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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2015

Abscisic acid prevents the coalescence of protein storage vacuoles by upregulating expression of a tonoplast intrinsic protein gene in barley aleurone.

Sung-eun Lee, Hui-kyung Yim, Mi-na Lim, In sun Yoon, Jeong hoe Kim, Yong-sic Hwang

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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Sung-eun LeeDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
Hui-kyung YimDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
Mi-na LimDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
In sun YoonMolecular Breeding Division, Natural Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Adminstration, Suwon 441-857, Korea.
Jeong hoe KimDepartment of Biology, Kyungbook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea.
Yong-sic HwangDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea yshwang@konkuk.ac.kr.
Konkuk University · KRKyungpook National University · KRNational Academy of Agricultural Science · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIPs) are integral membrane proteins that are known to function in plants as aquaporins. Here, we propose another role for TIPs during the fusion of protein storage vacuoles (PSVs) in aleurone cells, a process that is promoted by gibberellic acid (GA) and prevented by abscisic acid (ABA). Studies of the expression of barley (Hordeum vulgare) TIP genes (HvTIP) showed that GA specifically decreased the abundance of HvTIP1;2 and HvTIP3;1 transcripts, while ABA strongly increased expression of HvTIP3;1. Increased or decreased expression of HvTIP3;1 interfered with the hormonal effects on vacuolation in aleurone protoplasts. HvTIP3;1 gain-of-function experiments delayed GA-induced vacuolation, whereas HvTIP3;1 loss-of-function experiments promoted vacuolation in ABA-treated aleurone cells. These results indicate that TIP plays a key role in preventing the coalescence of small PSVs in aleurone cells. Hormonal regulation of the HvTIP3;1 promoter is similar to the regulation of the endogenous gene, indicating that induction of the transcription of HvTIP3;1 by ABA is a critical factor in the prevention of PSV coalescence in response to ABA. Promoter analysis using deletions and site-directed mutagenesis of sequences identified three cis-acting elements that are responsible for ABA responsiveness in the HvTIP3;1 promoter. Promoter analysis also showed that ABA responsiveness of the HvTIP3;1 promoter is likely to occur via a unique regulatory system distinct from that involving the ABA-response promoter complexes.

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Up-RegulationAbscisic AcidGene Expression Regulation, PlantHordeumMembrane ProteinsPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticProtoplastsVacuolesAbscisic AcidMembrane ProteinsPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant Proteinstonoplast intrinsic protein, plantAbscisic acidaleuronecis-acting elementcoalescenceprotein storage vacuoletonoplast intrinsic protein.

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PMID25477530
PMCPMC4438444
OpenAlexW2105550893

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