title: Environmental memory from a circadian oscillator: the Arabidopsis thaliana clock differentially integrates perception of photic vs. thermal entrainment.
abstract: The constraint of a rotating earth has led to the evolution of a circadian clock that drives anticipation of future environmental changes. During this daily rotation, the circadian clock of Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) intersects with the diurnal environment to orchestrate virtually all transcriptional processes of the plant cell, presumably by detecting, interpreting, and anticipating the environmental alternations of light and temperature. To comparatively assess differential inputs toward phenotypic and physiological responses on a circadian parameter, we surveyed clock periodicity in a recombinant inbred population modified to allow for robust periodicity measurements after entrainment to respective photic vs. thermal cues, termed zeitgebers. Lines previously thermally entrained generally displayed reduced period length compared to those previously photically entrained. This differential zeitgeber response was also detected in a set of diverse Arabidopsis accessions. Thus, the zeitgebers of the preceding environment direct future behavior of the circadian oscillator. Allelic variation at quantitative trait loci generated significant differences in zeitgeber responses in the segregating population. These were important for periodicity variation dependent on the nature of the subsequent entrainment source. Collectively, our results provide a genetic paradigm for the basis of environmental memory of a preceding environment, which leads to the integrated coordination of circadian periodicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Developing Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, D-50829 Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boikoglou
authors.forename: Zisong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: von Korff
authors.forename: Amanda M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Seth J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000235:genetics*; D004777:Environment; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000528:radiation effects; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000528:radiation effects; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D008027:Light; D017440:Photoperiod; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins