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Histone methyltransferase SDG8 in dehydration stress

  • School of Life Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China

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https://doi.org/10.52396/JUST-2020-0006
  • Received Date: 16 November 2020
  • Rev Recd Date: 02 February 2021
  • Publish Date: 28 February 2021
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    The covalent modifications of histone in plants have changed dynamically during the development and adaption to dehydration stress. However, the histone modification enzymes involved in dehydration stress are mostly unknown. Here, we show that the SDG8, responsible for di- and tri-methylation of H3 lysine36, is involved in dehydration stress in Arabidopsis. The expression analysis shows that mutations in SDG8 result in altering a cluster of gene transcripts, including genes in salt, cold, and dehydration stress. Loss-of-function of SDG8 displays faster transpiration, larger stomatal apertures, less sensitivity to the ABA treatment, and decreased tolerance to dehydration stress. Together, our study suggests that SDG8 might be a novel factor involved in the dehydration stress process.

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    The covalent modifications of histone in plants have changed dynamically during the development and adaption to dehydration stress. However, the histone modification enzymes involved in dehydration stress are mostly unknown. Here, we show that the SDG8, responsible for di- and tri-methylation of H3 lysine36, is involved in dehydration stress in Arabidopsis. The expression analysis shows that mutations in SDG8 result in altering a cluster of gene transcripts, including genes in salt, cold, and dehydration stress. Loss-of-function of SDG8 displays faster transpiration, larger stomatal apertures, less sensitivity to the ABA treatment, and decreased tolerance to dehydration stress. Together, our study suggests that SDG8 might be a novel factor involved in the dehydration stress process.
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    [1]
    Yuan L, Liu X, Luo M, et al. Involvement of histone modifications in plant abiotic stress responses. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2013,55(10):892-901.
    [2]
    Sani E, Herzyk P, Perrella G, et al. Hyperosmotic priming of Arabidopsis seedlings establishes a long-term somatic memory accompanied by specific changes of the epigenome. Genome Biology, 2013,14(6):R59.
    [3]
    KIM J M, To T K, Nishioka T, et al. Chromatin regulation functions in plant abiotic stress responses. Plant, Cell & Environment, 2010,33(4):604-611.
    [4]
    Kim J M, To T K, Ishida J, et al. Transition of chromatin status during the process of recovery from drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Cell Physiology, 2012,53(5):847-856.
    [5]
    Van Dijk K, Ding Y, Malkaram S, et al. Dynamic changes in genome-wide histone H3 lysine 4 methylation patterns in response to dehydration stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biology, 2010,10(1):1-12.
    [6]
    Ding Y, Avramova Z, Fromm M. The Arabidopsis trithorax-like factor ATX1 functions in dehydration stress responses via ABA-dependent and ABA-independent pathways. The Plant Journal,2011,66(5):735-744.
    [7]
    Huang S, Zhang A, Jin J B, et al. Arabidopsis histone H3K4 demethylase JMJ 17 functions in dehydration stress response. New Phytologist, 2019,223(3):1372-1387.
    [8]
    Zhao Z, Yu Y, Meyer D, et al. Prevention of early flowering by expression of FLOWERING LOCUS C requires methylation of histone H3 K36. Nature Cell Biology,2005,7(12):1256-1260.
    [9]
    Grini P E, Thorstensen T, Alm V, et al. The ASH1 HOMOLOG 2 (ASHH2) histone H3 methyltransferase is required for ovule and anther development in Arabidopsis. PloS One, 2009,4(11):e7817.
    [10]
    Tang X, Lim M H, Pelletier J, et al. Synergistic repression of the embryonic programme by SET DOMAIN GROUP 8 and EMBRYONIC FLOWER 2 in Arabidopsis seedlings. Journal of Experimental Botany,2012,63(3):1391-1404.
    [11]
    Cazzonelli C I, Cuttriss A J, Cossetto S B, et al. Regulation of carotenoid composition and shoot branching in Arabidopsis by a chromatin modifying histone methyltransferase, SDG8. The Plant Cell,2009,21(1):39-53.
    [12]
    Dong G, Ma D P, Li J. The histone methyltransferase SDG8 regulates shoot branching in Arabidopsis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2008,373(4):659-664.
    [13]
    Berr A, McCallum E J, Alioua A, et al. Arabidopsis histone methyltransferase SET DOMAIN GROUP8 mediates induction of the jasmonate/ethylene pathway genes in plant defense response to necrotrophic fungi. Plant Physiology, 2010,154(3):1403-1414.
    [14]
    Li Y, Brooks M, Yeoh-Wang J, et al. SDG8-mediated histone methylation and RNA processing function in the response to nitrate signaling. Plant Physiology, 2020,182(1):215-227.
    [15]
    Yu G, Wang L G, Han Y, et al. clusterProfiler: An R package for comparing biological themes among gene clusters. Omics: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 2012, 16(5):284-287.
    [16]
    Wan X R, Li L. Regulation of ABA level and water-stress tolerance of Arabidopsis by ectopic expression of a peanut 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2006, 347(4):1030-1038.
    [17]
    Song C, Chung W S, Lim C O. Overexpression of heat shock factor gene HsfA3 increases galactinol levels and oxidative stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Molecules and Cells, 2016, 39(6):477-483.
    [18]
    Woldesemayat A A, Ntwasa M. Pathways and network based analysis of candidate genes to reveal cross-talk and specificity in the sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L. ) Moench) responses to drought and it's co-occurring stresses. Frontiers in Genetics, 2018, 9:557.
    [19]
    Fu Y, Ma H, Chen S, et al. Control of proline accumulation under drought via a novel pathway comprising the histone methylase CAU1 and the transcription factor ANAC055. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018, 69(3):579-588.
    [20]
    Kim J S, Jung H J, Lee H J, et al. Glycine-rich RNA-binding protein7 affects abiotic stress responses by regulating stomata opening and closing in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal, 2008, 55(3):455-466.
    [21]
    Li J, Besseau S, Törönen P, et al. Defense-related transcription factors WRKY 70 and WRKY 54 modulate osmotic stress tolerance by regulating stomatal aperture in A rabidopsis. New Phytologist, 2013, 200(2):457-472.
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