National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
Sci Rep. 2017 Jun 13;7(1):3408. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03632-w.
Both phytohormones and non-coding microRNAs (miRNAs) play important role in root development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mature miR166/165 s, which are derived from precursor transcripts of concerned genes, regulate developmental processes, including leaf and root patterning, by targeting Class III HOMEODOMAIN LEUCINE-ZIPPER (HD-ZIP III) transcription factors (TFs). However, their regulation through hormones remained poorly understood. Here, we show that several phytohormones dynamically regulate the spatio-temporal expression pattern of miR166/165 and target HD-ZIP IIIs in developing roots. Hormone signaling pathway mutants show differential expression pattern of miR166/165, providing further genetic evidence for multilayered regulation of these genes through phytohormones. We further show that a crosstalk of at least six different phytohormones regulate the miR166/165, their target HD-ZIP IIIs, and KANADI (KANs). Our results suggest that HD-ZIP IIIs mediated root development is modulated both transcriptionally through phytohormones and KANs, and post-transcriptionally by miR166/165 that in turn are also regulated by the phytohormonal crosstalk.
植物激素和非编码 microRNAs(miRNAs)在拟南芥根发育中都发挥着重要作用。成熟的 miR166/165s 来源于相关基因的前体转录本,通过靶向 III 类同源异型域亮氨酸拉链(HD-ZIP III)转录因子(TFs)来调节发育过程,包括叶片和根的模式形成。然而,它们通过激素的调节仍然知之甚少。在这里,我们表明,几种植物激素动态调节 miR166/165 的时空表达模式,并在发育中的根中靶向 HD-ZIP IIIs。激素信号通路突变体显示出 miR166/165 的差异表达模式,为这些基因通过植物激素进行多层次调节提供了进一步的遗传证据。我们进一步表明,至少六种不同的植物激素的相互作用调节 miR166/165、其靶标 HD-ZIP IIIs 和 KANADI(KANs)。我们的研究结果表明,HD-ZIP III 介导的根发育受到植物激素和 KANs 的转录调控,以及 miR166/165 的转录后调控,而 miR166/165 反过来也受到植物激素相互作用的调控。