PMID- 37178216 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230717 LR - 20230718 IS - 1432-203X (Electronic) IS - 0721-7714 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 8 DP - 2023 Aug TI - The SMC5/6 complex subunit MMS21 regulates stem cell proliferation in rice. PG - 1279-1290 LID - 10.1007/s00299-023-03030-9 [doi] AB - SMC5/6 complex subunit OsMMS21 is involved in cell cycle and hormone signaling and required for stem cell proliferation during shoot and root development in rice. The structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC)5/6 complex is required for nucleolar integrity and DNA metabolism. Moreover, METHYL METHANESULFONATE SENSITIVITY GENE 21 (MMS21), a SUMO E3 ligase that is part of the SMC5/6 complex, is essential for the root stem cell niche and cell cycle transition in Arabidopsis. However, its specific role in rice remains unclear. Here, OsSMC5 and OsSMC6 single heterozygous mutants were generated using CRISPR/Cas9 technology to elucidate the function of SMC5/6 subunits, including OsSMC5, OsSMC6, and OsMMS21, in cell proliferation in rice. ossmc5/ + and ossmc6/ + heterozygous single mutants did not yield homozygous mutants in their progeny, indicating that OsSMC5 and OsSMC6 both play necessary roles during embryo formation. Loss of OsMMS21 caused severe defects in both the shoot and roots in rice. Transcriptome analysis showed a significant decrease in the expression of genes involved in auxin signaling in the roots of osmms21 mutants. Moreover, the expression levels of the cycB2-1 and MCM genes, which are involved the cell cycle, were significantly lower in the shoots of the mutants, indicating that OsMMS21 was involved in both hormone signaling pathways and the cell cycle. Overall, these findings indicate that the SUMO E3 ligase OsMMS21 is required for both shoot and root stem cell niches, improving the understanding of the function of the SMC5/6 complex in rice. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Xun, Qian AU - Xun Q AD - College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. FAU - Song, Ye AU - Song Y AD - College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. FAU - Mei, Min AU - Mei M AD - College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. FAU - Ding, Yanfeng AU - Ding Y AD - College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, 210095, China. AD - Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, 210095, China. FAU - Ding, Chengqiang AU - Ding C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6061-1979 AD - College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. dingcq@njau.edu.cn. AD - Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology Ecology and Production Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing, 210095, China. dingcq@njau.edu.cn. AD - Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing, 210095, China. dingcq@njau.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - 31971842/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230513 PL - Germany TA - Plant Cell Rep JT - Plant cell reports JID - 9880970 RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (SUMO-1 Protein) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - 0 (Hormones) SB - IM MH - *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics MH - *Oryza/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics/chemistry/metabolism MH - SUMO-1 Protein/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics MH - Cell Division MH - Hormones OTO - NOTNLM OT - OsMMS21 OT - OsSMC5 OT - OsSMC6 OT - Rice OT - SMC5/6 complex OT - Shoot and root stem cells EDAT- 2023/05/14 01:07 MHDA- 2023/07/17 06:42 CRDT- 2023/05/13 15:00 PHST- 2023/03/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/05/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/07/17 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/14 01:07 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/13 15:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00299-023-03030-9 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00299-023-03030-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Cell Rep. 2023 Aug;42(8):1279-1290. doi: 10.1007/s00299-023-03030-9. Epub 2023 May 13.