Alternative splicing substantially diversifies the transcriptome during early photomorphogenesis and correlates with the energy availability in arabidopsis Journal Article
| Authors: | Hartmann, L.; Drewe-Boß, P.; Wießner, T.; Wagner, G.; Geue, S.; Lee, H. C.; Obermüller, D. M.; Kahles, A.; Behr, J.; Sinz, F. H.; Rätsch, G.; Wachter, A. |
| Article Title: | Alternative splicing substantially diversifies the transcriptome during early photomorphogenesis and correlates with the energy availability in arabidopsis |
| Abstract: | Plants use light as source of energy and information to detect diurnal rhythms and seasonal changes. Sensing changing light conditions is critical to adjust plant metabolism and to initiate developmental transitions. Here, we analyzed transcriptomewide alterations in gene expression and alternative splicing (AS) of etiolated seedlings undergoing photomorphogenesis upon exposure to blue, red, or white light. Our analysis revealed massive transcriptome reprogramming as reflected by differential expression of ~20% of all genes and changes in several hundred AS events. For more than 60% of all regulated AS events, light promoted the production of a presumably protein-coding variant at the expense of an mRNA with nonsense-mediated decay-triggering features. Accordingly, AS of the putative splicing factor REDUCED RED-LIGHT RESPONSES IN CRY1CRY2 BACKGROUND1, previously identified as a red light signaling component, was shifted to the functional variant under light. Downstream analyses of candidate AS events pointed at a role of photoreceptor signaling only in monochromatic but not in white light. Furthermore, we demonstrated similar AS changes upon light exposure and exogenous sugar supply, with a critical involvement of kinase signaling. We propose that AS is an integration point of signaling pathways that sense and transmit information regarding the energy availability in plants. © 2016 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved. |
| Journal Title: | Plant Cell |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 11 |
| ISSN: | 1040-4651 |
| Publisher: | Amer Soc Plant Biologists |
| Date Published: | 2016-11-01 |
| Start Page: | 2715 |
| End Page: | 2734 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1105/tpc.16.00508 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC5155347 |
| PUBMED: | 27803310 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 3 January 2017 -- Source: Scopus |
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