Overexpression of miR156 and Silencing SPL6RNAi and SPL13RNAi Genes in Medicago sativa on the Changes of Carbohydrate Physiochemical, Fermentation, and Nutritional Profiles

Lei, Yaogeng; Hannoufa, Abdelali; Yu, Peiqiang

doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.0c02508

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miR156 regulates somatic embryogenesis by modulating starch accumulation in citrus

Feng

Jiang

et al. 2022

Journal of Experimental Botany

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Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is a major regeneration approach for in vitro cultured tissues of plants, including citrus. However, SE capability is difficult to maintain, and recalcitrance to SE has become a major obstacle to plant biotechnology. We previously reported that miR156-SPL modules regulate SE in citrus callus. However, the downstream regulatory pathway of the miR156-SPL module in SE remains unclear. In this study, we found that the transcription factors (TFs) CsAGL15 and CsFUS3 bind to the CsMIR156A promoter and activate its expression. Suppression of csi-miR156a function leads to up-regulation of four target genes CsSPLs and reduction of SE efficiency. In the STTM-miR156a overexpressed callus (MIM156), the number of amyloplasts and starch content were significantly reduced, and genes involved in starch synthesis and transport were down-regulated; csi-miR172d was down-regulated, whereas the target genes CsTOE1.1 and CsTOE1.2, which inhibit the expression of starch biosynthesis genes, were up-regulated. In our working model, CsAGL15 and CsFUS3 activate csi-miR156a, which represses CsSPLs and further regulates csi-miR172d and CsTOEs, thus to alter starch accumulation level in callus cells and regulate SE in citrus. This study elucidates the pathway of miR156-SPLs and miR172-TOEs mediated regulation of SE, and provides clues to enhancing SE capability in citrus.

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