Maize RNA Polymerase IV Definestrans-Generational Epigenetic Variation

Plant Cell - Tập 25 Số 3 - Trang 808-819 - 2013
Karl F. Erhard1, Susan E. Parkinson1, Stephen Gross1, Joy-El R. Barbour2, Jana P. Lim1, Jay B. Hollick1
1Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3102
2Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3200

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AbstractThe maize (Zea mays) RNA Polymerase IV (Pol IV) largest subunit, RNA Polymerase D1 (RPD1 or NRPD1), is required for facilitating paramutations, restricting expression patterns of genes required for normal development, and generating small interfering RNA (siRNAs). Despite this expanded role for maize Pol IV relative to Arabidopsis thaliana, neither the general characteristics of Pol IV–regulated haplotypes, nor their prevalence, are known. Here, we show that specific haplotypes of the purple plant1 locus, encoding an anthocyanin pigment regulator, acquire and retain an expanded expression domain following transmission from siRNA biogenesis mutants. This conditioned expression pattern is progressively enhanced over generations in Pol IV mutants and then remains heritable after restoration of Pol IV function. This unusual genetic behavior is associated with promoter-proximal transposon fragments but is independent of sequences required for paramutation. These results indicate that trans-generational Pol IV action defines the expression patterns of haplotypes using co-opted transposon-derived sequences as regulatory elements. Our results provide a molecular framework for the concept that induced changes to the heterochromatic component of the genome are coincident with heritable changes in gene regulation. Alterations of this Pol IV–based regulatory system can generate potentially desirable and adaptive traits for selection to act upon.

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