Journal
PLANT CELL
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 296-309Publisher
AMER SOC PLANT BIOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.118943
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- Ghent University (Multidisciplinary Research Partnership Bioinformatics: from nucleotides to networks)
- Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme (IUAP)
- Belgian Science Policy Office
- Research Foundation-Flanders [G.0C72.14N]
- China Scholarship Council (CSC) [2009685045]
- MEXT KAKENHI Grant [22119009]
- JST, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [1146620] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26113515, 26840096, 13J40017, 22119009] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Whereas our knowledge about the diverse pathways aiding DNA repair upon genome damage is steadily increasing, little is known about the molecular players that adjust the plant cell cycle in response to DNA stress. By a meta-analysis of DNA stress microarray data sets, three family members of the SIAMESE/SIAMESE-RELATED (SIM/SMR) class of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors were discovered that react strongly to genotoxicity. Transcriptional reporter constructs corroborated specific and strong activation of the three SIM/SMR genes in the meristems upon DNA stress, whereas overexpression analysis confirmed their cell cycle inhibitory potential. In agreement with being checkpoint regulators, SMR5 and SMR7 knockout plants displayed an impaired checkpoint in leaf cells upon treatment with the replication inhibitory drug hydroxyurea (HU). Surprisingly, HU-induced SMR5/SMR7 expression depends on ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA MUTATED (ATM) and SUPPRESSOR OF GAMMA RESPONSE1, rather than on the anticipated replication stress-activated ATM AND RAD3-RELATED kinase. This apparent discrepancy was explained by demonstrating that, in addition to its effect on replication, HU triggers the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS-dependent transcriptional activation of the SMR genes was confirmed by different ROS-inducing conditions, including high-light treatment. We conclude that the identified SMR genes are part of a signaling cascade that induces a cell cycle checkpoint in response to ROS-induced DNA damage.
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