The autophagic degradation of chloroplasts via rubisco-containing bodies is specifically linked to leaf carbon status but not nitrogen status in Arabidopsis.
Autophagy is an intracellular process facilitating the vacuolar degradation of cytoplasmic components and is important for nutrient recycling during starvation. We previously demonstrated that chloroplasts can be partially mobilized to the vacuole by autophagy via spherical bodies named Rubisco-containing bodies (RCBs). Although chloroplasts contain approximately 80% of total leaf nitrogen and represent a major carbon and nitrogen source for new growth, the relationship between leaf nutrient status and RCB production remains unclear. We examined the effects of nutrient factors on the appearance of RCBs in leaves of transgenic Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) expressing stroma-targeted fluorescent proteins. In excised leaves, the appearance of RCBs was suppressed by the presence of metabolic sugars, which were added externally or were produced during photosynthesis in the light. The light-mediated suppression was relieved by the inhibition of photosynthesis. During a diurnal cycle, RCB production was suppressed in leaves excised at the end of the day with high starch content. Starchless mutants phosphoglucomutase and ADP-Glc pyrophosphorylase1 produced a large number of RCBs, while starch-excess mutants starch-excess1 and maltose-excess1 produced fewer RCBs. In nitrogen-limited plants, as leaf carbohydrates were accumulated, RCB production was suppressed. We propose that there exists a close relationship between the degradation of chloroplast proteins via RCBs and leaf carbon but not nitrogen status in autophagy. We also found that the appearance of non-RCB-type autophagic bodies was not suppressed in the light and somewhat responded to nitrogen in excised leaves, unlike RCBs. These results imply that the degradation of chloroplast proteins via RCBs is specifically controlled in autophagy.
Izumi
Masanori
M
Department of Applied Plant Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
Wada
Shinya
S
Makino
Amane
A
Ishida
Hiroyuki
H
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D001343:Autophagy; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000502:physiology*; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009154:Mutation; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010788:Photosynthesis; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000502:physiology; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism
D002244:Carbon; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase; D009584:Nitrogen
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