Plant Stress Biology Group - Detailed - Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology
Plant Stress Biology Group
Plant Stress Biology Group - Detailed
Last modified: 14. October 2024
Detailed introduction of the group
The group works on the topic of plant heat stress adaptation including both fundamental and applied research. 1 senior research fellow, 2 PhD students and 1 MSc student work in the group.
Short introduction of research topics
- Investigation of the roles of a conserved non-coding RNA-family in the fertilization of Angiosperms (NKFIH 137722);
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) were shown to be key players involved in different aspects of development. In spite of many lncRNAs being identified in plants, the potential roles for only a few lncRNAs have been brought to light.
In the present programme we aim to understand the roles of an lncRNA family. Preliminary results show that the lncRNA family is conserved in angiosperms, is expresed primarily in flower organs, is temperature regulated and the lncRNA mutants are male sterile. These suggest that these lncRNAs are involved in flower development, fertilization and temperature response during reproductive phase. The project will aim to in-depth charaterize the lncRNA transcription, decay, localization, cofactors and downstream actions. The work will be conducted on Arabidopsis thaliana, its close relative Brassica napus dicot crop. We hope that our findings will contribute to the understanding of the flower development and fertilization.
- Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of heat stress response in Brassicaceae (NKFIHK129283).
Climate change negatively affects the yield of important crops all over the world. Rapeseed (Brassica napus) is an important agricultural crop. The valuable product of B. napus is the rapeseed oil, being now the third most important source of edible oil in the world. Rapeseed is sensitive to heat in all stages of its development. As research on crops is very laborious, the knowledge on rapeseed heat stress response is very limited.
In the present programme we propose to uncover the components of heat stress-specific PolII transcriptional complex and understand its regulation during heat stress response in a combined study on Brassica napus crop and Arabidopsis thaliana model. Specific aims of our project are (i) uncover central heat stress factor HSFA1 and A2 paralogs’ regulations and roles in B. napus, (ii) search and show biological relevance of heat stress-specific transcriptional complex co-factors in both A. thaliana and B. napus and (iii) uncover epigenetic regulators required for transcriptional changes driven by HSFs during heat stress.
We hope that our findings will contribute significantly to basic understanding of heat stress response and will accelerate the development of heat-tolerant plants that may have an immense significance in the light of climate change.
Significant publications of the group
Ahmad I, Kis A, Verma R, Szádeczky-Kardoss I, Szaker HM, Pettkó-Szandtner A, Silhavy D, Havelda Z, Csorba T. (2024) TFIIS is required for reproductive development and thermal adaptation in barley. Plant Cell Rep. 2024 Oct 10;43(11):260. doi: 10.1007/s00299-024-03345-1.
NODULIN HOMEOBOX is required for heterochromatin homeostasis in Arabidopsis.Karányi Z, Mosolygó-L Á, Feró O, Horváth A, Boros-Oláh B, Nagy É, Hetey S, Holb I, Szaker HM, Miskei M, Csorba✻ T, Székvölgyi✻ L. (2022) Nat Commun. 2022 Aug 27;13(1):5058. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32709-y.
Elongation factor TFIIS is essential for heat stress adaptation in plants.
Szádeczky-Kardoss✻ I, Szaker✻ HM, Verma R, Darkó É, Pettkó-Szandtner A, Silhavy D, Csorba T. (2022) Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 Feb 28;50(4):1927-1950. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac020
Genome-Wide Identification of RNA Silencing-Related Genes and Their Expressional Analysis in Response to Heat Stress in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).
Hamar É, Szaker HM, Kis A, Dalmadi Á, Miloro F, Szittya G, Taller J, Gyula* P, Csorba* T, Havelda* Z.
Biomolecules. 2020 Jun 18;10(6):929. doi: 10.3390/biom10060929.
APOLO lncRNA, a self-calibrating switch of root development.
Csorba* T.
Mol Plant. 2021 Jun 7;14(6):867-869. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.05.015.
Differential gene expression and physiological changes during acute or persistent plant virus interactions may contribute to viral symptom differences.
Pesti R, Kontra L, Paul K, Vass I, Csorba T, Havelda Z, Várallyay É.
PLoS One. 2019 May 3;14(5):e0216618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216618.
miR824/AGAMOUS-LIKE16 Module Integrates Recurring Environmental Heat Stress Changes to Fine-Tune Poststress Development.
Szaker HM, Darkó É, Medzihradszky A, Janda T, Liu HC, Charng YY, Csorba T*.
Front Plant Sci. 2019 Nov 25;10:1454. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01454.
The nonstop decay and the RNA silencing systems operate cooperatively in plants.
Szádeczky-Kardoss* I, Csorba* T, Auber A, Schamberger A, Nyikó T, Taller J, Orbán TI, Burgyán J, Silhavy D.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 May 18;46(9):4632-4648. doi: 10.1093/nar/gky279.
Distinct Effects of p19 RNA Silencing Suppressor on Small RNA Mediated Pathways in Plants.
Kontra L, Csorba T*, Tavazza M, Lucioli A, Tavazza R, Moxon S, Tisza V, Medzihradszky A, Turina M, Burgyán J*.
PLoS Pathog. 2016 Oct 6;12(10):e1005935. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005935.
viral silencing suppressors: Tools forged to fine-tune host-pathogen coexistence.
Csorba T*, Kontra L, Burgyán J.
Virology. 2015 May;479-480:85-103. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.02.028.
Antisense COOLAIR mediates the coordinated switching of chromatin states at FLC during vernalization.
Csorba T, Questa JI, Sun Q, Dean C.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Nov 11;111(45):16160-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1419030111.
R-loop stabilization represses antisense transcription at the Arabidopsis FLC locus.
Sun Q, Csorba T, Skourti-Stathaki K, Proudfoot NJ, Dean C.
Science. 2013 May 3;340(6132):619-21. doi: 10.1126/science.1234848.
Polerovirus protein P0 prevents the assembly of small RNA-containing RISC complexes and leads to degradation of ARGONAUTE1.
Csorba T, Lózsa R, Hutvágner G, Burgyán J.
Plant J. 2010 May;62(3):463-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04163.x.
Significant grants of the group
„in progress”/started in 2021 or in 2022
- Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of heat stress response in Brassicaceae (NKFIH K129283, supervisor: Tibor Csorba, 2018-2022).
- Investigation of the roles of a conserved non-coding RNA-family in the fertilization of Angiosperms (NKFIH 137722, supervisor: Tibor Csorba, 2021-2025)
Group members
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Henrik Mihály Szaker, assistant research fellow MATE, GBI, , Department of Plant Biotechnology, Plant Stress Biology group Phone: +36-28/430-494 / 4154 Office: MATE GBI, Szent-Györgyi A. u. 4., 1st Floor, Room No. 105 E-mail: Szaker.Henrik.Mihaly@uni-mate.hu |
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István Szádeczky-Kardoss, assistant research fellow, PhD student Phone: +36-28/430-494 / 4154 |
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Radhika Verma, assistant research fellow, PhD student MSc: Biotechnology, Visva-Bharati Central University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, 2017-2019 Phone: +36-28/430-494 / 4154 |
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Imtiaz Ahmad, PhD student Phone: +36 70 597 7555 |
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Syed Hussam Abbas, PhD Student PhD School: MATE University (Szent István Campus), School of Plant Sciences (2022-2026) MSc (Hons): Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan (2019-2021) Phone: +36 70 577 1481 |
| MSc student: | Nóra Gál, Biology MSC, MATE, 2021-2022 |