TY - JOUR
T1 - RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED interactions with key factors of the RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway and its influence on root development.
AU - León-Ruiz, Jesús
AU - Annie, Espinal-Centeno
AU - Blilou, Ikram
AU - Ben, Scheres
AU - Mario, Arteaga-Vázquez
AU - Cruz-Ramirez, Luis Alfredo
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2023-05-02
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): OSR-2020-CRG9-4381
Acknowledgements: We wish to thank Vicki Chandler, Steve Jacobsen, Fred Berger and Pauline Jullien for sharing published plant materials. We also thank Dr. Juan Caballero-Pérez for initial advice on bioinformatics. J L-R (CVU 858608) was supported by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) with a PhD Fellowship. A C-R was supported by EMBO-ALTF 1114-2006 and CONACYT 000000000092916 grants. Colaborative work between A C-R and IB groups is supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Award No. OSR-2020-CRG9-4381. M A-V was supported by CONACYT grants 158550 and A1-S-38383, UCMEXUS-CONACYT Collaborative Grant CN-20-166 and Newton Fund of the Royal Society grant NA150181.
PY - 2023/4/30
Y1 - 2023/4/30
N2 - Transposable elements and other repetitive elements are silenced by the RNA-directed DNA methylation pathway (RdDM). In RdDM, POLIV-derived transcripts are converted into double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) by the activity of RDR2 and subsequently processed into 24 nucleotide short interfering RNAs (24-nt siRNAs) by DCL3. 24-nt siRNAs serve as guides to direct AGO4–siRNA complexes to chromatin-bound POLV-derived transcripts generated from the template/target DNA. The interaction between POLV, AGO4, DMS3, DRD1, RDM1 and DRM2 promotes DRM2-mediated de novo DNA methylation. The Arabidopsis Retinoblastoma protein homolog (RBR) is a master regulator of the cell cycle, stem cell maintenance, and development. We in silico predicted and explored experimentally the protein–protein interactions (PPIs) between RBR and members of the RdDM pathway. We found that the largest subunits of POLIV and POLV (NRPD1 and NRPE1), the shared second largest subunit of POLIV and POLV (NRPD/E2), RDR1, RDR2, DCL3, DRM2, and SUVR2 contain canonical and non-canonical RBR binding motifs and several of them are conserved since algae and bryophytes. We validated experimentally PPIs between Arabidopsis RBR and several of the RdDM pathway proteins. Moreover, seedlings from loss-of-function mutants in RdDM and RBR show similar phenotypes in the root apical meristem. We show that RdDM and SUVR2 targets are up-regulated in the 35S:AmiGO–RBR background.
AB - Transposable elements and other repetitive elements are silenced by the RNA-directed DNA methylation pathway (RdDM). In RdDM, POLIV-derived transcripts are converted into double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) by the activity of RDR2 and subsequently processed into 24 nucleotide short interfering RNAs (24-nt siRNAs) by DCL3. 24-nt siRNAs serve as guides to direct AGO4–siRNA complexes to chromatin-bound POLV-derived transcripts generated from the template/target DNA. The interaction between POLV, AGO4, DMS3, DRD1, RDM1 and DRM2 promotes DRM2-mediated de novo DNA methylation. The Arabidopsis Retinoblastoma protein homolog (RBR) is a master regulator of the cell cycle, stem cell maintenance, and development. We in silico predicted and explored experimentally the protein–protein interactions (PPIs) between RBR and members of the RdDM pathway. We found that the largest subunits of POLIV and POLV (NRPD1 and NRPE1), the shared second largest subunit of POLIV and POLV (NRPD/E2), RDR1, RDR2, DCL3, DRM2, and SUVR2 contain canonical and non-canonical RBR binding motifs and several of them are conserved since algae and bryophytes. We validated experimentally PPIs between Arabidopsis RBR and several of the RdDM pathway proteins. Moreover, seedlings from loss-of-function mutants in RdDM and RBR show similar phenotypes in the root apical meristem. We show that RdDM and SUVR2 targets are up-regulated in the 35S:AmiGO–RBR background.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/691360
UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00425-023-04135-x
U2 - 10.1007/s00425-023-04135-x
DO - 10.1007/s00425-023-04135-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 37120771
SN - 0032-0935
VL - 257
JO - Planta
JF - Planta
IS - 6
ER -