展开蛋白质反应的bZIP因子与PIF4相互作用,促进热态生成
Dan Zhang1, Haiying Xu1, Nam-Hai Chua2
1Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Nature communications
|December 30, 2025
概括
温暖的温度会触发植物内质网膜的压力,激活未折叠蛋白质反应 (UPR). 这种UPR通路涉及特定的bZIP转录因子,通过与PIF4相互作用,在高温下增强植物生长.
科学领域:
- 植物生物学 植物生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 压力生理学 压力生理学
背景情况:
- 阿拉比多普西斯植物表现出热态生成,这是对温暖温度的适应性生长反应.
- 植物染色体B (phyB) -植物染色体-交互因子4 (PIF4) 模块是热态生成的主要调节器.
- 额外的信号通路的作用,如内质网膜 (ER) 应激,在热态生成中还没有完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查ER应激和未折叠蛋白反应 (UPR) 在植物热态发生过程中的参与.
- 阐明ER应力信号与phyb-PIF4模块相互作用的分子机制.
- 确定涉及调解温暖条件下的植物适应生长的关键转录因子.
主要方法:
- 对植物对高温 (29°C) 的反应进行分析.
- 研究ER压力标志物和UPR激活的研究.
- 涉及UPR相关的bZIP转录因子 (bZIP17,bZIP28,bZIP60) 和PIF4.4的遗传研究.
- 核复合体形成和基因表达分析.
主要成果:
- 温暖的温度会诱导ER压力,并激活Arabidopsis中UPR的两个臂.
- 与UPR相关的bZIP转录因子 (bZIP17,bZIP28,bZIP60) 以PIF4依赖的方式促进阴囊延长.
- 活跃的bZIP因子与核中的PIF4形成复合体,增强PIF4和其他与生长相关基因的表达.
- 过度表达bZIPs可以抵消phyB对PIF4稳定性的抑制作用,从而加强了热态生长.
结论:
- 定义了一个新的调节轴,将ER压力,UPR和热态生成联系起来.
- 植物与phyB-PIF4模块协调ER压力信号,以适应变暖条件.
- bZIP转录因子在调解PIF4依赖的热应激生长反应方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
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