Environmental genome-wide association studies across precipitation regimes reveal that the E3 ubiquitin ligase MBR1 regulates plant adaptation to rainy environments  

作　　者：Simone Castellana Paolo Maria Triozzi Matteo Dell’Acqua Elena Loreti Pierdomenico Perata 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Plant Sciences,Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna,Via Guidiccioni 10,San Giuliano Terme(Pisa),Italy [2]Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology,CNR,National Research Council,Via Moruzzi 1,Pisa,Italy

出　　处：《Plant Communications》2024年第12期127-141,共15页植物通讯(英文)

基　　金：Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and by MUR-PRIN2022(PRIN 2022-2022YHWH9R;Next Generation EU)to P.P.and E.L.;Agritech National Research Center and received funding from the European Union Next-Generation EU(PIANO NAZIONALE DI RIPRESA E RESILIENZA(PNRR)–MISSIONE 4 COMPONENTE 2,INVESTIMENTO 1.4–D.D.103217/06/2022,CN00000022).

摘　　要：In an era characterized by rapidly changing and less-predictable weather conditions fueled by the climate crisis,understanding the mechanisms underlying local adaptation in plants is of paramount importance for the conservation of species.As the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events increase,so are the flooding events resulting from soil water saturation.The subsequent onset of hypoxic stress is one of the leading causes of crop damage and yield loss.By combining genomics and remote sensing data,it is now possible to probe natural plant populations that have evolved in different rainfall regimes and look for molecular adaptation to hypoxia.Here,using an environmental genome-wide association study(eGWAS)of 934 non-redundant georeferenced Arabidopsis ecotypes,we have identified functional variants of the gene MED25 BINDING RING-H2 PROTEIN 1(MBR1).This gene encodes a ubiquitin-protein ligase that regulates MEDIATOR25(MED25),part of a multiprotein complex that interacts with transcription factors that act as key drivers of the hypoxic response in Arabidopsis,namely the RELATED TO AP2 proteins RAP2.2 and RAP2.12.Through experimental validation,we show that natural variants of MBR1 have different effects on the stability of MED25 and,in turn,on hypoxia tolerance.This study also highlights the pivotal role of the MBR1/MED25 module in establishing a comprehensive hypoxic response.Our findings show that molecular candidates for plant environmental adaptation can be effectively mined from large datasets.This thus supports the need for integration of forward and reverse genetics with robust molecular physiology validation of outcomes.

关 键 词：eGWAS HYPOXIA Arabidopsis thaliana abiotic stress natural variation MBR1 

分 类 号：Q94[生物学—植物学]