Project description:In order to elucidate the role of the single Marchantia B-GATA ortholog in response to high light intensities, a transcriptomic analysis of Marchantia polymorpha BoGa, Mpb-gata1 mutants and MpB-GATA1ox under high-ligh stress conditions was performed.
Project description:In the present study, Marchantia polymorpha Mppcs loss of function mutants were generated through CRISPR/cas9 mediated genome-editing. To assess whether the knockout of MpPCS gene affects the transcription of M. polymorpha nuclear genes in unstressed condition, the Mppcs-2 knockout mutant and Cam2 wild-type transcriptomes were compared by RNA-Seq.
Project description:Pattern-recognition receptor (PRR)-triggered immunity (PTI) plays a pivotal role in plant immunity to ward off a wide range of pathogenic microbes. The model liverwort Marchantia polymorpha is gaining popularity in investigating the evolution of plant-microbe interactions. The M. polymorpha is capable of triggering defense-related gene expression by sensing components in bacterial and fungal extracts, suggesting existence of PTI in this plant model. However, the molecular components that would form PTI in M. polymorpha have not yet been described. We show that, in M. polymorpha, lysin motif (LysM) receptor-like kinase (LYK) MpLYK1 and LYK-related (LYR) MpLYR, among four LysM receptor homologs, are required for sensing chitin and peptidoglycan (PGN) fragments and thereby triggering a series of immune responses. Phosphoproteomic analysis of M. polymorpha in response to chitin treatment comprehensively identified regulatory proteins that would shape LysM-mediated PTI. The identified proteins covered homologs of well-described PTI components in angiosperms as well as proteins whose roles in PTI are not yet determined including the blue-light receptor phototropin MpPHOT. We revealed that MpPHOT is required for a negative feedback of defense-related gene expression during PTI. Taken together, this study provides the basic framework of LysM-mediated PTI in M. polymorpha and demonstrates the utility of M. polymorpha as a plant model for discovering novel or fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying PRR-triggered immune signaling in plants.
Project description:Pattern-recognition receptor (PRR)-triggered immunity (PTI) plays a pivotal role in plant immunity to ward off a wide range of pathogenic microbes. The model liverwort Marchantia polymorpha is gaining popularity in investigating the evolution of plant-microbe interactions. The M. polymorpha is capable of triggering defense-related gene expression by sensing components in bacterial and fungal extracts, suggesting existence of PTI in this plant model. However, the molecular components that would form PTI in M. polymorpha have not yet been described. We show that, in M. polymorpha, lysin motif (LysM) receptor-like kinase (LYK) MpLYK1 and LYK-related (LYR) MpLYR, among four LysM receptor homologs, are required for sensing chitin and peptidoglycan (PGN) fragments and thereby triggering a series of immune responses. Phosphoproteomic analysis of M. polymorpha in response to chitin treatment comprehensively identified regulatory proteins that would shape LysM-mediated PTI. The identified proteins covered homologs of well-described PTI components in angiosperms as well as proteins whose roles in PTI are not yet determined including the blue-light receptor phototropin MpPHOT. We revealed that MpPHOT is required for a negative feedback of defense-related gene expression during PTI. Taken together, this study provides the basic framework of LysM-mediated PTI in M. polymorpha and demonstrates the utility of M. polymorpha as a plant model for discovering novel or fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying PRR-triggered immune signaling in plants.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Marchantia polymorpha Takaragaike-1 wild-type genotype, in samples from intact plants (NW, non-wounded) and from wounded plants, both in locally damaged tissue (W, wounded) and in systemic non-wounded tissues of the damaged plants (SD, systemic tissues of damaged plants)
Project description:Most of our current knowledge about the molecular events ruling plant-virus interaction come from studies focusing on vascular plants. We here characterized the molecular, cellular and physiological events goberning plant-virus interactions in the non-vascular liverwort Marchantia polymorpha.
Project description:RNA-seq of Marchantia polymorpha Mpb-gata1 mutants was performed in order to investigate their molecular signature of gene expression changes.
Project description:Pattern-recognition receptor (PRR)-triggered immunity (PTI) plays a pivotal role in plant immunity to ward off a wide range of pathogenic microbes. The model liverwort Marchantia polymorpha is gaining popularity in investigating the evolution of plant-microbe interactions. The M. polymorpha is capable of triggering defense-related gene expression by sensing components in bacterial and fungal extracts, suggesting existence of PTI in this plant model. However, the molecular components that would form PTI in M. polymorpha have not yet been described. We show that, in M. polymorpha, lysin motif (LysM) receptor-like kinase (LYK) MpLYK1 and LYK-related (LYR) MpLYR, among four LysM receptor homologs, are required for sensing chitin and peptidoglycan (PGN) fragments and thereby triggering a series of immune responses. Phosphoproteomic analysis of M. polymorpha in response to chitin treatment comprehensively identified regulatory proteins that would shape LysM-mediated PTI. The identified proteins covered homologs of well-described PTI components in angiosperms as well as proteins whose roles in PTI are not yet determined including the blue-light receptor phototropin MpPHOT. We revealed that MpPHOT is required for a negative feedback of defense-related gene expression during PTI. Taken together, this study provides the basic framework of LysM-mediated PTI in M. polymorpha and demonstrates the utility of M. polymorpha as a plant model for discovering novel or fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying PRR-triggered immune signaling in plants.