent and ordered changes in biological events during leaf senescence.展开更多
The endogenous circadian clock regulates many physiological processes related to plant survival and adapt- ability. GIGANTEA （GI）, a clock-associated protein, contributes to the maintenance of circadian period lengt...The endogenous circadian clock regulates many physiological processes related to plant survival and adapt- ability. GIGANTEA （GI）, a clock-associated protein, contributes to the maintenance of circadian period length and ampli- tude, and also regulates flowering time and hypocotyl growth in response to day length. Similarly, EARLY FLOWERING 4 （ELF4）, another clock regulator, also contributes to these processes. However, little is known about either the genetic or molecular interactions between GI and ELF4 in Arabidopsis. In this study, we investigated the genetic interactions between GI and ELF4 in the regulation of circadian clock-controlled outputs. Our mutant analysis shows that GI is epistatic to ELF4 in flowering time determination, while ELF4 is epistatic to GI in hypocotyl growth regulation. Moreover, GI and ELF4 have a synergistic or additive effect on endogenous clock regulation. Gene expression profiling of gi, elf4, and gi elf4 mutants further established that GI and ELF4 have differentially dominant influences on circadian physiological outputs at dusk and dawn, respectively. This phasing of GI and ELF4 influences provides a potential means to achieve diversity in the regulation of circadian physiological outputs, including flowering time and hypocotyl growth.展开更多
Leaf senescence,the final stage of leaf development,is influenced by numerous internal and environmental signals.So far,how biotic stresses such as pathogen infection regulate leaf senescence is unclear.Here,we found ...Leaf senescence,the final stage of leaf development,is influenced by numerous internal and environmental signals.So far,how biotic stresses such as pathogen infection regulate leaf senescence is unclear.Here,we found that the premature leaf senescence caused by a soil-borne vascular fungus Verticillium dahliae in Arabidopsis was impaired by the mutation of a protein elicitor from V.dahliae 1(PevD1).Constitutive or inducible overexpression of PevD1 accelerated Arabidopsis leaf senescence.A senescence-associated NAC transcription factor,ORE1,was targeted by PevD1.PevD1 interacted with and stabilized ORE1 protein by disrupting its interaction with the RING-type ubiquitin E3 ligase NLA.Mutation of ORE1 suppressed the premature senescence caused by overexpressing PevD1.Overexpression of ORE1 or PevD1 led to enhanced ethylene production,and ORE1 mediated PevD1-induced ethylene biosynthesis by directly binding to the ACS6 promoter.Loss-of-function of ACSs suppressed V.dahliae-induced leaf senescence in ORE1-overexpressing plants.Interestingly,PevD1 also interacted with Gossypium hirsutum ORE1(GhORE1),and virus-induced gene silencing of GhORE1 delayed V.dahliae-triggered leaf senescence in cotton,indicative of the existence of a conserved mechanism in plants.Altogether,our study demonstrates that V.dahliae induces leaf senescence by secreting the effector PevD1 to regulate the ORE1-ACS6 cascade,providing new insight into biotic stress-induced senescence in plants.展开更多
Dear Editor, Plants use light as an environmental signal to coor- dinate diverse physiological and developmental processes, thereby increasing their fitness. Light quality, quantity, and photoperiod change periodical...Dear Editor, Plants use light as an environmental signal to coor- dinate diverse physiological and developmental processes, thereby increasing their fitness. Light quality, quantity, and photoperiod change periodically under natural condi- tions of daily and seasonal cycles. Plants have developed a circadian clock to respond to these predictable, periodic environmental changes, providing plants with the ability to anticipate daily and seasonal environmental changes.展开更多
Senescence is a developmental process in the life cycle of a plant or a plant organ which has an intrinsic link with longevity. In human and animal sciences, the question of what controls the length of life is a funda...Senescence is a developmental process in the life cycle of a plant or a plant organ which has an intrinsic link with longevity. In human and animal sciences, the question of what controls the length of life is a fundamental biological query which has been puzzling scientists for centuries. Plant senescence is an even more complicated topic, since plants have many life-forms which differ greatly in their maximal life-spans. On the applied side, plant senescence has a great impact on landscape, agriculture, and our daily lives, being tightly linked to crop yield and quality as well as biomass production and bio-energy development, which are of increasing concern in the current age of climate change and parallel population growth.展开更多
文摘Leaf senescence is a complex but tightly regulated developmental process involving a coordinated sequence of multiple molecular events, which ultimately leads to death of the leaf. Efforts to understand the mechanistic principles underlying leaf senescence have been largely made by transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies over the past decade. This review focuses on recent milestones in leaf senes- cence research obtained using multi-omics technologies, as well as future endeavors toward systems understanding of leaf senescence processes. In particular, we discuss recent advances in understanding molecular events during leaf senescence through genome-wide transcriptome analyses in Arabidopsis. We also describe comparative transcriptome analyses used to unveil the commonality and diversity of regulatory mechanisms governing leaf senescence in the plant kingdom. Finally, we provide current illustrations of epigenomic, proteomic, and metabolomic landscapes of leaf senescence. We envisage that integration of multi-omics leaf senescence data will enable us to address unresolved questions regarding leaf senescence, including determining the molecular principles that coordinate concurrent and ordered changes in biological events during leaf senescence.
文摘The endogenous circadian clock regulates many physiological processes related to plant survival and adapt- ability. GIGANTEA （GI）, a clock-associated protein, contributes to the maintenance of circadian period length and ampli- tude, and also regulates flowering time and hypocotyl growth in response to day length. Similarly, EARLY FLOWERING 4 （ELF4）, another clock regulator, also contributes to these processes. However, little is known about either the genetic or molecular interactions between GI and ELF4 in Arabidopsis. In this study, we investigated the genetic interactions between GI and ELF4 in the regulation of circadian clock-controlled outputs. Our mutant analysis shows that GI is epistatic to ELF4 in flowering time determination, while ELF4 is epistatic to GI in hypocotyl growth regulation. Moreover, GI and ELF4 have a synergistic or additive effect on endogenous clock regulation. Gene expression profiling of gi, elf4, and gi elf4 mutants further established that GI and ELF4 have differentially dominant influences on circadian physiological outputs at dusk and dawn, respectively. This phasing of GI and ELF4 influences provides a potential means to achieve diversity in the regulation of circadian physiological outputs, including flowering time and hypocotyl growth.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970196 and 32011540381 to Z.L.,31900173 to H.W.,31770649 to X.X.)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFA0903904 to H.G.)+2 种基金Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(KQTD20190929173906742 to H.G.)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M650514 to Y.Z.and 2020M670544 to Y.G.,and 2019M650516 to H.W.)the startup funding for plant aging research from"Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design,Beijing Forestry University".
文摘Leaf senescence,the final stage of leaf development,is influenced by numerous internal and environmental signals.So far,how biotic stresses such as pathogen infection regulate leaf senescence is unclear.Here,we found that the premature leaf senescence caused by a soil-borne vascular fungus Verticillium dahliae in Arabidopsis was impaired by the mutation of a protein elicitor from V.dahliae 1(PevD1).Constitutive or inducible overexpression of PevD1 accelerated Arabidopsis leaf senescence.A senescence-associated NAC transcription factor,ORE1,was targeted by PevD1.PevD1 interacted with and stabilized ORE1 protein by disrupting its interaction with the RING-type ubiquitin E3 ligase NLA.Mutation of ORE1 suppressed the premature senescence caused by overexpressing PevD1.Overexpression of ORE1 or PevD1 led to enhanced ethylene production,and ORE1 mediated PevD1-induced ethylene biosynthesis by directly binding to the ACS6 promoter.Loss-of-function of ACSs suppressed V.dahliae-induced leaf senescence in ORE1-overexpressing plants.Interestingly,PevD1 also interacted with Gossypium hirsutum ORE1(GhORE1),and virus-induced gene silencing of GhORE1 delayed V.dahliae-triggered leaf senescence in cotton,indicative of the existence of a conserved mechanism in plants.Altogether,our study demonstrates that V.dahliae induces leaf senescence by secreting the effector PevD1 to regulate the ORE1-ACS6 cascade,providing new insight into biotic stress-induced senescence in plants.
文摘Dear Editor, Plants use light as an environmental signal to coor- dinate diverse physiological and developmental processes, thereby increasing their fitness. Light quality, quantity, and photoperiod change periodically under natural condi- tions of daily and seasonal cycles. Plants have developed a circadian clock to respond to these predictable, periodic environmental changes, providing plants with the ability to anticipate daily and seasonal environmental changes.
文摘Senescence is a developmental process in the life cycle of a plant or a plant organ which has an intrinsic link with longevity. In human and animal sciences, the question of what controls the length of life is a fundamental biological query which has been puzzling scientists for centuries. Plant senescence is an even more complicated topic, since plants have many life-forms which differ greatly in their maximal life-spans. On the applied side, plant senescence has a great impact on landscape, agriculture, and our daily lives, being tightly linked to crop yield and quality as well as biomass production and bio-energy development, which are of increasing concern in the current age of climate change and parallel population growth.
