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ArticleTree physiology2025

Proteomics- and metabolomics-based analysis of the regulation of germination in Norway maple and sycamore embryonic axes.

Ewa Marzena Kalemba, Sara Dufour, Kris Gevaert, Francis Impens, Patrice Meimoun

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Article in Tree physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ewa Marzena KalembaInstitute of Dendrology Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, Kórnik 62-035, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0092-0339
Sara DufourVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 75, Ghent B-9052, Belgium.
Kris GevaertVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 75, Ghent B-9052, Belgium.
Francis ImpensVIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 75, Ghent B-9052, Belgium.
Patrice MeimounLaboratoire de Biologie du Développement, UMR 7622, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France.

Funding

Institute of Dendrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences 2022/03/ZB/FBW/004National Science Centre 2015/18/E/NZ9/00729
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Abstract

Norway maple and sycamore belong to the Acer genus and produce desiccation-tolerant and desiccation-sensitive seeds, respectively. We investigated the seed germination process at the imbibed and germinated stages using metabolomic and proteomic approaches to determine why sycamore seeds germinate earlier and are more successful at establishing seedlings than Norway maple seeds under controlled conditions. Embryonic axes and embryonic axes with protruded radicles were analyzed at the imbibed and germinated stages, respectively. Among the 212 identified metabolites, 44 and 67 differentially abundant metabolites were found at the imbibed and germinated stages, respectively, in both Acer species. Higher levels of amines, growth and defense stimulants, including B vitamins, were found in sycamore. We identified 611 and 447 proteins specific to the imbibed and germinated stages, respectively, in addition to groups of proteins expressed at different levels. Functional analysis of significantly regulated proteins revealed that proteins with catalytic and binding activity were enriched during germination, and proteins possibly implicated in nitrogen metabolism and metabolite interconversion enzymes were the predominant classes. Proteins associated with the control of plant growth regulation and seed defense were observed in both species at both germination stages. Sycamore proteins possibly involved in abscisic acid signal transduction pathway, stress tolerance and alleviation, ion binding and oxygenase activities appeared to accompany germination in sycamore. We identified peptides containing methionine (Met) oxidized to methionine sulfoxide (MetO), and functional analyses of proteins with significantly regulated MetO sites revealed that translation, plant growth and development and metabolism of nitrogen compounds were the main processes under Met/MetO redox control. We propose that higher levels of storage proteins and amines, together with higher levels of B vitamins, supported more efficient nitrogen utilization in sycamore, resulting in faster seedling growth. In conclusion, omic signatures identified in sycamore seem to predispose germinated sycamore seeds to better postgerminative growth.

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AcerGerminationMetabolomicsPlant ProteinsProteomicsSeedsGene Expression Regulation, PlantSeedlingsPlant ProteinsAcer platanoidesAcer pseudoplatanusmetabolite profilingmethionine sulfoxideposttranslational modificationredox statusseed physiologyvitamin B

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PMID39761348
PMCPMC11791354

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