Abstract
AbstractAutophagy plays crucial roles in the recycling of metabolites, and is involved in many developmental processes. Rice mutants defective in autophagy are male sterile due to immature pollens, indicating its critical role in pollen development. However, physiological roles of autophagy during seed maturation had remained unknown. We here found that seeds of the rice autophagy-deficient mutant Osatg7-1, that produces seeds at a very low frequency in paddy fields, are smaller and show chalky appearance and lower starch content in the endosperm at the mature stage under normal growth condition. We comprehensively analyzed the effects of disruption of autophagy on biochemical properties, proteome and seed quality, and found an abnormal activation of starch degradation pathways including accumulation of α-amylases in the endosperm during seed maturation in Osatg7-1. These results indicate critical involvement of autophagy in metabolic regulation in the endosperm of rice, and provide insights into novel autophagy-mediated regulation of starch metabolism during seed maturation.
Funder
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Asahi Glass Foundation
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Institute of Genetics
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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