Heat stress impairs floral meristem termination and fruit development by affecting the BR-SlCRCa cascade in tomato

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Floral meristem termination is a key step leading to carpel initiation and fruit development. The frequent occurrence of heat stress due to global warming often disrupts floral determinacy, resulting in defective fruit formation. However, the detailed mechanism behind this phenomenon is largely unknown. Here, we identify CRABS CLAW a (SlCRCa) as a key regulator of floral meristem termination in tomato. SlCRCa functions as an indispensable floral meristem terminator by suppressing SlWUS activity through the TOMATO AGAMOUS 1 (TAG1)-KNUCKLES (SlKNU)-INHIBITOR OF MERISTEM ACTIVITY (SlIMA) network. A direct binding assay revealed that SlCRCa specifically binds to the promoter and second intron of WUSCHEL (SlWUS). We also demonstrate that SlCRCa expression depends on brassinosteroid homeostasis in the floral meristem, which is repressed by heat stress via the circadian factor EARLY FLOWERING 3 (SlELF3). These results provide new insights into floral meristem termination and the heat stress response in flowers and fruits of tomato and suggest that SlCRCa provides a platform for multiple protein interactions that may epigenetically abrogate stem cell activity at the transition from floral meristem to carpel initiation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

Plant communications - 5(2024), 4 vom: 08. Apr., Seite 100790

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Junqing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Pengxue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Danyang [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Haochuan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Huimin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Jinbo [VerfasserIn]
Bian, Xinxin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Mengyao [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Yixuan [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Yuxin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Haixiao [VerfasserIn]
Rahman, Abidur [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Shuang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BR-CRC
Floral meristem termination
Fruit development
Heat stress
Journal Article

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Date Completed 11.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100790

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366592645