Knockdown of Accelerates Dark-Induced Tomato Leaf Senescence by Affecting the ABA Pathway

Overview

Journal Plants (Basel)

Date 2024 Oct 16

PMID 39409670

Authors

Xinru Chen

Zihan Gao

Yangyang Li

Xiaoqian Nie

Qiaoli Xie

Guoping Chen

Zongli Hu

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Abstract

N6-methyladenosine (mA) is a widespread post-transcriptional modification in eukaryotic mRNAs. Proteins with the YTH structural domain act as mA-binding proteins by recognizing the mA modification and regulating mRNA through this recognition. In this study, , a prototypical mA -binding protein gene in the YTH family was expressed in various tissues, and subcellular localization analyses indicated that the SlYTHDF2 protein was localized in the nucleus and cytoplasm. knockout lines were obtained using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and showed the senesced leaves prematurely increased endogenous ABA accumulation compared with the wild type. Moreover, we found that dark promoted leaf senescence in knockout lines and exogenous ABA further accelerated leaf senescence under dark conditions. The qRT-PCR analysis revealed significant alterations in the expression of genes associated with the ABA pathway. Relative to the wild type, the plants exhibited reduced levels of photosynthetic pigments, higher accumulation of reactive oxygen species, and increased damage to cell membranes. Additionally, we discovered that SlYTHDF2 interacts with the chloroplast-binding protein SlRBCS3 through yeast two-hybrid and BiFC experiments. Overall, our data suggest the important role of in regulating tomato leaf senescence.

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