Project description:Coordinated metabolism of carbon and nitrogen is essential for optimal plant growth and development. Nitrate is an important molecular signal for plant adaptation to changing environmental conditions, but how nitrate regulates plant growth under carbon deficiency conditions remains unclear. Here, we show that the evolutionarily conserved energy sensor SnRK1 negatively regulates the nitrate signaling pathway. Nitrate promoted plant growth and downstream gene expression, but such effects were significantly repressed when plants were grown under carbon deficiency conditions. Mutation of KIN10, the α-catalytic subunit of SnRK1, partially suppressed the inhibitory effects of carbon deficiency on nitrate-mediated plant growth. KIN10 phosphorylated NLP7, the master regulator of nitrate signaling pathway, to promote its cytoplasmic localization and degradation. Furthermore, nitrate depletion induced KIN10 accumulation, whereas nitrate treatment promoted KIN10 degradation. Such KIN10-mediated NLP7 regulation allows carbon and nitrate availability to control the optimal nitrate signaling and ensures the coordination of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in plants.
Project description:NLP1-9 are plant unique transcrition facotrs. To identify NLP1-9 target genes, we transiently expressed NLP1-9 in Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts and performed RNA-seq analysis. NLP1-9 individually induced specific gene expression and co-activated nitrate responsive genes expression. To study genome-wide transcriptional landscape modulated by NLP, we performed transcriptome analysis at 20 min after nitrate induction in wild type and nlp2,4,5,6,7,8,9. All nitrate responsive genes were significant reduced in nlp2,4,5,6,7,8,9 indicated that NLP transcription factors are central regulators in PNR.
Project description:Nitrate is both an important nutrient and a critical signaling molecule that regulates plant metabolism, growth, and development. Although several components of the nitrate signaling pathway have been identified, the molecular mechanism of nitrate signaling remains unclear. Here, we showed that the growth-related transcription factors HBI1 and its three closest homologs (HBIs) positively regulate nitrate signaling in plants. HBI1 is rapidly induced by nitrate through NLP6 and NLP7, which are master regulators of nitrate signaling pathway. Mutations in HBIs result in the reduced effects of nitrate on plant growth and approximately 22% nitrate-responsive genes no longer to be regulated by nitrate. HBIs increase the expression levels of a set of antioxidant genes to reduce the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plants. Nitrate treatment induces the nuclear localization of NLP7, whereas such promoting effects of nitrate are significantly impaired in the hbi-q and cat2cat3 mutants, which accumulate high levels of H2O2. These results demonstrate that HBI-mediated ROS homeostasis regulates nitrate signal transduction through modulating the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of NLP7. Overall, our findings reveal that nitrate treatment reduces the accumulation of H2O2, and H2O2 inhibits nitrate signaling, thereby forming a feedback regulatory loop to regulate plant growth and development.
Project description:bra-inra09-02_bioen_nitrogen - nitrate induction - nlp mutants - Short term nitrate induction kinetics in wildtype, nlp7-1, nlp7-3 and nlp6nlp7 - 10 days old seedling grown in liquid culture on 3mM nitrate wer starvec for N for 3 days and the kinetic for the resupply of nitrate was studied during a short kinetic (0,5, 10,20 minutes).
Project description:bra-inra09-02_bioen_nitrogen - nitrate induction - nlp mutants - Short term nitrate induction kinetics in wildtype, nlp7-1, nlp7-3 and nlp6nlp7 - 10 days old seedling grown in liquid culture on 3mM nitrate wer starvec for N for 3 days and the kinetic for the resupply of nitrate was studied during a short kinetic (0,5, 10,20 minutes). 26 dye-swap - gene knock out,time course
Project description:CHL1 functions as a nitrate sensor and also is one of major nitrate transporters responsible for nitrate responses and uptake. ANI is a protein phosphatase particiates in temporal nitrate response, its influence was analyzed in a global transcriptome study using Affymetrix ATH1 array. Two biological replicates of 10-day-old Arabidopsis root tissue from wild-type and ani1 plants were performed to explore differences in gene expression between the wild-type and ani1 mutants exposed to 200 μM nitrate for 0h (T0), 0.5h (T0.5), or 16h (T16) using Affymetrix ATH1 microarray.
Project description:Nitrate is the limiting nitrogen nutrient enabling photosynthetic plants to support the conversion of inorganic elements to organic biomass, which sustains all lives. Plants evolved multifaceted nitrate responses to modulate global gene expression, metabolism and developmental programs. However, primary nitrate signaling mechanisms remained elusive. Using an ultrasensitive Ca2+ biosensor, unique nitrate-induced Ca2+ signaling was illuminated in Arabidopsis cells and plants. Integrative functional genomic screens, chemical genetics, genome-wide transcript sequencing, and analyses of nitrate-associated traits uncovered the surprising roles of Ca2+ sensor protein kinases (CPKs) in orchestrating diverse primary and long-term nitrate responses. Nitrate specifies CPK signaling to reprogram transcriptome and govern N-assimilation, metabolism, transport, hormones, shoot growth, and root system architecture. CPKs may be targeted to enhance nitrogen-use-efficiency, reduce fertilizer demands, and alleviate ecosystem pollution.
Project description:Transciptome profileing analysis of wt, nlp6, nlp7 and nlp6nlp7 before nitrate treatment and after 35 minutes of 25mM nitrate induction. NLP7 (NIN-LIKE-PROTEIN 7) (NLP7) is the major transcriptional factor responsible for the primary nitrate response (PNR), but the role of its closest homologue , NLP6, in nitrogen signaling and the interplay between NLP6 and NLP7 remain to be elucidated. In this study, we show that, like NLP7, nuclear localization of NLP6 via a nuclear retention mechanism is nitrate-dependent, but nucleocytosolic shuttling of both NLP6 and NLP7 is independent of each other. Compared to single mutants, the nlp6 nlp7 double mutant displays a synergistic growth retardation phenotype in response to nitrate. The transcriptome analysis of primary nitrate response (the PNR) showed that NLP6 and NLP7 govern ~50% of nitrate-induced genes, with cluster analysis highlighting two distinct patterns. In the A1 cluster, NLP7 plays the major role, whereas in the A2 cluster, NLP6 and NLP7 are partially functionally redundant. Interestingly, comparing the growth phenotype and PNR under high and low nitrate conditions demonstrated that NLP6 and NLP7 exert a more dominant role in the response to high nitrate. Apart from nitrate signaling, NLP6 and NLP7 also participated in ammonium conditions . Growth phenotypes and transcriptome data uncovered revealed that NLP6 and NLP7 are completely functionally redundant, and may acting as repressors in response to ammonium. Other NLP family members also participated in the PNR, with NLP2 and NLP7 acting as broader regulators and NLP4, -5, -6, and -8 regulating PNR in a gene-dependent manner. Thus, our findings indicate that multiple modes of interplay exist between NLP6 and NLP7 that, which differ depending on nitrogen sources and gene clusters. To determine the genome-wide contributions of NLP7 and NLP6 to the overall nitrate response, we performed a transcriptomics analysis on nlp6, nlp7 and nlp6nlp7 for comparison to wild-type (Col-0) plants. A similar approach has been applied previously for NLP7 (Marchive et al., 2013), but not for NLP6. We collected root tissue before nitrate induction and 35 min after nitrate induction and assessed alterations in gene expression.
Project description:Plants modulate gene expression profile in response to nitrate through NIN-LIKE PROTEIN (NLP) transcription factors in order to promote nitrate uptake and utilization. Although there are 9 NLP proteins in Arabidopsis, NLP7 had attracted most of the attention. Here, we focused on NLP2, because the nlp2 and nlp7 knockout mutants displayed different phenotypes. To gain insight into genes whose expression was affected by the nlp2 mutation, we compared gene expression profiles in the wild-type Columiba and the nlp2 mutant that were treated with 10 mM KNO3 for 1 hour. Columbia and nlp2 that were treated with 10 mM KCl for 1 hour were used as controls. We found that nitrate induction of 6 genes was compromised only in the nlp2 mutant.