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ArticlePhotochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology2023

UV-B-induced modulation of constitutive heterochromatin content in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Philippe Johann To Berens, Kinga Golebiewska, Jackson Peter, Sébastien Staerck, Jean Molinier

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Article in Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genome-wide CG hypomethylation of theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  2. Plant tolerance mechanisms to DNA-damaging UV stress.Journal of experimental botany · 2025
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  3. Climate change and plant genomic plasticity.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Philippe Johann To BerensInstitut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Kinga GolebiewskaInstitut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Jackson PeterInstitut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Sébastien StaerckInstitut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Jean MolinierInstitut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67000, Strasbourg, France. jean.molinier@ibmp-cnrs.unistra.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8081-5933
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-20-CE20-002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sunlight regulates transcriptional programs and triggers the shaping of the genome throughout plant development. Among the different sunlight wavelengths that reach the surface of the Earth, UV-B (280-315 nm) controls the expression of hundreds of genes for the photomorphogenic responses and also induces the formation of photodamage that interfere with genome integrity and transcriptional programs. The combination of cytogenetics and deep-learning-based analyses allowed determining the location of UV-B-induced photoproducts and quantifying the effects of UV-B irradiation on constitutive heterochromatin content in different Arabidopsis natural variants acclimated to various UV-B regimes. We identified that UV-B-induced photolesions are enriched within chromocenters. Furthermore, we uncovered that UV-B irradiation promotes constitutive heterochromatin dynamics that differs among the Arabidopsis ecotypes having divergent heterochromatin contents. Finally, we identified that the proper restoration of the chromocenter shape, upon DNA repair, relies on the UV-B photoreceptor, UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8). These findings shed the light on the effect of UV-B exposure and perception in the modulation of constitutive heterochromatin content in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsHeterochromatinSunlightUltraviolet RaysArabidopsis ProteinsHeterochromatinArabidopsis thalianaConstitutive heterochromatinNatural variantsPhotodamageUV-BUV-B photoreceptor

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PMID37225911
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