期刊
MOLECULES AND CELLS
卷 32, 期 1, 页码 83-88出版社
KOREAN SOC MOLECULAR & CELLULAR BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-011-1043-1
关键词
ambient temperature; flowering time; MiR399; PHO2; TSF
资金
- Korea Government (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) [NRF-2011-355-C00040]
- Creative Research Initiatives of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology/National research foundation of Korea [R16-2008-106-01001-0]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [R16-2008-106-01001-0] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
A moderate change in ambient temperature significantly affects plant physiology including flowering time. MiR399 and its target gene PHOSPHATE 2 (PHO2) are known to play a role in the maintenance of phosphate homeostasis. However, the regulation of flowering time by the miR399-PHO2 module has not been investigated. As we have previously identified miR399 as an ambient temperature-responsive miRNA, we further investigated whether a change in expression of the miR399-PHO2 module affects flowering time in response to ambient temperature changes. Here, we showed that miR399b-overexpressing plants and a loss-of-function allele of PHO2 (pho2) exhibited an early flowering phenotype only at normal temperature (23A degrees C). Interestingly, their flowering time at lower temperature (16A degrees C) was similar to that of wild-type plants, suggesting that alteration in flowering time by miR399 and its target PHO2 was seen only at normal temperature (23A degrees C). Flowering time ratio (16A degrees C/23A degrees C) revealed that miR399b-overexpressing plants and pho2 mutants showed increased sensitivity to ambient temperature changes. Expression analysis indicated that expression of TWIN SISTER OF FT (TSF) was increased in miR399b-overexpressing plants and pho2 mutants at 23A degrees C, suggesting that their early flowering phenotype is associated with TSF upregulation. Taken together, our results suggest that miR399, an ambient temperature-responsive miRNA, plays a role in ambient temperature-responsive flowering in Arabidopsis.
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