Histone Modification-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation of Defence Genes in Early Response of Arabidopsis to Spodoptera litura Attack

Ahmed Yusuf, Kota Wakaya, Takuya Sakamoto, Takuya Uemura, Koudai Okamura, Abdelaziz Ramadan, Akira Nozawa, Takamasa Suzuki, Yayoi Inui, Sachihiro Matsunaga, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Gen Ichiro Arimura

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Abstract

Histone modification is a cellular process for transcriptional regulation. In herbivore-damaged plants, activation of genes involved in defence responses is required for antiherbivore properties, but little is known about how the chromatin remodelling system is involved. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants responding to Spodoptera litura larvae, HAC1 and HDA6, a histone acetyltransferase and a histone deacetylase, respectively, were found here to be involved in histone H3 (Lys9; H3K9) acetylation/deacetylation at the promoter region of the plant defensin gene PDF1.2 and the gene body of ethylene response factor 13 (ERF13) as early as 2 h after the onset of herbivore attack. The H3K9 acetylation was responsible for the robust upregulation of PDF1.2 later, at 24 h, and ERF13 even earlier, at 1 h. TOPLESS (TPL) and TOPLESS-related (TPR) corepressors interacted with HDA6 to deacetylate H3K9 at PDF1.2 and ERF13, while negatively regulating the expression of PDF1.2 but not ERF13. Furthermore, TPL also interacted with ERF13, resulting in ERF13-mediated regulation of PDF1.2. Taken together, these data suggest a model of promoter-restricted, TPL/TPR-directed histone deacetylation and transcription factor repression in healthy Arabidopsis plants for the feedback regulation of the antiherbivore response.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPlant, Cell and Environment
DOIs
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2024

Keywords

  • Arabidopsis thaliana
  • Spodoptera litura
  • TOPLESS (TPL) and TOPLESS-related (TPR) corepressors
  • histone acetyltransferase of the CBP family 1 (HAC1)
  • histone deacetylase 6 (HDA6)

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