SVALKA-POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX2 Module Controls C-REPEAT BINDING FACTOR3 Induction During Cold Acclimation

Overview

Journal Plant Physiol

Specialty Physiology

Date 2023 Dec 21

PMID 38124468

Authors

Diego Gomez-Martinez

Javier Barrero-Gil

Eduardo Tranque

Maria Fernanda Ruiz

Rafael Catala

Julio Salinas

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Abstract

C-REPEAT BINDING FACTORS (CBFs) are highly conserved plant transcription factors that promote cold tolerance. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), three CBFs (CBF1 to CBF3) play a critical role in cold acclimation, and the expression of their corresponding genes is rapidly and transiently induced during this adaptive response. Cold induction of CBFs has been extensively studied and shown to be tightly controlled, yet the molecular mechanisms that restrict the expression of each CBF after their induction during cold acclimation are poorly understood. Here, we present genetic and molecular evidence that the decline in the induction of CBF3 during cold acclimation is epigenetically regulated through the Polycomb Repressive Complex (PRC) 2. We show that this complex promotes the deposition of the repressive mark H3K27me3 at the coding region of CBF3, silencing its expression. Our results indicate that the cold-inducible long noncoding RNA SVALKA is essential for this regulation by recruiting PRC2 to CBF3. These findings unveil a SVALKA-PRC2 regulatory module that ensures the precise timing of CBF3 induction during cold acclimation and the correct development of this adaptive response.

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