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Clearance of maternal barriers by paternal miR159 to initiate endosperm nuclear division in Arabidopsis

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  • Youshang Zhao

    (Fudan University)

  • Songyun Wang

    (Fudan University)

  • Wenye Wu

    (Fudan University)

  • Lei Li

    (Fudan University)

  • Ting Jiang

    (Fudan University)

  • Binglian Zheng

    (Fudan University)

Abstract

Sperm entry triggers central cell division during seed development, but what factors besides the genome are inherited from sperm, and the mechanism by which paternal factors regulate early division events, are not understood. Here we show that sperm-transmitted miR159 promotes endosperm nuclear division by repressing central cell-transmitted miR159 targets. Disruption of paternal miR159 causes approximately half of the seeds to abort as a result of defective endosperm nuclear divisions. In wild-type plants, MYB33 and MYB65, two miR159 targets, are highly expressed in the central cell before fertilization, but both are rapidly abolished after fertilization. In contrast, loss of paternal miR159 leads to retention of MYB33 and MYB65 in the central cell after fertilization. Furthermore, ectopic expression of a miR159-resistant version of MYB33 (mMYB33) in the endosperm significantly inhibits initiation of endosperm nuclear division. Collectively, these results show that paternal miR159 inhibits its maternal targets to promote endosperm nuclear division, thus uncovering a previously unknown paternal effect on seed development.

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  • Youshang Zhao & Songyun Wang & Wenye Wu & Lei Li & Ting Jiang & Binglian Zheng, 2018. "Clearance of maternal barriers by paternal miR159 to initiate endosperm nuclear division in Arabidopsis," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-07429-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07429-x
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