Envolvimento dos quatro genes bZIPs do Grupo C de Arabidopsis thaliana na sinalização por glicose, manose e ABA / Functional analysis of the Arabidopsis Group C bZIPs homologous to the maize Opaque-2 regulator

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

15/02/2008

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In the model eudicot organism A. thaliana (Arabidopsis), four genes encoding bZIP transcription regulatory factors that are homologous to the maize Opaque-2 (O2) locus were identified. O2 is a key regulator of the carbon to nitrogen balance and of the prolamine type storage proteins synthesis during seed development. The Arabidopsis genes, AtbZIP9, the two paralogues AtbZIP10 and AtbZIP25 and AtbZIP63, the most probable O2-ortholgue, together form group C bZIP genes. AtbZIP9 is likely to be involved in phloem development while AtbZIP10 is related to stress responses but is also required for the regulation of seed storage protein genes very much like AtbZIP25. Finally, AtbZIP63 seems to be involved in the control of the energetic balance. In order to get new and relevant information about the role of the group C bZIP genes and consequently obtain new insight into the evolution of the O2-related functions in angiosperms, we initiated a detailed characterization of the regulation of group C members in response to hormonal signals and sugars. We show here that two hexoses, glucose and mannose as well as abscisic acid (ABA) are the only signals that transiently modulated the expression of group C bZIP genes, suggesting they are players in the response induced by these signals. While glucose is shown to repress the expression of AtbZIP9 and AtbZIP63 and to induce AtbZIP25 expression ABA is able to repress the expression of AtbZIP63 and mannose represses the expression of AtbZIP25 and AtbZIP63. In Arabidopsis, hexokinase1 (HXK1) is a glucose sensor that may trigger abscisic acid (ABA) synthesis and sensitivity to mediate glucose-induced inhibition of seedling development. We report that the short term regulation of the expression of AtbZIP9, AtbZIP63 by glucose and the repression of AtbZIP25 and AtbZIP63 by mannose are HXK1-independent and for AtbZIP25 and AtbZIP63, these regulations partly rely on ABA synthesis. It also shown that the activation of AtbZIP25 expression by glucose relies on ABI5 while its repression by mannose appears to be ABA2- and ABI4-dependent. Glucose repression of AtbZIP63 expression seems to involve an ABA2- and ABI5-dependent pathway which is repressed by ABI4. We also reveal that the regulations of AtbZIP63 by mannose and of AtbZIP9 by glucose do not require ABA, ABI4 or ABI5. The differential dependence of glucose and manose-induced regulation of AtbZIP63 and AtbZIP25 expression for ABI5 and ABI4 indicates that both hexoses act through distinct transduction pathways and highlights the importance of mannose as a regulatory metabolite. A synergetic repression of AtbZIP63 by ABA and glucose, which possibly reflects a post-transciptional regulatory scheme of AtbZIP63 expression, was uncovered. Together, the data suggests that AtbZIP63 is a key nod of the ABA (abiotic stress) and glucose (energetic balance) crosstalk network allowing to efficiently adjust the response to abiotic stresses according to the energetic status of the organism.

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glicose manose aba bzip sinalização de planta glucose mannose aba bzip plant signalling

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