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ArticleNature communications2025

A cis-natural antisense RNA regulates alternative polyadenylation of SlSPX5 under Pi starvation in tomato.

Shenghong Ge, Jinkai Li, Hui Ma, María Sánchez-Bermúdez, Siqun Wu, Qiuyu Lv, Fengxiao Guo, Jinsong Dong, Guojie Ma, Qingshun Quinn Li and 2 more

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Shenghong Ge *College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Jinkai Li *Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Hui Ma *Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystem, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
María Sánchez-BermúdezCentro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA/CSIC), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria-CSIC (INIA/CSIC), Campus Montegancedo, Madrid, Spain.
Siqun WuShanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Qiuyu LvCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Fengxiao GuoCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Jinsong DongCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Guojie MaCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Qingshun Quinn LiKey Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystem, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China. qqli@westernu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4105-1480
Viswanathan SatheeshGenome Informatics Facility, Office of Biotechnology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. satheesh@iastate.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8743-2847
Mingguang LeiCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China. mglei@hznu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6431-4530

Funding

Hangzhou Normal University (HNU) 2025JCXK01National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32270344National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U24A20385National Science Foundation (NSF) 2347540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative polyadenylation (APA) generates transcript diversity by producing mRNA isoforms with distinct 3' ends. Despite the critical roles that APA plays in various biological processes, the mechanisms regulating APA in response to stresses have remained poorly understood in plants. Here, we perform comprehensive analysis of APA in tomato, and focus on a phosphate (Pi)- regulated APA gene SlSPX5, encoding a putative Pi sensor protein. SlSPX5 interacts with and sequesters the transcription factor SlPHL1 in the cytosol, thereby inhibiting the expression of Pi starvation inducible genes. We discover that a cis-natural antisense RNA (cis-NAT) is activated from SlSPX5 to promote its proximal polyadenylation under Pi-depleted conditions. The transcription of this cis-NAT induces RNA Polymerase II pausing, generating Ser2 phosphorylation signals that recruit polyadenylation machinery to the 5' end of SlSPX5. Our findings demonstrate that a cis-NAT regulates APA of its cognate gene in response to Pi starvation.

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PhosphatesPlant ProteinsPolyadenylationRNA, AntisenseSolanum lycopersicumGene Expression Regulation, PlantRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IITranscription FactorsPhosphatesPlant ProteinsRNA, AntisenseRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IITranscription Factors

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PMCPMC12381167

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