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PLANT JOURNAL
Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages 53-67Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14706
Keywords
Fe deficiency; lncRNA; RNA-seq; SAUR32; splice variant; Malus
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Iron (Fe) is an essential plant nutrient and its deficiency typically limits plant growth. Long non-coding (lnc) RNAs are involved in adaptive responses to nutrient stress; however, it is not known whether they function in the regulation of the canonical Fe-deficiency response. The expression ofMalus domestica(apple) lncRNA MSTRG.85814 is induced by Fe deficiency, as identified by high-throughput strand-specific RNA-seq analysis of an apple homograft system. MSTRG.85814 has a complex structure, with 13 predicted RNA sequence variants, four of which are upregulated in the roots of plants experiencing Fe deficiency. We found that one MSTRG.85814 splice variant (MSTRG.85814.11) positively modulated itscistarget mRNA derived from the small auxin upregulated geneSAUR32. This in turn promoted the expression ofSAUR32and caused an increase in the expression of a plasma membrane proton ATPase,AHA10. Using a pH imaging technique, a significant decrease in the apoplastic pH was observed to occur in the root tips of MSTRG.85814.11 orSAUR32-overexpressing apple plants. Thus MSTRG.85814.11 was shown to positively promoteSAUR32expression, which then activated proton extrusion involved in the Fe-deficiency response. These results reveal a mechanism by which lncRNA promotes environmental Fe-deficiency stress adaption.
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