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Chincinska I, Gier K, Krügel U, et al. Photoperiodic regulation of the sucrose transporter StSUT4 affects the expression of circadian-regulated genes and ethylene production. Front Plant Sci. 2013;4:26doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00026.
Chincinska, I., Gier, K., Krügel, U., Liesche, J., He, H., Grimm, B., Harren, F. J., Cristescu, S. M., & Kühn, C. (2013). Photoperiodic regulation of the sucrose transporter StSUT4 affects the expression of circadian-regulated genes and ethylene production. Frontiers in plant science, 426. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2013.00026
Chincinska, Izabela, et al. "Photoperiodic regulation of the sucrose transporter StSUT4 affects the expression of circadian-regulated genes and ethylene production." Frontiers in plant science vol. 4 (2013): 26. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2013.00026
Chincinska I, Gier K, Krügel U, Liesche J, He H, Grimm B, Harren FJ, Cristescu SM, Kühn C. Photoperiodic regulation of the sucrose transporter StSUT4 affects the expression of circadian-regulated genes and ethylene production. Front Plant Sci. 2013 Feb 20;4:26. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00026. eCollection 2013. PMID: 23429841; PMCID: PMC3576705.
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Front Plant Sci. 2013 Feb 20;4:26. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00026. eCollection 2013.

Photoperiodic regulation of the sucrose transporter StSUT4 affects the expression of circadian-regulated genes and ethylene production.

Frontiers in plant science

Izabela Chincinska, Konstanze Gier, Undine Krügel, Johannes Liesche, Hongxia He, Bernhard Grimm, Frans J M Harren, Simona M Cristescu, Christina Kühn

Affiliations

  1. Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University of Berlin Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 23429841 PMCID: PMC3576705 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00026

Abstract

Several recent publications reported different subcellular localization of the sucrose transporters belonging to the SUT4 subfamily. The physiological function of the SUT4 sucrose transporters requires clarification, because down-regulation of the members of the SUT4 clade had different effects in rice, poplar, and potato. Here, we provide new data for the localization and function of the Solanaceous StSUT4 protein, further elucidating involvement in the onset of flowering, tuberization and in the shade avoidance syndrome of potato plants. Induction of an early flowering and a tuberization in the SUT4-inhibited potato plants correlates with increased sucrose export from leaves and increased sucrose and starch accumulation in terminal sink organs, such as developing tubers. SUT4 affects expression of the enzymes involved in gibberellin and ethylene biosynthesis, as well as the rate of ethylene biosynthesis in potato. In the SUT4-inhibited plants, the ethylene production no longer follows a diurnal rhythm. Thus it was concluded that StSUT4 controls circadian gene expression, potentially by regulating sucrose export from leaves. Furthermore, SUT4 expression affects clock-regulated genes such as StFT, StSOC1, and StCO, which might be also involved in a photoperiod-dependent tuberization. A model is proposed in which StSUT4 controls a phloem-mobile signaling molecule generated in leaves, which together with enhanced sucrose export affects developmental switches in apical meristems. SUT4 seems to link photoreceptor-perceived information about the light quality and day length with phytohormone biosynthesis and the expression of circadian-regulated genes.

Keywords: ethylene; flowering; shade avoidance syndrome; sucrose transport

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