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TAKAHASHI Yohei
 
Organization
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules Designated associate professor
Graduate School
Graduate School of Science
Title
Designated associate professor

Degree 1

  1. DOCTOR OF SCIENCE ( 2010.3   Kyushu University ) 

 

Papers 27

  1. CO2 response screen in grass Brachypodium reveals the key role of a MAP kinase in CO2-triggered stomatal closure Reviewed

    1) B. N. K. Lopez, P. H. O. Ceciliato, Y. Takahashi, F. J. Rangel, E. A. Salem, K. Kernig, K. Chow, L. Zhang, M. A. Sidhom, C. G. Seitz, T. Zheng, R. Sibout, D. L. Laudencia-Chingcuanco, D. P. Woods, J. A. McCammon, J. P. Vogel, J. I. Schroeder

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  2. MPK12 in stomatal CO<sub>2</sub> signaling: function beyond its kinase activity Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

    Yeh Chung-Yueh, Wang Yuh-Shuh, Takahashi Yohei, Kuusk Katarina, Paul Karnelia, Arjus Triinu, Yadlos Oleksii, Schroeder Julian I., Ilves Ivar, Garcia-Sosa Alfonso T., Kollist Hannes

    NEW PHYTOLOGIST   Vol. 239 ( 1 ) page: 146 - 158   2023.7

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  3. Stomatal CO2/bicarbonate sensor consists of two interacting protein kinases, Raf-like HT1 and non-kinase-activity activity requiring MPK12/MPK4 Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

    SCIENCE ADVANCES   Vol. 8 ( 49 ) page: eabq6161   2022.12

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  4. Plant hormone regulation of abiotic stress responses Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

    Rainer Waadt, Charles A. Seller, Po-Kai Hsu, Yohei Takahashi, Shintaro Munemasa, Julian I. Schroeder

    Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology   Vol. 23 ( 10 ) page: 680 - 694   2022.10

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  5. Type 2C protein phosphatase clade D family members dephosphorylate guard cell plasma membrane H+-ATPase Reviewed International journal

    Mitsumasa Akiyama, Hodaka Sugimoto, Shin-ichiro Inoue, Yohei Takahashi, Maki Hayashi, Yuki Hayashi, Miya Mizutani, Takumi Ogawa, Daichi Kinoshita, Eigo Ando, Meeyeon Park, William M Gray, Toshinori Kinoshita

    Plant Physiology   Vol. 188 ( 4 ) page: 2228 - 2240   2022.3

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    Plasma membrane (PM) H+-ATPase in guard cells is activated by phosphorylation of the penultimate residue, threonine (Thr), in response to blue and red light, promoting stomatal opening. Previous in vitro biochemical investigation suggested that Mg2+- and Mn2+-dependent membrane-localized type 2C protein phosphatase (PP2C)-like activity mediates the dephosphorylation of PM H+-ATPase in guard cells. PP2C clade D (PP2C.D) was later demonstrated to be involved in PM H+-ATPase dephosphorylation during auxin-induced cell expansion in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). However, it is unclear whether PP2C.D phosphatases are involved in PM H+-ATPase dephosphorylation in guard cells. Transient expression experiments using Arabidopsis mesophyll cell protoplasts revealed that all PP2C.D isoforms dephosphorylate the endogenous PM H+-ATPase. We further analyzed PP2C.D6/8/9, which display higher expression levels than other isoforms in guard cells, observing that pp2c.d6, pp2c.d8, and pp2c.d9 single mutants showed similar light-induced stomatal opening and phosphorylation status of PM H+-ATPase in guard cells as Col-0. In contrast, the pp2c.d6/9 double mutant displayed wider stomatal apertures and greater PM H+-ATPase phosphorylation in response to blue light, but delayed dephosphorylation of PM H+-ATPase in guard cells; the pp2c.d6/8/9 triple mutant showed similar phenotypes to those of the pp2c.d6/9 double mutant. Taken together, these results indicate that PP2C.D6 and PP2C.D9 redundantly mediate PM H+-ATPase dephosphorylation in guard cells. Curiously, unlike auxin-induced cell expansion in seedlings, auxin had no effect on the phosphorylation status of PM H+-ATPase in guard cells.

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  6. Identification of Abscisic Acid-Dependent Phosphorylated Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors in Guard Cells of Vicia faba by Mass Spectrometry Reviewed International journal

    Yuki Hayashi, Yohei Takahashi, Kohei Fukatsu, Yasuomi Tada, Koji Takahashi, Keiko Kuwata, Takamasa Suzuki, Toshinori Kinoshita

    Frontiers in Plant Science   Vol. 12   page: 735271 - 735271   2021.12

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    An unknown 61 kDa protein is phosphorylated by abscisic acid (ABA)-activated protein kinase in response to ABA and binds to 14-3-3 protein in a phosphorylation-dependent manner in guard-cell protoplasts (GCPs) from Vicia faba. Subsequently, ABA-dependent phosphorylated proteins were identified as basic helix–loop–helix transcription factors, named ABA-responsive kinase substrates (AKSs) in GCPs from Arabidopsis thaliana. However, whether the 61 kDa protein in Vicia GCPs is an AKS is unclear. We performed immunoprecipitation of ABA-treated Vicia GCPs using anti-14-3-3 protein antibodies and identified several AKS isoforms in V. faba (VfAKSs) by mass spectrometry. The 61 kDa protein was identified as VfAKS1. Phosphoproteomic analysis revealed that VfAKSs are phosphorylated at Ser residues, which are important for 14-3-3 protein binding and monomerisation, in response to ABA in GCPs. Orthologs of AtABCG40, an ABA importer in guard cells, and CHC1, a clathrin heavy chain and a regulator of stomatal movement, also co-immunoprecipitated with 14-3-3 protein from guard cells.

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  7. Raf-like kinases and receptor-like (pseudo)kinase GHR1 are required for stomatal vapor pressure difference response Reviewed International journal

    Po-Kai Hsu, Yohei Takahashi, Ebe Merilo, Alex Costa, Li Zhang, Klara Kernig, Katie H. Lee, Julian I. Schroeder

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences   Vol. 118 ( 47 )   2021.11

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    With the continuing increase in global temperatures, plants transpire more water due to the increasing vapor pressure deficit. Stomatal pores in plants close rapidly in response to the rising vapor pressure deficit to counteract water loss. We demonstrate that mutations in the stomatal CO <sub>2</sub> signaling pathway do not impair the response to an increase in vapor pressure difference (VPD). Osmotic stress causes cytoplasmic Ca <sup>2+</sup> transients in guard cells. Nevertheless, we show that diverse investigated higher-order calcium-signaling mutants do not affect the VPD response. We reveal that B3 family Raf-like protein kinases and a plasma membrane receptor-like protein GHR1 function in the elusive leaf-to-air VPD-mediated stomatal closure pathway. Notably, ghr1 mutant alleles disrupt the classical “wrong-way” stomatal VPD response.

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  8. Molecular mechanisms of stomatal closure in response to rising vapour pressure deficit. Reviewed International journal

    Pirko Jalakas, Yohei Takahashi, Rainer Waadt, Julian I Schroeder, Ebe Merilo

    The New phytologist   Vol. 232 ( 2 ) page: 468 - 475   2021.10

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    Vapour pressure deficit (VPD), the difference between the saturation and actual air vapour pressures, indicates the level of atmospheric drought and evaporative pressure on plants. VPD increases during climate change due to changes in air temperature and relative humidity. Rising VPD induces stomatal closure to counteract the VPD-mediated evaporative water loss from plants. There are important gaps in our understanding of the molecular VPD-sensing and signalling mechanisms in stomatal guard cells. Here, we discuss recent advances, research directions and open questions with respect to the three components that participate in VPD-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis, including: (1) abscisic acid (ABA)-dependent and (2) ABA-independent regulation of the protein kinase OPEN STOMATA 1 (OST1), and (3) the passive hydraulic stomatal response. In the ABA-dependent component, two models are proposed: ABA may be rapidly synthesised or its basal levels may be involved in the stomatal VPD response. Further studies on stomatal VPD signalling should clarify: (1) whether OST1 activation above basal activity is needed for VPD responses, (2) which components are involved in ABA-independent regulation of OST1, (3) the role of other potential OST1 targets in VPD signalling, and (4) to which extent OST1 contributes to stomatal VPD sensitivity in other plant species.

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  9. Protein kinase sensors: an overview of new designs for visualizing kinase dynamics in single plant cells Reviewed

    Zhang Li, Takahashi Yohei, Schroeder Julian I

    PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   Vol. 187 ( 2 ) page: 527 - 536   2021.10

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  10. Signaling mechanisms in abscisic acid-mediated stomatal closure. Reviewed International journal

    Po-Kai Hsu, Guillaume Dubeaux, Yohei Takahashi, Julian I Schroeder

    The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology   Vol. 105 ( 2 ) page: 307 - 321   2021.1

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    The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a central role in the regulation of stomatal movements under water-deficit conditions. The identification of ABA receptors and the ABA signaling core consisting of PYR/PYL/RCAR ABA receptors, PP2C protein phosphatases and SnRK2 protein kinases has led to studies that have greatly advanced our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms mediating ABA-induced stomatal closure in the past decade. This review focuses on recent progress in illuminating the regulatory mechanisms of ABA signal transduction, and the physiological importance of basal ABA signaling in stomatal regulation by CO2 and, as hypothesized here, vapor-pressure deficit. Furthermore, advances in understanding the interactions of ABA and other stomatal signaling pathways are reviewed here. We also review recent studies investigating the use of ABA signaling mechanisms for the manipulation of stomatal conductance and the enhancement of drought tolerance and water-use efficiency of plants.

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  11. Dynamic regulation of Pep-induced immunity through post-translational control of defence transcript splicing. Reviewed International journal

    Keini Dressano, Philipp R Weckwerth, Elly Poretsky, Yohei Takahashi, Carleen Villarreal, Zhouxin Shen, Julian I Schroeder, Steven P Briggs, Alisa Huffaker

    Nature plants   Vol. 6 ( 8 ) page: 1008 - +   2020.8

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    The survival of all living organisms requires the ability to detect attacks and swiftly counter them with protective immune responses. Despite considerable mechanistic advances, the interconnectivity of signalling modules often remains unclear. A newly characterized protein, IMMUNOREGULATORY RNA-BINDING PROTEIN (IRR), negatively regulates immune responses in both maize and Arabidopsis, with disrupted function resulting in enhanced disease resistance. IRR associates with and promotes canonical splicing of transcripts encoding defence signalling proteins, including the key negative regulator of pattern-recognition receptor signalling complexes, CALCIUM-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 28 (CPK28). On immune activation by Plant Elicitor Peptides (Peps), IRR is dephosphorylated, disrupting interaction with CPK28 transcripts and resulting in the accumulation of an alternative splice variant encoding a truncated CPK28 protein with impaired kinase activity and diminished function as a negative regulator. We demonstrate a new mechanism linking Pep-induced post-translational modification of IRR with post-transcriptionally mediated attenuation of CPK28 function to dynamically amplify Pep signalling and immune output.

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  12. FRET kinase sensor development reveals SnRK2/OST1 activation by ABA but not by MeJA and high CO2 during stomatal closure. Reviewed International journal

    Li Zhang, Yohei Takahashi, Po-Kai Hsu, Hannes Kollist, Ebe Merilo, Patrick J Krysan, Julian I Schroeder

    eLife   Vol. 9   page: 1 - 74   2020.5

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    Sucrose-non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-2s (SnRK2s) are critical for plant abiotic stress responses, including abscisic acid (ABA) signaling. Here, we develop a genetically encoded reporter for SnRK2 kinase activity. This sensor, named SNACS, shows an increase in the ratio of yellow to cyan fluorescence emission by OST1/SnRK2.6-mediated phosphorylation of a defined serine residue in SNACS. ABA rapidly increases FRET efficiency in N. benthamiana leaf cells and Arabidopsis guard cells. Interestingly, protein kinase inhibition decreases FRET efficiency in guard cells, providing direct experimental evidence that basal SnRK2 activity prevails in guard cells. Moreover, in contrast to ABA, the stomatal closing stimuli, elevated CO2 and MeJA, did not increase SNACS FRET ratios. These findings and gas exchange analyses of quintuple/sextuple ABA receptor mutants show that stomatal CO2 signaling requires basal ABA and SnRK2 signaling, but not SnRK2 activation. A recent model that CO2 signaling is mediated by PYL4/PYL5 ABA-receptors could not be supported here in two independent labs. We report a potent approach for real-time live-cell investigations of stress signaling.

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  13. MAP3Kinase-dependent SnRK2-kinase activation is required for abscisic acid signal transduction and rapid osmotic stress response. Reviewed International journal

    Yohei Takahashi, Jingbo Zhang, Po-Kai Hsu, Paulo H O Ceciliato, Li Zhang, Guillaume Dubeaux, Shintaro Munemasa, Chennan Ge, Yunde Zhao, Felix Hauser, Julian I Schroeder

    Nature communications   Vol. 11 ( 1 ) page: 12 - 12   2020.1

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    Abiotic stresses, including drought and salinity, trigger a complex osmotic-stress and abscisic acid (ABA) signal transduction network. The core ABA signalling components are snf1-related protein kinase2s (SnRK2s), which are activated by ABA-triggered inhibition of type-2C protein-phosphatases (PP2Cs). SnRK2 kinases are also activated by a rapid, largely unknown, ABA-independent osmotic-stress signalling pathway. Here, through a combination of a redundancy-circumventing genetic screen and biochemical analyses, we have identified functionally-redundant MAPKK-kinases (M3Ks) that are necessary for activation of SnRK2 kinases. These M3Ks phosphorylate a specific SnRK2/OST1 site, which is indispensable for ABA-induced reactivation of PP2C-dephosphorylated SnRK2 kinases. ABA-triggered SnRK2 activation, transcription factor phosphorylation and SLAC1 activation require these M3Ks in vitro and in plants. M3K triple knock-out plants show reduced ABA sensitivity and strongly impaired rapid osmotic-stress-induced SnRK2 activation. These findings demonstrate that this M3K clade is required for ABA- and osmotic-stress-activation of SnRK2 kinases, enabling robust ABA and osmotic stress signal transduction.

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  14. Chemical genetic identification of a lectin receptor kinase that transduces immune responses and interferes with abscisic acid signaling. Reviewed International journal

    Jiyoung Park, Tae-Houn Kim, Yohei Takahashi, Rebecca Schwab, Keini Dressano, Aaron B Stephan, Paulo H O Ceciliato, Eduardo Ramirez, Vince Garin, Alisa Huffaker, Julian I Schroeder

    The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology   Vol. 98 ( 3 ) page: 492 - 510   2019.5

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    Insight into how plants simultaneously cope with multiple stresses, for example, when challenged with biotic stress from pathogen infection and abiotic stress from drought, is important both for understanding evolutionary trade-offs and optimizing crop responses to these stresses. Mechanisms by which initial plant immune signaling antagonizes abscisic acid (ABA) signal transduction require further investigation. Using a chemical genetics approach, the small molecule [5-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)furan-2-yl]-piperidine-1-ylmethanethione (DFPM) has previously been identified due to its ability to suppress ABA signaling via plant immune signaling components. Here, we have used forward chemical genetics screening to identify DFPM-insensitive loci by monitoring the activity of ABA-inducible pRAB18::GFP in the presence of DFPM and ABA. The ability of DFPM to attenuate ABA signaling was reduced in rda mutants (resistant to DFPM inhibition of ABA signaling). One of the mutants, rda2, was mapped and is defective in a gene encoding a lectin receptor kinase. RDA2 functions in DFPM-mediated inhibition of ABA-mediated reporter expression. RDA2 is required for DFPM-mediated activation of immune signaling, including phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) 3 (MPK3) and MPK6, and induction of immunity marker genes. Our study identifies a previously uncharacterized receptor kinase gene that is important for DFPM-mediated immune signaling and inhibition of ABA signaling. We demonstrate that the lectin receptor kinase RDA2 is essential for perceiving the DFPM signal and activating MAPKs, and that MKK4 and MKK5 are required for DFPM interference with ABA signal transduction.

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  15. Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms of CO2-Mediated Regulation of Stomatal Movements. Reviewed International journal

    Jingbo Zhang, Paulo De-Oliveira-Ceciliato, Yohei Takahashi, Sebastian Schulze, Guillaume Dubeaux, Felix Hauser, Tamar Azoulay-Shemer, Kadri Tõldsepp, Hannes Kollist, Wouter-Jan Rappel, Julian I Schroeder

    Current biology : CB   Vol. 28 ( 23 ) page: R1356-R1363 - R1363   2018.12

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    Plants must continually balance the influx of CO2 for photosynthesis against the loss of water vapor through stomatal pores in their leaves. This balance can be achieved by controlling the aperture of the stomatal pores in response to several environmental stimuli. Elevation in atmospheric [CO2] induces stomatal closure and further impacts leaf temperatures, plant growth and water-use efficiency, and global crop productivity. Here, we review recent advances in understanding CO2-perception mechanisms and CO2-mediated signal transduction in the regulation of stomatal movements, and we explore how these mechanisms are integrated with other signaling pathways in guard cells.

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  16. Mitogen-activated protein kinases MPK4 and MPK12 are key components mediating CO2 -induced stomatal movements. Reviewed International journal

    Kadri Tõldsepp, Jingbo Zhang, Yohei Takahashi, Yana Sindarovska, Hanna Hõrak, Paulo H O Ceciliato, Kaspar Koolmeister, Yuh-Shuh Wang, Lauri Vaahtera, Liina Jakobson, Chung-Yueh Yeh, Jiyoung Park, Mikael Brosche, Hannes Kollist, Julian I Schroeder

    The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology   Vol. 96 ( 5 ) page: 1018 - 1035   2018.12

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    Respiration in leaves and the continued elevation in the atmospheric CO2 concentration cause CO2 -mediated reduction in stomatal pore apertures. Several mutants have been isolated for which stomatal responses to both abscisic acid (ABA) and CO2 are simultaneously defective. However, there are only few mutations that impair the stomatal response to elevated CO2 , but not to ABA. Such mutants are invaluable in unraveling the molecular mechanisms of early CO2 signal transduction in guard cells. Recently, mutations in the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, MPK12, have been shown to partially impair CO2 -induced stomatal closure. Here, we show that mpk12 plants, in which MPK4 is stably silenced specifically in guard cells (mpk12 mpk4GC homozygous double-mutants), completely lack CO2 -induced stomatal responses and have impaired activation of guard cell S-type anion channels in response to elevated CO2 /bicarbonate. However, ABA-induced stomatal closure, S-type anion channel activation and ABA-induced marker gene expression remain intact in the mpk12 mpk4GC double-mutants. These findings suggest that MPK12 and MPK4 act very early in CO2 signaling, upstream of, or parallel to the convergence of CO2 and ABA signal transduction. The activities of MPK4 and MPK12 protein kinases were not directly modulated by CO2 /bicarbonate in vitro, suggesting that they are not direct CO2 /bicarbonate sensors. Further data indicate that MPK4 and MPK12 have distinguishable roles in Arabidopsis and that the previously suggested role of RHC1 in stomatal CO2 signaling is minor, whereas MPK4 and MPK12 act as key components of early stomatal CO2 signal transduction.

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  17. Abscisic acid-independent stomatal CO2 signal transduction pathway and convergence of CO2 and ABA signaling downstream of OST1 kinase. Reviewed International journal

    Po-Kai Hsu, Yohei Takahashi, Shintaro Munemasa, Ebe Merilo, Kristiina Laanemets, Rainer Waadt, Dianne Pater, Hannes Kollist, Julian I Schroeder

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   Vol. 115 ( 42 ) page: E9971-E9980 - E9980   2018.10

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    Stomatal pore apertures are narrowing globally due to the continuing rise in atmospheric [CO2]. CO2 elevation and the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) both induce rapid stomatal closure. However, the underlying signal transduction mechanisms for CO2/ABA interaction remain unclear. Two models have been considered: (i) CO2 elevation enhances ABA concentrations and/or early ABA signaling in guard cells to induce stomatal closure and (ii) CO2 signaling merges with ABA at OST1/SnRK2.6 protein kinase activation. Here we use genetics, ABA-reporter imaging, stomatal conductance, patch clamp, and biochemical analyses to investigate these models. The strong ABA biosynthesis mutants nced3/nced5 and aba2-1 remain responsive to CO2 elevation. Rapid CO2-triggered stomatal closure in PYR/RCAR ABA receptor quadruple and hextuple mutants is not disrupted but delayed. Time-resolved ABA concentration monitoring in guard cells using a FRET-based ABA-reporter, ABAleon2.15, and ABA reporter gene assays suggest that CO2 elevation does not trigger [ABA] increases in guard cells, in contrast to control ABA exposures. Moreover, CO2 activates guard cell S-type anion channels in nced3/nced5 and ABA receptor hextuple mutants. Unexpectedly, in-gel protein kinase assays show that unlike ABA, elevated CO2 does not activate OST1/SnRK2 kinases in guard cells. The present study points to a model in which rapid CO2 signal transduction leading to stomatal closure occurs via an ABA-independent pathway downstream of OST1/SnRK2.6. Basal ABA signaling and OST1/SnRK2 activity are required to facilitate the stomatal response to elevated CO2 These findings provide insights into the interaction between CO2/ABA signal transduction in light of the continuing rise in atmospheric [CO2].

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  18. Abscisic acid-induced degradation of Arabidopsis guanine nucleotide exchange factor requires calcium-dependent protein kinases. Reviewed International journal

    Zixing Li, Yohei Takahashi, Alexander Scavo, Benjamin Brandt, Desiree Nguyen, Philippe Rieu, Julian I Schroeder

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   Vol. 115 ( 19 ) page: E4522-E4531 - E4531   2018.5

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    Abscisic acid (ABA) plays essential roles in plant development and responses to environmental stress. ABA induces subcellular translocation and degradation of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor RopGEF1, thus facilitating ABA core signal transduction. However, the underlying mechanisms for ABA-triggered RopGEF1 trafficking/degradation remain unknown. Studies have revealed that RopGEFs associate with receptor-like kinases to convey developmental signals to small ROP GTPases. However, how the activities of RopGEFs are modulated is not well understood. Type 2C protein phosphatases stabilize the RopGEF1 protein, indicating that phosphorylation may trigger RopGEF1 trafficking and degradation. We have screened inhibitors followed by several protein kinase mutants and find that quadruple-mutant plants in the Arabidopsis calcium-dependent protein kinases (CPKs) cpk3/4/6/11 disrupt ABA-induced trafficking and degradation of RopGEF1. Moreover, cpk3/4/6/11 partially impairs ABA inhibition of cotyledon emergence. Several CPKs interact with RopGEF1. CPK4 binds to and phosphorylates RopGEF1 and promotes the degradation of RopGEF1. CPK-mediated phosphorylation of RopGEF1 at specific N-terminal serine residues causes the degradation of RopGEF1 and mutation of these sites also compromises the RopGEF1 overexpression phenotype in root hair development in Arabidopsis Our findings establish the physiological and molecular functions and relevance of CPKs in regulation of RopGEF1 and illuminate physiological roles of a CPK-GEF-ROP module in ABA signaling and plant development. We further discuss that CPK-dependent RopGEF degradation during abiotic stress could provide a mechanism for down-regulation of RopGEF-dependent growth responses.

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  19. Brassinosteroid Involvement in Arabidopsis thaliana Stomatal Opening.

    Shin-Ichiro Inoue, Nozomi Iwashita, Yohei Takahashi, Eiji Gotoh, Eiji Okuma, Maki Hayashi, Ryohei Tabata, Atsushi Takemiya, Yoshiyuki Murata, Michio Doi, Toshinori Kinoshita, Ken-Ichiro Shimazaki

    Plant & cell physiology   Vol. 58 ( 6 ) page: 1048 - 1058   2017.6

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    Stomata within the plant epidermis regulate CO2 uptake for photosynthesis and water loss through transpiration. Stomatal opening in Arabidopsis thaliana is determined by various factors, including blue light as a signal and multiple phytohormones. Plasma membrane transporters, including H+-ATPase, K+ channels and anion channels in guard cells, mediate these processes, and the activities and expression levels of these components determine stomatal aperture. However, the regulatory mechanisms involved in these processes are not fully understood. In this study, we used infrared thermography to isolate a mutant defective in stomatal opening in response to light. The causative mutation was identified as an allele of the brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthetic mutant dwarf5. Guard cells from this mutant exhibited normal H+-ATPase activity in response to blue light, but showed reduced K+ accumulation and inward-rectifying K+ (K+in) channel activity as a consequence of decreased expression of major K+in channel genes. Consistent with these results, another BR biosynthetic mutant, det2-1, and a BR receptor mutant, bri1-6, exhibited reduced blue light-dependent stomatal opening. Furthermore, application of BR to the hydroponic culture medium completely restored stomatal opening in dwarf5 and det2-1 but not in bri1-6. However, application of BR to the epidermis of dwarf5 did not restore stomatal response. From these results, we conclude that endogenous BR acts in a long-term manner and is required in guard cells with the ability to open stomata in response to light, probably through regulation of K+in channel activity.

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  20. Reconstitution of Abscisic Acid Signaling from the Receptor to DNA via bHLH Transcription Factors. Reviewed International journal

    Yohei Takahashi, Yuta Ebisu, Ken-Ichiro Shimazaki

    Plant physiology   Vol. 174 ( 2 ) page: 815 - 822   2017.6

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    The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) confers drought tolerance in plants through stomatal closure and regulation of gene expression. The complex consisting of the ABA receptor PYRABACTIN RESISTANCE/REGULATORY COMPONENTS OF ABA RECEPTOR (PYR/RCAR), type 2C protein phosphatase (PP2C), and SNF1-related protein kinase 2 (SnRK2) has a key role in ABA signaling. Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcriptional activator ABA-RESPONSIVE KINASE SUBSTRATE1 (AKS1, also known as FBH3) is released from DNA by phosphorylation-induced monomerization in response to ABA in guard cells. Here we reconstituted the release of AKS1 from DNA via the ABA signaling core complex in vitro. We first obtained evidence to confirm that AKS1 is an endogenous substrate for SnRK2s. Phosphorylation of AKS1 and activation of SnRK2 showed the same time course in response to ABA in guard cells. AKS1 was bound to SnRK2.6 in vivo. Three ABA-responsive SnRK2s (SnRK2.2/SRK2D, SnRK2.3/SRK2I, and SnRK2.6/SRK2E/OST1) phosphorylated AKS1 in vitro, and the phosphorylation was eliminated by the triple mutation of SnRK2s in plants. We reconstituted the AKS1 phosphorylation in vitro via the signaling complex containing the ABA receptor PYR1, a PP2C, HYPERSENSITIVE TO ABA1 (HAB1), and a protein kinase, SnRK2.6 in response to ABA We further reconstituted the release of AKS1 from the target gene of POTASSIUM CHANNEL IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA 1 (KAT1) via the complex in response to ABA These results demonstrate that AKS1 provides a link between the signaling complex and ABA-responsive genes and furnish evidence for a minimal signaling mechanism from ABA perception to DNA.

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  21. Inhibition of the Arabidopsis bHLH transcription factor by monomerization through abscisic acid-induced phosphorylation. Reviewed International journal

    Yohei Takahashi, Toshinori Kinoshita, Masaki Matsumoto, Ken-Ichiro Shimazaki

    The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology   Vol. 87 ( 6 ) page: 559 - 67   2016.9

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    We have demonstrated that the Arabidopsis basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor, ABA-responsive kinase substrate 1 (AKS1; also known as FLOWERING BHLH 3, FBH3), enhances K(+) channel expression in guard cells leading to stomatal opening. The expression is suppressed by ABA-induced phosphorylation of AKS1. Here we show that the phosphorylation results in the monomerization of AKS1 multimers and inhibits AKS1 binding to DNA. AKS1 forms homo-multimers which dissociate following phosphorylation. Replacement of a critical amino acid in the bHLH domain inhibited multimer formation and decreased the binding of AKS1 to DNA. The monomerization was elicited via phosphorylation at three serine residues, which is mediated by SNF1-related protein kinase 2.6 (SnRK2.6), in the vicinity of bHLH domain. Furthermore, ABA induced the phosphorylation-dependent release of AKS1 from DNA, thereby suppressing transcriptional activity in vivo. Our results document a mechanism that inhibits gene expression by phosphorylation of a bHLH transcription factor.

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  22. An ABA-increased interaction of the PYL6 ABA receptor with MYC2 Transcription Factor: A putative link of ABA and JA signaling. International journal

    Fernando Aleman, Junshi Yazaki, Melissa Lee, Yohei Takahashi, Alice Y Kim, Zixing Li, Toshinori Kinoshita, Joseph R Ecker, Julian I Schroeder

    Scientific reports   Vol. 6   page: 28941 - 28941   2016.6

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    Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant hormone that mediates abiotic stress tolerance and regulates growth and development. ABA binds to members of the PYL/RCAR ABA receptor family that initiate signal transduction inhibiting type 2C protein phosphatases. Although crosstalk between ABA and the hormone Jasmonic Acid (JA) has been shown, the molecular entities that mediate this interaction have yet to be fully elucidated. We report a link between ABA and JA signaling through a direct interaction of the ABA receptor PYL6 (RCAR9) with the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor MYC2. PYL6 and MYC2 interact in yeast two hybrid assays and the interaction is enhanced in the presence of ABA. PYL6 and MYC2 interact in planta based on bimolecular fluorescence complementation and co-immunoprecipitation of the proteins. Furthermore, PYL6 was able to modify transcription driven by MYC2 using JAZ6 and JAZ8 DNA promoter elements in yeast one hybrid assays. Finally, pyl6 T-DNA mutant plants show an increased sensitivity to the addition of JA along with ABA in cotyledon expansion experiments. Overall, the present study identifies a direct mechanism for transcriptional modulation mediated by an ABA receptor different from the core ABA signaling pathway, and a putative mechanistic link connecting ABA and JA signaling pathways.

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  23. Stomatal function has an element of hysteresis. International journal

    Yohei Takahashi, Toshinori Kinoshita

    The New phytologist   Vol. 205 ( 2 ) page: 455 - 457   2015.1

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  24. bHLH transcription factors that facilitate K⁺ uptake during stomatal opening are repressed by abscisic acid through phosphorylation. Reviewed International journal

    Yohei Takahashi, Yuta Ebisu, Toshinori Kinoshita, Michio Doi, Eiji Okuma, Yoshiyuki Murata, Ken-Ichiro Shimazaki

    Science signaling   Vol. 6 ( 280 ) page: ra48   2013.6

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    Stomata open in response to light and close after exposure to abscisic acid (ABA). They regulate gas exchange between plants and the atmosphere, enabling plants to adapt to changing environmental conditions. ABA binding to receptors initiates a signaling cascade that involves protein phosphorylation. We show that ABA induced the phosphorylation of three basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors, called AKSs (ABA-responsive kinase substrates; AKS1, AKS2, and AKS3), in Arabidopsis guard cells. In their unphosphorylated state, AKSs facilitated stomatal opening through the transcription of genes encoding inwardly rectifying K⁺ channels. aks1aks2-1 double mutant plants showed decreases in light-induced stomatal opening, K⁺ accumulation in response to light, activity of inwardly rectifying K⁺ channels, and transcription of genes encoding major inwardly rectifying K⁺ channels without affecting ABA-mediated stomatal closure. Overexpression of potassium channel in Arabidopsis thaliana 1 (KAT1), which encodes a major inwardly rectifying K⁺ channel in guard cells, rescued the phenotype of aks1aks2-1 plants. AKS1 bound directly to the promoter of KAT1, an interaction that was attenuated after ABA-induced phosphorylation. The ABA agonist pyrabactin induced phosphorylation of AKSs. Our results demonstrate that the AKS family of bHLH transcription factors facilitates stomatal opening through the transcription of genes encoding inwardly rectifying K⁺ channels and that ABA suppresses the activity of these channels by triggering the phosphorylation of AKS family transcription factors.

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  25. Biochemical Characterization of In Vitro Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of the Plasma Membrane H^+-ATPase

    Hayashi Yuki, Nakamura Suguru, Takemiya Atsushi, TAKAHASHI Yohei, SHIMAZAKI Ken-ichiro, KINOSHITA Toshinori

    Plant and cell physiology   Vol. 51 ( 7 ) page: 1186 - 1196   2010.7

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  26. Biochemical characterization of in vitro phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase.

    Yuki Hayashi, Suguru Nakamura, Atsushi Takemiya, Yohei Takahashi, Ken-Ichiro Shimazaki, Toshinori Kinoshita

    Plant & cell physiology   Vol. 51 ( 7 ) page: 1186 - 96   2010.7

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    Stomatal opening, which is mediated by blue light receptor phototropins, is driven by activation of the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase via phosphorylation of the penultimate threonine in the C-terminus and subsequent binding of a 14-3-3 protein. However, the biochemical properties of the protein kinase and protein phosphatase for H(+)-ATPase are largely unknown. We therefore investigated in vitro phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of H(+)-ATPase. H(+)-ATPase was phosphorylated in vitro on the penultimate threonine in the C-terminus in isolated microsomes from guard cell protoplasts of Vicia faba. Phosphorylated H(+)-ATPase was dephosphorylated in vitro, and the dephosphorylation was inhibited by EDTA, a divalent cation chelator, but not by calyculin A, an inhibitor of type 1 and 2A protein phosphatases. Essentially the same results were obtained in purified plasma membranes from etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings, indicating that a similar protein kinase and phosphatase are involved in plant cells. Further analyses revealed that phosphorylation of the H(+)-ATPase is insensitive to K-252a, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase, and is hypersensitive to Triton X-100, a non-ionic detergent. Moreover, dephosphorylation required Mg(2+) but not Ca(2+), and protein phosphatase was localized in the 1% Triton X-100-insoluble fraction. These results demonstrate that a protein kinase-phosphatase pair, K-252a-insensitive protein kinase and Mg(2+)-dependent type 2C protein phosphatase, co-localizes at least in part with the H(+)-ATPase in the plasma membrane and regulates the phosphorylation status of the penultimate threonine of the H(+)-ATPase.

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  27. Protein phosphorylation and binding of a 14-3-3 protein in Vicia guard cells in response to ABA. Reviewed

    Takahashi Y, Kinoshita T, Shimazaki K

    Plant & cell physiology   Vol. 48 ( 8 ) page: 1182 - 91   2007.8

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KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 1

  1. 多角的構造解析による植物の二酸化炭素感知機構の解明

    Grant number:23H02499  2023.4 - 2026.3

    科学研究費助成事業  基盤研究(B)

    高橋 洋平, 保坂 俊彰

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    陸上植物は、表皮に存在する気孔を介して大気CO2を取り入れて光合成をおこなう。気孔はCO2濃度を感知して開閉し、これは植物のCO2吸収と水利用効率に極めて重要である。本課題では、最近報告された、植物の気孔ではたらくCO2/HCO3-センサーの実体であるHT1-MPK4/12タンパク質複合体に着目し、この複合体のどのような特性が気孔におけるCO2感知を可能にしているのか、またHT1-MPK4/12複合体によるCO2感知がどのように気孔開閉につながる細胞内情報伝達に変換されるのかを、多角的なタンパク質構造解析手法を駆使して明らかにする。