Primary multistep phosphorelay activation comprises both cytokinin and abiotic stress responses in Brassicaceae

Multistep phosphorelay (MSP) signaling integrates hormonal and environmental signals to control plant development and adaptive responses. The type-A RESPONSE REGULATORs (RRAs), the downstream members of the MSP cascade and cytokinin primary response genes, are supposed to mediate primarily the negat...

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Main Authors Katrina Leslie Nicolas Mala, Skalak, Jan, Zemlyanskaya, Elena, Dolgikh, Vladislav, Jedlickova, Veronika, Robert-Boisivon, Helene, Havlickova, Lenka, Panzarova, Klara, Trtilek, Martin, Bancroft, Ian, Hejatko, Jan
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LanguageEnglish
Published Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 14.11.2023
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Brassica napus
Brassica oleracea
Brassica rapa
Brassicaceae
Cytokinins
Evolutionary conservation
Phylogeny
Rape plants
Up-regulation
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Summary:Multistep phosphorelay (MSP) signaling integrates hormonal and environmental signals to control plant development and adaptive responses. The type-A RESPONSE REGULATORs (RRAs), the downstream members of the MSP cascade and cytokinin primary response genes, are supposed to mediate primarily the negative feedback regulation of (cytokinin-induced) MSP signaling. However, the transcriptional data suggest the involvement of RRAs in stress-related responses as well. By employing evolutionary conservation with the well-characterized Arabidopsis thaliana RRAs, we identified 5 and 38 novel putative RRAs in Brassica oleracea and Brassica napus, respectively. Our phylogenetic analysis suggests the existence of gene-specific selective pressure, maintaining the homologs of ARR3, ARR6, and ARR16 as singletons during the evolution of Brassica oleracea and Brassica rapa. We categorized RRAs based on the kinetics of their cytokinin-mediated upregulation and observed both similarities and specificities in this type of response across Brassicaceae. Using bioinformatic analysis and experimental data demonstrating the cytokinin responsiveness of Arabidopsis-derived TCSv2 reporter, we unveil the mechanistic conservation of cytokinin-mediated upregulation of RRAs in Brassica rapa and Brassica napus. Notably, we identify partial cytokinin dependency of cold stress-induced RRA transcription, thus corroborating the role of cytokinin signaling in the crop adaptive responses.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.
DOI:10.1101/2023.11.14.567013