期刊
PLANT JOURNAL
卷 105, 期 1, 页码 124-135出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15045
关键词
cytoplasmic male sterility; natural variation; Rf‐ like PPR; Arabidopsis thaliana; pollen development
资金
- IJPB's Plant Observatory technological platforms
- Saclay Plant Sciences-SPS [ANR-17-EUR-0007]
- INRAE Biology and Plant Breeding department (CONTRAD grant)
This study identified three nuclear loci involved in cytoplasmic male sterility in Arabidopsis thaliana, with RFL24 being identified as a key gene encoding a PPR protein related to known Rf PPRs. The research showed that RFL24 promotes pollen abortion, unlike other Rf PPRs, and the sterility caused by the Cvi-0 allele of RFL24 is due to higher expression during early pollen development. Predicted binding sites for RFL24 upstream of two mitochondrial genes suggest its conservation is linked to maintaining mitochondrial function.
Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins form a large family of proteins targeted to organelles, where they post-transcriptionally modulate gene expression through binding to specific RNA sequences. Among them, the mitochondria-targeted restorer-of-fertility (Rf) PPRs inhibit peculiar mitochondrial genes that are detrimental to male gametes and cause cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS). Here, we revealed three nuclear loci involved in CMS in a cross between two distant Arabidopsis thaliana strains, Sha and Cvi-0. We identified the causal gene at one of these loci as RFL24, a conserved gene encoding a PPR protein related to known Rf PPRs. By analysing fertile revertants obtained in a male sterile background, we demonstrate that RFL24 promotes pollen abortion, in contrast with the previously described Rf PPRs, which allow pollen to survive in the presence of a sterilizing cytoplasm. We show that the sterility caused by the RFL24 Cvi-0 allele results from higher expression of the gene during early pollen development. Finally, we predict a binding site for RFL24 upstream of two mitochondrial genes, the CMS gene and the important gene cob. These results suggest that the conservation of RFL24 is linked to a primary role of ensuring a proper functioning of mitochondria, and that it was subsequently diverted by the CMS gene to its benefit.
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