J Integr Plant Biol. ›› 2024, Vol. 66 ›› Issue (10): 2126-2139.DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13754  cstr: 32098.14.jipb.13754

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STOP1 regulates CCX1-mediated Ca2+ homeostasis for plant adaptation to Ca2+ deprivation

Wen Hao Tian1, Wen Yan Cai1,2, Chun Quan Zhu1, Ya Li Kong1, Xiao Chuang Cao1, Lian Feng Zhu1, Jia Yuan Ye3*, Jun Hua Zhang1* and Shao Jian Zheng3*   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China
    2.College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
    3.State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
    *Correspondences: Jun Hua Zhang (zhangjunhua@caas.cn); Shao Jian Zheng (sjzheng@zju.edu.cn); Jia Yuan Ye (jiayuan@zju.edu.cn; Dr. Ye is fully responsible for the distribution of all materials associated with this article)
  • Received:2024-03-03 Accepted:2024-07-15 Online:2024-08-02 Published:2024-10-01
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    This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (32201702), Central Public‐interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund (No. Y2023QC21), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY23C130005), National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFD1901800, 2023YFD1902905), the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program (ASTIP), and the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF (Grant No. GZC20232327) to J.Y.

Abstract: Calcium (Ca) is essential for plant growth and stress adaptation, yet its availability is often limited in acidic soils, posing a major threat to crop production. Understanding the intricate mechanisms orchestrating plant adaptation to Ca deficiency remains elusive. Here, we show that the Ca deficiency-enhanced nuclear accumulation of the transcription factor SENSITIVE TO PROTON RHIZOTOXICITY 1 (STOP1) in Arabidopsis thaliana confers tolerance to Ca deprivation, with the global transcriptional responses triggered by Ca deprivation largely impaired in the stop1 mutant. Notably, STOP1 activates the Ca deprivation-induced expression of CATION/Ca2+ EXCHANGER 1 (CCX1) by directly binding to its promoter region, which facilitates Ca2+ efflux from endoplasmic reticulum to cytosol to maintain Ca homeostasis. Consequently, the constitutive expression of CCX1 in the stop1 mutant partially rescues the Ca deficiency phenotype by increasing Ca content in the shoots. These findings uncover the pivotal role of the STOP1-CCX1 axis in plant adaptation to low Ca, offering alternative manipulating strategies to improve plant Ca nutrition in acidic soils and extending our understanding of the multifaceted role of STOP1.

Key words: Ca deficiency, Ca homeostasis, CCX1, STOP1, transcriptional response

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