Journal
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 44, Issue 10, Pages 3376-3397Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pce.14151
Keywords
Brachypodium; deficiency; dynamics; excess; resupply; signalling; zinc; zinc flux
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- FZJ
- F.R.S.-FNRS [PDR T0120.18, CDR J.0009.17, MIS F.4511.16]
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Study on the molecular events underlying zinc homeostasis in Brachypodium plants under varying zinc supply and resupply conditions revealed the key roles of zinc-responsive genes and transporter proteins. Root-to-shoot signals may mediate the overall plant responses to zinc resupply.
The biological processes underlying zinc homeostasis are targets for genetic improvement of crops to counter human malnutrition. Detailed phenotyping, ionomic, RNA-Seq analyses and flux measurements with Zn-67 isotope revealed whole-plant molecular events underlying zinc homeostasis upon varying zinc supply and during zinc resupply to starved Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium) plants. Although both zinc deficiency and excess hindered Brachypodium growth, accumulation of biomass and micronutrients into roots and shoots differed depending on zinc supply. The zinc resupply dynamics involved 1,893 zinc-responsive genes. Multiple zinc-regulated transporter and iron-regulated transporter (IRT)-like protein (ZIP) transporter genes and dozens of other genes were rapidly and transiently down-regulated in early stages of zinc resupply, suggesting a transient zinc shock, sensed locally in roots. Notably, genes with identical regulation were observed in shoots without zinc accumulation, pointing to root-to-shoot signals mediating whole-plant responses to zinc resupply. Molecular events uncovered in the grass model Brachypodium are useful for the improvement of staple monocots.
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