The Mars1 kinase confers photoprotection through signaling in the chloroplast unfolded protein response

  1. Karina Perlaza
  2. Hannah Toutkoushian
  3. Morgane Boone
  4. Mable Lam
  5. Masakazu Iwai
  6. Martin C Jonikas
  7. Peter Walter  Is a corresponding author
  8. Silvia Ramundo  Is a corresponding author
  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, United States
  2. University of California, San Francisco, United States
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States
  4. Princeton University, United States
8 figures, 4 tables and 4 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Reporter strain for high-throughput screening for cpUPR mutants.

(A) Schematic of cpUPR regulation in the reporter strain. Under homeostatic conditions (-Vit), chloroplast ClpP1 is expressed and the cpUPR pathway is OFF, as indicated by the lack of VIPP2

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Design of a reporter strain for high-throughput detection of the cpUPR signaling in C. reinhardtii.

(A) Histograms of the normalized Yellow Fluorescent Protein (YFP) maximum intensity signal after 2 days in ClpP1-permissive (-Vit) or ClpP1-nonpermissive media (+Vit) for control and cpUPR reporter …

Figure 2 with 4 supplements
Genetic screen identifying mars1-1 and mars1-2.

(A) Scatter plot of changes in YFP fluorescence for each mutant relative to reporter cells in ClpP1-permissive (–Vit) and ClpP1-nonpermissive (+Vit) conditions. Mutants exhibiting YFP fluorescence …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
The genetic screen yields two cpUPR silencing mutants, mars1-1 and mars1-2.

(A) A merge of the chlorophyll (green) and YFP (magenta) channel for each of the following cell colonies: control cells (containing only the ClpP1 repressible system), cpUPR reporter cells …

Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Genetic analysis of mars1-1.

(A) Diagram showing the backcross of mars1-1 to CC-124 (WT) and indicating the mating-type and other genetic markers of these two strains. The spectinomycin resistance (Spec R) and the Vit-driven NAC…

Figure 2—figure supplement 3
Genetic analysis of mars1-2.

(A) Diagram showing the backcross of mars1-2 to CC-124 (WT) and indicating the mating-type and other genetic markers of these two strains. (B) Photographs of offspring from the mars1-2 to CC-124 …

Figure 2—figure supplement 4
Genetic analysis of mars1-3 and mars1-4.

(A) Diagram showing the backcross of mars1-3 or mars1-4 to CC-125 (WT) and indicating the mating-type and other genetic markers of these strains. (B) Photographs of offspring from the backcross of ma…

Figure 3 with 2 supplements
Characterization of Mars1.

(A) In the upper diagram, the length of MARS1 transcript is shown, the position of exon-exon boundaries is indicated with vertical lines while the different locations of the triple Flag epitope …

Figure 3—figure supplement 1
A catalytic active Mars1 kinase is required for signaling during the cpUPR.

(A) Immunoblot analysis of samples prepared from strains described below grown in ClpP1-permissive (-Vit) and ClpP1-nonpermissive conditions (+Vit) using antibodies against Flag for Mars1 detection, …

Figure 3—figure supplement 2
Specific immunodetection of the Mars1 Flag protein.

(A) WT cells (CC-4533) were grown in TAP medium, fixed for immunofluorescence (IF) staining with the indicated antibodies and imaged by structured illumination microscopy with the indicated laser …

Figure 4 with 2 supplements
mars1 cells are hypersensitive to photooxidative stress.

(A) Liquid TAP cultures of WT, mars1, mars1:MARS1-D and mars1:MARS1-D KD at different time points upon HL exposure. Alleles used: mars1 = mars1-3; mars1:MARS1-D = mars1-3 transformed with the MARS1-D

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Mars1 confers protection against photooxidative stress.

(A) Line charts of total chlorophyll concentrations measured from liquid TAP cultures of strains described in Figure 4A during high light treatment, at the indicated time points. (B) The following …

Figure 4—figure supplement 1—source data 1

Chlorophyll measurements during high light stress.

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Figure 4—figure supplement 2
mars1 cells can cope with ER stress.

(A) WT, mars1-3 and ire1 cells grown till log phase were harvested and resuspended to a final chlorophyll concentration of ~10 µg/ml in liquid TAP with or without 5 µg/ml of tunicamycin (Tm), a …

Figure 5 with 5 supplements
mars1 cells do not activate the cpUPR transcriptional program.

(A) Venn diagram highlighting the transcriptional changes elicited genetically (ClpP1 repression) or physiologically (HL exposure) in Chlamydomonas cells , as determined by RNA sequencing (overlap …

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
mars1 cells do not induce the cpUPR transcriptional program.

(A) The multidimensional scaling plot illustrates the distance between RNA-seq samples, calculated as leading biological coefficient of variation between samples, based on the log2-fold change of …

Figure 5—figure supplement 2
MARS1 gene expression pattern.

(A) MARS1 mRNA expression profile according to CircadiaNET, a web-based developed tool integrating RNA-Seq data generated over 24 hr periods in neutral day conditions (12 hr light/12 hr dark) from …

Figure 5—figure supplement 2—source data 1

MARS1 transcript levels (RPKM values).

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Figure 5—figure supplement 3
mars1 cells do not activate autophagy and sulfur starvation genes during cpUPR inducing conditions.

(A) Heatmap comparing expression pattern of manually-selected genes involved autophagy in WT and mars1-1 mutant upon HL exposure (40 and 70 min) and ClpP1 repression. MARS1 disruption impairs the …

Figure 5—figure supplement 4
mars1 cells activate sulfur starvation genes and survive in sulfur-limiting conditions.

(A) WT, mars1-3 and snrk2 cells grown till saturation were harvested, washed twice in sulfur-depleted TAP (-S) and resuspended in TAP or sulfur-depleted TAP to a final chlorophyll concentration of ~1…

Figure 5—figure supplement 5
Regulation of photosynthesis-associated genes is not affected in mars1 cells.

Heatmap comparing expression patterns of manually-selected genes involved in photosynthesis in WT and mars1-1 mutant upon high light exposure (40 and 70 min) and ClpP1 repression. HL = high light; …

Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Basal induction of the cpUPR renders cells more resistant to chloroplast stress.

(A) A diagram of MARS1-E transcript showing the position of the 6x-Flag epitope inserted after Leu402 of Mars1. (B) Immunoblot analysis of samples prepared from cells grown under normal conditions, …

Figure 6—figure supplement 1
The MARS1-E transgene causes mild induction of cpUPR signaling.

(A) Immunoblot analysis of samples prepared from WT cells (CC-4533) and WT cells expressing MARS1-E, MARS1-A or MARS1-D transgene, using antibodies against Flag for Mars1 detection, Vipp2, and …

Author response image 1
Multiple sequence alignment of Mars1 kinase domain (1638-2019 aa) and the five proteins selected by RaptorX as PDB templates to predict Mars1 tertiary structure.

The canonical ATP-binding loop, catalytic triad and EF-helix regions are highlighted by green rectangular frames. The red asterisk indicated the phosphoserine (pS) residue identified in Mars1 …

Author response image 2
Mars1 tertiary structure prediction.

(A) Tertiary structural alignment of Mars1 (light blue) and human VEGFR2 kinase (magenta) in complex with a small molecule inhibitor, Axitinib (gold) (PDB ID: 4agc). 4agc was selected by the RaptorX …

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type (species) or resourceDesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Gene (C. reinhardtii)clpP1GenBankL28803.1
Gene (C. reinhardtii)VIPP2PhytozomeCre11.g468050
Gene (C. reinhardtii)MARS1PhytozomeCre16.g692228
Recombinant DNA reagentYFP 3x-FLAGGenBankANF29833.1
Recombinant DNA reagentpMJ016cGenBankKX077951.1
Antibodyanti-ClpP1gift from Francis-André Wollman
and Olivier Vallon
1:5000
Antibodyanti-Vipp2 (rabbit, polyclonal)developed during this study(1:3000)
Antibodyanti-FLAG (mouse, monoclonal)SigmaF1804(1:3000 for IB; 1:500 for IF)
Antibodyanti-Hsp22E/F (rabbit, polyclonal)gift from Michael Schroda(1:10000)
Antibodyanti-DnaK (rabbit, polyclonal)gift from Jean David Rochaix(1:10000)
Antibodyanti-α tubulin (rabbit, polyclonal)SigmaT5168(1:10000)
Antibodyanti-Histone H3 (rabbit, polyclonal)AgriseraAS10 710(1:10000 for
IB; 1:500 for IF)
Antibodyanti-AtpD (rabbit, polyclonal)AgriseraAS10 1590(1:500)
Antibodyanti-Nab1 (rabbit, polyclonal)AgriseraAS08 333(1:500)
Antibodyanti-AtpD (rabbit, polyclonal)AgriseraAS10 1590(1:500)
Antibodyanti-RpoA (rabbit, polyclonal)gift from Jean David Rochaix(1:10000)
Antibodyanti-holo Rubisco (rabbit, polyclonal)gift from Jean David
Rochaix
(1:10000)
Antibodyanti-Aox1
(rabbit, polyclonal)
AgriseraAS06 152(1:2000)
Antibodyanti-Sultr2 (rabbit, polyclonal)gift from Arthur Grossman(1:3000)
Antibodyanti-Hsp90 (rabbit, polyclonal)AgriseraAS06 174(1:10000)
Commercial assay or kitKOD Hot Start DNA PolymeraseThermoFisher Scientific71086–3
Commercial assay or kitPhusion High-Fidelity DNA PolymeraseThermoFisher ScientificF530L
Commercial assay or kitPureYield Plasmid Miniprep SystemPromegaA1222
Commercial assay or kitNucleoSpin Gel and PCR Clean-upClontech740609
Commercial assay or kitDirect-zol RNA Miniprep PlusZymo ResearchR2070
Commercial assay or kitAlexa Fluor 488 Tyramide SuperBoost Kit, goat anti-mouse IgGThermoFisher ScientificB40941
Commercial assay or kitIn-Fusion HD cloning plusTakara638910
Commercial assay or kitCircLigase II ssDNAEpicentreCL9025K
Commercial assay or kitPrimeScript 1 st strand cDNA Synthesis KitTakara6110A
Commercial assay or kitiQ SYBR Green Supermix - Bio-RadBio-Rad170–8880
Commercial assay or kitDynabeads kilobase Binder KitInvitrogen60101
Commercial assay or kitKapa mRNA HyperPrep kitRocheKK8540
Commercial assay or kitPrepX DNA Library Kit (400075)Takara640101
Commercial assay or kitSuperSignal West FemtoThermoFisher
 Scientific
34095
Commercial assay or kitSuperSignal West DuraThermoFisher Scientific34075
Chemical compound, drugN6,2′-O-Dibutyryladenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate sodium saltSigmaD0627
Chemical compound, drugThiamine hydrochlorideSigmaT4625
Chemical compound, drugVitamin B12SigmaV6629
Chemical compound, drugdigitonin, high purityCalbiochem300410
Chemical compound, drugMetronidazoleSigmaM3761
Software, algorithmSequence Data AnalysisGeneious
Software, algorithmSequence Data AnalysisSnapgene
Software, algorithmMicroscopy imaging interfaceZeissZEN
Software, algorithmImage processingNIHImageJ
Otherelectroporation systemBioradGene Pulser II
Otherelectroporation systemNepageneNepa21
Othercolony pickerNorgren SystemsCP7200
Othercolony manipulation robotSingerRotor HAD
OtherFluorescence scannerGE HealthcareTyphoon Trio
OtherProtran NitrocelluloseHybridization Transfer MembranePerkin ElmerNBA083C001EA
OtherImaging systemLI-COR BiosciencesOdyssey CLx
OtherPlant LED Grow LightPhlizon 20172000W
OtherSmart SensorWifi GatewayG1
OtherSmart SensorSensor PushHT1
Table 1
Strains table.
CrPW numberStrain
name
Short descriptionReference
CC-4533parental strains used to generate mars1-3 and mars1-4(Li et al., 2016)
CC-124wild-type used for mars1-1 and mars1-2 genetic backcrosses(available at the Chlamydomonas Resource Center)
A31parental strain of DCH16(Ramundo et al., 2013)
DCH16ClpP1 repressible strain(Ramundo et al., 2013)
CrPW1A1N5cpUPR reporter strain(generated during this study)
CrPW2ACT C6YFP positive strain(generated during this study)
CrPW3DRB1YFP positive strain(generated during this study)
CrPW4mars1-1Cre16.g692228 mutant allele(generated during this study)
CrPW5mars1-2Cre16.g692228 mutant allele*-Full genotype described below(generated during this study)
CrPW6mars1-3(available at the Chlamydomonas Resource Center)Cre16.g692228 mutant allele
Clip ID: LMJ.RY0402.195536
CrPW7mars1-4(available at the Chlamydomonas Resource Center)Cre16.g692228 mutant allele
Clip ID: LMJ.RY0402.189144
CrPW8E12wild-type like progeny from backcross of mars1-1 to CC124 (used for RNA-seq analysis)(generated during this study)
CrPW9F2MARS1 mutant progeny from backcross of mars1-1 to CC124 (used for RNA-seq analysis)(generated during this study)
CrPW10D2C4wild-type like progeny from backcross of mars1-2 to CC124 (used for complementation analysis)†(generated during this study)
CrPW11D2C3MARS1 mutant progeny from backcross of mars1-2 to CC124 (used for complementation analysis)†(generated during this study)
CrPW12M22mars1-3:MARS1-A strain(generated during this study)
CrPW15FMW14mars1-3:MARS1-D strain(generated during this study)
CrPW16KDM14mars1-3:MARS1-A KD strain(generated during this study)
CrPW17FMD17mars1-3:MARS1-D KD strain(generated during this study)
CrPW18189 N25mars1-1:MARS1-A strain(generated during this study)
CrPW19FKD7mars1-1:MARS1-D strain(generated during this study)
CrPW20pKP29 B30mars1-1:MARS1-D KD strain(generated during this study)
CrPW21pKP30 D7mars1-1:MARS1-D KD strain(generated during this study)
CrPW22DCM2mars1-2:MARS1-A strain(generated during this study)
CrPW23DCM5mars1-2:MARS1-A strain(generated during this study)
CrPW24DCM10mars1-2:MARS1-A strain(generated during this study)
CrPW25DCM19mars1-2:MARS1-A strain(generated during this study)
CrPW26DCM21mars1-2:MARS1-A strain(generated during this study)
CrPW27W153CC-4533 transformed withMARS1-E transgene, strain (a)(generated during this study)
CrPW28W155CC-4533 transformed withMARS1-E transgene, strain (b)(generated during this study)
CrPW29WKD4CC-4533 transformed withMARS1-E KD transgene, strain (a)(generated during this study)
CrPW30WKD16CC-4533 transformed with MARS1-E KD transgene, strain (a)(generated during this study)
CrPW31WFM2CC-4533 transformed withMARS1-D transgene, strain (a)(generated during this study)
CrPW43ire1Cre08.g371052 mutant allele
Clip ID: LMJ.RY0402.122895
(available at the Chlamydomonas Resource Center)
CrPW44snrk2Cre02.g075850 mutant allele
Clip ID: LMJ.RY0402.187019
(available at the Chlamydomonas Resource Center)
  1. *mars1-2 has a total of three mapped genomic disruptions.

    1The chromosome 16 deletion which encompasses Cre16.g692228 (MARS1), Cre16.g692340, and Cre16.g692452.

  2. 2The full Paromomycin cassette was found in an intergenic region on chromosome 7, 958 bp downstream of gene Cre07.g336300. A portion of a gene- Cre02.g108450 (5’UTR-intron 4) was found directly upstream of this Paromomycin cassette (in intergenic region of Chromosome 7).

    3The locus for the Cre02.g108450 gene itself has a deletion spanning the 5’UTR-intron 4.

  3. D2C3 and D2C4 were offspring isolated upon backcrossing mars1-2 to CC-124 three times. D2C4 contains the wild-type MARS1 gene whereas D2C3 contains the MARS1 deletion. In both strains, all other markers (Hygromycin,Paromomycin, and Spectinomycin) as well as the abovementioned Cre02.g108450 deletion were crossed out.

Table 2
Plasmids Table.
Plasmid name
(nickname/official name)
Used forReference
pLM005for amplification of theYFP coding sequence(Mackinder et al., 2016)
pHyg3for amplification of the RBCS2 3'UTR sequence and cloning of the Hygromycin resistance cassette(Berthold et al., 2002)
pMJ016cfor insertional mutagenesis(Li et al., 2016)
pRAM118/pPW3216for gene tagging and subcloning(Li et al., 2019)
pRAM103.5/pPW3217For generation of the cpUPR reporter strain(generated during this study)
pRAM185.2/pPW3218For MARS1 cloning (untagged MARS1 transgene)(generated during this study)
pRAM189 M2/pPW3219For MARS1 cloning (MARS1-A transgene)(generated during this study)
pKP29
/pPW3222
For MARS1 cloning (MARS1-D transgene)(generated during this study)
pRAM184.1
/pPW3223
For MARS1 cloning (MARS1-E transgene)(generated during this study)
pHT20.1/pPW3224For MARS1 cloning (catalytically-dead MARS1-A transgene)(generated during this study)
pKP30/pPW3225For MARS1 cloning (catalytically-dead MARS1-D transgene)(generated during this study)
pHT6/pPW3226For MARS1 cloning (catalytically-dead MARS1-E transgene)(generated during this study)
Table 3
Primers Table.
Primer name5'-->3' sequence
oMJ598b-CAGGCCATGTGAGAGTTTGC (b = biotinylated)
oMJ619/5Phos/AGATCGGAAGAGCGTCGTGTAGGGAAAGAGTGTAGATCTCGGTGGTCGCCGTATCATTACTCAGTAGTTGTGCGATGGATTGATG/3ddc/ (/5Phos/=phosphorylated;/3ddc/=dideoxycytidine (to prevent self-ligation)
oMJ621AATGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCT
oMJ1234b-GCAGCCAAACCAGGATGATG (b = biotinylated)
oMJ1239aattaaccctcactaaagCAATCATGTCAAGCCTCAGC
T3_3'_oMJ016c 11/23aattaaccctcactaaagGGTCGAGCCTTCTGGCAGA
T3_5'_oMJ016c 11/24aattaaccctcactaaaggGCGGAGACGTGTTTCTGAC
SR502tgctcaccatACTAGTGAGCACGCTGCGA
SR503gctcactagtATGGTGAGCAAGGGCGAG
SR504gggatccttaagatctTTACTTGTCGTCATCGTCCTT
SR505cgacaagtaaagatctTAAGGATCCCCGCTCCGTG
SR506gcgcaagaaagaagcttgatatcCGCTTCAAATACGCCCAGC
SR510atgtggcggccgcTGGAAAAGCGTTTCGGAAGG
SR773CGCCTTTAAAGCTGAAGTGG
SR789CAGCTGCGTCTCCGTTTGC
SR793CCTTCACCATTTAAGACGGAGCAGTAAACAGTTGCTG
SR797CTGCTCCGTCTTAAATGGTG
SR818CGGCATGCCGCTACCCGC
SR819GGGTAGCGGCATGCCGCC
SR828tttgctcacatgtggcggccgcCAGCCCTGTACACCAGCTC
SR829gcgcaagaaagaagcttgatATCTCGGCGCCAGGTTTAC
SR834ccatatcgaaggtcgtcatatgATGGCAATCGCAGACGCTG
SR835gctttgttagcagccggatctcaGCCGAGGACGGTCATCAG
SR836GACGTCATCCACTGCCTGTG
SR837CGACGCATCCTCAACACACC
SR851TGTGCGCCTTCAATTTGAGC
SR852GCTCAAATTGAAGGCGCACA
SR853TAGCCCTTCGTTACCATCGTC
HT7GCAAACGGAGACGCAGCTG
KP235CTCCATCACAATTGCCTGCA
KP337GTGTGGTCGGGCCGTCTAGAA
KP342TGGTCCGCCGGAACAGATCTTCC
KP344CTTGTCGTCATCGTCCTTGTAGTCGATGTCGTGATCCTTATAGTCACCGTCATGGTCCTTGTAGTCCATGCCGCTACCCGCCCCA
KP345GGACGATGACGACAAGGGCAGCAGCCCGCCCAGCCCTTGTAGCAGCAG
KP346GTCAGCCCTGTTCTGCCC
KP347AACCCTAAACCCGCTGG
qRT_SULTR2_FwACGTGGCATGCAGCTCAT
qRT_SULTR2_RvCTTGCCACTTTGCCAGGT
qRT_LHCBM9_FwTGGTGGTGCTTTCCCTTCAGAC
qRT_LHCBM9_RvTGGACACAACTGCAGGCTTTGC
qRT_HSP22F_FwTGCGCACGCGACATTATCAAAG
qRT_HSP22F_RvGTACAAACCAGCATGCGCTCAG
qRT_VIPP2_FwCATCATGCATTTGGCAGGCTCTC
qRT_VIPP2_RvAATGAGAGGTGCGACGACCAAC
qRT_SNOAL_FwTGCTGTGGGCAACTGTGCATAC
qRT_SNOAL_RvTCCGTGCTTGACGCTACCATTC
qRT_LHCSR3.1_FwCACAACACCTTGATGCGAGATG
qRT_LHCSR3.1_RvCCGTGTCTTGTCAGTCCCTG
qRT_PSBS1_FwTAAACCGTGTATTGGAACTCCG
qRT_PSBS1_RvCTCTGCACGCGGCGTGTT
qRT_CPLD29_FwAACCGGGTCTTCTTCGCCTTTG
qRT_CPLD29_RvGTGTGCCGCCATTCCAAAGAAC
qRT_GBLP_FwCAAGTACACCATTGGCGAGC
qRT_GBLP_RvCTTGCAGTTGGTCAGGTTCC

Additional files

Source code 1

ImageJ macroscripts used to process and quantify YFP fluorescence and growth area of candidate mutant colonies on 384-well arrays.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/49577/elife-49577-code1-v2.docx
Supplementary file 1

Detailed information about peptide spectra sequences and post-translation modifications detected in Mars1 protein upon metronidazole treatment.

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Supplementary file 2

Average RPKM values for all Chlamydomonas transcripts in WT and mars1-1 mutant upon high light exposure (for 40 min or 70 min) or ClpP1 down-regulation for 68 hr.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/49577/elife-49577-supp2-v2.xlsx
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