GLABROUS INFLORESCENCE STEMS regulates trichome branching by genetically interacting with SIM in Arabidopsis

GLABROUS INFLORESCENCE STEMS regulates trichome branching by genetically interacting with SIM in Arabidopsis 1 first-author 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 corresp ‡Corresponding Author ‡Corresponding Author †E-mail:ygan@zju.edu.cn †E-mail:ygan@zju.edu.cn ygan@zju.edu.cn Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK Arabidopsis trichomes are large branched single cells that protrude from the epidermis. The first morphological indication of trichome development is an increase in nuclear content resulting from an initial cycle of endoreduplication. Our previous study has shown that the C2H2 zinc finger protein GLABROUS INFLORESCENCE STEMS (GIS) is required for trichome initiation in the inflorescence organ and for trichome branching in response to gibberellic acid signaling, although GIS gene does not play a direct role in regulating trichome cell division. Here, we describe a novel role of GIS , controlling trichome cell division indirectly by interacting genetically with a key endoreduplication regulator SIAMESE ( SIM ). Our molecular and genetic studies have shown that GIS might indireclty control cell division and trichome branching by acting downstream of SIM . A loss of function mutation of SIM signficantly reduced the expression of GIS . Futhermore, the overexpression of GIS rescued the trichome cluster cell phenotypes of sim mutant. The gain or loss of function of GIS had no significant effect on the expression of SIM . These results suggest that GIS may play an indirect role in regulating trichome cell division by genetically interacting with SIM . Arabidopsis thaliana GLABROUS INFLORESCENCE STEMS (GIS) Endoreduplication SIAMESE ( SIM ) Trichome branching Genetic interaction Introduction 1 Trichomes are present on most aerial organs of the plant including leaves, stems, and flower in Arabidopsis , and exist as a parrying barrier to protect plants from biotic and abiotic stress (Johnson, 1975 1975 ; Marks, 1997 1997 ; Rodney and Mark, 1997 1997 ). Trichome cells provide an excellent model system to study the interplay of different development processes and cellular functions (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ). Trichomes are initiated in the epidermis of developing organs, and their distribution is well regulated; in wild type (WT) leaves, the clustering of trichomes is rare (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ; Larkin et al., 2003 2003 ). Cells destined to become trichomes stop mitotic division and enter into an endoreduplication cycle. The trichome cells undergo four endoreduplication cycles, resulting in protrusion from the leaf surface, which is followed by two successive branching events (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ; 1999 1999 ; Schnittger et al., 2002a 2002a ; Larkin et al., 2003 2003 ; Bramsiepe et al., 2010 2010 ). Ultimately, the mature trichome develops into a three-branched structure with a DNA content of 32C. The process of trichome development is complex and involves many different genes that regulate their spacing, density, and morphology (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ; Szymanski and Marks, 1998 1998 ; Hülskamp et al., 1999 1999 ; Larkin et al., 2003 2003 ; Bramsiepe et al., 2010 2010 ). SIAMESE ( SIM ) is a plant-specific cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor, and acts as a key regulator required for endoreduplication during trichome development (Walker et al., 2000 2000 ; Churchman et al., 2006 2006 ). SIM is considered to function as a repressor of cellular division in the endoreduplication cell cycle, because loss-of-function mutations of SIM display multicellular trichomes, in contrast to the unicellular trichome of WT plants (Walker et al., 2000 2000 ; Churchman et al., 2006 2006 ). The SIM protein has a motif similar to inhibitor/interactor of cyclin-dependent kinase/Kip-related proteins (ICK/KRP) proteins, and can interact with D-type cyclins (CYCDs) and A-type CDK (CDKA) (Churchman et al., 2006 2006 ), which are typically considered to function at the G1/synthesis transition (Schnittger et al., 2002a 2002a ). The overexpression of CYCD in trichomes produces multicellular trichomes and the sim mutant phenotype is rescued when CDK inhibitor ICK1/KRP1 is expressed in the trichomes (Weinl et al., 2005 2005 ). These results suggest that SIM acts within the CYCD-CDKA complexes to repress mitotic cycles. In addition, overexpression of the B-type cyclin ( CYCB ), which regulates the G2/M transition (Lilly and Duronio, 2005 2005 ), results in a phenotype similar to that of the sim mutant (Schnittger et al., 2002b 2002b ). The detection of the CYCB transcript in the sim mutant, but not WT trichomes, indicates that SIM may inhibit CYCB expression (Schnittger et al., 2002b 2002b ). Furthermore, SIM has been shown to cooperate with CCS52/Fizzy-Related (FZR) family protein, which functions as an activator of anaphase-promoting complex, to establish endoreduplication in the trichome (Cebolla et al., 1999 1999 ; Kasili et al., 2010 2010 ). Mutations that affect the number of endoreduplication cycles also lead to trichomes with supernumerary or reduced numbers of branches (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ). Generally, DNA content correlates well with trichome branching, such that mutants with a reduced DNA content have fewer branches, and mutants with increased ploidy levels have more branches (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ; Folkers et al., 1997 1997 ; Bramsiepe et al., 2010 2010 ). GLABRA3 ( GL3 ) and TRIPTYCHON ( TRY ) regulate not only trichome initiation, but also endoreduplication cycles (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ; Szymanski and Marks, 1998 1998 ; Payne et al., 2000 2000 ). GL3 , which encodes a helix-loop-helix transcription factor, is thought to facilitate the rapid growth of the trichome cell; mutation of the gl3 locus results in an average DNA content of 16C, reduced trichome branching, and reduced trichome size (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ). Further evidence indicates that GL3 acts upstream of FURCA4 ( FRC4 ), which positively regulates the trichome branching (Luo and Oppenheimer, 1999 1999 ; Plett et al., 2009 2009 ). TRY , which encodes a small single R3-MYB-repeat protein (Szymanski and Marks, 1998 1998 ), regulates lateral suppression during the process of trichome fate determination. Trichomes of the try mutant have increased branching and an average DNA content of 64C, which suggests an additional endoreduplication cycle has occurred (Szymanski and Marks, 1998 1998 ; Rao and Venkatachalam, 1999 1999 ; Schellmann et al., 2002 2002 ). Genes which influence the branch number without affecting endoreduplication have also been identified. The STICHEL ( STI ) gene, which encodes a novel protein containing a domain similar to eubacterial DNA-polymerase III γ subunits (Bertram et al., 1998 1998 ; Ilgenfritz et al., 2003 2003 ), is considered to be one of the most important contributors for trichome branching. All trichomes are unbranched in the sti mutant, but endoreduplication levels were not affected in both sti mutants and STI overexpressors (Ilgenfritz et al., 2003 2003 ). BRANCHLESS TRICHOMES ( BLT ) gene, which encodes a protein of hitherto unknown function, was also reported to play a key role in trichome branch cell endoreduplication (Kasili et al., 2010 2010 ). blt mutant was found to enhance the multicellular trichome phenotype of mutants in the SIAMESE ( SIM ) gene and BLT interacts both genetically and physically with STI to regulate trichome branch, although blt mutants show normal trichome DNA content (Kasili et al., 2010 2010 ). Previously, we reported the discovery and identification of four Arabidopsis C2H2 zinc finger protein genes, GIS , GIS2 , ZFP5 , and ZFP8 , which through hormone signalling, stimulate trichome initiation in inflorescence organs and cauline leaves (Gan et al., 2006 2006 ; 2007 2007 ). As stated above, in general, a correlation exists between the trichome branch number and the DNA content (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ; Folkers et al., 1997 1997 ; Bramsiepe et al., 2010 2010 ); however, GIS functions to suppress trichome branching, but it not required for endoreduplication (An et al., 2012 2012 ). Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate further the role of GIS in the regulation of trichome cell division, by exploring the genetic interaction between GIS and SIM . Materials and methods 1 Plant materials and growth condition 2 Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia Col-0 was used for all experiments. Seeds were surface-sterilized and sown on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 4.4 g/L MS powder (Sigma), 1% sucrose (Sigma), and 0.5% agar. Seeds were imbibed for 2 d at 4 °C, before being transferred to long day conditions (16 h light/8 h dark) at 22 °C. Seedlings of a similar size were transferred to soil 7–8 d after germination on MS media (Gan et al., 2006 2006 ). Trichome branching phenotypes were analyzed at 35 d after sowing, when the plants had bolted. The numbers of trichome branches on the adaxial surface of the 3rd, 4th, and 8th rosette leaves were recorded. At least 16 plants per genotype were used for the trichome branch counting analysis. All experiments were duplicated. The sim mutant was a gift from Prof. Martin HÜLSKAMP (University of Cologne, Germany). Construction of double mutant 2 The gis sim double mutant was constructed by crossing gis and sim homozygous mutants. F2 populations were screened for homozygous double mutants on selective MS medium containing sulfadiazine (50 mg/L) for gis mutant, and then verified by genomic polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The homozygous double mutant was also self-crossed to ensure that the homozygous double mutant gis sim did not exhibit a trichome segregation phenotype. RNA extraction and real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) 2 RNA was extracted using the TRIzol™ reagent (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. All RNA was isolated from pooled samples of at least eight 21-d old plants. The primers used for quantitative RT-PCR analysis were as follows: GIS (GISQF1: 5′-TTCATGAACGTCGAATCCTTCTC-3′; GISQR1: 5′-ACGAATGGGTTTAGGGTTCTTATCT-3′), SIM (SIMQF: 5′-CCATCTTGAATTTCCCACCAGCCATC-3′; SIMQR: 5′-GCAGCCGCCGCCGTCATCATCTC-3′), UBQ10 (UBQ10F1: 5′-GGTTCGTACCTTTGTCCAAGCA-3′; UBQ10R1: 5′-CCTTCGTTAAACCAAGCTCAGTATC-3′). cDNA synthesis and RT-PCR were conducted as described by Gan et al. ( 2010 2010 ). Optimization experiments were performed to establish the optimal concentration of primers. Melt curve analysis and gel electrophoresis of the PCR products were used to confirm the absence of non-specific amplification products. Transcripts from an ubiquitin gene ( UBQ10 ) were detected and used as an endogenous control. Relative expression levels were calculated by subtracting the C t (threshold cycle) values for UBQ10 from those of the target gene (to give ∆ C t ) and then calculating 2 −∆ C t (Gan et al., 2005 2005 ). Molecular cloning 2 The cloning of the 35S:GIS construct has been previously reported (Gan et al., 2006 2006 ). In brief, the 35S:GIS construct was introduced into Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain GV3101. Agrobacterium- mediated transformation of all Arabidopsis genotypes was performed using the floral dip method (Clough and Bent, 1998 1998 ), and transgenic seeds were selected using hygromycin (Gan et al., 2006 2006 ). Statistical analyses 2 All presented data were tested for significance by means of analysis of variance using Statistix program Version 3.5 (Analytical Software, USA). A Student’s t -test was calculated at the probability of either 5% ( P < 0.05) or 1% ( P < 0.01) as previously described (Bao et al., 2011 2011 ; Gan et al., 2011 2011 ). Results 1 Knockout of SIM affects the expression of GIS 2 The expression of GIS in the sim mutant was determined, which was significantly reduced in sim mutant plants in comparison to that in WT plants (Fig. 1a 1a ). However, the expression of SIM in GIS loss of function mutants was not significantly different from the WT control (Fig. 1b 1b ). The expression of SIM in 35S:GIS transgenic plants was also measured and results show that the SIM transcript was not significantly affected (Fig. 1c 1c ). These results suggest that GIS acts downstream of SIM to regulate trichome branching. (a) GIS relative expression level in the sim mutant in comparison to that of the wild type; (b) SIM relative expression level in gis mutant in comparison to that of the wild type; (c) Expression levels of GIS and SIM in 35S:GIS transgenic plants in comparison to those of the wild type. The relative gene expression value (mean±standard deviation (SD), n =3) was calculated by using UBQ10 as the housekeeping gene against the wild type. The t -test was calculated at either 5% ( * P < 0.05) or at 1% ( ** P < 0.01) probability GIS functions downstream of SIM to regulate trichome branching 2 In the WT plants, most of the trichomes on rosette leaves are three-branched (Fig. 2a 2a ; Tables 1 1 – 4 4 ). However, in the gis mutant background, five-branched trichomes were observed on the 8th rosette leaves (Fig. 2c 2c ; Tables 1 1 and 2 2 ), which confirms that GIS acts to suppress trichome branching (An et al., 2012 2012 ). The sim mutant exhibited abundant trichome clustering on the rosette leaves (Fig. 2b 2b ; Tables 1 1 and 3 3 ). These clusters are considered to be an abnormal trichome phenotype (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ; Larkin et al., 2003 2003 ). To assess the genetic interaction between GIS and SIM further, GIS was overexpressed in a sim background. The abnormal branching phenotype of the sim mutant on the rosette leaves was rescued by this GIS overexpression (Fig. 2d 2d ; Tables 1 1 and 3 3 ). In 35S:GIS-sim transgenic plants, we did not observe any trichome clusters on the 3rd, 4th, and 8th rosette leaves (Tables 1 1 – 3 3 ). Furthermore, the results show that the percentages of one- and two-branched trichomes in 35S:GIS-sim plants were significantly increased while those of the three-branched trichomes on the 3rd and 4th rosette leaves in 35S:GIS-sim plants were significantly decreased in comparison to those of the WT and sim mutant (Table 4 4 ). In the case of the 8th rosette leaves, the percentage of one-branched trichomes was also significantly increased, while the percentage of four-branched trichomes was significantly decreased (Table 2 2 ). These results are consistent with our previous findings that the overexpression of GIS suppresses trichome branching (An et al., 2012 2012 ). These results indicate a genetic interaction between GIS and SIM to control the trichome branching. Trichome branching phenotypes were observed on the 8th rosette leaves of different genotypes. (a) In wild type, most of the trichomes are three-branched; (b) sim mutants frequently produce cluster trichomes; (c) Trichomes possess five-branched in gis background; (d) In trichome branching phenotype of 35S:GIS - sim transgenic plants, no cluster trichomes could be found Trichomes were counted on the adaxial surface of the 8th rosette leaves of 16 plants. Values indicate mean±standard deviation (SD) ( n =16). All significant test analyses were done using the corresponding wild type data as the control. The experiment was repeated at least once with similar results t -test was calculated at the probability of 5% ( P < 0.05) t -test was calculated at the probability of 1% ( P < 0.01) 2 Line 6 Number of branches a a 1 2 3 4 5 Cluster Wild type ( Col ) 0±0 4.0±1.3 22.2±6.2 1.5±0.8 0±0 0±0 gis 0±0 2.4±1.5 * * 20.7±4.0 6.5±1.5 ** ** 0.2±0.4 ** ** 0±0 sim 1.0±0.5 ** ** 2.7±1.1 ** ** 26.4±5.7 * * 1.5±0.5 0±0 1.7±1.9 ** ** 35S:GIS-sim 1.1±1.3 ** ** 4.8±1.8 32.4±7.5 ** ** 0±0 0±0 0±0 gis sim 0±0 2.4±1.5 * * 22.2±5.7 5.4±1.3 ** ** 0±0 0±0 Trichomes were counted on the adaxial surface of the 8th rosette leaves of 16 plants. Values indicate mean±standard deviation (SD) ( n =16). All significant test analyses were done using the corresponding wild type data as the control. The experiment was repeated at least once with similar results t -test was calculated at the probability of 5% ( P < 0.05) t -test was calculated at the probability of 1% ( P < 0.01) 2 Line 6 Percentage of trichome branches a a 1 2 3 4 5 Cluster Wild type ( Col ) 0±0 14.8±3.3 81.6±7.2 3.6±1.8 0±0 0±0 gis 0±0 8.2±2.4 ** ** 69.2±3.0 ** ** 21.9±2.5 ** ** 0.7±0.4 ** ** 0±0 sim 2.9±0.5 ** ** 8.0±1.1 ** ** 79.4±6.7 4.5±2.3 0±0 5.2±2.0 ** ** 35S:GIS-sim 2.9±1.8 ** ** 12.5±2.8 84.6±5.1 0±0 ** ** 0±0 0±0 gis sim 0±0 7.9±5.5 ** ** 74.2±7.4 * * 17.9±5.9 ** ** 0±0 0±0 Trichomes were counted on the adaxial surface of the 8th rosette leaves of 16 plants. Values indicate mean±standard deviation (SD) ( n =16). All significant test analyses were done using the corresponding wild type data as the control. The experiment was repeated at least once with similar results t -test was calculated at the probability of 5% ( P < 0.05) t -test was calculated at the probability of 1% ( P < 0.01) 2 Line 6 Number of branches a a 1 2 3 4 5 Cluster Wild type ( Col ) 2.2±1.2 9.2±3.4 59.4±11.7 0±0 0±0 0±0 gis 1.0+1.1 8.3±2.7 63.1±9.9 8.1±3.3 ** ** 0±0 0±0 sim 1.9±1.6 7.1±3.4 52.4±7.9 * * 2.0±1.8 ** ** 0±0 9.6±3.3 ** ** 35S:GIS-sim 14.6±5.2 ** ** 57.1±17.7 ** ** 94.3±26.7 ** ** 0±0 0±0 0±0 gis sim 0.9±1.5 8.4±2.5 60.1±9.1 4.7±1.9 ** ** 0±0 0±0 Trichomes were counted on the adaxial surface of the 8th rosette leaves of 16 plants. Values indicate mean±standard deviation (SD) ( n =16). All significant test analyses were done using the corresponding wild type data as the control. The experiment was repeated at least once with similar results t -test was calculated at the probability of 5% ( P < 0.05) t -test was calculated at the probability of 1% ( P < 0.01) 2 Line 6 Percentage of trichome branches a a 1 2 3 4 5 Cluster Wild type ( Col ) 2.9±1.3 18.7±7.9 78.4±7.3 0±0 0±0 0±0 gis 1.3±0.8 * * 10.3±3.7 ** ** 78.4±3.8 10.0±3.0 ** ** 0±0 0±0 sim 2.6±1.2 9.7±1.8 ** ** 71.9±5.1 * * 2.7±1.4 ** ** 0±0 13.1±3.5 ** ** 35S:GIS-sim 8.8±2.0 ** ** 34.4±5.6 ** ** 56.8±5.2 ** ** 0±0 0±0 0±0 gis sim 1.2±2.7 * * 11.3±4.3 * * 81.2±3.7 6.3±3.8 ** ** 0±0 0±0 To further study the genetic relationship between GIS and SIM , the clustering and branching of trichomes in the sim , gis , and gis sim double mutants were analyzed. As shown in Tables 1 1 and 3 3 , the clustering of trichomes was not found in the gis sim double mutant on either of 3rd, 4th, and 8th rosette leaves. The trichome branching pattern of gis sim plants most closely resembled that of gis single mutant phenotype (Tables 2 2 and 4 4 ). Taken together with results from gene expression data and genetic interaction analyses, we conclude that GIS acts downstream of SIM to control trichome branching and cell division in an indirect manner. Discussion and conclusions 1 The development of eukaryotes requires coordinated cell division and growth to produce specific organs and tissues (Churchman et al., 2006 2006 ). The cell cycle is essential in the establishment of developmental procedures, because it determines the cell type and function, as well as the types and functions of the organs and tissues (Lilly and Duronio, 2005 2005 ). In Arabidopsis , no differentiation of the epidermal cells of aerial organs is apparent until cells switch from mitotic division to endoreduplication, which initiates the differentiation into trichome cells, where endoreduplication levels also influence the degree of trichome branching (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ; Ishida et al., 2008 2008 ; Bramsiepe et al., 2010 2010 ; Tominaga-Wada et al., 2011 2011 ). Reduced endoreduplication rates result in smaller trichomes with fewer branches, while an increased level of endoreduplication leads to larger trichomes with more branches (Hülskamp et al., 1994 1994 ; Folkers et al., 1997 1997 ; Bramsiepe et al., 2010 2010 ). These results indicate that the endoreduplication rate is regulated precisely and functions to regulate trichome development. 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Novel functions of plant cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, ICK1/KRP1, can act non-cell-autonomously and inhibit entry into mitosis We sincerely thank Prof. Martin HÜLSKAMP (University of Cologne, Germany) for providing the sim mutant for this study. Compliance with ethics guidelines Li-li SUN, Zhong-jing ZHOU, Li-jun AN, Yan AN, Yong-qin ZHAO, Xiao-fang MENG, Clare STEELE-KING, and Yin-bo GAN declare that they have no conflict of interest. This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors. 10.1631/jzus.B1200349 Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30970167 and 31228002), the Zhejiang Qianjiang Talent Program (No. 2010R10084), the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. Z31100041), and the Zhejiang Province Foundation for Returned Scholars (No. 20100129), China 2012-12-17 2013-06-17 2013-01-15 2022-01-05 Copyright © Zhejiang University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 2013 Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine and Biotechnology) 07 14