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Daniel Philippe
Matton

Molecular biology of reproduction

Full professor
Department of biological sciences - University of Montreal
dp.matton@umontreal.ca
514-343-2127

RESEARCH TOPICS


The main research theme is the role of signal transduction during fertilization and embryonic development in plants.

The members of our laboratory study the role of signal transduction during fertilization and embryo development in plants. We mainly focus on the role of signaling cascades involved in sexual reproduction, that are crucial for seed and fruit development. Two families of protein kinases are currently studied in our laboratory: the MAPK family and the Receptor Kinase family (PRK or RLK). Small protein ligands that could potentially interact with receptor kinases are also studied.

Keywords: Molecular biology of plant reproduction • Signal transduction and the role of protein kinases in fruit and seed development



STUDENTS AND STAFF


Postdoctoral fellows
Yang Liu






  • Salminen, T.A., D.M. Eklund, V. Joly, K. Blomqvist, D.P. Matton et J. Edqvist. 2018. Deciphering the evolution and development of the cuticle by studying lipid transfer proteins in mosses and liverworts. Plants, 7 (1): 6.
  • Benhamman, R., F. Bai, S.B. Drory, A. Loubert-Hudon, B. Ellis et D.P. Matton. 2017. The Arabidopsis mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 20 (MKKK20) acts upstream of MKK3 and MPK18 in two separate signaling pathways involved in root microtubule functions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 1352.
  • Daigle, C., et D.P. Matton. 2015. Genome-wide analysis of MAPKKKs shows expansion and evolution of a new MEKK class involved in solanaceous species sexual reproduction. BMC genomics, 16: 15 pages (1037).
  • Liu, Y., V. Joly, S. Dorion, J. Rivoal, et D.P. Matton. 2015. The plant ovule secretome: a different view toward pollenpistil interactions. Journal of proteome research, 14 (11): 4763-4775.
  • Joly, V. et D.P. Matton. 2015. KAPPA, a simple algorithm for discovery and clustering of proteins defined by a key amino acid pattern: a case study of the cysteine-rich proteins. Bioinformatics. Doi: 10.1093/ bioinformatics/btv047 (8 pages).
  • Lafleur, E., C. Kapfer, V. Joly, Y. Liu, F. Tebbji, C. Daigle, M. Gray- Mitsumune, M. Cappadocia, A. Nantel et D.P. Matton. 2015. The FRK1 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) from Solanum chacoense is involved in embryo sac and pollen development. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66 (7): 1833-1843.
  • Chevalier, E., A. Loubert-Hudon and D.P.Matton. 2013. ScRALF3, a secreted RALF-like peptide involved in cell-cell communication between the sporophyte and the female gametophyte in a solanaceous species. Plant J. 73: 1019-1033.
  • Germain, H., M. Gray-Mitsumune, J. Houde, R. Benhamman, T. Sawasaki, Y. Endo and D.P. Matton. 2013.The Solanum chacoense ovary receptor kinase 11 (ScORK11) undergoes tissue-dependent transcriptional, translational and posttranslational regulation. Plant Physiol. Bioch. 70: 261-268.
  • Loubert-Hudon, A. and D.P. Matton. 2013. Bio-Protocol : Ovule clearing method for Solanaceous species. https://google.ca/#q=Ovule+Clearing+Method+for+Solanaceous+Species.
  • Liu, B., S.Chun-Lap Lo, D.P. Matton, B.F. Lang and D. Morse. 2012. Daily Changes in the Phosphoproteome of the Dinoflagellate Lingulodinium. Protist 163: 746-754.
  • Chevalier, É., A. Loubert-Hudon, E.L. Zimmerman and D.P. Matton. 2011. Cell-cell communication and signalling pathways within the ovule: from its inception to fertilization. New Phytol. 192 : 13-28.
  • Chantha, S.-C., M. Gray-Mitsumune, J. Houde and D.P. Matton. 2010. The MIDASIN and NOTCHLESS genes are essential for female gametophyte development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants 16: 3-18.
  • Tebbji, F., A. Nantel and D.P. Matton. 2010. Transcription profiling of fertilization and early seed development events in a solanaceous species using a 7.7 K cDNA microarray from Solanum chacoense ovules. BMC Plant Biol. 10: 174.
  • Boivin EB, Lepage E, Matton DP, De Crescenzo G, Jolicoeur M. 2010. Transient expression of antibodies in suspension plant cell suspension cultures is enhanced when co-transformed with the tomato bushy stunt virus p19 viral suppressor of gene silencing. Biotechnol Prog. 2010 Nov-Dec;26(6):1534-43. doi: 10.1002/btpr.485.
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  • Geneviève Major, Caroline Daigle, Théo Stafford-Richard, Faiza Tebbji, Édith Lafleur, Sébastien Caron and Daniel P. Matton. 2009. Characterization of ScMAP4K1, a MAP kinase kinase kinase kinase involved in ovule, seed and fruit development in Solanum chacoense Bitt. Current Topics in Plant Biology. 10: 27-46.
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  • Germain, H., Gray-Mitsumune, Lafleur, E. and Matton, D. P. 2008. ScORK17, a transmembrane receptor-like kinase predominantly expressed in ovules is involved in seed development. Planta 2008: 851-862.
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  • Germain, H., Houde, J., Gray-Mitsumune, M. Sawasaki, T., Endo, Y., Rivoal, J. and Matton, D. P. 2007. Characterization of ScORK28, a transmembrane functional protein receptor kinase predominantly expressed in ovaries from the wild potato species Solanum chacoense. FEBS Letters 581: 5137-5142.
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  • Chantha, S.-C., Tebbji, F., and Matton D. P. 2007. From the Notch signaling pathway to ribosome biogenesis. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2:168-170.
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  • O’Brien, M., Gray-Mitsumune, M., Kapfer, C., Bertrand, C., and Matton, D. P. 2007. The ScFRK2 MAP kinase kinase kinase from Solanum chacoense affects pollen development and viability. Planta, 225: 1221-1231.
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  • Chantha, S.-C., and Matton, D. P. 2007. Underexpression of the plant NOTCHLESS gene, encoding a WD-repeat protein, causes pleitropic phenotype during plant development. Planta 225: 1107-1120.
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  • Vyetrogon, K., Tebbji, F., Olsen, D., Ross, A. R.S., and Matton, D. P. 2007 A comparative proteome and phosphoproteome analysis of differentially regulated proteins during fertilization in the self-incompatible species Solanum chacoense Bitt. Proteomics 2007, 7, 232-247.
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  • Gray-Mitsumune, M., O’Brien, M., Bertrand, C., Tebbji, F., Nantel, A., and Matton, D. P. 2006. Loss of ovule identity induced by overexpression of the Fertilization-Related Kinase 2 (ScFRK2), a MAPKKK from Solanum chacoense. Sous presse, Journal of Experimental Botany, 57, 4171-4187.
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  • Chantha, S.-C., Emerald, S. B., and Matton, D. P. 2006. Characterization of the plant Notchless homolog, a WD repeat protein involved in seed development. Plant Molecular Biology 62: 897-912.
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  • Dorion, S., Matton, D. P., and Rivoal, J. 2006. Characterization of a cytosolic nucleoside diphosphate kinase associated with cell division and growth in potato. Planta 224: 108-124.
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  • Gray-Mitsumune, M and Matton, D. P. 2006. The Egg apparatus 1 gene from maize is a member of a large gene family found in both monocots and dicots. Planta 223: 618-625.
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  • Germain, H., Chevalier, E., and Matton, D. P. 2006. Plant bioactive peptides: an expanding class of signaling molecules. Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 1-19.
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  • Claeyssen, E., Wally, O., Matton, D. P., Morse, D., Rivoal, J. 2006. Cloning, expression, purification and properties of a hexokinase from Solanum chacoense. Protein Expression and Purification, 47 : 329-339.
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  • O’Brien, M., Chantha, S.-C., Rahier, A., and Matton, D. P. 2005. Lipid signaling in plants. Cloning and expression analysis of the obtusifoliol-14α-demethylase, from Solanum chacoense Bitt., a pollination- and fertilization-induced gene with both obtusifoliol and lanosterol demethylase activity. Plant Physiology 139 : 734-749.
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  • Germain, H., Rudd, S., Zotti, C., Caron, S., O’Brien, M., Chantha, S.-C., Lagacé., Major, F., and Matton, D. P. 2005. A 6374 unigene set corresponding to weakly expressed transcripts following fertilization: expression profile of 30 receptor-like kinases expressed during early embryo development in Solanum chacoense Bitt. Plant Molecular Biology 59 : 515-532.
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  • Germain, H., Chevalier, E., Caron, S., and Matton, D. P. 2005. Characterization of five RALF-like genes from Solanum chacoense provides support for a developmental role in plants. Planta 220: 447-454.
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  • Dorion, S., Parveen, Jeukens, J., Matton, D. P., and Rivoal, J. 2005. Cloning and characterization of a cytosolic isoform of triosephosphate isomerase which is developmentally regulated in potato leaves. Plant Science 168 :183-194.
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  • O’Brien, M, Major, G., C., Chantha, S.-C., and Matton, D. P. 2004. Isolation and molecular analysis of S-RNAse binding proteins from Solanum chacoense: identification of an S-RNAse binding protein (SBP1) orthologue expressed in pollen tubes. Sexual Plant Reproduction 17 : 81-87.
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  • Lagacé, M. and Matton, D. P. 2004. Characterization of a WRKY transcription factor expressed in late torpedo-stage embryo in Solanum chacoense. Planta 219 :185-189.
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  • Lagacé, M. Chanta, S.-C., Major, G., and Matton, D. P. 2003. Fertilization induces a strong accumulation of a histone deacetylase (HD2) and of other chromatin-remodeling proteins in restricted areas of the ovary. Plant Molecular Biology 53 :759-769.
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  • Bussière, F., Ledû, S., Girard, M., Héroux, M., Perreault, J.-P and Matton, D. P. 2003. Development of an efficient cis-acting ribozyme cassette to inactivate plant genes. The Plant Biotechnology Journal 1 : 423-435.
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  • O’Brien, M., Kapfer, C., Major, G., Laurin, M., Bertrand, C., Kondo, K., Kowyama, Y., and Matton, D. P. 2002. Molecular analysis of the stylar-expressed Solanum chacoense small asparagine-rich protein family related to the HT modifier of gametophytic self-incompatibility in Nicotiana. The Plant Journal 32 : 985-996.
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  • O’Brien, M., Bertrand, C., and Matton, D. P. 2002. Characterization of a fertilization-induced and developmentally-regulated plasma-membrane aquaporin expressed in reproductive tissues, in the wild potato Solanum chacoense Bitt. Planta 215: 485-493.
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  • Kondo, K., Yamamoto, M., Matton, D. P., Sato, T., Hirai, M., Norioka, S., Hattori, T. and Kowyama, Y. 2002. Cultivated tomato has defects in both S-RNase and HT genes required for stylar function of self-incompatibility. The Plant Journal 29 : 627-636.
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  • Xike, Q., Luu, D. T., Yang, Q., Maes, O., Matton, D. P., Morse, D. and Cappadocia, M. 2001. Genotype-dependant differences in S12-RNase expression lead to sporadic self-incompatibility in Solanum chacoense. Plant Mol. Biol. 45 : 295-305.download PDF
  • Matton, D. P., Luu, D. T., Morse, D. and Cappadocia, M. 2000. Establishing a paradigm for the generation of new S Alleles. The Plant Cell 12 : 313-315.
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  • Matton, D. P., Luu, D. T., Xike, Q., Laublin, G., O’Brien, M., Maes, O., Morse, D. and Cappadocia, M. 1999. Production of an S RNase with dual specificity suggests a novel hypothesis for the generation of new S alleles. The Plant Cell 11 : 2087-2097.
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  • Lantin, S., O’Brien, M. and Matton, D. P. 1999. Fertilization and wounding of the style induce the expression of a highly conserved plant gene homologous to a Plasmodium falciparum surface antigen in the wild potato Solanum chacoense Bitt. Plant Molecular Biology 41: 115-124.
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  • Lantin, S. O’Brien, M. and Matton, D. P. 1999. Pollination, wounding, and jasmonates treatments induce the expression of a developmentally regulated pistil dioxygenase at a distance in the ovary in the wild potato Solanum chacoense. Plant Molecular Biology 41: 371-386.
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  • Matton, D. P., Morse, D. and Cappadocia, M. 1998. Are the hypervariable regions of S RNases sufficient for allele-specific recognition of pollen? A Reply. Letter to the editor. The Plant Cell 10: 316-317.
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  • Matton, D. P., Maes, O., Laublin, G., Xike, Q., Bertrand, C., Morse, D. and Cappadocia, M. 1997. Pollen recognition and rejection is determined by the hypervariable domains of S-RNases. The Plant Cell 9: 1757-1766.
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  • Royo, J., Nass, N., Matton, D. P., Okamoto, S., Clarke, A.E., and Newbigin, E. 1996. A retrotransposon-like sequence linked to the S-locus of Nicotiana alata is expressed in styles in response to touch. Molec. Gen. Genet. 250: 180-188.
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  • Matton, D. P., Mau, S.-L., Okamoto, M., Clarke, A.E., Newbigin, E. 1995. The S-Locus of Nicotiana alata: genomic organization and sequence analysis of two S-RNase alleles. Plant Mol. Biol. 28: 847-858.
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  • Després, C., Subramaniam, R., Matton, D. P., and Brisson, N. 1995. Protein kinases control PR-10a gene expression and mediate the acquired resistance of potato to Phytophtora infestans. The Plant Cell 7: 509-517.
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Institut de recherche en biologie vegetale.

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