Methylation Status of Arabidopsis DNA Repair Gene Promoters During Agrobacterium Infection Reveals Epigenetic Changes in Three Generations

被引:10
作者
Joseph, T. Joyous [1 ]
Chandhini, S. [1 ]
Das, Swati [1 ,2 ]
Mysore, S. Kirankumar [3 ]
Shah, M. Jasmine [1 ]
机构
[1] Cent Univ Kerala, Dept Plant Sci, Periye, Kasaragod, India
[2] Gyeongsang Natl Univ, Div Appl Life Sci, Jinju, South Korea
[3] Samuel Roberts Noble Fdn Inc, Plant Biol Div, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
关键词
DNA repair; Epigenetic memory; Methylation; DNA strand break; Agrobacterium; Arabidopsis; STRESS-RESPONSIVE GENES; T-DNA; MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION; BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT GENOME; EXPRESSION; INTEGRATION; DEFENSE; DAMAGE; RECOMBINATION;
D O I
10.1007/s11105-021-01287-6
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a unique pathogen with the ability to transfer a portion of its DNA, the T-DNA, to other organisms. The role of DNA repair genes in Agrobacterium transformation remains controversial. In order to understand if the host DNA repair response and dynamics was specific to bacterial factors such as Vir proteins, T-DNA, and oncogenes, we profiled the expression and promoter methylation of various DNA repair genes. These genes belonged to nucleotide excision repair (NER), base excision repair (BER), mismatch repair (MMR), homologous recombination (HR), and non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) pathways. We infected Arabidopsis plants with different Agrobacterium strains that lacked one or more of the above components so that the influence of the respective factors could be analysed. Our results revealed that the expression and promoter methylation of most DNA repair genes was affected by Agrobacterium, and it was specific to Vir proteins, T-DNA, oncogenes, or the mere presence of bacteria. In order to determine if Agrobacterium induced any transgenerational epigenetic effect on the DNA repair gene promoters, we studied the promoter methylation in two subsequent generations of the infected plants. Promoters of at least three genes, CEN2, RAD51, and LIG4 exhibited transgenerational memory in response to different bacterial factors. We believe that this is the first report of Agrobacterium-induced transgenerational epigenetic memory of DNA repair genes in plants. In addition, we show that Agrobacterium induces short-lived DNA strand breaks in Arabidopsis cells, irrespective of the presence or absence of virulence genes and T-DNA.
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页码:773 / 791
页数:19
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