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Public on Apr 06, 2013 |
| Title |
The ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 6 Acts as a Central Regulator of Leaf Growth under Water-Limiting Conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| Organism |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
| Experiment type |
Expression profiling by array
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| Summary |
Leaf growth is a complex developmental process that is continuously fine-tuned by the environment. Various abiotic stresses, including mild drought stress, have been shown to inhibit leaf growth in Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), but the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here we identify the redundant Arabidopsis transcription factors ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 5 (ERF5) and ERF6 as master regulators which adapt leaf growth to environmental changes. ERF5 and ERF6 gene expression is induced very rapidly and specifically in actively growing leaves after sudden exposure to osmotic stress that mimics mild drought. Subsequently, enhanced ERF6 expression inhibits cell proliferation and leaf growth by a process involving GA and DELLA signaling. Using an ERF6 inducible overexpression line, we demonstrate that the GA-degrading enzyme GA2-OX6 is transcriptionally induced by ERF6 and that consequently DELLA proteins are stabilized. As a result, ERF6 gain-of-function lines are dwarfed and hypersensitive to osmotic stress, while growth of erf5erf6 loss-of-function mutants is less affected by stress. Next to its role in plant growth under stress, ERF6 also activates the expression of a plethora of osmotic stress-responsive genes, including the well-known stress tolerance genes STZ, MYB51 and WRKY33. Interestingly, the activation of the stress tolerance genes by ERF6 occurs independently from the ERF6-mediated growth inhibition. Together, these data fit into a leaf growth regulatory model in which ERF5 and ERF6 form a missing link between the previously observed stress-induced 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) accumulation and DELLA-mediated cell cycle exit and execute a dual role by regulating both stress tolerance and growth-inhibition.
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| Overall design |
Samples were obtained from three independent experiments and from multiple plates within the experiment. Whole seedlings were harvested rapidly in an excess of RNAlater® solution (Ambion), and after overnight storage at 4°C, dissected under a binocular microscope on a cooling plate with precision microscissors. Dissected leaves were transferred to a new tube, frozen in liquid nitrogen, and ground with a Retsch machine and 3-mm metal balls. RNA was extracted with TriZol (Invitrogen) and further purified with the RNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen). DNA digestion was done on columns with RNase-free DNase I (Roche). For the identification of genome-wide expression changes, samples of the strong ERF6-overexpressing line (ERF6IOE-S) and the control line (GFP:IOE) were harvested 4 h after transfer to DEX. Two µg of pure RNA samples were hybridized to AGRONOMICS1 Arabidopsis Tiling Arrays (Rehrauer et al., 2010) at the VIB Microarray Facility (Leuven, Belgium).
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| Contributor(s) |
Dubois M, Skirycz A, Claeys H, Maleux K, Dhondt S, De Bodt S, Bossche RV, De Milde L, Yoshizumi T, Matsui M, Inze D |
| Citation(s) |
23553636 |
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| Submission date |
Apr 05, 2013 |
| Last update date |
Jul 09, 2014 |
| Contact name |
Marieke Dubois |
| E-mail(s) |
madub@psb.ugent.be
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| Phone |
+32 (0)9 331 39 55
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| Organization name |
VIB-PSB
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PSB
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Systems Biology of Yield
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| Street address |
Technologiepark 927
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Ghent |
| ZIP/Postal code |
9052 |
| Country |
Belgium |
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| Platforms (1) |
| GPL14926 |
Affymetrix AGRONOMICS Tiling Array [CDF: agronomics1_TAIR9_gene] |
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| Samples (6)
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| GSM1116250 |
Control line, 4h DEX-treated, biological repeat 1 |
| GSM1116251 |
ERF6-IOE line, 4h DEX-treated, biological repeat 1 |
| GSM1116252 |
Control line, 4h DEX-treated, biological repeat 2 |
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ERF6-IOE line, 4h DEX-treated, biological repeat 2 |
| GSM1116254 |
Control line, 4h DEX-treated, biological repeat 3 |
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ERF6-IOE line, 4h DEX-treated, biological repeat 3 |
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| Relations |
| BioProject |
PRJNA196435 |
| Supplementary file |
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| GSE45830_RAW.tar |
121.9 Mb |
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TAR (of CEL) |
| Processed data included within Sample table |
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