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ArticleScientific reports2022

NAC transcription factors ATAF1 and ANAC055 affect the heat stress response in Arabidopsis.

Nouf Owdah Alshareef, Sophie L Otterbach, Annapurna Devi Allu, Yong H Woo, Tobias de Werk, Iman Kamranfar, Bernd Mueller-Roeber, Mark Tester, Salma Balazadeh, Sandra M Schmöckel

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Nouf Owdah AlshareefDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8683-5521
Sophie L OtterbachDepartment Physiology of Yield Stability, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 21, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany.
Annapurna Devi AlluMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2551-3913
Yong H WooDivision of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Tobias de WerkMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2788-3806
Iman KamranfarMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9632-3717
Bernd Mueller-RoeberMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1410-464X
Mark TesterDivision of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5085-8801
Salma BalazadehMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany. s.balazadeh@biology.leidenuniv.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-5789-4071
Sandra M SchmöckelDivision of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. sandra.schmoeckel@uni-hohenheim.de.ORCID 0000-0001-5974-5136
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SAMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology · DEUniversity of Hohenheim · DEUniversity of Potsdam · DEKing Abdulaziz University · SALeiden University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pre-exposing (priming) plants to mild, non-lethal elevated temperature improves their tolerance to a later higher-temperature stress (triggering stimulus), which is of great ecological importance. 'Thermomemory' is maintaining this tolerance for an extended period of time. NAM/ATAF1/2/CUC2 (NAC) proteins are plant-specific transcription factors (TFs) that modulate responses to abiotic stresses, including heat stress (HS). Here, we investigated the potential role of NACs for thermomemory. We determined the expression of 104 Arabidopsis NAC genes after priming and triggering heat stimuli, and found ATAF1 expression is strongly induced right after priming and declines below control levels thereafter during thermorecovery. Knockout mutants of ATAF1 show better thermomemory than wild type, revealing a negative regulatory role. Differential expression analyses of RNA-seq data from ATAF1 overexpressor, ataf1 mutant and wild-type plants after heat priming revealed five genes that might be priming-associated direct targets of ATAF1: AT2G31260 (ATG9), AT2G41640 (GT61), AT3G44990 (XTH31), AT4G27720 and AT3G23540. Based on co-expression analyses applied to the aforementioned RNA-seq profiles, we identified ANAC055 to be transcriptionally co-regulated with ATAF1. Like ataf1, anac055 mutants show improved thermomemory, revealing a potential co-control of both NAC TFs over thermomemory. Our data reveals a core importance of two NAC transcription factors, ATAF1 and ANAC055, for thermomemory.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantHeat-Shock ResponseRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsANAC055 protein, ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsATAF1 protein, ArabidopsisRepressor ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID35787631
PMCPMC9253118
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