J Integr Plant Biol ›› 2024, Vol. 66 ›› Issue (10): 2226-2241.DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13753  cstr: 32098.14.jipb.13753

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  • 收稿日期:2024-01-15 接受日期:2024-07-11 出版日期:2024-10-01 发布日期:2024-10-21

Proteomic dynamics revealed sex-biased responses to combined heat-drought stress in Marchantia

Sara Guerrero, Víctor Roces, Lara García‐Campa, Luis Valledor and Mónica Meijón*   

  1. Department of Organisms and, Systems Biology, Faculty of Biology/Biotechnology, Institute of Asturias, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias 33071, Spain

    *Correspondence: Mónica Meijón (meijonmonica@uniovi.es)
  • Received:2024-01-15 Accepted:2024-07-11 Online:2024-10-01 Published:2024-10-21
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    This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (PID2020‐113896GB‐I00). Sara Guerrero and Lara García‐Campa are supported by Severo Ochoa Predoctoral Program (BP19‐145 and BP19‐146, respectively) from Government of Principado de Asturias (Spain). Víctor Roces is supported by FPU fellowship program from the Spanish Ministry of Universities (FPU18/02953).

Abstract: Recent studies have documented plant responses to climate change extensively, particularly to single-stress exposures. However, critical factors for stress survival, such as sexual differentiation, are not often considered. The dioicous Marchantia polymorpha stands as an evolutionary milestone, potentially preserving ancestral traits from the early colonizers. In this study, we employed proteomic analyses complemented with physiological monitoring to investigate combined heat and drought responses in Tak-1 (male) and Tak-2 (female) accessions of this liverwort. Additionally, targeted transcriptomics was conducted using different natural populations from contrasting environments. Our findings revealed sex-biased dynamics among natural accessions, particularly evident under control conditions and during early stress responses. Although Tak-2 exhibited greater diversity than Tak-1 under control conditions, male accession demonstrated distinct and more rapid stress sensing and signaling. These differences in stress response appeared to be strongly related to sex-specific plasticity influenced by geoclimatic origin. Furthermore, we established distinct protein gene ages and genomic distribution trends, underscoring the importance of protein diversification over time. This study provides an evolutionary perspective on sexual divergence and stress emergence employing a systems biology approach, which allowed for the establishment of global and sex-specific interaction networks in the stress response.

Key words: abiotic stress, land adaptation, liverwort, sex‐biased response, systems biology

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