Pan Dong

Dr. Pan Dong


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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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7 September 2015 in Frontiers in Plant Science
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PDPan Dong
Pan Dong
FXFangjie Xiong
Fangjie Xiong
YQYumei Que
Yumei Que
KWKai Wang
Kai Wang
LYLihua Yu
Lihua Yu
MRMaozhi Ren
Maozhi Ren
Target of rapamycin (TOR) acts as a master regulator to control cell growth by integrating nutrient, energy, and growth factors in all eukaryotic species. TOR plays an evolutionarily conserved role in regulating the transcription of genes associated with anabolic and catabolic processes in Arabidopsis, but little is known about the functions of TOR in photosynthesis and phytohormone signaling, which are unique features of plants. In this study, AZD8055 (AZD) was screened as the strongest active-site TOR inhibitor (asTORi) in Arabidopsis compared with TORIN1 and KU63794 (KU). Gene expression profiles were evaluated using RNA-seq after treating Arabidopsis seedlings with AZD. More than three-fold differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in AZD-treated plants relative to rapamycin-treated plants in previous studies. Most of the DEGs and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways involved in cell wall elongation, ribosome biogenesis, and cell autophagy were common to both AZD- and rapamycin-treated samples, but AZD displayed much broader and more efficient inhibition of TOR compared with rapamycin. Importantly, the suppression of TOR by AZD resulted in remodeling of the expression profile of the genes associated with photosynthesis and various phytohormones, indicating that TOR plays a crucial role in modulating photosynthesis and phytohormone signaling in Arabidopsis. These newly identified DEGs expand the understanding of TOR signaling in plants. This study elucidates the novel functions of TOR in photosynthesis and phytohormone signaling and provides a platform to study the downstream targets of TOR in Arabidopsis.

24 September 2020 in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
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XHXiaoqing Huang
Xiaoqing Huang
JRJie Ren
Jie Ren
PLPeihua Li
Peihua Li
SFShun Feng
Shun Feng
PDPan Dong
Pan Dong
MRMaozhi Ren
Maozhi Ren

21 December 2023 in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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CLChenfei Lu
Chenfei Lu
XLXingyu Liu
Xingyu Liu
YTYuqin Tang
Yuqin Tang
YFYingqi Fu
Yingqi Fu
JZJiaomei Zhang
Jiaomei Zhang
PDPan Dong
Pan Dong

1 January 2021 in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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XHXiaoqing Huang
Xiaoqing Huang
ZYZiyue You
Ziyue You
YLYang Luo
Yang Luo
CYChengji Yang
Chengji Yang
JRJie Ren
Jie Ren
MRMaozhi Ren
Maozhi Ren

1 January 2021 in Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
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JRJie Ren
Jie Ren
JTJie Tong
Jie Tong
PLPeihua Li
Peihua Li
XHXiaoqing Huang
Xiaoqing Huang
PDPan Dong
Pan Dong
MRMaozhi Ren
Maozhi Ren

23 August 2023 in Pest Management Science
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JZJiaomei Zhang
Jiaomei Zhang
XHXiaoqing Huang
Xiaoqing Huang
SYShidong Yang
Shidong Yang
AHAirong Huang
Airong Huang
JRJie Ren
Jie Ren
PDPan Dong
Pan Dong