PMID- 28687557 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180108 LR - 20220408 IS - 1532-2548 (Electronic) IS - 0032-0889 (Print) IS - 0032-0889 (Linking) VI - 174 IP - 4 DP - 2017 Aug TI - A PIF1/PIF3-HY5-BBX23 Transcription Factor Cascade Affects Photomorphogenesis. PG - 2487-2500 LID - 10.1104/pp.17.00418 [doi] AB - Light signaling plays an essential role in controlling higher plants' early developmental process termed as photomorphogenesis. Transcriptional regulation is a vital mechanism that is orchestrated by transcription factors and other regulatory proteins working in concert to finely tune gene expression. Although many transcription factors/regulators have been characterized in the light-signaling pathway, their interregulation remains largely unknown. Here, we show that PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR3 (PIF3) and PIF1 transcription factors directly bind to the regulatory regions of ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) and a B-box gene BBX23 and activate their expression in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). We found that BBX23 and its close homolog gene BBX22 play a redundant role in regulating hypocotyl growth, and that plants overexpressing BBX23 display reduced hypocotyl elongation under red, far-red, and blue light conditions. Intriguingly, BBX23 transcription is inhibited by light, whereas its protein is degraded in darkness. Furthermore, we demonstrate that HY5 physically interacts with BBX23, and these two proteins coordinately regulate the expression of both light-induced and light-repressed genes. BBX23 is also recruited to the promoter sequences of the light-responsive genes in a partial HY5-dependent manner. Taken together, our study reveals that the transcriptional cascade consisting of PIF1/PIF3, HY5, and BBX23 controls photomorphogenesis, providing a transcriptional regulatory layer by which plants fine-tune their growth in response to changing light environment. CI - (c) 2017 American Society of Plant Biologists. All Rights Reserved. FAU - Zhang, Xinyu AU - Zhang X AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. FAU - Huai, Junling AU - Huai J AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Shang, Fangfang AU - Shang F AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. FAU - Xu, Gang AU - Xu G AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. FAU - Tang, Weijiang AU - Tang W AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Jing, Yanjun AU - Jing Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4772-7923 AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China. FAU - Lin, Rongcheng AU - Lin R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8346-3390 AD - Key Laboratory of Photobiology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China rclin@ibcas.ac.cn. AD - University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170707 PL - United States TA - Plant Physiol JT - Plant physiology JID - 0401224 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Arabidopsis/genetics/*metabolism/*radiation effects MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/radiation effects MH - Genes, Plant MH - *Light MH - Models, Biological MH - Morphogenesis/genetics/*radiation effects MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Protein Binding/radiation effects MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic/radiation effects PMC - PMC5543951 EDAT- 2017/07/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/09 06:00 PMCR- 2017/07/07 CRDT- 2017/07/09 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/07/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/07/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - pp.17.00418 [pii] AID - PP2017RA00418DR2 [pii] AID - 10.1104/pp.17.00418 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Physiol. 2017 Aug;174(4):2487-2500. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00418. Epub 2017 Jul 7.