Adventitious embryonic causal gene FhRWP regulates multiple developmental phenotypes in citrus reproduction

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第一作者： Song, Xietian

作者： Song, Xietian;Wang, Nan;Zhou, Yin;Tian, Xiaoyu;Xie, Zongzhou;Chai, Lijun;Wu, Xiaomeng;Xu, Qiang;Zhang, Fei;Ye, Junli;Deng, Xiuxin;Wang, Nan;Deng, Xiuxin

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关键词： citrus; ATAC-seq; plant regeneration; FhRWP; adventitious embryo

期刊名称：PLANT JOURNAL （ 影响因子：6.2； 五年影响因子：7.1 ）

ISSN： 0960-7412

年卷期： 2024 年 119 卷 3 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Citrus is a model plant for studying adventitious embryos, a form of asexual reproduction controlled by a single dominant gene, RWP. This gene has been identified as the causal gene for nucellar embryogenesis, but its function has not yet been fully understood. In this study, we used the fast-growing Fortunella hindsii as a system to explore chromatin accessibility during the nucellar embryony initiation, emphasizing elevated chromatin accessibility in polyembryonic (PO) genotypes compared to monoembryonic ones (MO). Notably, a higher level of accessible chromatin was observed in one allele of the promoter region of FhRWP, consistent with increased expression of the allele carrying the causal structural variant. By independently performing RNAi and gene editing experiments on PO genotypes, we found the downregulation of FhRWP expression could reduce the number of nucellar embryos, while its knockout resulted in abnormal axillary bud development. In overexpression experiments, FhRWP was identified as having the unique capability of inducing the embryogenic callus formation in MO stem segments, possibly through the regulation of the WUS-CLV signaling network and the ABA and cytokinin pathway, marking the inaugural demonstration of FhRWP's potential to reignite somatic cells' embryogenic fate. This study reveals the pleiotropic function of RWP in citrus and constructs a regulatory network during adventitious embryo formation, providing a new tool for bioengineering applications in plant regeneration.

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