Article ; Online: miR778 mediates gene expression, histone modification, and DNA methylation during cyst nematode parasitism.
2022 Volume 189, Issue 4, Page(s) 2432–2453
Abstract: Despite the known critical regulatory functions of microRNAs, histone modifications, and DNA methylation in reprograming plant epigenomes in response to pathogen infection, the molecular mechanisms underlying the tight coordination of these components ... ...
Abstract | Despite the known critical regulatory functions of microRNAs, histone modifications, and DNA methylation in reprograming plant epigenomes in response to pathogen infection, the molecular mechanisms underlying the tight coordination of these components remain poorly understood. Here, we show how Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) miR778 coordinately modulates the root transcriptome, histone methylation, and DNA methylation via post-transcriptional regulation of the H3K9 methyltransferases SU(var)3-9 homolog 5 (SUVH5) and SUVH6 upon infection by the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii. miR778 post-transcriptionally silences SUVH5 and SUVH6 upon nematode infection. Manipulation of the expression of miR778 and its two target genes significantly altered plant susceptibility to H. schachtii. RNA-seq analysis revealed a key role of SUVH5 and SUVH6 in reprograming the transcriptome of Arabidopsis roots upon H. schachtii infection. In addition, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-seq analysis established SUVH5 and SUVH6 as the main enzymes mediating H3K9me2 deposition in Arabidopsis roots in response to nematode infection. ChIP-seq analysis also showed that these methyltransferases possess distinct DNA binding preferences in that they are targeting transposable elements under noninfected conditions and protein-coding genes in infected plants. Further analyses indicated that H3K9me2 deposition directed by SUVH5 and SUVH6 contributes to gene expression changes both in roots and in nematode feeding sites and preferentially associates with CG DNA methylation. Together, our results uncovered multi-layered epigenetic regulatory mechanisms coordinated by miR778 during Arabidopsis-H. schachtii interactions. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Arabidopsis/metabolism ; Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics ; Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism ; Cysts/genetics ; Cysts/metabolism ; DNA Methylation/genetics ; Gene Expression ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Histone Code ; Methyltransferases/metabolism ; Plant Diseases/genetics ; Plant Roots/genetics ; Plant Roots/metabolism ; Tylenchoidea |
Chemical Substances | Arabidopsis Proteins ; Methyltransferases (EC 2.1.1.-) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-05-17 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
ZDB-ID | 208914-2 |
ISSN | 1532-2548 ; 0032-0889 |
ISSN (online) | 1532-2548 |
ISSN | 0032-0889 |
DOI | 10.1093/plphys/kiac228 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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