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Background <p>Translation is a fundamental process for every living organism. In plants, the rate of translation is tightly modulated during development and in responses to environmental cues. However, it is challenging to measure the actual translation state of the tissues <i>in vivo</i>.</p> Results <p>Here, we report the introduction of an <i>in vivo</i> translation marker based on bimolecular fluorescence complementation, the Ribo-BiFC. We combined a method originally developed for the fruitflies with an improved low background split-mVenus BiFC system previously described in plants. We labelled small subunit ribosomal proteins (RPS) and large subunit ribosomal proteins (RPL) of <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> with fragments of the mVenus fluorescent protein (FP). We tested the Ribo-BiFC method using transiently expressed recombinant ribosomal proteins in epidermal cells of <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>. The BiFC-tagged ribosomal proteins complemented the mVenus molecule and were detected by fluorescence microscopy, potentially visualizing the close proximity of translating assembled 80S ribosomal subunits. Although the resulting signal is less intense than that of known interactors, its detection points to the functionality of the system.</p> Conclusions <p>This Ribo-BiFC approach has further potential for use in stable transgenic lines in enabling the visualisation of translational rate in plant tissues and changing translation dynamics during plant development, under abiotic stress or in different genetic backgrounds.</p>

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Introduction of the Ribo-BiFC method to plants using a split mVenus approach

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    2026年1月13日

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  • Karel Raabe,
  • Alena Náprstková,
  • Janto Pieters,
  • Elnura Torutaeva,
  • Veronika Jirásková,
  • Zahra Kahrizi,
  • Palash Chandra Mondol,
  • Christos Michailidis,
  • David Honys

摘要

Background

Translation is a fundamental process for every living organism. In plants, the rate of translation is tightly modulated during development and in responses to environmental cues. However, it is challenging to measure the actual translation state of the tissues in vivo.

Results

Here, we report the introduction of an in vivo translation marker based on bimolecular fluorescence complementation, the Ribo-BiFC. We combined a method originally developed for the fruitflies with an improved low background split-mVenus BiFC system previously described in plants. We labelled small subunit ribosomal proteins (RPS) and large subunit ribosomal proteins (RPL) of Arabidopsis thaliana with fragments of the mVenus fluorescent protein (FP). We tested the Ribo-BiFC method using transiently expressed recombinant ribosomal proteins in epidermal cells of Nicotiana benthamiana. The BiFC-tagged ribosomal proteins complemented the mVenus molecule and were detected by fluorescence microscopy, potentially visualizing the close proximity of translating assembled 80S ribosomal subunits. Although the resulting signal is less intense than that of known interactors, its detection points to the functionality of the system.

Conclusions

This Ribo-BiFC approach has further potential for use in stable transgenic lines in enabling the visualisation of translational rate in plant tissues and changing translation dynamics during plant development, under abiotic stress or in different genetic backgrounds.