Autophagy and multivesicular body pathways cooperate to protect sulfur assimilation and chloroplast functions
Autophagy and multivesicular body pathways cooperate to protect sulfur assimilation and chloroplast functions
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自噬和多泡体途径协同保护硫同化和叶绿体功能
DOI:
10.1093/plphys/kiad133
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发表时间:
2023
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Chen, Zhixiang
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作者:
Fu, Yunting;Fan, Baofang;Li, Xifeng;Bao, Hexigeduleng;Zhu, Cheng;Chen, Zhixiang
Autophagy and multivesicular bodies (MVBs) represent 2 closely related lysosomal/vacuolar degradation pathways. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), autophagy is stress-induced, with deficiency in autophagy causing strong defects in stress responses but limited effects on growth. LYST-INTERACTING PROTEIN 5 (LIP5) is a key regulator of stress-induced MVB biogenesis, and mutation ofLIP5also strongly compromises stress responses with little effect on growth in Arabidopsis. To determine the functional interactions of these 2 pathways in Arabidopsis, we generated mutations in both theLIP5andAUTOPHAGY-RELATED PROTEIN(ATG) genes.atg5/lip5andatg7/lip5double mutants displayed strong synergistic phenotypes in fitness characterized by stunted growth, early senescence, reduced survival, and greatly diminished seed production under normal growth conditions. Transcriptome and metabolite analysis revealed that chloroplast sulfate assimilation was specifically downregulated at early seedling stages in theatg7/lip5double mutant prior to the onset of visible phenotypes. Overexpression of adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate reductase 1, a key enzyme in sulfate assimilation, substantially improved the growth and fitness of theatg7/lip5double mutant. Comparative multi-omic analysis further revealed that theatg7/lip5double mutant was strongly compromised in other chloroplast functions including photosynthesis and primary carbon metabolism. Premature senescence and reduced survival ofatg/lip5double mutants were associated with increased accumulation of reactive oxygen species and overactivation of stress-associated programs. Blocking PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT 4 and salicylic acid signaling prevented early senescence and death of theatg7/lip5double mutant. Thus, stress-responsive autophagy and MVB pathways play an important cooperative role in protecting essential chloroplast functions including sulfur assimilation under normal growth conditions to suppress salicylic-acid-dependent premature cell-death and promote plant growth and fitness.