Examinando por Autor "Ariel, Federico"

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    The lncRNA APOLO and the transcription factor WRKY42 target common cell wall EXTENSIN encoding genes to trigger root hair cell elongation
    (Bellwether Publishing, Ltd., 2021) Martínez Pacheco, Javier; Mansilla, Natanael; Moison, Michaël; Lucero, Leandro; Gabarain, Victoria Berdion; Ariel, Federico; Estevez, José M.
    Plant long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are key chromatin dynamics regulators, directing the transcriptional programs driving a wide variety of developmental outputs. Recently, we uncovered how the lncRNA AUXIN REGULATED PROMOTER LOOP (APOLO) directly recognizes the locus encoding the root hair (RH) master regulator ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 6 (RHD6) modulating its transcriptional activation and leading to low temperature-induced RH elongation. We further demonstrated that APOLO interacts with the transcription factor WRKY42 in a novel ribonucleoprotein complex shaping RHD6 epigenetic environment and integrating signals governing RH growth and development. In this work, we expand this model showing that APOLO is able to bind and positively control the expression of several cell wall EXTENSIN (EXT) encoding genes, including EXT3, a key regulator for RH growth. Interestingly, EXT3 emerged as a novel common target of APOLO and WRKY42. Furthermore, we showed that the ROS homeostasis-related gene NADPH OXIDASE C (NOXC) is deregulated upon APOLO overexpression, likely through the RHD6-RSL4 pathway, and that NOXC is required for low temperature-dependent enhancement of RH growth. Collectively, our results uncover an intricate regulatory network involving the APOLO/WRKY42 hub in the control of master and effector genes during RH development.
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    Transcription factor NAC1 activates expression of peptidase-encoding AtCEPs in roots to limit root hair growth
    (American Society of Plant Biologists, 2024) Rodríguez-García, Diana R.; Rondón Guerrero, Yossmayer del Carmen; Ferrero, Lucía; Rossi, Andrés Hugo; Miglietta, Esteban A.; Aptekmann, Ariel A.; Marzol, Eliana; Pacheco, Javier Martínez; Carignani, Mariana; Gabarain, Victoria Berdion; Lopez, Leonel E.; Dominguez, Gabriela Díaz; Borassi, Cecilia; Sánchez-Serrano, José Juan; Xu, Lin; Nadra, Alejandro D.; Rojo, Enrique; Ariel, Federico; Estevez, José M.
    Plant genomes encode a unique group of papain-type Cysteine EndoPeptidases (CysEPs) containing a KDEL endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal (KDEL-CysEPs or CEPs). CEPs process the cell-wall scaffolding EXTENSIN (EXT) proteins that regulate de novo cell-wall formation and cell expansion. Since CEPs cleave EXTs and EXT-related proteins, acting as cell-wall-weakening agents, they may play a role in cell elongation. The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome encodes 3 CEPs (AtCPE1-AtCEP3). Here, we report that the genes encoding these 3 Arabidopsis CEPs are highly expressed in root-hair (RH) cell files. Single mutants have no evident abnormal RH phenotype, but atcep1-3 atcep3-2 and atcep1-3 atcep2-2 double mutants have longer RHs than wild-type (Wt) plants, suggesting that expression of AtCEPs in root trichoblasts restrains polar elongation of the RH. We provide evidence that the transcription factor NAC1 (petunia NAM and Arabidopsis ATAF1, ATAF2, and CUC2) activates AtCEPs expression in roots to limit RH growth. Chromatin immunoprecipitation indicates that NAC1 binds to the promoter of AtCEP1, AtCEP2, and, to a lower extent, AtCEP3 and may directly regulate their expression. Inducible NAC1 overexpression increases AtCEP1 and AtCEP2 transcript levels in roots and leads to reduced RH growth while the loss of function nac1-2 mutation reduces AtCEP1-AtCEP3 gene expression and enhances RH growth. Likewise, expression of a dominant chimeric NAC1-SRDX repressor construct leads to increased RH length. Finally, we show that RH cell walls in the atcep1-3 atcep3-2 double mutant have reduced levels of EXT deposition, suggesting that the defects in RH elongation are linked to alterations in EXT processing and accumulation. Our results support the involvement of AtCEPs in controlling RH polar growth through EXT processing and insolubilization at the cell wall. © 2024 The Author(s).