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- Title
Multiple Functions of Kip-Related Protein5 Connect Endoreduplication and Cell Elongation.
- Authors
Jégu, Teddy; Latrasse, David; Delarue, Marianne; Mazubert, Christelle; Bourge, Mickaël; Hudik, Elodie; Blanchet, Sophie; Soler, Marie-Noëlle; Charon, Céline; De Veylder, Lieven; Raynaud, Cécile; Bergounioux, Catherine; Benhamed, Moussa
- Abstract
Despite considerable progress in our knowledge regarding the cell cycle inhibitor of the Kip-related protein (KRP) family plants, less is known about the coordination of endoreduplication and cell differentiation. In animals, the role of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors as multifunctional factors coordinating cell cycle regulation and cell differentiation is we documented and involves not only the inhibition of CDK/cyclin complexes but also other mechanisms, among them the regulation of transcription. Interestingly, several plant KRPs have a punctuated distribution in the nucleus, suggesting that they are associated with heterockromatin. Here, one of these chromatin-bound KRPs, KRP5, has been studied in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). KRP5 is expressed in endoreduplicating cells, and loss of KRP5 function decreases endoreduplication, indicating that KRP5 is a positive regulator of endoreduplication. This regulation relies on several mechanisms: in addition to its role in cyclin/CDK kinase inhibition previously described, chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing data combined wit transcript quantification provide evidence that KRP5 regulates the transcription of genes involved in cell wall organization. Furthermore, KRP5 overexpression increases chromocenter decondensation and endoreduplication in the Arabidopsis trithorax-related protein5 (atxr5) atxr6 double mutant, which is deficient for the deposition of heterochromatin marks. Hence, KRP5 could bind chromatin to coordinately control endoreduplication and chromatin structure and allow the expression of genes required for cell elongation.
- Subjects
PLANT proteins; PLANT cell cycle; CELL differentiation; CYCLIN-dependent kinase inhibitors; HETEROCHROMATIN; ARABIDOPSIS thaliana; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN
- Publication
Plant Physiology, 2013, Vol 161, Issue 4, p1694
- ISSN
0032-0889
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1104/pp.112.212357